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Mouse
Georgie Carroll
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Description for Mouse
Paperback. An animal worshipped, slaughtered, loved and loathed, the mouse is a beguiling part of our culture and environment. Mouse explores in rich detail the stories and history of this enchanting creature, with which we not only share our domestic and urban space, but 99 per cent of our genetic makeup. Series: Animal. Num Pages: 224 pages, 60 colour, 40 black & white. BIC Classification: WNCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 193 x 137 x 11. Weight in Grams: 280.
Despite its minuscule size, the mouse has a large presence in earth's animal kingdom and the human imagination. Maligned for millennia, it has been considered one of the human race's greatest adversaries, responsible for problems ranging from disease and plague to holes nibbled in clothing. Yet the mouse is held in divine regard in Hindu and Buddhist traditions and is found across art, myth, literature and folklore. An accomplished survivor, the house mouse has colonized six of the world's continents and, despite its name, thrives on Subantarctic islands void of human habitation; it has even travelled into space. These remarkable ... Read more
Despite its minuscule size, the mouse has a large presence in earth's animal kingdom and the human imagination. Maligned for millennia, it has been considered one of the human race's greatest adversaries, responsible for problems ranging from disease and plague to holes nibbled in clothing. Yet the mouse is held in divine regard in Hindu and Buddhist traditions and is found across art, myth, literature and folklore. An accomplished survivor, the house mouse has colonized six of the world's continents and, despite its name, thrives on Subantarctic islands void of human habitation; it has even travelled into space. These remarkable ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Reaktion Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Series
Animal
Condition
New
Number of Pages
224
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781780233390
SKU
V9781780233390
Shipping Time
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About Georgie Carroll
Georgie Carroll is a writer and researcher at the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London.
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