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Digital Wildlife Photography

Digital Wildlife Photography

Using a combination of artistic approach and impeccable technique professional photographers John and Barbara Gerlach guide you through the field as you photograph intriguing and captivating subjects out in the wild. Learn how to integrate equipment with technique to capture superb wildlife images of birds mammals amphibians and more with an emphasis on precision and speed. This book includes all of the details you need to capture wildlife photos easily and consistently – choose the right lens and best lighting while following simple composition guidelines that are perfect for wildlife. John and Barbara Gerlach have taken more than a million wildlife images since 1978 and run seminars and workshops all over the world. Their pictures have been published in Outdoor Photographer Audubon Popular Photography National Wildlife Sierra Natural History Petersen’s Photographic Ranger Rick Birder’s World as well as books published by National Geographic Society Sierra Club and others. | Digital Wildlife Photography

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Urban Wildlife Management

Urban Wildlife Management

Winner of the 2018 TWS Wildlife Publication Awards in the authored book categoryUrban development is one of the leading worldwide threats to conserving biodiversity. In the near future wildlife management in urban landscapes will be a prominent issue for wildlife professionals. This new edition of Urban Wildlife Management continues the work of its predecessors by providing a comprehensive examination of the issues that increase the need for urban wildlife management exploring the changing dynamics of the field while giving historical perspectives and looking at current trends and future directions. The book examines a range of topics on human interactions with wildlife in urbanized environments. It focuses not only on ecological matters but also on political economic and societal issues that must be addressed for successful management planning. This edition features an entirely new section on urban wildlife species including chapters on urban communities herpetofauna birds ungulates mammals carnivores and feral and introduced species. The third edition featuresFive new chapters12 updated chaptersFour new case studiesSeven new appendices and species profiles90 new figuresA comprehensive analysis of terrestrial vertebrate locations by state and urban observationsEach chapter opens with a set of key concepts which are then examined in the following discussions. Suggested learning experiences to enhance knowledge conclude each chapter. The species profiles cover not only data about the animal concerned but also detail significant current management issues related to the species. An updated and expanded teaching tool Urban Wildlife Management Third Edition identifies the challenges and opportunities facing wildlife in urban communities as well as factors that promote or threaten their presence. It gives both students and professionals a solid grounding in the required fundamental ecological principles for understanding the effects of human-made environments on wildlife.

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Principles of Wildlife Conservation

Principles of Wildlife Conservation

Wildlife tend our forests — they pollinate flowers disperse seeds eat insects that harm trees and keep herbivores and diseases in check. They keep our forests healthy and resilient — ready and able to face and counter any challenges such as global warming and climate change. They are the individual cogs that keep the forest machine functioning. And we desperately need our forests — to sequester carbon to purify our air and water to protect our soils from getting eroded and to save our dams and waterways. Wildlife do need our care concern and attention but we also need our wildlife — perhaps much more sincerely. A majority of wildlife arrived on this planet much before humans and the Earth belongs to them as well. So how do we conserve wildlife? This is the question that Principles of Wildlife Conservation seeks to answer. It presents a lucid — cogent yet simple — narration about the why’s and how’s of conserving wildlife. It begins with the first principles — and thus requires no prerequisite other than an urge to seek knowledge. It is full of pictures and case studies from the field — to facilitate easy grasping of the subject. The book builds a solid foundation of the theory of wildlife conservation and tops that up with experiences from actually doing wildlife conservation. In this way it equips the reader to master both the science — and the art — of conserving wildlife.

