A New Zealand Book of Beasts: Animals in Our Culture, History and Everday Life

by Deidre Brown, Annie Potts, Philip Armstrong

All cultures attach important meanings and values to animals, often without being aware of it. In opening New Zealand's book of beasts, then, we are also opening the book of our culture. Touching on Maori relationships with moa and Pakeha attitudes to sheep, the iconography of whales and dolphins, the problems of pest-control and the pleasures of pet-keeping, this modern-day bestiary is a fascinating study of human-animal relations. In the book's...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1869407725
• ISBN13: 9781869407728
• Release Date: March 2014
• Publisher: Auckland University Press
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 1.38 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.7" x 9.4"