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Ants are legion: at present there are 11,006 species of ant known; they live everywhere in the world except the polar icecaps; and the combined weight of the ant population has been estimated to make up half the mass of all insects alive today. This is an examination of the ant, a creature whose behaviourand society have fascinated humanity for millennia. It also investigates the cultural reasons behind society's varied reactions to these remarkable insects

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Charlotte Sleigh's stylish, engaging and informative study deserves to win new members for the ant fan club. The Times Sleigh begins with an overview of what myrmecologists believe today. But it's the various fears, fascinations and prejudices of laypersons with which Sleigh is concerned for the bulk of this very readable book. Independent on Sunday Even more impressive is Charlotte Sleigh's Ant, which makes clear how moralised interpretations of ant society have supported Victorian platitudes, socialist utopias and Nazi eugenics . Ant imagery has featured in debates about colonialism, slavery and immigration. The Independent

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Charlotte Sleigh is Professor of Science Humanities at the University of Kent. She has published several books on the history, culture and representation of animals including Ant and Frog for Reaktion, as well as The Paper Zoo (2016).

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