The battle for yellowstone morality and the sacred roots of environmental conflict princeton studies in cultural sociology farrell justin 9780691164342 amazoncom books. The battle for yellowstone morality and the sacred roots of environmental conflict by justin farrell princeton nj princeton university press 2015 ix 291 pp 3950 cloth andrew l whitehead clemson university clemson south carolina . The battle for yellowstone brings the weberian and durkheimian approaches of cultural sociology to bear on a classically environmental sociological question ecological conflict and environmental activism around yellowstone national park drawing on rich data gathered through ethnographic fieldwork qualitative interviews and quantitative content analysis the book centers on uncovering the moral narratives and logics that underlie environmental struggles at yellowstone. This creatively conceptualized deeply researched book reveals much about the nature of yellowstone national park ynp and a surprising amount about politics