UID:
almafu_9960800246502883
Format:
1 online resource (337 pages)
ISBN:
0-674-24034-0
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0-674-24033-2
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.
Note:
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.
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-674-73758-X
Language:
English
DOI:
10.4159/9780674240339
