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Mackenzie Cooley, "The Perfection of Nature: Animals, Breeding, and Race in the Renaissance" (U Chicago Press, 2022)

New Books in the History of Science

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Nahuatl Dog Breeding

Dogs were eaten in Mesoamerica and all the way up through the early modern period. There was a role assigned to the dog breeder within Nahuatl society. Dogs carry all sorts of meanings for Nahuas. They would help one cross over from the living realm into the realm of death.

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