At home and astray : the domestic dog in Victorian Britain / Philip Howell.

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

Howell, Philip, 1965- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Dogs--Great Britain--History--19th century.

Dogs.

Dogs--Social aspects--Great Britain.

Human-animal relationships--Great Britain--History--19th century.

Human-animal relationships.

Dogs--Social aspects.

History.

Great Britain.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

x, 252 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Other Title:

Domestic dog in Victorian Britain

Place of Publication:

Charlottesville : University of Virginia Press, 2015.

Contents:

Introduction: A public life for a private animal

1. Dogs in Dickensland : at home and astray with the Landseer of fiction

2. Flush and the banditti : dog stealing in Victorian London

3. Finding a forever home? : the Home for Lost and Starving Dogs

4. The descent of the dog : domesticating and undomesticating Darwinism

5. A place for the animal dead : animal souls, pet cemeteries, and the heavenly home

6. Assembling the dog-walking city : rabies, muzzling, and the freedom to be led

Conclusion.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 185-244) and index.

ISBN:

9780813936864

0813936861

OCLC:

898087522