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Product Details

  • Series: Animal
  • Paperback: 208 pages
  • Publisher: Reaktion Books (October 15, 2007)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1861893264
  • ISBN-13: 978-1861893260
  • Product Dimensions: 5.4 x 0.5 x 7.5 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 12 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,708,616 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 starsA source of milk, leather, traction and meat, but also important as a cultural concept.
By lyndonbrecht TOP 1000 REVIEWER on February 19, 2015
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I share the other reviewers' sentiments, but will give a longer list of reasons. Let's start with the fact that Velten is a fine writer who here manages to make cattle a fascinating subject. Then there are the many and excellent illustrations. Then the topic--something as prosaic as cows made into a compelling and fascinating read. Be aware, however, that this is not a book on farming, dairying, or animal agriculture; it's more a cultural analysis of cows, and cattle more generally as features in the human mind--as expressed in fable, story, art, film, painting.

The first portion tracks cattle from the ancestral bovine. Chapter 2 is largely myth and legend, much of it fascinating--the Minotaur and all. The book looks at uses of cattle: milk, traction, leather, meat. It examines different breeds, and cows as symbol of rural idyll. It deals with more, such as rodeos, differing cultural attitudes regarding cattle, and more. There is a great deal of information. Velten also considers industrial agriculture in the production of meat and milk, noting that it's out of sight and out of mind, and the animals are regarded as industrial inputs, not as living beings.
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Well-writ, well-illustrated, good read. Author's only mistake was to believe the corporate cover up of "mad cow disease," which is caused by insecticide residues in contaminated drinking water.
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5.0 out of 5 starsA great read!
By Sue Weaver on November 28, 2008
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If you're interested in the history and evolution of the bovine race, this is your book!
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