Animals, Disease and Human Society - Human-Animal Relations and the Rise of Veterinary Medicine

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.

List of contents

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.

About the author

Joanna Swabe is the EU Director for Humane Society International (HSI).

Summary

This book discusses our relationship with other animals and the rise of veterinary medicine, posing important questions about the increasing intensification of animal use for both animal and human health.

Product details

• Authors: Joanna Swabe, Swabe Joanna
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 08.04.2014
• EAN: 9781138007161
• ISBN: 978-1-138-00716-1
• No. of pages: 202
• Series: Routledge Studies in Science, Technology and Society
• Subjects: Guides > Health; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: general, reference works; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; HEALTH & FITNESS / General, Economics, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, Ethics & moral philosophy, Ethics and moral philosophy