Books

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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
Nature crime Nature crime Rosaleen Duffy In this impressively researched, alarming book, Rosaleen Duffy investigates the world of nature conservation, arguing that the West's attitude to endangered wildlife is shallow, self-contradictory, a… OL16105657W
Sold into extinction Sold into extinction Jacqueline L. Schneider "This revealing and compelling title analyzes the illegal trade in endangered species from a criminological viewpoint and presents specific crime reduction techniques that could help save thousands o… OL16451594W
Poached Poached Rachel Love Nuwer Nuwer explores the forces currently driving demand for animals and their parts; the toll that demand is extracting on species across the planet; and the conservationists, rangers, and activists who b… OL19763311W
Savages and beasts Savages and beasts Nigel Rothfels "To modern sensibilities, nineteenth-century zoos often seem to have been unnatural places where animals led miserable lives in cramped, wrought-iron cages. Today zoo animals, in at least the better … OL8396723W