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The Ocean at Home An Illustrated History of the Aquarium 1st Edition by Bernd Brunner 9781568985022 1568985029

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Author(s): Bernd Brunner
ISBN(s): 9781568985022, 1568985029
Edition: 1
File Details: PDF, 5.56 MB
Year: 2005
Language: english
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ISBN 10: 1568985029

ISBN 13: 9781568985022

Author: Bernd Brunner

The mysterious world beneath the ocean’s surface has captivated man for centuriesthe Egyptians, Greeks, Romans, and ancient Chinese all kept fish in their homes for purposes other than the culinary. But it was not until the nineteenth-century invention of the aquarium that the deep was trulydomesticated, offering the curiously inclined a chance to invent their very own exotic sea world within their own walls.

In this fascinating history of the aquarium, Bernd Brunner traces the development of this most wonderful invention, giving insight into the cultural and social circumstances that accompanied its swift rise in popularity. Brunner tells a compelling story of obsession, beauty, discovery, and delight, from the aquarium’s humble origins as a tool for scientific observation to the Victorian era’s elaborately decorated containers of oceanic curiosity, to the great public aquaria of the twentieth century.

Table of contents:

Chapter 1: Dive in

Chapter 2: The first seed: the secret of the ocean

Chapter 3: The second seed: chambers, cabinets, cases

Chapter 4: The third seed: pet fish

Chapter 5: “Passion and diligence”: pioneers

Chapter 6: “A strong, intensive desire”: the propagandist

Chapter 7: From salt to freshwater aquarium: the lake in a glass

Chapter 8: Arriving in the United States: aquarist societies and magazines

Chapter 9: Exotic species and transport: diverging beliefs

Chapter 10: Fashion show: typology of parlor aquariums

Chapter 11: “A new kind of theater”: the large aquariums

Chapter 12: The aquarium as a dream

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