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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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Pubblicazione: | Charlottesville, : University of Virginia Press, 2011 |
Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (255 p.) |
Disciplina: | 590 |
Soggetto topico: | Famous animals |
Famous animals - Collection and preservation | |
Natural history museums | |
Zoological specimens - Collection and preservation | |
Animals | |
Taxidermy | |
Menageries | |
Animals and civilization | |
Altri autori: |
AlbertiSamuel J. M. M
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Note generali: | Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Nota di contenuto: | 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. |
Titolo autorizzato: | The afterlives of animals ![]() |
ISBN: | 1-280-49016-0 |
9786613585394 | |
0-8139-3208-4 | |
Formato: | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
Record Nr.: | 9910790119303321 |
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