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Building an Ark for Texas : The Evolution of a Natural History Museum /

Recounted through the eyes of a major participant, this book tells the story of the Dallas Museum of Natural History from its beginning in 1922 as a collection of specimens celebrating the plants and animals of Texas to its metamorphosis in 2012 as the gleaming Perot Museum of Nature and Science. Th...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Davis, Walt, 1942- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: College Station : Texas A & M University Press, [2016]
Edición:First edition.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo

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