Established in 1836, the Bristol Zoo is the world's oldest surviving zoo outside of a capital city and has frequently been at the vanguard of zoo innovation.
In The Wild Within , Andrew Flack uses the experiences of the Bristol Zoo to explore the complex and ever-changing relationship between human and beast, which in many cases has altered radically over time.
Flack recounts a history in which categories and identities combined, converged, and came into conflict,.
University Of Virginia Press The wild within: histories of a landmark british zoo, hardcover/andrew flack
