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The perfection of nature : animals, breeding, and race in the Renaissance / Mackenzie Cooley.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Cooley, Mackenzie, author.
- Series:
- Chicago scholarship online.
- Chicago scholarship online
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Animal breeding--History.
- Animal breeding.
- Eugenics--History.
- Eugenics.
- Renaissance.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (352 p.) : 30 halftones
- Place of Publication:
- Chicago : The University of Chicago Press, [2023]
- Language Note:
- In English.
- Summary:
- A deep history of how Renaissance Italy and the Spanish empire were shaped by a lingering fascination with breeding.
- Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of Illustrations
- A Note on Terms and Orthography
- Maps
- Introduction
- Part I Knowing and Controlling Animal Generation
- Part II A Divergence in Breeding
- Part III A Brave New Natural World
- Part IV Difference in European Thought
- Epilogue
- Acknowledgments
- Abbreviations
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
- Notes:
- Previously issued in print: 2022.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed on June 6, 2023).
- ISBN:
- 0-226-82227-3
- OCLC:
- 1341443972
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