Barnum Brown [[electronic resource] ] : the man who discovered Tyrannosaurus rex / / Lowell Dingus and Mark A. Norell
| Barnum Brown [[electronic resource] ] : the man who discovered Tyrannosaurus rex / / Lowell Dingus and Mark A. Norell |
| Autore | Dingus Lowell |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2010 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (385 p.) |
| Disciplina |
560.92
B |
| Altri autori (Persone) | NorellMark |
| Soggetto topico |
Paleontologists - United States
Tyrannosaurus rex |
| Soggetto non controllato |
20th century
american scientists barnum brown biographical dinosaur species dinosaurs famous discoveries famous scientists field notes fossil hunters fossils historical account legendary figures letters natural history natural sciences nonfiction oil paleontologist science historians science history scientific discoveries scientific expeditions scientists tyrannosaurus rex united states us government western frontier |
| ISBN |
1-282-55614-2
9786612556142 0-520-94552-2 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Prologue. The Mindset of Barnum Brown -- One. Child of the Frontier (1873-1889) -- Two. Student . . . of Sorts (1889 - 1896) -- Three. Apprentice Extraordinaire (1896 - 1898) -- Four. To Land's End: Patagonia (1898 - 1900) -- Five. To the Depths of Hell Creek (1900 - 1903) -- Six. Love (1903 - 1906) -- Seven. Loss (1906 - 1910) -- Eight. The Canadian Dinosaur Bone Rush (1910 - 1916) -- Nine. Cuba, Abyssinia, and Other Intrigues (1916 - 1921) -- Ten. Jewels from the Orient: Raj India (1921 - 1923) -- Eleven. Perils and Pearls Up the Irrawaddy: Burma (1923) -- Twelve. Samos: Isle of Intrigue (1923 - 1925) -- Thirteen. Ancient Americans Hunting Bison? Birds as Dinosaurs? (1925 - 1931) -- Fourteen. Digging - and Flying - for Dinosaurs -- Fifteen. Toward the Golden Years -- Sixteen. Brown as a Spy, Movie Consultant, and Showman at the World's Fair (1942 - 1963) -- Epilogue -- Appendix One -- Appendix Two -- Appendix Three -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Acknowledgments -- Index |
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| Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2010 | ||
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Re-dressing America's frontier past [[electronic resource] /] / Peter Boag
| Re-dressing America's frontier past [[electronic resource] /] / Peter Boag |
| Autore | Boag Peter <1961-> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, 2011 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (270 p.) |
| Disciplina | 306.77/8097809034 |
| Soggetto topico |
Gender-nonconforming people - West (U.S.) - History - 19th century
Gender identity - West (U.S.) - History - 19th century Homosexuality - West (U.S.) - History - 19th century |
| Soggetto non controllato |
american history
american indians american west cross dressing easterners frontier life gender and sexuality gender identities gender studies historians historical homosexuality literary history mexicans native americans nonfiction old west culture old west psychology of sexuality queer studies romantic history romantic images sexological perspective sexual identities united states us history western frontier |
| ISBN |
1-283-27831-6
9786613278319 0-520-94995-1 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | "Known to all police west of the Mississippi" : disrobing the female-to-male cross-dresser -- "I have done my part in the winning of the West" : unveiling the male-to-female cross-dresser -- "And love is a vision and life is a lie" : the daughters of Calamity Jane -- "He was a Mexican" : race and the marginalization of male-to-female cross-dressers in Western history -- "Death of a modern Diana" : sexologists, cross-dressers, and the heteronormalization of the American frontier -- Conclusion : Sierra Flats and haunted valleys : cross-dressers and the contested terrain of America's frontier past. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910781673303321 |
Boag Peter <1961->
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| Berkeley, : University of California Press, 2011 | ||
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Re-dressing America's frontier past / / Peter Boag
| Re-dressing America's frontier past / / Peter Boag |
| Autore | Boag Peter <1961-> |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, 2011 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (270 p.) |
| Disciplina | 306.77/8097809034 |
| Soggetto topico |
Gender-nonconforming people - West (U.S.) - History - 19th century
Gender identity - West (U.S.) - History - 19th century Homosexuality - West (U.S.) - History - 19th century |
| Soggetto non controllato |
american history
american indians american west cross dressing easterners frontier life gender and sexuality gender identities gender studies historians historical homosexuality literary history mexicans native americans nonfiction old west culture old west psychology of sexuality queer studies romantic history romantic images sexological perspective sexual identities united states us history western frontier |
| ISBN |
1-283-27831-6
9786613278319 0-520-94995-1 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | "Known to all police west of the Mississippi" : disrobing the female-to-male cross-dresser -- "I have done my part in the winning of the West" : unveiling the male-to-female cross-dresser -- "And love is a vision and life is a lie" : the daughters of Calamity Jane -- "He was a Mexican" : race and the marginalization of male-to-female cross-dressers in Western history -- "Death of a modern Diana" : sexologists, cross-dressers, and the heteronormalization of the American frontier -- Conclusion : Sierra Flats and haunted valleys : cross-dressers and the contested terrain of America's frontier past. |
| Record Nr. | UNISA-996248341103316 |
Boag Peter <1961->
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| Berkeley, : University of California Press, 2011 | ||
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