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4. Life Lessons: The Zoo as a Classroom
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Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter i
- Contents v
- Introduction. The World in a Zoo 1
- 1. Where the Wild Things Aren’t: Exhibiting Nature in American Zoos 16
- 2. Animal Farm: Making Meaning at the Zoo 43
- 3. Birds of a Feather: Zookeepers and the Call of the Wild 79
- 4. Life Lessons: The Zoo as a Classroom 104
- 5. Bring on the Dancing Horses: American Zoos in the Entertainment Age 141
- 6. Simply Nature: Zoos and the Branding of Conservation 179
- 7. Wrestling with Armadillos: Animal Welfare and the Captivity Question 213
- 8. The Urban Jungle: The Future of the American Zoo 258
- Acknowledgments 269
- Notes 273
- Index 315
Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter i
- Contents v
- Introduction. The World in a Zoo 1
- 1. Where the Wild Things Aren’t: Exhibiting Nature in American Zoos 16
- 2. Animal Farm: Making Meaning at the Zoo 43
- 3. Birds of a Feather: Zookeepers and the Call of the Wild 79
- 4. Life Lessons: The Zoo as a Classroom 104
- 5. Bring on the Dancing Horses: American Zoos in the Entertainment Age 141
- 6. Simply Nature: Zoos and the Branding of Conservation 179
- 7. Wrestling with Armadillos: Animal Welfare and the Captivity Question 213
- 8. The Urban Jungle: The Future of the American Zoo 258
- Acknowledgments 269
- Notes 273
- Index 315