American dinosaur abroad: a cultural history of carnegie's plaster diplodocus
Auteur :
Nieuwland, Ilja
Éditeur :
University of Pittsburgh Press
ISBN :
9780822966524
Date de publication :
22 sept. 2020
Dimensions :
22,9 x 15,2 cm
Format :
Trade paperback (US)
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
USA
In this largely untold history, Ilja Nieuwland explores the influence of Andrew Carnegie’s prized skeleton on European culture through the dissemination, reception, and agency of his plaster casts, revealing much about the social, political, cultural, and scientific context of the early twentieth century.