UID:
almafu_9960773312402883
Format:
1 online resource (352 p.)
ISBN:
9780674240339
Content:
Lukas Rieppel shows how dinosaurs gripped the popular imagination and became emblems of America’s industrial power and economic prosperity during the Gilded Age. Spectacular fossils were displayed in museums financed by North America’s wealthiest tycoons, to cement their reputation as both benefactors of science and fierce capitalists.
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Frontmatter --
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Contents --
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Introduction --
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1. Prospecting for Dinosaurs --
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2. Tea with Brontosaurus --
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3. Andrew Carnegie’s Diplodocus --
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4. Accounting for Dinosaurs --
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5. Exhibiting Extinction --
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6. Bringing Dinosaurs Back to Life --
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Conclusion Feathered Dragons --
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Notes --
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Acknowledgments --
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Illustration Credits --
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Index
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In English.
Language:
English
DOI:
10.4159/9780674240339
URL:
https://doi.org/10.4159/9780674240339
URL:
https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780674240339
URL:
https://doi.org/10.4159/9780674240339
URL:
https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780674240339