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Human-Wildlife Interactions From Conflict to Coexistence

Human-Wildlife Interactions From Conflict to Coexistence

This book won the 2023 The Wildlife Society Publication Award in the authored book category. Human-wildlife interactions increase exponentially as more and more humans and wildlife crowd into the same limited space. Such interactions often become conflicts when wildlife threaten human health and safety well-being or the food supply. This second edition of Human-Wildlife Interactions: From Conflict to Coexistence provides a comprehensive review of the severity of these problems and the methods used to resolve clashes between humans and wildlife. During his forty-year career as a wildlife professor and scientist Dr. Michael Conover founder of journal Human-Wildlife Interactions has become a recognized leader of the scientific field of human-wildlife interactions. In this book he presents the range of methods for wildlife damage management including employing lethal methods; distributing supplemental food; changing the behavior of either humans or wildlife; and excluding or repelling wildlife. Backed by numerous case studies and informative side bars the book documents resolutions to specific human-wildlife conflicts throughout the literature. Containing full color illustrations throughout the second edition of Human-Wildlife Interactions: From Conflict to Coexistence provides authoritative coverage and depth of both theoretical and practical information. It serves as an invaluable resource for students researchers and professional wildlife managers. Disclaimer: Figure 7. 7 (b) on page 251 was incorrectly attributed in previous printings. The photographer of figure 7. 7 (b) is Cynthia Herrick. | Human-Wildlife Interactions From Conflict to Coexistence

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Women and Wildlife Trafficking Participants Perpetrators and Victims

Women and Wildlife Trafficking Participants Perpetrators and Victims

This volume examines women and wildlife trafficking via a collection of narratives case studies and theoretical syntheses from diverse voices and disciplines. Wildlife trafficking has been documented in over 120 countries around the world. While species extinction and animal abuse are major problems wildlife trafficking is also associated with corruption national insecurity spread of zoonotic disease undercutting sustainable development investments and erosion of cultural resources among others. The role of women in wildlife trafficking has remained woefully under-addressed with scientists and policymakers failing to consider the important causes and consequences of the gendered dimensions of wildlife trafficking. Although the roles of women in wildlife trafficking are mostly unknown they are not unknowable. This volume helps fill a lacuna by examining the roles and experiences of women with case studies drawn from across the world including Mexico Cameroon the Central African Republic South Africa and Norway. Women can be wildlife trafficking preventors perpetrators and pawns; their roles in facilitating wildlife trafficking are considered from both a supply and a demand viewpoint. The first half of the book assesses the range of science offering four different perspectives on how women and wildlife trafficking can be studied or evaluated. The second half of the book profiles diverse case studies from around the world offering context-specific insight about on-the-ground activities associated with women and wildlife trafficking. This book will be of great interest to students and scholars of wildlife crime environmental law human geography conservation gender studies and green criminology. It will also be of interest to NGOs and policymakers working to improve efficacy of efforts targeting wildlife crime the illegal wildlife trade and conservation more broadly. | Women and Wildlife Trafficking Participants Perpetrators and Victims

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Wildlife Science Linking Ecological Theory and Management Applications

Wildlife Science Linking Ecological Theory and Management Applications

Consciously or not wildlife managers generally act from a theoretical basis although they may not be fully versed in the details or ramifications of that theory. In practice the predictions of the practitioners sometimes prove more accurate than those of the theoreticians. Practitioners and theoreticians need to work together but this proves difficult when new management ideas and cutting-edge ecological theory are often published in separate scientific outlets with distinctly different readerships. A compilation of the scientific papers presented at the Caesar Kleberg Wildlife Research Institute's 25th Anniversary Conference of April 2006 Wildlife Science: Linking Ecological Theory and Management Applications brings together these two often separate approaches to elucidate the theoretical underpinnings of wildlife management and to apply evolving ecological concepts to changes and adaptations in management practices. Gathering many of the best and greatest minds in wildlife science this volume addresses the critically important theme of linking ecological theory and management applications. Divided into five parts the first two parts deal with the landscape ecology of birds and mammals respectively demonstrating the need for applied theory in gamebird management and the preservation of the cougar. Part three highlights the role of climate when applying ecological theory to habitat management and discusses the emergence of ecosystem management in managing wildlife at the ecosystem scale. Part four considers the management of wildlife disease and reveals the increasing importance of genetics in conservation and ecology. Finally the economic and social issues affecting wildlife science round out the coverage in part five. Applying emerging ecological theory for the advancement of wildlife management Wildlife Science: Linking Ecological Theory and Management Applications provides a long awaited cooperative look at the future of ecosystem manage | Wildlife Science Linking Ecological Theory and Management Applications

