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

ISBN-13: 9780415181938 / Angielski / Twarda / 1998 / 202 str.

Joanna Swabe

Opis

In recent years, the issue of animal disease has seldom been out of the headlines. The emergence of BSE and the threat of food-bourne infections such as E-coli and salmonella have focussed public attention on the impact of animal disease upon human society. However, the problem of animal disease is far from new. This text explores the history and nature of our dependency upon other animals and the implications of this for human and animal health. Writing from an historical and sociological perspective, Joanna Swabe's work discussses 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; and implications of intensive farming practices, pet-keeping and recent biotechnological developments. This account spans a period of some 10,000 years, and raises important questions about the increasing intensification of animal use for both animal and human health. The title should be of use to those interested in human-animal relationships or in public health issues.

Recenzje

'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'

Spis treści

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.

O autorze

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