國立高雄大學圖資館 |

Language: English

Back

Satellites in the high countrysearch...

Mark, Jason, (1975-)

Satellites in the high countrysearching for the wild in the Age of Man /

Record Type:	Electronic resources : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	Satellites in the high countryby Jason Mark.
Reminder of title:	searching for the wild in the Age of Man /
Author:	Mark, Jason.
Published:	Washington, DC :Island Press/Center for Resource Economics :2015.
Description:	x, 306 p. :ill., digital ;24 cm.
Contained By:	Springer eBooks
Subject:	Nature.
Online resource:	http://dx.doi.org/10.5822/978-1-61091-581-6
ISBN:	9781610915816

Satellites in the high countrysearching for the wild in the Age of Man /
Mark, Jason.

Satellites in the high countrysearching for the wild in the Age of Man /[electronic resource] :by Jason Mark. - Washington, DC :Island Press/Center for Resource Economics :2015. - x, 306 p. :ill., digital ;24 cm.

Prologue: Into the Wild Chapter -- 1. Bewildered Chapter -- 2. The Mountains of California -- 3. The Forest Primeval Chapter -- 4. Fall of the Wild? -- 5. The Heart of Everything That Is -- 6. The Ecology of Fear -- 7. Back to the Stone Age -- Epilogue: Wild at Heart -- Acknowledgments -- Sources & Inspiration -- Interviews.

In this publication, journalist and adventurer Jason Mark travels beyond the bright lights and certainties of our cities to seek wildness wherever it survives. In California's Point Reyes National Seashore, a battle over oyster farming and designated wilderness pits former allies against one another, as locals wonder whether wilderness should be untouched, farmed, or something in between. In Washington's Cascade Mountains, a modern-day wild woman and her students learn to tan hides and start fires without matches, attempting to connect with a primal past out of reach for the rest of society. And in Colorado's High Country, dark skies and clear air reveal a breathtaking expanse of stars, flawed only by the arc of a satellite passing--beauty interrupted by the traffic of a million conversations. These expeditions to the edges of civilization's grid show us that, although our notions of pristine nature may be shattering, the mystery of the wild still exists--and in fact, it is more crucial than ever.

ISBN: 9781610915816

Standard No.: 10.5822/978-1-61091-581-6doiSubjects--Personal Names:

732907
Mark, Jason,
1975---Travel.Subjects--Topical Terms:

174256
Nature.

LC Class. No.: QH81 / .M26535 2015

Dewey Class. No.: 333.782

Satellites in the high countrysearching for the wild in the Age of Man /
LDR:02326nmm a2200325 a 4500 001 477882
003 DE-He213
005 20160527142739.0
006 m d
007 cr nn 008maaau
008 160614s2015 dcu s 0 eng d
020 $a 9781610915816 $q (electronic bk.)
020 $a 9781597263085 $q (paper)
020 $z 9781610915809
024 7 $a 10.5822/978-1-61091-581-6 $2 doi
035 $a 978-1-61091-581-6
040 $a GP $c GP
041 0 $a eng
050 4 $a QH81 $b .M26535 2015
072 7 $a JPQB $2 bicssc
072 7 $a POL044000 $2 bisacsh
082 0 4 $a 333.782 $2 23
090 $a QH81 $b .M345 2015
100 1 $a Mark, Jason. $3 732906
245 1 0 $a Satellites in the high country $h [electronic resource] : $b searching for the wild in the Age of Man / $c by Jason Mark.
260 $a Washington, DC : $b Island Press/Center for Resource Economics : $b Imprint: Island Press, $c 2015.
300 $a x, 306 p. : $b ill., digital ; $c 24 cm.
505 0 $a Prologue: Into the Wild Chapter -- 1. Bewildered Chapter -- 2. The Mountains of California -- 3. The Forest Primeval Chapter -- 4. Fall of the Wild? -- 5. The Heart of Everything That Is -- 6. The Ecology of Fear -- 7. Back to the Stone Age -- Epilogue: Wild at Heart -- Acknowledgments -- Sources & Inspiration -- Interviews.
520 $a In this publication, journalist and adventurer Jason Mark travels beyond the bright lights and certainties of our cities to seek wildness wherever it survives. In California's Point Reyes National Seashore, a battle over oyster farming and designated wilderness pits former allies against one another, as locals wonder whether wilderness should be untouched, farmed, or something in between. In Washington's Cascade Mountains, a modern-day wild woman and her students learn to tan hides and start fires without matches, attempting to connect with a primal past out of reach for the rest of society. And in Colorado's High Country, dark skies and clear air reveal a breathtaking expanse of stars, flawed only by the arc of a satellite passing--beauty interrupted by the traffic of a million conversations. These expeditions to the edges of civilization's grid show us that, although our notions of pristine nature may be shattering, the mystery of the wild still exists--and in fact, it is more crucial than ever.
600 1 0 $a Mark, Jason, $d 1975- $x Travel. $3 732907
650 0 $a Nature. $3 174256
650 0 $a Nature $x Effect of human beings on. $3 196065
650 0 $a Wilderness areas. $3 233361
650 0 $a Nature $x Psychological aspects. $3 632725
650 1 4 $a Social Sciences. $3 278901
650 2 4 $a Environmental Policy. $3 732889
710 2 $a SpringerLink (Online service) $3 273601
773 0 $t Springer eBooks
856 4 0 $u http://dx.doi.org/10.5822/978-1-61091-581-6
950 $a Social Sciences (Springer-41176)