Elephant slaves and pampered parrots : exotic animals in eighteenth-century Paris /
""Adds a new dimension to our understanding of eighteenth-century France by investigating the provenance, treatment, and fate of exotic animals living in Paris in the 1700s."" -- American Historical Review.
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Baltimore :
Johns Hopkins University Press,
2002.
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Colección: | Animals, history, culture.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Sumario: | ""Adds a new dimension to our understanding of eighteenth-century France by investigating the provenance, treatment, and fate of exotic animals living in Paris in the 1700s."" -- American Historical Review. |
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Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xiv, 349 pages) : illustrations |
Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 237-336) and index. |
ISBN: | 080187677X 9780801876776 9780801867538 0801867533 |