Six legs better : a cultural history of myrmecology / Charlotte Sleigh.
Six legs better : a cultural history of myrmecology / Charlotte Sleigh.
Six legs better : a cultural history of myrmecology / Charlotte Sleigh.
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Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2007.
Date
2007.
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N595.79607/1
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English
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viii, 302 p., [6] p. of plates : ill. ; 24 cm.
Contents
Pt. I. Psychological ants -- 1. Evolutionary myrmecology and the natural history of the human mind -- 2. A (non-) disciplinary context for evolutionary myrmecology -- Pt. II. Sociological ants -- 3. From psychology to sociology -- 4. The brave new world of myrmecology -- 5. The generic contexts of n...
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Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2007.
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Maryland
Date Published
2007.
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"In this volume, Charlotte Sleigh uses specific representations of ants within the field of entomology from the late nineteenth to mid-twentieth centuries to explore the broader role of metaphors in science and their often unpredictable translations. Marking the centenary of the coining of "myrmecology" to describe the study of ants, Six Legs Bette...
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Six legs better : a cultural history of myrmecology / Charlotte Sleigh.
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Animals, history, culture.
Animals, history, culture.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [231]-294) and index.
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N595.79607/1
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74VKRNWkVD0X
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKRNWkVD0X
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ISBN
9780801884450 (hardcover : alk. paper)
0801884454 (hardcover : alk. paper)
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595.796072
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991023203279702626
