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Australian People and Animals in Today's Dreamtime The Role of Comparative Psychology in the Management of Natural Resources

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ISBN-10: 0275939081

ISBN-13: 9780275939083

Edition: 1991

Authors: David B. Croft, Ethel Tobach

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This volume, a collection of papers presented at the 1988 biennial conference of the International Society for Comparative Psychology in Australia, affirms how comparative psychology can help confront global environmental problems by analyzing and comparing the behavior of humans and animals. This often complex relationship is clarified and given fresh insight as each contributor examines a particular aspect pertaining to the ecology of Australia. The continuities and discontinuities in the evolutionary patterns of animal species, the impact of human knowledge and use of animals on the ecological balance, and the need for collaborative efforts to effect change figure prominently in the…    
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Book details

List price: $75.00
Copyright year: 1991
Publisher: ABC-CLIO, LLC
Publication date: 8/30/1991
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 142
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.50" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 0.990
Language: English

ETHEL TOBACH, Ph.D., Curator Emerita at the American Museum of Natural History, New York City, is the series editor of Advances in Comparative Psychology, publication of the International Society for Comparative Psychology and the University of Calabria.

Series Foreword
Foreword--Tender Mercies
Amity and Antagonism between People and Animals by S.A. Barnett
The Relationships Between People and Animals: An Australian Perspective
Black and White Totemism: Conservation, Animal Symbolism and Human Identification in Australia
Animal Rights and Aboriginal Concepts
The Introduced Wild and Feral Mammals of Australia: Past and Present Relationships with Humans as Determinants of Their Status
Relationships Between People and Animals
Index