Book review of "Animals Count: how population size matters in animal-human relations" edited by Nancy Cushing and Jodi Frawley, London, UK, Routledge Environmental Humanities, 2018. ISBN 978-0-81538136-5

Brennan, Claire (2019) Book review of "Animals Count: how population size matters in animal-human relations" edited by Nancy Cushing and Jodi Frawley, London, UK, Routledge Environmental Humanities, 2018. ISBN 978-0-81538136-5. Journal of Australian Studies, 43 (4). pp. 542-544.

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[Extract] This book makes an interesting and sustained argument both about the significance of non-human species in Australian environmental history and about the way in which variationsin animal populations affect human responses to them. In the introduction, the editorsmake a strong argument for the role of studies of Australian history in contributing to under-standings of animals at a population level. They state that Australia's colonisation occurred asanimals were becoming marginalised in industrial society and argue that this removal ofanimals from most people's everyday experiences provides an opportunity to unravel theway in which the population size of a particular species influences human reactions to it.

Item ID: 62544
Item Type: Article (Book Review)
ISSN: 1835-6419
Keywords: animal history; Australian environmental history
Date Deposited: 16 Mar 2020 00:38
FoR Codes: 21 HISTORY AND ARCHAEOLOGY > 2103 Historical Studies > 210303 Australian History (excl Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander History) @ 100%
SEO Codes: 95 CULTURAL UNDERSTANDING > 9505 Understanding Past Societies > 950503 Understanding Australias Past @ 100%
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