000			03374cam a2200385 i 4500
001			on1059231407
003			OCoLC
005			20190703100754.0
008			181221t20192019mauab b 001 0 eng c
010			_a 2018053315
040			_aMH/DLC _beng _erda _cDLC _dOCLCO _dOCLCF _dERASA _dTOH _dBDX _dHLS _dYDX _dYAM _dNFG
020			_a9780674737587 _qhardcover _qalkaline paper
020			_a067473758X _qhardcover _qalkaline paper
035			_a(OCoLC)1059231407
042			_apcc
043			_an-us---
092			_a560.75 _bR558
049			_aNFGA
100	1		_aRieppel, Lukas, _eauthor.
245	1	0	_aAssembling the dinosaur : _bfossil hunters, tycoons, and the making of a spectacle / _cLukas Rieppel.
264		1	_aCambridge, Massachusetts : _bHarvard University Press, _c2019.
264		4	_c©2019
300			_a325 pages : _billustrations, maps ; _c25 cm
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier
520			_aA lively account of how dinosaurs became a symbol of American power and prosperity and gripped the popular imagination during the Gilded Age, when their fossil remains were collected and displayed in museums financed by North America's wealthiest business tycoons. Although dinosaur fossils were first found in England, a series of dramatic discoveries during the late 1800s turned North America into a world center for vertebrate paleontology. At the same time, the United States emerged as the world's largest industrial economy, and creatures like tyrannosaurus, brontosaurus, and triceratops became emblems of American capitalism. American dinosaurs dominated the popular imagination, making front-page headlines and appearing in feature films. Business tycoons like Andrew Carnegie and J. P. Morgan made common cause with vertebrate paleontologists to capitalize on the widespread appeal of dinosaurs, using them to project American exceptionalism back into prehistory. Learning from the show-stopping techniques of P. T. Barnum, museums exhibited dinosaurs to attract, entertain, and educate the public. By assembling the skeletons of dinosaurs into eye-catching displays, wealthy industrialists sought to cement their own reputations as generous benefactors of science, showing that modern capitalism could produce public goods in addition to profits. Behind the scenes, museums adopted corporate management practices to control the movement of dinosaur bones, restricting their circulation to influence their meaning and value in popular culture. Tracing the entwined relationship of dinosaurs, capitalism, and culture during the Gilded Age, Lukas Rieppel reveals the outsized role these giant reptiles played during one of the most consequential periods in American history.-- _cProvided by publisher.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505	0		_aProspecting for dinosaurs -- Tea with Brontosaurus -- Andrew Carnegie's Diplodocus -- Accounting for dinosaurs -- Exhibiting extinction -- Bringing dinosaurs back to life -- Conclusion: Feathered dragons.
600	1	0	_aCarnegie, Andrew, _d1835-1919.
650		0	_aFossils _xCollection and preservation _zUnited States _xHistory.
650		0	_aDinosaurs in popular culture _zUnited States _xHistory.
650		0	_aScience museums _xPublic relations _zUnited States _xHistory.
994			_aC0 _bNFG
999			_c294268 _d294268