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OverviewThe fascinating story of a much-maligned and little-understood native Australian rodent. The long-haired rat breeds and spreads prodigiously after big rains. Its irruptions were plagues to European colonists, who feared and loathed all rats, but times of feasting for Aboriginal people. Tim Bonyhady explores the place of the long-haired rat in Aboriginal culture. He recounts how settler Australians responded to it, learned about it and, occasionally, came to recognise the wonder of it. And he reconstructs its changing, shrinking landscape—once filled with bilbies, letter-winged kites and inland taipans, but now increasingly the domain of feral cats. An astonishing history, The Enchantment of the Long-haired Rat illuminates a species, a continent, its climate and its people like never before. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Tim BonyhadyPublisher: Text Publishing Imprint: The Text Publishing Company ISBN: 9781925773934ISBN 10: 1925773930 Pages: 304 Publication Date: 06 August 2019 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In stock We have confirmation that this item is in stock with the supplier. It will be ordered in for you and dispatched immediately. Table of ContentsReviews`A book of surprises, with one yarn after another about an amazing Australian mammal.' * Tim Low * 'A marvellous story about one of the world's most enigmatic creatures.' * Tim Flannery * `A book of surprises, with one yarn after another about an amazing Australian mammal.' * Tim Low * Author InformationProfessor Tim Bonyhady is one of Australia’s foremost environmental and cultural historians. His many books include Images in Opposition: Australian Landscape Painting 1801-1890, Burke and Wills: From Melbourne to Myth, Places Worth Keeping: Conservationists, Politics and Law and award winning The Colonial Earth. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |