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The Animal Estate:

The English and Other Creatures in the Victorian Age
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Harvard University Press, 1987 - History - 347 pages
Discusses Victorian attitudes towards animals in terms of evolution, class structure, and natural science, and considers breeding, veterinary medicine, pets, and zoos
  

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This is one of my favorite works of cultural criticism and history. The Victorian period has seldom seemed so accessible, so interesting, and so close.

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Contents

The Nature of the Beast
1
Barons of Beef 4 5
45
Prize Pets
82
A Measure of Compassion
125
Cave Canem
167
Exotic Captives
205
The Thrill of the Chase
243
Notes
291
Illustration Credits
337
Copyright

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About the author (1987)

Harriet Ritvo is Arthur J. Conner Professor of History at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Bibliographic information

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TitleThe Animal Estate: The English and Other Creatures in the Victorian Age
AuthorHarriet Ritvo
Editionillustrated, reprint
PublisherHarvard University Press, 1987
ISBN0674037073, 9780674037076
Length347 pages
Subjects ›  › 

History / Europe / General
History / Europe / Great Britain
History / General
Nature / Essays
Technology & Engineering / Agriculture / Animal Husbandry
  
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