The platypus and the mermaid : and other figments of the classifying imagination
Ritvo, Harriet, 1946-1997
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Experts in zoology and taxonomy were often usurped by the man in the street during the Victorian age as strange creatures were brought to Britain by travellers. Harriet Ritvo traces the complex rivalry amongst the classifiers of animals and plants.
Author:
Imprint:
Cambridge, Mass. ; London : Harvard University Press, 1997.
Collation:
304p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
ISBN:
9780674673571 (hbk)
Dewey class:
501.2
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
2123773
More Information:
| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
|---|---|---|---|
| Twickenham Library Store | Adult non-fiction | 590.12 RIT | Available |