Recommended General Literature:

 

AuthorTitle© Year
ISBNPublisher
Baratay E., Hardouin-Fugier E.
Zoo: A History of Zoological Gardens in the West19981-86189-208-xReaktion Books
Botting D.Gerald Durrell, the authorised biography19990-00-638730-6Harper Collins Publishers
de Courcy C.The Zoo story19951-85471-777-4Claremont Book
Dick G., Gusset M. (Ed.)Building a Future for Wildlife: Zoos and Aquariums committed to biodiversity conservation2010978-3-033-02234-8World Association of Zoos and Aquariums
Domalain J-Y.Ik was handelaar in wilde dieren (L'adieu aux bêtes)
197590-6017-6006Gaade/Amerongen
Durrell G.The bafut beagles1954246-63513-4Rupert Hart-Davis
Durrell G.The new Noah19550-0067-1671-7William Collins Sons & Co Ltd
Durrell G.The stationary ark19760-00-635000-3Harper Collins Publishers
Hanson E.Animal Attractions, nature on display in American Zoos 20020-691-05992-6Princeton University Press
Hediger H.Man and Animal in the Zoo (Mensch und Tier im Zoo)1965'70-85758'Seymour Lawrence / Delacorte press
Hosey G., Melfi V., Pankhurst S.
Zoo animals2009978-0-19-923306-9Oxford University Press
Irwin M.D., Stoner J.B., Cobaugh A.M. (Ed.)
Zookeeping, an introduction to the science and technology2013978-0-226-92531-8University of Chicago Press
Kisling V.N. Jr. (Ed.)Zoo and Aquarium history *20010-8493-2100-xCRC Press
Norton B.G., Hutchins M., Stevens E.F., Maple T.LEthics on the ark19951-56098-689-1Smithsonian Institution Press
Rothfels N.Savages and beasts, the birth of modern zoo *
20020-8018-6910-2The Johns Hopkins University Press
Tudge C.Last animals at the zoo; how mass extinction can be stopped19910-09-174409-1Hutchinson Radius
Wilson E.O.Sociobiology, the new synthesis19750-674-00235-0The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press
Zimmerman A., Hatchwell M., Dickie L., West C.
Zoos in the 21st century2007978-0-521-61858-8Cambridge University Press
     

* highly recommended


Zoo Specific Literature:

 

AuthorTitle© Year
ISBNPublisher
Barrington-Johnson J.The Zoo, the story of London zoo2005978-0-7090-7372-7Robert Hale London
Gerritsen A. (red.)Iets grootsch & buitengewoons, 150 jaar Rotterdam Diergaarde2007978-90-75111-03-3Koninklijke Rotterdamse Diergaarde Blijdorp
Lloyd J.Wonder never ceases, Edinburgh zoo into the 21st century20061-904050-13-1the ABR Company Ltd
Masters B.The passion of John Aspinall19880-224-02353-5Jonathan Cape Ltd
Nieuwendijk J.G.Zoo was artis, zo is artis197090-6054-672-5

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