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Stuffed Animals and Pickled Heads : The Culture of Natural History Museums
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Stuffed Animals and Pickled Heads : The Culture of Natural History Museums Hardcover - 2001

by Asma, Stephen T

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Oxford University Press, Incorporated. Used - Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.
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  • Title Stuffed Animals and Pickled Heads : The Culture of Natural History Museums
  • Author Asma, Stephen T
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Edition First Edition
  • Condition Used - Good
  • Pages 320
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Oxford University Press, Incorporated, Oxford
  • Date April 5, 2001
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Bookseller's Inventory # GRP71941425
  • ISBN 9780195130508 / 0195130502
  • Weight 1.35 lbs (0.61 kg)
  • Dimensions 9 x 5.8 x 1.2 in (22.86 x 14.73 x 3.05 cm)
  • Library of Congress subjects Natural history museums - History, Natural history - Design - History
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 00040674
  • Dewey Decimal Code 508.074

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COLLECTING AND DISPLAYING natural history specimens is a more complex and dramatic activity than most museum visitors appreciate.

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About the author

Stephen T. Asma is Professor of Philosophy and Interdisciplinary Humanities at Columbia College, in Chicago. He has written articles on a broad range of topics that bridge the humanities and sciences, including pieces in Chronicle of Higher Education and The Humanist, and he is a regular contributor to Skeptic Magazine. The author of the bestselling Buddha for Beginners, he lives in Chicago.