Rat

by Jonathan Burt

The rat has been described as the shadow of the human: from ancient times through today, it has followed man via routes of commerce and conquest to eventually inhabit nearly every part of the world. Rats have a bad reputation--they spread disease, destroy agricultural produce, and thrive in the darkest corners of human habitation--but they have recently found credibility as a major resource for scientific experimentation. Jonathan Burt here traces...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1861892241
• ISBN13: 9781861892249
• Release Date: October 2004
• Publisher: Reaktion Books
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.4" x 7.5"