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Bee (Animal)
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Item specifics
- Condition
- Release Year
- 2006
- ISBN
- 9781861892560
- Book Title
- Bee
- Item Length
- 7.5in
- Publisher
- Reaktion Books, The Limited
- Publication Year
- 2006
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 0.6in
- Genre
- Nature
- Topic
- Animals / Insects & Spiders, General
- Item Width
- 5.4in
- Item Weight
- 12.6 Oz
- Number of Pages
- 208 Pages
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"How doth the little busy bee improve each shining hour / and gather honey all the day from every opening flower!" This famed Isaac Watts verse reveals the enduring fascination that bees have held for humans: bees have long been admired for their remarkable socialization and architectural skills, and since the earliest times they have carried profound symbolic meanings. Claire Preston's "Bee" offers a comprehensive survey of the natural and cultural history of the bee and explores the impressive body of literature that has grown out of man's search for honey. "Bee" traces the bee's role in art, politics, and social thought, drawing on scientific studies, literature, and historical texts. The volume examines the evolution of the bee's cultural image from a symbol of virtue and civility to the dangerous swarms of killer bees in Hollywood horror flicks. From ancient political analogies to Renaissance debates about monarchy to studies of bee behavior that portend ominous conclusions for our own socialization and use of technology, "Bee" analyzes the complex connections between the bee and human culture. Written with energy and enthusiasm, "Bee" offers an original and fascinating meditation on this tiny workaholic.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Reaktion Books, The Limited
ISBN-10
186189256x
ISBN-13
9781861892560
eBay Product ID (ePID)
23038630557
Product Key Features
Book Title
Bee
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Topic
Animals / Insects & Spiders, General
Publication Year
2006
Genre
Nature
Number of Pages
208 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
7.5in
Item Height
0.6in
Item Width
5.4in
Item Weight
12.6 Oz
Additional Product Features
Lc Classification Number
Ql565
Edition Number
2
Reviews
Even the most widely read beekeeper will find something new here. . . . Most pages of this beautifully presented book have excellent and interesting illustrations. . . . It is a great book to read if you want to gain a wider perspective of bees' role within our human society., With so many fascinating facts, fables and arcana from art, science, literature and apiculture, Bee offers a compelling meditation on the fortune's of nature's workaholic., "The kind of book I was looking for when I started beekeeping, a general overview of bees as they have appeared in history, art, and society. Preston presents the true, the absurd and everything in between about honey bees by tracing their reality, mythology, and folklore. . . . fascinating. . . . I recommend . . . sitting down to enjoy Preston''s new book Bee ."-- Bee Culture, "Even the most widely read beekeeper will find something new here. . . . Most pages of this beautifully presented book have excellent and interesting illustrations. . . . It is a great book to read if you want to gain a wider perspective of bees' role within our human society."-- Bees for Development Journal, "It is an outstanding book: marvellously researched and annotated, superbly illustrated and exceptionally well written. . . . Preston must have played the bee herself in her meticulous preparation for this book, and she has done this esteemed creature the great service it merits."-- Times Literary Supplement , "The kind of book I was looking for when I started beekeeping, a general overview of bees as they have appeared in history, art, and society. Preston presents the true, the absurd and everything in between about honey bees by tracing their reality, mythology, and folklore. . . . fascinating. . . . I recommend . . . sitting down to enjoy Preston's new book Bee ."-- Bee Culture , The kind of book I was looking for when I started beekeeping, a general overview of bees as they have appeared in history, art, and society. Preston presents the true, the absurd and everything in between about honey bees by tracing their reality, mythology, and folklore. . . . fascinating. . . . I recommend . . . sitting down to enjoy Preston's new book Bee ., The kind of book I was looking for when I started beekeeping, a general overview of bees as they have appeared in history, art, and society. Preston presents the true, the absurd and everything in between about honey bees by tracing their reality, mythology, and folklore. . . . fascinating. . . . I recommend . . . sitting down to enjoy Preston's new book Bee ., "Easily the best of several recent bee books. . . . Presents her information cogently and attractively . . . Bee is excellent."-- The Spectator , Bee is excellent. I enjoyed every page of it' The Spectator'It is an outstanding book: marvellously researched and annotated, superbly illustrated and exceptionally well written . . . Preston must have played the bee herself in her meticulous preparation for this book, and she has done this esteemed creature the great service it merits., "Engaging. . . . An excellent example of how cultural history can entertainingly cross borders."--BBC History Magazine, 'entomologists will enjoy reading this fascinating little book . . . The pictures and print quality are excellent, and the book is packed with little gems' Journal of the Entomological Society of America'Even the most widely read beekeeper will find something new here . . . most pages of this beautifully presented book have excellent and interesting illustrations . . . it is a great book to read if you want to gain a wider perspective of bees' role within our human society., "With so many fascinating facts, fables and arcana from art, science, literature and apiculture, Bee offers a compelling meditation on the fortune's of nature's workaholic."-- American Bee Journal , Easily the best of several recent bee books. . . . Presents her information cogently and attractively . . . Bee is excellent., "It is an outstanding book: marvellously researched and annotated, superbly illustrated and exceptionally well written. . . . Preston must have played the bee herself in her meticulous preparation for this book, and she has done this esteemed creature the great service it merits."-- Times Literary Supplement, "With so many fascinating facts, fables and arcana from art, science, literature and apiculture, Bee offers a compelling meditation on the fortune''s of nature''s workaholic."-- American Bee Journal, "Easily the best of several recent bee books. . . . Presents her information cogently and attractively . . . Bee is excellent." -- James Fleming "The Spectator" (04/15/2006), "Easily the best of several recent bee books. . . . Presents her information cogently and attractively . . . Bee is excellent."-- The Spectator, "The kind of book I was looking for when I started beekeeping, a general overview of bees as they have appeared in history, art, and society. Preston presents the true, the absurd and everything in between about honey bees by tracing their reality, mythology, and folklore. . . . fascinating. . . . I recommend . . . sitting down to enjoy Preston's new book Bee." -- Cynthia Allen "Bee Culture" (06/01/2006), "The kind of book I was looking for when I started beekeeping. . . . fascinating. . . . I recommend sitting down to enjoy Preston's new book Bee ."-- Bee Culture , "Even the most widely read beekeeper will find something new here. . . . Most pages of this beautifully presented book have excellent and interesting illustrations. . . . It is a great book to read if you want to gain a wider perspective of bees' role within our human society."--Bees for Development Journal, "Engaging. . . . An excellent example of how cultural history can entertainingly cross borders."-- BBC History Magazine, It is an outstanding book: marvellously researched and annotated, superbly illustrated and exceptionally well written. . . . Preston must have played the bee herself in her meticulous preparation for this book, and she has done this esteemed creature the great service it merits.
Table of Content
1. The Reasons for Bees 2. Biological Bee 3. Kept Bee 4. Political Bee 5. Pious/Corrupt Bee 6. Utile Bee 7. Aesthetic Bee 8. Folkloric Bee 9. Playful Bee 10. Bee Movie 11. Retired Bee Timeline References Bibliography Associations & Websites Acknowledgements Photo Acknowledgements Index
Copyright Date
2006
Target Audience
Trade
Dewey Decimal
595.799
Series
Animal Ser.
Dewey Edition
22
Illustrated
Yes
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