| Record ID | marc_loc_2016/BooksAll.2016.part41.utf8:214253196:1448 |
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001 2014049256
003 DLC
005 20150918083524.0
008 150210s2015 nyua b 001 0 eng
010 $a 2014049256
020 $a9780465052745 (hardcover : alk. paper)
020 $z9780465040681 (e-book)
040 $aDLC$beng$cDLC$erda$dDLC
042 $apcc
050 00 $aSF395$b.E64 2015
082 00 $a636.4$223
100 1 $aEssig, Mark,$d1969-
245 10 $aLesser beasts :$ba snout-to-tail history of the humble pig /$cMark Essig.
264 1 $aNew York :$bBasic Books,$c[2015]
300 $aviii, 310 pages :$billustrations ;$c22 cm
336 $atext$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$2rdacarrier
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 261-295) and index.
505 0 $aKeep it simple -- Out of the wild -- "The pig is impure" -- "Of their flesh shall ye not eat" -- "Monstrosities of luxury" -- The forest pig -- "Swine eat things clean and unclean" -- "The husbandman's best scavenger" -- "All the mountains swarmed with them" -- ¿"A great unkindness for our swine" -- "The benevolent tyranny of the pig" -- "Twenty bushels of corn on four legs" -- The republic of porkdom -- "The swinish multitude" -- A growing prejudice against pork -- "The other white meat" -- Vices -- "Back to the start" -- Epilogue: Virtuous carnivores.
650 0 $aSwine$xHistory.
650 0 $aPork$xHistory.