Author: Iza Duffus Hardy
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Category : Florida
Languages : en
Pages : 286
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Oranges and Alligators
Author: Iza Duffus Hardy
Publisher:
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Category : Florida
Languages : en
Pages : 286
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Publisher:
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Category : Florida
Languages : en
Pages : 286
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Beastly Natures
Author: Dorothee Brantz
Publisher: University of Virginia Press
ISBN: 0813929954
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 304
Book Description
Although the animal may be, as Nietzsche argued, ahistorical, living completely in the present, it nonetheless plays a crucial role in human history. The fascination with animals that leads not only to a desire to observe and even live alongside them, but to capture or kill them, is found in all civilizations. The essays collected in Beastly Natures show how animals have been brought into human culture, literally helping to build our societies (as domesticated animals have done) or contributing, often in problematic ways, to our concept of the wild. The book begins with a group of essays that approach the historical relevance of human-animal relations seen from the perspectives of various disciplines and suggest ways in which animals might be brought into formal studies of history. Differences in species and location can greatly affect the shape of human-animal interaction, and so the essays that follow address a wide spectrum of topics, including the demanding fate of the working horse, the complex image of the American alligator (at turns a dangerous predator and a tourist attraction), the zoo gardens of Victorian England, the iconography of the rhinoceros and the preference it reveals in society for myth over science, relations between humans and wolves in Europe, and what we can learn from society’s enthusiasm for "political" animals, such as the pets of the American presidents and the Soviet Union’s "space dogs." Taken together, these essays suggest new ways of looking not only at animals but at human history. Contributors Mark V. Barrow Jr., Virginia Tech * Peter Edwards, Roehampton University * Kelly Enright, Rutgers University * Oliver Hochadel, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona * Uwe Lübken, Rachel Carson Center, Munich * Garry Marvin, Roehampton University * Clay McShane, Northeastern University * Amy Nelson, Virginia Tech * Susan Pearson, Northwestern University * Helena Pycior, University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee * Harriet Ritvo, Massachusetts Institute of Technology * Nigel Rothfels, University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee * Joel A. Tarr, Carnegie Mellon University * Mary Weismantel, Northwestern University
Publisher: University of Virginia Press
ISBN: 0813929954
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 304
Book Description
Although the animal may be, as Nietzsche argued, ahistorical, living completely in the present, it nonetheless plays a crucial role in human history. The fascination with animals that leads not only to a desire to observe and even live alongside them, but to capture or kill them, is found in all civilizations. The essays collected in Beastly Natures show how animals have been brought into human culture, literally helping to build our societies (as domesticated animals have done) or contributing, often in problematic ways, to our concept of the wild. The book begins with a group of essays that approach the historical relevance of human-animal relations seen from the perspectives of various disciplines and suggest ways in which animals might be brought into formal studies of history. Differences in species and location can greatly affect the shape of human-animal interaction, and so the essays that follow address a wide spectrum of topics, including the demanding fate of the working horse, the complex image of the American alligator (at turns a dangerous predator and a tourist attraction), the zoo gardens of Victorian England, the iconography of the rhinoceros and the preference it reveals in society for myth over science, relations between humans and wolves in Europe, and what we can learn from society’s enthusiasm for "political" animals, such as the pets of the American presidents and the Soviet Union’s "space dogs." Taken together, these essays suggest new ways of looking not only at animals but at human history. Contributors Mark V. Barrow Jr., Virginia Tech * Peter Edwards, Roehampton University * Kelly Enright, Rutgers University * Oliver Hochadel, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona * Uwe Lübken, Rachel Carson Center, Munich * Garry Marvin, Roehampton University * Clay McShane, Northeastern University * Amy Nelson, Virginia Tech * Susan Pearson, Northwestern University * Helena Pycior, University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee * Harriet Ritvo, Massachusetts Institute of Technology * Nigel Rothfels, University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee * Joel A. Tarr, Carnegie Mellon University * Mary Weismantel, Northwestern University
The Athenaeum
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Languages : en
Pages : 898
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Languages : en
Pages : 898
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Analytical and Classified Catalogue of the Library ...: I.-P
Author: Dennis O'Donovan
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 972
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 972
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Punch
Author: Mark Lemon
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Category : Caricatures and cartoons
Languages : en
Pages : 664
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Category : Caricatures and cartoons
Languages : en
Pages : 664
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Storm Riders
Author: Craig Lesley
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 9780312263980
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 354
Book Description
"Follows the challenges and tragedies of Clark Woods, a foster parent who is raising a Native American son, Wade."--Jacket.
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 9780312263980
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 354
Book Description
"Follows the challenges and tragedies of Clark Woods, a foster parent who is raising a Native American son, Wade."--Jacket.
Alligators All Around
Author: Maurice Sendak
Publisher: Harper Collins
ISBN: 0064432548
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 34
Book Description
‘An alligator jamboree, with all the letters ' A through Z.'
Publisher: Harper Collins
ISBN: 0064432548
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 34
Book Description
‘An alligator jamboree, with all the letters ' A through Z.'
Uniquely Florida
Author: Bob Knotts
Publisher: Heinemann-Raintree Library
ISBN: 9781432902933
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 54
Book Description
What do the images on Florida's state seal stand for? How is Florida's state government different from all others? What has Florida contributed to our nation's space exploration program? You can find the answers to these questions in this book, which contains all kinds of fun and fascinating facts and features that help make Florida a one-of-a-kind place. Inside, you will also find information about Florida's unique state symbols. You can learn how to make a key lime pie, and find out why Florida's state gem cannot be found naturally anywhere in Florida. And, you'll find out why Florida really is the Sunshine State. Inside you'll find: maps that help you find your way around Florida, photographs that let you see what you are reading about, a glossary, index, and list of more books to read to help you find what you're looking for and better understand it.
Publisher: Heinemann-Raintree Library
ISBN: 9781432902933
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 54
Book Description
What do the images on Florida's state seal stand for? How is Florida's state government different from all others? What has Florida contributed to our nation's space exploration program? You can find the answers to these questions in this book, which contains all kinds of fun and fascinating facts and features that help make Florida a one-of-a-kind place. Inside, you will also find information about Florida's unique state symbols. You can learn how to make a key lime pie, and find out why Florida's state gem cannot be found naturally anywhere in Florida. And, you'll find out why Florida really is the Sunshine State. Inside you'll find: maps that help you find your way around Florida, photographs that let you see what you are reading about, a glossary, index, and list of more books to read to help you find what you're looking for and better understand it.
The Reminiscences of Augustus Saint-Gaudens
Author: Augustus Saint-Gaudens
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Category : Sculptors
Languages : en
Pages : 428
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Publisher:
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Category : Sculptors
Languages : en
Pages : 428
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Forest and Stream
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Category : Birds
Languages : en
Pages : 592
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Publisher:
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Category : Birds
Languages : en
Pages : 592
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