Cattle: an informal social history

Preface

pt. 1. Part of the family

[ch.] 1. Cows on the ceiling

[ch.] 2. The domestication of cattle

[ch.] 3. Cattle and the clan

ch. 4. Woman's best friend

ch. 5. Cattle culture comes to the Americas

pt. 2. The business of cattle

ch. 6. From trails to tracks

ch. 7. The devil's rope

ch. 8. The industrialization of meat

ch. 9. Margarine : the plastic food

ch. 10. Free speech and hamburgers

pt. 3. The good provider

ch. 11. Breeding back the Aurochs

ch. 12. A shot in the arm

[ch.] 13. Mad at cows

[ch.] 14. Carnivore culture

[ch.] 15. The milk cow

[ch.] 16. Ruminations : care and feeding

Acknowledgments

Notes

Index.