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Record Nr.

UNINA9910821169903321

Titolo

Animals and human society [[electronic resource] ] : changing perspectives / / edited by Aubrey Manning and James Serpell

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York, : Routledge, 1994

ISBN

1-134-87426-X

0-203-30546-9

1-280-32165-2

9786610321650

0-203-42144-2

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (238 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

ManningAubrey

SerpellJames <1952->

Disciplina

304.2

Soggetti

Human-animal relationships

Animals - Social aspects

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of plates; Notes on contributors; Introduction; FROM TRUST TO DOMINATION: AN ALTERNATIVE HISTORY OF HUMAN-ANIMAL RELATIONS; THE UNNATURAL WORLD: BEHAVIOURAL ASPECTS OF HUMANS AND ANIMALS IN THE PROCESS OF DOMESTICATION; ANIMALS IN THE ANCIENT WORLD; ANIMALS IN MEDIEVAL PERCEPTIONS: THE IMAGE OF THE UBIQUITOUS OTHER; CRUELTY AND KINDNESS TO THE 'BRUTE CREATION': STABILITY AND CHANGE IN THE ETHICS OF THE MAN-ANIMAL RELATIONSHIP, 1600  1850; ANIMALS IN NINETEENTH-CENTURY BRITAIN: COMPLICATED ATTITUDES AND COMPETING CATEGORIES

PETS AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF POSITIVE ATTITUDES TO ANIMALSMANAGING EMOTIONS IN AN ANIMAL SHELTER; ATTITUDES, KNOWLEDGE AND BEHAVIOUR TOWARD WILDLIFE AMONG THE INDUSTRIAL SUPERPOWERS: THE UNITED STATES, JAPAN AND GERMANY; BRIDGE-BUILDING AT LAST; Index

Sommario/riassunto

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.