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How We Made the Modern Dog

Chris Pearson (Autor)

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2024
373 Seiten
ProFile (Verlag)
978-1-80081-642-8 (ISBN)

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Pearson's dog-eye view is unflinching. Between brilliant anecdotes, he takes us through the best and the worst of human-dog history

A love letter to the dogs who share our lives, and how history made them

A fascinating social history of humanity's most enduring inter-species relationship. The research is formidable, the writing accessible, and the tale always wags the academic dog

An enthralling account of the transformation of dogdom from blue-collar worker to human alter ego. Essential reading, especially for anyone who added a dog to their family during lockdown

Fascinating ... how human attitudes to dogs have changed ... [Pearson] tells what is, really, a love story

Thought-provoking and often surprising ... Pearson reveals that the modern dog is not only a product of history and human meddling, but their shifting fortunes are a microcosm of the world they inhabit

A fascinating read ... a real and searching piece of social history that tells us perhaps more about ourselves than our canine companions. Chris Pearson is wonderfully unafraid of revealing some of the harder truths as well as the more uplifting elements of our relationships with dogs ... intriguing, compelling

Entertaining and wide-ranging

Funny, irreverent and enthusiastic, [Pearson] parades his love for all things canine ... A fascinating book that's easy to read ... occasionally cuddly, but it definitely has bite

Full of entertaining vignettes ... our evolving relationship with man's best friend is covered in deep historical detail

A riveting history: a book stuffed with knowledge and quietly radiating affection

Splendidly instructive and entertaining ... every aspect of our long, close relationship with dogs - historical, political, military, emotional and more - is illuminated in this book in close, fascinating and often very funny detail in a way which will delight and intrigue anyone who loves dogs

Pearson's is a history of how dogs have shaped us, as much as how we have shaped them. As a historian and life-long dog lover, I couldn't put it down

From the caves to our sofas - the long and eventful canine journey explored with compelling anecdotes and deep affection. If we still had tails, they'd be wagging at this sweeping and enchanting account

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 7.11.2024
• Verlagsort: London
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Kulturgeschichte
• Schlagworte: Animal History • books about dogs • Dogs • dogs around the world • History • Kennel Club • Pets • postcolonial history • smart nonfiction
• ISBN-10: 1-80081-642-1 / 1800816421
• ISBN-13: 978-1-80081-642-8 / 9781800816428