Robbins, Louise E. (Author)
Johns Hopkins University Press
Physical Details: xiv + 349 pp., illus., bibl., index
Language: English
Description “Reconstructs the diverse material, social, and cultural settings in which exotic animals played a role … [and] analyzes the multiple meanings French observers derived from these animals in their midst.” (from publisher's web page)
Review Farber, Paul Lawrence (2002) Review of "Elephant Slaves and Pampered Parrots: Exotic Animals in Eighteenth-Century Paris". Journal of the History of Biology (p. 615).
Review Åkerberg, Sofia (2003) Review of "Elephant Slaves and Pampered Parrots: Exotic Animals in Eighteenth-Century Paris". Environmental History (p. 322).
Review Lee, Paula (2005) Review of "Elephant Slaves and Pampered Parrots: Exotic Animals in Eighteenth-Century Paris". Early Science and Medicine: A Journal for the Study of Science, Technology and Medicine in the Pre-modern Period (p. 449).
Review Douthwaite, Julia V. (2003) Review of "Elephant Slaves and Pampered Parrots: Exotic Animals in Eighteenth-Century Paris". American Historical Review.
Review Rothfels, Nigel (2003) Review of "Elephant Slaves and Pampered Parrots: Exotic Animals in Eighteenth-Century Paris". Isis: International Review Devoted to the History of Science and Its Cultural Influences (p. 383).
Review Holmqvist, Bosse (2003) Review of "Elephant Slaves and Pampered Parrots: Exotic Animals in Eighteenth-Century Paris". Lychnos (pp. 336-337).
Review Jones, Christine Kenyon (2003) Review of "Elephant Slaves and Pampered Parrots: Exotic Animals in Eighteenth-Century Paris". Configurations: A Journal of Literature, Science, and Technology (p. 269).
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