{"product_id":"natures-mirror-mary-anne-andrei-9780226730318","title":"Nature's Mirror: How Taxidermists Shaped America's Natural History Museums and Saved Endangered Species","description":"It may be surprising to us now, but the taxidermists who filled the museums, zoos, and aquaria of the twentieth century were also among the first to become aware of the devastating effects of careless human interaction with the natural world. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Witnessing firsthand the decimation caused by hide hunters, commercial feather collectors, whalers, big game hunters, and poachers, these museum taxidermists recognized the existential threat to critically endangered species and the urgent need to protect them. The compelling exhibits they created--as well as the scientific field work, popular writing, and lobbying they undertook--established a vital leadership role in the early conservation movement for American museums that persists to this day. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Through their individual research expeditions and collective efforts to arouse demand for environmental protections, this remarkable cohort--including William T. Hornaday, Carl E. Akeley, and several lesser-known colleagues--created our popular understanding of the animal world and its fragile habitats. For generations of museum visitors, they turned the glass of an exhibition case into a window on nature--and a mirror in which to reflect on our responsibility for its conservation. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Mary Anne Andrei\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 022673031X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780226730318\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Chicago Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/20\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 264\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.30lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 6.10w x 1.10d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/01\/2021","brand":"Mary Anne Andrei","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43987480609023,"sku":"9780226730318","price":35.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_b174927b-34e3-44ea-a4d3-b13db9c241bd.jpg?v=1683289236","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/natures-mirror-mary-anne-andrei-9780226730318","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}