Assembling the dinosaur fossil hunters, tycoons, and the making of a spectacle

Assembling the dinosaur fossil hunters, tycoons, and the making of a spectacle

A lively account of how dinosaurs became a symbol of American power and prosperity and gripped the popular imagination during the Gilded Age, when their fossil remains were collected and displayed in museums financed by North America's wealthiest business tycoons. Although dinosaur fossils were...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Rieppel, Lukas
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, Massachusetts Harvard University Press, 2019.
Subjects:
Carnegie, Andrew, > 1835-1919.
Carnegie, Andrew, > 1835-1919
United States.
Fossils > Collection and preservation > United States > History.
Dinosaurs in popular culture > United States > History.
Science museums > Public relations > United States > History.
SCIENCE > Earth Sciences > Geology.
NATURE > Animals > Dinosaurs & Prehistoric Creatures.
NATURE > Fossils.
SCIENCE > Paleontology.
Dinosaurs in popular culture.
Fossils > Collection and preservation.
Science museums > Public relations.
SCIENCE / History
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Online Access:https://www.lib.tsu.ru/mminfo/2023/EBSCO/2112677.pdf

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