LEADER 02566nam 2200409 450 001 9910793507003321 005 20201021195119.0 010 $a0-8229-8666-3 035 $a(CKB)4100000008215249 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC5774133 035 $a(EXLCZ)994100000008215249 100 $a20190528d2019 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aAmerican dinosaur abroad $ea cultural history of Carnegie's plaster Diplodocus /$fIlja Nieuwland 210 1$aPittsburgh, Pennsylvania :$cUniversity of Pittsburgh Press,$d[2019] 210 4$dİ2019 215 $a1 online resource (xvii, 318 pages) $cillustrations 311 $a0-8229-4557-6 330 $aIn early July 1899, an excavation team of paleontologists sponsored by Andrew Carnegie discovered the fossil remains in Wyoming of what was then the longest and largest dinosaur on record. Named after its benefactor, the Diplodocus carnegii--or Dippy, as it's known today--was shipped to Pittsburgh and later mounted and unveiled at the Carnegie Museum of Natural History in 1907. Carnegie's pursuit of dinosaurs in the American West and the ensuing dinomania of the late nineteenth century coincided with his broader political ambitions to establish a lasting world peace and avoid further international conflict. An ardent philanthropist and patriot, Carnegie gifted his first plaster cast of Dippy to the British Museum at the behest of King Edward VII in 1902, an impulsive diplomatic gesture that would result in the donation of at least seven reproductions to museums across Europe and Latin America over the next decade, in England, Germany, France, Austria, Italy, Russia, Argentina, and Spain. In this largely untold history, Ilja Nieuwland explores the influence of Andrew Carnegie's prized skeleton on European culture through the dissemination, reception, and agency of his plaster casts, revealing much about the social, political, cultural, and scientific context of the early twentieth century.--$cSource other than Library of Congress. 606 $aDinosaurs in popular culture 607 $aPennsylvania$zPittsburgh$2fast 607 $aEurope$2fast 608 $aHistory.$2fast 615 0$aDinosaurs in popular culture. 676 $a567.9 700 $aNieuwland$b Ilja$01530557 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910793507003321 996 $aAmerican dinosaur abroad$93775680 997 $aUNINA