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Author Woods, Rebecca J. H., author

Title The herds shot round the world : native breeds and the British empire, 1800-1900 / Rebecca J.H. Woods
Published Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, [2017]
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Description 1 online resource
Series Flows, migrations, and exchanges
Flows, migrations, and exchanges.
Contents A breed in any other place -- Much ado about mutton -- The first breed of cattle -- Native colonials -- A universal type -- The return of the native breed
Summary "As Britain industrialized in the early nineteenth century, animal breeders faced the need to convert livestock into products while maintaining the distinctive character of their breeds. Thus they transformed cattle and sheep adapted to regional environments into bulky, quick-fattening beasts. Exploring the environmental and economic ramifications of imperial expansion on colonial environments and production practices, Rebecca J.H. Woods traces how global physiological and ecological diversity eroded under the technological, economic, and cultural system that grew up around the production of livestock by the British Empire. Attending to the relationship between type and place and what it means to call a particular breed of livestock 'native, ' Woods highlights the inherent tension between consumer expectations in the metropole and the ecological reality at the periphery."-- Provided by publisher
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed October 11, 2017)
Subject Animal industry -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century
Sheep breeds -- Great Britain
Cattle breeds -- Great Britain
Endemic animals -- Great Britain
Industrial revolution -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century
Agrobiodiversity.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Industries -- General.
HISTORY -- Europe -- Great Britain.
Agrobiodiversity
Animal industry
British colonies
Cattle breeds
Endemic animals
Industrial revolution
Sheep breeds
SUBJECT Great Britain -- Colonies -- History -- 19th century
Subject Great Britain
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781469634685
1469634686
9781469634678
1469634678