Show Me the Bone
Reconstructing Prehistoric Monsters in Nineteenth-Century Britain and America
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Part I Arrival, 1795–1839: Translations and Appropriations
1 Correlation Crosses the Channel
2 Fragments of Design
Part II Triumph, 1839–54: Bones, Serials, and Models
3 Discovering the Dinornis
4 Paleontology in Parts
5 Correlation at the Crystal Palace
Part III Overthrow, 1854–62: Scientific Naturalists, Popularizers, and Cannibals
6 Correlation under Siege
7 The Problems of Popularization
8 Unfortunate Allies
Part IV Afterlife, 1862–1917: Missing Links and Hidden Clues
9 Evolutionary Modifications
10 Prophecies of the Past
Epilogue: Ghosts of Correlation
Acknowledgments
Notes
References
Index
Biological Sciences: Paleobiology, Geology, and Paleontology
Earth Sciences: History of Earth Sciences
History: History of Ideas
Literature and Literary Criticism: General Criticism and Critical Theory
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