Why do people go to zoos? Is the role of zoos to entertain or to educate? In this provocative book, the authors demonstrate that zoos tell us as much about huma

Provides a history of zoos, examines the faults of zoos, and argues for their dissolution.

To modern sensibilities, nineteenth-century zoos often seem to be unnatural places where animals led miserable lives in cramped, wrought-iron cages. Today zoo a

From sixteenth-century cabinets of wonders to contemporary animal art, The Breathless Zoo: Taxidermy and the Cultures of Longing examines the cultural and poeti

There is a growing recognition that the diversity of life comprises both biological and cultural diversity. But this division is not universal and, in many case