The intimate bond : how animals shaped human history

Brian Fagan

<i>Hunters and the hunted. Partnership -- Wolves and people. Curious neighbors and wolf-dogs ; Cherished companions -- The farming revolution. Down on the first farms ; Working relationships ; Corralling the aurochs ; "Wild bull on the rampage" -- How the donkey started globalization. "Average Joe" ; The pickup trucks of history -- The beasts that toppled emperors. Taming Equus ; The Horse Masters' legacies ; Deposing sons of heaven -- Ships of the desert. "Animals designed by God" -- "Mild, patient, enduring." Dominion over beasts? ; "The hell for dumb animals" ; Victims of military insanity ; Cruelty to the indispensable ; To kill, to display, and to love. - Cultuurgeschiedenis van de relatie tussen mens en dier door de eeuwen heen.