Exhibiting Animals in Nineteenth-Century Britain - H. Cowie - Palgrave, 2014
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Exhibiting Animals in Nineteenth-Century Britain
Empathy, Education, Entertainment
di H. Cowie
Editore: Palgrave Macmillan UK
EAN: 9781349480906
ISBN: 1349480908
Pagine: 268
Formato: Paperback
Exotic animals were coveted commodities in nineteenth-century Britain. Spectators flocked to zoos and menageries to see female lion tamers and hungry hippos. Helen Cowie examines zoos and travelling menageries in the period 1800-1880, using animal exhibitions to examine issues of class, gender, imperial culture and animal welfare.