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

by Joanna Swabe

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415181933
• ISBN13: 9780415181938
• Release Date: October 1998
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 202 Pages
• Weight: 1.03 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.2" x 8.2"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary