Animals in world history / Helen Louise Cowie.

Cowie, Helen
Animals in world history
Erişim Adresi
Taylor & Francis Link
OCLC metadata license agreement Link
ISBN
9781040193211 electronic book
1040193218 electronic book
9781003181996 electronic book
1003181996 electronic book
9781040193198 electronic book
1040193196 electronic book
9781032021232 hardcover
9781032015217 paperback
Dil Kodu
İngilizce
Yazar
Cowie, Helen (Helen Louise), Link
Yayın Bilgisi
New York, NY : Routledge, 2025.
©2025
Fiziksel Niteleme
1 online resource (xi, 234 pages) : illustrations.
Dizi
Themes in world history
Özet, vb.
"This volume provides a concise synthesis of human-animal relations over time, charting shifting attitudes towards animals from domestication to the present day. It asks how non-human species have shaped human history, and how humans have reconfigured the animal world. Humans have had a long and close relationship with animals. They have hunted them, consumed them as food and fashion, exploited them as energy sources, utilised them in warfare, exhibited them in zoos and menageries, and studied them for science. In the process, they have radically changed the way in which many animals live, subjecting them to captivity, altering their diets, constraining their movements and, through selective breeding, reshaping their bodies. The book explores the use of animals for sustenance, labour, companionship and display and traces the rise of the animal rights movement. It also assesses how humans have impacted the overall biodiversity of the planet, driving some species of animals to extinction and permitting others to colonise new continents. With case studies on animal astronauts, celebrity kakapos, globetrotting pandas and cocaine hippos, Animals in World History offers a lively and accessible introduction to human-animal relations for students and instructors of animal studies, environmental history, and social and cultural history"-- Provided by publisher.
Konu
Human-animal relationships __ History.
Animals and civilization.
Natural history.
Human ecology.
HISTORY / World __ bisacsh
Veritabanı
Taylor & Francis
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