Nathan F. Sayre is professor and chair of geography at the University of California, Berkeley. He is the author, most recently, of Working Wilderness: The Malpai Borderlands Group and the Future of the Western Range. He lives in Berkeley, CA.
"The Politics of Scale provides a useful and interesting historical
perspective on the development of range science as a merging of
ecological understanding (some of it faulty), the economics of
ranching and pastoralism, and land management policy. Rich in its
historical coverage and distinctive in its focus on the evolving
conceptions of range science and management, it effectively
provides a genealogy of range science. I find myself reflecting
frequently upon the ideas presented here. That, to me, is a mark of
success."--David G. Havlick, University of Colorado Colorado
Springs, author of "No Place Distant: Roads And Motorized
Recreation On America's Public Lands" and coeditor of "Restoring
Layered Landscapes: History, Ecology, and Culture"
"Very readable and engaging, The Politics of Scale is an important
contribution to a number of different literatures, including the
political ecology of resource management and assessment, the
history and sociology of resource management science (it is one of
the very best treatments in this arena), and the history of this
discipline and approach. Sayre does a wonderful job showing how
this intellectual history matters. His serious engagement with the
methods and practices of range scientists exposes a much richer and
nuanced understanding of knowledge politics as influenced by the
agendas of government agencies and key individuals and the needs of
capital. I love this book."--Matthew D. Turner, University of
Wisconsin-Madison, coeditor of "Knowing Nature: Conversations at
the Intersection of Political Ecology and Science Studies"
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