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)
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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	Table of Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction: The Nation and Nature in Middle-Class Culture; Chapter 1: Structuring a New Generation's Scientific Society; Chapter 2: Private Science and the Public Interest; Chapter 3: Internationalizing Nationalist Science; Chapter 4: Science Joins Cultural Life; Conclusion: Science, Colonial Expansion, and National Identity; Appendix: Members of the Artis Board of Directors, 1838-1870; Notes; List of Illustrations and Color Plates; Bibliography; Index; Color Plates.
Subject	Koninklijk Zoölogisch Genootschap Natura Artis Magistra, te Amsterdam -- History.
	Koninklijk Zoologisch Genootschap Natura Artis Magistra, te Amsterdam. (OCoLC)fst00520306
	Zoos -- Netherlands -- Amsterdam -- History -- 19th century.
	Mathematics and science.
	Science: general issues.
	Zoos. (OCoLC)fst01184777
	Netherlands -- Amsterdam. (OCoLC)fst01204180
Chronological Term	1800-1899
Genre/Form	History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
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 bk.)
	9781423785217 (electronic bk.)
	9789048503810 (electronic bk.)
	9048503817 (electronic bk.)
	1280959118
	9781280959110

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