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1 online resource (xi, 196 pages) : illustrations. |
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1. Introduction - Jaguars Make Awkward Pets -- 2. Th Trade in Exotic Animals - The Tiger that Swallowed the Boy or Snakes (by the Mile) -- 3. The Travelling Menageries - The Only Dead elephant in the Fair -- 4. Circus and Spectacle - A Playful Lion is a Terrible Thing -- 5. Zoological Garden - I Have Known Human Lovers of the Wombat -- 6. The Private Menageries - Exit Pusued by a Bear -- 7. Museums, Collections and Colelction - In the Dead Zoo. |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Description based on print version record. |
| Summary |
Looking at zoological gardens, private menageries, circuses, and natural history museums, this fascinating account explores the surprising extent of the exotic-animal trade in 19th-century England and its colonies. Filled with entertaining anecdotesfrom the tiger that prowled down St. George's Street in London with a boy in its mouth and the polar bear that killed a dog in Liverpool to the kangaroos hopping around the lawns of stately homes and the boa constrictor who got loose in Tunbridge Wellsthis book also shares how the animals played a key role in the project to ensure that leisure was educational. As it demonstrates how the trade was intimately connected with the tides of Empire, it will be of interest to academics and general readers alike. |
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Animals -- England -- 19th century.
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Exotic animals -- Behavior.
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Exotic animals -- England -- History -- 19th century.
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Wild animal trade.
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Menageries -- England -- History.
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Natural history museums -- England -- History.
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Circus animals -- England -- History.
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Zoos -- England -- History.
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Imperialism -- History.
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Great Britain -- Colonies -- Commerce -- History -- 19th century.
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Animals, Wild. |
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Animals, Zoo. |
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Colonialism -- history. |
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Behavior, Animal. |
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POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Cultural Policy
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SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural
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SOCIAL SCIENCE / Popular Culture
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Electronic books.
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Freading.
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| Related To |
Print version: Simons, John, 1955- author. Tiger that swallowed the boy 9781907471711 (OCoLC)827276055 |
| ISBN |
9781907471803 (electronic bk.) |
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1907471804 (electronic bk.) |
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9781907471810 (electronic bk.) |
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1907471812 (electronic bk.) |
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