Perfect Harmony: The Intertwining Lives of Animals and Humans Throughout History Revised Edition Contributor(s): Caras, Roger (Author) |
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ISBN: 1557532419 ISBN-13: 9781557532411 Publisher: Purdue University Press
Binding Type: Paperback Published: January 2002 Annotation: A history of animals throughout the ages. The author explains how animals have played a vital role in humankind's evolutionary course, aiming to enhance the reader's perception of history, the human species, and the sentient creatures with whom we share the planet. Click for more in this series: New Directions in the Human-Animal Bond |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - History | Civilization - Technology & Engineering | History - Technology & Engineering | Agriculture - Animal Husbandry |
Dewey: 636 |
Series: New Directions in the Human-Animal Bond |
Physical Information: 0.68" H x 6.54" W x 8.52" L (0.90 lbs) 272 pages |
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Publisher Description: A Perfect Harmony: The Intertwining Lives of Animals and Humans throughout History is an informative, insightful history of animal domestication through the ages, by late ASPCA president Robert Caras, author of numerous fine works on pets and wildlife. As Caras defines it, domestication is "the shaping of a species by man, using selective breeding to replace natural selection." By studiously reviewing the origins and probable methods of domestication and the ancestry of all manner of animals, from goats and horses in the Stone Age to camels and elephants around 4000 B.C., to ferrets and cats in more recent years, Caras explains how "animals have played a vital role in man's evolutionary course." |
Contributor Bio(s): Caras, Roger: - Roger Caras was President of The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA). He was a well-known writer and commentator who specialized in the subject of animals |
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