Wetlands in a dry land : more-than-human histories of Australia's Murray-Darling Basin / Emily O'Gor...
Wetlands in a dry land : more-than-human histories of Australia's Murray-Darling Basin / Emily O'Gor...
Wetlands in a dry land : more-than-human histories of Australia's Murray-Darling Basin / Emily O'Gorman.
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Seattle : University of Washington Press, 2021.
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H 2021/2992
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English
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Physical content
xvii, 261 pages : illustrations (black and white), maps (black and white) ; 24 cm.
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still image
cartographic image
text
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unmediated
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volume
Contents
Weaving : postcolonial and multispecies politics of plants -- Leaking : containment and recalcitrance of swamps -- Infecting : irrigation, mosquitoes, and malaria in wartime -- Crossing : wildlife in agriculture -- Enclosing : pelicans, protected areas, and private property -- Migrating : wetlands,...
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Publisher
Seattle : University of Washington Press, 2021.
Place of Publication
Washington (State)
Date Published
2021.
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Summary
"In the name of agriculture, urban growth, and disease control, humans have drained, filled, or otherwise destroyed nearly 87 percent of the world's wetlands over the past three centuries. Unintended consequences include biodiversity loss, poor water quality, and the erosion of cultural sites, and only in the past few decades have wetlands been wid...
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Wetlands in a dry land : more-than-human histories of Australia's Murray-Darling Basin / Emily O'Gorman.
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Weyerhaeuser environmental books
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Also published electronically.
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Online version O'Gorman, Emily Wetlands in a dry land Seattle : University of Washington Press, 2021. 9780295749044 (DLC) 2020055836
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H 2021/2992
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74VKa326RJQd
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKa326RJQd
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9780295749150 pbk. :
9780295749037 hbk. :
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304.2509944
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991024403622202626
