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Author Braverman, Irus, 1970- author.

Title Zooland : the institution of captivity / Irus Braverman
Published Stanford, California : Stanford Law Books, an imprint of Stanford University Press, [2013]
©2013

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Description 1 online resource (xiv, 264 pages) : illustrations
Series The cultural lives of law
Cultural lives of law.
Contents Naturalizing zoo animals -- Classifying zoo animals -- Seeing zoo animals -- Naming zoo animals -- Registering zoo animals -- Regulating zoo animals -- Reproducing zoo animals
Summary "This book takes a unique stance on a controversial topic: zoos. Zoos have their ardent supporters and their vocal detractors. While we all have opinions on what zoos do, few people consider how they do it. Modern zoos have transformed themselves from places created largely for entertainment to globally connected institutions that emphasize care through conservation and education. Irus Braverman draws on more than sixty interviews conducted with zoo managers and administrators, as well as animal activists, and takes readers behind the exhibits into the world or zoo animals and their caretakers to offer a glimpse into the otherwise unknown complexities of zooland"--Provided by publisher
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Zoos -- North America -- Management
Zoo animals -- North America
Human-animal relationships -- North America
NATURE -- Animals -- General.
NATURE -- Animals -- Wildlife.
SCIENCE -- Life Sciences -- Zoology -- General.
Human-animal relationships
Zoo animals
Zoos -- Management
Zoology.
Health & Biological Sciences.
Zoology - General.
North America
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2012019749
ISBN 9780804784399
0804784396