Zoo: a history of zoological gardens in the west.

London: Reaktion Books, 2004.
Quarto, paperback, 400 pp. photographs, text illustrations.

A lavishly illustrated history of zoos, including historical photographs and also explaining the complex changes in social attitudes to the keeping of wild beasts in captivity. The authors take a comprehensive look at zoos from their beginnings as sixteenth century menageries to modern zoological gardens.