Author
Peter Atkins
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Publisher
Ashgate Publishing Group
Published
September 2012
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Author
Peter Atkins
Book Format
Hardback
Publisher
Ashgate Publishing Group
Published
September 2012
£181.85
Free UK Delivery
Available - Usually dispatched within 4 days
Animal Cities
Today's Price £181.85
"Animal Cities" builds upon a recent surge of interest about animals in the urban context. Considering animals in urban settings is now a firmly established area of study and this book presents a number of valuable case studies that illustrate some of the perspectives that may be adopted. Having a flavour that is more historical than the main thrust of this literature within Geography, the book provides a fresh and interesting alternative view. It follows a fourfold agenda. First, the opening chapters look at working and productive animals that lived and died in nineteenth-century cities such as London, Edinburgh and Paris with the argument their presence yields insights into evolving contemporary understandings of the category "urban" and what made a good city. Second, there is a consideration of nineteenth-century animal spectacles, which influenced contemporary interpretations of the urban experience. Third, the theme of contested animal spaces in the city is explored further with regard to backyard chickens in suburban Australia.
Finally, there is discussion of the problem of the public companion animal and its role in changing attitudes to public space, illustrated with a chapter on dog-walking in Victorian and Edwardian London. "Animal Cities" makes a significant contribution to animal studies and it will be of interest to historical geographers, urban, cultural, social and economic historians and historians of policy and planning.
Author
Peter Atkins
Book Format
Hardback
Publisher
Ashgate Publishing Group
Published
September 2012
Weight
591g
Page Count
270
Dimensions
156 x 234 x 18 mm
ISBN
9781409446552
ISBN-10
1409446557
Eden Code
4635774
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Author/Creator: Peter Atkins
ISBN: 9781409446552
Publisher: Ashgate Publishing Group
Release Date: September 2012
Weight: 591g
Dimensions: 156 x 234 x 18 mm
Eden Code: 4635774