The afterlives of animals : a museum menagerie /
The afterlives of animals : a museum menagerie /
edited by Samuel J.M.M. Alberti.
- Charlottesville : University of Virginia Press, 2011.
- 1 online resource (vi, 247 pages) : illustrations
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction : the dead ark / "The Queen's ass" : the cultural life of Queen Charlotte's zebra in Georgian Britain / Maharajah the elephant's journey : from nature to culture / Sir Roger the elephant / "Under my skin" : the biography of a Manchester mandrill / Balto the dog / The biogeographies of a hollow-eyed harrier / Biological objects and "mascotism" : the life and times of Alfred the gorilla / Neurath's whale / The afterlife of Chi-Chi / The Thames whale : the difficult birth of a celebrity specimen / Enlivened through memory : hunters and hunting trophies / An afterword on afterlife / Samuel J.M.M. Alberti -- Christopher Plumb -- Samuel J.M.M. Alberti -- Richard Sutcliffe, Mike Rutherford, and Jeanne Robinson -- Sophie Everest -- Rachel Poliquin -- Merle Patchett, Kate Foster, and Hayden Lorimer -- Hannah Paddon -- Michelle Henning -- Henry Nicholls -- Richard C. Sabin -- Garry Marvin -- Geoffrey N. Swinney.
English.
9780813932088 (electronic bk.) 0813932084 (electronic bk.) 9780813933900 (pbk.) 0813933900 1280490160 9781280490163 9786613585394 6613585394
22573/ctt6tb6s1 JSTOR 7D5D0D01-AC64-4B96-B196-119C87260483 OverDrive, Inc. http://www.overdrive.com
Animal 2017 Bildband
Famous animals--Biography.
Famous animals--Collection and preservation.
Natural history museums--Exhibitions.
Zoological specimens--Collection and preservation.
Animals--Biography.
Taxidermy--Anecdotes.
Menageries.
Animals and civilization.
Animals
Animaux célèbres--Biographies.
Animaux célèbres--Collections et conservation.
Sciences naturelles--Musées--Expositions.
Zoologie--Spécimens--Collections et conservation.
Taxidermie--Anecdotes.
Ménageries.
Animaux et civilisation.
menageries.
NATURE--Animals--General.
NATURE--Animals--Wildlife.
SCIENCE--Life Sciences--Zoology--General.
SCIENCE--History.
Animals.
Animals and civilization.
Famous animals.
Menageries.
Natural history museums.
Taxidermy.
Zoological specimens--Collection and preservation.
Bekanntheit
Gedenken
Musealisierung
Electronic book.
Biography
Electronic books.
Aufsatzsammlung.
collective biographies.
Anecdotes.
Biographies.
Exhibition catalogs.
Biographies.
Biographies.
QL793 / .A38 2011eb
590
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction : the dead ark / "The Queen's ass" : the cultural life of Queen Charlotte's zebra in Georgian Britain / Maharajah the elephant's journey : from nature to culture / Sir Roger the elephant / "Under my skin" : the biography of a Manchester mandrill / Balto the dog / The biogeographies of a hollow-eyed harrier / Biological objects and "mascotism" : the life and times of Alfred the gorilla / Neurath's whale / The afterlife of Chi-Chi / The Thames whale : the difficult birth of a celebrity specimen / Enlivened through memory : hunters and hunting trophies / An afterword on afterlife / Samuel J.M.M. Alberti -- Christopher Plumb -- Samuel J.M.M. Alberti -- Richard Sutcliffe, Mike Rutherford, and Jeanne Robinson -- Sophie Everest -- Rachel Poliquin -- Merle Patchett, Kate Foster, and Hayden Lorimer -- Hannah Paddon -- Michelle Henning -- Henry Nicholls -- Richard C. Sabin -- Garry Marvin -- Geoffrey N. Swinney.
English.
9780813932088 (electronic bk.) 0813932084 (electronic bk.) 9780813933900 (pbk.) 0813933900 1280490160 9781280490163 9786613585394 6613585394
22573/ctt6tb6s1 JSTOR 7D5D0D01-AC64-4B96-B196-119C87260483 OverDrive, Inc. http://www.overdrive.com
Animal 2017 Bildband
Famous animals--Biography.
Famous animals--Collection and preservation.
Natural history museums--Exhibitions.
Zoological specimens--Collection and preservation.
Animals--Biography.
Taxidermy--Anecdotes.
Menageries.
Animals and civilization.
Animals
Animaux célèbres--Biographies.
Animaux célèbres--Collections et conservation.
Sciences naturelles--Musées--Expositions.
Zoologie--Spécimens--Collections et conservation.
Taxidermie--Anecdotes.
Ménageries.
Animaux et civilisation.
menageries.
NATURE--Animals--General.
NATURE--Animals--Wildlife.
SCIENCE--Life Sciences--Zoology--General.
SCIENCE--History.
Animals.
Animals and civilization.
Famous animals.
Menageries.
Natural history museums.
Taxidermy.
Zoological specimens--Collection and preservation.
Bekanntheit
Gedenken
Musealisierung
Electronic book.
Biography
Electronic books.
Aufsatzsammlung.
collective biographies.
Anecdotes.
Biographies.
Exhibition catalogs.
Biographies.
Biographies.
QL793 / .A38 2011eb
590