Aubrey Manning, James Serpell

Animals and Human Society (eBook, ePUB)

Changing Perspectives

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Bringing together a range of contributions from distinguished experts in the field, Animals and Society explores the importance of animals in society from social, historical and cross-cultural perspectives.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 240
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. November 2002
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781134874262
• Artikelnr.: 49984627

Autorenporträt

Aubrey Manning is Professor of Natural History at the University of Edinburgh, Chairman of the Scottish Wildlife Trust, and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. He is the author of An Introduction to Animal Behaviour. James Serpell was recently appointed Associate Professor of Humane Ethics and Animal Welfare in the School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Pennsylvania. He is editor of Companion Animals in Society and author of In the Company of Animals.

Inhaltsangabe

List of plates
Notes on contributors
Introduction
1 FROM TRUST TO DOMINATION: AN ALTERNATIVE HISTORY OF HUMAN-ANIMAL RELATIONS
2 THE UNNATURAL WORLD: BEHAVIOURAL ASPECTS OF HUMANS AND ANIMALS IN THE PROCESS OF DOMESTICATION
3 ANIMALS IN THE ANCIENT WORLD
4 ANIMALS IN MEDIEVAL PERCEPTIONS: THE IMAGE OF THE UBIQUITOUS OTHER
5 CRUELTY AND KINDNESS TO THE 'BRUTE CREATION': STABILITY AND CHANGE IN THE ETHICS OF THE MAN-ANIMAL RELATIONSHIP
1600-1850
6 ANIMALS IN NINETEENTH-CENTURY BRITAIN: COMPLICATED ATTITUDES AND COMPETING CATEGORIES
7 PETS AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF POSITIVE ATTITUDES TO ANIMALS
8 MANAGING EMOTIONS IN AN ANIMAL SHELTER
9 ATTITUDES
KNOWLEDGE AND BEHAVIOUR TOWARD WILDLIFE AMONG THE INDUSTRIAL SUPERPOWERS: THE UNITED STATES
JAPAN AND GERMANY
10 BRIDGE-BUILDING AT LAST
Index