| Description |
1 online resource (xxiii, 312 pages) : illustrations |
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polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 268-307) and index. |
| Contents |
Zoos and circuses -- Animals as ambassadors for conservation -- So long and thanks for all the fish -- Recapturing lost meanings -- Loving knowing -- Respectful stewardship of a hybrid nature. |
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Use copy Restrictions unspecified MiAaHDL |
| Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010. MiAaHDL |
| System Details |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
| Processing Action |
digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve MiAaHDL |
| Summary |
Ecotourism is the fastest growing segment of tourism, the world's largest industry. Encounters with wild animals, be it swimming with dolphins, going on safari or bird watching, are at the core. Yet little is known about why people seek out these experiences and the meaning for the ecotourism industry, conservation efforts and society at large. Facing the Wild is the first serious empirical examination of why people seek out animals in their natural environment, what the desire for this experience tells us about the meanings of animals, nature, authenticity and wilderness in contemporary industrialized societies, and whether visitors change their environmental perspectives and behaviour, as the custodians of parks would like them to. The book explores the contradictions and ambivalence that so many people experience in the presence of 'wild nature' - in loving it we may diminish it and in the act of wanting to see it we may destroy it. Ultimately the book makes a case for 'respectful stewardship' of a 'hybrid nature' and provides insight for both practitioners and ecotourists alike. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Ecotourism.
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Ecotourism. |
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Nature conservation.
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Nature conservation. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Bulbeck, Chilla, 1951- Facing the wild. London ; Sterling VA : Earthscan, 2005 (DLC) 2004019976 (OCoLC)56355855 |
| ISBN |
9781849773850 (electronic book) |
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1849773858 (electronic book) |
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1844071383 (paperback) |
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9781844071388 (paperback) |
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1844071375 (hardback) |
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9781844071371 (hardback) |
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1280475080 |
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9781280475085 |
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1417583096 |
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9781417583096 |
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