What is extinction? : a natural and cultural history of last animals /

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"Life on Earth is facing a mass extinction event of our own making. Human activity is changing the biology and the meaning of extinction. What Is Extinction? examines several key moments that have come to define the terms of extinction over the past two centuries, exploring instances of animal...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Schuster, Joshua (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Fordham University Press, 2023.
Edición:First edition.
Temas:
Extinction (Biology) > History.
Extinction (Biology) > Social aspects.
Nature > Effect of human beings on.
Extinction (Biologie) > Histoire.
Extinction (Biologie) > Aspect social.
Êtres humains > Influence sur la nature.
SCIENCE / Natural history-discipline
Extinction (Biology)
Nature > Effect of human beings on
Biology, life sciences.
Science.
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction
  • Part I
  • 1. Photographing the Last Animal
  • 2. Indigeneity and Anthropology in Last Worlds
  • Part II
  • 3. Literary Extinctions and the Existentiality of Reading
  • 4. Concepts of Extinction in the Holocaust
  • Part III
  • 5. Critical Theory for the Critically Endangered
  • 6. What Is De-Extinction?
  • Conclusion

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