Cow
Subtitle: a bovine biography
By: Florian Werner ; translated from the German by Doris Ecker
Edition: 1st U.S. ed.
Publisher: Greystone Books; Distributed in the U.S. by Publishers Group West
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Vancouver; Berkeley [CA]; [Berkeley, CA]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 229
ISBN-13: 9781553655817
Subjects: Vaches; History; Cows in art; Social aspects; Animals and civilization; Cows in literature; Kuh; Cows; Human-animal relationships; Cattle; Kultur
Work titles: Kuh
Description: Combining thorough research with an accessible writing style, Florian Werner offers readers an eye-opening perspective on this commodified animal, whose existence is inextricably intertwined with ours and which we too often take for granted -- Publisher.
Notes: "Foreword by Temple Grandin"--Cover.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 211-219) and index.

Issued also in electronic formats.
Table of contents: title: Foreword / by Temple Grandin; title: In the beginning was the cow; title: A kingdom for a cow; title: Flesh and blood; title: Milk; title: Hide and hair; title: Udder and vulva; title: The eye; title: Happiness through rumination; title: Herding cows; title: The moo; title: Behind the fence; title: Sacred cows; title: Evil cows; title: Apocalypse cow.