Research Catalog

Title

Hunters, herders, and hamburgers : the past and future of human-animal relationships / Richard W. Bulliet.

Author

Bulliet, Richard W.

Publication

New York : Columbia University Press, [2005], ©2005.

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Description

253 pages; 24 cm

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 stages in the history, of the human-animal relationship - separation, predomesticity, domesticity, and postdomesticity. He begins with the question of when and why humans began to consider themselves distinct from other species and continues with a fresh look at how a few species became domesticated. He demonstrates that during the domestic era, many species fell from being admired and even worshipped to being little more than raw materials for various animal-product industries. Throughout the work, Bulliet discusses how social and technological developments and changing philosophical religious, and aesthetic viewpoints have shaped attitudes toward animals."--BOOK JACKET.

Subject

• Human-animal relationships

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. [239]-243) and index.

ISBN

• 0231130767 (cloth : alk. paper)
• 0231503962 (e-book)

LCCN

2005041381

OCLC

• ocm58451894
• SCSB-5205525

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries