Dog / Susan McHugh.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 219-221) and index.

In this book the author unravels the current debate about the relationship of dogs and wolves, and explores dogs in mythology, religion and in ancient cults as different as those in Alaska, Greece, Peru and Persia. She compares the histories of dogs in the Far East, Europe, Africa and the Americas, discusses the relatively recent phenomenon of dog breeding and the invention of species, and the roles of dogs in both science and fiction. She also shows how dogs today contribute to our lives in a huge number of ways, not only as pets and as guide dogs but in literature, movies, scientific studies - an in Asia - as a source of food.