Research Catalog

Title

Ice / Klaus Dodds.

Author

Dodds, Klaus

Publication

• London, UK : Reaktion Books, 2018.
• ©2018

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Description

229 pages : color illustrations, color maps; 21 cm.

Summary

In Ice, Klaus Dodds provides a wide-ranging exploration of the cultural, natural, and geopolitical history of this most slippery of subjects. Beyond Earth, ice has been found on other planets, moons, and meteors-and scientists even think that ice-rich asteroids played a pivotal role in bringing water to our blue home. But our outlook need not be cosmic to see ice's importance. Here today and gone tomorrow in many parts of the temperate world, ice is a perennial feature of polar and mountainous regions, where it has long shaped human culture. But as climates change, ice caps and glaciers melt, and waters rise, more than ever this frozen force touches at the core of who we are. As Dodds reveals, ice has played a prominent role in shaping both the earth's living communities and its geology. Throughout history, humans have had fun with it, battled over it, struggled with it, and made money from it-and every time we open our refrigerator doors, we're reminded how ice has transformed our relationship with food. Our connection to ice has been captured in art, literature, movies, and television, as well as made manifest in sport and leisure. In our landscapes and seascapes, too, we find myriad reminders of ice's chilly power, clues as to how our lakes, mountains, and coastlines have been indelibly shaped by the advance and retreat of ice and snow. Beautifully illustrated throughout, Ice is an informative, thought-provoking guide to a substance both cold and compelling.

Series Statement

Earth series

Uniform Title

Earth series (Reaktion Books (Firm))

Alternative Title

Ice : nature and culture

Subject

• Ice
• Glaciers
• Glaciology

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (pages 201-211) and index.

Contents

A world of ice -- Exploring and conquering ice -- Imagining and representing ice -- Icy geopolitics -- Working with ice -- Sport, leisure and pleasure on ice -- Adapting to ice -- Farewell to ice.

Call Number

JFD 19-4067

ISBN

• 178023905X
• 9781780239057

LCCN

2018487158

OCLC

1004760122

Author

Dodds, Klaus, author.

Title

Ice / Klaus Dodds.

Publisher

London, UK : Reaktion Books, 2018.

Copyright Date

©2018

Type of Content

text

still image

cartographic image

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Series

Earth series

Earth series (Reaktion Books (Firm))

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (pages 201-211) and index.

Cover Title

Ice : nature and culture

Other Form:

ebook version : 9781780239477

Research Call Number

JFD 19-4067