A world in a shell : snail stories for a time of extinctions / Thom van Dooren.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Van Dooren, Thom, 1980- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Snails--Conservation.

Snails.

Endangered species.

Extinction (Biology).

Physical Description:

273 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, Massachusetts : The MIT Press, [2022]

Summary:

"While snails rarely get a mention in most discussions of our sixth mass extinction event, the sad reality is that they are disappearing more rapidly than any other species, and Hawai'i's snails are amongst the hardest hit. Following snail trails through the islands' forests, laboratories, museums, and even a military training facility, this book explores processes of ecological and cultural loss as they are woven through with possibilities for hope, care, mourning, and resilience"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Introduction : the world of snails

The wanderers : a foray into worlds written in slime

The drifters : the mysterious deep time movements of snails

The collected : the ongoing colonial entanglements of shells

The anonymous : taxonomy and the unknown extinction crisis

The exploded : solidarity and military snails

The captives : hope in a time of loss

Epilogue.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 219-261) and index.

ISBN:

9780262047029

0262047020

OCLC:

1272882762