Animal Game - Searching for Wildness At the American Zoo

Tracing the global trade and trafficking in animals that supplied U.S. zoos, Daniel Bender shows how Americans learned to view faraway places through the lens of exotic creatures on display. He recounts the public¿s conflicted relationship with zoos, decried as prisons by activists even as they remain popular centers of education and preservation.

About the author

Daniel E. Bender is the Canada Research Chair in Global Culture and Professor of History at the University of Toronto.

Summary

Tracing the global trade and trafficking in animals that supplied U.S. zoos, Daniel Bender shows how Americans learned to view faraway places through the lens of exotic creatures on display. He recounts the public’s conflicted relationship with zoos, decried as prisons by activists even as they remain popular centers of education and preservation.

Product details

• Authors: Daniel E Bender, Daniel E. Bender, Bender Daniel E.
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.11.2016
• EAN: 9780674737341
• ISBN: 978-0-674-73734-1
• No. of pages: 400
• Subjects: Guides > Nature; Humanities, art, music > History > 20th century (up to 1945); Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > Zoology; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; USA, Nature / Environmental Conservation & Protection, SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Zoology / General, Zoology & animal sciences, United States of America, USA, Conservation of the environment, Zoology and animal sciences