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Author:   Michael Worboys
Publisher:   Manchester University Press
Imprint:   Manchester University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 13.80cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 21.60cm
Weight:   0.630kg
ISBN:  

9781526167729

ISBN 10:   1526167727
Pages:   312
Publication Date:   21 February 2023
Audience:   General/trade ,  College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  General ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Introduction High society, low society 1. Queen Victoria | Family pets 2. Bill George | King of the Canine Castle 3. Jemmy Shaw | The Fancy 4. Duchess of Newcastle | Borzois and Fox Terriers Celebrities and millionaires 5. Jack Russell | Terriers 6. Edwin Landseer | Canine characters 7. Harry Panmure Gordon and J. P. Morgan| Collies 8. Alice Stennard Robinson | Ladies Kennel Association Sportsmen and showmen 9. John Henry Walsh (‘Stonehenge’) | Breed and breeds 10. Richard Lloyd Price | Sheepdog trials 11. John Henry Salter | Field trials 12. Charles Cruft | Dog shows Doctors and scientists 13. Delabere Blaine and William Youatt | Dog doctors 14. Charles Darwin | Evolution and emotions 15. Gordon Stables | Canine care and dog tales 16. Everett Millais | Basset Hounds and breeding Campaigners and politicians 17. Mary Tealby | Dogs’ homes 18. Frances Power Cobbe | Sentient creatures 19. John Cumming Macdona | St Bernards 20. Sewallis Shirley | The Kennel Club Afterword – Pedigree chums Index -- .

Reviews

'Doggy People offers an entertaining, indispensable, and insightful guide to the cast of Victorian characters who created the dogs that live amongst us today' Chris Pearson, Author of Dogopolis: How dogs and Humans made modern New York, London, and Paris 'Well researched, concise and accessible, Worboys traces the fascinating history of how and why Victorian society realigned the canine / human relationship - an engaging addition to this absorbing area of enquiry.' Hilda Kean, author of Animal Rights; The Great Cat & Dog Massacre; The Routledge Companion to Animal-Human History 'Worboys succeeds in taking an arch, humorous view of each subject without descending into caricature. Anecdotes are interwoven with a curriculum vitae of canine-related exploits. The breadth and depth of the research are worn lightly, but nonetheless invest the book – which might easily have descended into a treasury of trivia – with an underlying rigour and an eye for social history.' TLS, James Cahill, June 2023 -- .

'Doggy People offers an entertaining, indispensable, and insightful guide to the cast of Victorian characters who created the dogs that live amongst us today' Chris Pearson, Author of Dogopolis: How dogs and Humans made modern New York, London, and Paris 'Well researched, concise and accessible, Worboys traces the fascinating history of how and why Victorian society realigned the canine / human relationship - an engaging addition to this absorbing area of enquiry.' Hilda Kean, author of Animal Rights; The Great Cat & Dog Massacre; The Routledge Companion to Animal-Human History -- .

Author Information

Michael Worboys is an Emeritus Professor in the Centre for the History of Science, Technology and Medicine (CHSTM) at the University of Manchester

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