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Record Nr.

UNINA9910811194603321

Autore

O'Connor Terry

Titolo

Animals as Neighbors [[electronic resource] ] : The Past and Present of Commensal Animals

Pubbl/distr/stampa

East Lansing, MI, : Michigan State University Press, 2014

ISBN

1-60917-387-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (185 p.)

Collana

The Animal Turn

Disciplina

577.8/52

Soggetti

Human-animal relationships - History

Commensalism

Zoology

Health & Biological Sciences

Zoology - General

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Preface; Introduction; Chapter 1 - The Human Environment; Chapter 2 - Sources of Evidence; Chapter 3 - The Archaeology of Commensalism; Chapter 4 - Mesomammals; Chapter 5 - Rats, Mice, and Other Rodents; Chapter 6 - Birds; Chapter 7 - Commensalism, Coevolution, and Culture; Chapter 8 - Planning for the Future; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

In this fascinating book, Terry O'Connor explores a distinction that is deeply ingrained in much of the language that we use in zoology, human-animal studies, and archaeology-the difference between wild and domestic. For thousands of years, humans have categorized animals in simple terms, often according to the degree of control that we have over them, and have tended to see the long story of human-animal relations as one of increasing control and management for human benefit. And yet, around the world, species have adapted to our homes, our towns, and our artificial landscapes, fin