{"product_id":"extinction-and-the-human-9780812253429","title":"Extinction and the Human","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e[M]eticulously researched and steeped in contemporary theory...This fascinating, important book is a vital contribution to the developing field of extinction studies within the environmental humanities. * Choice *\u003cbr\u003eTimothy Sweet has deep experience thinking about the intersection of American environmental, cultural, and intellectual history, from the first decades of European colonization through the nineteenth century. He is perfectly prepared to tackle questions around megafauna extinction narratives and debates in the Americas. \u003ci\u003eExtinction and the Human\u003c\/i\u003e is compelling, learned, wide-ranging, trustworthy, and thorough. * Susan Scott Parrish, University of Michigan *\u003cbr\u003eTimothy Sweet has written a richly researched, theoretically sophisticated, and ultimately engrossing book. Filled with scenes of literary and cultural exchange, his accounts of the near or complete extinction of mastodons, whales, and bison have the power to stop us in our tracks, forcing us to rethink the roles and relationships of the human and nonhuman in new, sometimes visceral ways. * Randall Fuller, University of Kansas *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction. From the Pleistocene to the Anthropocene\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 1. A Prehistory of Extinction\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 2. Mammoths, the \"Oeconomy of Nature,\" and Human Ecology\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 3. Does the Whale Diminish? Will He Perish?\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 4. Buffalo Commons, Buffalo Nation\u003cbr\u003e Reprise. The Human Exception Revisited\u003cbr\u003e Notes\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography\u003cbr\u003e Index\u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgments\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of Pennsylvania Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49405747003735,"sku":"9780812253429","price":38.75,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780812253429.jpg?v=1730493471","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/extinction-and-the-human-9780812253429","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}