Juliet Clutton-Brock (1933–2015)
Autor(a) de Horse (Eyewitness Books)
About the Author
Obras por Juliet Clutton-Brock
Etiquetado
Conhecimento Comum
- Data de nascimento
- 1933-09-16
- Data de falecimento
- 2015-09-21
- Sexo
- female
- Nacionalidade
- UK
- Local de nascimento
- London, England
- Locais de residência
- Blackheath, England
Zimbabwe (as Southern Rhodesia|1936-1945) - Educação
- Runton Hill, Norfolk
University College London (Institute of Archaeology|archaeological technique|1953)
Chelsea College of Science and Technology (zoology) - Ocupações
- research worker (Mammal Section of the Natural History Museum|1969-1993)
editor
zoologist
archaeozoologist - Relações
- Clutton-Brock, Alan (father)
Clutton-Brock, Arthur (grandfather)
Jewell, Peter Arundel (husband) - Organizações
- Natural History Museum (senior research worker|1969-1993)
Rare Breeds Survival Trust (founder member|1973)
Journal of Zoology (editor and managing editor|1994-2006)
Membros
Críticas
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Estatísticas
- Obras
- 16
- Membros
- 2,252
- Popularidade
- #11,388
- Avaliação
- 4.0
- Críticas
- 17
- ISBN
- 159
- Línguas
- 14
Am I just talking about the publisher and not the book? Well, indeed the book fits the series and I'm thinking of other illustrated horse encyclopedias when I make my comparisons. I love most horse books and they share a lot of subject matter, so often impressions come down to how the book was formatted.
Also, like any Eyewitness book, Horse covers the broadest spectrum of the subject. So what's not in other horse books? Usually not archaeology, the role in the industrial transition, and other history that isn't sport, recreation, or breed oriented.
And somehow it all condenses into a product that doesn't read as childish or particularly dumbed down. You finish reading this feeling as accomplished as a longer book, and probably more so because you enjoyed this one more.… (mais)