Why do people go to zoos? Is the role of zoos to entertain or to educate? In this provocative book, the authors demonstrate that zoos tell us as much about humans as they do about animals and suggest
The Amsterdam zoo Artis was recognized as the preeminent cultural center of the city for much of the nineteenth century. Donna Mehos here examines the exclusive nature of Artis and how the Amsterdam m
Richly illustrated and structured as an encyclopedic survey in which entries are presented alphabetically, from academia to zoo, this book exposes a particular moment of design culture at the Harvard
Sterckx (Chinese studies, U. of Cambridge) is not interested in the same sort of animals as zoo-historians, archaeologists, fabulists, or literary critics, but in the perceptions of animals and the an
