Assembling the dinosaur : fossil hunters, tycoons, and the making of a spectacle / Lukas Rieppel.
Assembling the dinosaur : fossil hunters, tycoons, and the making of a spectacle / Lukas Rieppel.
Assembling the dinosaur : fossil hunters, tycoons, and the making of a spectacle / Lukas Rieppel.
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Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2019.
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G 2019/3521
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English
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Physical content
325 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
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text
Media type
unmediated
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volume
Contents
Prospecting for dinosaurs -- Tea with Brontosaurus -- Andrew Carnegie's Diplodocus -- Accounting for dinosaurs -- Exhibiting extinction -- Bringing dinosaurs back to life -- Conclusion: Feathered dragons.
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Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2019.
Place of Publication
Massachusetts
Date Published
2019.
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Summary
A lively account of how dinosaurs became a symbol of American power and prosperity and gripped the popular imagination during the Gilded Age, when their fossil remains were collected and displayed in museums financed by North America's wealthiest business tycoons. Although dinosaur fossils were first found in England, a series of dramatic discoveri...
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Assembling the dinosaur : fossil hunters, tycoons, and the making of a spectacle / Lukas Rieppel.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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©2019
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G 2019/3521
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74VKVe6qW2WX
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKVe6qW2WX
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ISBN
067473758X hardcover alkaline paper
9780674737587 hardcover alkaline paper
DDC
560.75
MMS ID
991024252717102626
