Zebra / Christopher Plumb and Samuel Shaw.

By:

Plumb, Christopher

Contributor(s):

Shaw, Samuel, 1984-

Series: Animal (Reaktion Books)Publisher: London, UK : Reaktion Books, 2018Description: 216 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 20 cmContent type:

still image
text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

1780239351
9781780239354

Subject(s):

Additional physical formats: ebook version :: No titleDDC classification:

599.665/7 23

LOC classification:

QL737 .U62 P58 2018

Contents:

Introduction : defining the zebra -- Zebras at home -- Zebras on the move -- Colonizing the zebra -- Extraordinary zebras -- Stripes -- Z is for zebra -- Timeline.

Summary: Common and exotic, glamorous and ferocious, sociable and sullen: zebras mean many things to many people. The extraordinary beauty of their striped coats makes them one of the world's most recognizable animals. They have been immortalized in paint by artists including George Stubbs and Lucian Freud, and zebra-print designs permeate contemporary society - on beanbags and bikinis, car seats and pencil cases. Zebras even have a road crossing named after them. But the zebra remains a mystery to most. [This book] uncovers the natural and cultural history of this popular animal. It shows how the zebra's history engages and intersects with diverse topics, including eighteenth-century humour, imperialism and camouflage technologies."--Back cover.

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 187-203) and index.

Introduction : defining the zebra -- Zebras at home -- Zebras on the move -- Colonizing the zebra -- Extraordinary zebras -- Stripes -- Z is for zebra -- Timeline.

Common and exotic, glamorous and ferocious, sociable and sullen: zebras mean many things to many people. The extraordinary beauty of their striped coats makes them one of the world's most recognizable animals. They have been immortalized in paint by artists including George Stubbs and Lucian Freud, and zebra-print designs permeate contemporary society - on beanbags and bikinis, car seats and pencil cases. Zebras even have a road crossing named after them. But the zebra remains a mystery to most. [This book] uncovers the natural and cultural history of this popular animal. It shows how the zebra's history engages and intersects with diverse topics, including eighteenth-century humour, imperialism and camouflage technologies."--Back cover.