Bred for Perfection
Subtitle: Shorthorn Cattle, Collies, and Arabian Horses since 1800 (Animals, History, Culture)
Publisher: The Johns Hopkins University Press
Published: October 7, 2003
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 216
ISBN-13: 9780801873447
Subjects: Animal breeding; Animals & society; History of science; History of specific subjects; Shorthorn cattle; Life Sciences - Zoology - General; Breeding; Science; Technology & Industrial Arts; Science/Mathematics; Modern - 19th Century; Agriculture - Animal Husbandry; Modern - 20th Century; Science / History; Arabian horse; 19th century; Collie; History
First sentence: This chapter introduces the complex world of modern purebred breeding by explaining how fundamental aspects of the system evolved from the late eighteenth century to the late twentieth and also how larger movements such as genetics and eugenics influenced the production of purebred animals.