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All things harmless, useful, and ornamental : environmental transformation through species acclimatization, from colonial Australia to the world /
"Species acclimatization -- the organized introduction of organisms to a new region -- is much maligned in the present day. However, colonization depended on moving people, plants and animals from place to place, and in centuries past, scientists, landowners and philanthropists formed acclimati...
| Call Number: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
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Chapel Hill :
The University of North Carolina Press,
[2019]
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| Series: | Flows, migrations, and exchanges.
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| Online Access: | Texto completo |
| Summary: | "Species acclimatization -- the organized introduction of organisms to a new region -- is much maligned in the present day. However, colonization depended on moving people, plants and animals from place to place, and in centuries past, scientists, landowners and philanthropists formed acclimatization societies to study local species and conditions, form networks of supporters and exchange supposedly useful local and exotic organisms across the globe. Pete Minard tells the story of this movement, arguing that the colonies, not the imperial centers, led the movement for species acclimatization"-- |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (ix, 196 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781469651620 1469651629 9781469651637 1469651637 |