Why did the chicken cross the world? : the epic saga of the bird that powers civilization

Lawler, Andrew.

Book 2014

"From ancient empires to modern economics, veteran journalist Andrew Lawler delivers a sweeping history of the animal that has been most crucial to the spread of civilization across the globe--the chicken. Queen Victoria was obsessed with it. Socrates' last words were about it. Charles Darwin and Louis Pasteur made their scientific breakthroughs using it. Catholic popes, African shamans, Chinese philosophers, and Muslim mystics praised it. Throug...

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Animals and civilization History

Chickens History

Civilization History

Human-animal relationships History

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ISBN:

9781476729893
1476729891

Edition:

First Atria Books hardcover edition

Description:

ix, 324 pages ; 24 cm

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 267-311) and index

Contents:

1. Nature's Mr. Potato Head
2. The Carnelian Beard
3. The Healing Clutch
4. Essential Gear
5. Thrilla in Manila
6. Giants Upon the Scene
7. The Harlequin's Sword
8. The Little King
9. Feeding Babalu
10. Sweater Girls of the Barnyard
11. Gallus Archipelago
12. The Intuitive Physicist
13. A Last Cause

LCCN:

2014031979

Control Number:

1040733

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