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City of Beasts : How Animals Shaped Georgian London.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Manchester University Press SeriesPublisher: Manchester : Manchester University Press, 2019Copyright date: ©2019Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (330 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781526126368
Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: City of BeastsLOC classification:
  • QL85 .A464 2019
Online resources:
Contents:
Front matter -- Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- Mill horse -- Draught horse -- Animal husbandry -- Meat on the hoof -- Consuming horses -- Horsing around -- Watchdogs -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Select bibliography -- Index.
Summary: This book offers a panoramic view of Georgian London, redefining the city's role in the industrial, agricultural and consumer revolutions. It does this by examining, for the first time, the huge contribution that horses, cattle, sheep, pigs and dogs made to the world's first modern metropolis, as well as the serious challenges the animals posed.
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Front matter -- Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- Mill horse -- Draught horse -- Animal husbandry -- Meat on the hoof -- Consuming horses -- Horsing around -- Watchdogs -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Select bibliography -- Index.

This book offers a panoramic view of Georgian London, redefining the city's role in the industrial, agricultural and consumer revolutions. It does this by examining, for the first time, the huge contribution that horses, cattle, sheep, pigs and dogs made to the world's first modern metropolis, as well as the serious challenges the animals posed.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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