The Bear: Culture, Nature, Heritage: Heritage Matters

List of Illustrations Acknowledgments List of Abbreviations Foreword: The Bear: A Cultural and Natural Heritage Barrie K. Gilbert Introduction: What is a Bear? Owen T. Nevin, Ian Convery, Peter Davis, John Kitchin and Melanie Clapham BEAR-PEOPLE INTERACTIONS The Spirit Bear Philip Charles Out of the Wild Wood and into our Beds: The Evolutionary History of Teddy Bears and the Natural Selection of Deadly Cuteness Mike Jeffries Bears within the Human Landscape: Cultural and Demographic Factors Influencing the Use of Bear Parts in Cambodia and Laos Elizabeth O Davis and Jenny Anne Glikman Bears in Gay Culture: Histories, Discourses and Anthropomorphism Gareth Longstaff Bears, Wildmen, Yeti and Sasquatch Jeff Meldrum Bears in Children's Literature Tracy Hayes, Heather Prince and Ian Convery Knowing Individual Bears Owen T. Nevin, Ian Convery and John Kitchin BEARS IN THE PUBLIC GAZE Bears Behind Bars: Captive Bears Throughout History Koen Cuyten and Ian Convery The Bear in the Museum Peter Davis Museum Polar Bears and Climate Change Henry McGhie On the Oblique Imperative: What Revealing Conceals and Concealing may Reveal Mark Wilson and Bryndis Snæbjörnsdóttir Visitations: The Social and Cultural History of Polar Bear Narratives in Iceland and the North Atlantic Kristinn Schram and Jón Jónsson BEAR BIOLOGY, MANAGEMENT AND CONSERVATION Chemical Signalling in Brown Bears Melanie Clapham, Owen T. Nevin and Ian Convery Reducing Uncertainty in Bear Management Sarah Elmeligi, Owen T. Nevin and Ian Convery Living with Bears in Europe Miha Krofel Citizen Science and Bears Sarah Elmeligi, Owen T. Nevin and Ian Convery Understanding Local Folklore and Attitudes in Apennine Brown Bear Conservation Jenny Anne Glikman and Beatrice Frank Reducing Human Impacts on Andean Bears in NW Peru Through Community-based Conservation Samantha A Young, Russell C Van Horn and Jenny Anne Glikman Afterword: 'It's Me Bear': Reflections on a Unique Career Working with Bears Lynn Rogers List of Contributors Index Previous titles