Nature's mirror how taxidermists shaped America's natural history museums and saved endangered species

Nature's mirror how taxidermists shaped America's natural history museums and saved endangered species

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Andrei, Mary Anne
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Chicago The University of Chicago Press, 2020.
Subjects:
Taxidermy > United States > History.
Natural history museums > United States > History.
Zoological specimens > Collection and preservation > United States > History.
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Online Access:https://www.lib.tsu.ru/mminfo/2023/EBSCO/2512728.pdf
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Table of Contents:
  • "A Gathering Place for Amateur Naturalists": Ward's and the Birth of the Habitat Group
  • "Breathing New Life into Stuffed Animals": The Society of American Taxidermists
  • "The Destruction Wrought by Man": Smithsonian Taxidermy and the Birth of Wildlife Conservation
  • Competing Ideas, Competing Institutions: Decorative versus Scientific Taxidermy at the Carnegie and Field Museums
  • "The Duty to Conserve": Museums and the Fight to Save Endangered Marine Mammals
  • "Brightest Africa": Carl Akeley and the American Museum's Race to Bring Africa to America.

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