Pets in America : a history /
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| Author / Creator: | Grier, Katherine C., 1953- |
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| Imprint: | Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, c2006. |
| Description: | ix, 377 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/5924680 |
Table of Contents:
- Introduction: A Modern Pet Owner •
- 1. A Natural History of Pets •
- 2. At Home with Animals •
- A Dog Obituary of 1866: The Life and Death of Ponto •
- The Bunnie States of America •
- 3. The Domestic Ethic of Kindness to Animals •
- 4. The Edges of Pet Keeping and Its Dilemmas •
- 5. A Pet in Every Home •
- 6. Buying for Your Best Friend •
- Epilogue: One View on Pets in Modern America •
- Acknowledgments •
- Notes •
- Index •
