Animal cities : beastly urban histories / / edited by Peter Atkins

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910791704503321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2016
• ISBN: 1-4094-8338-X; 1-317-18085-2; 1-315-56716-4; 1-317-18084-4; 1-4094-4656-5
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (294 p.)
• Altri autori (Persone): AtkinsP. J (Peter J.)
• Disciplina: 591.756
• Soggetti: Urban animals - History; Urban ecology (Biology)
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; List of Contributors; Preface and Acknowledgements; 1 Introduction; 2 Animal Wastes and Nuisances in Nineteenth-Century London; 3 The 'Charmed Circle'; 4 The Urban Blood and Guts Economy; 5 This Nefarious Traffic: Livestock and Public Health in Mid-Victorian Edinburgh; 6 Undesirable Nature: Animals, Resources and Urban Nuisance in Nineteenth-Century Paris; 7 Locating the Transformation of Sensibilities in Nineteenth-Century London; 8 Fowls and the Contested Productive Spaces of Australian Suburbia, 1890-1990; 9 Between the Muzzle and the Leash: Dog-walking, Discipline, and the Modern CityReferences; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: This book presents a number of valuable case studies that illustrate some of the perspectives that may be adopted in the study of animals in the urban context. It covers areas such as, working and productive animals in the nineteenth century, animal spectacles in the nineteenth century, contested animal spaces in the city and the problem of the public companion animal and its role in changing attitudes to public space. This book will be of interest to historical geographers, urban, cultural, social and economic historians and historians of policy and ; planning.