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• ISBN: 0820322962 (alk. paper)
• ISBN: 9780820322964 (alk. paper)
• Physical Description: xix, 211 p. ; 24 cm.
• Publisher: Athens : University of Georgia Press, c2001.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 191-199) and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

Introduction -- PART ONE: SETTING THE STAGE: History of the Endangered Species Act -- The Endangered Species Act today -- The importance of biodiversity -- PART TWO: CHARACTERS: Protagonists and the environmental arguments -- Antagonists and the private rights argument -- PART THREE: CONFLICT: In the halls of Congress -- Presidental power -- The bureaucratic contribution -- Species economics -- PART FOUR: RESOLUTION: Ecosystem management -- Antidote.

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Endangered species > Government policy > United States.
Biodiversity conservation > Government policy > United States.
United States. Endangered Species Act of 1973 > History.