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050 4 $aQL666.C584$bH46 2019
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100 1 $aHennessy, Elizabeth$q(Elizabeth Ann),$eauthor.
245 10 $aOn the backs of tortoises :$bDarwin, the Galápagos, and the fate of an evolutionary Eden /$cElizabeth Hennessy.
264 1 $aNew Haven :$bYale University Press,$c[2019]
300 $axix, 310 pages :$billustrations, maps ;$c25 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$bnc$2rdacarrier
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 223-297) and index.
505 0 $aWhat we stand on -- In Darwin's footsteps -- What's in a name? -- The many worlds at world's end -- Making a natural laboratory -- Restoring evolution -- Laboratory life -- All the way down.
520 $aThe 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.
650 0 $aGalapagos tortoise.
650 0 $aGalapagos tortoise$xConservation.
650 0 $aRare reptiles$zGalapagos Islands.
650 0 $aExtinct reptiles$zGalapagos Islands.
650 0 $aEvolution (Biology)$xHistory.
650 0 $aNature$xEffect of human beings on$zGalapagos Islands.
650 0 $aIsland ecology$zGalapagos Islands.
650 0 $aRestoration ecology$zGalapagos Islands.
651 0 $aGalapagos Islands$xEnvironmental conditions.
852 00 $bglx$hQL666.C584$iH46 2019