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The Platypus and the Mermaid

- And Other Figments of the Classifying Imagination

About The Platypus and the Mermaid

Capturing the fervor of the Victorian age for classifying and categorizing, Ritvo depicts a complex of competing groups-naturalists and zoologists, farmers and showmen, butchers and artists-deploying rival schemes to impose order on nature.

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  • Language:
  • English
  • ISBN:
  • 9780674673588
  • Binding:
  • Paperback
  • Published:
  • October 14, 1998
  • Dimensions:
  • 233x156x24 mm.
  • Weight:
  • 480 g.
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Expected delivery: December 21, 2024
Extended return policy to January 30, 2025

Description of The Platypus and the Mermaid

Capturing the fervor of the Victorian age for classifying and categorizing, Ritvo depicts a complex of competing groups-naturalists and zoologists, farmers and showmen, butchers and artists-deploying rival schemes to impose order on nature.

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