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

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.

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 and Francis
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.10.1998
• EAN: 9780415181938
• ISBN: 978-0-415-18193-8
• No. of pages: 202
• Weight: 530 g
• Illustrations: Tabellen, schwarz-weiss
• Series: Routledge Studies in Science, Technology and Society
• Subjects: Guides > Health; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: general, reference works; Social sciences, law, business > Business > Economics; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / General, MEDICAL / Veterinary Medicine / General, Sociology & anthropology, Sociology and anthropology, Veterinary medicine: diseases and therapeutics, Veterinary medicine: infectious diseases & therapeutics