American dinosaur abroad : a cultural history of Carnegie's plaster Diplodocus
Record details
- ISBN: 0822945576
- ISBN: 9780822945574
- ISBN: 0822986663
- ISBN: 9780822986669
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (xvii, 318 pages) : illustrations
remote - Publisher: Pittsburgh, Pa. : University of Pittsburgh Press, [2019]
Content descriptions
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 259-308) and index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | Introduction: A convoluted dinosaur -- Dinomania : giant sloths, sea snakes, and concrete contraptions -- His Majesty notices a drawing : the tradition of copying dinosaurs -- Getting Diplodocus ready for the stage : from Pittsburgh to London -- "The years of wandering" : Germany -- Visite au Diplodocus : Paris -- "Properly messy" : crouching dinosaurs, national competition, and science reform -- Diaspora : from Rio to Madrid -- Conclusion: Diplodocus after Madrid -- and after Carnegie. |
Source of Description Note: | Print version record. |
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