Synopses & Reviews
Sexual harassment in the workplace, date rape, and domestic violence dominate the headlines and have recently sparked scholarly debates about the nature of the sexes. Concurrently, the scientific community is conducting research in topics of sex and gender issues. Indeed, more research is
being done on the topics of sexual conflict and coercion than at any other time in the history of the social sciences. Despite this attention, it is clear that these issues are being addressed from two essentially different perspectives: one is labeled "feminist", while the other, viewed as
antithetical to the feminist movement, is called "evolutionary psychology", which emphasizes the history of reproductive strategies in understanding conflict between the sexes. This book brings together leading experts from both sides of the debate in order to discover how each could offer insights
lacking in the other. The editors' overall goal is to show how the feminist and evolutionary approaches are complementary despite their evident differences, then provide an integration and synthesis. In fact, several of the contributors to this unique volume consider themselves advocates of both
approaches. As a stimulating presentation of the dynamics of sex, power, and conflict--and a pioneering rapprochement of the diverse tendencies within the scientific community-- this book will attract a wide audience in both psychology and women's studies fields.
Review
"Considering the aggregate of books about fire, this volume's importance is its concentration on national park lands. A weighty addition to the shelf of environmental history books."--Library Journal
Synopsis
National parks played a unique role in the development of wildfire management on American public lands. With a different mission and powerful meaning to the public, the national parks were a psychic battleground for the contests between fire suppression and its use as a management tool. Blazing Heritage tells how the national parks shaped federal fire management.
Table of Contents
Introduction: The National Parks and Fire
Ch. 1. Fighting Fire on Horseback: The Military in the National Parks, 1872-1916
Ch. 2. The Development of a Fire Management Structure
Ch. 3. A Decade of Transformation: The New Deal and Fire Policy
Ch. 4. Ecology and the Limits of Suppression in the Post War Era
Ch. 5. Allowing Fire in the National Park System
Ch. 6. Managing Fire
Ch. 7. Yellowstone and the Politics of Disaster
Ch. 8. The Hazard of New Fortunes: Outlet, Cerro Grande, and the Twenty-First Century