Includes bibliographical references (pages 263-317) and index.
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Scientists wage bitter warfare -- Osborn's sorry valentine -- Wortman assumes charge -- Most colossal animal on Earth -- An overconfident start -- The monster of all ages -- A monkey and a parrot of a time -- Fossil wonders of the west -- Watch the dinosaur shrink! -- Hatcher heads west -- Last days in the Jurassic -- Putting dinosaurs in their places -- Conclusion: What's the rush? -- Epilogue -- Appendix.
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Reconsidering the fossil speculation, the museum displays, and the media frenzy that ushered dinosaurs into the American public consciousness, Paul Brinkman takes us back to the birth of dinomania, the modern obsession with all things Jurassic.
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Title
Second jurassic dinosaur rush.
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9780226074726
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Museums and paleontology in America at the turn of the twentieth century
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Dinosaurs-- Study and teaching-- United States-- History-- 19th century.
Natural history museums-- United States.
Paleontology-- Jurassic.
Paleontology-- United States-- History-- 19th century.