Assembling the Dinosaur: Fossil Hunters, Tycoons, and the Making of a Spectacle

by Lukas Rieppel

Book Overview

A lively account of how dinosaurs became a symbol of American power and prosperity and gripped the popular imagination during the Gilded Age, when their fossil remains were collected and displayed in museums financed by North America's wealthiest business tycoons.

Although dinosaur fossils were first found in England, a series of dramatic discoveries during the late 1800s turned North America into a world center for vertebrate paleontology...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 067473758X
• ISBN13: 9780674737587
• Release Date: June 2019
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.2" x 9.4"