Bio-Invaders (Themes in Environmental History)

We are pleased to announce a new series of
environmental history readers, suitable for students.
Comprising essays selected from our journals,
Environment and History and Environmental Values,
each inexpensive paperback volume will address an
important theme in environmental history, combining
underlying theory and specific case-studies. The first
volume, Bio-invaders, investigates the rhetoric and
realities of exotic, introduced and 'alien' species. The
book comprises a number of general essays, exploring
and challenging common perceptions about such
species, and a series of case studies of specific species in
specific contexts. Its geographical coverage ranges from
the United Kingdom to New Zealand by way of South
Africa, India and Palestine; and the essays cover both
historical and recent introductions.