Beastly London : a history of animals in the city /

Horse-drawn cabs rattling down muddy roads, cattle herded through the streets to the Smithfield meat market for slaughter, roosters crowing at the break of dawn--London was once filled with a cacophony of animal noises (and smells). But over the last thirty years, the city seems to have banished ani...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Velten, Hannah (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: London : Reaktion Books, 2013.
Subjects:
Human-animal relationships > England > London > History.
Animals > England > London > History.
Relations homme-animal > Angleterre > Londres > Histoire.
NATURE > Animals > General.
NATURE > Animals > Wildlife.
SCIENCE > Life Sciences > Zoology > General.
Animals
Human-animal relationships
England > London
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Livestock : Londoners' nuisance neighbours
  • Working animals : straining every muscle
  • Sporting animals : natural instincts exploited
  • Animals as entertainers : performance, peculiarity and pressure
  • Exotic animals : the allure of the foreign and the wild
  • Pampered pets and sad strays
  • London wildlife : the persecuted and the celebrated
  • Final thoughts : an apology and a pardon.

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