Our debt to the dog
Subtitle: how the domestic dog helped shape human societies
By: Bryan D. Cummins
Publisher: Carolina Academic Press
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Durham, N.C
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781594607202
Subjects: Human-animal relationships; Dogs; Social evolution; History
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Canis lupus familiaris Meets Homo sapiens sapiens; title: At Diana's Side : the dogs of the chase; title: The Wolf in the Fold : the dog and pastoral societies; title: Your Beast of Burden; title: Hail Anubis : the dog in religion and mythology; title: Blood Sports : the dog and the combat arena; title: The Dogs of War; title: To Serve and Protect : the modern police dog movement; title: Commoners, Kings and Colonials : class, status and Canis familiaris; title: At the Bidding of Science : the dog, vivisection and the animal rights movement; title: By Our Side : assistance dogs and the enabling of the disabled; title: When the Bond is Broken : ferals and strays; title: Into the Future.