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Parlor ponds the cultural work of the American home aquarium, 1850-1970 /

Main Author: Hamera, Judith.
Corporate Author: ebrary, Inc.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, 2012.
Subjects:
Aquariums > Social aspects > United States > History.
Aquariums > History. > United States
Aquariums > Historiography. > United States
Aquariums > Historiography. > Great Britain
Home > History. > United States
United States > Social life and customs > 19th century.
United States > Social life and customs > 20th century.
Online Access:http://site.ebrary.com/lib/ucy/Doc?id=10527296
Table of 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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