Assembling the dinosaur : fossil hunters, tycoons, and the making of a spectacle /

Assembling the dinosaur : fossil hunters, tycoons, and the making of a spectacle / Lukas Rieppel.

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A lively account of how dinosaurs became a symbol of American power and prosperity and gripped the popular imagination during the Gilded Age, when their fossil remains were collected and displayed in museums financed by North America's wealthiest business tycoons. Although dinosaur fossils were...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Rieppel, Lukas (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2019.
Subjects:
Carnegie, Andrew, > 1835-1919.
Fossils > Collection and preservation > United States > History.
Dinosaurs in popular culture > United States > History.
Science museums > Public relations > United States > History.
Dinosaurs in popular culture.
Fossils > Collection and preservation.
Science museums > Public relations.
United States.
History.
Table of Contents:
  • Prospecting for dinosaurs
  • Tea with Brontosaurus
  • Andrew Carnegie's Diplodocus
  • Accounting for dinosaurs
  • Exhibiting extinction
  • Bringing dinosaurs back to life
  • Conclusion: Feathered dragons.

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