Milking other men's beasts

History and Theory

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 13-28

  Fudge, Erica ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Agricultural history; Animal studies; Early modern England; Historiography; Human animal relations; Sensory history; Temple Grandin

Indexed keywords

EID: 84898427550     PISSN: 00182656     EISSN: 14682303     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/hith.10682     Document Type: Article

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24. Erica Fudge, Brutal Reasoning: Animals, Rationality, and Humanity in Early Modern England (Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, 2006), esp. chapter 1.
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26. Many of Grandin's scientific papers can be accessed on http://www.grandin.com/welfare/intro.welfare.html (accessed June 27, 2013).
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