The Giant Squid In Transatlantic Culture

Author : Otto Latva
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 306 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2023-09-30
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781000910483

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The Giant Squid in Transatlantic Culture by Otto Latva Pdf

This book builds upon the extensive study of the historical relationship between sea animals and humans in transatlantic culture during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. It exposes the present understanding of the human relationship with the giant squid not only as too simplistic but also as historically inaccurate. For instance, it redefines the earlier understanding that humans and especially seafarers have understood giant squid as horror-evoking and ugly creatures since the dawn of history and explains the origins of mythical sea monsters such as the Kraken. The book is, however, more than a critical response to previous work. It will point out that animals such as cephalopods, which have largely been defined in biological contexts in recent times, have a fascinating and multivariate past, entangled with the history of humans in many remarkable ways. Hence, this book is not just about perceptions of giant-sized squid or cephalopods, but a historical inquiry into the transatlantic culture from the late eighteenth century to the turn of the twentieth century. It will provide new knowledge about the history of mollusc studies, seafaring culture and more broadly of the relationship between humans and animals during the period.

Author : Taina Syrjämaa,Marja Jalava,Taija Kaarlenkaski,Otto Latva,Eeva Nikkilä,Tuomas Räsänen
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2024-04
Category : History
ISBN : 9783110787337

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Animal Industries by Taina Syrjämaa,Marja Jalava,Taija Kaarlenkaski,Otto Latva,Eeva Nikkilä,Tuomas Räsänen Pdf

This book examines an extremely topical phenomenon, the massive industrial exploitation of animals, from a previously neglected perspective. It explores the history and development of animal industries in Nordic countries from their establishment in the late nineteenth century to the present day. These countries are often considered to be progressive and advanced in animal protection, but consumption practices in this area are actually excessive in relation to planetary resources and are among the most unsustainable on a global scale. If we want to understand current problems, it is essential to be aware of long-term changes and continuities, as well as the diversity of animals that have been exploited. The purpose of this book is to explain these changes and provide new knowledge for scholars in human-animal studies, decisionmakers and the general public.

Author : Matthew Gavin Frank
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2014-07-07
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9780871402899

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Preparing the Ghost: An Essay Concerning the Giant Squid and Its First Photographer by Matthew Gavin Frank Pdf

Memory, mythology, and obsession collide in this “slyly charming” (New York Times Book Review) account of the giant squid. In 1874, Moses Harvey—eccentric Newfoundland reverend and amateur naturalist—was the first person to photograph the near-mythic giant squid, draping it over his shower curtain rod to display its magnitude. In Preparing the Ghost, what begins as Harvey’s story becomes spectacularly “slippery and many-armed” (NewYorker.com) as Matthew Gavin Frank winds his narrative tentacles around history, creative nonfiction, science, memoir, and meditations about the interrelated nature of them all. In his full-hearted, lyrical style, Frank weaves in playful forays about his trip to Harvey’s Newfoundland home, his own childhood and family history, and a catalog of peculiar facts that recall Melville ’s story of obsession with another deep-sea dwelling leviathan. “Totally original and haunting” (Flavorwire), Preparing the Ghost is a delightfully unpredictable inquiry into the big, beautiful human impulse to obsess.

Author : Richard Ellis
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 332 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 1999-01
Category : Giant squids
ISBN : 0709064330

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The Search for the Giant Squid by Richard Ellis Pdf

An illustrated study of the cephalopod known as the giant sea squid. It combines scientific facts with myths and literary references and is written by the author of MEN AND WHALES and MONSTERS OF THE DEEP.

Author : Peter Boyle,Paul Rodhouse
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 464 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2008-04-15
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9781405145435

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Cephalopods by Peter Boyle,Paul Rodhouse Pdf

Squid, cuttlefish and octopuses, which form the marine mollusc group the cephalopods, are of great and increasing interest to marine biologists, physiologists, ecologists, environmental biologists and fisheries scientists. Cephalopods: ecology and fisheries is a thorough review of this most important animal group. The first introductory section of the book provides coverage of cephalopod form and function, origin and evolution, Nautilus, and biodiversity and zoogeography. The following section covers life cycles, growth, physiological ecology, reproductive strategies and early life histories. There follows a section on ecology, which provides details of slope and shelf species, oceanic and deep sea species, population ecology, trophic ecology and cephalopods as prey. The final section of the book deals with fisheries and ecological interactions, with chapters on fishing methods and scientific sampling, fisheries resources, fisheries oceanography and assessment and management methods. This scientifically comprehensive and beautifully illustrated book is essential reading for marine biologists, zoologists, ecologists and fisheries managers. All libraries in universities and research establishments where biological sciences and fisheries are studied and taught should have multiple copies of this landmark publication on their shelves.

Author : Miro Roman,Alice _ch3n81
Publisher : Birkhäuser
Page : 528 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2021-12-06
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9783035624052

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Play Among Books by Miro Roman,Alice _ch3n81 Pdf

How does coding change the way we think about architecture? This question opens up an important research perspective. In this book, Miro Roman and his AI Alice_ch3n81 develop a playful scenario in which they propose coding as the new literacy of information. They convey knowledge in the form of a project model that links the fields of architecture and information through two interwoven narrative strands in an “infinite flow” of real books. Focusing on the intersection of information technology and architectural formulation, the authors create an evolving intellectual reflection on digital architecture and computer science.

