Parlor ponds : the cultural work of the American home aquarium, 1850-1970 /

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Examines the myriad cultural meanings of the American home aquarium during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries and argues that the home aquarium provided its enthusiasts with a potent tool for managing the challenges of historical change, from urbanization to globalization.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Hamera, Judith
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, ©2012.
Temas:
1800 - 1999
Aquariums > Social aspects > United States > History.
Aquariums > United States > History.
Aquariums > United States > Historiography.
Aquariums > Great Britain > Historiography.
Home > United States > History.
Aquariums > Aspect social > États-Unis > Histoire.
Aquariums > États-Unis > Histoire.
Aquariums > États-Unis > Historiographie.
Aquariums > Grande-Bretagne > Historiographie.
Foyer > États-Unis > Histoire.
PETS > Fish & Aquariums.
HISTORY > General.
Aquariums
Aquariums > Social aspects
Home
Manners and customs
United States > Social life and customs > 19th century.
United States > Social life and customs > 20th century.
États-Unis > Mœurs et coutumes > 19e siècle.
États-Unis > Mœurs et coutumes > 20e siècle.
Great Britain
United States
History
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  • Promiscuous vision : the visual affinities of the home aquarium
  • Rural rambles and rustic adornments : early British aquarium writing
  • The toy of the day : American aquarium writing, 1850-1915
  • Toy fish
  • The domestic aquarium
  • "Foreign in the domestic sense" : tropical fish and the transnational aquarium
  • Conclusion : reefer madness.

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