
Cattle
An Informed Social History
Laurie Winn Carlson(Author)
Ivan R Dee, Inc (Publisher)
Published on 22. October 2001
Book
Hardback
352 pages
978-1-56663-388-8 (ISBN)
Description
An informal social history-rich and surprising-of the centuries old relationship between cows and humans. A far from humdrum book-it will open even jaundiced eyes. -Larry McMurtry
Reviews / Votes
With this book in hand we no longer have to search encyclopedias and extract hunks of material on cattle ranching. * Buckskin Bulletin * Entertaining and informative...readers learn more than they ever imagined wanting to know about cattle, but not more than they should. -- Danise Hoover * Booklist * This is the first book of its kind and well deserves to be widely read. -- Samuel S. Epstein, M.D., School of Public Health, University of Illinois at Chicago Balanced, intelligent, and seasoned with telling anecdotes. -- Linda M. Hasselstrom, author of <I>Windbreak: A Woman Rancher on the Northern Plains<I> Far from a humdrum book about cows, this book will open even jaundiced eyes. -- Larry McMurtry A wholly wonderful essay! -- Guy Davenport * Harpers Wine & Spirit * The author has written a most interesting factual, well-documented book on cattle history. * Journal of the West * A provocative discussion that is bound to engage readers from outside academic circles. -- Julia H. Haggerty * H-Net: Humanities and Social Science Reviews Online *More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Chicago
United States
Product notice
Laminated cover
Dimensions
Height: 238 mm
Width: 160 mm
Thickness: 31 mm
Weight
671 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-56663-388-8 (9781566633888)
Copyright in bibliographic data and cover images is held by Nielsen Book Services Limited or by the publishers or by their respective licensors: all rights reserved.
Schweitzer Classification
Person
By Laurie Winn Carlson