About the Author

Wilko Graf von Hardenberg is a senior research scholar at the Max Planck Institute for the History of Science in Berlin and co-editor of The Nature State: Rethinking the History of Conservation.

Reviews

A Monastery for the Ibex marks an enormous contribution to our understanding of national parks. The long and fascinating history of Italy's first national park is dissected for the first time, and the novel strands of Italy's science, conservation, and tourism are deftly woven together. That this was achieved by a fascist regime makes for an unusual and gripping story.--Jane Carruthers, professor emeritus, University of South Africa