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Animal genocide and its aftermath : the Tasmanian tiger and the Newfoundland wolf / Nicholas Chare.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Chare, Nicholas, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Extinct mammals--History--20th century.
- Extinct mammals.
- Bounties--Moral and ethical aspects.
- Bounties.
- Hunting--Moral and ethical aspects.
- Hunting.
- Thylacine--Effect of hunting on.
- Thylacine.
- Wolf hunting.
- Animal declines--Economic aspects.
- Animal declines.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (434 pages)
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Other Title:
- Tasmanian tiger and the Newfoundland wolf
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY : Berghahn Books, Incorporated, 2025.
- Summary:
- An exacting assessment of the bounty policies that facilitated the extinction of the Tasmanian Tiger and the Newfoundland Wolf, Animal Genocide and its Aftermath re-evaluates the legal, political, and social definition of animal killing, proposing it constitutes a form of genocide that requires a historical and cultural reckoning.
- Contents:
- Animal Genocide and Its Aftermath
- Contents
- Introduction
- Chapter 1. Animal Genocide
- Chapter 2. Material Witnesses
- Chapter 3. Displaying the Thylacine
- Chapter 4. The Compulsion to Repeat
- Chapter 5. Coloured by Suffering
- Chapter 6. The Newfoundland Wolf
- Afterword
- Bibliography
- Index Generated by AI.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 359-400) and index.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- Part of the metadata in this record was created by AI, based on the text of the resource.
- Other Format:
- Print version: Chare, Nicholas Animal Genocide and Its Aftermath
- ISBN:
- 9781836951278
- OCLC:
- 1532834126
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