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Title Why did the chicken cross the world? : the epic saga of the bird that powers civilization / Andrew Lawler.
Publisher New York : Atria Books, 2014.
Copyright ©2014
Description ix, 324 pages ; 24 cm
Edition First Atria Books hardcover edition.


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BIBLIOGRAPHY Includes bibliographical references (pages 267-311) and index.
Summary From ancient empires to modern economics, veteran journalist Andrew Lawler delivers a sweeping history of the animal that has been most crucial to the spread of civilization across the globe--the chicken. Queen Victoria was obsessed with it. Socrates' last words were about it. Charles Darwin and Louis Pasteur made their scientific breakthroughs using it. Catholic popes, African shamans, Chinese philosophers, and Muslim mystics praised it. Throughout the history of civilization, humans have embraced it in every form imaginable--as a messenger of the gods, powerful sex symbol, gambling aid, emblem of resurrection, all-purpose medicine, handy research tool, inspiration for bravery, epitome of evil, and, of course, as the star of the world's most famous joke. In Why Did the Chicken Cross the World?, science writer Andrew Lawler takes us on an adventure from prehistory to the modern era with a fascinating account of the partnership between human and chicken.
Subject Chickens -- History.
Civilization -- History.
Animals and civilization -- History.
Human-animal relationships -- History.
Other title Epic saga of the bird that powers civilization.
ISBN 9781476729893
1476729891