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Assembling the Dinosaur

- Fossil Hunters, Tycoons, and the Making of a Spectacle

About Assembling the Dinosaur

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.

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  • Language:
  • English
  • ISBN:
  • 9780674737587
  • Binding:
  • Hardback
  • Pages:
  • 336
  • Published:
  • June 23, 2019
  • Dimensions:
  • 166x240x26 mm.
  • Weight:
  • 650 g.
Delivery: 2-4 weeks
Expected delivery: December 13, 2024

Description of Assembling the Dinosaur

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.

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