Michael F Worboys Knihy

Connecting the emergence and development of certain dog breeds to both scientific understandings of race and blood as well as Britain's posture in a global empire, The Invention of the Modern Dog demonstrates that studying dog breeding cultures allows historians to better understand the complex social relationships of late-nineteenth-century Britain.

This book reveals the varied and often eccentric lives of the Victorians who helped define dogs as we know them today. -- .