Hunters, herders, and hamburgers : the past and future of human-animal relationships /

Hunters, herders, and hamburgers : the past and future of human-animal relationships /

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Author / Creator:	Bulliet, Richard W.
Imprint:	New York : Columbia University Press, ©2005.
Description:	1 online resource (253 pages)
Language:	English
Subject:	Human-animal relationships. Human-animal relationships. Electronic books.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11139371

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ISBN:	0231503962 9780231503969 9780231130769 0231130767
Digital file characteristics:	data file
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 239-243) and index. English. Print version record.
Summary:	Richard W. Bulliet has long been a leading figure in the study of human-animal relations, and in his newest work, Hunters, Herders, and Hamburgers, he offers a sweeping and engaging perspective on this dynamic relationship from prehistory to the present. By considering the shifting roles of donkeys, camels, cows, and other domesticated animals in human society, as well as their place in the social imagination, Bulliet reveals the different ways various cultures have reinforced, symbolized, and rationalized their relations with animals. Bulliet identifies and explores four st.
Other form:	Print version: Bulliet, Richard W. Hunters, herders, and hamburgers. New York : Columbia University Press, ©2005 0231130767

Table of Contents:

1. Postdomesticity: Our Lives with Animals
2. The Stages of Human-Animal Relations
3. Separation: The Human-Animal Divide
4. Predomesticity
5. Where the Tame Things Are
6. Domestication and Usefulness
7. From Mighty Hunter to Yajamana
8. Early Domesticity: My Ass and Yours
9. Late Domestic Divergences
10. Toward Postdomesticity
11. The Future of Human-Animal Relations
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