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| Abbreviations |
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| Acknowledgements |
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| Introduction |
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1 | (16) |
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8 | (4) |
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Pamplona and the Running of the Bulls |
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12 | (5) |
| Chapter One: Taming and Domestication |
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17 | (18) |
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Domesticating Wild Things |
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17 | (1) |
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Paleolithic Cave Art and Extinct Aurochs |
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18 | (4) |
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22 | (4) |
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Sumer: The First Cow Culture |
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26 | (3) |
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The Cattle of Ancient Mesopotamia |
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29 | (1) |
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Babylon: Expanding the Role of the Bull |
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30 | (3) |
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The Reindeer Peoples: Surviving with the Herd |
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33 | (2) |
| Chapter Two: The Cow and Bull in Scripture |
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35 | (20) |
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40 | (3) |
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The Canaanite Ugarit Texts and Bull Cult |
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43 | (6) |
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49 | (6) |
| Chapter Three: Egypt and the Cult of the Cow |
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55 | (14) |
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58 | (4) |
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62 | (7) |
| Chapter Four: Greek Bull Myths |
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69 | (12) |
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71 | (1) |
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The Adventurers of Hercules |
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72 | (3) |
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75 | (2) |
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The Bull Cult in the Minoan Civilization in Crete |
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77 | (2) |
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79 | (2) |
| Chapter Five: Roman and Medieval Bull Cults |
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81 | (16) |
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Virgil and Horace: Poetic Celebrations of Cattle |
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81 | (3) |
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Taurus: The Charging of the Bull |
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84 | (2) |
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86 | (7) |
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Medieval Bull Realities and Myths |
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93 | (1) |
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Erik the Leif: Bringing Cattle to the Western Hemisphere |
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94 | (3) |
| Chapter Six: American Bison |
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97 | (18) |
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Lewis and Clark and the Buffalo Dance |
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101 | (1) |
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Washington Irving's Buffalo Encounters |
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102 | (3) |
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105 | (2) |
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Native Land and Cattle Loss |
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107 | (2) |
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TC and the Buffalo Harvey Wallbanger |
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109 | (2) |
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Norse Cow Myths and Babe the Blue Ox |
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111 | (4) |
| Chapter Seven: Cattle Drives and Great Plains Grasses |
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115 | (26) |
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Primogeniture and Land Laws |
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117 | (5) |
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122 | (2) |
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124 | (7) |
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131 | (2) |
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133 | (8) |
| Chapter Eight: Colonizers and Cattle |
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141 | (14) |
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142 | (2) |
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144 | (3) |
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147 | (8) |
| Chapter Nine: Meat and Milk |
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155 | (18) |
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155 | (8) |
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Milk and Cheese: Wisconsin and the West |
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163 | (2) |
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165 | (8) |
| Chapter Ten: Cattle and Unwanted Organisms |
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173 | (20) |
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Mad Cow Disease or BSE: From Deformity to Death |
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175 | (5) |
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BSE in the Third Millennium |
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180 | (2) |
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E. Coli Bacteria and Other Nasty Diseases |
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182 | (2) |
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Hoof or Foot-and-Mouth Disease |
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184 | (5) |
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189 | (4) |
| Chapter Eleven: African Cattle: Wealth and Insurance |
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193 | (14) |
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195 | (1) |
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196 | (2) |
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The Dassanetch of Ethiopia |
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198 | (2) |
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200 | (4) |
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The Cattle Herding Himba Tribe of Namibia |
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204 | (3) |
| Chapter Twelve: India, Land of the Sacred Bull and Cow |
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207 | (12) |
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Neolithic Cattle in India |
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208 | (1) |
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Hinduism: The Sanctity of the Cow |
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209 | (3) |
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212 | (1) |
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213 | (1) |
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214 | (5) |
| Chapter Thirteen: Latin American Beef-Eating Culture |
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219 | (18) |
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The Economics of Beef Production |
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221 | (5) |
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226 | (3) |
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Hoof and Mouth in South America |
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229 | (1) |
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Hunger, Rain Forests and Beef |
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230 | (2) |
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Costa Rica: Ranching and Deforestation |
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232 | (5) |
| Chapter Fourteen: The Asian Cow: Water Buffalo and Yak |
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237 | (12) |
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Uses of the Water Buffalo |
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238 | (3) |
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241 | (2) |
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243 | (2) |
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Buffalo Cloning: Until the Cows Come Home |
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245 | (1) |
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245 | (4) |
| Epilogue |
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249 | (8) |
| Notes |
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257 | (26) |
| References |
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283 | (14) |
| Index |
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