Bears: A Brief History - Couverture souple

Brunner, Bernd

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0300143125 ISBN 13 : 9780300143126

Editeur : Yale University Press, 2008

Synopsis

Bears Examines the shared history of people and bears. Hopscotching through history, literature, and science, this work uncovers little-known stories and facts about bears in European, North American, Japanese, Russian, and South and Southeast Asian cultures. It also reveals the extent to which human feelings about bears have been, and still are, mixed. Full description

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Présentation de l'éditeur :

This engaging book examines the shared history of people and bears. Hopscotching through history, literature, and science, Bernd Brunner presents a rich compendium of the interactions between the two species and explores how bears have become central figures in our inventory of myths and dreams. He reveals the remarkable extent to which human feelings about bears have been, and still are, mixed. People have venerated, killed, caressed, tortured, nurtured, eaten, worshipped, and despised bears. Interestingly, the varied dealings of humans with bears raise the same question over and again: do our images of bears have much in common with the animal as it really is?The book uncovers new and little-known stories and facts about bears in European, North American, Japanese, Russian, and South and Southeast Asian cultures. Taken together, these perspectives show us new things about the animals we thought we knew so well. It features: quirky and bizarre anecdotes, scientific information on bears threatened with extinction in some areas, a discussion of the phenomenon of 'bearanoia', and more than one hundred historical illustrations that contribute to this unique account of the shared history between bears and humans and the continuing presence of bears in our personal and collective dreams.

Biographie de l'auteur :

Bernd Brunner, a graduate of the Free University of Berlin and Berlin School of Economics, is an independent scholar, freelance writer, and editor of non-fiction books. He is the author of The Ocean at Home: An Illustrated History of the Aquarium, and frequently lectures in the United States.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Yale University Press
• Date d'édition: 2008
• ISBN 10: 0300143125
• ISBN 13: 9780300143126
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 272