All things harmless, useful, and ornamental : environmental transformation through species acclimatization, from colonial Australia to the world / Pete Minard.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Minard, Peter Maxwell, author.

Series:

Flows, migrations, and exchanges

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Introduced organisms--Australia.

Introduced organisms.

Animal introduction--Australia.

Animal introduction.

Plant introduction--Australia.

Plant introduction.

Acclimatization--Australia.

Acclimatization.

Adaptation (Biology)--Australia.

Adaptation (Biology).

Australia.

Physical Description:

ix, 196 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, [2019]

Summary:

"Species acclimatization -- the organized introduction of organisms to a new region -- is much maligned in the present day. However, colonization depended on moving people, plants and animals from place to place, and in centuries past, scientists, landowners and philanthropists formed acclimatization societies to study local species and conditions, form networks of supporters and exchange supposedly useful local and exotic organisms across the globe. Pete Minard tells the story of this movement, arguing that the colonies, not the imperial centers, led the movement for species acclimatization"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Edward Wilson: acclimatization gets organized

Local acclimatization theories

Colonial creations

Regulating and understanding victorian fisheries

Aquaculture

Hunting Victoria

The decline of terrestrial acclimatization

The transformation of fish acclimatization.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 150-192) and index.

ISBN:

9781469651606

1469651602

9781469651613

1469651610

OCLC:

1085576661