1st Edition
Animals, Disease and Human Society Human-animal Relations and the Rise of Veterinary Medicine
By Joanna Swabe
Copyright 1999
202 Pages
by
Routledge
202 Pages
by
Routledge
202 Pages
by
Routledge
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This book explores the history and nature of our dependency on other animals and the implications of this for human and animal health. Writing from an historical and sociological perspective, Joanna Swabe's work discusses such issues as: * animal domestication * the consequences of human exploitation of other animals, including links between human and animal disease * the rise of a veterinary... Read more
Acknowledgements 1. Introduction 2. Domestication, Dependency and Disease 3. Animals, Disease and Human Social Life: From Ancient Times to the Early Modern Period 4. The Unfolding Veterinary Regime 5. The Intensification of Livestock Production and the Veterinary Regime during the Twentieth Century 6. Pandering to Pets: Pet-keeping and the Emergence of Small Animal Practice 7. Epilogue. Appendix.
Biography
Joanna Swabe is the EU Director for Humane Society International (HSI).
'Joanna Swabe's book is one of the first works to examine human-animal relations from a historical and social perspective for some years ... an astoundingly broad work.' - Richard Hankins, University of Liverpool'
