Soul of the Tiger: Searching for Nature's Answers in Southeast Asia (Kolowalu Books (Paperback)) - Softcover

McNeely, Jeffrey A.; Sochaczewski, Paul Spencer

 
9780824816698: Soul of the Tiger: Searching for Nature's Answers in Southeast Asia (Kolowalu Books (Paperback))
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ISBN 10: 0824816692 ISBN 13: 9780824816698
Verlag: University of Hawai'i Press, 1995

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Anecdotes, facts, and observations on the role animals play in the daily life of Southeast Asian villages

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Charlotte y Peter Fiell son dos autoridades en historia, teoría y crítica del diseño y han escrito más de sesenta libros sobre la materia, muchos de los cuales se han convertido en éxitos de ventas. También han impartido conferencias y cursos como profesores invitados, han comisariado exposiciones y asesorado a fabricantes, museos, salas de subastas y grandes coleccionistas privados de todo el mundo. Los Fiell han escrito numerosos libros para TASCHEN, entre los que se incluyen 1000 Chairs, Diseño del siglo XX, El diseño industrial de la A a la Z, Scandinavian Design y Diseño del siglo XXI.

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In Soul of the Tiger, conservationists Jeffrey McNeely and Paul Sochaczewski draw on more than two decades of experience in Southeast Asia to examine the relationship between its people and animals. What, they wonder, has this relationship meant in the past? How is it changing, and what relevance might it have for the future? Combining sound scholarship with an engaging style, their fascinating and often humorous accounts reveal the vital connection between rural people and wildlife: between the Bornean farmer and the yellow wagtail, without whose arrival rice goes unplanted; between the wife in Papua New Guinea and her pigs, whose breeding rate determines when she gets a break from housework and when her husband goes to war; between the guards in Java's Ujung Kulon National Park and the rhinoceros, whose urine they collect as a cure for earaches. The authors identify four major ecocultural revolutions that have significantly altered the relationship between people and nature. They suggest that a fifth revolution, characterized by respect and understanding of the traditional knowledge and insight reflected in myth and memory, will enable modern society to develop nature conservation programs with a chance of lasting success.

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Verlag
University of Hawai'i Press
Erscheinungsdatum
1995
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
0824816692
ISBN 13 
9780824816698
Einband
Tapa blanda
Anzahl der Seiten
416
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