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Till the cows come home : the story of our eternal dependence

Walling, Philip2018
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The story of the relationship between humankind and cattle, from the Sunday Times bestselling author of 'Counting Sheep'. To tell the story of the relationship between humankind and cattle is to tell the story of civilisation itself. Since the beginning, cattle have tilled our soils, borne our burdens, fed and clothed us and been our loyal and uncomplaining servants in the work of taming the wilderness and wresting a living from the land. There has never been a time when we have not depended on cattle. As human societies have migrated from the country to the city, the things they have needed from their cattle may have changed, but the fundamental human dependence remains.
Author:
Imprint:
London : Atlantic Books, 2018.
Collation:
x, 373 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (colour) ; 23 cm
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9781786493064 (hbk. :)
Dewey class:
636.2009636.2
Local class:
636.2 W636.2009
Language:
English
BRN:
2240375
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