Hunters of the Recent Past, Davis, Leslie B.

Автор: Margulies, Jared D.
Название: Cactus hunters
ISBN: 1517913993 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781517913991
Издательство: Mare Nostrum (Eurospan)
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An exploration of the explosive illegal trade in succulents and the passion that drives it

Cacti and succulents are phenomenally popular worldwide among plant enthusiasts, despite being among the world’s most threatened species. The fervor driving the illegal trade in succulents might also be driving some species to extinction. Delving into the strange world of succulent collecting, The Cactus Hunters takes us to the heart of this conundrum: the mystery of how and why ardent lovers of these plants engage in their illicit trade. This is a world of alluring desires, where collectors and conservationists alike are animated by passions that at times exceed the limits of law. 

What inspires the desire for a plant? What kind of satisfaction does it promise? The answer, Jared D. Margulies suspects, might be traced through the roots and workings of the illegal succulent trade—an exploration that traverses the fields of botany and criminology, political ecology and human geography, and psychoanalysis. His globe-spanning inquiry leads Margulies from a spectacular series of succulent heists on a small island off the coast of Mexico to California law enforcement agents infiltrating a smuggling ring in South Korea, from scientists racing to discover new and rare species before poachers find them to a notorious Czech “cacto-explorer” who helped turn a landlocked European country into the epicenter of the illegal succulent trade. 

A heady blend of international intrigue, social theory, botanical lore, and ecological study, The Cactus Hunters offers complex insight into species extinction, conservation, and more-than-human care.

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Автор: Jan Honore Maria Cornelis Boelaars
Название: Head-Hunters About Themselves
ISBN: 9401168083 ISBN-13(EAN): 9789401168083
Издательство: Springer
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Описание: Every book has its own personal story and my book on the Jaqaj people is no exception. I collected my initial data at the time when the Dutch government was responsible for what is now lrian Jaya, a province of Indonesia. In 1969 I finished the Dutch draft of the present book.

Название: Hunters and Fishermen of the Arctic Forests
ISBN: 113852557X ISBN-13(EAN): 9781138525573
Издательство: Taylor&Francis
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Описание: The great expanse of Arctic and Sub-Arctic lands that stretch across the northern edge of the American continent is as difficult and demanding to human beings as any in the world

Автор: Zvelebil
Название: Hunters in Transition
ISBN: 0521109574 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780521109574
Издательство: Cambridge Academ
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Описание: Hunters in Transition analyses one of the crucial events in human cultural evolution: the emergence of post-glacial hunter-gatherer communities and the development of farming. Traditionally, the advantages of settled agriculture have been assumed and the transition to farming has been viewed in terms of the simple dispersal of early farming communities northwards across Europe.

Автор: G.A. Clarke; Alan H. Simmons
Название: Faunal Extinction in an Island Society
ISBN: 1475772548 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781475772548
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Описание: Quite apart from the archaeology, work at the site is a major contribution to island biogeography, in that the Phanourios sample-certainly the best from Cyprus and probably the best anywhere in the world-has already provided, and will continue to provide, important ecological and behavioral data on these intriguing creatures.

Автор: Laugrand, Frederic Oosten, Jarich
Название: Hunters, predators and prey
ISBN: 1782384057 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781782384052
Издательство: Berghahn
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Inuit hunting traditions are rich in perceptions, practices and stories relating to animals and human beings. The authors examine key figures such as the raven, an animal that has a central place in Inuit culture as a creator and a trickster, and qupirruit, a category consisting of insects and other small life forms. After these non-social and inedible animals, they discuss the dog, the companion of the hunter, and the fellow hunter, the bear, considered to resemble a human being. A discussion of the renewal of whale hunting accompanies the chapters about animals considered ‘prey par excellence’: the caribou, the seals and the whale, symbol of the whole. By giving precedence to Inuit categories such as ‘inua’ (owner) and ‘tarniq’ (shade) over European concepts such as ‘spirit ‘and ‘soul’, the book compares and contrasts human beings and animals to provide a better understanding of human-animal relationships in a hunting society.

Автор: Laugrand Fr, Oosten Jarich
Название: Hunters, Predators and Prey: Inuit Perceptions of Animals
ISBN: 1785333372 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781785333378
Издательство: Berghahn
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Inuit hunting traditions are rich in perceptions, practices and stories relating to animals and human beings. The authors examine key figures such as the raven, an animal that has a central place in Inuit culture as a creator and a trickster, and qupirruit, a category consisting of insects and other small life forms. After these non-social and inedible animals, they discuss the dog, the companion of the hunter, and the fellow hunter, the bear, considered to resemble a human being. A discussion of the renewal of whale hunting accompanies the chapters about animals considered ‘prey par excellence’: the caribou, the seals and the whale, symbol of the whole. By giving precedence to Inuit categories such as ‘inua’ (owner) and ‘tarniq’ (shade) over European concepts such as ‘spirit ‘and ‘soul’, the book compares and contrasts human beings and animals to provide a better understanding of human-animal relationships in a hunting society.

Автор: Ingold, Tim
Название: Hunters and Gatherers (Vol I)
ISBN: 0367718413 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780367718411
Издательство: Taylor&Francis
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Автор: Ingold, Tim
Название: Hunters and Gatherers (Vol II)
ISBN: 0367718421 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780367718428
Издательство: Taylor&Francis
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Автор: Smith, Christopher
Название: Late Stone Age Hunters of the British Isles
ISBN: 0415072026 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780415072021
Издательство: Taylor&Francis
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Автор: Ingold, Tim
Название: Hunters and Gatherers (Vol I)
ISBN: 0854967346 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780854967346
Издательство: Taylor&Francis
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Автор: Ingold, Tim
Название: Hunters and Gatherers (Vol II)
ISBN: 0854967354 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780854967353
Издательство: Taylor&Francis
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