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001			ocm1004759561
003			OCoLC
005			20200821113919.0
008			170928s2018 enkab b 001 0 eng d
019			_a1057615429
020			_a1780239343 _q(hardcover)
020			_a9781780239347 _q(hardcover)
035			_a(OCoLC)1004759561
040			_aYDX _beng _erda _cYDX _dBDX _dTOH _dYAM _dYDX _dHTM _dOCLCF _dNZAUC _dIBI _dUKMGB _dUtOrBLW _dMiTN
050		4	_aQL377 .C5 _bS456 2018
100	1		_aShick, J. Malcolm _q(John Malcolm), _d1947-
245	1	0	_aWhere corals lie : _ba natural and cultural history / _cJ. Malcolm Shick.
264		1	_a[London, UK] : _bReaktion Books, _c[2018]
264		4	_c©2018.
300			_a304 pages : _billustrations (chiefly color), maps ; _c26 cm.
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent.
336			_astill image _bsti _2rdacontent.
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia.
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 270-283) and index.
505	0		_aPrelude: Where corals lie -- Defining coral -- On the nature of coral -- The mythos, menace and melancholy of corals -- Conjuring corals -- Coral as commodity -- Coral construction -- A new age of corals -- Coda: What lies ahead? -- Appendix: Maps showing locations mentioned in the text.
520			_aFor millennia corals were a marine enigma confounding classification and occupying a space between the animal and vegetable kingdoms. Ultimately their animal and symbiotic natures were recognized, and they remain the focus of intense fascination and research. The danger to seafarers posed by unseen underwater coral reefs led to their association with death and interment that has figured in literature, poetry, music and film. The bright redness of precious Mediterranean coral was associated with blood, including coral's gory origin in European and Indian mythology, and its place in religion. Corals have long been prized as jewellery and ornament, and were a feature of many Kunstkammer collections during the Renaissance. Seen as r̀ainforests of the sea', coral reefs have become greenly emblematic of fragile marine biodiversity, warning of human-driven global climate change. This book uniquely treats the many manifestations of corals in biology and geology; how diverse corals came to figure in art, expeditionary accounts, medicine, folklore, geopolitics, and international trade; and corals as builders of islands and protectors of coastlines, and as building materials themselves. Exceptionally illustrated with a wide range of natural history images, underwater photographs and fine art, this book provides a unique resource for all interested in ocean environments and the cultures that have flourished there.
650		0	_aCorals.
650		0	_aCorals _xSocial aspects.
650		0	_aCorals _xEffect of human beings on.
650		0	_aCoral reef ecology.
650		0	_aCoral reefs and islands _xClimatic factors.
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