Australian wetland cultures: swamps and the environmental crisis
Éditeur :
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
ISBN :
9781498599948
Date de publication :
31 oct. 2019
Dimensions :
22,9 x 15,2 x 2,3 cm
Poids :
621 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
USA
This book examines the vital role of swamps in the making of Australian culture, history, society, community, and language. The volume highlights the importance of the wetlands to indigenous Australian cultures, nineteenth-century European explorers and settlers, and contemporary conservationists and ecologists.