Assembling the dinosaur : fossil hunters, tycoons, and the making of a spectacle /

A lively account of how dinosaurs became a symbol of American power and prosperity and gripped the popular imagination during the Gilded Age, when their fossil remains were collected and displayed in museums financed by North America's wealthiest business tycoons. Although dinosaur fossils were...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Rieppel, Lukas (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2019.
Temas:
Carnegie, Andrew, > 1835-1919.
Carnegie, Andrew, > 1835-1919
Fossils > Collection and preservation > United States > History.
Dinosaurs in popular culture > United States > History.
Science museums > Public relations > United States > History.
Dinosaures dans la culture populaire > États-Unis > Histoire.
SCIENCE > Earth Sciences > Geology.
NATURE > Animals > Dinosaurs & Prehistoric Creatures.
NATURE > Fossils.
SCIENCE > Paleontology.
SCIENCE > History.
Dinosaurs in popular culture.
Fossils > Collection and preservation.
Science museums > Public relations.
United States.
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Prospecting for dinosaurs
  • Tea with the brontosaurus
  • Andrew Carnegie's diplodocus
  • Accounting for dinosaurs
  • Exhibiting extinction
  • Bringing dinosaurs back to life
  • Conclusion: Feathered dragons.

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