Camels in Asia and North Africa
interdisciplinary perspectives on their past and present significance
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Author
Publication
2012 - Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Wien, Austria
Language
English
Word Count
72,500 words, Guess
Page Count
290 pages
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL30964370M
- ISBN-139783700172444
- ISBN-103700172443
- OCLC Control Number819379952
- Library of Congress Control Number2013436952
Classifications
- LCCSF401.C2 C28 2012
Description
"Humanity's history is closely linked to those of camels. Without these remarkable animals we could not have inhabited the arid zones of Asia and North Africa, nor could we cope with today's challenges of increasing desertification. Researching interactions between humans and camels therefore has been established at the Austrian Academy of Sciences ever since its foundation more than 160 years ago. The present publication is committed to this research tradition. This book assembles insights upon current historical interactions between humans and camels. Thereby it is international and interdisciplinary from the outset and aims at intensifying a camel-related knowledge exchange between the natural sciences and the humanities. The here presented discussions of Old World camels (dromedary, Bactrian, wild camel) include such diverse topics as camel domestication, breeding, raising and commerce. Moreover, camels' significance is also discussed regarding socio-cultural and economic factors, music, folk medicine and veterinary medicine, as well as saving the last remaining wild camels"--P. [4] of cover.
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Series Statement
- Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften. Philosophisch-Historische Klasse. Denkschriften -- 451. Band
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