Poultry Science, Chicken Culture: A Partial Alphabet

by Susan Merrill Squier

Book Overview

Poultry Science, Chicken Culture is a collection of engrossing, witty, and thought-provoking essays about the chicken--the familiar domestic bird that has played an intimate part in our cultural, scientific, social, economic, legal, and medical practices and concerns since ancient Egypt, Greece, and Rome. Organized as a primer, the book reaches beyond narrow disciplines to discover why individuals are so fascinated with the humble, funny, overlooked,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0813549248
• ISBN13: 9780813549248
• Release Date: November 2010
• Publisher: Rutgers University Press
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.3" x 9.0"