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Autore: | Lovegrove Roger |
Titolo: | Silent fields : the long decline of a nation's wildlife / / Roger Lovegrove line illustrations by Ross Lovegrove |
Pubblicazione: | Oxford, : Oxford University Press, c2007 |
Edizione: | First edition. |
Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (xii, 404 pages) : illustrations, maps |
Disciplina: | 304.280941 |
Soggetto topico: | Nature - Effect of human beings on - Great Britain - History |
Wildlife pests - Control - Great Britain - History | |
Note generali: | Previously issued in print: 2007. |
Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Nota di contenuto: | Contents; 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 |
Sommario/riassunto: | Since 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. |
Titolo autorizzato: | Silent fields |
ISBN: | 1-383-02345-X |
1-281-16009-1 | |
9786611160098 | |
0-19-151363-6 | |
1-4294-7015-1 | |
Formato: | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
Record Nr.: | 9910823230103321 |
Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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