Screen LibrarySwamp /
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| Published: |
Reaktion Books Ltd,
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| Publisher Address: | London : |
| Publication Dates: | 2018. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Series: |
Earth series
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| Carrier Form: | 232 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 21 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 211-226) and index. |
| ISBN: |
9781780238449 1780238444 |
| Index Number: | QH87 |
| CLC: | P931.7 |
| Call Number: | P931.7/W746 |
| Contents: | Introduction : 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. |