{"id":2409,"date":"2012-07-05T11:33:44","date_gmt":"2012-07-05T11:33:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/monachus-guardian.org\/wordpress\/?p=2409"},"modified":"2012-07-20T07:39:22","modified_gmt":"2012-07-20T07:39:22","slug":"new-on-amazon-kindle-the-rose-tinted-menagerie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/monachus-guardian.org\/wordpress\/2012\/07\/05\/new-on-amazon-kindle-the-rose-tinted-menagerie\/","title":{"rendered":"NEW on Amazon Kindle: The Rose-Tinted Menagerie"},"content":{"rendered":"
Recent Publications<\/h5>\n

THE ROSE-TINTED MENAGERIE<\/h4>\n

A History of Animals in Entertainment, from Ancient Rome to the 20th Century<\/h4>\n

by William M Johnson<\/h4>\n

with introductions by Desmond Morris (author of the Human Zoo and The Naked Ape) and the late Sadruddin Aga Khan<\/h4>\n

~ with 47 colour and b\/w illustrations ~<\/p>\n

Hailed as \u2018a ground-breaking work\u2019 upon its original release in 1990, the unabridged, fully illustrated, 325-page edition of The Rose-Tinted Menagerie has now been republished by Iridescent<\/a> in Amazon Kindle ebook form. From the circus amphitheatres of ancient Rome, to the first travelling dolphin shows in America, Europe and the Far East\u2026 From the global trade in wild animals, to the captive chimps and dolphins exploited as tools of war\u2026 Through two thousand years of history, The Rose-Tinted Menagerie explores the human attitudes that have shaped our species’ conquest-driven relationship with nature as a whole, a psychology as evident in the taming of the wild beast for the circus arena, argues the author, as in the razing of forests or the mass extinction of species.<\/p>\n

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Images from The Rose-Tinted Menagerie<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u2018\u2026Nothing in nature can quite match the wilful viciousness, manipulation and self-aggrandisement displayed by the human mammals who run The Rose-Tinted Menagerie. The setting for William Johnson\u2019s angry book is a small and specialised one: the world of circuses, menageries, safari parks and dolphinaria; of animals as entertainment. But because the animal show is, literally, a dramatisation of our superiority over the animal kingdom, an enactment of little parables of mastery and servitude, it is also a microcosm of our whole relationship with nature\u2026\u2019<\/em> \u2014 Richard Mabey, The Independent on Sunday<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u2018An outstanding investigation\u2026\u2019<\/em> \u2014 Naomi Lewis, Books of the Year, The Observer<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u2018A ground-breaking work\u2026 of great importance\u2026’<\/em> \u2014 Tom Regan<\/strong><\/p>\n

Publishing info <\/strong><\/p>\n

Title:<\/strong> The Rose-Tinted Menagerie<\/p>\n

Author:<\/strong> William M Johnson<\/p>\n

Format:<\/strong> Amazon Kindle mobi<\/p>\n

ISBN:<\/strong> 978-3-9524015-1-4<\/p>\n

Available on:<\/strong> Amazon.com<\/a>, Amazon.co.uk<\/a>, Amazon.fr<\/a>, Amazon.de<\/a>, Amazon.es<\/a>, Amazon.it<\/a><\/p>\n

Publication date:<\/strong> July 2012<\/p>\n

Publisher:<\/strong> Iridescent Publishing<\/a><\/p>\n

Contact:<\/strong> contact@iridescent-publishing.com<\/a><\/p>\n

Further info:<\/strong> Press Release<\/a>\u00a0[PDF]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Recent Publications THE ROSE-TINTED MENAGERIE A History of Animals in Entertainment, from Ancient Rome to the 20th Century by William M Johnson with introductions by Desmond Morris (author of the Human Zoo and The Naked Ape) and the late Sadruddin Aga Khan ~ with 47 colour and b\/w illustrations ~ Hailed as \u2018a ground-breaking work\u2019 … <\/p>\n

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