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Overview"To modern sensibilities, 19th-century zoos often seem to be unnatural places where animals led miserable lives in cramped, wrought-iron cages. Today zoo animals, in at least the better zoos, wander in open spaces that resemble natural habitats and are enclosed, not by bars, but by moats, cliffs, and other landscape features. In this text, Nigel Rothfels traces the origins of the modern zoo to the efforts of the German animal entrepreneur Carl Hagenbeck. By the late-19th century, Hagenbeck had emerged as the world's undisputed leader in the capture and transport of exotic animals. His business included procuring and exhibiting indigenous peoples in highly profitable spectacles throughout Europe and training exotic animals - humanely, Hagenbeck advertised - for circuses around the world. When in 1907 the Hagenbeck Animal Park opened in a village near Hamburg, Germany, Hagenbeck brought together all his business interests in a revolutionary zoological park, one that moved wild animals out of their cages and into ""natural landscapes"" while also showing ""primitive"" peoples from Africa, Asia, the Americas, and the islands of the Pacific in constructed villages and other environments. Hagenbeck had invented a new way of imagining captivity: the animals and people on exhibit appeared to be living in the wilds of their native lands. By looking at Hagenbeck's multiple enterprises, this work demonstrates how seemingly enlightened ideas about the role of zoos and the nature of animal captivity developed within the essentially tawdry business of placing exotic creatures on public display. Rothfels aims to provide much-needed historical perspective on the nature of our relationship with the animal kingdom." Full Product DetailsAuthor: Nigel Rothfels (Director, Edison Initiative)Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press Imprint: Johns Hopkins University Press Dimensions: Width: 15.60cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 23.50cm Weight: 0.567kg ISBN: 9780801869105ISBN 10: 0801869102 Pages: 288 Publication Date: 03 December 2002 Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , General/trade , Undergraduate , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In stock  We have confirmation that this item is in stock with the supplier. It will be ordered in for you and dispatched immediately. Table of Contents"List of Illustrations Acknowledgments Introduction: Entering the Gates Chapter 1: Gardens of History Chapter 2: Catching Animals Chapter 3: ""Fabulous Animals"": Showing People Chapter 4: Paradise Conclusion: When Animals Speak Notes A Note on Sources Index"ReviewsImportant, timely, and stimulating... A rich source on so much; Rothfel's account of Hagenbeck's consolidation of the animal trade, for instance, is exemplary, the mobilization of much research into a lucid exposition of overarching trends. -- AnthrozoAs Author InformationNigel Rothfels received his Ph.D. in history from Harvard University. He is an independent scholar and director of the Edison Initiative at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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