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Wildlife Necropsy and Forensics

Wildlife Necropsy and Forensics

The book discusses various necropsy procedures for wild animals both for the disease investigation and forensic usage. The list of various wildlife crimes the role of each member of wildlife crime team investigation in general and the role of pathologist in particular (the forensic veterinary pathology)and the salient features of methodology of crime investigation is given. Information on the mistakes and omissions in forensic necropsy negative necropsy common errors committed by pathologist while performing forensic necropsy postmortem appearances of common pathological conditions and estimation of age of some of the domestic animals and their foetuses is given for guidance. Various types of wounds and the types of firearms and their terminology are also given for easy understanding about the wounds and fire arms. Note: T&F does not sell or distribute the Hardback in India Pakistan Nepal Bhutan Bangladesh and Sri Lanka. | Wildlife Necropsy and Forensics

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Wildlife Science Connecting Research with Management

Wildlife Science Connecting Research with Management

Despite the potential synergy that can result from basing management applications on results from research there is a polarization of cultures between wildlife managers and wildlife researchers. Wildlife Science: Connecting Research with Management provides strategies for bridging cultural and communication gaps between these groups. Contributors present case studies highlighting the role of state and federal agencies and private organizations in management and research; the lingering disconnects between grassland birds quail and deer research and management; as well as the development of management techniques from field research rangelands management and ranch management. Case Studies:The Disconnect between Quail Research and Quail ManagementSage-Grouse (Centrocercus urophasianus) and the Disconnect between Research and Management on Public Lands in the American WestEcological Goals not Standardized Methods are needed to Create and Maintain Habitat for Grassland BirdsA Historic Perspective of the Connectivity between Waterfowl Research and Management Deer in the Western United StatesWhitetail deer (Odocoileus virginianus) in the Eastern United StatesImpacts of Wind Energy Development on Wildlife: Challenges and Opportunities for Integrated Science Management and PolicyThe Role of Joint Ventures in Bridging the Gap between Research and ManagementDeveloping Management Strategies from Research: the Pushmataha Forest | Wildlife Science Connecting Research with Management

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Wildlife Forensic Investigation Principles and Practice

Wildlife Forensic Investigation Principles and Practice

Wildlife forensics is the application of forensic science to the conservation and protection of non-domesticated animals both in the wild and in captivity. Providing an in-depth introduction to this rapidly evolving field Wildlife Forensic Investigation: Principles and Practice also chronicles aspects of the history of management conservation and environmental protection with an emphasis on their global importance in the twenty-first century. The book examines the crucial role of wildlife forensic investigation with regard to live animals dead animals and samples and covers national regional and international legislation. While the text particularly focuses on forensic science as it relates to wild animals it also includes mention of plants and habitats because of their relevance to conservation. The book discusses animal welfare as well as the damage that can be inflicted on humans and property by wildlife. Offering access to sound evidence based on good science and obtained using the best available practices the book is enhanced by case studies from experts who describe some of their own work. This resource is essential for those involved in a range of endeavours including investigating wildlife crime identifying animal remains ascertaining the circumstances of death of wild species and other legal proceedings and activities concerning wildlife. The forensic skills described in this book can be applied to a wide range of activities (not necessarily involving the legal process) including environmental impact assessments insurance claims governmental and other enquiries checking of trading standards and the inspection of (for instance) pet-shops animal boarding establishments and zoological collections. The authors point out that one of the most important requirements of those persons involved in wildlife forensic work is to retain an open mind. Such personnel should also be conscious of new developments and evolving techniques and be able to anticipate situations where their investigative and scientific skills might be used to advantage—so-called horizon scanning. Examples of these are given. | Wildlife Forensic Investigation Principles and Practice

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Basics of Wildlife Health Care and Management

