The Invention of the Modern Dog (häftad)
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Inbunden (Hardback)
Språk
Engelska
Antal sidor
304
Utgivningsdatum
2018-12-10
Förlag
Johns Hopkins University Press
Illustrationer
41 Halftones, black and white
Dimensioner
234 x 160 x 23 mm
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545 g
Antal komponenter
1
ISBN
9781421426587

The Invention of the Modern Dog

Breed and Blood in Victorian Britain

av Michael Worboys, Julie-Marie Strange, Neil Pemberton
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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 Britains 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 Britains 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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Charles Darwin, Charles Dickens and P. T. Barnum walk into a pub . . . a classic comic set-up that can only lead to one punch line: The Invention of the Modern Dog. This chronicleby science historians Michael Worboys and Neil Pemberton and historian Julie-Marie Strangecharts the confluence of biology, class, and popular entertainment that resulted in an unprecedented burst of nineteenth-century canine breeding. That tumult, they argue, stares out at us today from the eyes of our dogs. Nature Reveals how the Victorians invented the modern way of ordering and breeding man's best friend. The Sunday Post In The Invention of the Modern Dog, the authors show how our modern attitudes to breeds have been shaped by Victorian cultural ideals. The book makes for a fascinating read for anyone interested in the origins of today's dog breeds. Pets Magazine Worboys, Strange and Pemberton have produced a magnificent book . . . a wonderfully lively text that traces the sources of our own obsession with doggy design and offers a gentle warning about what is at stake when we fiddle too far. The Guardian Highly entertaining and plentifully illustrated. Times Literary Supplement

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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, 18302000. Julie-Marie Strange is a professor of British history at Durham University. She is the author of Death, Grief and Poverty in Britain, 18701914. 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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Acknowledgments Introduction Part I. 1800-1873 Chapter 1. Before Breed, 1800-1860 Chapter 2. Adopting Breed, 1860-1867 Chapter 3. Showing Breed, 1867-1874 Part II. 1873-1901 Chapter 4. Governing Breed Chapter 5. Improving Breed I: Experience Chapter 6. Improving Breed II: Science Chapter 7. Whither Breed Conclusion. The Present in the Past Notes Index Color plates appear following page XX

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