Humans and lions : conflict, conservation and coexistence /

Humans and lions : conflict, conservation and coexistence /

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Author / Creator:	Somerville, Keith, author.
Imprint:	Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2020. ©2020
Description:	1 online resource ( xxvl, 233 pages)
Language:	English
Series:	Routledge environmental humanities Routledge environmental humanities.
Subject:	Lion -- Conservation -- Africa. Human-animal relationships -- History. Human-animal relationships. Africa.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11902231

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ISBN:	9781315151182 1315151189 9781351365307 1351365304 9781351365291 1351365290 9781351365284 1351365282 9781138558021
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index. Professor Keith Somerville is a Member of the Durrell Institute of Conservation and Ecology at the University of Kent, UK, where he teaches at the Centre for Journalism. He is a Senior Research Fellow at the Institute of Commonwealth Studies and a Fellow of the Zoological Society of London, UK. Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on July 18, 2019).
Other form:	Print version: Somerville, Keith. Humans and lions. Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2019 9781138558021
Standard no.:	10.4324/9781315151182

Table of Contents:

Lion-human coexistence and competition from the Pleistocene to modern humans
Domestication, settlement, and the effects on lions
Lions from the 14th century and to colonial occupation
Hunting, conservation and the decline of the lion in colonial Africa and Asia
Contemporary coexistence and conflict in Africa
The ups and downs of Southern Africa's lions, and the importance of the trophy hunting debate.