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200 10$aSilent fields $ethe long decline of a nation's wildlife /$fRoger Lovegrove line illustrations by Ross Lovegrove
205   $aFirst edition.
210   $aOxford $cOxford University Press$dc2007
215   $a1 online resource (xii, 404 pages) $cillustrations, maps
225 1 $aOxford scholarship online.
300   $aPreviously issued in print: 2007.
311 0 $a0-19-852071-9 
320   $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
327   $aContents; Introduction; 1. Lost animals: early eliminations by Man; 2. The social background to persecution; 3. To kill a Rat or catch a Kite: methods of control; 4. Killing in Scotland; 5. In on the Act-searching the record; 6. Birds-individual species accounts; 7. Mammals-individual species accounts; 8. Local patterns of persecution: England and Wales; 9. The return of the natives; 10. Modern control-legal and illegal; 11. Vermin control and wildlife management: where next?; Appendix 1: Summary table of vermin payments extracted from churchwardens' accounts Appendix 2: Scientific names of species mentioned in the text References; Index
330 8 $aSince time immemorial mankind had taken it upon himself to wage war against nature - against those species of birds & mammals which he believes conflict with his livelihood. This book documents the history of that battle in Britain from the Middle Ages, shedding a new light on the history of our much-loved wildlife.
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