Acknowledgments; Prologue: Beyond the biological cringe?; Chapter 1: Nature for citizenship; Chapter 2: Strange nature; Chapter 3: Unnatural economy; Chapter 4: Collecting the nation; Chapter 5: Desert nationalism; Chapter 6: The empty North; Chapter 7: Sustaining the exceptional; Chapter 8: Home truths; Epilogue: A natural nation?; Notes; Select bibliography; Index
Summary
Shows how a new nation - Australia - was created in a very old continent. Looking at some of those who observe the natural world closely - including scientists, field naturalists and farmers - this title suggests fresh ways of living in an arid continent in times of global change, and gives hope that Australia can move beyond biological cringe
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 233-243) and index
