The Company of Cattle
Domestication and Colonization
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 23738784 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Virginia Dejohn Anderson (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2004 |
| Pages | 75-106 |
| Publication date | 2004-11-11 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | CHAPTER |
| Venue | Creatures of Empire (SOURCE_BOOK) |
| Publisher | Oxford University PressNew York (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195158601.003.0004 |
| OpenAlex | W2505193891 |
| ISBN | 9780195158601 |
| Language | EN |
This chapter examines why colonists assumed that English livestock and animal husbandry practices would easily transfer to the New World. They also presumed that by raising livestock on lands that Indians seemingly did not use, the English could justify their legal claim to the territory. Despite early difficulties, livestock populations eventually flourished.
Business · Colonialism, slavery, and trade · Cultural History and Identity Formation · Historical Economic and Social Studies
| Highly cited | No |
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