The Afterlives of Animals : A Museum Menagerie /

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Other Authors: Alberti, Samuel J. M. M.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Charlottesville : University of Virginia Press, 2011.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Animals and civilization.
Menageries.
Taxidermy > Anecdotes.
Animals > Biography.
Zoological specimens > Collection and preservation.
Natural history museums > Exhibitions.
Famous animals > Collection and preservation.
Famous animals > Biography.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction : the dead ark / Samuel J.M.M. Alberti
  • "The Queen's ass" : the cultural life of Queen Charlotte's zebra in Georgian Britain / Christopher Plumb
  • Maharajah the elephant's journey : from nature to culture / Samuel J.M.M. Alberti
  • Sir Roger the elephant / Richard Sutcliffe, Mike Rutherford, and Jeanne Robinson
  • "Under my skin" : the biography of a Manchester mandrill / Sophie Everest
  • Balto the dog / Rachel Poliquin
  • The biogeographies of a hollow-eyed harrier / Merle Patchett, Kate Foster, and Hayden Lorimer
  • Biological objects and "mascotism" : the life and times of Alfred the gorilla / Hannah Paddon
  • Neurath's whale / Michelle Henning
  • The afterlife of Chi-Chi / Henry Nicholls
  • The Thames whale : the difficult birth of a celebrity specimen / Richard C. Sabin
  • Enlivened through memory : hunters and hunting trophies / Garry Marvin
  • An afterword on afterlife / Geoffrey N. Swinney.

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