Cow A Bovine Biography

Werner, Florian. (Author). Grandin, Temple. (Added Author). Ecker, Doris. (Added Author).

Summary: She is everywhere: as a vehicle for both farmers and advertisers, a subject for research scientists and poets, and ever-present in the form of lucky charms, children's toys, or simply as a tasty sandwich-filler. The female of the bovine species is revered as sacred or reviled as stupid, but one thing she never inspires is indifference. After more than ten thousand years living alongside us, she remains a beguiling mystery. Combining a myriad of richly entertaining anecdotes and an abundance of illuminating discoveries, Florian Werner presents the curious cultural history of that most intriguin

Record details

ISBN: 9781553659808 (electronic bk.)
ISBN: 1553659805 (electronic bk.)
Physical Description: electronic resource
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1 online resource (241 p.)
Publisher: New York : Douglas & McIntyre, 2011.

Content descriptions

General Note:	Description based upon print version of record.
Formatted Contents Note:	In the beginning was the cow -- A kingdom for a cow -- Flesh and blood -- Milk -- Hide and hair -- Udder and vulva -- The eye -- Happiness through rumination -- Herding cows -- The moo -- Behind the fence -- Sacred cows -- Evil cows -- Apocalypse cow.