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9780415181938

Animals, Disease and Human Society: Human-animal Relations and the Rise of Veterinary Medicine

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  • ISBN13:

    9780415181938

  • ISBN10:

    0415181933

  • Edition: 1st
  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 1998-10-20
  • Publisher: Routledge

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Summary

Joanna Swabe's timely work looks at human-animal relations from antiquity to BSE and cloning, contending that veterinary knowledge and practice has played a crucial role in human history.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements vi
1 Introduction
1(18)
2 Domestication, dependency and disease
19(31)
3 Animals, disease and human social life: from ancient times to the early modern period
50(35)
4 The unfolding veterinary regime
85(33)
5 The intensification of livestock production and the veterinary regime during the twentieth century
118(38)
6 Pandering to pets: pet-keeping and the emergence of small-animal practice
156(36)
7 Epilogue
192(14)
Appendix 206(6)
Notes 212(5)
Bibliography 217(16)
Index 233

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