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Vida zoo-cial : the Buenos Aires Zoo and the making of Argentine society, 1875-1924 / Ashley Elizabeth Kerr.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Kerr, Ashley Elizabeth, 1984- Author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Jardín Zoológico Municipal de Buenos Aires.
- Zoos--Argentina--Buenos Aires--History--19th century.
- Zoos.
- Zoos--Argentina--Buenos Aires--History--20th century.
- Zoos--Social aspects--Argentina--Buenos Aires.
- Buenos Aires (Argentina)--Social conditions.
- Buenos Aires (Argentina).
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource.
- Place of Publication:
- Nashville, Tennessee : Vanderbilt University Press, 2025.
- Contents:
- Introduction. Vida coo-cial : the social life of the zoo
- A learned and hygienic excursion : public health, medicine, and the zoo
- Aristocratic apes and proletarian llamas : social class and labor at the zoo
- Guanacos or Bengal tigers? Zoo collections, acclimatization, and the defense of the raza Latina
- The national family goes to the zoo : reproduction, motherhood, and feminist ostriches
- Conclusion. A center for the irradiation of culture and ideas : the Buenos Aires Zoo as municipal, national, and international institution.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Electronic reproduction. New York Available via World Wide Web.
- Description based on print version record.
- Other Format:
- Online version Kerr, Ashley Elizabeth, 1984- Vida aoo-cial
- ISBN:
- 9780826508096 (electronic bk.)
- 082650809X (electronic bk.)
- Publisher Number:
- 40033026326
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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