Preface-- Introduction, Peter Atkins-- Animal wastes and nuisances in 19th-century London, Peter Atkins-- The 'charmed circle', Peter Atkins-- The urban blood and guts economy, Peter Atkins-- The nefarious traffic: livestock and public health in mid-Victorian Edinburgh, Paul Laxton-- Undesirable nature: animals, resources and urban nuisance in 19th-century Paris, Sabine Barles-- Index.