Pet Revolution - Animals and the Making of Modern British Life

A history of pets and their companions in Britain from the Victorians to today.

Pet Revolution tracks the British love affair with pets over the last two centuries. As pets have entered our homes and joined our families, they have radically changed our world. Historians Jane Hamlett and Julie-Marie Strange show how the pet economy exploded--increasing the availability of pet foods, medicines, and shops--and reshaped our modern lives in the process. A history of pets and their human companions, this book reimagines the "pet revolution" as one among many other revolutions--industrial, agricultural, and political--that made possible contemporary life.

About the author

Jane Hamlett is professor of modern British history at Royal Holloway, University of London. Her books include Material Relations: Middle-Class Families and Domestic Interiors in England, 1850-1910.

Summary

Pet Revolution tracks the British love affair with pets over the last three centuries.

Product details

• Authors: Jane Hamlett, Jane Strange Hamlett, Hamlett Jane, Julie-Marie Strange, Julie-Marie Strange
• Publisher: Reaktion Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.02.2023
• EAN: 9781789146868
• ISBN: 978-1-78914-686-8
• No. of pages: 288
• Subjects: Guides > Nature; Humanities, art, music > History > Modern era up to 1918; History, HISTORY / General, PETS / General, Domestic animals & pets, Domestic animals and pets