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UNINA9910139388403321 |
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Wild rangelands [[electronic resource] ] : conserving wildlife while maintaining livestock in semi-arid ecosystems / / edited by Johan T. du Toit, Richard Kock and James C. Deutsch |
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Oxford ; ; Hoboken, N.J., : Wiley-Blackwell, 2010 |
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1-283-83533-9 |
1-4443-1710-5 |
1-4443-1709-1 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (450 p.) |
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Conservation science and practice series Wild rangelands |
Conservation science and practice series ; ; no. 6 |
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Du ToitJohan T |
KockRichard |
DeutschJames C |
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333.7416 |
636.08/45 |
636.0845 |
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Grassland animals - Conservation |
Range management |
Livestock - Environmental aspects |
Electronic books. |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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pt. 1. Thematic reviews -- pt. 2. Case studies. |
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Rangeland ecosystems which include unimproved grasslands, shrublands, savannas and semi-deserts, support half of the world's livestock, while also providing habitats for some of the most charismatic of wildlife species. This book examines the pressures on rangeland ecosystems worldwide from human land use, over-hunting, and subsistence and commercial farming of livestock and crops. Leading experts have pooled their experiences from all continents to cover the ecological, sociological, political, veterinary, and economic aspects of rangeland management today. This book provides practitioners |
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UNINA9910145572603321 |
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Autore |
Macdonald Sharon |
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A companion to museum studies / / edited by Sharon Macdonald |
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1-78268-621-5 |
1-281-30837-4 |
9786611308377 |
1-4051-6414-X |
0-470-99683-8 |
1-4051-5729-1 |
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[1] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (592 p.) |
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Blackwell companions in cultural studies ; ; 12 |
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Museums - Philosophy |
Museums - Social aspects |
Museum techniques |
Museus |
Museologia |
Condicions socials |
Llibres electrònics |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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A Companion to Museum Studies; Contents; List of Illustrations; Notes on Contributors; Acknowledgments; Bibliographical Note; 1 Expanding Museum Studies: An Introduction; Part I Perspectives, Disciplines, Concepts; Introduction; 2 Cultural Theory and Museum Studies; 3 Sociology and the Social Aspects of Museums; 4 Art History and Museology: Rendering the Visible Legible; 5 Museums and Anthropologies: Practices and Narratives; 6 Collecting Practices; 7 The Conundrum of Ephemerality: Time, Memory, and Museums; Part II Histories, Heritage, Identities; Introduction |
8 The Origins of the Public Museum9 World Fairs and Museums; 10 Making and Remaking National Identities; 11 Museums and |
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Community; 12 Re-staging Histories and Identities; 13 Heritage; Part III: Architecture, Space, Media; Introduction; 14 Museum Architecture: A Brief History; 15 Insight versus Entertainment: Untimely Meditations on the Architecture of Twentieth-century Art Museums; 16 Civic Seeing: Museums and the Organization of Vision; 17 Space Syntax: The Language of Museum Space; 18 New Media; Part IV Visitors, Learning, Interacting; Introduction |
19 Living in a Learning Society: Museums and Free-choice Learning20 Museum Education; 21 Interactivity: Thinking Beyond; 22 Studying Visitors; Part V Globalization, Profession, Practice; Introduction; 23 Globalization: Incorporating the Museum; 24 Cultural Economics; 25 The Museum Profession; 26 Museum Ethics; 27 Museum Practice: Legal Issues; 28 Non-Western Models of Museums and Curation in Cross-cultural Perspective; Part VI Culture Wars, Transformations, Futures; Introduction; 29 Incivilities in Civil(-ized) Places: "Culture Wars" in Comparative Perspective |
30 Science Museums and the Culture Wars31 Postmodern Restructurings; 32 Exposing the Public; 33 The Future of the Museum; Index |
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A Companion to Museum Studies captures the multidisciplinary approach to the study of the development, roles, and significance of museums in contemporary society.Collects first-rate original essays by leading figures from a range of disciplines and theoretical stances, including anthropology, art history, history, literature, sociology, cultural studies, and museum studiesExamines the complexity of the museum from cultural, political, curatorial, historical and representational perspectivesCovers traditional subjects, such as space, display, buildings, objects and collec |
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