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Books by Kelsi Nagy






Trash Animals
How We Live with Nature s Filthy, Feral, Invasive, and Unwanted Species (Hardback)
by Kelsi Nagy, Phillip David Johnson
Hardcover, 320 Pages, Published 2013 by University Of Minnesota Press
ISBN-13: 978-0-8166-8054-2, ISBN: 0-8166-8054-X

"Trash Animals In "Trash Animals," a diverse group of environmental writers explore the natural history of wildlife species deemed filthy, invasive, or worthless, highlighting the vexed relationship humans have with such creatures. Each essay focuses on a so-called trash species--gulls, coyotes, carp, and magpies, among others--examining the biology and behavior of each in contrast to the assumptions widely held Full description"






Trash Animals(1st Edition)
How We Live with Nature’s Filthy, Feral, Invasive, and Unwanted Species
by Kelsi Nagy, Phillip David Johnson, Randy Malamud
Paperback, 320 Pages, Published 2013 by Univ Of Minnesota Press
ISBN-13: 978-0-8166-8055-9, ISBN: 0-8166-8055-8

"Why are some species admired or beloved while others are despised? An eagle or hawk circling overhead inspires awe while urban pigeons shuffling underfoot are kicked away in revulsion. Fly fishermen consider carp an unwelcome trash fish, even though the trout they hope to catch are often equally non-native. Wolves and coyotes are feared and hunted in numbers wildly disproportionate to the dangers they pose to humans and livestock. In Tr ..."






Trash Animals
How We Live with Nature’s Filthy, Feral, Invasive, and Unwanted Species
by Kelsi Nagy
320 Pages, Published 2013 by U Of Minnesota Press
ISBN-13: 978-0-8166-8674-2, ISBN: 0-8166-8674-2

"It changes us. We adapt, we abide. You can't live on the earth and fence yourself off from us. Listen. In this place, at this time ... the introduction to the bibliography entry on him in A. Poulin Jr.'s anthology Contemporary American Poetry, 8th ed."






Values in Action
A Philosophic Analysis of Moral Motivation in Two Classics of Environmental Literature
by Kelsi Nagy
Paperback, 116 Pages, Published 2013 by Lap Lambert Academic Publishing
ISBN-13: 978-3-659-14907-8, ISBN: 3-659-14907-1

"This book addresses the concern that even well established ethical theories do not accurately describe the manner in which people are compelled to make moral decision. If environmental philosophers are concerned about enacting change in the face of the growing environmental crisis then motivating their audience should be a concern. Environmental literature, as far as it appeals to a broader audience than philosophy, appears to be a rela ..."






For the Birds
Protecting Wildlife through the Naturalist Gaze (Nature, Society, and Culture)
by Elizabeth Cherry
Paperback, 222 Pages, Published 2019 by Rutgers University Press
ISBN-13: 978-1-978801-05-9, ISBN: 1-978801-05-X






Southeastern Geographer
Spring 2014 Issue
by Carl A. Reese
193 Pages, Published 2014 by Unc Press Books
ISBN-13: 978-1-4696-1601-8, ISBN: 1-4696-1601-7






Bad Environmentalism
Irony and Irreverence in the Ecological Age
by Nicole Seymour
304 Pages, Published 2018 by U Of Minnesota Press
ISBN-13: 978-1-4529-5809-5, ISBN: 1-4529-5809-2






The Routledge Handbook of Religion and Animal Ethics
by Andrew Linzey , Clair Linzey
390 Pages, Published 2018 by Routledge
ISBN-13: 978-0-429-95311-8, ISBN: 0-429-95311-9






New International Voices in Ecocriticism
by Serpil Oppermann
228 Pages, Published 2014 by Lexington Books
ISBN-13: 978-1-4985-0148-4, ISBN: 1-4985-0148-6






Villain, Vermin, Icon, Kin
Wolves and the Making of Canada
by Stephanie Rutherford
205 Pages, Published 2022 by Mcgill-Queen's Press - Mqup
ISBN-13: 978-0-228-01341-9, ISBN: 0-228-01341-0

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