TY - BOOK AU - Kay,Charles AU - Simmons,Randy T. TI - Wilderness and political ecology: aboriginal influences and the original state of nature SN - 0874807190 AV - GF500 .W55 2002 U1 - 304.28097 21 PY - 2002///] CY - Salt Lake City PB - University of Utah Press KW - Nature KW - Effect of human beings on KW - America KW - Indians KW - Economic conditions N1 - Includes bibliographical references (pages 263-327) and index; Prehistoric extinctions : in the shadow of man; Paul S. Martin --; Evolutionary theory, conservation, and human environmental impact; Michael S. Alvard --; Pre-Columbian human impact on California vertebrates : evidence from old bones and implications for wilderness policy; Jack M. Broughton --; Depletion of prehistoric pinniped populations along the California and Oregon coasts : were humans the cause?; William R. Hildebrandt and Terry L. Jones --; Post-Columbian wildlife irruptions in California : implications for cultural and environmental understanding; William L. Preston --; The role of prehistoric peoples in shaping ecosystems in the Eastern United States : implications for restoration ecology and wilderness management; Thomas W. Neumann --; Aboriginal use of fire : are there any "natural" plant communities?; Gerald W. Williams --; Are ecosystems structured from the top-down or bottom-up? : a new look at an old debate; Charles E. Kay --; Afterword; false gods, ecological myths, and biological reality; Charles E. Kay ER -