Last Tasmanian Tiger

Name: Last Tasmanian Tiger
Brand: Cambridge University Press
SKU: 9780521531542
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The History and Extinction of the Thylacine

Szerző: Robert Paddle

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Kötés: Puha kötésű

Kiadó: Cambridge University Press

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This book is the most complete and up-to-date examination of the history and extinction of one of Au...

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Robert Paddle

Nyelv

Angol

Kötés

Könyv - Puha kötésű

Kiadva

2002

oldal

284

EAN

9780521531542

ISBN

0521531543

Enbook ID

02034059

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Cambridge University Press

Súly

460

Méretek

243 x 175 x 15

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This book is the most complete and up-to-date examination of the history and extinction of one of Australia's most enduring folkloric beasts - the thylacine, otherwise affectionately known as the Tasmanian tiger. Bob Paddle challenges conventional theories explaining the behaviour and eventual extinction of the thylacine, arguing that rural politicians used the Tasmanian tiger as a scapegoat to protect local agricultural enterprise from the consequences of mismanagement. After the population of thylacines was decimated through a bounty scheme, ineffective political action by scientists finally resulted in the extinction of a once proud species. Paddle also uncovers a deeper intellectual snobbery that set the scene for the thylacine's eventual extinction. The Last Tasmanian Tiger offers new perspectives on the subjective nature of scientific investigation and the politics of preservation. For its groundbreaking work it received the Whitley Medal of the Zoological Society of New South Wales for best science book of 2001.

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