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| TITLE: |
The others : how animals made us human / Paul Shepard. |
| AUTHOR: |
Shepard, Paul, 1925- |
| PUBLISHED: |
Washington, D.C. : Island Press, c1996. |
| DESCRIPTION: |
x, 374 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. |
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"A Shearwater book"--T.p. verso. |
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Includes bibliographical references ([p. 335]-356) and index. |
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Examines the role of animals in human history, discussing how various cultures have thought about, reacted to, and interacted with animals, and covering topics that include the relationship of eating and being eaten; animal concepts in fairy tales, folktales, and myths; and how sounds in the natural world transformed into dancing, singing, and music. |
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Interest level: Adult |
| SUBJECT: |
Human-animal relationships. |
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Human ecology. |
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Philosophical anthropology. |
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