New worlds, new animals from menagerie to zoological park in the nineteenth century edited by R.J. Hoage and William A. Deiss ; with a foreword by Michael H. Robinson

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Notes: "Published in association with the National Zoological Park, Smithsonian Institution"; Most of the chapters are derived from papers delivered at a symposium held Oct. 1989 to celebrate the centennial of the Smithsonian Institution's National Zoological Park
Contents: Reflections on zoo history / Sally Gregory Kohlstedt -- Menageries and zoos to 1900 / R.J. Hoage, Anne Roskell, and Jane Mansour -- Menageries, metaphors, and meanings / Thomas Veltre -- Zoos in the family: the Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire clan and the three zoos of Paris / Michael A. Osborne -- The Order of nature: constructing the collections of Victorian zoos / Harriet Ritvo -- A Tales of two zoos: the Hamburg Zoological Garden and Carl Hagenbeck's Tierpark / Herman Reichenbach -- Zoos and aquariums of Berlin / Harro Strehlow -- A Paradox of purposes: acclimatization origins of the Melbourne zoo / Linden Gillbank -- Ram Bramha Sanyal and the establishment of the Calcutta Zoological Gardens / D.K. Mittra -- American showmen and European dealers: commerce in wild animals in nineteenth-century America / Richard W. Flint -- The Origin and development of American zoological parks to 1899 / Vernon N. Kisling Jr. -- The National Zoological Park: "city of refuge" or zoo? / Helen Lefkowitz-Horowitz

Type: Congresses; Congrès; Aufsatzsammlung; Conference proceedings; Conference papers and proceedings; History; Actes de congrès

Topic: Zoos--History; Menageries--History; Jardins zoologiques--Histoire; Ménageries--Histoire; Menageries; Zoos; Aufsatzsammlung; Zoologischer Garten; Dierentuinen; Parcs zoologiques--Congrès; Ménageries--Congrès; Geschichte (1800-1900); Histoire; Congrès; dierentuinen; zoological gardens; dierentuindieren; zoo animals; geschiedenis; History; Great Britain; vs; usa; Ethics, Bioethics; Ethiek, bio-ethiek