Savages and Beasts The Birth of the Modern Zoo

Name: Savages and Beasts The Birth of the Modern Zoo
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ISBN: 9780801889752

ISBN-10: 0801889758

ISBN-13: 9780801889752

Edition: 2002

Authors: Nigel Rothfels

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To modern sensibilities, nineteenth-century zoos often seem to be unnatural places where animals led miserable lives in cramped, wrought-iron cages. Today zoo animals, in at least the better zoos, wander in open spaces that resemble natural habitats and are enclosed, not by bars, but by moats, cliffs, and other landscape features. In Savages and Beasts, Nigel Rothfels traces the origins of the modern zoo to the efforts of the German animal entrepreneur Carl Hagenbeck. By the late nineteenth century, Hagenbeck had emerged as the world's undisputed leader in the capture and transport of exotic animals. His business included procuring and exhibiting indigenous peoples in highly profitable…

Book details

List price: $31.00
Copyright year: 2002
Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
Publication date: 7/14/2008
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 288
Size: 5.94" wide x 9.02" long x 0.69" tall
Weight: 0.880
Language: English

Nigel Rothfels received his Ph.D. in history from Harvard University and is director of the Office of Undergraduate Research at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. He is the editor of Representing Animals.



List of Illustrations


Acknowledgments


Introduction: Entering the Gates



Gardens of History



Catching Animals



""Fabulous Animals"": Showing People



Paradise


Conclusion: When Animals Speak


Notes


A Note on Sources


Index