In amazonia: a natural history
Auteur :
Raffles, Hugh
Éditeur :
Princeton University Press
ISBN :
9780691048857
Date de publication :
27 oct. 2002
Dimensions :
21,0 x 15,0 x 2,5 cm
Poids :
457 g
Format :
Trade paperback (US)
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
Demonstrates that the Amazon is an outcome of the intimately intertwined histories of humans and nonhumans. This book introduces a diverse range of characters - from sixteenth-century explorers and their native rivals to nineteenth-century naturalists and contemporary ecologists, logging company executives, and river-traders.