Eight bears : mythic past and imperiled future
Edition
First edition.
Publication Information
New York, N.Y. : W.W. Norton & Company, [2023]
Physical Description
xiv, 250 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Summary
"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"--
Contents
- The 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).