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.

Contributor(s): Hoage, R. J | Deiss, William A | National Zoological Park (U.S.)
Publisher: Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 1996Description: xv, 198 pages : illustrations ; 25 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volume ISBN: 0801851106 (hc : alk. paper); 0801853737 (pbk. : alk. paper)Subject(s): National Zoological Park (U.S.) -- History -- 19th century -- Congresses | Zoos -- History -- 19th century -- Congresses | Menageries -- History -- 19th century -- CongressesDDC classification: 590.74409034 LOC classification: QL76 | .N48 1996Online resources: Contributor biographical information | Publisher description
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"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.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [165]-189) and index.

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