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Book Review of The Human Zoo

The Human Zoo
The Human Zoo
Author: Desmond Morris
Genre: Nonfiction
Book Type: Hardcover
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This book typical of Desmond Morris's style, comparing human cultures to those of animals as he did in "The Naked Ape." It is very interesting and thought provoking reading. He places man into a zoo, this zoo being the cities man has constructed to occupy himself. Then Morris looks at his behavior and relates it to lower, or "animal" drives to explain how humans behave in that environment.

I can't say I agree with everything he says but it was captivating reading.