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City of beasts : How animals shaped Georgian London / / Thomas Almeroth-Williams



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Autore: Almeroth-Williams Thomas Visualizza persona
Titolo: City of beasts : How animals shaped Georgian London / / Thomas Almeroth-Williams Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Baltimore, Maryland : , : Project Muse, , 2019
Baltimore, Md. : , : Project MUSE, , 2019
©2019
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xvi, 309 pages) : illustrations, maps
Disciplina: 615.85158
Soggetto topico: Human-animal relationships - England - London - History - 18th century
Animals - England - London - History - 18th century
Soggetto non controllato: British Industrial Revolution
Eighteenth-century Britain
Eighteenth-century consumption
English agricultural revolution
Horse history
Human-animal interactions
Livestock history
Non-human agents
Urban environmental history
Urban farming
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Nota di contenuto: Mill horse -- Draught horse -- Animal husbandry -- Meat on the hoof -- Consuming horses -- Horsing around -- Watchdogs.
Sommario/riassunto: This book explores the role of animals -- horses, cattle, sheep, pigs and dogs -- in shaping Georgian London. Moving away from the philosophical, fictional and humanitarian sources used by previous animal studies, it focuses on evidence of tangible, dung-bespattered interactions between real people and animals, drawn from legal, parish, commercial, newspaper and private records.This approach opens up new perspectives on unfamiliar or misunderstood metropolitan spaces, activities, social types, relationships and cultural developments. Ultimately, the book challenges traditional assumptions about the industrial, agricultural and consumer revolutions, as well as key aspects of the city's culture, social relations and physical development. It will be stimulating reading for students and professional scholars of urban, social, economic, agricultural, industrial, architectural and environmental history.
Titolo autorizzato: City of beasts  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 1-5261-2637-0
1-5261-2636-2
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910819668403321
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