M ichael W orboys , J ulie -M arie S trange , and N eil P emberton . The Invention of the Modern Dog

When we think of a bulldog, we imagine a short, squat animal, with a rotund body, bandy legs, wrinkled face, flattened nose, drooping jowls, and lolling tongue. This is a long way, however, from the early nineteenth-century incarnation of the bulldog—a robust, lithe, and strong-jawed canine capable of wrestling bulls, bears, and even lions to the ground. How did the sporting bulldog of the Georgian era become the pampered pooch—and, many would argue, deformed monstrosity—of today? Why did its form and function change so dramatically? When and where did this change take place, and who oversaw it? The Invention of the Modern Dog—written by Michael Worboys, Julie-Marie Strange, and Neil Pemberton—offers a detailed and illuminating answer to these questions and provides a compelling and richly researched analysis of the rise of dog breeds in Victorian Britain. The Invention of the Modern Dog argues that the majority of dog breeds...

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