Cats, ancient and modern
By: Juliet Clutton-Brock.
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Published: 1993
Place of publication: Cambridge, Mass
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 96
Subjects: Cats -- History.; Cats.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 94-95) and index.
Table of contents: title: The cat’s place in nature. Wild relatives -- Reproduction -- Behaviour -- Cats in ancient times. Early domestication -- Ancient Egypt -- The Classical world -- The Middle Ages -- The cat in legend and witchcraft -- Cats in modern times. The foundation breeds -- The cat fancy -- Distribution of the common cat in town and country -- Cats in the Orient -- Feral cats -- Ships’ cats.