Zoo: A History of Zoological Gardens in the West [Audiobook] download free by Elisabeth Hardouin Fugier
- Listen audiobook: Zoo: A History of Zoological Gardens in the West
- Author: Elisabeth Hardouin Fugier
- Release date: 2004/9/29
- Publisher: REAKTION BOOKS
- Language: English
- Genre or Collection: Natural History
- ISBN: 9781861892089
- Rating: 7.44 of 10
- Votes: 344
- Review by: Cristiano Ring
- Review rating: 9.24 of 10
- Review Date: 2018/9/27
- Duration: 5H6M44S in 256 kbps (80 MB)
- Date of creation of the audiobook: 2018-07-29
- You can listen to this audiobook in formats: WMA, MP3, FLAC, WAV, MPEG-4 ALS, MPEG4, MP4 (compression LZMA, ZIP, TZ, TAR.BZ, 7Z, RAR)
- Total pages original book: 400
- Includes a PDF summary of 41 pages
- Duration of the summary (audio): 30M6S (8.2 MB)
- Description or summary of the audiobook: Wild animals have fascinated human observers since time immemorial. The story of our interest in collecting, classifying and dominating Nature looms large; thus it is surprising that the history of menageries, zoological gardens and zoos as we know them today has been so poorly documented. This gap is addressed by 'Zoo'. In the Renaissance, wealthy aristocrats showcased exotic beasts in private menageries. Safely caged, animals inspired the interest of naturalists and fed the curiosity of the masses. By the nineteenth century, increased urbanization and colonization aided the expansion of zoos in which animals were tamed to serve as domesticated livestock. Nowadays, with many natural habitats under threat of extinction, the social function of zoos is less clear. Such institutions both present the illusion of wild animals in a natural state to a nostalgic public and find themselves justifying their existence as saviours of endangered species.
- Other categories, genre or collection: Zoos & Wildlife Parks, Zoology & Animal Sciences, Garden Design & Planning
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- Format: Paperback
- Approximate value: 41.75 USD
- Dimensions: 210x250x26.16mm
- Weight: 1,397.06g
- Printed by: Not Available
- Published in: London, United Kingdom
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