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A Monastery for the Ibex - Conservation, State, and the Conflict of the Gran Paradiso, 1919-1949 (Hardcover)
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A Monastery for the Ibex - Conservation, State, and the Conflict of the Gran Paradiso, 1919-1949 (Hardcover)
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Gran Paradiso National Park is Italy’s oldest, and was
instrumental in preventing the extinction of the Alpine ibex
between World War I and just after World War II. Today, there are
more than 30,000 ibex living in the Alps, all of which descended
from that last colony protected in Gran Paradiso under
Mussolini’s rule. Wilko Graf von Hardenberg merges the history of
conservation with the area’s social history and Italy’s larger
political history to produce a multifaceted narrative about the
park as an institution, the conflicts it triggered, and practices
adopted to manage the ibex despite hurdles placed by the fascist
regime. The book’s central argument is that, in fascist Italy,
preservation - propaganda notwithstanding - was a product of the
regime’s continuities with the previous liberal system. Italy’s
total fascist transformation, accomplished only more than a decade
after Mussolini took power, virtually unmade the early successes of
preservation set in place by the nascent “nature state” in the
regime’s early years. Despite this conflict, conservationists
succeeded in preserving the ibex. Hardenberg positions this success
within the broader history of science, conservation, and tourism in
fascist Italy and the Alpine region, creating a comprehensive
historical background and comparative reference to ongoing debates
about the role of nature conservation in general and in relation to
the state and its agencies.
General
Imprint: |
University of Pittsburgh Press
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Country of origin: |
United States |
Release date: |
May 2021 |
Authors: |
Wilko Graf Von Hardenberg
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Dimensions: |
229 x 152 x 31mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Hardcover
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Pages: |
270 |
ISBN-13: |
978-0-8229-4635-9 |
Categories: |
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LSN: |
0-8229-4635-1 |
Barcode: |
9780822946359 |
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