Beastly : The 40,000-year story of animals and us / Keggie Carew.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Carew, Keggie, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Human-animal relationships--History.

Human-animal relationships.

Animal behavior.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (390 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Abrams Press, [2023]

Summary:

From an award-winning nature writer, true stories of our shared planet, all its inhabitants, and the fascinating ways they connect in the net of lifeAnimals have shaped our minds, our lives, our land, and our civilization. Humanity would not have gotten very far without them--making use of their labor for transportation, agriculture, and pollination; their protection from predators; and their bodies for food and to make clothing, music, and art. And over the last two centuries, humans have made unprecedented advances in science, technology, behavior, and beliefs. Yet how is it that we continue to destroy the animal world and lump its magnificence under the sterile concept of biodiversity?In Beastly, author Keggie Carew seeks to re-enchant readers with the wild world, reframing our understanding of what it is like to be an animal and what our role is as humans. She throws readers headlong into the mind-blowing, heart-thumping, glittering pageant of life, and goes in search of our most revealing encounters with the animal world throughout the centuries. How did we domesticate animals and why did we choose sheep, goats, cows, pigs, horses, and chickens? What does it mean when a gorilla tells a joke or a fish thinks? Why does a wren sing? Beastly is a gorgeously written, deeply researched, and intensely felt journey into the splendor and genius of animals and the long, complicated story of our interactions with them as humans.

Contents:

Wild thing

God damn

The animal within

Dumb

Dam nation

If you kill it, you have to eat it - 1

It's the environment, stupid

If you kill it, you have to eat it - 2

Damned

Golden joinery.

Notes:

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Print version: Carew, Keggie Beastly

ISBN:

9781647009618

1647009618

OCLC:

1375289331