The Platypus And The Mermaid

And Other Figments Of The Classifying Imagination

by Harriet Ritvo
language: english
Publisher: Harvard University Press, October of 1998 ‧
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Capturing the fervor of the Victorian age for classifying and categorizing, Ritvo depicts a complex of competing groupsâ€"naturalists and zoologists, farmers and showmen, butchers and artistsâ€"deploying rival schemes to impose order on nature.

The Platypus And The Mermaid

And Other Figments Of The Classifying Imagination

by Harriet Ritvo

Property Description
ISBN: 9780674673588
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Release Date: October of 1998
Language: English
Dimensions: 155 x 235 x 18 mm
Cover: Softcover
Format: Book
Categories: Books in English > History > History of Europe
EAN: 9780674673588