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Beastly London : a history of animals in the city / Hannah Velten.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Velten, Hannah, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Human-animal relationships--England--London--History.
- Human-animal relationships.
- Animals--England--London--History.
- Animals.
- History.
- England--London.
- Physical Description:
- 288 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 26 cm
- Place of Publication:
- London : Reaktion Books, 2013.
- Contents:
- Introduction : revealing the beasts
- 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.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781780231679
- 1780231679
- OCLC:
- 861619449
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