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  title info:
    title: What's a dog for?
    sub title: the surprising history, science, philosophy, and politics of man's best friend
  name:
    name part: Homans, John.
    role:
      role term: creator
  type of resource: text
  genre: bibliography
  origin info:
    place:
      place term: nyu
    date issued: 2012
    issuance: monographic
  language:
    language term: eng
  physical description:
    form: print
    extent: 258 pages ; 25 cm.
  abstract: Journalist John Homans explores the dog's complex place in our world and how it came to be. Evolving from wild animals to working animals to nearly human members of our social fabric, dogs are now the subject of scientific studies concerning pet ownership, evolutionary theory, and even cognitive science. They are also subject to many of the same questions of rights and ethics as people, and the politics of dogs are more tumultuous and public than ever--with fierce moral battles raging over kill shelters, puppy mills, and breed standards. From new insights into what makes dogs so appealing to humans to the health benefits associated with owning a dog, Homans investigates why the human-canine relationship has evolved so rapidly--how dogs moved from the doghouse into our families, our homes, and sometimes even our beds in the span of a generation.--From publisher description.
  table of contents: Entering the world of dog -- The family dog -- The search for Stella's brain -- How the match was made -- Leaping toward humanity -- Dumb animals -- Darwin's muse -- The mind returns -- The wolves that came in from the cold -- Mixing the lab -- Beyond breeds -- Future canines -- The great migration -- The birth of empathy -- The rights of dog -- Dog years.
  note: John Homans.
  note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
  subject:
    topic: Dogs
    topic: Social aspects
  subject:
    topic: Dogs
    topic: Psychology
  subject:
    topic: Human-animal relationships
  subject:
    topic: Dogs
    topic: psychology
  subject:
    topic: Behavior, Animal
  subject:
    topic: Bonding, Human-Pet
  classification: SF426 .H63 2012
  classification: 636.7
  classification: SF 426 H763w 2012
  identifier: 9781594205156
  identifier: 1594205159
  identifier: 2012009278
  record info:
    record content source: DLC
    record creation date: 120430
    record change date: 20191205081339.0
    record identifier: in00004518597
    language of cataloging:
      language term: eng