The afterlives of animals : a museum menagerie / / edited by Samuel J.M.M. Alberti

• Pubblicazione: Charlottesville, : University of Virginia Press, 2011
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• 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
• 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.
• Sommario/riassunto: Sabin, Natural History Museum * Richard Sutcliffe, Glasgow Museums * Geoffrey N. Swinney, University of Edinburgh.
• 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.: 9910811917703321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II