Bears : a brief history /
Brunner, Bernd, 1964-
Bears : a brief history / Bernd Brunner ; translated from the German by Lori Lantz. - New Haven : Yale University Press, 2007. - 259 p. : ill. ; 21 cm.
"Originally published in German ... in 2005 by Classen Verlag."--T.p. verso. Translated from the German.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 245-252) and index.
Tracking the paths of bears -- Transformations -- The mystery of the cave bear -- False steps -- Exotic discoveries -- The bear's personality -- Sounds, senses, signals -- Bears as pets -- On observer in Eastern Siberia -- Face to face -- Hunters and hunted -- The Inuit and polar bears -- Closer than close -- Bears on show -- Bear substitutes -- "Bearanoia".
Delightfully illustrated history of the complex relations between people and bears around the world.
0300122993 (alk. paper) 9780300122992 (alk. paper)
2007021322
GBA761638 bnb
013810809 Uk
Bears--History.
Bears : a brief history / Bernd Brunner ; translated from the German by Lori Lantz. - New Haven : Yale University Press, 2007. - 259 p. : ill. ; 21 cm.
"Originally published in German ... in 2005 by Classen Verlag."--T.p. verso. Translated from the German.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 245-252) and index.
Tracking the paths of bears -- Transformations -- The mystery of the cave bear -- False steps -- Exotic discoveries -- The bear's personality -- Sounds, senses, signals -- Bears as pets -- On observer in Eastern Siberia -- Face to face -- Hunters and hunted -- The Inuit and polar bears -- Closer than close -- Bears on show -- Bear substitutes -- "Bearanoia".
Delightfully illustrated history of the complex relations between people and bears around the world.
0300122993 (alk. paper) 9780300122992 (alk. paper)
2007021322
GBA761638 bnb
013810809 Uk
Bears--History.