{"product_id":"a-different-nature-the-paradoxical-world-of-zoos-their-uncertain-future-9780520236769","title":"A Different Nature  The Paradoxical World of Zoos   their Uncertain Future","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLooks at the origins, evolution, and the future of zoos. This book reviews the history of zoos in light of their failures and successes and points the way toward a more humane approach, one that will benefit both the animals and the humans who visit them.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Brilliant. Its clear and unpretentious language and Hancocks' evident passion for and knowledge of his subject made it one of the best books I have read in a long while.\"-Tim Murray, The Age (Melbourne) An \"excellent survey.\"-BBC Wildlife\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eList of Illustrations Preface Acknowledgments 1. Collections as Status 2. The Eighteenth-Century Concept 3. The Nineteenth-Century Phenomenon 4. Romanticists and Modernists 5. Toward New Frontiers 6. Immersed in the Landscape 7. Agents of Conservation 8. Which Way the Future? Epilogue Bibliography Illustration Credits Index","brand":"University of California Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53515439112535,"sku":"9780520236769","price":999.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/a-different-nature-the-paradoxical-world-of-zoos-their-uncertain-future-9780520236769","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}