Rabbit / / Victoria Dickenson

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910807726303321
• Autore: Dickenson Victoria
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: London : , : Reaktion Books, , 2014; ©2014
• ISBN: 1-78023-216-0
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (218 p.)
• Collana: Animal Series
• Disciplina: 599.32
• Soggetti: Rabbits; European rabbit; Rabbits - History; Rabbits - Social aspects; Rabbits in art
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Rabbit; Imprint Page; Contents; 1. A Natural History; 2. The Natural and Unnatural History of the European Rabbit; 3. The 'Useful' Rabbit; 4. Rabbit in Mind; 5. Rabbits and Us; 6. The Twenty-First-Century Rabbit Paradox; A Few Rabbit Poems; Timeline; References; Select Bibliography; Associations and Websites; Acknowledgements; Photo Acknowledgements; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: From Benjamin Bunny to Peter Cottontail, the Velveteen Rabbit to the Flopsy Bunnies, the Rabbit of Caerbannog to Bugs Bunny and Roger Rabbit, the winsome long-eared animal is a permanent fixture of our childhoods. We know rabbits for their place in our stories, myths, and legends, and also for how they helped us learn to tie our shoes. In this richly illustrated book, Victoria Dickenson explores the natural and cultural history of the most familiar of the lagomorphs. Tracing the history of the species, Dickenson brings to life the giant extinct rabbits of Minorca and the tiny endangered Volca