Return of the Crazy Bird

Name: Return of the Crazy Bird
Brand: Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
SKU: 9781441931801
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The Sad, Strange Tale of the Dodo

Szerző: Clara Pinto-Correia

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Kötés: Puha kötésű

Kiadó: Springer-Verlag New York Inc.

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Using the history of the concept of extinction with the dodo as a case study, Pinto-Correia carefull...

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Szerző

Clara Pinto-Correia

Nyelv

Angol

Kötés

Könyv - Puha kötésű

Kiadva

2010

oldal

208

EAN

9781441931801

ISBN

1441931805

Enbook ID

01421848

Kiadó

Springer-Verlag New York Inc.

Súly

454

Méretek

155 x 235 x 13

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Using the history of the concept of extinction with the dodo as a case study, Pinto-Correia carefully weaves together story fragments to give a cohesive eye-opening view of 17th century exploration and the grave ramifications it had for the survival and extinction of many species. More importantly, she shows us the intellectual underpinnings of the old view that it was acceptable for some animals to die out. Within this narrative, we can see what the modern view of the dodo tells us about the history of our changing understanding and valuation of nature and our place in it. Strong writing, powered by lively historical anecdotes and sober insights into human behavior, makes this beautifully illustrated book a page-turner to the end.The Dodo went from being newly discovered to extinction in less than a hundred years. The flightless, odd-looking bird was seen for the first time by Europeans and then annihilated by Europeans in the course of the seventeenth century. And by the end of the nineteenth century, all that remained of what Portuguese explorers called the

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