Greyhound nation : a coevolutionary history of England, 1200-1900 / Edmund Russell
Material type:
TextPublication details: United Kingdom Cambridge University Press 2018Description: 202 pISBN: - 9780521745055
- 636.7534 RUS-E
| Item type | Current library | Collection | Shelving location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Books
|
BITS Pilani Hyderabad | 630 | General Stack (For lending) | 636.7534 RUS-E (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 40547 |
Edmund Russell's much-anticipated new book examines interactions between greyhounds and their owners in England from 1200 to 1900 to make a compelling case that history is an evolutionary process. Challenging the popular notion that animal breeds remain uniform over time and space, Russell integrates history and biology to offer a fresh take on human-animal coevolution. Using greyhounds in England as a case study, Russell shows that greyhounds varied and changed just as much as their owners. Not only did they evolve in response to each other, but people and dogs both evolved in response to the forces of modernization, such as capitalism, democracy, and industry. History and evolution were not separate processes, each proceeding at its own rate according to its own rules, but instead were the same.
There are no comments on this title.