Main entry:

Baratay, Éric.

Title & Author:

Zoo : a history of zoological gardens in the West / Eric Baratay, Elisabeth Hardouin-Fugier.

Publication:

London : Reaktion, 2004.

Description:

400 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm

Notes:
Translation of: Zoos : histoire des jardins zoologiques en occident (XVIe--XXe siècle).
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction : the call of the wild -- [pt]. 1. The passion for collecting (1500s to 1700s) -- 1. Ancient trophies -- 2. The aristocracy's new-found curiosity -- 3. Baroque scenography -- 4. Popular pleasures -- [pt]. 2. The need for control (1800s) -- 5. The elite and the invention of the zoo -- 6. Imperial glory -- 7. The exploitation of nature -- 8. The thrill of the wild -- [pt]. 3. The yearning for nature (1900s) -- 9. A public quest -- 10. The illusion of liberty -- 11. The imitation of nature -- [pt]. 4. Zoos through the ages -- [pt]. 5. Artists and the zoo.

Summary:

This highly illustrated history of zoos in America and Europe from the Renaissance aristocrat's menagerie through the 20th-century public zoological garden charts the changing relationship between human viewers and wild beasts in a range of urban settings, including London, Berlin, Moscow and various European cities. The authors show how the collecting of wild animals, with its roots in the study of Nature in order to classify and dominate it, led to our contemporary concern with the preservation of endangered species and a nostalgia for untamed wilderness.

Resources:
Table of contents

ISBN:

186189208X (paperback)
9781861892089 (paperback)

Subject:

Zoos History.
Jardins zoologiques Histoire.
Zoos.

Form/genre:

History.

Added entries:

Hardouin-Fugier, Elisabeth.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 232909
Call No.: QL76 .B3 2004
Status: Available