Dinosaurs Ever Evolving: The Changing Face of Prehistoric Animals in Popular Culture

by Allen A. Debus

Book Overview

From their discovery in the 19th century to the dawn of the Nuclear Age, dinosaurs were seen in popular culture as ambassadors of the geological past and as icons of the "life through time" narrative of evolution. They took on a more foreboding character during the Cold War, serving as a warning to mankind with the advent of the hydrogen bomb. As fears of human extinction escalated during the ecological movement of the 1970s, dinosaurs communicated...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0786499516
• ISBN13: 9780786499519
• Release Date: June 2016
• Publisher: McFarland & Company
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.32 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.9" x 10.0"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher