New worlds, new animals : from menagerie to zoological park in the nineteenth century

Author(s)

• Hoage, R. J.
• Deiss, William A.
• Robinson, Michael H.
• National Zoological Park (U.S.)

Bibliographic Information

New worlds, new animals : from menagerie to zoological park in the nineteenth century

edited by R.J. Hoage and William A. Deiss ; with a foreword by Michael H. Robinson

Johns Hopkins University Press, 1996

• : hard
• : pbk

Note

"Published in association with the National Zoological Park, Smithsonian Institution"--P. [ii]

Most of the chapters are derived from papers delivered at a symposium held Oct. 1989 to celebrate the centennial of the Smithsonian Institution's National Zoological Park

Includes bibliographical references (p. [165]-189) and index

Details

• NCID: BA28217975
• ISBN:
  • 0801851106
  • 0801853737
• LCCN: 95033006
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Baltimore
• Pages/Volumes: xv, 198 p.
• Size: 24 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : QL76
  • DC20 : 590/.74/409034
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Zoos -- History -- 19th century -- Congresses
  • LCSH : Menageries -- History -- 19th century -- Congresses
  • LCSH : National Zoological Park (U.S.) -- History -- 19th century -- Congresses