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When John met Benny: class, pets and family life in late Victorian and Edwardian Britain (2021)
Journal Article
Strange, J. (2021). When John met Benny: class, pets and family life in late Victorian and Edwardian Britain. The History of the Family, 26(2), 214-235. https://doi.org/10.1080/1081602x.2021.1897028

Histories of human-animal companionship have expanded in recent years but studies of British pet keeping prior to the twentieth century have been skewed towards the middle and upper classes. Such models risk establishing middle-class values and pract... Read More about When John met Benny: class, pets and family life in late Victorian and Edwardian Britain.