A Month in London: or, some of its modern wonders described
Author : Jefferys Taylor
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Page : 208 pages
File Size : 44,66 MB
Release : 1832
Category : London (England)
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Author : Jefferys Taylor
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Page : 208 pages
File Size : 44,66 MB
Release : 1832
Category : London (England)
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Author : Takashi Ito
Publisher : Boydell & Brewer Ltd
Page : 218 pages
File Size : 40,63 MB
Release : 2014
Category : History
ISBN : 0861933214
London Zoo examined in its nineteenth-century context, looking at its effect on cultural and social life At the dawn of the Victorian era, London Zoo became one of the metropolis's premier attractions. The crowds drawn to its bear pit included urban promenaders, gentlemen menagerists, Indian shipbuilders and Persian princes - CharlesDarwin himself. This book shows that the impact of the zoo's extensive collection of animals can only be understood in the context of a wide range of contemporary approaches to nature, and that it was not merely as a manifestation of British imperial culture. The author demonstrates how the early history of the zoo illuminates three important aspects of the history of nineteenth-century Britain: the politics of culture and leisure in a new public domain which included museums and art galleries; the professionalisation and popularisation of science in a consumer society; and the meanings of the animal world for a growing urban population. Weaving these threads altogether, hepresents a flexible frame of analysis to explain how the zoo was established, how it pursued its policies of animal collection, and how it responded to changing social conditions. Dr Takashi Ito is Associate Professor in Modern British History, Tokyo University of Foreign Studies.
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Page : 1416 pages
File Size : 24,8 MB
Release : 1850
Category : Arts
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Author : Mary Anne Venning
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Page : 165 pages
File Size : 36,43 MB
Release : 1837
Category : Didactic fiction
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Author : National Art Library (Great Britain)
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Page : 1142 pages
File Size : 47,38 MB
Release : 1870
Category : Art
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Page : 642 pages
File Size : 29,15 MB
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Author : Emily TAYLOR (of New Buckenham.)
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Page : 256 pages
File Size : 17,78 MB
Release : 1832
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Author : Library of Congress
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Page : 404 pages
File Size : 19,19 MB
Release : 1871
Category : Library catalogues
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Page : 1180 pages
File Size : 27,66 MB
Release : 1892
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Page : 464 pages
File Size : 31,18 MB
Release : 1897
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