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Frontiers of fear : tigers and people in the Malay world, 1600-1950 /
For centuries, reports of man-eating tigers in Indonesia, Malaysia, and Singapore have circulated, shrouded in myth and anecdote. This fascinating book documents the "big cat"--Human relationship in this area during its 350-year colonial period, re-creating a world in which people feared t...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New Haven, Conn. :
Yale University Press,
©2001.
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| Colección: | Yale agrarian studies.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | For centuries, reports of man-eating tigers in Indonesia, Malaysia, and Singapore have circulated, shrouded in myth and anecdote. This fascinating book documents the "big cat"--Human relationship in this area during its 350-year colonial period, re-creating a world in which people feared tigers but often came into contact with them, because these fierce predators prefer habitats created by human interference. Peter Boomgaard shows how people and tigers adapted to each other's behavior, each transmitting this learning from one generation to the next. He discusses the origins of stories and rituals about tigers and explains how cultural biases of Europeans and class differences among indigenous populations affected attitudes toward the tigers. He provides figures on their populations in different eras and analyzes the factors contributing to their present status as an endangered species. Interweaving stories about Malay kings, colonial rulers, tiger charmers, and bounty hunters with facts about tigers and their way of life, the book is an engrossing combination of environmental and micro history |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xii, 306 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Bibliografía: | Includes chapter notes (pages 239-263), bibliographical references (pages 265-291) , and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780300127591 0300127596 0300085397 9780300085396 1281741027 9781281741028 9786611741020 661174102X |