[NHCOLL-L:3692] Re: Stuffed Animals & Pickled Heads

[Fothergill, Helen (COMMUNITY SERVICES)]

I got mine from www.abebooks.com 
both books available
cheapest $3.50
next $13.50 ish
 
happy reading - Helen



Helen Fothergill 
Keeper of Natural History 
Plymouth City Museum & Art Gallery 
Drake Circus, Plymouth, Devon, UK, PL4 8AJ 
T: 01752 304774          F: 01752 304775 
Visit us at: www.plymouthmuseum.gov.uk 

 

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From: owner-nhcoll-l at lists.yale.edu [mailto:owner-nhcoll-l at lists.yale.edu]On Behalf Of John E Simmons
Sent: 04 January 2008 15:26
To: Stuart Fullerton
Cc: delre at mpm.edu; NHCOLL-L at lists.yale.edu
Subject: [NHCOLL-L:3691] Re: Stuffed Animals & Pickled Heads



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  <http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/search-handle-url/102-7698605-0891349?%5Fencoding=UTF8&search-type=ss&index=books&field-author=Stephen%20T.%20Asma> T. Asma 


*	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  <http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/search-handle-url/102-7698605-0891349?%5Fencoding=UTF8&search-type=ss&index=books&field-author=Steven%20Conn> Conn


*	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 




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Museologica
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State College, Pennsylvania 16801
simmons.johne at gmail.com
303-681-5708 

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