Book ID: 92066
Coates, Peter
American Perceptions of Immigrant and Invasive Species. Strangers on the Land. 2007. 5 b/w photogr. 266 p. gr8vo. Hardcover.
Arriving in ever-increasing numbers to American soil, recent invaders have competed with, preyed on, hybridized with, and carried diseases tonative species, transforming our ecosystems and creating anxiety among environmentalists and the general public. But is American anxiety over this crisis of ecological identity a recent phenomenon? Chartingshifting attitudes to alien species since the 1850s, the author brings to light the rich cultural and historical aspects of this story bysituating the history of immigrant flora and fauna within the widercontext of human immigration.