Author: London Zoo (London, England)Publisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 74
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Zoological Society of London
Author: Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London (1832).
Author: Catalogue of the Library of the Zoological Society of London
Author: Zoological Society of London. LibraryPublisher:
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Category : Zoological Society Of London. Library --catalogues
Languages : en
Pages : 868
Book Description
London 1900
Author: Jonathan SchneerPublisher: Yale University Press
ISBN: 9780300089035
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 356
Book Description
In 1900, London was the capital of an empire that spanned the globe. This text examines the powerful city and its relationship with the British Empire at the turn of the century.
London Zoo and the Victorians, 1828-1859
Author: Takashi ItoPublisher: Boydell & Brewer Ltd
ISBN: 0861933214
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 218
Book Description
London Zoo examined in its nineteenth-century context, looking at its effect on cultural and social life At the dawn of the Victorian era, London Zoo became one of the metropolis's premier attractions. The crowds drawn to its bear pit included urban promenaders, gentlemen menagerists, Indian shipbuilders and Persian princes - CharlesDarwin himself. This book shows that the impact of the zoo's extensive collection of animals can only be understood in the context of a wide range of contemporary approaches to nature, and that it was not merely as a manifestation of British imperial culture. The author demonstrates how the early history of the zoo illuminates three important aspects of the history of nineteenth-century Britain: the politics of culture and leisure in a new public domain which included museums and art galleries; the professionalisation and popularisation of science in a consumer society; and the meanings of the animal world for a growing urban population. Weaving these threads altogether, hepresents a flexible frame of analysis to explain how the zoo was established, how it pursued its policies of animal collection, and how it responded to changing social conditions. Dr Takashi Ito is Associate Professor in Modern British History, Tokyo University of Foreign Studies.
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