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Item Information   Holdings     Summary     More Content       More by this author     Hennessy, Elizabeth (Elizabeth Ann), author.     Subjects     Galapagos tortoise.     Galapagos tortoise -- Conservation.     Rare reptiles -- Galapagos Islands.     Extinct reptiles -- Galapagos Islands.     Evolution (Biology) -- History.     Nature -- Effect of human beings on -- Galapagos Islands.     Island ecology -- Galapagos Islands.     Restoration ecology -- Galapagos Islands.     Galapagos Islands -- Environmental conditions.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Hennessy, Elizabeth (Elizabeth Ann), author.       by title:      On the backs of tort...         MARC Display

On the backs of tortoises : Darwin, the Galápagos, and the fate of an evolutionary Eden / Elizabeth Hennessy. by Hennessy, Elizabeth (Elizabeth Ann), author. New Haven : Yale University Press, [2019] Subjects Galapagos tortoise.   Galapagos tortoise -- Conservation.   Rare reptiles -- Galapagos Islands.   Extinct reptiles -- Galapagos Islands.   Evolution (Biology) -- History.   Nature -- Effect of human beings on -- Galapagos Islands.   Island ecology -- Galapagos Islands.   Restoration ecology -- Galapagos Islands.   Galapagos Islands -- Environmental conditions. ISBN:  9780300232745 (hardcover) : 0300232748 (hardcover) Description:  xix, 310 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm Contents:  What we stand on -- In Darwin's footsteps -- What's in a name? -- The many worlds at world's end -- Making a natural laboratory -- Restoring evolution -- Laboratory life -- All the way down. Requests:  0 Summary:  The Galápagos archipelago is often viewed as a last foothold of pristine nature. For sixty years, conservationists have worked to restore this evolutionary Eden after centuries of exploitation at the hands of pirates, whalers, and island settlers. This book tells the story of the islands' namesakes--the giant tortoises--as coveted food sources, objects of natural history, and famous icons of conservation and tourism. By doing so, it brings into stark relief the paradoxical, and impossible, goal of conserving species by trying to restore a past state of prehistoric evolution. The tortoises, Elizabeth Hennessy demonstrates, are not prehistoric, but rather microcosms whose stories show how deeply human and nonhuman life are entangled. In a world where evolution is thoroughly shaped by global history, Hennessy puts forward a vision for conservation based on reckoning with the past, rather than trying to erase it.   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Status   Hawaii State Library Business, Science & Technology 597.9246 He Checked In Add Copy to MyList Kailua-Kona Public Library Adult Nonfiction 597.9246 He Checked In Add Copy to MyList Makawao Public Library Adult Nonfiction 597.9246 He Checked In Add Copy to MyList

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