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Beastly London

基本介绍


作者: Hannah Velten
出版社: Reaktion Books
副标题: A History of Animals in the City
出版年: 2013-11-15
页数: 272
定价: USD 50.00
装帧: Hardcover
ISBN: 9781780231679

书本简介


Horse-drawn cabs rattling through the streets, terrified cattle being herded along congested thoroughfares to Smithfield market, pigs squealing and grunting in back yards - London was once filled with a cacophony of animal noises (and smells). But over the last thirty years, the city seems to have finally banished animals from its streets, apart from a few well-loved beasts suc...


作者简介


Hannah Velten is a freelance writer based in Fletching, East Sussex.

目录


Introduction: Revealing the Beasts
1 Livestock: Londoners' Nuisance Neighbours
2 Working Animals: Straining Every Muscle
3 Sporting Animals: Natural Instincts Exploited
4 Animals as Entertainers: Performance, Peculiarity and Pressure
5 Exotic Animals: The Allure of the Foreign and the Wild
6 Pampered Pets and Sad Strays
7 London Wildlife: The Persecuted and the Celebrated
Final Thoughts: An Apology and a Pardon
References
Acknowledgements
Photo Acknowledgements
Index

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