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Author Hainze, John, author.

Title Nature underfoot : living with beetles, crabgrass, fruit flies, and other tiny life around us / John Hainze ; illustrated by Angela Mele.

Publication Info. New Haven ; London : Yale University Press, [2020]
2020

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Description 1 online resource (xvi, 254 pages) : illustrations
text txt rdacontent
computer c rdamedia
online resource cr rdacarrier
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 223-242) and index.
Contents Introduction -- Anthropocene winners -- Nature at work -- Inadvertant domestication : the pets we didn't want -- Anthropocene invasions -- The unlucky : Anthropocene extinctions -- Human exceptionalism? -- Coexistence -- Valuing our Anthropocene partners.
Summary Fruit flies, silverfish, dandelions, and crabgrass are the bane of many people and the target of numerous chemical and physical eradication efforts. In this compelling reassessment of the relationship between humans and the natural world, John Hainze, an entomologist and former pesticide developer, considers the fascinating and bizarre history of how these so-called invasive or unwanted pests and weeds have coevolved with humanity and highlights the benefits of a greater respect and moral consideration toward these organisms. With deep insight into the lives of the underappreciated and often reviled creatures that surround us, Hainze's accessible and engaging natural history draws on ethics, religion, and philosophy as he passionately argues that creepy crawlies and unwanted plants deserve both empathy and accommodation as partners dwelling with us on earth.
Note Description based on print version record.
Subject Environmental ethics.
Household pests -- Social aspects.
Arthropod pests -- Social aspects.
Weeds -- Social aspects.
Pesticides -- Environmental aspects.
Insect communities.
Insects -- Effect of human beings on.
Human-animal relationships.
Nature -- Effect of human beings on.
Organisms.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author Mele, Angela, illustrator.
Other Form: Print version: Hainze, John. Nature underfoot : living with beetles, crabgrass, fruit flies, and other tiny life around us. New Haven ; London : Yale University Press, c2020 xvi, 254 pages 9780300242782 (DLC) 2019941039
ISBN 9780300242782
9780300252682 (e-book)

 
    
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