Pets in America: A HistoryEntertaining 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-fr |
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... Kindness to Animals in Middle-Class American Households, 1820-1900,” in Animals in Human Histories: The Mirror of Nature and Culture, ed. Mary Henninger-Voss (Rochester, N.Y.: University of Rochester Press, 2002). It is reprinted here ...
... Kindness to Animals in Middle-Class American Households, 1820-1900,” in Animals in Human Histories: The Mirror of Nature and Culture, ed. Mary Henninger-Voss (Rochester, N.Y.: University of Rochester Press, 2002). It is reprinted here ...
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... Pets 19 At Home with Animals 58 A Dog Obituary of 1866. The Life and Death of Ponto 113 The Bunnie States of America 115 The Domestic Ethic of Kindness to Animals 127 The Edges of Pet Keeping and Its Dilemmas 182 A Pet in Every Home 231 ...
... Pets 19 At Home with Animals 58 A Dog Obituary of 1866. The Life and Death of Ponto 113 The Bunnie States of America 115 The Domestic Ethic of Kindness to Animals 127 The Edges of Pet Keeping and Its Dilemmas 182 A Pet in Every Home 231 ...
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Contents
Introduction A Modern Pet Owner | 1 |
1 A Natural History of Pets | 19 |
2 At Home with Animals | 58 |
3 The Domestic Ethic of Kindness to Animals | 127 |
4 The Edges of Pet Keeping and Its Dilemmas | 182 |
5 A Pet in Every Home | 231 |
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