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
Published: 06/18/2014
Pages: 265
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.05lbs
Size: 8.60h x 5.70w x 0.90d
ISBN: 9781137384430

About the Author

Helen Cowie is Lecturer in History at the University of York, UK. She is author of Conquering Nature in Spain and its Empire, 1750-1850 (2011).