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WHY PUBLISH: - While there are a lot of true crime style books that
look at similar case studies, this is the only academic book on
Australian crime currently on the market pitched at an
undergraduate audience. - The author is a well-know and respected
academic, and used her connections to bring a stellar cast of
reputable contributors on board for this project. - Book is based
on a successful, long-running course offered at Newcastle
University, Australia.
WHY PUBLISH: - While there are a lot of true crime style books that
look at similar case studies, this is the only academic book on
Australian crime currently on the market pitched at an
undergraduate audience. - The author is a well-know and respected
academic, and used her connections to bring a stellar cast of
reputable contributors on board for this project. - Book is based
on a successful, long-running course offered at Newcastle
University, Australia.
Whether their populations are perceived as too large, just right,
too small or non-existent, animal numbers matter to the humans with
whom they share environments. Animals in the right numbers are
accepted and even welcomed, but when they are seen to deviate from
the human-declared set point, they become either enemies upon whom
to declare war or victims to be protected. In this edited volume,
leading and emerging scholars investigate for the first time the
ways in which the size of an animal population impacts how they are
viewed by humans and, conversely, how human perceptions of
populations impact animals. This collection explores the fortunes
of amphibians, mammals, insects and fish whose numbers have created
concern in settler Australia and examines shifts in these
populations between excess, abundance, equilibrium, scarcity and
extinction. The book points to the importance of caution in future
campaigns to manipulate animal populations, and demonstrates how
approaches from the humanities can be deployed to bring fresh
perspectives to understandings of how to live alongside other
animals.
Whether their populations are perceived as too large, just right,
too small or non-existent, animal numbers matter to the humans with
whom they share environments. Animals in the right numbers are
accepted and even welcomed, but when they are seen to deviate from
the human-declared set point, they become either enemies upon whom
to declare war or victims to be protected. In this edited volume,
leading and emerging scholars investigate for the first time the
ways in which the size of an animal population impacts how they are
viewed by humans and, conversely, how human perceptions of
populations impact animals. This collection explores the fortunes
of amphibians, mammals, insects and fish whose numbers have created
concern in settler Australia and examines shifts in these
populations between excess, abundance, equilibrium, scarcity and
extinction. The book points to the importance of caution in future
campaigns to manipulate animal populations, and demonstrates how
approaches from the humanities can be deployed to bring fresh
perspectives to understandings of how to live alongside other
animals.
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