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Hamera, Judith.

Parlor ponds the cultural work of the American home aquarium, 1850-1970 / [electronic resource] : Judith Hamera. - Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, 2012. - ix, 268 p. : ill.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.


Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.

ISBN: 9780472028108 (electronic bk.)

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Subjects--Topical Terms:
Aquariums--Social aspects--History.--United States
Aquariums--History.--United States
Aquariums--Historiography.--United States
Aquariums--Historiography.--Great Britain
Home--History.--United States

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
United States--Social life and customs--19th century.
United States--Social life and customs--20th century.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Electronic books.

LC Class. No.: SF457.3 / .H36 2012

Dewey Class. No.: 639.34/4