Monkey Farm

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Monkey Farm is written by Donald A. Dewsbury and published by Bucknell University Press. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 0838755933 (ISBN 10) and 9780838755938 (ISBN 13).

This book concerns the history of the Yerkes Laboratories of Primate Biology as they existed in Orange Park, Florida, during 1930-1965. The Yerkes Laboratories were among the more important facilities in the history of comparative psychology and related fields. They held the largest collection of chimpanzees for research in the world. Many important scientists spent parts of their careers there. A primary theme of the book concerns changing patterns of patronage for science as it shifted from private foundations to federal agencies and the effects this had on the scientific enterprise. Donald A. Dewsbury has been a member of the faculty of the University of Florida since 1966.