[NHCOLL-L:3691] Re: Stuffed Animals & Pickled Heads

[John E Simmons]

You can probably find a hardback of "Stuffed Animals" for half-price at a
bookstore that carries remainders or from a catalog.  I have not seen
"Museums and American Intellectual Life" selling for less than full price
yet.

--John
*
Stuffed Animals and Pickled Heads: The Culture and Evolution of Natural
History Museums (Paperback)*
by Stephen T. Asma<http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/search-handle-url/102-7698605-0891349?%5Fencoding=UTF8&search-type=ss&index=books&field-author=Stephen%20T.%20Asma>

   - *Paperback:* 320 pages
   - *Publisher:* Oxford University Press, USA; 1 edition (March 13,
   2003)
   - *Language:* English
   - *ISBN-10:* 0195163362
   - *ISBN-13:* 978-0195163360

*Museums and American Intellectual Life, 1876-1926 (Paperback)*
by Steven Conn<http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/search-handle-url/102-7698605-0891349?%5Fencoding=UTF8&search-type=ss&index=books&field-author=Steven%20Conn>

   - *Paperback:* 314 pages
   - *Publisher:* University Of Chicago Press (December 1, 2000)
   - *Language:* English
   - *ISBN-10:* 0226114937
   - *ISBN-13:* 978-0226114934





On Jan 4, 2008 6:37 AM, Stuart Fullerton <stuartf at pegasus.cc.ucf.edu> wrote:

>
> o.k.   i gotta ask.   who is/was the author of the book?   what is the
> publisher? and what is the price?  might be something i can add to the stack
> for a cold winters night.
>
> cheers!  rof
>
> John E Simmons wrote:
>
> Chris,
> It is a good book and a fun read.  Among other things, the author examines
> exhibits designed by some famous scientists as a way of seeing how they put
> their concepts of classification into practice.  The only serious criticism
> I have of the book is that the author didn't seem to understand the impact
> that genetics had on natural history, but that oversight does not affect the
> validity of his thesis.  It is definitely a book that is well worth reading
> if you are interested in the history of natural history.  An interesting
> follow-up book is Steven Cohn's "Museums and American Intellectual Life"
> that addresses the shift of the discovery of knowledge from museums to
> universities.
>
> --John
>
> John E. Simmons
> Museologica
> 1528 ½ Puddintown Road
> State College, Pennsylvania 16801
> simmons.johne at gmail.com
> 303-681-5708
>
> On Jan 2, 2008 6:27 PM, Del Re, Christine <delre at mpm.edu> wrote:
>
> >  Dear Colleagues,
> >
> > I would appreciate positive or negative feedback about the book with the
> > above title before I plunge in.  Any thoughts?
> >
> > many thanks in advance, Chris Del Re/MPM
> >
>
>
>
> --
>
>
>
> --
> Stuart M Fullerton ROF, Research Associate in charge of Arthropod
> Collections (UCFC), Dept. of Biology, University of Central Florida, PO
> Box 162368, Orlando, Florida, 32816-2368, USA. stuartf at pegasus.cc.ucf.edu
> (407) 823-6540 (no voice mail) <http://www.cas.ucf.edu/biology/bugs/> <http://www.cas.ucf.edu/biology/bugs/>
>
>


-- 
John E. Simmons
Museologica
1528 ½ Puddintown Road
State College, Pennsylvania 16801
simmons.johne at gmail.com
303-681-5708
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