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Creatures of Empire
how domestic animals transformed early America
By Anderson, Virginia DeJohn & Press, Oxford University
- ISBN
- 978-0-19515-860-1
- Publisher
- Oxford ; Oxford University Press, 2004.
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Reviewed on September 15, 2004
Anderson (history, Univ. of Colorado, Boulder) here joins scholars such as Jeffrey Lockwood (Locust ) and Jared Diamond (Guns, Germs, and Steel ) in demonstrating that key animals and plants crucially shaped human history. According to Anderson, livestock--specifically cattle, pigs, and sheep--deserve a place in any account of American history, having "produced changes in the land... [and] in the hearts and minds and behavior of" N...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
