Title Science and culture for members only : the Amsterdam Zoo Artis in the nineteenth century / Donna C. Mehos.

Publication Info.	Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press, [2006]
	©2006

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Description	1 online resource (208 pages) : illustrations (some color)
	data file
Physical Medium	polychrome
Series	Online access: OAPEN Open Research Library (ORL)
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary	A study of the role of Amsterdam's Artis Zoo and the range of the cultural events it offered in the formation of the national and class identity in the nineteenth-century Netherlands.
Contents	Nation and nature in middle-class culture -- Structuring a new generation's scientific society -- Private science and the public interest -- Internationalizing nationalist science -- Science joins cultural life -- Science, colonial expansion, and national identity -- Members of the Artis Board of Directors, 1838-1870.
Local Note	JSTOR Books at JSTOR Open Access
	eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America
Language	English.
Subject	Koninklijk Zoölogisch Genootschap Natura Artis Magistra, te Amsterdam -- History.
	Koninklijk Zoölogisch Genootschap Natura Artis Magistra, te Amsterdam.
	History.
	Zoos -- Netherlands -- Amsterdam -- History -- 19th century.
	Zoos.
	Netherlands -- Amsterdam.
Chronological Term	19th century
	1800-1899
Indexed Term	Popular science
	Wetenschap algemeen
Genre/Form	Electronic books.
	Electronic books.
	History.
Other Form:	Print version: Mehos, Donna C. Science and culture for members only. Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press, ©2006 9053567399 (DLC) 2006421603 (OCoLC)76940140
ISBN	1423785215 (electronic book)
	9781423785217 (electronic book)
	9789053567395 (print)
	9053567399 (print)
	9789048503810 (electronic book)
	9048503817 (electronic book)
	9786610959112
	6610959110
	1280959118
	9781280959110
	9790000000000
Standard No.	340188

Title Science and culture for members only : the Amsterdam Zoo Artis in the nineteenth century / Donna C. Mehos.

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