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



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Titolo: The afterlives of animals : a museum menagerie / / edited by Samuel J.M.M. Alberti Visualizza cluster
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  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 1-280-49016-0
9786613585394
0-8139-3208-4
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910811917703321
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