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Author Robbins, Louise E.

Title Elephant slaves and pampered parrots : exotic animals in eighteenth-century Paris / Louise E. Robbins
Published Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2002

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Description 1 online resource (xiv, 349 pages) : illustrations
Series Animals, history, culture
Animals, history, culture.
Contents Introduction -- Live cargo -- Royal menagerie -- Fairs and fights -- Oiseleurs' guild -- Pampered parrots -- Animals in print -- Elephant slaves -- Vive la Liberté -- Epilogue
Summary ""Adds a new dimension to our understanding of eighteenth-century France by investigating the provenance, treatment, and fate of exotic animals living in Paris in the 1700s."" -- American Historical Review
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 237-336) and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Wild animals as pets -- France -- Paris -- History -- 18th century
Human-animal relationships -- France -- Paris -- History -- 18th century
Exotic animals -- France -- Paris -- History -- 18th century
PETS -- General.
Exotic animals
Human-animal relationships
Wild animals as pets
France -- Paris
Genre/Form Electronic books
History
Form Electronic book
ISBN 080187677X
9780801876776
9780801867538
0801867533
Other Titles Elephant slaves & pampered parrots