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BIO-INVADERS IBD

WHITE HORSE PRESS
07 / 2010
9781874267553
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Sinopsis

We are pleased to announce a new series ofenvironmental history readers, suitable for students.Comprising essays selected from our journals,Environment and History and Environmental Values,each inexpensive paperback volume will address animportant theme in environmental history, combiningunderlying theory and specific case-studies. The firstvolume, Bio-invaders, investigates the rhetoric andrealities of exotic, introduced and ?alien? species. Thebook comprises a number of general essays, exploringand challenging common perceptions about suchspecies, and a series of case studies of specific species inspecific contexts. Its geographical coverage ranges fromthe United Kingdom to New Zealand by way of SouthAfrica, India and Palestine, and the essays cover bothhistorical and recent introductions.

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