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Parlor ponds the cultural work of the American home aquarium, 1850-1970
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Parlor ponds [electronic resource] : the cultural work of the American home aquarium, 1850-1970 / Judith Hamera.
ISBN
9780472071661 (cloth alk. paper)
9780472051663 (paper alk. paper)
9780472028108 (e-book)
Published
Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, 2012.
Physical Description
ix, 268 p. : ill.
Local Notes
Access is available to the Yale community.
Notes
Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2011. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
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Format
Books / Online
Language
English
Added to Catalog
April 15, 2013
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Promiscuous Vision : The Visual Affinities of the Home Aquarium
Rural Rambles and Rustic Adornments : Early British Aquarium Writing
The Toy of the Day : American Aquarium Writing, 1850-1915
Toy Fish
The Domestic Aquarium
"Foreign in the Domestic Sense" : Tropical Fish and the Transnational Aquarium
Conclusion: Reefer Madness.
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