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The herds shot round the world : native breeds and the British empire, 1800-1900

Woods, Rebecca J. H., author

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\"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.\"-- Provided by publisher.

• Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
• Subject: Animal industry Great Britain History 19th century. / Sheep breeds Great Britain. / Cattle breeds Great Britain. / Endemic animals Great Britain. / Industrial revolution Great Britain History 19th century. / Agrobiodiversity. / Great Britain Colonies History 19th century.
• ISBN: 9781469634654, 9781469634661

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Call Number	Copies	Material	Location
HD9436.G72 W66 2017	1	BOOK	BUSINESS