Basics of Wildlife Health Care and Management

The book provides basic understanding of the various topics of wildlife which will be useful for biologist zoologist veterinarians working in forest zoos or at field level where they use to get wild animals for post mortem or for treatment. It also provides helpful information to the forest officers zoo managers and protected area managers for critical care management and for doing needful things before approaching a veterinarian to save the life of animal or to collect biological material useful for diagnosis. Note: T&F does not sell or distribute the Hardback in India Pakistan Nepal Bhutan Bangladesh and Sri Lanka. | Basics of Wildlife Health Care and Management

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Harvest of Fish and Wildlife New Paradigms for Sustainable Management

Harvest of Fish and Wildlife New Paradigms for Sustainable Management

Harvest of Fish and Wildlife: New Paradigms for Sustainable Management unites experts in wildlife and fishery sciences for an interdisciplinary overview of harvest management. This book presents unique insights for embracing the complete social-ecological system to ensure a sustainable future. It educates users on evolutionary and population dynamics; social and political influences; hunter and angler behavior; decision processes; impacts of regulations; and stakeholder involvement. Features: Written by twenty-four teams of leading scientists and managers. Promotes transparent justification for fishing and hunting regulations. Provides examples for integrating decision making into management. Emphasizes creativity in management by integrating art and science. This book appeals to population biologists evolutionary biologists and social scientists. It is a key resource for on-the-ground managers and research scientists developing harvesting applications. As the book’s contributors explain: “Making decisions that are robust to uncertainty…is a paradigm shift with a lot of potential to improve outcomes for fish and wildlife populations. ” –Andrew Tyre and Brigitte Tenhumberg “Temporal shifts in system states…must somehow be anticipated and dealt with to derive harvest policies that remain optimal in the long term. ” –Michael Conroy “Proactive effective management of sportspersons…will be essential in the new paradigm of harvest management. ” –Matthew Gruntorad and Christopher Chizinski | Harvest of Fish and Wildlife New Paradigms for Sustainable Management

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Wildlife Habitat Management Concepts and Applications in Forestry Second Edition

Wildlife Habitat Management Concepts and Applications in Forestry Second Edition

Shortlisted for the 2018 TWS Wildlife Publication Awards in the authored book categoryIn recent years conflicts between ecological conservation and economic growth forced a reassessment of the motivations and goals of wildlife and forestry management. Focus shifted from game and commodity management to biodiversity conservation and ecological forestry. Previously separate fields such as forestry biology botany and zoology merged into a common framework known as conservation biology and resource professionals began to approach natural resource problems in an interdisciplinary light. Wildlife Habitat Management: Concepts and Applications in Forestry presents an integrated reference combining silvicultural and forest planning principles with principles of habitat ecology and conservation biology. With extensive references and case studies drawn from real situations this book begins with general concepts such as habitat selection forest composition influences on habitat patterns and the dynamics of disturbance ecology. It considers management approaches for specific habitats including even-aged and uneven-aged systems riparian areas and dead wood and highlights those approaches that will conserve and manage biodiversity. The author discusses assessment and prioritization policies monitoring techniques and ethical and legal issues that can have worldwide impact. Detailed appendices provide a glossary scientific names and tools for measuring and interpreting habitat elements. Writing in a species-specific manner the author emphasizes the need to consider the potential effects of management decisions on biodiversity conservation and maintains a holistic approach throughout the book. Drawing from the author’s more than 30 years working and teaching in natural resources conservation Wildlife Habitat Management: Concepts and Applications in Forestry provides a synopsis of current preservation techniques and establishes a common body of knowledge from which to approach the conservation of biodiversity in the future. | Wildlife Habitat Management Concepts and Applications in Forestry Second Edition

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Blogging Wildlife The Perception of Animals by Hikers on the Appalachian Trail

