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Author:
Nieuwland, Ilja, 1970- author.
Title:
American dinosaur abroad : a cultural history of Carnegie's plaster Diplodocus / Ilja Nieuwland.
Publisher:
University of Pittsburgh Press,
Copyright Date:
2019
Description:
xvii, 318 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Subject:
Carnegie, Andrew,--1835-1919--Natural history collections.
Diplodocus--Exhibitions--Social aspects.
Fossils--Political aspects.--Political aspects.
Paleontology--History--Europe--History--20th century.
Natural history--Catalogs and collections--Political aspects.
Dinosaurs in popular culture.
Dinosaurs--Social aspects--Europe.
Dinosaurs--Catalogs and collections--Pittsburgh.--Pittsburgh.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 259-308) and index.
Contents:
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.
ISBN:
0822945576
9780822945574
OCLC:
(OCoLC)1046614059
Locations:
USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

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