Savages and Beasts: The Birth of the Modern Zoo by Nigel Rothfels

Savages and Beasts: The Birth of the Modern Zoo

Nigel Rothfels

288 pages first pub 2002 (editions)

nonfiction history adventurous informative slow-paced

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To modern sensibilities, nineteenth-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 habita...

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