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UNINA9910461694003321 |
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Titolo |
The afterlives of animals [[electronic resource] ] : a museum menagerie / / edited by Samuel J.M.M. Alberti |
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Charlottesville, : University of Virginia Press, 2011 |
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ISBN |
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1-280-49016-0 |
9786613585394 |
0-8139-3208-4 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (255 p.) |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Famous animals |
Famous animals - Collection and preservation |
Natural history museums |
Zoological specimens - Collection and preservation |
Animals |
Taxidermy |
Menageries |
Animals and civilization |
Electronic books. |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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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 : |
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