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

• Pubblicazione: London ; ; New York, : Routledge, 1994
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (238 p.)
• Disciplina: 304.2
• Soggetto topico: Human-animal relationships; Animals - Social aspects
• Altri autori: ManningAubrey SerpellJames <1952->
• 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Animals and human society
• ISBN: 1-134-87426-X; 0-203-30546-9; 1-280-32165-2; 9786610321650; 0-203-42144-2
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910821169903321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II