Flight ways : life and loss at the edge of extinction / / Thom van Dooren ; cover photo, Wayne Kryduba ; cover design, Mary Ann Smith |
Autore | Van Dooren Thom <1980-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York : , : Columbia University Press, , 2014 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (x, 193 pages) : illustrations (black and white) |
Disciplina | 598.138 |
Collana | Critical perspectives on animals |
Soggetto topico | Birds - Extinction |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN | 0-231-53744-1 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Telling Lively Stories at the Edge of Extinction -- One. Fledging Albatrosses: Flight Ways and Wasted Generations -- Two. Circling Vultures: Life and Death at the Dull Edge of Extinction -- Three. Urban Penguins: Stories for Lost Places -- Four. Breeding Cranes: The Violent-Care of Captive Life -- Five. Mourning Crows: Grief in a Shared World -- Epilogue: A Call for Stories -- Notes -- References -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910458341003321 |
Van Dooren Thom <1980-> | ||
New York : , : Columbia University Press, , 2014 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Flight ways : life and loss at the edge of extinction / / Thom van Dooren ; cover photo, Wayne Kryduba ; cover design, Mary Ann Smith |
Autore | Van Dooren Thom <1980-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York : , : Columbia University Press, , 2014 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (x, 193 pages) : illustrations (black and white) |
Disciplina | 598.138 |
Collana | Critical perspectives on animals |
Soggetto topico | Birds - Extinction |
ISBN | 0-231-53744-1 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Telling Lively Stories at the Edge of Extinction -- One. Fledging Albatrosses: Flight Ways and Wasted Generations -- Two. Circling Vultures: Life and Death at the Dull Edge of Extinction -- Three. Urban Penguins: Stories for Lost Places -- Four. Breeding Cranes: The Violent-Care of Captive Life -- Five. Mourning Crows: Grief in a Shared World -- Epilogue: A Call for Stories -- Notes -- References -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910791040203321 |
Van Dooren Thom <1980-> | ||
New York : , : Columbia University Press, , 2014 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Flight ways : life and loss at the edge of extinction / / Thom van Dooren ; cover photo, Wayne Kryduba ; cover design, Mary Ann Smith |
Autore | Van Dooren Thom <1980-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York : , : Columbia University Press, , 2014 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (x, 193 pages) : illustrations (black and white) |
Disciplina | 598.138 |
Collana | Critical perspectives on animals |
Soggetto topico | Birds - Extinction |
ISBN | 0-231-53744-1 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Telling Lively Stories at the Edge of Extinction -- One. Fledging Albatrosses: Flight Ways and Wasted Generations -- Two. Circling Vultures: Life and Death at the Dull Edge of Extinction -- Three. Urban Penguins: Stories for Lost Places -- Four. Breeding Cranes: The Violent-Care of Captive Life -- Five. Mourning Crows: Grief in a Shared World -- Epilogue: A Call for Stories -- Notes -- References -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910826391703321 |
Van Dooren Thom <1980-> | ||
New York : , : Columbia University Press, , 2014 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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