Juliana Adelman

Civilised by beasts

Animals and urban change in nineteenth-century Dublin

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book offers a unique account of life in nineteenth-century Dublin, told through human-animal relationships. It argues that the exploitation of animals formed a key component of urban change, from municipal reform to class formation to the expansion of public health and policing. -- .

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Produktdetails

• Manchester University Press
• Verlag: Manchester University Press
• Seitenzahl: 250
• Erscheinungstermin: 19. Oktober 2021
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 328g
• ISBN-13: 9781526160706
• ISBN-10: 1526160706
• Artikelnr.: 61444240

Autorenporträt

Juliana Adelman is Assistant Professor of History at Dublin City University

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction 1 Political zoology: class
religion and animal exploitation
1830-45 2 How to live on your pig: improvement and the poor during the Great Famine
1845-50 3 The market metropolis: cattle and urban development
1850-65 4 Enforcing values and controlling animals: dogs
pigs and police
1865-80 5 Progress or decline? Associating animals with urban success and failure
1880-1900 Epilogue Bibliography Index