001480511 000__ 04888nam\a22006735i\4500 001480511 001__ 1480511 001480511 003__ DE-B1597 001480511 005__ 20231026034750.0 001480511 006__ m\\\\\o\\d\\\\\\\\ 001480511 007__ cr\un\nnnunnun 001480511 008__ 210824t20172016mau\\\\\o\\d\z\\\\\\eng\d 001480511 019__ $$a(OCoLC)984657226 001480511 020__ $$a9780674972759 001480511 0247_ $$a10.4159/9780674972759$$2doi 001480511 035__ $$a(DE-B1597)479792 001480511 035__ $$a(OCoLC)961185120 001480511 040__ $$aDE-B1597$$beng$$cDE-B1597$$erda 001480511 0410_ $$aeng 001480511 044__ $$amau$$cUS-MA 001480511 050_4 $$aQL76.5.U6$$bB46 2016 001480511 072_7 $$aHIS036060$$2bisacsh 001480511 08204 $$a590.73$$223 001480511 1001_ $$aBender, Daniel E., $$eauthor.$$4aut$$4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut 001480511 24514 $$aThe Animal Game :$$bSearching for Wildness at the American Zoo /$$cDaniel E. Bender. 001480511 264_1 $$aCambridge, MA : $$bHarvard University Press, $$c[2017] 001480511 264_4 $$c©2016 001480511 300__ $$a1 online resource (380 p.) :$$b30 halftones 001480511 336__ $$atext$$btxt$$2rdacontent 001480511 337__ $$acomputer$$bc$$2rdamedia 001480511 338__ $$aonline resource$$bcr$$2rdacarrier 001480511 347__ $$atext file$$bPDF$$2rda 001480511 50500 $$tFrontmatter -- $$tContents -- $$tIntroduction: The Zoo Parade -- $$t1. The Elephant's Skin: Animals and Their Visitors -- $$t2. The Voyage of the Silverash: The Big Business of Tropical Animals -- $$t3. Jungleland: The Money in Wildlife -- $$t4. The Monkeys' Island: The New Deal Builds a Modern Zoo -- $$t5. Aping: African Animals on Zoo Stages -- $$t6. Don't Feed the Keepers: The Labor and Care of Zookeepers -- $$t7. The Zoo Man's Holiday: Adventuring for the Zoo -- $$t8. My Animal Babies: Caring for Endangered Species -- $$t9. Dangerous Safari: Conservation at the End of Empire -- $$tConclusion: Searching for the Yeti -- $$tNotes -- $$tOn Zoo Sources -- $$tIllustration Credits -- $$tAcknowledgments -- $$tIndex 001480511 506__ $$aAccess limited to authorized users. 001480511 520__ $$aThe spread of empires in the nineteenth century brought more than new territories and populations under Western sway. Animals were also swept up in the net of imperialism, as jungles and veldts became colonial ranches and plantations. A booming trade in animals turned many strange and dangerous species into prized commodities. Tigers from India, pythons from Malaya, and gorillas from the Congo found their way-sometimes by shady means-to the zoos of major U.S. cities, where they created a sensation. Zoos were among the most popular attractions in the United States for much of the twentieth century. Stoking the public's fascination, savvy zookeepers, animal traders, and zoo directors regaled visitors with stories of the fierce behavior of these creatures in their native habitats, as well as daring tales of their capture. Yet as tropical animals became increasingly familiar to the American public, they became ever more rare in the wild. Tracing the history of U.S. zoos and the global trade and trafficking in animals that supplied them, Daniel Bender examines how Americans learned to view faraway places and peoples through the lens of the exotic creatures on display. Over time, as the zoo's mission shifted from offering entertainment to providing a refuge for endangered species, conservation parks replaced pens and cages. The Animal Game recounts Americans' ongoing, often conflicted relationship with zoos, decried as anachronistic prisons by animal rights activists even as they remain popular centers of education and preservation. 001480511 538__ $$aMode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. 001480511 546__ $$aIn English. 001480511 5880_ $$aDescription based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 24. Aug 2021) 001480511 650_0 $$aEndangered species$$xHistory. 001480511 650_0 $$aWild animal trade$$xHistory. 001480511 650_0 $$aZoos$$xEmployees. 001480511 650_0 $$aZoos$$zUnited States$$xHistory. 001480511 650_7 $$aHISTORY / United States / 20th Century.$$2bisacsh 001480511 655_0 $$aElectronic books 001480511 77308 $$iTitle is part of eBook package:$$dDe Gruyter$$tHarvard University Press Complete eBook-Package 2016$$z9783110638585 001480511 852__ $$bebk 001480511 85640 $$3De Gruyter$$uhttps://univsouthin.idm.oclc.org/login?url=https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780674972759$$zOnline Access 001480511 909CO $$ooai:library.usi.edu:1480511$$pGLOBAL_SET 001480511 912__ $$a978-3-11-063858-5 Harvard University Press Complete eBook-Package 2016$$b2016 001480511 912__ $$aGBV-deGruyter-alles 001480511 980__ $$aBIB 001480511 980__ $$aEBOOK 001480511 982__ $$aEbook 001480511 983__ $$aOnline