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Koala : a historical biography /

This book examines the koala's long seclusion from discovery (1803), its slow penetration of the European classificatory system, its distinctive history, and its emergence through observation, artistic and scientific depiction. It also covers koala destruction through settlement and hunting in...

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Основен автор: Moyal, Ann, 1926-
Други автори: Organ, Michael.
Формат: Електронна книга
Език: English
Публикувано: Melbourne : CSIRO Pub., 2008.
Серия: Australian natural history series.
Предмети:
Koala > History.
Koala > Australia > Pictorial works.
Animals and civilization > Australia.
Koala.
Animals and civilization.
SCIENCE > Life Sciences > Zoology > Mammals.
NATURE > Animals > Mammals.
Animals and civilization
Australia.
History.
Pictorial works.
Electronic books.
Онлайн достъп: http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=237605
Подобни документи: Print version:: Koala.
Съдържание:
  • 1.
  • 'The land that waited'
  • 2.
  • Science and art;
  • 3.
  • Putting the animals on the map
  • 4.
  • The upside-down world
  • 5.
  • The indigenous people
  • 6.
  • Field and metropolis
  • 7.
  • Fire, fur and guns
  • 8.
  • The literary koala
  • 9.
  • Colin MacKenzie and the amazingkoala shoulder
  • 10.
  • The new protectors
  • 11.
  • Being and doing
  • 12.
  • The survivor?
  • 13.
  • Epilogue: Up close and personal.

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