Books by Martin A. Danahay

The Victorian period witnessed the beginning of a debate on the status of animals. This work acknowledges the way twenty-first-century deliberations about animal rights and the fact of past and prospective animal extinction haunt the discussion of the Victorians' obsession with animals.

Offering an introduction to issues surrounding the definition and division of labor in British society and culture, this book argues that 'work' was a term rife with ideological contradictions for Victorian males during a period when it was considered synonymous with masculinity.