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050	0	4	_aQE718 _b.A874 2019
049			_aMAIN
100	1		_aRieppel, Lukas, _e1
245	1	0	_aAssembling the dinosaur : _bfossil hunters, tycoons, and the making of a spectacle / _cLukas Rieppel.
260			_aCambridge, Massachusetts : _bHarvard University Press, _c(c)2019.
300			_a1 online resource (326 pages) : _billustrations
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520	0		_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.
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505	0	0	_aProspecting for dinosaurs -- _tTea with the brontosaurus -- _tAndrew Carnegie's diplodocus -- _tAccounting for dinosaurs -- _tExhibiting extinction -- _tBringing dinosaurs back to life -- _tConclusion: Feathered dragons.
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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.
655		1	_aElectronic Books.
856	4	0	_uhttps://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=2112677&site=eds-live&custid=s3260518 _zClick to access digital title | log in using your CIU ID number and my.ciu.edu password
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902			_a1 _bCynthia Snell _c1 _dCynthia Snell