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The Human Zoo
Desmond Morris
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Description for The Human Zoo
Paperback. This study concerns the city dweller. Morris finds remarkable similarities with captive zoo animals and looks closely at the aggressive, sexual and parental behaviour of the human species under the stresses and pressures of urban living. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: JFSG; JMAL; VSP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 11. Weight in Grams: 132.
A must-read for anyone who has ever wondered why people do what they do, from the popular author of The Naked Ape.
This study concerns the city dweller. Morris finds remarkable similarities with captive zoo animals and looks closely at the aggressive, sexual and parental behaviour of the human species under the stresses and pressures of urban living.
‘Compelling and absorbing...Morris is concerned with the tension between our biology and our culture, as it is expressed in power, sex, status and war games’ New York Times
Product Details
Publisher
Vintage Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
176
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Condition
New
Number of Pages
176
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780099482116
SKU
V9780099482116
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About Desmond Morris
Desmond Morris was born in Wiltshire in 1928. After gaining a degree in zoology from Birmimgham University, he obtained his D. Phil. from the University of Oxford. He became Curator of Mammals at London Zoo in 1959, a post he held for eight years. He was already the author of some fifty scientific papers and seven books before completing ... Read more
Reviews for The Human Zoo
Compelling and absorbing...Morris is concerned with the tension between our biology and our culture, as it is expressed in power, sex, status and war games
New York Times
Having startled, amused, and in some cases infuriated his fellow-men by his bestseller The Naked Ape, Desmond Morris now proceeds to contemplate Homo sapiens as he has transformed his environment. ... Read more
New York Times
Having startled, amused, and in some cases infuriated his fellow-men by his bestseller The Naked Ape, Desmond Morris now proceeds to contemplate Homo sapiens as he has transformed his environment. ... Read more