An edition of The afterlives of animals (2011)

The afterlives of animals

a museum menagerie

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Samuel J. M. M. Alberti, Samue ...
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University of Virginia Press
Language
English
Pages
247

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Subjects

Animals, Exhibitions, Natural history museums, Animals and civilization, Zoological specimens, Anecdotes, Famous animals, Collection and preservation, Taxidermy, Menageries, Biography, Zoological specimens, collection and preservation

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Afterlives of Animals: A Museum Menagerie
2013, University of Virginia Press
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The afterlives of animals: a museum menagerie
2011, University of Virginia Press
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Table of Contents

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.

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Charlottesville

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
590
Library of Congress
QL793 .A38 2011, QL793.A38 2011

The Physical Object

Pagination
vi, 247 p. :
Number of pages
247

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OL25176946M
ISBN 10
0813931673, 0813932084
ISBN 13
9780813931678, 9780813932088
LCCN
2011008110
OCLC/WorldCat
710044932

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