Wild man from Borneo : a cultural history of the orangutan / Robert Cribb, Helen Gilbert, Helen Tiff...
Wild man from Borneo : a cultural history of the orangutan / Robert Cribb, Helen Gilbert, Helen Tiff...
Wild man from Borneo : a cultural history of the orangutan / Robert Cribb, Helen Gilbert, Helen Tiffin.
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Publisher
Honolulu : University of Hawai'i Press, [2014]
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G 2014/4915 , H 2015/3017
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MMS ID
Language
English
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Physical content
xii, 318 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Content type
text
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
volume
Contents
From satyr to Pongo: discovering the red ape -- "A more than animal intelligence": exploring the species boundary -- Wanted dead or alive: orangutans on display -- Darkest Borneo, savage Sumatra -- Imagining orangutans: fictions, fantasies, futures -- Close encounters and dangerous liaisons -- Monke...
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Publisher
Honolulu : University of Hawai'i Press, [2014]
Place of Publication
Hawaii
Date Published
[2014]
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Scope and Contents
Summary
Offers the first comprehensive history of the human-orangutan encounter. Arguably the most humanlike of all the great apes, particularly in intelligence and behavior, the orangutan has been cherished, used, and abused ever since it was first brought to the attention of Europeans in the seventeenth century. The red ape has engaged the interest of sc...
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Wild man from Borneo : a cultural history of the orangutan / Robert Cribb, Helen Gilbert, Helen Tiffin.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 279-306) and index.
Mitchell Library copy at H 2015/3017: Submission for Premier's History Award 2015.
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©2014.
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G 2014/4915 , H 2015/3017
Record Identifier
74VKK0QAPRoy
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKK0QAPRoy
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ISBN
0824837142 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780824837143 (cloth : alk. paper)
DDC
599.883
MMS ID
991021992789702626
