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On the backs of tortoises = Darwin, the Galápagos, and the fate of an evolutionary Eden /

Record Type:	Language materials, printed : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	On the backs of tortoises/ Elizabeth Hennessy.
Reminder of title:	Darwin, the Galápagos, and the fate of an evolutionary Eden /
Author:	Hennessy, Elizabeth
Published:	New Haven, CT :Yale University Press, : c2019.,
Description:	1 online resource :ill., maps. :
Subject:	Galapagos tortoise - Galapagos Islands. -
Subject:	Galapagos Islands - Encyclopedias. -
Online resource:	https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780300249156
ISBN:	9780300249156

On the backs of tortoises = Darwin, the Galápagos, and the fate of an evolutionary Eden /
Hennessy, Elizabeth

On the backs of tortoisesDarwin, the Galápagos, and the fate of an evolutionary Eden /[electronic resource] :Elizabeth Hennessy. - New Haven, CT :Yale University Press,c2019. - 1 online resource :ill., maps.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

"The Galápagos archipelago is often viewed as a last foothold of pristine nature. For sixty years, conservationists have worked to restore this evolutionary Eden after centuries of exploitation at the hands of pirates, whalers, and island settlers. This book tells the story of the islands' namesakes--the giant tortoises--as coveted food sources, objects of natural history, and famous icons of conservation and tourism. By doing so, it brings into stark relief the paradoxical, and impossible, goal of conserving species by trying to restore a past state of prehistoric evolution. The tortoises, Elizabeth Hennessy demonstrates, are not prehistoric, but rather microcosms whose stories show how deeply human and nonhuman life are entangled. In a world where evolution is thoroughly shaped by global history, Hennessy puts forward a vision for conservation based on reckoning with the past, rather than trying to erase it."--Provided by publisher.

ISBN: 9780300249156

Standard No.: 10.12987/9780300249156doiSubjects--Topical Terms:

1421031
Galapagos tortoise
--Galapagos Islands.Subjects--Geographical Terms:

1340439
Galapagos Islands
--Encyclopedias.

LC Class. No.: QL666.C584 / H46 2019

Dewey Class. No.: 597.92/4098665

On the backs of tortoises = Darwin, the Galápagos, and the fate of an evolutionary Eden /
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