Cattle : an informal social history / Laurie Winn Carlson.

Author/creator Carlson, Laurie M., 1952-
Format Book
Publication InfoChicago : Ivan R. Dee, 2001.
Descriptionxi, 321 pages ; 24 cm
Subjects

Contents Preface -- pt. 1. Part of the family -- [ch.] 1. Cows on the ceiling -- [ch.] 2. The domestication of cattle -- [ch.] 3. Cattle and the clan -- ch. 4. Woman's best friend -- ch. 5. Cattle culture comes to the Americas -- pt. 2. The business of cattle -- ch. 6. From trails to tracks -- ch. 7. The devil's rope -- ch. 8. The industrialization of meat -- ch. 9. Margarine : the plastic food -- ch. 10. Free speech and hamburgers -- pt. 3. The good provider -- ch. 11. Breeding back the Aurochs -- ch. 12. A shot in the arm -- [ch.] 13. Mad at cows -- [ch.] 14. Carnivore culture -- [ch.] 15. The milk cow -- [ch.] 16. Ruminations : care and feeding -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- Index.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 289-305).
LCCN 2001023998
ISBN1566633885 (alk. paper)

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Joyner General Stacks SF195 .C37 2001 ✔ Available Place Hold