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<p>For animals that have been dead millions of years, dinosaurs are extraordinarily pervasive in our everyday lives. Appearing in ads, books, movies, museums, television, toy stores, and novels, they continually fascinate both adults and children. How did they move from natural extinction to pop culture resurrection? What is the source of their powerful appeal? Until now, no one has addressed this question in a comprehensive way. In this lively and engrossing exploration of the animal's place in our lives, W.J.T. Mitchell shows why we are so attached to the myth and the reality of the "terrible lizards."</p> <p>Mitchell aims to trace the cultural family tree of the dinosaur, and what he discovers is a creature of striking flexibility, linked to dragons and mammoths, skyscrapers and steam engines, cowboys and Indians. In the vast territory between the cunning predators of <i>Jurassic Park</i> and the mawkishly sweet Barney, from political leviathans to corporate icons, from paleontology to Barnum and Bailey, Mitchell finds a cultural symbol whose plurality of meaning and often contradictory nature is emblematic of modern society itself. As a scientific entity, the dinosaur endured a

Who reads The Last Dinosaur Book : the Life and Times of a Cultural Icon?

Author

Professor W. J. T. Mitchell

Publisher

Chicago: University of Chicago Press

Published

2007

Language

EN

ISBN

9780226532042

Category

science

Subjects

Sociology, History, Science

Rating

4.4 / 5 (14 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14