{"product_id":"sheep-philip-armstrong-9781780235936","title":"Sheep","description":"The ancient Egyptians worshipped them, the Romans dressed them in fitted coats, and the Christians associated them with their divine savior. In \u003ci\u003eSheep\u003c\/i\u003e, Philip Armstrong traces the natural and cultural history of both wild and domestic species of ovis, from the Old World mouflon to the corkscrew-horned flocks of the Egyptians, from the Trojan sheep of Homer's \u003ci\u003eOdyssey\u003c\/i\u003e to the cannibal sheep of Thomas More's \u003ci\u003eUtopia\u003c\/i\u003e, from the vast migratory mobs of Spanish merinos all the way to Dolly--the first animal we have ever cloned--and Haruki Murakami's sheep-human hybrids. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e As Armstrong shows, humans have treated sheep with awe, cruelty or disdain for many thousands of years. Our exploitation of them for milk, meat, and wool--but also for artistic and cultural purposes--has shaped both our history and theirs. Despite all that we owe them we have often dismissed sheep as the least witted and least interesting of mammals: to be accused of \"sheepishness\" or behaving \"like a flock of sheep\" is to be denigrated for lack of courage, individuality, or will. Yet, as this book demonstrates, sheep actually possess highly sophisticated social skills and emotional intelligence. Above all, \u003ci\u003eSheep\u003c\/i\u003e demonstrates that sometimes the most mundane animals turn out to be the most surprising. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Philip Armstrong\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1780235933\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781780235936\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Reaktion Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/15\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 208\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.70lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.40h x 5.30w x 0.60d","brand":"Philip Armstrong","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46401420525823,"sku":"9781780235936","price":22.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_3eee25e4-11a4-4f74-be09-bd1292cc7ccb.jpg?v=1733887499","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/sheep-philip-armstrong-9781780235936","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}