The second jurassic dinosaur rush
Subtitle: museums and paleontology in America at the turn of the twentieth century
By: Paul D. Brinkman
Publisher: The University of Chicago Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Chicago; London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 345
ISBN-13: 9780226074726
Description: Reconsidering the fossil speculation, the museum displays, and the media frenzy that ushered dinosaurs into the American public consciousness, Paul Brinkman takes us back to the birth of dinomania, the modern obsession with all things Jurassic.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 263-317) and index.
Table of contents: title: Scientists wage bitter warfare; title: Osborn's sorry valentine; title: Wortman assumes charge; title: Most colossal animal on Earth; title: An overconfident start; title: The monster of all ages; title: A monkey and a parrot of a time; title: Fossil wonders of the west; title: Watch the dinosaur shrink!; title: Hatcher heads west; title: Last days in the Jurassic; title: Putting dinosaurs in their places; title: Conclusion: what's the rush?; title: Epilogue.