The herds shot round the World : native breeds and the British Empire, 1800–1900 / Rebecca J.H. Woods
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| Autore: |
Woods Rebecca J. H
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| Titolo: |
The herds shot round the World : native breeds and the British Empire, 1800–1900 / Rebecca J.H. Woods
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| Pubblicazione: | Chapel Hill, : University of North Carolina Press, [2017] |
| Baltimore, Md., : Project MUSE, , 2018 | |
| ©[2017] | |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource |
| Disciplina: | 338.1/76082094109034 |
| 338.176082094109034 | |
| Soggetto topico: | Agrobiodiversity |
| Industrial revolution - Great Britain - History - 19th century | |
| Endemic animals - Great Britain | |
| Cattle breeds - Great Britain | |
| Sheep breeds - Great Britain | |
| Animal industry - Great Britain - History - 19th century | |
| Soggetto geografico: | Great Britain Colonies History 19th century |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | 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. |
| Sommario/riassunto: | "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."-- |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Herds shot round the World |
| ISBN: | 9798890849434 |
| 1-4696-3467-8 | |
| 1-4696-3468-6 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910823208903321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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Flows, migrations, and exchanges.