Living with herds [electronic resource] : human-animal co-existence in Mongolia / Natasha Fijn.

Living with herds [electronic resource] : human-animal co-existence in Mongolia / Natasha Fijn.

9781107000902
9781139007955 (electronic book)

Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2011.

English

xix, p., [16] p. of plates : ill., maps.

GN635.M66 F56 2011

306.09517/3

"Natasha Fijn examines the process of animal domestication in an ethnographic account of herders and their herd animals in the mountains of Mongolia"-- Provided by publisher.
"Domestic animals have lived with humans for thousands of years and remain essential to the everyday lives of people throughout the world. In this book, Natasha Fijn examines the process of animal domestication in a study that blends biological and social anthropology, ethology, and ethnography. She examines the social behavior of humans and animals in a contemporary Mongolian herding society. After living with Mongolian herding families, Dr. Fijn has observed through firsthand experience both sides of the human-animal relationship. Examining their reciprocal social behavior and communication with one another, she demonstrates how herd animals influence Mongolian herders' lives and how the animals themselves are active partners in the domestication process"-- Provided by publisher.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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