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Record Nr.

UNINA9910778945803321

Autore

Hamera Judith

Titolo

Parlor ponds : the cultural work of the American home aquarium, 1850-1970 / / Judith Hamera

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Ann Arbor : , : University of Michigan Press, , 2012

ISBN

1-283-43686-8

9786613436863

0-472-02810-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (ix, 268 pages) : illustrations

Disciplina

639.34/4

Soggetti

Aquariums - Social aspects - United States - History

Aquariums - United States - History

Aquariums - United States - Historiography

Aquariums - Great Britain - Historiography

Home - United States - History

United States Social life and customs 19th century

United States Social life and customs 20th century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Promiscuous Vision : The Visual Affinities of the Home Aquarium -- Rural Rambles and Rustic Adornments : Early British Aquarium Writing -- The Toy of the Day : American Aquarium Writing, 1850-1915 -- Toy Fish -- The Domestic Aquarium -- "Foreign in the Domestic Sense" : Tropical Fish and the Transnational Aquarium -- Conclusion: Reefer Madness.