Swamp
By: Anthony Wilson
Series: Earth series; Earth series (Reaktion Books (Firm))
Published: 2018
Language: eng
Number of pages: 232
ISBN-13: 9781780238449
Subjects: Swamps in literature; Wetlands; Bogs; Marshes; Social aspects; Swamps; Mythology
Other titles: Nature and culture
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 211-226) and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction : terra incognita; title: Swamp as home : people of the swamps; title: Swamp as quagmire : obstacle, trial and problem; title: Swamp as horror : monsters, miasma and menace; title: Swamp as spectacle : paradise, sanctuary, aesthetic object; title: Postscript : paradise lost? : the swamps' uncertain future; title: Appendix : an array of major world wetlands.