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• catalog abstract "What would today's world be like if man had not domesticated animals? This is the question that celebrated animal expert Roger Caras explores in A Perfect Harmony. A fascinating and colorful combination of history, anthropology, and personal experience, the book examines animal species both familiar and exotic in order to illustrate their monumental impact on the development of civilization. Accessible, absorbing, and wonderfully appealing, A Perfect Harmony illuminates. A vital but virtually ignored aspect of human history: the partnership between man and domestic animals through the ages. At the dawn of civilization, Caras asserts, man alone was unable to take the giant steps necessary to achieve our current levels of technology and sophistication. But at each stage in our cultural evolution, he writes, domesticated animals enabled us to move on to the next level. The extent of our dependence upon these animals - which have provided us. With food, clothes, shelter, and means of transport - is beyond calculation. By turns wicked and wry, passionate and poignant, Caras illustrates how every domesticated animal from the reindeer to the silkworm has provided some valuable service to its human masters and has, in many cases, altered the course of history.".
• catalog contributor b10258153.
• catalog created "c1996.".
• catalog date "1996".
• catalog date "c1996.".
• catalog dateCopyrighted "c1996.".
• catalog description "A vital but virtually ignored aspect of human history: the partnership between man and domestic animals through the ages. At the dawn of civilization, Caras asserts, man alone was unable to take the giant steps necessary to achieve our current levels of technology and sophistication. But at each stage in our cultural evolution, he writes, domesticated animals enabled us to move on to the next level. The extent of our dependence upon these animals - which have provided us.".
• catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 253-257) and index.".
• catalog description "Time line : 100,000 years of human history -- Preface : what if? -- The other scenario -- The goat : the animal that changed the history of man -- The sheep : from fiber to factory -- Reindeer : the only domestic deer in the world -- The dog : the animal that forever changed the emotions of man -- Cattle : a fierce giant subdued -- The buffalo, the banteng and the yak : icons of other cultures -- Swine : meat for the table of everyman -- The elephant : man's most powerful servant -- The camel family : reluctant facilitators -- The horse : energy and the servant of man -- The ass, the donkey and the mule : the priceless plodders -- The cat : goddess or devil? -- The mongoose and the ferret : on silent patrol -- The cavy and the doormouse : small feasts -- The rat, the mouse and "shelf pets" : lesser accomplishments -- The rabbit : food for all -- Fur-bearers : in the name of vanity -- The chicken : at every table, in every pot -- The turkey : for special occasions -- The duck, the goose and the swan : fine-feathered friends -- The pigeon, the falcon and other birds : special niches -- Companion birds : connections to the wild -- Fish, the silkworm and the bee : finery and food -- Past failures and future hopes.".
• catalog description "What would today's world be like if man had not domesticated animals? This is the question that celebrated animal expert Roger Caras explores in A Perfect Harmony. A fascinating and colorful combination of history, anthropology, and personal experience, the book examines animal species both familiar and exotic in order to illustrate their monumental impact on the development of civilization. Accessible, absorbing, and wonderfully appealing, A Perfect Harmony illuminates.".
• catalog description "With food, clothes, shelter, and means of transport - is beyond calculation. By turns wicked and wry, passionate and poignant, Caras illustrates how every domesticated animal from the reindeer to the silkworm has provided some valuable service to its human masters and has, in many cases, altered the course of history.".
• catalog extent "271 p. :".
• catalog hasFormat "Perfect harmony.".
• catalog identifier "0684811006".
• catalog isFormatOf "Perfect harmony.".
• catalog issued "1996".
• catalog issued "c1996.".
• catalog language "eng".
• catalog publisher "New York : Simon & Schuster,".
• catalog relation "Perfect harmony.".
• catalog subject "306.3/49 20".
• catalog subject "Animals and civilization.".
• catalog subject "Domestication History.".
• catalog subject "QL85 .C37 1996".
• catalog tableOfContents "Time line : 100,000 years of human history -- Preface : what if? -- The other scenario -- The goat : the animal that changed the history of man -- The sheep : from fiber to factory -- Reindeer : the only domestic deer in the world -- The dog : the animal that forever changed the emotions of man -- Cattle : a fierce giant subdued -- The buffalo, the banteng and the yak : icons of other cultures -- Swine : meat for the table of everyman -- The elephant : man's most powerful servant -- The camel family : reluctant facilitators -- The horse : energy and the servant of man -- The ass, the donkey and the mule : the priceless plodders -- The cat : goddess or devil? -- The mongoose and the ferret : on silent patrol -- The cavy and the doormouse : small feasts -- The rat, the mouse and "shelf pets" : lesser accomplishments -- The rabbit : food for all -- Fur-bearers : in the name of vanity -- The chicken : at every table, in every pot -- The turkey : for special occasions -- The duck, the goose and the swan : fine-feathered friends -- The pigeon, the falcon and other birds : special niches -- Companion birds : connections to the wild -- Fish, the silkworm and the bee : finery and food -- Past failures and future hopes.".
• catalog title "A perfect harmony : the intertwining lives of animals and humans throughout history / Roger A. Caras.".
• catalog type "History. fast".
• catalog type "text".