Animal city : the domestication of America
Record details
- ISBN: 0674243196
- ISBN: 9780674243194
- ISBN: 0674243188
- ISBN: 9780674243187
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (338 pages) : illustrations, maps
remote - Publisher: Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2019
- Copyright: ©2019
Content descriptions
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | Introduction : Gentlemen hogs -- Cow town : New York City and the urban dairy crisis, 1830-1860 -- "The war on butchers" : San Francisco and the remaking of animal space, 1850-1870 -- Blood in the water : the butchers' reservation and the reshaping of San Francisco -- How to kill a horse : SPCAs, urban order, and state power, 1866-1910 -- That doggy in the window : the SPCA and the making of pets in America -- Captivating spectacles : the public battle over animal entertainment -- Domesticating the wild : Woodward's Gardens and the making of the modern zoo -- Conclusion : Stampede. |
Restrictions on Access Note: | NLC staff and students only. |
Biographical or Historical Data: | Andrew A. Robichaud is Assistant Professor of History at Boston University, where he teaches courses on environmental history, the history of cities, and the history of humans' relations with animals. |
Source of Description Note: | Print version record. |
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Genre: | History |