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Eight bears : mythic past and imperiled future
Dickie, Gloria2024
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Bears have always held a central place in our collective memory, from Indigenous folklore and Greek mythology to nineteenth-century fairytales and the modern toy shop. But as humans and bears come into ever-closer contact, our relationship nears a tipping point. Today, most of the eight remaining bear species are threatened with extinction. Some, such as the panda bear and the polar bear, are icons of the natural world; others, such as the spectacled bear and the sloth bear, are far less known.
Main title:
Eight bears : mythic past and imperiled future / Gloria Dickie.
Author:
Dickie, Gloria, author
Edition:
Norton paperback.
Imprint:
New York : W.W. Norton & Company, 2024.©2023.
Collation:
xiv, 250 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm.
Notes:
Originally published: 2023.Includes bibliographical references (pages 219-250).
Contents:
Preface. IntroductionThe cloud dwellers (Spectacled bear, Ecuador and Peru)Dancing with death (Sloth bear, India)Soft power (Panda bear, China)Liquid gold (Moon bear and sun bear, Vietnam)Out of the wild (American black bear, United States)Return of the grizzly (Brown bear, United States)The ice walkers (Polar bear, Canada). Epilogue.
ISBN:
9781324086994 (paperback)9781324005087 (hardcover)
Dewey class:
599.78
Language:
English
BRN:
2689868