Animal city : the domestication of America /

Americans once lived alongside animals. They raised them, worked them, ate them, and lived off their products. This was true not just in rural areas but also in cities, which were crowded with livestock and beasts of burden. But as urban areas grew in the nineteenth century, these relationships chan...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Robichaud, Andrew A., 1981- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2019
Temas:
1800-1899
Human-animal relationships > United States > History > 19th century.
Urban animals > United States > History > 19th century.
Animal culture > United States > History > 19th century.
Urban policy > United States > History > 19th century.
Relations homme-animal > États-Unis > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Faune urbaine > États-Unis > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Politique urbaine > États-Unis > Histoire > 19e siècle.
HISTORY > United States > 19th Century.
Urban policy.
Urban animals.
Human-animal relationships.
Animal culture.
United States.
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction : Gentlemen hogs
  • Cow town : New York City and the urban dairy crisis, 1830-1860
  • "The war on butchers" : San Francisco and the remaking of animal space, 1850-1870
  • Blood in the water : the butchers' reservation and the reshaping of San Francisco
  • How to kill a horse : SPCAs, urban order, and state power, 1866-1910
  • That doggy in the window : the SPCA and the making of pets in America
  • Captivating spectacles : the public battle over animal entertainment
  • Domesticating the wild : Woodward's Gardens and the making of the modern zoo
  • Conclusion : Stampede.

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