Kooperativer Bibliotheksverbund

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Format: 237 S , Ill., graph. Darst

ISBN: 902905445X , 9063037201

Series Statement: Monografiee͏̈n over Europese cultuur 1

Language: Undetermined

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Format: X, 216 S. : Ill., Kt.

ISBN: 1-55608-081-6 , 1-55608-082-4

Uniform Title: Eugène Dubois en de aapmens van Java

Note: Orig.-Ausg. zugl.: Utrecht, Rijksuniv., Diss., 1985. - Aus dem Niederländ. übers. , Zugl.: Utrecht, Univ., Diss.

Language: English

Keywords: 1858-1940 Dubois, Eugène ; Paläanthropologie ; Hochschulschrift

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Format: 301 S. : Ill., graph. Darst.

Note: Utrecht, Rijksuniv., Diss. - PST: Eugène Dubois and the ape-man of Java , Utrecht, Univ., Diss., 1985

Keywords: Hochschulschrift

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Format: 1 online resource (288 p.)

ISBN: 9781487535384

Content: In the 1970s, scientists claimed that farm animal breeding was finally evolving from an art into a science. In their view, the switch to scientific breeding was as inevitable as the ongoing process of agricultural modernization. However, the art-to-science scenario is too simplistic to do justice to the complex dynamic that characterized the transformation of the field. The livestock breeds that take centre stage in this book – dairy cattle, chickens, pigs, sheep, and horses – were products of the twentieth century. The methods used by breeders to improve their animals, however, were much older. Tracing the history of practical stockbreeding, the role of Mendelism in scientific breeding, and the emergence of quantitative genetics, Beauty or Statistics shows that the story of the scientific modernization of livestock breeding can be more fruitfully analyzed from the perspective of changing cultures of breeding, taking practical, commercial, normative, and aesthetic considerations into account.

Note: Frontmatter -- , Contents -- , Illustrations -- , Acknowledgments -- , Abbreviations -- , Introduction -- , 1. Breeding for nobility or for production? friesian dairy cattle -- , 2. “The most efficient chickens in the world” -- , 3. Breeding a pig for all parties -- , 4. Just not like any other sheep breed: the texel -- , 5. From farm horse to riding horse: the dutch warmbloods -- , Conclusions -- , Notes -- , Sources -- , Bibliography -- , Index , In English.

Language: English

DOI: 10.3138/9781487535384

URL: https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9781487535384

URL: https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9781487535384

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Format: 1 online resource (285 pages)

ISBN: 1-4875-3539-2 , 1-4875-3538-4

Content: "This book is a valuable and innovative piece of scholarship. It advances the broadening field of studies devoted to understanding how animal breeding has evolved after the advent of the science of genetics. Animal breeding is an ancient human occupation, but it has undergone profound changes which have stressed and modified old ways over the past 120 years. This book looks at the interface between science and practice in the breeding of farm animals with a special focus on Dutch livestock breeding. It argues that it is too simplistic to see the infiltration of genetics into practice as merely modernization."--

Note: Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- 1. Breeding for Nobility or for Production? Friesian Dairy Cattle -- The Breeders Get Organized -- Type and Tuberculosis -- The Moral Economy of Breeding -- Bloodlines and Purity -- Scientific Breeding -- Nobility or Production? -- Entrepreneurship -- Indexes -- Holsteinization -- Market and Moral Economy -- 2. The Most Efficient Chickens in the World -- From Side Business to Mainstay -- Hybrid Breeding -- Hy-Line and Hendrix Genetics , From Purebreds to First-Generation Crossbreds -- Industrialization -- Developments in Breeding -- Chickens Are Not Peas -- 3. Breeding a Pig for All Parties -- Testing for Productive Traits -- Minkema's Breeding Plan -- AI in Pigs -- Hybrid Pig Breeding -- The Breeder's Eye -- Pigs Are Not Chickens -- 4. Just Not Like Any Other Sheep Breed: The Texel -- Creating the Texel -- The Swifter -- Breeding By Numbers or By Eye -- AI in Texel Sheep -- What's in a Breed? -- 5. From Farm Horse to Riding Horse: The Dutch Warmbloods -- Gelderlanders and Groningers -- Introducing "Hot Blood." , Finding the Right Mix -- The Government Intervenes -- Scientific Breeding -- Balancing Practical and Scientific Methods -- Conclusions -- Notes -- Sources -- Bibliography -- Index. , In English.

Additional Edition: ISBN 1-4875-0700-3

Language: English

DOI: 10.3138/9781487535384