Elephant slaves and pampered parrots [electronic resource] : exotic animals in eighteenth-century Paris / Louise E. Robbins.
By: Robbins, Louise E.
Material type: BookSeries: Animals, history, culture.Publisher: Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2002Description: 1 online resource.ISBN: 9780801867538; 9780801876776 (electronic bk.).Call No.: SF411.36.F8 R63 2002 Other title: Elephant slaves & pampered parrots [electronic resource] [Spine title].Subject(s): Wild animals as pets -- France -- Paris -- History -- 18th century | Human-animal relationships -- France -- Paris -- History -- 18th century | Exotic animals -- France -- Paris -- History -- 18th centuryOnline resources: Electronic ResourcesIncludes bibliographical references
Machine generated contents note: List of Illustrations ix -- Preface xi -- Introduction i -- 1 Live Cargo 9 -- 2 The Royal Menagerie 37 -- 3 Fair andFihts 68 -- 4 The Oiseleurs' Guild oo -- 5 PamperedParrots 122 -- 6 Animals in Print 156 -- 7 Elephant Slaves 86 -- 8 Vie la Liberte 206 -- Epilogue 231.
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