Feral children and clever animals : reflections on human nature

Summary: What is it that sets us apart from the rest of the animal kingdom? What makes us unique? What makes us human? In this provocative book, Douglas Candland shows that as we begin to understand the way animals and non-speaking humans 'think', we hold up a mirror of sorts to our own mental world, and gain profound insights into human nature. Among the fascinating accounts of feral children and clever animals from which the book draws its arguments are the Wolf Girls of India, Victor, the Wild Boy of Aveyron, Kaspar Hauser, and 'Clever Hans', the German horse that could calculate square roots.

Record details

ISBN: 0195102843
ISBN: 0195074688
ISBN: 9781429406161
ISBN: 9781280528637
ISBN: 9780195102840
ISBN: 9780195074680
ISBN: 142940616X
ISBN: 128052863X
ISBN: 0195102843
ISBN: 0195074688
Physical Description: 1 online resource (xx, 411 pages) : illustrations
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Publisher: New York : Oxford University Press, 1993.

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General Note:	CatMonthString:august.19 Multi-User.
Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 371-394) and index.
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Type of Computer File or Data Note:	Text (HTML), electronic book.
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Issuing Body Note:	Made available online by EBSCO.
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Source of Description Note:	Print version record.