A cultural history of animals in the Age of Empire / Kathleen Kete (ed).

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Kete, Kathleen.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Animals and civilization.

Human-animal relationships--History.

Human-animal relationships.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xii, 224 pages)

Edition:

English ed.

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Berg, 2007.

Summary:

"A Cultural History of Animals in the Age of Empire explores the cultural position of animals in the period from 1800 to 1920. This was a time of extraordinary social, political and economic change as the Western world rapidly industrialised and modernised. The Enlightenment had attempted to define the human self; the Age of Empire pulled animals and humans further apart. As with all the volumes in the illustrated Cultural History of Animals, this volume presents an overview of the period and continues with essays on the position of animals in contemporary Symbolism, Hunting, Domestication, Sports and Entertainment, Science, Philosophy, and Art."--Bloomsbury Publishing.

Contents:

Introduction: Animals and human empire

Acclimatization in the nineteenth century.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Electronic reproduction. London : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2014. Available via World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreement. s2014 dcunns

ISBN:

9781350049529 (online)

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.