Animals, disease and human society : human-animal relations and the rise of veterinary medicine / Joanna Swabe.
Pubblicazione:
London : Routledge, c1999.
Descrizione fisica:
VII, 243 p. ; 23 cm
Serie:
Routledge studies in science, technology and society ; 2
Contiene:
Indice: Acknowledgments. 1. Introduction. 2. Domestication, dependency and disease 3. Animals, disease and human social life: from ancient times to the early modern period 4. The unfolding veterinary regime 5. The intensification of livestock production and the veterinary regime during the twentieth century 6. Pandering to pets: pet-keeping and the emergence of small-animal practice 7. Epilogue. Appendix. Notes. Bibliography. Index
