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Product details
- ISBN 9781803513591
- Dimensions: 138 x 216mm
- Publication Date: 08 Oct 2026
- Publisher: Granta Books
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Hardback
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Almost from humanity's very beginning, beloved small dogs have been trotting devotedly by our sides. Yap! follows in the pawprints of the breeds we have grown to love and cherish, from the small dogs touchingly memorialised in Ancient Rome through to Paris Hilton's chihuahua and the pet influencers of 21st-century, via the pug who colonised Napoleon's marital bed, King Charles II's spaniels and celebrity terriers in Victorian pubs.
Drawing on her own experience as a pug-owner, pet historian Stephanie Howard-Smith reveals how small dogs have shaped our lives as much as we have theirs, challenging social dynamics, changing the way we spend our leisure time, contributing to a global industry now worth over £250 billion, and offering valuable companionship and a chance for self-expression.
A must-read for any lover of small dogs, Yap! is a paean to the unbreakable bond between humans and their petite pets.
Stephanie Howard-Smith holds a PhD in the cultural history of lapdogs from Queen Mary University of London, and has taught animal history widely, including at Kings College London and the University of York. A lover of small dogs, Stephanie has written for, amongst others, Slate Magazine and History Today, and has been interviewed for the Guardian, New York Post, The Atlantic, and the Sky History series, Britain's Greatest Obsessions.
