Gary Bruce

Through the Lion Gate

A History of the Berlin Zoo

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

In the first English-language history of the Berlin zoo, Gary Bruce traces the fascinating story of one of Germany's most popular cultural institutions, from its 19th century displays of "exotic" peoples to Nazi attempts to breed back long-extinct European cattle. As an institution with broad public reach, the zoo for more than 150 years shaped German views not only of the animal world, but of the human world far beyond Germany's borders.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press, USA
• Seitenzahl: 320
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. April 2022
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 231mm x 158mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 462g
• ISBN-13: 9780197617236
• ISBN-10: 0197617239
• Artikelnr.: 63660517

Autorenporträt

Gary Bruce is Professor of History at the University of Waterloo. He has published widely on modern German history, including most recently The Firm: The Inside Story of the Stasi.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
Chapter 1: Out from the Island of Peacocks
Chapter 2: The Human Zoo
Chapter 3: To the Zoo! Animals and Society in the Imperial Capital
Chapter 4: An End to the Sighing of the Animals
Chapter 5: The Nazi Ox: The Berlin Zoo and Nazism
Chapter 6: Animals among the Beasts: The Zoo Descends into War
Chapter 7: The Hippo and the Panda: A Tale of Two Zoos
Epilogue: Of Trams and Tortoises
Bibliography