Cattle by Laurie Winn Carlson - 9781566634557

CattleAn Informal Social History\nAuthor(s): Laurie Winn Carlson\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Ivan R Dee, Inc, United States\nImprint: Ivan R Dee, Inc\nISBN-13: 9781566634557, 978-1566634557\nSynopsis\nWe force them into crowded, sedentary lives. We harvest their eggs and artificially inseminate them. We fill them with hormones and antibiotics, and we feed them manufactured pellets instead of the food they were meant to eat. They are commercialized and scientizedin many ways, just like us. Laurie Winn Carlson's intriguing book examines in fascinating detail the relationship between people and domesticated cattle, a resource that has been vital to civilization but long ignored and neglected. She considers the impact of science, technology, and economics on cattle, and how they in turn have influenced human history. Drawing on a wide range of sources, she shows how cattle have been worshipped in some cultures and become a symbol of pastoral freedom in others; what links them to women.