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...

Descripción completa

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Velten, Hannah (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London : Reaktion Books, 2013.
Temas:
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
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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.

Ejemplares similares