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Author Worboys, Michael, 1948- author.

Title The invention of the modern dog : breed and blood in Victorian Britain / Michael Worboys, Julie-Marie Strange, and Neil Pemberton
Published Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2018

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Description 1 online resource
Series Animals, history, and culture
Animals, history, and culture
Contents Intro; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Part I. 1800-1873; 1. Before Breed, 1800-1860; 2. Adopting Breed, 1860-1867; 3. Showing Breed, 1867-1874; Part II. 1873-1901; 4. Governing Breed; 5. Improving Breed I: Experience; 6. Improving Breed II: Science; 7. Whither Breed; Conclusion. The Past in the Present; Notes; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; V; W; Y; Z; Color Plates
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Dogs -- Breeding -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Agriculture -- Animal Husbandry.
Dogs -- Breeding
SUBJECT Great Britain -- History -- Victoria, 1837-1901. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85056823
Subject Great Britain
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
ISBN 1421426595
9781421426594
1421426595