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The ocean at home : an illustrated history of the aquarium / Bernd Brunner ; translated by Ashley Marc Slapp.
- Title
- The ocean at home : an illustrated history of the aquarium / Bernd Brunner ; translated by Ashley Marc Slapp.
- Author
- Brunner, Bernd, 1964-
- Publication
- London : Reaktion Books, 2011.
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Details
- Additional Authors
- Slapp, Ashley Marc
- Description
- 168 p. : ill. (some col.); 24 cm.
- Uniform Title
- Wie das Meer nach Hause kam. English
- Alternative Title
- Wie das Meer nach Hause kam.
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- History
- Note
- Rev. and expansion of the 2005 ed. (New York : Princeton Architectural Press), which was a translation of: Wie das Meer nach Hause kam. 2003.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 161-166).
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- Contents
- Prologue: Dive in -- 1. the first seed: the secret of the ocean -- 2. The second seed: chambers, cabinets, cases -- 3. The third seed: pet fish -- 4. "Passion and diligance": pioneers -- 5. "A strong, intensive desire": the propagandist -- 6. From salt- to freshwater aquarium: the lake in a glass -- 7. Arriving in the United States: aquarist societies and museums -- 8. Exotic species and transport: diverging beliefs -- 9. Fashion show: the typology of parlour aquariums -- 10. "A new kind of theatre": the large aquariums -- 11. From aquarium to oceanarium and beyond -- 12. The dark underside of the aquarium -- Epilogue: are fish really meant to be in a box? -- Appendix: an overview of present-day aquaria and oceanaria.
- ISBN
- 9781861898166
- 1861898169
- OCLC
- 670480453
- SCSB-12759985
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library