Nature's Mirror

Nature's Mirror
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Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Total Pages : 259
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ISBN-10 : 9780226730455
ISBN-13 : 022673045X
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Book Synopsis Nature's Mirror by : Mary Anne Andrei

Download or read book Nature's Mirror written by Mary Anne Andrei and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2020-11-20 with total page 259 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It may be surprising to us now, but the taxidermists who filled the museums, zoos, and aquaria of the twentieth century were also among the first to become aware of the devastating effects of careless human interaction with the natural world. Witnessing firsthand the decimation caused by hide hunters, commercial feather collectors, whalers, big game hunters, and poachers, these museum taxidermists recognized the existential threat to critically endangered species and the urgent need to protect them. The compelling exhibits they created—as well as the scientific field work, popular writing, and lobbying they undertook—established a vital leadership role in the early conservation movement for American museums that persists to this day. Through their individual research expeditions and collective efforts to arouse demand for environmental protections, this remarkable cohort—including William T. Hornaday, Carl E. Akeley, and several lesser-known colleagues—created our popular understanding of the animal world and its fragile habitats. For generations of museum visitors, they turned the glass of an exhibition case into a window on nature—and a mirror in which to reflect on our responsibility for its conservation.


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