Bøker av Alan Rauch

"A richly illustrated cultural and natural history of the lethargic animal from prehistoric ancestry to modern-day memes."--Publisher's description.

Presents a social, cultural, and literary history of this knowledge industry and traces its relationships within 19th-century literature, ending with its eventual confrontation with Charles Darwin's "Origin of Species". This book touches on social and cultural anxieties that offer both historical and contemporary insights.

In this book, Alan Rauch provides a comprehensive view of the dolphin, describing both its remarkable zoology and its social and cultural history.