Our debt to the dog : how the domestic dog helped shape human societies / Bryan Cummins

Author:: Cummins, Bryan, 1953-
Published:: Durham, N.C. : Carolina Academic Press, [2013]
Copyright Date:: ©2013
Physical Description:: xiii, 439 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm

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Contents:

Canis lupus familiaris Meets Homo sapiens sapiens -- At Diana's Side : the dogs of the chase -- The Wolf in the Fold : the dog and pastoral societies -- Your Beast of Burden -- Hail Anubis : the dog in religion and mythology -- Blood Sports : the dog and the combat arena -- The Dogs of War -- To Serve and Protect : the modern police dog movement -- Commoners, Kings and Colonials : class, status and Canis familiaris -- At the Bidding of Science : the dog, vivisection and the animal rights movement -- By Our Side : assistance dogs and the enabling of the disabled -- When the Bond is Broken : ferals and strays -- Into the Future.

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ISBN:

9781594607202 (alk. paper)
1594607206 (alk. paper)

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 407-425) and index.

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