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Conflict, Negotiation, and Coexistence
. Ed(S): Locke, Piers; Buckingham, Jane
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Description for Conflict, Negotiation, and Coexistence
Hardback. Outgrowth of an international conference entitled "Symposium on Human-Elephant Relations in South and Southeast Asia" held at the University of Canterbury, New Zealand, May 7-8, 2013. (Acknowledgements) Editor(s): Locke, Piers; Buckingham, Jane. Num Pages: 384 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FK; JFFZ; PSVS; PSVW7; RNKH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 225 x 147 x 33. Weight in Grams: 512.
As formidable instruments of war, they have changed the destinies of empires. As marauding crop raiders, they are despised. As an endangered species, they are cherished. Numerous and often contrasting are the ways in which elephants have been regarded by humans across millennia. Today, with reduced forest cover, human population expansion, and increasing industrialization, interaction between the two species is unavoidable and conflict is not mere happenstance. What, then, is the future of this relationship? In South Asia, human-elephant relationships resonate with cultural significance. From the importance of elephants in ancient texts to the role of ... Read more
As formidable instruments of war, they have changed the destinies of empires. As marauding crop raiders, they are despised. As an endangered species, they are cherished. Numerous and often contrasting are the ways in which elephants have been regarded by humans across millennia. Today, with reduced forest cover, human population expansion, and increasing industrialization, interaction between the two species is unavoidable and conflict is not mere happenstance. What, then, is the future of this relationship? In South Asia, human-elephant relationships resonate with cultural significance. From the importance of elephants in ancient texts to the role of ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publisher
OUP India India
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
Number of Pages
384
Place of Publication
New Delhi, India
ISBN
9780199467228
SKU
V9780199467228
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About . Ed(S): Locke, Piers; Buckingham, Jane
Piers Locke teaches anthropology at the University of Canterbury, New Zealand. In 2015, he was a fellow at the Rachel Carson Center for Environment and Society, Munich, Germany. Jane Buckingham teaches history at the University of Canterbury, New Zealand. She specializes in Indian history and has published on Indian colonial and post-colonial medicine and law, and on ancient Indian ... Read more
Reviews for Conflict, Negotiation, and Coexistence
The subject matter is very topical... This book provides a fairly comprehensive overview of the relationships and conflicts between humans and elephants in south and south-east Asia. The cultural context approach offered by some of the authors is unusual and intruiguing and could be useful in informing more effective strategies for intervention by land use planners and policy-makers.
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