Free Delivery Over $100
|
|
|||
|
||||
OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Mustafa Haikal , Thomas DunlapPublisher: Pennsylvania State University Press Imprint: Pennsylvania State University Press Volume: 17 Dimensions: Width: 12.70cm , Height: 1.70cm , Length: 20.30cm Weight: 0.295kg ISBN: 9780271082165ISBN 10: 027108216 Pages: 160 Publication Date: 22 June 2020 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: To order  Stock availability from the supplier is unknown. We will order it for you and ship this item to you once it is received by us. Table of ContentsAcknowledgments 1. “Gorilla Fever” 2. The Discovery of a Monster 3. The Research Station on the Coast of Loango 4. A Valuable Present 5. Darwin’s Felicitations 6. The Aquarium “Unter den Linden” 7. The Most Popular Resident of Berlin 8. Under Observation 9. “The Only Gorilla Is Coming” 10. Final Certainty Afterword: The “Giant Apes” Short Biographies Notes Bibliography CreditsReviewsHaikal's history of the small, sleepy, playful little gorilla who became known as Master Pongo shows how a single animal could challenge expectations and change the way Western scientists and the general public thought about these enigmatic creatures. The book is a compelling read and outstanding example of how to recover the life story of an animal from the past. -Nigel Rothfels, author of Elephant House Haikal has, with brevity, drawn together around one animal important issues relating to nineteenth-century scientific interest in primates; ideas about gorillas in popular culture and imagination; the nature of zoos and animal exhibition; the popular, scientific, and civic politics and economics of such exhibitions; and the relationships between natural history, exploration, and the colonial enterprise at the time. This is no mere story of a gorilla. -Garry Marvin, University of Roehampton “Haikal has, with brevity, drawn together around one animal important issues relating to nineteenth-century scientific interest in primates; ideas about gorillas in popular culture and imagination; the nature of zoos and animal exhibition; the popular, scientific, and civic politics and economics of such exhibitions; and the relationships between natural history, exploration, and the colonial enterprise at the time. This is no mere story of a gorilla.” —Garry Marvin,University of Roehampton “Haikal’s history of the small, sleepy, playful little gorilla who became known as Master Pongo shows how a single animal could challenge expectations and change the way Western scientists and the general public thought about these enigmatic creatures. The book is a compelling read and outstanding example of how to recover the life story of an animal from the past.” —Nigel Rothfels,author of Elephant House Haikal's history of the small, sleepy, playful little gorilla who became known as Master Pongo shows how a single animal could challenge expectations and change the way Western scientists and the general public thought about these enigmatic creatures. The book is a compelling read and outstanding example of how to recover the life story of an animal from the past. -Nigel Rothfels, author of Elephant House Haikal has, with brevity, drawn together around one animal important issues relating to nineteenth-century scientific interest in primates; ideas about gorillas in popular culture and imagination; the nature of zoos and animal exhibition; the popular, scientific, and civic politics and economics of such exhibitions; and the relationships between natural history, exploration, and the colonial enterprise at the time. This is no mere story of a gorilla. -Garry Marvin, University of Roehampton Author InformationMustafa Haikal is a historian and author of numerous nonfiction books in German. Thomas Dunlap has translated more than fifteen works from German into English. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
||||
