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Nature's mirror : how taxidermists shaped America's natural history museums and saved endangered species / Mary Anne Andrei.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Andrei, Mary Anne, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Taxidermy--United States--History.
- Taxidermy.
- Natural history museums--United States--History.
- Natural history museums.
- Zoological specimens--Collection and preservation--United States--History.
- Zoological specimens.
- Zoological specimens--Collection and preservation.
- History.
- United States.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource
- polychrome
- Place of Publication:
- Chicago : The University of Chicago Press, 2020.
- System Details:
- text file
- 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.
- Notes:
- Electronic reproduction. Berlin Available via World Wide Web.
- Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on November 19, 2020).
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Edward Potts Cheyney Memorial Fund.
- Other Format:
- Print version: Andrei, Mary Anne Nature's Mirror : How Taxidermists Shaped America's Natural History Museums and Saved Endangered Species
- ISBN:
- 9780226730455
- 022673045X
- Publisher Number:
- 99985761465
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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