The afterlives of animals (Record no. 91851)
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| 000 -LEADER | |
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| fixed length control field | 02553nam a2200421 a 4500 |
| 082 04 - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | 590 |
| 245 04 - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | The afterlives of animals |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) | |
| Place of publication | Charlottesville : |
| Name of publisher | University of Virginia Press, |
| Year of publication | 2011. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Number of Pages | vi, 247 p. : |
| Other physical details | ill. |
| 505 0# - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE | |
| Formatted contents note | Introduction : the dead ark / Samuel J.M.M. Alberti -- "The Queen's ass" : the cultural life of Queen Charlotte's zebra in Georgian Britain / Christopher Plumb -- Maharajah the elephant's journey : from nature to culture / Samuel J.M.M. Alberti -- Sir Roger the elephant / Richard Sutcliffe, Mike Rutherford, and Jeanne Robinson -- "Under my skin" : the biography of a Manchester mandrill / Sophie Everest -- Balto the dog / Rachel Poliquin -- The biogeographies of a hollow-eyed harrier / Merle Patchett, Kate Foster, and Hayden Lorimer -- Biological objects and "mascotism" : the life and times of Alfred the gorilla / Hannah Paddon -- Neurath's whale / Michelle Henning -- The afterlife of Chi-Chi / Henry Nicholls -- The Thames whale : the difficult birth of a celebrity specimen / Richard C. Sabin -- Enlivened through memory : hunters and hunting trophies / Garry Marvin -- An afterword on afterlife / Geoffrey N. Swinney. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical Term | Famous animals |
| Topical Term | Famous animals |
| Topical Term | Natural history museums |
| Topical Term | Zoological specimens |
| Topical Term | Animals |
| Topical Term | Taxidermy |
| Topical Term | Menageries. |
| Topical Term | Animals and civilization. |
| 700 1# - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Alberti, Samuel J. M. M. |
| 856 40 - ELECTRONIC LOCATION AND ACCESS | |
| Uniform Resource Identifier | http://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10554885 |
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