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Savages and beasts : the birth of the modern zoo /

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"In this revised edition ... Nigel Rothfels traces the origins of the modern zoo to the efforts of German entrepreneur Carl Hagenbeck, the most successful dealer in exotic animals in the ninteenth century. Rothfels demonstrates how ideas about the role of zoos and the nature of animal captivity...

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Main Author: Rothfels, Nigel (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2025.
Edition:Revised edition.
Series:Animals, history, culture.
Subjects:
Hagenbeck, Carl, > 1844-1913.
Zoos > Germany > History.
Wild animal trade > Germany > History.
Jardins zoologiques > Allemagne > Histoire.
Animaux sauvages > Commerce > Allemagne > Histoire.

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