| Book Review | Environmental History, 8.2

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Book Review

Acting for Endangered Species: The Statutory Ark. By Shannon Petersen. Lawrence: University of Kansas Press, 2002. xiii + 168 pp. Bibliographical notes, index. $29.95.

Scholars have only recently begun to embrace public policy history as a critical dimension of American environmental history. This renewed focus on government institutions is well deserved, for the legislators, administrators, and judges who populate them have actively shaped the natural landscape, for better or worse, over the course of the last century. Historian and environmental attorney Shannon Petersen makes an important contribution to this literature by examining the complex interchange of law, science, and politics that has informed federal efforts to protect endangered species. The author sets his analytical sights specifically on the courts, noting that "Since the late 1970s, litigation and judicial decision-making have driven environmental policy in this country more than legislation and administrative rulemaking" (p. xi). Accordingly, the issue of species preservation serves as an important case study of a broader, understudied trend in post-World War II environmentalism. . . .

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