The Invention of the Modern Dog - Breed and Blood in Victorian Britain
                                
                                
                             
                            
                         
                            
                            
                        Connecting the emergence and development of certain dog breeds to both scientific understandings of race and blood as well as Britain's posture in a global empire, The Invention of the Modern Dog demonstrates that studying dog breeding cultures allows historians to better understand the complex social relationships of late-nineteenth-century Britain.