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ISBN10: 0801867533, ISBN13: 9780801867538, [publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, MD] Hardcover Hardcover. In 1775, a visitor to Laurent Spinacuta's Grande Menagerie at the annual winter fair in Paris would have seen two tigers, several kinds of monkeys, an armadillo, an ocelot, and a condor - in all, 42 live animals. In this work, Louise Robbins explains that exotic animals from around the world were common in 18th-century Paris. In the streets of the city, residents and visitors could observe performing elephants and a fighting polar bear. Those looking for unusual pets could purchase parrots, flying squirrels and capuchin monkeys. The royal menagerie at Versailles displayed lions, cranes, an elephant, a rhinoceros and a zebra, which in 1760 became a major court attraction. For Enlightenment-era Parisians, exotic animals both piqued scientific curiosity and conveyed social status. Their availability was a boon for naturalists like Buffon, author of the best-selling "Histoire naturelle", who observed unusual species in a variety of locations around the city. Louis XVI saw his menagerie as a manifestation of his power and funded its upkeep accordingly, while critics used the caged animals as metaphors of slavery and political oppression amidst the growing political turmoil.In her account, Robbins considers nearly every aspect of France's obsession with exotic fauna, from the vast literature on exotic animals and the inner workings ...
Hardback. New. Based on wide-ranging and imaginative research, Elephant Slaves and Pampered Parrots stands as a major contribution to the history of human-animal relations, eighteenth-century culture, and French colonialism. ISBN 0801867533 9780801867538 [GB]
Johns Hopkins University Press, March Date: 2002. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Very Good+/Very Good+. Name and date on front pastedown ; Animals, History, Culture; 9.3 X 6.2 X 1.2 inches; 368 pages 2002. Johns Hopkins University Press ISBN 0801867533 9780801867538 [US]
Johns Hopkins University Press 2002 First Edition; First Printing Hardcover Very Good+ in Very Good+ jacket Name and date on front pastedown; Animals, History, Culture; 9.3 X 6.2 X 1.2 inches; 368 pages.
ISBN10: 0801867533, ISBN13: 9780801867538, [publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press] Hardcover Based on wide-ranging and imaginative research, Elephant Slaves and Pampered Parrots stands as a major contribution to the history of human-animal relations, eighteenth-century culture, and French colonialism. Series: Animals, History, Culture. Num Pages: 368 pages, 32, 29 black & white halftones, 3 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 3JF; HBJD; HBLH; HBLL; JFC; WN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 30. Weight in Grams: 726. . 2002. Hardcover. . . . . [Galway, GY, Ireland] [Publication Year: 2002]
ISBN10: 0801867533, ISBN13: 9780801867538, [publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press] Hardcover Based on wide-ranging and imaginative research, Elephant Slaves and Pampered Parrots stands as a major contribution to the history of human-animal relations, eighteenth-century culture, and French colonialism. Series: Animals, History, Culture. Num Pages: 368 pages, 32, 29 black & white halftones, 3 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 3JF; HBJD; HBLH; HBLL; JFC; WN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 30. Weight in Grams: 726. . 2002. Hardcover. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland. [Olney, MD, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 2002]
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Johns Hopkins University Press 2002 Hard cover New Based on wide-ranging and imaginative research, Elephant Slaves and Pampered Parrots stands as a major contribution to the history of human-animal relations, eighteenth-century culture, and French colonialism. Series: Animals, History, Culture. Num Pages: 368 pages, 32, 29 black & white halftones, 3 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 3JF; HBJD; HBLH; HBLL; JFC; WN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 30. Weight in Grams: 726. 2002. Hardcover.....We ship daily from our Bookshop.
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Baltimore Johns Hopkins University Press 2002 Hard cover New. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. With dust jacket. 368 p. Contains: Halftones, black & white, Line drawings, black & white. Animals, History, Culture.
Baltimore Johns Hopkins University Press 2002 Hard cover New in new dust jacket. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. With dust jacket. 352 p. Contains: Halftones, black & white, Line drawings, black & white. Animals, History, Culture. Audience: General/trade. hardcover dj, new book! b1
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