Chickens (eBook)

Their Natural and Unnatural Histories

Janet Lembke (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2012
256 Seiten
Skyhorse Publishing (Verlag)
978-1-5107-2015-2 (ISBN)

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Framed by the authors personal experience with backyard hens, Chickens: Their Natural and Unnatural Histories explores the history of the chicken from its descent from the dinosaurs to the space-age present. En route, Lembke surveys chickens in ancient Greece, the Middle Ages, the Renaissance, the nineteenth century, and modern times, including the role of chickens in Jewish and Muslim practices. She also investigates the birds contributions to science and their jaunty appearances in literature. Eggs receive a chapter of their own, as does chicken cuisine, comprising recipes from the Roman Empire to todays favorites. Stories about chickens appear, too, often written by those who keep them, including the painter Grandma Moses, the man who holds Clevelands Farm Animal Permit No. 17, and Brenda, who had to give her young roosters a talking-to for behaving like sheep. Chickens have only recently come to a sorry pass in the Western world, where broilers and laying hens are factory-farmed. Lembke investigates the fate of such birds and explores the sustainable, humane alternatives to raising birds for meat and eggs. A celebration of the chicken in its every aspect, Chickens is sure to delight the chicken fancier, the backyard chicken keeper, and everyone concerned about where our food comes from and how we can treat animals more compassionately.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 1.11.2012
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Natur / Technik ► Tiere / Tierhaltung
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
• Themenwelt: Weitere Fachgebiete ► Land- / Forstwirtschaft / Fischerei
• Schlagworte: alphabetized • Audubon • backyard chicken • Biology • Birding • books on audubons books • books on field guides • books on food sources • books on glass doors • books on human relationships • Brazil • Breeds • Carolina • cat purrs • chicken crossed • chicken factory • chicken owners • chicken raising • cock fighting • cock-fighting • cockfighting • cocks • coops • cowbirds • despicable creatures • dog eared • domesticated • doves • ear lobe • eggs • Encyclopedia • fancier • Farms • field guides • food source • fowl • gail • Galapagos • Gallus • genetic experiment • glass door • gray squirrel • Hawaii • Helm • Hens • historical journey • horseflies • human culture southeast asia • humane treatment • Human History • Human Relationship • in-depth discussions • industrial chicken • industrial production • kimber • kudzu • Lawler • living world • modern industrial • mutualism • Norman Rockwell • Organisms • Peterson • Poultry • Princeton • raise chickens • raised chickens • Raising chickens • rearing • reference shelf • Rocky • roosters • sapiens • shrink wrapped • sliding glass • Slugs • squirrels • starlings • symbiosis • Turtles • wooly mammoth
• ISBN-10: 1-5107-2015-4 / 1510720154
• ISBN-13: 978-1-5107-2015-2 / 9781510720152