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Animal Cities - Beastly Urban Histories (Hardcover, New Ed) Loot Price: R4,261
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Animal Cities - Beastly Urban Histories (Hardcover, New Ed): Peter Atkins

Animal Cities - Beastly Urban Histories (Hardcover, New Ed)

Peter Atkins

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Animal Cities builds upon a recent surge of interest about animals in the urban context. Considering animals in urban settings is now a firmly established area of study and this book presents a number of valuable case studies that illustrate some of the perspectives that may be adopted. Having an 'urban history' flavour, the book follows a fourfold agenda. First, the opening chapters look at working and productive animals that lived and died in nineteenth-century cities such as London, Edinburgh and Paris. The argument here is that their presence yields insights into evolving understandings of the category 'urban' and what made a good city. Second, there is a consideration of nineteenth-century animal spectacles, which influenced contemporary interpretations of the urban experience. Third, the theme of contested animal spaces in the city is explored further with regard to backyard chickens in suburban Australia. Finally, there is discussion of the problem of the public companion animal and its role in changing attitudes to public space, illustrated with a chapter on dog-walking in Victorian and Edwardian London. Animal Cities makes a significant contribution to animal studies and is of interest to historical geographers, urban, cultural, social and economic historians and historians of policy and planning.

General

Imprint: Ashgate Publishing Limited
Country of origin: United Kingdom
Release date: September 2012
First published: 2012
Editors: Peter Atkins
Dimensions: 234 x 156 x 18mm (L x W x T)
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 294
Edition: New Ed
ISBN-13: 978-1-4094-4655-2
Categories: Books > Earth & environment > The environment > General
Books > Earth & environment > Regional & area planning > General
Books > Humanities > History > History of specific subjects > Industrial history
Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social institutions > General
Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social issues > General
Books > Earth & environment > Geography > Human geography > General
Books > Humanities > Philosophy > Topics in philosophy > Ethics & moral philosophy > General
Books > History > History of specific subjects > Industrial history
Books > Philosophy > Topics in philosophy > Ethics & moral philosophy > General
LSN: 1-4094-4655-7
Barcode: 9781409446552

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