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Author Amato, Sarah, author.

Title Beastly possessions : animals in Victorian consumer culture / Sarah Amato
Published Toronto : University of Toronto Press, 2015

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Description 1 online resource
Contents 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
Summary In Beastly Possessions, Sarah Amato chronicles the unusual ways in which Victorians of every social class brought animals into their daily lives
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Print version record
Subject 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
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Cultural Policy.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- Cultural.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Popular Culture.
Animals and civilization
Consumption (Economics) -- Social aspects
Human-animal relationships
Manners and customs
Pets -- Social aspects
Tiere
Alltagskultur
Verbraucherverhalten
SUBJECT Great Britain -- Social life and customs -- 19th century. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85056952
Subject Great Britain
Großbritannien
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781442617599
1442617594
1442648740
9781442648746