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100 1 a| Kinder, John M.q| (John Matthew),d| 1975-e| author.1| https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PCjqVCG3BvBmD7HWyRmBGh3=| ^A1271888;

245 10 a| World War zoos :b| humans and other animals in the deadliest conflict of the modern age /c| John M. Kinder.;

264 1 a| Chicago, IL :b| The University of Chicago Press,c| 2025.;

300 a| xiv, 366 pages :b| illustrations ;c| 24 cm;

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337 a| unmediatedb| n2| rdamedia;

338 a| volumeb| nc2| rdacarrier;

504 a| Includes bibliographical references (pages 293-338) and index.;

505 0 a| Prologue. The pandas at Pearl Harbor -- Introduction. Two World Wars -- The monkey's lament -- Hitler's zoos -- The bear at Buchenwald -- Zoos in an age of international cooperation -- A dress rehearsal in España -- Zero hour -- The freeze and the thaw -- The rape of the zoo -- American zoos (finally) go to war -- Helpless gazelles and beasts on the hunt -- Domestic worries -- Zoos without keepers -- Doing their bit -- Sacrificial lambs -- Bombing the zoo -- The mask of the chimpanzee -- Beastly liberations -- KZ Zoo -- Brave zoo world -- Epilogue. Baboon or bear?.;

520 a| "John Kinder proposes nothing less than a new history of World War II, told through the lens of zoos. On the most basic level, some wartime zoo animals were cherished; some were abandoned; and some were eaten by desperate people. Yet zoos also provide a vital, raw, and kaleidoscopic window onto human nature in wartime. They shed light on the evolution of the zoo as an institution, too, particularly after the war, and show how people's relationships with zoos has changed, and continues to change, with time. Zoos, after all, remain omnipresent, as do wars"--c| Provided by publisher.;

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650 6 a| Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945.;

650 6 a| Jardins zoologiquesx| Histoirey| 20e siècle.;

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World War zoos : humans and other animals in the deadliest conflict of the modern age / John M. Kinder.

Author/creator	Kinder, John M., 1975- author.
Format	Book
Publication	Chicago, IL : The University of Chicago Press, 2025.
Copyright Date	©2025
Description	xiv, 366 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Subjects	World War, 1939-1945. Zoos--History. --20th century. Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945. Jardins zoologiques--Histoire. --20e siècle.

Contents	Prologue. The pandas at Pearl Harbor -- Introduction. Two World Wars -- The monkey's lament -- Hitler's zoos -- The bear at Buchenwald -- Zoos in an age of international cooperation -- A dress rehearsal in España -- Zero hour -- The freeze and the thaw -- The rape of the zoo -- American zoos (finally) go to war -- Helpless gazelles and beasts on the hunt -- Domestic worries -- Zoos without keepers -- Doing their bit -- Sacrificial lambs -- Bombing the zoo -- The mask of the chimpanzee -- Beastly liberations -- KZ Zoo -- Brave zoo world -- Epilogue. Baboon or bear?.
Abstract	"John Kinder proposes nothing less than a new history of World War II, told through the lens of zoos. On the most basic level, some wartime zoo animals were cherished; some were abandoned; and some were eaten by desperate people. Yet zoos also provide a vital, raw, and kaleidoscopic window onto human nature in wartime. They shed light on the evolution of the zoo as an institution, too, particularly after the war, and show how people's relationships with zoos has changed, and continues to change, with time. Zoos, after all, remain omnipresent, as do wars"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (pages 293-338) and index.
Issued in other form	Online version: Kinder, John M. (John Matthew), 1975- World War zoos. Chicago : The University of Chicago Press, 2025 9780226827674
LCCN	2024035547
ISBN	9780226827667 hardcover
ISBN	0226827666 hardcover
ISBN	electronic book

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