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The Last Tasmanian Tiger: The History and Extinction of the Thylacine by Robert
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- ISBN-13
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- ISBN
- 9780521531542
- Book Title
- Last Tasmanian Tiger : the History and Extinction of the Thylacine
- Item Length
- 9.6in
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Publication Year
- 2002
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 0.6in
- Genre
- Technology & Engineering, Science
- Topic
- History, Life Sciences / Zoology / General
- Item Width
- 6.7in
- Item Weight
- 16.2 Oz
- Number of Pages
- 284 Pages
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This insightful book is the most complete examination of the history and extinction of one of Australia's most enduring folkloric beasts - the thylacine, otherwise affectionately known as the Tasmanian tiger. It challenges conventional theories explaining the behaviour and eventual extinction of the Tasmanian tiger.
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Publisher
Cambridge University Press
ISBN-10
0521531543
ISBN-13
9780521531542
eBay Product ID (ePID)
2266971
Product Key Features
Book Title
Last Tasmanian Tiger : the History and Extinction of the Thylacine
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Topic
History, Life Sciences / Zoology / General
Publication Year
2002
Genre
Technology & Engineering, Science
Number of Pages
284 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
9.6in
Item Height
0.6in
Item Width
6.7in
Item Weight
16.2 Oz
Additional Product Features
Lc Classification Number
Ql737.M388p34 2002
Reviews
' … a fascinating blend of meticulous scholarship and barely suppressed fury. As the contradictory reports were piled up dryly and relentlessly, I laughed until I cried. In this way, the book achieves a rich and plausible picture of the Thylacine's natural and unnatural history, before and during its decline to extinction.' The Quarterly Review of Biology, '... a thoughtful search for the context in which ideas about the thylacine and its biology have been formulated and promulgated.' Historical Records of Australian Science, ‘ … a fascinating blend of meticulous scholarship and barely suppressed fury. As the contradictory reports were piled up dryly and relentlessly, I laughed until I cried. In this way, the book achieves a rich and plausible picture of the Thylacine’s natural and unnatural history, before and during its decline to extinction.’The Quarterly Review of Biology, '… excellent, very thorough study … flows well and provides a most interesting and easy read. So much so, that the book received the Whitley Medal of the Zoological Society of New South Wales for the best science book of 2001 … The whole is beautifully researched and documented …'. The Environmentalist, ‘… seldom can a new writer have entered the literary arena with a more important volume.’Zoo, Independent Zoo Enthusiasts Society, ‘Paddle’s account achieves the rare double distinction of meeting the highest standards of academic rigour while at the same time speaking eloquently to a non-specialist audience. … his subject is now a creature of near-iconic standing and national guilt makes it all the more accessible and fascinating.’Australian Journal of Environmental Education, '… excellent, very thorough study … flows well and provides a most interesting and easy read. So much so, that the book received the Whitley Medal of the Zoological Society of New South Wales for the best science book of 2001 … The whole is beautifully researched and documented …'.The Environmentalist, ‘… a thoughtful search for the context in which ideas about the thylacine and its biology have been formulated and promulgated.’Historical Records of Australian Science, '... excellent, very thorough study ... flows well and provides a most interesting and easy read. So much so, that the book received the Whitley Medal of the Zoological Society of New South Wales for the best science book of 2001 ... The whole is beautifully researched and documented ...'. The Environmentalist, '... a masterful study of what must be almost everything that is known about the thylacine, and it contains a large number of photographs of thylacines in all sorts of postures that have never been widely reproduced before.' Archives of Natural History, '… seldom can a new writer have entered the literary arena with a more important volume.' Zoo, Independent Zoo Enthusiasts Society, ‘… a masterful study of what must be almost everything that is known about the thylacine, and it contains a large number of photographs of thylacines in all sorts of postures that have never been widely reproduced before.’Archives of Natural History, '… a thoughtful search for the context in which ideas about the thylacine and its biology have been formulated and promulgated.' Historical Records of Australian Science, "It is a fascinating blend of meticulous scholarship and barely suppressed fury... the book achieves a rich and plausible picture of the Thylacines' natural and unnatural history... The author builds a compelling case." William B. Sherwin, Quarterly Review of Biology, '... seldom can a new writer have entered the literary arena with a more important volume.'Zoo, Independent Zoo Enthusiasts Society, '... seldom can a new writer have entered the literary arena with a more important volume.' Zoo, Independent Zoo Enthusiasts Society, 'Paddle's account achieves the rare double distinction of meeting the highest standards of academic rigour while at the same time speaking eloquently to a non-specialist audience. … his subject is now a creature of near-iconic standing and national guilt makes it all the more accessible and fascinating.' Australian Journal of Environmental Education, ' ... a fascinating blend of meticulous scholarship and barely suppressed fury. As the contradictory reports were piled up dryly and relentlessly, I laughed until I cried. In this way, the book achieves a rich and plausible picture of the Thylacine's natural and unnatural history, before and during its decline to extinction.' The Quarterly Review of Biology, '… a masterful study of what must be almost everything that is known about the thylacine, and it contains a large number of photographs of thylacines in all sorts of postures that have never been widely reproduced before.' Archives of Natural History, 'I can pay no finer tribute than to say that we now know the Thylacine a good deal better thanks to this book.' Zoo, Independent Zoo Enthusiasts Society, ‘I can pay no finer tribute than to say that we now know the Thylacine a good deal better thanks to this book.’Zoo, Independent Zoo Enthusiasts Society, 'Paddle's account achieves the rare double distinction of meeting the highest standards of academic rigour while at the same time speaking eloquently to a non-specialist audience. ... his subject is now a creature of near-iconic standing and national guilt makes it all the more accessible and fascinating.' Australian Journal of Environmental Education
Table of Content
1. Introduction: science and the species from a European perspective; 2. Constructing objectivity: changing scientific perceptions of the thylacine; 3. Of signal importance: select social and predatory behaviours; 4. A predatory entertainment: stimuli of consuming interest; 5. Ovisceral exploitation: extracts of sheepish behaviour; 6. Mythology becomes misology: the dogmatism of unenlightenment; 7. Faunal fun and games: the politics of protection; 8. The last Tasmanian tiger: indifference and the demise of the species; 9. Post-extinction blues: contingency and responsibility in extinction; 10. Conclusion: the lessons to be learnt.
Copyright Date
2002
Target Audience
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Dewey Decimal
599.2/7
Dewey Edition
21
Illustrated
Yes
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