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Nature in Ireland: A Scientific and Cultural History

Beschreibung

Long-neglected questions are pursued in Nature in Ireland, a pioneering collection of original essays by leading naturalists, science writers and cultural historians who bring us from the geological prehistory of the island to the environmental threats of the late twentieth century.

Autor

JOHN WILSON FOSTER, the senior editor, is a native of Belfast. He is professor of English at the University of British Colombia, Canada. His books include Forces and Themes in Ulster Fiction (1974), Fictions of the Irish Literary Revival (1987), Colonial Consequences: Essays in Irish Literature and Culture (1991), The Achievement of Seamus Heaney (1995), and The Titanic Complex (1997). HELENA C.G. CHESNEY, the associate editor, is a malacologist specialising in the study of bivalve molluscs. She is Keeper of Zoology at the Ulster Museum, Belfast

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Lilliput Press
• Seitenzahl: 672
• Erscheinungstermin: Januar 1997
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781874675297
• ISBN-10: 1874675295
• Artikelnr.: 60071032