The platypus and the mermaid, and other figments of the classifying imagination (Record no. 58366)

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020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
International Standard Book Number 9780674673588
028 ## - DISTRIBUTOR NAME
Distributor Name :International Book Distributors
Distributor address :Flat No 17, Prakash Apartment 4405/2, 5 Ansari Road Darya Ganj New Delhi
Bill Number :116707
Bill Date :04/08/2021
028 ## - DISTRIBUTOR NAME
Distributor Name :Zafaa Books & Distributors
Distributor address :313/56F 49A, Anand Nagar Inderlok Delhi 110035
Bill Number :ZBD0597
Bill Date :11/10/2021
082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER
Classification number 590.12 RIT
100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Ritvo, Harriet
245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT
Title The platypus and the mermaid, and other figments of the classifying imagination
Statement of responsibility, etc / Harriet Ritvo
260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT)
Place of publication, distribution, etc Cambridge, Mass.
Name of publisher, distributor, etc : Harvard University Press,
Date of publication, distribution, etc 1997
300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Extent xiv, 288 pages : illustrations
Dimensions ; 24 cm
365 ## - TRADE PRICE
Price amount 2722
365 ## - TRADE PRICE
Price amount 4244
505 ## - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE
Contents note his book captures the fervor of the Victorian age for classifying and categorizing every new specimen, plant or animal, that British explorers and soldiers and sailors brought home. As she depicts a whole complex of competing groups deploying rival schemes and nomenclatures, Harriet Ritvo shows us a society drawing and redrawing its own boundaries and ultimately identifying itself. A thoroughly absorbing account of taxonomy - as zoological classification and as anthropological study - The Platypus and the Mermaid offers a new perspective on the constantly shifting, ever suggestive interactions of scientific lore, cultural ideas, and the popular imagination.
520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC.
Summary, etc his book captures the fervor of the Victorian age for classifying and categorizing every new specimen, plant or animal, that British explorers and soldiers and sailors brought home. As she depicts a whole complex of competing groups deploying rival schemes and nomenclatures, Harriet Ritvo shows us a society drawing and redrawing its own boundaries and ultimately identifying itself. A thoroughly absorbing account of taxonomy - as zoological classification and as anthropological study - The Platypus and the Mermaid offers a new perspective on the constantly shifting, ever suggestive interactions of scientific lore, cultural ideas, and the popular imagination.
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Topical term or geographic name as entry element Animals Zoology
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Topical term or geographic name as entry element Animals -- Great Britain -- Classification -- History -- 18th century.
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Topical term or geographic name as entry element Natural history -- Great Britain -- History -- 18th century.
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Topical term or geographic name as entry element Popular culture -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century.
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Topical term or geographic name as entry element Natural History.
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Topical term or geographic name as entry element Popular culture.
650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Great Britain.
650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Names -- history.
700 ## - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Ritvo, Harriet
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Koha item type Books
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Withdrawn status Lost status Source of classification or shelving scheme Damaged status Not for loan Home library Current library Date acquired Source of acquisition Cost, normal purchase price Total Checkouts Full call number Barcode Date last seen Price effective from Koha item type
    Dewey Decimal Classification   Not For Loan SNU LIBRARY SNU LIBRARY 24/08/2021 International Book Distributors 2722.00   590.12 RIT 28029 24/08/2021 24/08/2021 Books
    Dewey Decimal Classification     SNU LIBRARY SNU LIBRARY 18/10/2021 Zafaa Books & Distributors 4244.00   590.12 RIT 28097 18/10/2021 18/10/2021 Books
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