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

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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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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Davis, Walt, 1942- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: College Station : Texas A & M University Press, [2016]
Edition:First edition.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Perot Museum of Nature and Science.
Perot Museum of Nature and Science > Biography.
Perot Museum of Nature and Science > History.
Science museums.
Natural history > Study and teaching.
Sciences > Musees > Texas > Dallas.
Sciences naturelles > Étude et enseignement > Texas.
Science museums > Texas > Dallas.
Natural history > Study and teaching > Texas.
Texas > Dallas.
Texas.
History.
Biographies.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Misadventure underground
  • War of extermination: A war of extermination
  • The woodsman and the judge
  • Building the ark: The man from Denver
  • Centennial celebration
  • Art and science merge
  • Masters of illusion
  • The man from Dallas
  • The bird man and the hunter
  • In pursuit of the Holy Grail
  • The man from Virginia
  • Paleontology takes center stage
  • Upstairs, downstairs, good news, and bad
  • Becoming the Perot: Duel on the Nile
  • A pharaoh comes to town
  • The man from New York
  • The woman from Dallas
  • Becoming the Perot
  • Opening day.

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