Nimmo, Richie.

Milk, modernity and the making of the human purifying the social / [electronic resource] : Richie Nimmo. - London ; New York : Routledge, 2010. - 1 online resource (xii, 207 p.) - Culture, economy and the social . - Culture, economy and the social. .

Includes bibliographical references (p. [191]-199) and index.

The anthropocentrism of 'culture' : a critique of humanist discourse -- Milk and modernity part I : commodities, networks and monopolies -- Culture, order and disease in late nineteenth-century British dairying -- Purifying milk : knowledge, sanitation and discipline -- Milk and modernity part II : measurement, rationalization and control -- Beyond 'culture' and 'nature' : towards a post-humanist knowledge.




Mode of access: World Wide Web.

9780203867334 (ebk : PDF)


Milk trade--Social aspects--Great Britain.
Dairying--Social aspects--Great Britain.
Human-animal relationships.
Humanism.


Electronic books.

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