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Pets in America : a history
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"Filled with illustrations reflecting the whimsy, the devotion, and the commerce that have shaped centuries of American pet keeping, Pets in America ultimately shows how the history of pets have ev...
"Filled with illustrations reflecting the whimsy, the devotion, and the commerce that have shaped centuries of American pet keeping, Pets in America ultimately shows how the history of pets have evolved alongside changing ideas about human nature, child development, and community life."--Jacket.
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- Creator
- Katherine C. Grier
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Publication
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- Chapel Hill, NC : University of North Carolina Press, ©2006
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- ix, 377 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
- ISBNs
- 0807829900, 9780807829905, 9781469614724, 1469614723
- OCLC
- ocm60743146
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Introduction: A modern pet owner -- A natural history of pets -- At home with animals -- A dog obituary of 1866. The life and death of Ponto -- The bunnie states of America -- The domestic ethic of kindness to animals -- The edges of pet keeping and its dilemmas -- A pet in every home -- Buying for your best friend -- Epilogue: One view on pets in modern America
Subjects
- Pets -- United States -- History.
- Human-animal relationships -- United States -- History.
- Animals, Domestic.
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- Human-Animal Bond.
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- United States.
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