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050 4 _aQL85.B43 2010
082 0 _a590
100 1 _aBrantz, Dorothee.
245 1 0 _aBeastly Natures :
_bAnimals, Humans, and the Study of History.
250 _a1st ed.
264 1 _aCharlottesville :
_bUniversity of Virginia Press,
_c2010.
264 4 _c©2010.
300 _a1 online resource (304 pages)
336 _atext
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337 _acomputer
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338 _aonline resource
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505 0 _aCover -- Contents -- Introduction -- PART I: An Anthropological History of Animals and the Environment -- Does "The Animal" Exist?: Toward a Theory of Social Life with Animals -- Touching Animals: The Search for a Deeper Understanding of Animals -- Wolves in Sheep's (and Others') Clothing -- PART II: Acculturating Wild Creatures -- Darwin in the Monkey Cage: The Zoological Garden as a Medium of Evolutionary Theory -- Why the Rhinoceros Doesn't Talk: The Cultural Life of a Wild Animal in America -- The Alligator's Allure: Changing Perceptions of a Charismatic Carnivore -- PART III: Animals in the Service of Society -- Nature Bridled: The Treatment and Training of Horses in Early Modern England -- The Public and Private Lives of "First Dogs": Warren G. Harding's Laddie Boy and Franklin D. Roosevelt's Fala -- The Legacy of Laika: Celebrity, Sacrifice, and the Soviet Space Dogs -- PART IV: Animating the City and the Countryside -- The Horse in the Nineteenth-Century American City -- "Poor Dumb Brutes" or "Friends in Need"?: Animals and River Floods in Modern Germany and the United States -- Counting Sheep in the English Lake District: Rare Breeds, Local Knowledge, and Environmental History -- Notes on Contributors -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z.
520 _a, Virginia Tech * Peter Edwards, Roehampton University * Kelly Enright, Rutgers University * Oliver Hochadel, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona * Uwe Lübken, Rachel Carson Center, Munich * Garry Marvin, Roehampton University * Clay McShane, Northeastern University * Amy Nelson, Virginia Tech * Susan Pearson, Northwestern University * Helena Pycior, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee * Harriet Ritvo, Massachusetts Institute of Technology * Nigel Rothfels, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee * Joel A. Tarr, Carnegie Mellon University * Mary Weismantel, Northwestern University.
588 _aDescription based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
590 _aElectronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
650 0 _aHuman-animal relationships--History.
650 0 _aAnimals--Social aspects--History.
655 4 _aElectronic books.
776 0 8 _iPrint version:
_aBrantz, Dorothee
_tBeastly Natures
_dCharlottesville : University of Virginia Press,c2010
_z9780813929477
797 2 _aProQuest (Firm)
856 4 0 _uhttps://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/orpp/detail.action?docID=3443985
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