Author: Baratay, Eric; Joint Author: Hardouin-Fugier, Elisabeth
Hardback; Book; 133 Colour and 254 B&w Illustrations
400 pages
Published: April 2002
Reaktion Books Ltd
ISBN: 1861891113

A History of Zoological Gardens in the West. This comprehensive work covers zoos from their beginnings as sixteenth-century menageries to modern zoological gardens. A History of Zoological Gardens in the West. This comprehensive work covers zoos from their beginnings as sixteenth-century menageries to modern zoological gardens.This comprehensive work documents the history of zoos from their beginning in the 16th century to modern zoological gardens. The text discusses the social function of zoos, how they have developed and the justification of their existence.