UID:
edocfu_9959242652202883
Format:
1 online resource (319 p.)
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
0-19-770205-8
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0-19-983912-3
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9786610838202
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1-280-83820-5
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0-19-534746-3
Series Statement:
Oxford scholarship online
Content:
This volume traces the cultural history of natural history museums from their origins in the 18th century through the present day, by tracing the changing attitudes and philosophies that influence the public displays of major natural history museums.
Note:
Originally published: 2001.
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Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; CHAPTER 1 Flesh-eating Beetles and the Secret Art of Taxidermy; CHAPTER 2 Peter the Great's Mysterious Jars: How to Pickle a Human Head and Other Great Achievements of the Scientific Revolution; CHAPTER 3 Taxonomic Intoxication, Part I: Visualizing the Invisible; CHAPTER 4 Taxonomic Intoxication, Part II: In Search of the Engine Room; CHAPTER 5 Exhibiting Evolution: Diversity, Order, and the Construction of Nature; CHAPTER 6 Evolution and the Roulette Wheel: A Chance Cosmos Rattles Some Bones
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CHAPTER 7 Drama in Diorama: The Confederation of Art and ScienceNotes and Further Reading; Index
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-19-513050-2
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-19-516336-2
Language:
English
DOI:
10.1093/oso/9780195130508.001.0001
