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
Summary
Examines the myriad cultural meanings of the American home aquarium during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries and argues that the home aquarium provided its enthusiasts with a potent tool for managing the challenges of historical change, from urbanization to globalization
