Exhibiting Animals In Nineteenth-Century Britain: Empathy, Education, Entertainment

Exotic animals were coveted commodities in nineteenth-century Britain. Spectators flocked to zoos and menageries to see female lion tamers and hungry hippos. Helen Cowie examines zoos and travelling menageries in the period 1800-1880, using animal exhibitions to examine issues of class, gender, imperial culture and animal welfare.

• • Author: H. Cowie
• • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
• • Publication Date: Jun 18, 2014
• • Number of Pages: 274 pages
• • Language: English
• • Binding: Hardcover
• • ISBN-10: 1137384433
• • ISBN-13: 9781137384430