AoR 12: Nathan Sayre, Politics of Scale—A History of Rangeland Science

Dr. Nathan Sayre has written the definitive work on the origins and history of rangelands science, public ownership, agency management, and grazing philosophy in the United States. Join Tip and Nathan as they discuss his background building fence on ranches on the Southwest, his pathway to the sociology of rangelands, and then surprising findings in Sayre’s book research. Finally, they visit about recommendations for modern range management. WE NEED YOUR FEEDBACK! Please take 2 minutes to complete this short survey to help us continue funding the podcast: https://wsu.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_9Y3fUWlQdBsyBZX TRANSCRIPT The full transcript of this episode is available at: https://bit.ly/2OvMHGx RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE Nathan's book is "The Politics of Scale: A History of Rangeland Science". You can order through a local bookseller, or directly from the publisher, University of Chicago Press: https://www.press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/chicago/P/bo16762107.html Or, you can support the monopoly at https://www.amazon.com/Politics-Scale-History-Rangeland-Science/dp/022608325X/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1538427564&sr=8-1&keywords=politics+of+scale. Recent articles by Nathan Sayre referenced in the podcast are available on the show notes link: https://bit.ly/2CHhkEe For more on concerns on the publishing monopoly, you can listen to an interview with Franklin Foer, author of the book “World Without Mind: The Existential Threat of Big Tech”, here: https://www.artofmanliness.com/articles/world-without-mind-franklin-foer-interview/