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.
9780472028108 (electronic bk.)
Aquariums--Social aspects--History.--United States 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.