Flight from grace : a cultural history of humans and birds / Richard Pope.
Flight from grace : a cultural history of humans and birds / Richard Pope.
Flight from grace : a cultural history of humans and birds / Richard Pope.
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Author / Creator
Publisher
Montreal ; Kingston ; London ; Chicago : McGill-Queen's University Press, [2021]
Call Numbers
G 2021/1269
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Language
English
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Physical Description
Physical content
xv, 292 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 27 cm
Content type
text
still image
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
volume
Contents
Divine Implications: Telltale Evidence -- Animism and the Sacred -- Birds in Palaeolithic Cave Wall Art -- Birds in Palaeolithic Portable Art -- Birds in Neolithic Art: Anatolia, Iraq, Syria, and Europe -- Sacred Birds of Mesopotamia and Egypt -- Sacred Birds of Peru -- Sacred Birds of Greece and th...
Publication information
Publisher
Montreal ; Kingston ; London ; Chicago : McGill-Queen's University Press, [2021]
Place of Publication
Québec (Province)
Date Published
[2021]
Subjects
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Scope and Contents
Summary
"Human animals are despoiling nature and causing a sixth extinction on Earth. Our natural environment is being compromised, and birds and other animals are disappearing at an alarming rate. Flight from Grace does not so much reveal the extent of the damage as ask and answer the perplexing question: why? This book traces human reverence for birds an...
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Full title
Flight from grace : a cultural history of humans and birds / Richard Pope.
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Author / Creator
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 271-282) and index.
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Date Copyright
©2021
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Call Numbers
G 2021/1269
Record Identifier
74VKazjpDMgM
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKazjpDMgM
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ISBN
9780228005308
DDC
598
MMS ID
991024402118102626
