Author: Frank Lee Tappan
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Category : Aquariums
Languages : en
Pages : 108
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Aquaria Fish, Management and Care of the Aquarium and Its Inhabitants
Author: Frank Lee Tappan
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Category : Aquariums
Languages : en
Pages : 108
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Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Aquariums
Languages : en
Pages : 108
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The Care of Home Aquaria
Author: Raymond Carroll Osburn
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Category : Aquariums
Languages : en
Pages : 86
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Category : Aquariums
Languages : en
Pages : 86
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Pets in America
Author: Katherine C. Grier
Publisher: UNC Press Books
ISBN: 080787714X
Category : Pets
Languages : en
Pages : 390
Book Description
Entertaining and informative, Pets in America is a portrait of Americans' relationships with the cats, dogs, birds, fishes, rodents, and other animals we call our own. More than 60 percent of U.S. households have pets, and America grows more pet-friendly every day. But as Katherine C. Grier demonstrates, the ways we talk about and treat our pets--as companions, as children, and as objects of beauty, status, or pleasure--have their origins long ago. Grier begins with a natural history of animals as pets, then discusses the changing role of pets in family life, new standards of animal welfare, the problems presented by borderline cases such as livestock pets, and the marketing of both animals and pet products. She focuses particularly on the period between 1840 and 1940, when the emotional, behavioral, and commercial characteristics of contemporary pet keeping were established. The story is filled with the warmth and humor of anecdotes from period diaries, letters, catalogs, and newspapers. 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 has evolved alongside changing ideas about human nature, child development, and community life. This book accompanies a museum exhibit, "Pets in America," which opens at the McKissick Museum in Columbia, South Carolina, in December 2005 and will travel to five other cities from May 2006 through May 2008.
Publisher: UNC Press Books
ISBN: 080787714X
Category : Pets
Languages : en
Pages : 390
Book Description
Entertaining and informative, Pets in America is a portrait of Americans' relationships with the cats, dogs, birds, fishes, rodents, and other animals we call our own. More than 60 percent of U.S. households have pets, and America grows more pet-friendly every day. But as Katherine C. Grier demonstrates, the ways we talk about and treat our pets--as companions, as children, and as objects of beauty, status, or pleasure--have their origins long ago. Grier begins with a natural history of animals as pets, then discusses the changing role of pets in family life, new standards of animal welfare, the problems presented by borderline cases such as livestock pets, and the marketing of both animals and pet products. She focuses particularly on the period between 1840 and 1940, when the emotional, behavioral, and commercial characteristics of contemporary pet keeping were established. The story is filled with the warmth and humor of anecdotes from period diaries, letters, catalogs, and newspapers. 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 has evolved alongside changing ideas about human nature, child development, and community life. This book accompanies a museum exhibit, "Pets in America," which opens at the McKissick Museum in Columbia, South Carolina, in December 2005 and will travel to five other cities from May 2006 through May 2008.
Our Library
Author: Library Association (Portland, Or.)
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Category : Classified catalogs (Dewey decimal)
Languages : en
Pages : 486
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Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Classified catalogs (Dewey decimal)
Languages : en
Pages : 486
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Quarterly Bulletin
Author: Hackley Public Library
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 206
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 206
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Bulletin (1901-195 )
Author: Brooklyn Public Library
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 364
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 364
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Catalog of Copyright Entries
Author: Library of Congress. Copyright Office
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Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 1514
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Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 1514
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Catalogue of Copyright Entries
Author: Library of Congress. Copyright Office
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1532
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1532
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Catalogue of Title Entries of Books and Other Articles Entered in the Office of the Register of Copyrights, Library of Congress, at Washington, D.C.
Author: Library of Congress. Copyright Office
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Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 1502
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Publisher:
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Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 1502
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