New Worlds, New Animals: From Menagerie to Zoological Park in the Nineteenth Century
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From King Solomon's collections of apes and peacocks to the
menageries of English and Hapsburg monarchs, the display of exotic
animals has delighted and amazed observers for centuries.
Originally prized as symbols of elite wealth and power, such
collections have been dramatically transformed since
1800--particularly in terms of audience and purpose.In New Worlds,
New Animals, R. J. Hoage and William A. Deiss assemble essays that
concentrate on the development of the modern zoo in the nineteenth
century. Taking an in-depth look at the social climate of the
century, they chart the transition from elaborate menageries for
exclusive patrons to public facilities that expressed the power and
might of nations to institutions dedicated to public education,
wildlife conservation, and biological research. These changes
reflect the larger transformation of the West--from the colonial
era's desire to tame newly discovered continents to today's more
egalitarian, conservation-minded world. New Worlds, New Animals
begins with an overview of the history of menageries in antiquity
and their development in Europe and the United States. Zoos in many
countries had quite different origins--including a fish market that
became an animal dealership before becoming a zoo and an Australian
way station originally designed to acclimate Old World domestic
stock to a new continent.The authors also examine the period in the
United States between 1830 and 1880, when popular traveling animal
shows and circuses gave way to the first public zoos in New York
and Philadelphia. They take an in-depth look at the establishment
of the National Zoological Park in Washington, D.C.--the first zoo
created to preserve endangered species. Illustrated with nearly 100
photographs, New Worlds, New Animals gives readers a new respect
for and understanding of the role of zoos in social and cultural
history.
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