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The Tiger That Swallowed The Boy
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Author : John Simons
language : en
Publisher: Libri Publishing Limited
Release Date : 2012-11-30
The Tiger That Swallowed The Boy written by John Simons and has been published by Libri Publishing Limited this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-11-30 with History categories.
This book asks an important question: If you were born in rural England in 1837 and died in 1901 and never travelled more than thirty miles in any direction would you have seen a hippopotamus before you died? The answer is, surprisingly, yes. In fact, the roads of England were thronged with all manner of creatures. There were even exotic butterfly farms. Kangaroos hopped around the lawns of stately homes, tigers prowled the backstreets of the East End, a tapir terrorised the people of Rochdale, an angry cassowary pursued a Lord as he was out for his daily ride, a boa constrictor got loose in Tunbridge Wells. This book is the first to explore the full and surprising extent of the exotic animal trade in nineteenth-century England and its colonies. It combines deep and original scholarly research with a lively style aimed at the non-academic reader. It looks at zoological gardens, travelling menageries, private menageries, circuses and natural history museums, to show exotic animals played a key part in the Imperial project and in the project to ensure that leisure was educational. It shows how this trade was intimately connected with the tides of Empire and how, as Germany rose, one area of competition in which Britain came off worst was the scramble for elephants.
Are There Bun Shops In The Jungles Of India And Other Secret Stories From History
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Author : Nandini Nayar
language : en
Publisher: Hachette UK
Release Date : 2023-08-21
Are There Bun Shops In The Jungles Of India And Other Secret Stories From History written by Nandini Nayar and has been published by Hachette UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-08-21 with Juvenile Nonfiction categories.
When was the last time the MIGHTY tiger roamed freely under the open sky? What is the SLEEK leopard from sunny India doing in FREEZING England? How will the HUGE rhinoceros stay in a SMALL, cramped cage? And why, oh why, is the ENORMOUS elephant eating tiny BUNS in the zoo? Leopards and cheetahs, bears and antelopes, monkeys and deer...it's the same SORRY tale. These animals from India have been CAGED for the amusement of people - to be prodded and poked and teased! It's upsetting. It's shocking. It's breaking our hearts. What are we to DO? Well, we have written letters - a whole SHEAF of them - to the owners of menageries and the zoo, asking them to STOP this cruelty NOW. To give the animals the food, the care and the freedom they deserve. But ARE they reading them? Are YOU?
Beastly London
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Author : Hannah Velten
language : en
Publisher: Reaktion Books
Release Date : 2013-08-15
Beastly London written by Hannah Velten and has been published by Reaktion Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-08-15 with History categories.
Horse-drawn cabs rattling down muddy roads, cattle herded through the streets to the Smithfield meat market for slaughter, roosters crowing at the break of dawn—London was once filled with a cacophony of animal noises (and smells). But over the last thirty years, the city seems to have banished animals from its streets. In Beastly London, Hannah Velten uses a wide range of primary sources to explore the complex and changing relationship between Londoners of all classes and their animal neighbors. Velten travels back in history to describe a time when Londoners shared their homes with pets and livestock—along with a variety of other pests, vermin, and bedbugs; Londoners imported beasts from all corners of the globe for display in their homes, zoos, and parks; and ponies flying in hot air balloons and dancing fleas were considered entertainment. As she shows, London transformed from a city with a mainly exploitative relationship with animals to the birthplace of animal welfare societies and animal rights’ campaigns. Packed with over one hundred illustrations, Beastly London is a revealing look at how animals have been central to the city’s success.
Curiosities Of Natural History
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Author : Francis Trevelyan Buckland
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1866
Curiosities Of Natural History written by Francis Trevelyan Buckland and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1866 with categories.
Curiosities Of Natural History Third Series
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Author : Francis Trevelyan Buckland
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1866
Curiosities Of Natural History Third Series written by Francis Trevelyan Buckland and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1866 with categories.
Obaysch
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Author : Simons, John
language : en
Publisher: Sydney University Press
Release Date : 2019-02-01
Obaysch written by Simons, John and has been published by Sydney University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-02-01 with Science categories.
In 1850, a baby hippopotamus arrived in England, thought to be the first in Europe since the Roman Empire, and almost certainly the first in Britain since prehistoric times. Captured near an island in the White Nile, Obaysch was donated by the viceroy of Egypt in exchange for greyhounds and deerhounds. His arrival in London was greeted with a wave of ‘hippomania’, doubling the number of visitors to the Zoological Gardens almost overnight. Delving into the circumstances of Obaysch’s capture and exhibition, John Simons investigates the phenomenon of ‘star’ animals in Victorian Britain against the backdrop of an expanding British Empire. He shows how the entangled aims of scientific exploration, commercial ambition, and imperial expansion shaped the treatment of exotic animals throughout the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Along the way, he uncovers the strange and moving stories of Obaysch and the other hippos who joined him in Europe as the trade in zoo animals grew.
Curiosities Of Natural History
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Author : Frank Buckland
language : en
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
Release Date : 2022-01-20
Curiosities Of Natural History written by Frank Buckland and has been published by BoD – Books on Demand this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-01-20 with Fiction categories.
Reprint of the original, first published in 1866.
The Accountant
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1890
The Accountant written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1890 with Accounting categories.
Uncovering The Codes
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Author : Kim Yol-kyu
language : en
Publisher: Jain Publishing Company
Release Date : 2005
Uncovering The Codes written by Kim Yol-kyu and has been published by Jain Publishing Company this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005 with History categories.
Uncovering the Codes: Fifteen Keywords in Korean Culture is a cultural guide to what is unique about Koreans and their way of life. The questions raised in this book range from the mundane to the spiritual, each touching on the essence of Korea's 5,000-year-old culture: Why is a Korean spoon flat and round, not oval? Why do Korean women pray to a bowl of water? Why do Koreans eat dog meat? Kim Yol-kyu, a renowned scholar of Korean folklore and literature, carefully digs up the answers embedded deep in centuries-old customs. Quoting from a wide scope of references, from ancient mythology to Merleau-Ponty and Levi-Strauss, Kim unearths the fascinating connections between the past and the present. Kim is Dignified Professor of Korean Studies at Keimyung University in Daegu, Korea, where he also directs the Academia Koreana.
The Boy S Own Annual
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1879
The Boy S Own Annual written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1879 with Children's periodicals, English categories.