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John Simons, Fiona Probyn-Rapsey - Obaysch, Häftad

Häftad, Engelska, 2019

Obaysch

A Hippopotamus in Victorian London

Av John Simons, Fiona Probyn-Rapsey

Del i serien Animal Publics

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Beskrivning
Obaysch: A Hippopotamus in Victorian London is the story of Obaysch the hippopotamus, the first ‘star’ animal to be exhibited in the London Zoo. Uncovering the circumstances of Obaysch's capture and exhibition, this book investigates the notion of a 'star' animal, as well as the cultural value that Obaysch accumulated.
Produktinformation
  • Utgivningsdatum: 2019-01-02
  • Mått: 148 x 210 x 15 mm
  • Vikt: 350 g
  • Format: Häftad
  • Språk: Engelska
  • Serie: Animal Publics
  • Antal sidor: 230
  • Förlag: Sydney University Press
  • ISBN: 9781743325865
  • Utmärkelser: Winner of NSW Premier's History Award 2019 (General History) 2019
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Emeritus Professor John Simons is an historian specialising in the history of animals. He has written or edited twenty books, on topics ranging from Middle English chivalric romance to Andy Warhol to the history of cricket. His previous books on animals include Animal Rights and the Politics of Literary Representation (2002), Rosetti’s Wombat (2008), The Tiger That Swallowed the Boy: Exotic Animals in Victorian England (2012) and Kangaroo (2012), which was listed for the Royal Society of Biology’s Book of the Year Award. He is a published poet and has just completed his first novel. He has worked in universities on every continent except Antarctica and most recently was Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Academic) at Macquarie University in Sydney.

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"[This book] is over and above an accessible, intelligent, charming, sometimes funny, sometimes sad account of Obaysch, who lived at the London Zoo from 1850 until his premature death there in 1878, aged about 28."

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