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Dinomania : why we love, fear and are utterly enchanted by dinosaurs / Boria Sax.

Van Pelt Library QE861.4 .S29 2018
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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Sax, Boria, author.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Dinosaurs.
Dinosaurs--Social aspects--History.
Dinosaurs in popular culture--History.
Dinosaurs in popular culture.
Dinosaurs in mass media--History.
Dinosaurs in mass media.
Paleontology--Social aspects--History.
Paleontology.
Social aspects.
History.
Dinosaurs--Social aspects.
Physical Description:
264 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 23 cm
Place of Publication:
London : Reaktion Books, 2018.
Summary:
The story of our unlikely romance with the dinosaurs, from the finding of their enormous bones to the dinosaur theme parks of today.
Contents:
Dragon bones
How dragons became dinosaurs
Mister Big and Mister Fierce
From the Crystal Palace to Jurassic Park
The dinosaur renaissance
The totem of modernity
Extinction
A dinocentric world.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 247-257) and index.
ISBN:
9781789140040
1789140048
OCLC:
1022513190

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