American perceptions of immigrant and invasive species : strangers on the land / Peter A. Coates.
American perceptions of immigrant and invasive species : strangers on the land / Peter A. Coates.
American perceptions of immigrant and invasive species : strangers on the land / Peter A. Coates.
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Berkeley, Calif. : University of California Press, 2006.
Date
2006.
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N333.9523/ 1
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English
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Physical content
x, 256 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Contents
1. Strangers and natives -- 2. The avian conquest of a continent -- 3. Plants, insects, and other strangers to the soil -- 4. Arboreal immigrants -- 5. The nature of alien nation.
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Publisher
Berkeley, Calif. : University of California Press, 2006.
Place of Publication
California
Date Published
2006.
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Summary
Setting the saga of human relations with the environment in the broad context of scientific, social, and cultural history, this book demonstrates how profoundly notions of nationality and debates over race and immigration have shaped American understandings of the natural world."--BOOK JACKET....
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American perceptions of immigrant and invasive species : strangers on the land / Peter A. Coates.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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N333.9523/ 1
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74VKOdQ2j73g
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKOdQ2j73g
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ISBN
0520249305 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780520249301 (cloth : alk. paper)
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333.95230973
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991022406289702626
