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The animal game : searching for wildness at the American zoo, Daniel E. Bender

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Over the twentieth century, as wild, tropical animals became familiar attractions in urban American zoos, they became rare in the wild. Americans who made zoos the nation's most popular attractions, developed closer knowledge of tropical animals, especially those from regions colonized by American and European powers. Founded as a living taxonomy of exotic nature, such zoos never achieved the biological and social order their founders so cherished. Workers, animals, and visitors did not behave in ways that matched zoo officials' or founders' visions. Tourists fed the animals, littered, even poached. They sought tales of animal adventure more than science lessons. This book examines the development of zoos and the animal trade that supplied them and how they were both buffeted by global politics, imperialism, revolution, and war. Through the paradox of animals that were endangered yet familiar and entwined in our daily lives, "Animal Empire" fosters a dialogue between those charged with conserving the future, those concerned about the effects of the past, and those who gaze at zoo animals and wonder about places, nature, and people they are unlikely ever to see in person. Through zoos, we have learned to look at faraway places, environments, and peoples through the lens of endangered animals. Animal and human lives dramatically collided in the twentieth century and "Animal Empire" is a global history as it appeared at the zoo through the life and death of the animals, the keepers who mucked out their cages and reared their young, the traders who captured animals and the imagination of the American public, and the zoo officials who have helped make the idea of animal endangerment a key indictment of our contemporary civilization.--
Language
eng
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Publication
Extent
393 pages
Contents
  • Introduction: The zoo parade
  • The elephant's skin: animals and their visitors
  • The voyage of the silverash: the big business of tropical animals
  • Jungleland: the money in wildlife
  • The monkeys' island: the New Deal builds a modern zoo
  • Aping: African animals on zoo stages
  • Don't feed the keepers: the labor and care of zookeepers
  • The zoo man's holiday: adventuring for the zoo
  • My animal babies: caring for endangered species
  • Dangerous safari: conservation at the end of empire
  • Conclusion: Searching for the yeti: wildness in the age of extinction
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9780674737341
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The animal game : searching for wildness at the American zoo
Title
The animal game
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searching for wildness at the American zoo
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Daniel E. Bender
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Language
eng
Summary
Over the twentieth century, as wild, tropical animals became familiar attractions in urban American zoos, they became rare in the wild. Americans who made zoos the nation's most popular attractions, developed closer knowledge of tropical animals, especially those from regions colonized by American and European powers. Founded as a living taxonomy of exotic nature, such zoos never achieved the biological and social order their founders so cherished. Workers, animals, and visitors did not behave in ways that matched zoo officials' or founders' visions. Tourists fed the animals, littered, even poached. They sought tales of animal adventure more than science lessons. This book examines the development of zoos and the animal trade that supplied them and how they were both buffeted by global politics, imperialism, revolution, and war. Through the paradox of animals that were endangered yet familiar and entwined in our daily lives, "Animal Empire" fosters a dialogue between those charged with conserving the future, those concerned about the effects of the past, and those who gaze at zoo animals and wonder about places, nature, and people they are unlikely ever to see in person. Through zoos, we have learned to look at faraway places, environments, and peoples through the lens of endangered animals. Animal and human lives dramatically collided in the twentieth century and "Animal Empire" is a global history as it appeared at the zoo through the life and death of the animals, the keepers who mucked out their cages and reared their young, the traders who captured animals and the imagination of the American public, and the zoo officials who have helped make the idea of animal endangerment a key indictment of our contemporary civilization.--
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Bender, Daniel E
Dewey number
590.73
Index
index present
LC call number
QL76.5.U6
LC item number
B46 2016
Literary form
non fiction
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  • Zoos
  • Zoos
  • Wild animal trade
  • Endangered species
  • Endangered species
  • Wild animal trade
  • Zoos
  • Zoos
  • Endangered species
  • Wild animal trade
  • Zoos
  • Zoos
  • United States
  • Zoologischer Garten
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The animal game : searching for wildness at the American zoo, Daniel E. Bender
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 323-371) and index
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Contents
Introduction: The zoo parade -- The elephant's skin: animals and their visitors -- The voyage of the silverash: the big business of tropical animals -- Jungleland: the money in wildlife -- The monkeys' island: the New Deal builds a modern zoo -- Aping: African animals on zoo stages -- Don't feed the keepers: the labor and care of zookeepers -- The zoo man's holiday: adventuring for the zoo -- My animal babies: caring for endangered species -- Dangerous safari: conservation at the end of empire -- Conclusion: Searching for the yeti: wildness in the age of extinction
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ocn946906577
Dimensions
25 cm
Extent
393 pages
Isbn
9780674737341
Lccn
2016017880
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unmediated
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rdamedia
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illustrations
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  • (Sirsi) i9780674737341
  • (OCoLC)946906577
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The animal game : searching for wildness at the American zoo, Daniel E. Bender
Publication
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 323-371) and index
Carrier category
volume
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rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
Introduction: The zoo parade -- The elephant's skin: animals and their visitors -- The voyage of the silverash: the big business of tropical animals -- Jungleland: the money in wildlife -- The monkeys' island: the New Deal builds a modern zoo -- Aping: African animals on zoo stages -- Don't feed the keepers: the labor and care of zookeepers -- The zoo man's holiday: adventuring for the zoo -- My animal babies: caring for endangered species -- Dangerous safari: conservation at the end of empire -- Conclusion: Searching for the yeti: wildness in the age of extinction
Control code
ocn946906577
Dimensions
25 cm
Extent
393 pages
Isbn
9780674737341
Lccn
2016017880
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Other physical details
illustrations
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  • (Sirsi) i9780674737341
  • (OCoLC)946906577

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