Contributions

  • Coppinger, Lorna, author - Contributor
  • Beck, Alan M., writer of foreword - Contributor

Publication

2016 - University of Chicago Press, Illinois

Language

English

Word Count

64,250 words, Guess

Page Count

257 pages

Identifiers

  • ISBN-10022612794X
  • ISBN-139780226127941
  • Library of Congress Control Number2015031906
  • OCLC Control Number919068296
  • Better World Books9780226127941
and 1 more

Classifications

  • DDC636.7
  • LCCSF422.5 .C66 2016
  • LCCSF422.5.C66 2016

Description

"Exploring the natural history of these creatures, the Coppingers explain how the village dogs of Vietnam, India, Africa, and Mexico are strikingly similar. These feral dogs, argue the Coppingers, are in fact the real representative dogs, nearly uniform in size and shape and incredibly self-sufficient. Drawing on nearly five decades of research, they show how dogs actually domesticated themselves in order to become such sufficient scavengers of human refuse. The Coppingers also examine the behavioral characteristics that enable dogs to live successfully and to reproduce, unconstrained by humans, in environments that we ordinarily do not think of as dog- friendly."--From publisher description.

Subjects

Other Editions

  • What is a dog?University of Chicago Press2016

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