Stray Dogs and the Making of Modern Paris

Pearson, CJ ORCID: 0000-0002-0556-1929 (2017) Stray Dogs and the Making of Modern Paris. Past and Present, 234 (1). pp. 137-172. ISSN 0031-2746, 1477-464X

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Abstract

This article traces the policing of stray dogs in Paris from the French Revolution to the outbreak of the First World War. It argues that long-standing rabies anxieties dovetailed with the emergence of the public hygiene movement, fears of rapid urbanization, vagrancy and crime, modernization projects, and the veneration of the pedigree pet dog to cast the stray dog as an unwelcome presence on the city’s streets. Parisian public hygienists and authorities turned strays into a problem that they would solve to make the city safe, clean and modern. Combating strays became a matter of social defence and medical police.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	4303 Historical Studies, 43 History, Heritage and Archaeology, 3 Good Health and Well Being
Depositing User:	Symplectic Admin
Date Deposited:	23 Jun 2016 10:34
Last Modified:	12 Apr 2025 03:50
DOI:	10.1093/pastj/gtw050
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URI:	https://livrepository.liverpool.ac.uk/id/eprint/3001821