Blogging Wildlife The Perception of Animals by Hikers on the Appalachian Trail

This volume reports on the encounters between hikers and wildlife on the Appalachian Trail. Based on narratives provided by trail hikers it explores the ways in which humans relate to the animals with whom they temporarily share a home. With attention to the themes of pilgrimage the changing perception of the animals encountered and reactions to them risk auditory experience and a sense of wildness the author considers the meaning constituted by nonhuman animals in the context of the walkers’ narrative journeys. A phenomenologically informed study of the ways in which people perceive wild animals when in an unmediated wilderness setting how they navigate interactions with them and how they experience living among them Blogging Wildlife will appeal to scholars across the social sciences with interests in anthrozoology and human–animal relations. | Blogging Wildlife The Perception of Animals by Hikers on the Appalachian Trail

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Approaches to the Anglo and American Female Epic 1621-1982

Approaches to the Anglo and American Female Epic 1621-1982

Epic has long been regarded as the exclusive domain of the male literary genius and as an incarnation of patriarchal values. This provocative collection of essays challenges such a hegemonic stereotype by demonstrating the ways in which women writers have successfully adapted the masculine epic tradition to suit their own aesthetic needs and to express their own heroic literary social and historical visions. Bringing the female epic out of the shadows the contributors rethink generic boundaries to illuminate this heretofore hidden literary practice. The essays range from Mary Tighe to Rebecca West from Elizabeth Barrett Browning to Gwendolyn Brooks and from Frances Burney to Virginia Woolf. Bernard Schweizer's introduction titled 'Muses with Pens ' connects the trajectory of ideas and influences in the individual essays to demonstrate how each participates in reclaiming for women writers a place in the development of a female epic tradition. The volume will be an invaluable resource for scholars working on issues related to genre canon formation and the evolution of female literary authority. | Approaches to the Anglo and American Female Epic 1621-1982

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The Gilgamesh Epic in Genesis 1-11 Peering into the Deep

The Gilgamesh Epic in Genesis 1-11 Peering into the Deep

This book provides a substantive reliable and accessible comparison of the Gilgamesh Epic and Genesis 1–11 investigating their presentation of humanistic themes such as wisdom power and the ‘good life. ’ While the Gilgamesh Epic and Genesis 1–11 are characterized by historical and cultural features that may seem unusual or challenging to modern readers such as the intervention of gods and goddesses and talking animals these ancient literary masterpieces are nonetheless familiar and relatable stories through their humanistic composition. This volume explores the presentation of humanistic themes and motifs throughout both stories. Significant passages and narratives such as stories from the Garden of Eden and the Flood are translated into English and accompanied by comprehensive discussions that compare and contrast shared ideas in both compositions. Written in a lucid and concise fashion this book offers new insights into the Gilgamesh Epic and Genesis 1–11 in an accessible way. The Gilgamesh Epic in Genesis 1–11: Peering into the Deep is suitable for students and scholars of ancient Near Eastern literature with broad appeal across religious studies ancient history and world literature. | The Gilgamesh Epic in Genesis 1-11 Peering into the Deep

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The Crimes of Wildlife Trafficking Issues of Justice Legality and Morality

The Crimes of Wildlife Trafficking Issues of Justice Legality and Morality

This book examines trade and trafficking in endangered animal species and how the trade increasingly puts large numbers of nonhuman species at risk. Focusing on illegal trafficking the book also discusses the harmful aspects of the trade and trafficking which is taking place in concordance with laws and regulations. Drawing on the findings of empirical research from Norway and Colombia the study discusses how this global transnational trend is addressed and features of the trade and the ways in which it is controlled in the two case study locations. It also explores the motives driving the trade and the consequences in terms of animal abuse and environmental harm. The book discusses whether internationally agreed measures such as international conventions actually help prevent the trade. Possible ways to address the harms of wildlife trade are considered including a total ban. The work draws on a green criminology and eco feminist theoretical framework to provide a broad perspective on concepts such as harm animal rights species justice and speciesism. | The Crimes of Wildlife Trafficking Issues of Justice Legality and Morality

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Farm Animal Welfare Law International Perspectives on Sustainable Agriculture and Wildlife Regulation

