Farm Animals in Britain, 1850-2001

Focusing on the origins and development of the conceptualisation of the biological animal body as a 'technological' resource, or indeed problem, within modern British agriculture, this book addresses the changing understanding, among agriculturalists and the public, of 'nature' in farming.

List of contents

Introduction 1. Representations 2. Stock 3. Pests & Disease 4. Pigs and "Factory" Farms 5. From Poultry ‘Keeping’ to Poultry ‘Farming’ 6. Cows 7. Marketing 8. Visiting "Farm" Animals Conclusion – Animal Machines

About the author

Professor Karen Sayer is Professor of Social and Cultural History, and Director of Programme for History at Leeds Trinity University College, UK. She was elected a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society in 2002 and has delivered plenary papers in France, Malta and the UK. Her current research focuses on British farming and concepts of the rural in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.

Summary

Focusing on the origins and development of the conceptualisation of the biological animal body as a ’technological’ resource, or indeed problem, within modern British agriculture, this book addresses the changing understanding, among agriculturalists and the public, of ’nature’ in farming.

Product details

• Authors: Sayer, Karen Sayer, Karen (Leeds Trinity University Sayer
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Release: 31.12.2023, delayed
• EAN: 9781409468950
• ISBN: 978-1-4094-6895-0
• No. of pages: 188
• Series: Rural Worlds: Economic, Social; Rural Worlds: Economic, Social and Cultural Histories of Agricultures and Rural Societies; Rural Worlds; Rural Worlds
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries