Arthur MacGregor

Gebundenes Buch

Company Curiosities

Nature, Culture and the East India Company, 1600-1874

Beschreibung

Company Curiosities offers the first-ever overview of the remarkable role of the East India Company and its servants in collecting and showcasing a treasure-house of natural specimens and man-made objects.

Autor

Arthur MacGregor is a former archaeologist and was senior curator at the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford. He is a founding editor of the Journal of the History of Collections and the author of many books, including Bone, Antler, Ivory and Horn; Curiosity and Enlightenment; and Animal Encounters .

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Reaktion Books
• Seitenzahl: 352
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. Januar 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 254mm x 203mm x 38mm
• Gewicht: 1424g
• ISBN-13: 9781789140033
• ISBN-10: 178914003X
• Artikelnr.: 51992723