{"product_id":"crocodile-undone-marcus-baynes-rock-9780271086194","title":"Crocodile Undone: The Domestication of Australia's Fauna","description":"\u003cp\u003eAcross the world, animals are being domesticated at an unprecedented rate and scale. But what exactly is domestication, and what does it tell us about ourselves? In this book, Marcus Baynes-Rock seeks the common thread linking stories about the domestication of Australia's native animals, arguing that domestication is part of a process by which late modernity threatens to undo the world.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn a deeply personal account, the author tells of his encounters with crocodiles and emus behind fences, dingoes and kangaroos crossing boundaries, and native bees producing honey in his suburban backyard. Drawing on comparisons between Aboriginal and colonial Australians, Baynes-Rock reveals how the domestication of Australia's fauna is a process of \"unmaking.\" As an extension of late modernity, the connections that tie humans and other animals to wider ecologies are being severed, threatening to isolate us and our domesticates from the rest of the world. It is here that Baynes-Rock reveals a key difference between Aboriginal and colonial Australian modes of landscape management: while one is focused on a systemic approach and sees humans as integral to ecological integrity, the other seeks to sever domesticates from ecological processes. The question that emerges is: How might we reconfigure and maintain these connections without undoing humanity?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWritten in the author's characteristically frank, passionate, and humorous style, \u003ci\u003eCrocodile Undone\u003c\/i\u003e takes the reader on a journey across both physical and philosophical landscapes. This fascinating narrative will appeal to anyone interested in the vital connections between humans and animals.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Marcus Baynes-Rock\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 027108619X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780271086194\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Penn State University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/19\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 240\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.95lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.70h x 6.00w x 0.80d","brand":"Marcus Baynes-Rock","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48850150326527,"sku":"9780271086194","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/crocodile-undone-marcus-baynes-rock-9780271086194","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}