Elephants are not picked from trees : animal biographies in Gothenburg Natural History Museum /

"The book examines how the museum acquired animals for its exhibits from 1906 to 1948, and how living animals bodies became museum exhibits. Using photographs and documents from the Gothenburg Natural History Museum, the book shows that these museums are in possession of valuable material for w...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Thorsen, Liv Emma (Author)
Corporate Author: Göteborgs naturhistoriska museum
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Aarhus : Aarhus University Press, [2014]
Subjects:
Göteborgs naturhistoriska museum > History.
Göteborgs naturhistoriska museum.
Zoological specimens > Collection and preservation > Sweden > Göteborg.
Natural history museums > Sweden > Göteborg > History.
Zoologie > Spécimens > Collections et conservation > Suède > Göteborg.
Sciences naturelles > Musées > Suède > Göteborg > Histoire.
Natural history museums.
Zoological specimens > Collection and preservation.
NATURE / Animals / General
Göteborg (Sweden)
Sweden > Göteborg.
History.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction : a museum and its animals
  • Commercialized : the gorilla from Rowland Ward
  • Captured : Monjet the monkey
  • Stranded : the walrus from Rörön
  • Collected : the African elephant
  • Conclusion : animals, society and history.

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