Nimmo, Richie

Milk, modernity and the making of the human purifying the social / [Texte imprimé] : Richie Nimmo - London ; New York : Routledge, 2010 - 1 vol. (XII-207 p.) ; 24 cm - Culture, economy and the social . - Culture, Economy and the Social (Economic and Social Research Council) .

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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

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Milk trade Dairying Human-animal relationships Humanism

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