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Item Information   Holdings     Summary     More Content       More by this author     Nieuwland, Ilja, 1970- author.     Subjects     Carnegie, Andrew, 1835-1919 -- Natural history collections.     Fossils -- Collection and preservation -- Political aspects.     Paleontology -- Social aspects -- Europe -- History -- 20th century.     Dinosaurs in popular culture.     Dinosaurs -- Social aspects -- Europe.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Nieuwland, Ilja, 1970- author.       by title:      American dinosaur ab...         MARC Display

American dinosaur abroad : a cultural history of Carnegie's plaster Diplodocus / Ilja Nieuwland. by Nieuwland, Ilja, 1970- author. Pittsburgh, Pa. : University of Pittsburgh Press, [2019] Subjects Carnegie, Andrew, 1835-1919 -- Natural history collections.   Fossils -- Collection and preservation -- Political aspects.   Paleontology -- Social aspects -- Europe -- History -- 20th century.   Dinosaurs in popular culture.   Dinosaurs -- Social aspects -- Europe. ISBN:  9780822945574 (hardcover : alk. paper) : 0822945576 (hardcover : alk. paper) Description:  xvii, 318 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm Requests:  0 Summary:  In early July 1899, an excavation team of paleontologists sponsored by Andrew Carnegie discovered the fossil remains in Wyoming of what was then the longest and largest dinosaur on record. Named after its benefactor, the Diplodocus carnegii--or Dippy, as it's known today--was shipped to Pittsburgh and later mounted and unveiled at the Carnegie Museum of Natural History in 1907. Carnegie's pursuit of dinosaurs in the American West and the ensuing dinomania of the late nineteenth century coincided with his broader political ambitions to establish a lasting world peace and avoid further international conflict. An ardent philanthropist and patriot, Carnegie gifted his first plaster cast of Dippy to the British Museum at the behest of King Edward VII in 1902, an impulsive diplomatic gesture that would result in the donation of at least seven reproductions to museums across Europe and Latin America over the next decade, in England, Germany, France, Austria, Italy, Russia, Argentina, and Spain. In this largely untold history, Ilja Nieuwland explores the influence of Andrew Carnegie's prized skeleton on European culture through the dissemination, reception, and agency of his plaster casts, revealing much about the social, political, cultural, and scientific context of the early twentieth century.   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Status   Hawaii State Library Adult New Books 560.75 Ni Checked In Add Copy to MyList

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