| Description |
1 online resource (xvi, 254 pages) : illustrations |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 223-242) and index. |
| Summary |
Fruit flies, silverfish, dandelions, and crabgrass are the bane of many people and the target of numerous chemical and physical eradication efforts. In this compelling reassessment of the relationship between humans and the natural world, John Hainze, an entomologist and former pesticide developer, considers the fascinating and bizarre history of how these so-called invasive or unwanted pests and weeds have coevolved with humanity and highlights the benefits of a greater respect and moral consideration toward these organisms. With deep insight into the lives of the underappreciated and often reviled creatures that surround us, Hainze's accessible and engaging natural history draws on ethics, religion, and philosophy as he passionately argues that creepy crawlies and unwanted plants deserve both empathy and accommodation as partners dwelling with us on earth. |
| Contents |
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- One. Anthropocene Winners -- Two. Nature at Work -- Three. Inadvertent Domestication: The Pets We Didn't Want -- Four. Anthropocene Invasions -- Five. The Unlucky: Anthropocene Extinctions -- Six. Human Exceptionalism? -- Seven. Coexistence -- Eight. Valuing Our Anthropocene Partners -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Language |
In English. |
| Subject |
Environmental ethics.
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Environmental ethics. |
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Insect communities.
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Insect communities. |
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Insects -- Effect of human beings on.
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Insects. |
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Human-animal relationships.
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Organisms.
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Human-animal relationships. |
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Organisms. |
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NATURE -- Animals -- Insects & Spiders. |
| Added Author |
Mele, Angela, illustrator.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Hainze, John. Nature underfoot. New Haven : Yale University Press, [2020] 9780300242782 (DLC) 2019941039 (OCoLC)1139702861 |
| ISBN |
9780300252682 (electronic book) |
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0300252684 (electronic book) |
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9780300242782 |
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0300242786 |
| Standard No. |
10.12987/9780300252682. |
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