Wired Wilderness

By Etienne Benson,

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American wildlife biologists first began fitting animals with radio transmitters in the 1950s. By the 1980s the practice had proven so useful to scientists and nonscientists alike that it became global. Wired Wilderness is the first book-length study of the origin, evolution, use, and impact of these now-commonplace tracking technologies.…

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1 author picked Wired Wilderness as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

Etienne Benson’s work on the history of radio tracking of wild animals is a model in combining environmental history, animal studies, and history of technology.

The book is also a fantastic example of how diverse networks of peopleincluding hunters, conservationists, and animal rights activists—link up through a device, in this case the radio transmitter.

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