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Synopsis
This text offers different ways for regarding human interactions with other species, from appealing ones like wolves to less popular ones like snail darters. Society struggles to decide what parts of nature matter and why. Ultimately, it argues, nature is a social product: what shall we make of it?
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Rik Scarce is Assistant Professor of Sociology at Montana State University and author of the popular and important environmental book Eco-Warriors: Understanding the Radical Environmental Movement.
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"...Scarce compellingly argues that the emerging field of 'Environmental Sociology' has much to offer. ...Fishy Business is a strong contribution to the growing literature on human/animal relations and Environmental Sociology. Further, in light of the continuing 'Salmon Wars' between Canada and the United States, and other conflicts based upon dwindling 'resources,' Fishy Business is timely and thus well worth a read on that basis alone." -Canadian Journal of Sociology Online "In this book, [Rik Scarce] describes human uses and abuses of Pacific salmon in an attempt to explore the relationship between science, society and nature. He shows how salmon biology has been manipulated in western North America, originally through scientific curiosity, and then exploited for economic gain, causing ongoing strife between factional and ethnic groups and even between nations. He discusses through many interviews with biologists and fishery managers how political, bureaucratic and economic forces have modified and engineered salmon populations for their own purposes by extensive ranching and enhancement of programs, citing examples of the successes and failures that have resulted." -Andrew F. Walker, Environmental Conservation "Scarce shines a revealing light on the inner workings of hatcheries, providing the reader an appreciation of human compulsions to domesticate and control-forces that have influenced our knowledge, or lack of knowledge, of salmon and other natural entities. ... Thoroughly researched, eloquently written, and energetically told, this book dares us to explore our relation to nature and our knowing of ourselves." -Pacific Northwest Quarterly
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Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. SUBTITLED : ` Salmon, Biology, and the Social Construction of Nature '. On page 13 of this 236 page analysis, the author introduces the concept of `rationality'. He defines it as the "emphasis on efficiency, predictability, calculability, and control. " So even in such wild species as salmon, we structure the outcomes and thereby the fish and the fishery. Geographic area of concentration - the Pacific Northwest, particularly the Snake, Columbia, and Fraser Rivers. UNillustrated. Might be thought of as scientific philosophy. READ more about : smolt, salmon taxis, drawdowns, Bonneville Power, hatcheries, bootlegging, kokanee, milt, raceways, Native Americans, and carrying capacity. Includes an extensive index. Cond: Paper wrapper is white with a red spine and white lettering. Front cover graphic is several migrating, red-backed sockeye salmon. Tight, square , bright, and clean. No names, marks, creases, nor tears. Excellent example of science outside the box. (He calls it sociology. ) Quote (p. 85) : " There they may carry with them microchips or coded bits of wire to allow biologists to gather experimental data. Throughout their lives these hatchery salmon are tooled - worked, manipulated, altered - and through this tooling they become society's instruments. " Size: 8vo. Seller Inventory # 007640
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Condition: New. Leaping waterfalls, struggling through rocky shallows, only the strongest salmon survive to spawn a new generation. These remarkable fish seem to be pure nature, unfathomable, all instinct. But are they? This title shows how political, bureaucratic, and economic forces have directed salmon science for their own purposes. Series: Animals, Culture, & Society. Num Pages: 236 pages, 1 figure. BIC Classification: JFFZ; JHBA; PSVW1; RN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 18. Weight in Grams: 331. . 2000. Paperback. . . . . Seller Inventory # V9781566397292
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