Farm Animal Welfare Law International Perspectives on Sustainable Agriculture and Wildlife Regulation

This book introduces the various aspects of international farm animal protection and wildlife conservation through the lenses of food safety and environmental protection law. Bite-sized chapters focus on a wide range of topics from agrobiodiversity fishing and aquaculture to pollinators and pesticides soil management industrial animal production and transportation as well as international food trade. Animal welfare and biodiversity conservation sit at the core of the selected chapters each one providing real-world examples to make the complex field easy to understand. Current developments including food safety modernization blockchain and COVID-19 considerations are addressed head-on. Farm Animal Welfare Law provides a primer for law school courses and masters’ programs for practitioners advocates and animal enthusiasts alike. Through its emphasis on sustainable food production this book offers a cutting-edge selection of evolving topics at the heart of the pertinent discourse. | Farm Animal Welfare Law International Perspectives on Sustainable Agriculture and Wildlife Regulation

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Theuerdank The Illustrated Epic of a Renaissance Knight

Theuerdank The Illustrated Epic of a Renaissance Knight

Now appearing in its first English translation Theuerdank introduces readers to the fascinating world of the Renaissance. A forerunner of the graphic novel Theuerdank first published in 1517 includes more than 100 woodcuts executed by leading artists of Central Europe. Long hailed by scholars as a masterpiece of German literature Theuerdank is a fictional account of Habsburg Emperor Maximilian I (1508– 19) and his journey to wed one of the most influential princesses of Europe the wealthy heiress Mary of Burgundy. Through word and image this epic poem which casts Maximilian as Knight Theuerdank recounts his adventures overcoming a series of challenges to reach his goal: avalanches lightning strikes shipwrecks murder plots duels and pitched battles. From politics and propaganda to the environment and the natural world from intimate glimpses of daily life to revolutionary innovations in warfare Theuerdank sheds light on those critical changes transforming European society and culture in this period. With the inclusion of an introductory essay chronology genealogical tables maps translator’s note and discussion questions this volume is a useful tool for students of history art history German and Renaissance studies. | Theuerdank The Illustrated Epic of a Renaissance Knight

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The Epic of America

The Epic of America

There is a tradition of one-volume narrative histories of the United States in which the political military diplomatic social and economic strands are skillfully interwoven. Rather than add to these volumes The Epic of America paints a sweeping picture of the diverse past that has created America's national story. In this important narrative James Truslow Adams reviews how the ordinary American has matured over time in outlook character and opinion. Adams grew increasingly conscious of how different an American is now from the man or woman of any other advanced nation. He is equally interested in the whole of American history how it began and what it represented in the first half of the twentieth century. Adams traces the historical origins of the American concept of bigger and better attitudes toward business the American Dream and other characteristics generally considered typically American. Ever since America became an independent nation each generation has seen an uprising of its citizens to save the American Dream from forces seeking to overwhelm and dispel it. Possibly the greatest of these struggles is still ahead not a struggle of revolutionists against established order but of the ordinary person who seeks to hold fast to the rights of life liberty and the pursuit of happiness. This classic book is valuable for a new age and as important for this new century as it was when originally written.

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Conserving Europe's Wildlife Law and Policy of the Natura 2000 Network of Protected Areas

Conserving Europe's Wildlife Law and Policy of the Natura 2000 Network of Protected Areas

The Natura 2000 network of protected areas is the centrepiece of European Union nature policy currently covering almost one-fifth of the EU’s entire land territory plus large marine areas. This vast EU-wide network which aims to conserve Europe’s most valuable and threatened species and habitats has major impacts on land use throughout all Member States of the EU. This book critically assesses the origins and implementation of the Natura 2000 network established under the Birds Directive of 1979 and the Habitats Directive of 1992. Based on original archival research and interviews with key participants the book records a detailed history of the origins and negotiation of Natura 2000 policy and law with the history of EU environmental policy provided as a framework. An historical institutionalist approach is adopted which emphasises the importance of understanding legal and policy development as processes that unfold over time. Three phases in the history of EU environmental policy are identified and described and the history of EU nature policy is placed within the context of these three phases. Informed by this history the author presents a comprehensive summary and assessment of the law and policy that protects Natura 2000 sites at EU level and reviews the nature conservation outcomes for the targeted species and habitats. The book reveals how a knowledge of the history of Natura 2000 enriches our understanding of key issues such as conflicts in establishing and conserving the Natura 2000 network EU integration in the field of nature conservation and the future of EU nature policy. | Conserving Europe's Wildlife Law and Policy of the Natura 2000 Network of Protected Areas

