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Rieppel, Lukas

Assembling the Dinosaur : Fossil Hunters, Tycoons, and the Making of a Spectacle / Lukas Rieppel. - 1 online resource (352 p.)

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Introduction -- 1. Prospecting for Dinosaurs -- 2. Tea with Brontosaurus -- 3. Andrew Carnegie’s Diplodocus -- 4. Accounting for Dinosaurs -- 5. Exhibiting Extinction -- 6. Bringing Dinosaurs Back to Life -- Conclusion Feathered Dragons -- Notes -- Acknowledgments -- Illustration Credits -- Index

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Lukas Rieppel shows how dinosaurs gripped the popular imagination and became emblems of America’s industrial power and economic prosperity during the Gilded Age. Spectacular fossils were displayed in museums financed by North America’s wealthiest tycoons, to cement their reputation as both benefactors of science and fierce capitalists.


Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.


In English.

ISBN: 9780674240339

Standard No.: 10.4159/9780674240339 doi

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Dinosaurs in popular culture--History.--United States
Fossils--Collection and preservation--History.--United States
Science museums--Public relations--History.--United States
SCIENCE / History.

LC Class. No.: QE718 / .R54 2019eb

Dewey Class. No.: 560.75