Book ID: CBB001221220

The Afterlives of Animals: A Museum Menagerie (2011)

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Alberti, Samuel J. M. M. (Editor)


University of Virginia Press


Publication Date: 2011
Physical Details: vi + 247 pp.; ill.; bibl.; index
Language: English

Description Contents:


Reviewed By

Review Nyhart, Lynn K. (2012) Review of "The Afterlives of Animals: A Museum Menagerie". Isis: International Review Devoted to the History of Science and Its Cultural Influences (p. 566). unapi

Review Nyhart, Lynn K. (2012) Review of "The Afterlives of Animals: A Museum Menagerie". Isis: International Review Devoted to the History of Science and Its Cultural Influences (pp. 566-567). unapi

Review Nyhart, Lynn K. (2012) Review of "The Afterlives of Animals: A Museum Menagerie". Isis: International Review Devoted to the History of Science and Its Cultural Influences (pp. 566-567). unapi

Review Morris, Pat (2012) Review of "The Afterlives of Animals: A Museum Menagerie". Journal of the History of Collections (p. 277). unapi

Essay Review Rees, Amanda (2012) Animal Bodies, Human Identities. Endeavour: Review of the Progress of Science (pp. 126-127). unapi

Includes Chapters

Chapter Alberti, Samuel J. M. M. (2011) Introduction: The Dead Ark. In: The Afterlives of Animals: A Museum Menagerie (p. 1). unapi

Chapter Plumb, Christopher (2011) “The Queen's Ass”: The Cultural Life of Queen Charlotte's Zebra in Georgian Britain. In: The Afterlives of Animals: A Museum Menagerie (p. 17). unapi

Chapter Alberti, Samuel J. M. M. (2011) Maharajah the Elephant's Journey: From Nature to Culture. In: The Afterlives of Animals: A Museum Menagerie (p. 37). unapi

Chapter Sutcliffe, Richard; Rutherford, Mike; Robinson, Jeanne (2011) Sir Roger the Elephant. In: The Afterlives of Animals: A Museum Menagerie (p. 58). unapi

Chapter Everest, Sophie (2011) “Under the Skin”: The Biography of a Manchester Mandrill. In: The Afterlives of Animals: A Museum Menagerie (p. 75). unapi

Chapter Poliquin, Rachel (2011) Balto the Dog. In: The Afterlives of Animals: A Museum Menagerie (p. 92). unapi

Chapter Patchett, Merle; Foster, Kate; Lorimer, Hayden (2011) The Biogeographies of a Hollow-Eyed Harrier. In: The Afterlives of Animals: A Museum Menagerie (p. 110). unapi

Chapter Paddon, Hannah (2011) Biological Objects and “Mascotism”: The Life and Times of Alfred the Gorilla. In: The Afterlives of Animals: A Museum Menagerie (p. 134). unapi

Chapter Henning, Michelle (2011) Neurath's Whale. In: The Afterlives of Animals: A Museum Menagerie (p. 151). unapi

Chapter Nicholls, Henry (2011) The Afterlife of Chi-Chi. In: The Afterlives of Animals: A Museum Menagerie (p. 169). unapi

Chapter Sabin, Richard C. (2011) The Thames Whale: The Difficult Birth of a Celebrity Specimen. In: The Afterlives of Animals: A Museum Menagerie (p. 186). unapi

Chapter Marvin, Garry (2011) Enlivened through Memory: Hunters and Hunting Trophies. In: The Afterlives of Animals: A Museum Menagerie (p. 202). unapi

Chapter Swinney, Geoffrey N. (2011) An Afterword on Afterlife. In: The Afterlives of Animals: A Museum Menagerie (p. 219). unapi

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Authors & Contributors
Morris, Pat A.
McAleer, John
Tonn, Jenna
Aloi, Giovanni
Uwe Albrecht
Tiffin, Helen
Journals
Archives of Natural History
Journal of the History of Collections
Historical Studies in the Natural Sciences
Endeavour: Review of the Progress of Science
Publishers
University of Hawai'i Press
University of Chicago Press
Tectum Verlag
Pennsylvania State University Press
MPM Publishing
Manchester University Press
Concepts
Museums
Natural history
Taxidermy
Collectors and collecting
Zoology
Science and culture
People
Martin, Philipp Leopold
Waterton, Charles
Maestri, Angelo
Louis XV, King of France
Du Chaillu, Paul
Darwin, Charles Robert
Time Periods
19th century
20th century, early
20th century
18th century
20th century, late
17th century
Places
Great Britain
London (England)
Africa
Madrid (Spain)
West Africa
Norfolk (England)
Institutions
Hunterian Museum (London)
Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales
Royal College of Surgeons, London
Harvard University
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