This book makes a unique contribution to the conservation literature by enhancing one's understanding and appreciation of the cultural meaning of nature conservation through the lens of national park development. [ ] Highly recommended. · Choice
The book meets its aim of moving conservation scholarship in a new direction by providing analysis of the national (and not just the park) part of national parks. · The Public Historian
The essays in Civilizing Nature are generally very good in outlining and analyzing institutions, governments, and the roles of NGOs, scientists, and stakeholders within and regarding national parks around the globe. · Journal of Tourism History
This volume impresses with a well written, fascinating and remarkably multi-facetted story about one of the globally most successful nature conservation policies. It shows clearly that the future of environmental and nature conservation work lies in comparative global history that leaves enough room for local specificities and actors, without losing sight of larger processes. · Sehepunkte
Civilizing Nature is a seminal work of outstanding scholars in their fieldsa critically important addition to academic library Environmental Studies. · Midwest Book Review
For those fascinated by the notion and practice of national parks, it is probably best to start with the abstracts to the thirteen chapters[ that] convey the truly global scope of the present volume The editors are to be congratulated for their strong cast of contributors and thefine essays that represent the fruits of cutting-edge research. · Environment and History
[ This volume] brings together an appealing array of scholars to describe and discuss how the term national park has been perceived and used worldwide. While taking readers on a whirlwind tour of places20-odd parks in more than 16 countries in 13 chaptersit explores ideas of territorialization nationalism, and globalization in an ecological milieu and, in turn, puts wilderness, nature, and preservation in much-needed political and cultural contextOverall, the work leaves cultural geographers informed and inspired to continue studying and contributing to discussions of reservation, politics, ecology, and history in the context of national parks. · Journal of Cultural Geography
"With an intellectual coherence often missing in the revised proceedings of conferences, Civilizing Nature is a pathbreaking work in its field of comparative national park history. Both editors and contributors must be commended on the outcome. It is also a valuable contribution to environmental history more broadly and a useful addition to the study of twentiethcentury global history." · Ian Tyrrell, Environment and Nature in New Zealand
The editors are to be congratulated on having put together such a strong cast of contributors and on having extracted such fine essays that represent the fruits of cutting-edge research on national park history. I feel strongly that the future of environmental history lies in global and comparative studies of this sort and this volume offers a model in being both genuinely global and genuinely comparative. · Peter Coates, University of Bristol
This book is very worthwhile, and likely to be of interest to readers interesting in conservation and environmental studies more widely. The way that the manuscript is organised into themes is very sensible and helps the reader draw some of the connections between apparently disparate cases. · Rosaleen Duffy, University of Manchester
