Böcker av Alan Rauch

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

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

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.