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Animals, Disease and Human Society
Human-Animal Relations and the Rise of Veterinary Science
By Joanna Swabe
Pages: 243pp
Publisher: Routledge
Edition, 1st. 1999
Series: Studies in Science, Technology, and Society
Language: English
ISBN-13: 9780415181938
Description
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 regime, designed to protect humans and animals alike
• implications of intensive farming practices, pet-keeping and recent biotechnological developments.
This account spans a period of some ten thousand years, and raises important questions about the increasing intensification of animal use for both animal and human health.
Enjoy! :up:
Human-Animal Relations and the Rise of Veterinary Science
By Joanna Swabe
Pages: 243pp
Publisher: Routledge
Edition, 1st. 1999
Series: Studies in Science, Technology, and Society
Language: English
ISBN-13: 9780415181938
Description
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 regime, designed to protect humans and animals alike
• implications of intensive farming practices, pet-keeping and recent biotechnological developments.
This account spans a period of some ten thousand years, and raises important questions about the increasing intensification of animal use for both animal and human health.
Enjoy! :up:
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