Author : William Charles Harris
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 452 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 1883
Category : Fishing
ISBN : HARVARD:HWJW1I

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The American Angler by William Charles Harris Pdf

Author : Eduardo Navas,Owen Gallagher,xtine burrough
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 735 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2014-11-27
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781134748815

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The Routledge Companion to Remix Studies by Eduardo Navas,Owen Gallagher,xtine burrough Pdf

The Routledge Companion to Remix Studies comprises contemporary texts by key authors and artists who are active in the emerging field of remix studies. As an organic international movement, remix culture originated in the popular music culture of the 1970s, and has since grown into a rich cultural activity encompassing numerous forms of media. The act of recombining pre-existing material brings up pressing questions of authenticity, reception, authorship, copyright, and the techno-politics of media activism. This book approaches remix studies from various angles, including sections on history, aesthetics, ethics, politics, and practice, and presents theoretical chapters alongside case studies of remix projects. The Routledge Companion to Remix Studies is a valuable resource for both researchers and remix practitioners, as well as a teaching tool for instructors using remix practices in the classroom.

Author : Santoro, Francesca,Selvaggia, Santin,Scowcroft, Gail,Fauville, Géraldine,Tuddenham, Peter,UNESCO Office Venice and Regional Bureau for Science and Culture in Europe (Italy),IOC
Publisher : UNESCO Publishing
Page : 133 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2017-12-18
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9789231002496

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Ocean literacy for all: a toolkit by Santoro, Francesca,Selvaggia, Santin,Scowcroft, Gail,Fauville, Géraldine,Tuddenham, Peter,UNESCO Office Venice and Regional Bureau for Science and Culture in Europe (Italy),IOC Pdf

Author : Library of Congress
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1160 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Subject headings, Library of Congress
ISBN : WISC:89122457856

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Library of Congress Subject Headings by Library of Congress Pdf

Author : Robin Hanson
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 522 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2016-05-13
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9780191069666

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The Age of Em by Robin Hanson Pdf

Robots may one day rule the world, but what is a robot-ruled Earth like? Many think the first truly smart robots will be brain emulations or ems. Scan a human brain, then run a model with the same connections on a fast computer, and you have a robot brain, but recognizably human. Train an em to do some job and copy it a million times: an army of workers is at your disposal. When they can be made cheaply, within perhaps a century, ems will displace humans in most jobs. In this new economic era, the world economy may double in size every few weeks. Some say we can't know the future, especially following such a disruptive new technology, but Professor Robin Hanson sets out to prove them wrong. Applying decades of expertise in physics, computer science, and economics, he uses standard theories to paint a detailed picture of a world dominated by ems. While human lives don't change greatly in the em era, em lives are as different from ours as our lives are from those of our farmer and forager ancestors. Ems make us question common assumptions of moral progress, because they reject many of the values we hold dear. Read about em mind speeds, body sizes, job training and career paths, energy use and cooling infrastructure, virtual reality, aging and retirement, death and immortality, security, wealth inequality, religion, teleportation, identity, cities, politics, law, war, status, friendship and love. This book shows you just how strange your descendants may be, though ems are no stranger than we would appear to our ancestors. To most ems, it seems good to be an em.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1142 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 1986
Category : Authors, American
ISBN : STANFORD:36105071212364

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The Writers Directory by Anonim Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 358 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Maritime Provinces
ISBN : CORNELL:31924095731125

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Frommer's Nova Scotia, New Brunswick & Prince Edward Island by Anonim Pdf

Author : Simon Winchester
Publisher : HarperCollins UK
Page : 105 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780007341399

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Atlantic by Simon Winchester Pdf

This book is enhanced with content such as audio or video, resulting in a large file that may take longer to download than expected. The enhanced e-book contains:15 videos with the author throughout the enhanced e-book, taking readers into his home and where he writes as he describes his travels around the Atlantic *A Personal Photo Album of Simon's travels not included in the print book or e-book *A Video Glossary with definitions of over 60 words*31 Footnotes unique to the enhanced e-book *8 Inserts throughout the book found only in the enhanced version, including the history of Vikings, the evolution of humans, and more.

Author : Sandra Scott Swart
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : History
ISBN : 1868146677

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Riding High by Sandra Scott Swart Pdf

Horses were key to the colonial economies of southern Africa, buttressing the socio-political order and inspiring contemporary imaginations. Just as they had done in Europe, Asia, the Americas and North Africa, these equine colonisers not only provided power and transportation but also helped transform their new biophysical and social environments. In some ways "Riding High" is an attempt to chronicle the effects of an inter-species relationship whose significance was vast and lead to major changes in the history of leisure, transportation, trade, warfare, and agriculture. On another level, these stories are simply the adventures of a big, gentle herbivore and a small, rogue primate. The horses introduced to the southern tip of Africa were both agents and subjects of enduring changes. This book explores their introduction under VOC rule in the mid-seventeenth century, their dissemination into the interior, their acquisition by indigenous groups and their ever-shifting roles. In its relocation to the Cape, the horse of the Dutch empire in southeast Asia experienced a physical transformation over time. Establishing an early breeding stock was fraught with difficulty and horses remained vulnerable in the new and dangerous environment. They had to be nurtured into defending their owners' ambitions: first those of the white settlement and then African and other hybrid social groupings. The book traces the way horses were adapted by shifting human needs in the nineteenth century. It focuses on their experiences in the South African War, on the cusp of the twentieth century, and highlights how horses remained integral to civic functioning on various levels, replaced with mechanization only after lively debate. They remained useful in certain sectors and linked to totems of social power even in contemporary South Africa. "Riding High" reinserts the horse into the broader historical narrative and speculates about what a new kind of history that takes animals seriously might offer us.