An agenda for antiquity : Henry Fairfield Osborn & vertebrate paleontology at the American Museum of Natural History, 1890-1935 / Ronald Rainger

Tuscaloosa ; London : University of Alabama Press, 1991. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust-wrapper. Particularly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and strong. Literally as new. Series; History of American science and technology series. Physical description; xiii, 360 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. Notes; Includes bibliographical references and index. Contents; 1. Vertebrate paleontology and American science, 1850-1900 -- 2. Osborn, Scott, and paleontology at Princeton -- 3. Osborn, science, and society in New York City -- 4. Osborn and vertebrate paleontology at the American Museum -- 5. The museum, the zoo, and the preservation of nature -- 6. Osborn, nature, and evolution -- 7. Representing nature : the portrayal of prehistoric life at the American museum -- 8. Organisms in space and time : William Diller Matthew and vertebrate paleontology at the American Museum -- 9. Fossils and function : William King Gregory and vertebrate paleontology at the American Museum -- 10. The Osborn legacy : remnants and reversals.Subjects; Osborn, Henry Fairfield 1857-1935. American Museum of Natural History. New York (N.Y.) American Museum of Natural History. Vertebrates, Fossil Research United States History.