Description |
1 online resource |
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Flows, migrations, and exchanges |
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Flows, migrations, and exchanges.
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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
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Sheep breeds -- Great Britain
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Cattle breeds -- Great Britain
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Endemic animals -- Great Britain
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Industrial revolution -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century
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Agrobiodiversity.
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Industries -- General.
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HISTORY -- Europe -- Great Britain.
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Agrobiodiversity
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Animal industry
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British colonies
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Cattle breeds
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Endemic animals
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Industrial revolution
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Sheep breeds
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SUBJECT |
Great Britain -- Colonies -- History -- 19th century
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Subject |
Great Britain
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Genre/Form |
History
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Form |
Electronic book
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ISBN |
9781469634685 |
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1469634686 |
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9781469634678 |
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1469634678 |
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