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English
Reaktion Books
01 June 2013
Series: Animal Series
Monkey explores our relationship throughout history with this most playful and familiar of creatures. As renowned zoologist Desmond Morris shows, it is not surprising that we are so attracted to them. While we sometimes view monkeys as trivial or comic, their mischievousness is delightful, and their urge to explore and love of activity fascinate us. Morris recounts how baboons were revered in the Egypt of the Pharaohs; monkey deities feature prominently in the ancient religions of China and Japan, and in India sacred status is still given to the langur monkey. He unpicks human attitudes to these clever creatures as he traces their history and drawsa picture of their popularity in culture.
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Imprint:   Reaktion Books
Country of Publication:   United Kingdom
Dimensions:   Height: 190mm,  Width: 135mm,  Spine: 13mm
Weight:   354g
ISBN:   9781780230962
ISBN 10:   1780230966
Series:   Animal Series
Pages:   224
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Audience:   General/trade ,  ELT Advanced
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active

Desmond Morris is a well-known and critically acclaimed writer and broadcaster. His many books include The Naked Ape (1967), The Human Zoo (1969), The Human Animal (1994), and Owl (Reaktion Books, 2009), and he has contributed to numerous natural history and scientific publications.

Reviews for Monkey

A strength of Desmond Morris's Monkey is his unsettling portrayal of how thoroughly our own primate species is willing to exploit its near relatives. --Times Literary Supplement


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