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From Amazonian forests to Patagonian ice fields, South America boasts some of the most iconic nature reserves on the planet. A Moderating Force demonstrates how, in four countries and across one hundred years, ordinary people and curious scientists worked to protect and celebrate the places for which they cared deeply. Rather than center conventional or critical interpretations of nature conservation, Emily Wakild shows how the creation of national parks proved a moderating force that pulled different groups together. By elaborating on the patterns and processes that these countries used to protect large landscapes, Wakild provides a bold new interpretation of national parks.
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Emily Wakild is the Cecil D. Andrus Endowed Chair for the Environment and Public Lands and Professor of History and Environmental Studies at Boise State University. She is the author of the award-winning Revolutionary Parks: Conservation, Social Justice, and Mexico's National Parks, the co-author of A Primer for Teaching Environmental History, and the co-editor of The Nature State: Rethinking the History of Conservation.
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