New Worlds, New Animals : From Menagerie to Zoological Park in the Nineteenth Century

Hoage, Robert J. (EDT)/ Deiss, William A. (EDT)

Johns Hopkins University Press（1996/07発売）

• 製本 Hardcover:ハードカバー版／ページ数 224 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9780801851100
• DDC分類 590.7309034

基本説明

The development of the modern zoo during the nineteenth century reflected new ideas about nature and society.

Full Description

This text charts the development of the modern zoo in the 19th century, looking at the transition from elaborate manageries for exclusive patrons to public facilities expressing the power and might of nations, and finally to institutions dedicated to public education and biological research. It examines the establishment of the first public zoos in the US between 1830 and 1880, and looks at the founding of the National Zoological Park, the first zoo created to preserve endangered species. The text begins with an overview of the history of menageries in antiquity, and their development in Europe and the US.

Contents

Foreword, by Michael H. Robinson
Preface and Acknowledgments
Part I: Overviews
Reflections on Zoo history
Menageries and Zoosz to 1900
Menageries, Mataphors, and Meanings
Part II: European and Colonial Zoos
Zoos in the Family: The Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire Clan and the Three Zoos of Paris
The Order of Nature: Constructing the Collections of Victorian Zoos
A Tale of Two Zoos: The Hamburg Zoological Garden and Carl Hagenbeck's Tierpark
Zoos and Aquariums of Berlin
A Paradox of Purposes: Acclimatization Origins of the Melbourne Zoo
Ram Bramha Sanyal and the Establishment of the Calcutta Zoological Gardens
Part III: The American Scene
American Showmen and European Dealers: Commerce in Wild Animals in Nineteenth-Century America
The Origin and Development of American Zoological Parks to 1899
The National Zoological Park: "City of Refuge" or Zoo?
Epilogue
Appendixes
The Value of Old Photographs of Zoological Collections
The Architechture of the National Zoological Park
Notes
List of Contributors
Index