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003			OCoLC
005			20190524125316.0
008			170215s2018 enka e b 001 0 eng c
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020			_a9781780238449 _q(paperback)
020			_a1780238444 _q(paperback)
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050		4	_aQH87.3 _b.W57 2018
082	0	4	_a577.68 _223
090			_aQH87.3 _b.W57 2018
100	1		_aWilson, Anthony David, _d1975-
245	1	0	_aSwamp / _cAnthony Wilson.
246	1		_iSubtitle on cover: _aNature and culture.
264		1	_aLondon, UK : _bReaktion Books Ltd, _c2018.
300			_a232 pages : _billustrations (chiefly color) ; _c21 cm.
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent.
336			_astill image _bsti _2rdacontent.
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia.
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier.
490	1		_aEarth series.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 211-226) and index.
505	0		_aIntroduction : terra incognita -- Swamp as home : people of the swamps -- Swamp as quagmire : obstacle, trial and problem -- Swamp as horror : monsters, miasma and menace -- Swamp as spectacle : paradise, sanctuary, aesthetic object -- Postscript : paradise lost? : the swamps' uncertain future -- Appendix : an array of major world wetlands.
520			_a"Throughout history, swamps have been idealized and demonized, purged and protected. They are considered places of evil, pestilence and death, but also diverse ecosystems teeming with life. They can be obstacles to development, and remnants of fading cultures. Distillations of pure wildness, with menacing morasses and fragile wetlands, swamps have fascinated, terrified, frustrated and sustained us throughout human history. From swamps and bogs to marshes and wetlands, Swamp ventures into the cultural and ecological histories of these mysterious, mythologized and misunderstood landscapes. It ranges from the freshwater marshes of Botswana's tremendous Okavango delta, to the notable swamps between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers, to the peat bogs in Russia, the British Isles and Scandinavia. It explores ideas and representations of wetlands across centuries, cultures and continents, considering legend and folklore, mythology, literature, film and natural and cultural history. As it plumbs the murky depths of their complex relationship with people all over the world, from the distant past to uncertain future, Swamp provides an engaging, accessible, informative and lavishly illustrated journey into these fascinating, misunderstood and mysterious landscapes." --Publisher description.
650		0	_aSwamps.
650		0	_aSwamps _xSocial aspects.
650		0	_aSwamps _xMythology.
650		0	_aSwamps in literature.
650		0	_aBogs.
650		0	_aMarshes.
650		0	_aWetlands.
830		0	_aEarth series (Reaktion Books (Firm))
999			_c233873 _d233873