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Dog (Animal)

By Susan McHugh

Book information

Publisher
Reaktion Books
Year
2004
ISBN
1861892039, 9781861892034
Open Library ID
OL8631396M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
2 MB (2229968 bytes)
Series
Animal
Pages
234\234
Topic
Biology Zoology
Orientation
yes
Scanned
no
Time added
2010-05-12 16:22:54

Description

The story of the canine has been since earliest times entwined with that of humanity itself, and this ancient and fascinating story is told in Dog . The book unravels the wolf-dog debate, and explores canines in mythology, religion, and health. It examines the relatively recent phenomenon of dog breeding and the invention of species, as well as the canine's role in science, fact and fiction: from Laika, the first astronaut, and Pavlov's famous dogs, through science fiction novels and cult films such as Lassie and A Boy and his Dog . Susan McHugh shows how dogs today contribute to human lives in a huge number of ways, how we have shaped dogs over the millennia, and how dogs have shaped us.

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