Zoo
a history of zoological gardens in the West
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Contributions
- Hardouin-Fugier, Elisabeth. - Contributor
Publication
2002 - Reaktion Books, London, England
Language
English
Word Count
100,000 words, Guess
Page Count
400 pages
Identifiers
- Internet Archivezoohistoryofzool0000bara
- ISBN-101861891113
- ISBN-139781861891112
- LibraryThing1981127
- Goodreads1703140
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- Library of Congress Control Number2004426245
- OCLC Control Number48837034
- Better World Books9781861891112
- Open LibraryOL3363719M
Classifications
- DDC590.73
- LCCQL76 .B3713 2002
- LCCQL76.B3713 2002
Description
This highly illustrated history of zoos in America and Europe from the Renaissance aristocrat's menagerie through the 20th-century public zoological garden charts the changing relationship between human viewers and wild beasts in a range of urban settings, including London, Berlin, Moscow and various European cities. The authors show how the collecting of wild animals, with its roots in the study of Nature in order to classify and dominate it, led to our contemporary concern with the preservation of endangered species and a nostalgia for untamed wilderness.
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