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A History of Western Literature From Medieval Epic to Modern Poetry

A History of Western Literature From Medieval Epic to Modern Poetry

This book begins in a narrow territory strictly Western and extends with the passage of time to include the poetry plays novels and works of speculation of the great authors of the past and present from Russia to Mexico. His objective is to tell the whole story of Western writing in languages other than English from the twelfth-century Chanson de Roland to Evtushenko's poetry of the 1960's. Cohen not only presents a factual account of historical growth. The book reflects the author's own judgments and valuations arrived at in the course of almost forty years' reading in the main European languages. A work of original criticism A History of Western Literature immediately became a standard reference when first published. In this new edition the author has included revisions covering the most important recent writers and their work. | A History of Western Literature From Medieval Epic to Modern Poetry

GBP 130.00
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Robert Pollok’s The Course of Time and Literary Theodicy in the Romantic Age The Rise and Fall of a Christian Epic

Robert Pollok’s The Course of Time and Literary Theodicy in the Romantic Age The Rise and Fall of a Christian Epic

This book explores the contexts and reception history of Robert Pollok’s religious epic The Course of Time (1827) one of the best- selling long poems of the nineteenth century which has been almost entirely forgotten today. Widely read in the United States and across the British Empire the poem’s combination of evangelical Calvinism High Romanticism and native Scottishness proved irresistible to many readers. This monograph traces the poem’s origins as a defense of Biblical authority divine providence and religious orthodoxy (against figures like Byron and Joseph Priestley) and explores the reasons for The Course of Time’s enormous decades- long popularity and later precipitous decline. A close reading of the poem and an examination of its reception history offers readers important insights into the dynamic relationship between religion and wider culture in the nineteenth century the uses of literature as a vehicle for theological argument and theodicy and the important but often overlooked role that religion played in literary— and particularly Scottish— Romanticism. This work will appeal to scholars of religious history literary history Evangelicalism Romanticism Scottish literature and nineteenth- century culture. | Robert Pollok’s The Course of Time and Literary Theodicy in the Romantic Age The Rise and Fall of a Christian Epic

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The Multivalence of an Epic Retelling the Rāmāyaṇa in South India and Southeast Asia

The Multivalence of an Epic Retelling the Rāmāyaṇa in South India and Southeast Asia

This volume examines The Rāmāyaṇa traditions of South India and Southeast Asia. Bringing together 19 well-known scholars in Rāmāyaṇa studies from Cambodia Canada France India Indonesia Malaysia Singapore Thailand UK and USA this thought-provoking and elegantly illustrated volume engages with the inherent plurality diversity and adaptability of the Rāmāyaṇa in changing socio-political religious and cultural contexts. The journey and localization of the Rāmāyaṇa is explored in its manifold expressions – from classical to folk from temples and palaces to theatres and by-lanes in cities and villages and from ancient to modern times. Regional Rāmāyaṇas from different parts of South India and Southeast Asia are placed in deliberate juxtaposition to enable a historically informed discussion of their connected pasts across land and seas. The three parts of this volume organized as visual literary and performance cultures discuss the sculpted painted inscribed written recited and performed Rāmāyaṇas. A related emphasis is on the way boundaries of medium and genre have been crossed in the visual literary and performed representations of the Rāmāyaṇa. | The Multivalence of an Epic Retelling the Rāmāyaṇa in South India and Southeast Asia

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