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



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Autore: O'Connor Terry Visualizza persona
Titolo: Animals as Neighbors [[electronic resource] ] : The Past and Present of Commensal Animals Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: East Lansing, MI, : Michigan State University Press, 2014
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (185 p.)
Disciplina: 577.8/52
Soggetto topico: Human-animal relationships - History
Commensalism
Zoology
Health & Biological Sciences
Zoology - General
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
Titolo autorizzato: Animals as Neighbors  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 1-60917-387-2
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910787668003321
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Serie: The Animal Turn