Invention of the Modern Dog (inbunden)
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Häftad (Trade paperback)
Språk
Engelska
Serie
Animals, History, Culture
Antal sidor
304
Utgivningsdatum
2022-05-10
Förlag
Johns Hopkins University Press
Medarbetare
Pemberton, Neil (CHSTM, University of Manchester) (förf.) / Worboys, Michael, (förf.)
Dimensioner
229 x 152 x 17 mm
Vikt
445 g
ISBN
9781421443294

Invention of the Modern Dog

Breed and Blood in Victorian Britain

av Michael Worboys, Julie-Marie Strange, Neil Pemberton, Michael Worboys, Julie-Marie Strange
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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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Michael Worboys, Julie-Marie Strange, Neil Pemberton, Michael Worboys, Julie-Marie Strange

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Michael Worboys is an emeritus professor in the Centre for the History of Science, Technology and Medicine at the University of Manchester. He is the coauthor of Rabies in Britain: Dogs, Disease and Culture, 1830-2000. Julie-Marie Strange is a professor of British history at Durham University. She is the author of Death, Grief and Poverty in Britain, 1870-1914. Neil Pemberton is a Senior Wellcome Postdoctoral Fellow in the Centre for the History of Science, Technology and Medicine at the University of Manchester. He is the coauthor of Murder and the Making of English CSI.

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