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

Publication Data

• Title Parlor ponds : the cultural work of the American home aquarium, 1850-1970
• Author Judith Hamera
• Publisher University of Michigan Press
• Publication date 2011
• Publication location Ann Arbor
• Language English

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.

Topics

• Aquariums :: Social aspects :: United States :: History
• Aquariums :: United States :: History
• Aquariums :: United States :: Historiography
• Aquariums :: Great Britain :: Historiography
• Home :: United States :: History
• United States :: Social life and customs :: 19th century
• United States :: Social life and customs :: 20th century
• United States

Parlor ponds : the cultural work of the American home aquarium, 1850-1970 by Judith Hamera. ISBN 9780472051663. Published by University of Michigan Press in 2011. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.