Book ID: CBB562777472

Polar Bear (2019)

unapi

Fee, Margery (Author)


Reaktion Books


Publication Date: 2019
Physical Details: 224
Language: English

Polar bears are truly majestic animals: the largest land-dwelling carnivore on earth, these white-furred, black-skinned giants can measure up to three meters in length and weigh up to fifteen hundred pounds. They are also iconic in other ways. They are a symbol of the climate change debate, with their survival now threatened by the loss of Arctic ice, and their images decorate fountains and the cornices of buildings across the world. They sell cold drinks. They feature in children’s books, on merry-go-rounds, and under the arms of weary toddlers heading for bed. Their pelts were once highly prized by hunters, and live captures became attractions in zoos and circuses. Stuffed bears still haunt museums and stately homes. In this natural and cultural history of the polar bear, Margery Fee explores the evolution, species, habitat, and behavior of the animal, as well as its portrayal in art, literature, film, and advertising. Illustrated throughout, Polar Bear will beguile anyone who loves these outsize, beautiful, seemingly cuddly, yet deadly carnivores.

...More
Reviewed By

Review Ann Norton Greene (2021) Review of "Polar Bear". Isis: International Review Devoted to the History of Science and Its Cultural Influences (pp. 168-169). unapi

Citation URI
https://data.isiscb.org/isis/citation/CBB562777472/

Similar Citations

Book Michael Bravo; (2019)
North Pole: Nature and Culture (/isis/citation/CBB094804985/)

Book Peter G. Knight; (2019)
Glacier: Nature and Culture (/isis/citation/CBB863783888/)

Book Asok Kumar Das; Divyabhanusinh; Shibani Bose; (2018)
The Story of India's Unicorns (/isis/citation/CBB587462271/)

Article Mark Vardy; (October 2020)
Relational agility: Visualizing near-real-time Arctic sea ice data as a proxy for climate change (/isis/citation/CBB964089445/)

Article Bravo, Michael T.; (2009)
Voices from the Sea Ice: The Reception of Climate Impact Narratives (/isis/citation/CBB001034160/)

Book Adrian Howkins; (2015)
The Polar Regions: An Environmental History (/isis/citation/CBB107300895/)

Thesis Emelin Elizabeth Miller; (2019)
Empire of Ice: Arctic Natural History and British Visions of the North, 1500-1800 (/isis/citation/CBB984131524/)

Chapter Lewander, Lisbeth; (2013)
The Nordic Arctic Periphery: Fragments from Field Work (/isis/citation/CBB001421160/)

Book Byrne, Angela; (2013)
Geographies of the Romantic North: Science, Antiquarianism, and Travel, 1790--1830 (/isis/citation/CBB001452023/)

Book Stephen J. Pyne; (2022)
The Pyrocene: How We Created an Age of Fire, and What Happens Next (/isis/citation/CBB244686914/)

Book Jean-Baptiste Fressoz; Fabien Locher; (2020)
Les Révoltes du ciel. Une histoire du changement climatique (xve-xxe siècle) (/isis/citation/CBB177113891/)

Article Gabrysa, Jennifer; Yusoffb, Kathryn; (2012)
Arts, Sciences and Climate Change: Practices and Politics at the Threshold (/isis/citation/CBB001251157/)

Chapter Shaul Bassi; (2022)
Living Under Water: Reading the Anthropocene in the Ghetto (/isis/citation/CBB334094915/)

Chapter Paul R. Merchant; (2022)
Venice and the "New World" (/isis/citation/CBB659131310/)

Chapter Giulia Repetti; (2022)
Seven Steps: Water Staircases as Proxies for the Anthropocene in Venice (/isis/citation/CBB396716926/)

Chapter Francesco Vallerani; (2022)
The Last Vegetable Gardens in the Island of Pellestrina (/isis/citation/CBB350537327/)

Chapter Carmen Concilio; (2022)
Venice-Turin: Two Cities, One River, and their Boats, in a Time of Climate Change (/isis/citation/CBB118062832/)

Chapter Olga Smith; (2022)
Climate Migration (/isis/citation/CBB197581470/)

Authors & Contributors
Bravo, Michael T.
Olga Smith
Shaul Bassi
Asok Kumar Das
Shibani Bose
Giulia Repetti
Concepts
Climate change
Science and culture
Environmental history
Science and society
Anthropocene
Water resource management
Time Periods
19th century
Early modern
Modern
21st century
20th century, late
20th century
Places
Arctic regions
Venice (Italy)
Polar regions
Canada
Great Britain
Po River
Comments

Be the first to comment!

{{ comment.created_by.username }} on {{ comment.created_on | date:'medium' }}

Log in or register to comment