City of Beasts : How Animals Shaped Georgian London.
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- computer
- online resource
- 9781526126368
- QL85 .A464 2019
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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