Savages and Beasts: The Birth of the Modern Zoo
(Part of the Animals, History, Culture Series)
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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...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0801889758
ISBN13:9780801889752
Release Date:July 2008
Publisher:Johns Hopkins University Press
Length:288 Pages
Weight:0.95 lbs.
Dimensions:0.7" x 6.0" x 8.9"
Age Range:18 years and up
Grade Range:Postsecondary and higher
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