LEADER 03484nam 2200661Ia 450 001 9910457604303321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-282-75950-7 010 $a9786612759505 010 $a0-520-93325-7 010 $a1-4337-0003-4 024 7 $a10.1525/9780520933255 035 $a(CKB)1000000000354339 035 $a(EBL)280131 035 $a(OCoLC)437175178 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000102307 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11133077 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000102307 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10049665 035 $a(PQKB)11100216 035 $a(OCoLC)81010730 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse30452 035 $a(DE-B1597)520577 035 $a(OCoLC)1018011543 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780520933255 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC280131 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL280131 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10153067 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL275950 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000354339 100 $a20060807d2007 ub 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aAmerican perceptions of immigrant and invasive species$b[electronic resource] $estrangers on the land /$fPeter A. Coates 210 $aBerkeley $cUniversity of California Press$d2007 215 $a1 online resource (257 p.) 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 $a0-520-24930-5 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tFront matter --$tContents --$tAcknowledgments --$t1. Strangers and Natives --$t2. The Avian Conquest of a Continent --$t3. Plants, Insects, and Other Strangers to the Soil --$t4. Arboreal Immigrants --$t5. The Nature of Alien Nation --$tNOTES --$tINDEX 330 $aSometimes by accident and sometimes on purpose, humans have transported plants and animals to new habitats around the world. Arriving in ever-increasing numbers to American soil, recent invaders have competed with, preyed on, hybridized with, and carried diseases to native species, transforming our ecosystems and creating anxiety among environmentalists and the general public. But is American anxiety over this crisis of ecological identity a recent phenomenon? Charting shifting attitudes to alien species since the 1850's, Peter Coates brings to light the rich cultural and historical aspects of this story by situating the history of immigrant flora and fauna within the wider context of human immigration. Through an illuminating series of particular invasions, including the English sparrow and the eucalyptus tree, what he finds is that we have always perceived plants and animals in relation to ourselves and the polities to which we belong. Setting the saga of human relations with the environment in the broad context of scientific, social, and cultural history, this thought-provoking book demonstrates how profoundly notions of nationality and debates over race and immigration have shaped American understandings of the natural world. 606 $aIntroduced organisms$zUnited States$xHistory 606 $aBiology 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aIntroduced organisms$xHistory. 615 0$aBiology. 676 $a333.95/230973 700 $aCoates$b Peter A.$f1957-$0598912 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910457604303321 996 $aAmerican perceptions of immigrant and invasive species$92460415 997 $aUNINA