Beastly possessions : animals in Victorian consumer culture / / Sarah Amato
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| Autore: |
Amato Sarah <1977->
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| Titolo: |
Beastly possessions : animals in Victorian consumer culture / / Sarah Amato
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| Pubblicazione: | Toronto, [Ontario] ; ; Buffalo, [New York] ; ; London, [England] : , : University of Toronto Press, , 2015 |
| ©2015 | |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (317 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 306.3094109034 |
| Soggetto topico: | Consumption (Economics) - Social aspects - Great Britain - History - 19th century |
| Animals and civilization - Great Britain - History - 19th century | |
| Human-animal relationships - Great Britain - History - 19th century | |
| Pets - Social aspects - Great Britain - History - 19th century | |
| Soggetto geografico: | Great Britain Social life and customs 19th century |
| Soggetto genere / forma: | History |
| Electronic books. | |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | The social lives of pets -- Sexy beasts, fallen felines, and papered Pomeranians -- In the zoo : civilizing animals and displaying people -- The white elephant in London : on trickery, racism, and advertising -- Dead things : the afterlives of animals. |
| Sommario/riassunto: | In Beastly Possessions, Sarah Amato chronicles the unusual ways in which Victorians of every social class brought animals into their daily lives. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Beastly possessions |
| ISBN: | 1-4426-1760-8 |
| 1-4426-1759-4 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910797731703321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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