The Platypus and the Mermaid by Harriet Ritvo
An account of taxonomy, as zoological classification and as anthropological study. The text explores interactions of scientific lore, cultural ideas and the popular imagination, and aims to capture the Victorian fervor for classifying and categorizing each new specimen of plant or animal.Arthur J. Ritvo is the Arthur J. Ritvo is the Arthur J. Ritvo is the Arthur J. Ritvo is Author of The Platypus and the Mermaid, and Other Figments of Classifying Imagination and The Animal Estate: The English and Other Animals in the Victorian Era at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780674673571 |
| ISBN 10 | 0674673573 |
| Title | The Platypus and the Mermaid |
| Author | Harriet Ritvo |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Harvard University Press |
| Year published | 1997-10-01 |
| Number of pages | 298 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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