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The Invention of the Modern Dog - Breed and Blood in Victorian Britain (Paperback)
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The Invention of the Modern Dog - Breed and Blood in Victorian Britain (Paperback)
Series: Animals, History, Culture
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The story of the thoroughly Victorian origins of dog breeds. For
centuries, different types of dogs were bred around the world for
work, sport, or companionship. But it was not until Victorian times
that breeders started to produce discrete, differentiated,
standardized breeds. In The Invention of the Modern Dog, Michael
Worboys, Julie-Marie Strange, and Neil Pemberton explore when,
where, why, and how Victorians invented the modern way of ordering
and breeding dogs. Though talk of "breed" was common before this
period in the context of livestock, the modern idea of a dog breed
defined in terms of shape, size, coat, and color arose during the
Victorian period in response to a burgeoning competitive dog show
culture. The authors explain how breeders, exhibitors, and showmen
borrowed ideas of inheritance and pure blood, as well as breeding
practices of livestock, horse, poultry and other fancy breeders,
and applied them to a species that was long thought about solely in
terms of work and companionship. The new dog breeds embodied and
reflected key aspects of Victorian culture, and they quickly spread
across the world, as some of Britain's top dogs were taken on stud
tours or exported in a growing international trade. Connecting the
emergence and development of certain dog breeds to both scientific
understandings of race and blood as well as Britain's posture in a
global empire, The Invention of the Modern Dog demonstrates that
studying dog breeding cultures allows historians to better
understand the complex social relationships of
late-nineteenth-century Britain.
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