Germs Seeds And Animals

Author : Alfred W. Crosby
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2015-03-04
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781317469858

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Germs, Seeds and Animals: by Alfred W. Crosby Pdf

Alfred Crosby almost alone redirected the attention of historians to ecological issues that were important precisely because they were global. In doing so, he answered those who believed that world history had become impossible as a consequence of the post-war proliferation of new historical specialities, including not only ecological history but also new social histories, areas studies, histories of mentalities and popular cultures, and studies of minorities, majorities, and ethnic groups. In the introduction to this volume, Professor Crosby recounts an intellectual path to ecological history that might stand as a rationale for world history in general. He simply decided to study the most pervasive and important aspects of human experience. By focusing on human universals like death and disease, his studies highlight the epidemic rather than the epiphenomenal.

Author : Alfred W. Crosby
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 214 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2015
Category : Biogeography
ISBN : OCLC:1112734809

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Germs, Seeds & Animals by Alfred W. Crosby Pdf

Author : Bradley A. Thayer
Publisher : University Press of Kentucky
Page : 692 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2021-03-17
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780813181448

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Darwin and International Relations by Bradley A. Thayer Pdf

“Shows a mastery of research and theory in both biology and international relations and weaves the two fields together in a compelling fashion.” —Dr. Steven A. Peterson, Director, School of Public Affairs, Penn State Pathbreaking and controversial, Darwin and International Relations offers the first comprehensive analysis of international affairs of state through the lens of evolutionary theory. Using ethnological and statistical studies of warfare among tribal societies, Bradley A. Thayer argues that humans wage war for reasons predicted by evolutionary theory?to gain and protect vital resources but also for the physically and emotionally stimulating effects of combat. Thayer demonstrates that an evolutionary understanding of disease will become a more important part of the study of international relations as new strains of diseases emerge and advances in genetics make biological warfare a more effective weapon for states and terrorists. He also explains the deep causes of ethnic conflict by illuminating how xenophobia and ethnocentrism evolved in humans. He notes that these behaviors once contributed to our ancestors’ success in radically different environments, but they remain a part of us. Darwin and International Relations makes a major contribution to our understanding of human history and the future of international relations. “Obligatory reading for social and life scientists alike, and deserves to become a standard work in political science.” —International History Review “A thoughtful book that can challenge some of our comfortable assumptions.” —Journal of Military History “Outstanding! This book will become a standard work in political science.” —Roger D. Masters, Dartmouth College

Author : Tom Griffiths
Publisher : Edinburgh University Press
Page : 257 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2019-07-30
Category : History
ISBN : 9781474468657

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Ecology and Empire by Tom Griffiths Pdf

Examines the relationship between the expansion of empire and the environmental experience of the extra-European world.

Author : Joanna Swabe
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 202 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2002-09-11
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781134675401

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Animals, Disease and Human Society by Joanna Swabe Pdf

This book explores the history and nature of our dependency on other animals and the implications of this for human and animal health. Writing from an historical and sociological perspective, Joanna Swabe's work discusses such issues as: * animal domestication * the consequences of human exploitation of other animals, including links between human and animal disease * the rise of a veterinary regime, designed to protect humans and animals alike * implications of intensive farming practices, pet-keeping and recent biotechnological developments. This account spans a period of some ten thousand years, and raises important questions about the increasing intensification of animal use for both animal and human health.

Author : Bruce Kraig
Publisher : Reaktion Books
Page : 374 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2017-10-15
Category : Cooking
ISBN : 9781780238821

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A Rich and Fertile Land by Bruce Kraig Pdf

The small ears of corn once grown by Native Americans have now become row upon row of cornflakes on supermarket shelves. The immense seas of grass and herds of animals that supported indigenous people have turned into industrial agricultural operations with regular rows of soybeans, corn, and wheat that feed the world. But how did this happen and why? In A Rich and Fertile Land, Bruce Kraig investigates the history of food in America, uncovering where it comes from and how it has changed over time. From the first Native Americans to modern industrial farmers, Kraig takes us on a journey to reveal how people have shaped the North American continent and its climate based on the foods they craved and the crops and animals that they raised. He analyzes the ideas that Americans have about themselves and the world around them, and how these ideas have been shaped by interactions with their environments. He details the impact of technical innovation and industrialization, which have in turn created modern American food systems. Drawing upon recent evidence from the fields of science, archaeology, and technology, A Rich and Fertile Land is a unique and valuable history of the geography, climate, and food of the United States.

Author : Johnson Donald Hughes
Publisher : Psychology Press
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : History
ISBN : 0415136180

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An Environmental History of the World by Johnson Donald Hughes Pdf

This book is a concise history of man's interaction with the environment from Ancient to Modern times. It is an introduction to environmental history which assumes little environmental or historical knowledge.

Author : Steven C. Hertler,Aurelio José Figueredo,Mateo Peñaherrera-Aguirre,Heitor B. F. Fernandes,Michael A. Woodley of Menie
Publisher : Springer
Page : 417 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2018-07-04
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9783319901251

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Life History Evolution by Steven C. Hertler,Aurelio José Figueredo,Mateo Peñaherrera-Aguirre,Heitor B. F. Fernandes,Michael A. Woodley of Menie Pdf

The social sciences share a mission to shed light on human nature and society. However, there is no widely accepted meta-theory; no foundation from which variables can be linked, causally sequenced, or ultimately explained. This book advances “life history evolution” as the missing meta-theory for the social sciences. Originally a biological theory for the variation between species, research on life history evolution now encompasses psychological and sociological variation within the human species that has long been the stock and trade of social scientific study. The eighteen chapters of this book review six disciplines, eighteen authors, and eighty-two volumes published between 1734 and 2015—re-reading the texts in the light of life history evolution.

Author : Kevin Reilly
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2018-05-04
Category : History
ISBN : 9781538105627

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The Human Journey by Kevin Reilly Pdf

The Human Journey offers a truly concise yet satisfyingly full history of the world from ancient times to the present. The book’s scope, as the title implies, is the whole story of humanity, in planetary context. Its themes include not only the great questions of the humanities—nature versus nurture, the history and meaning of human variation, the sources of wealth and causes of revolution—but also the major transformations in human history: agriculture, cities, iron, writing, universal religions, global trade, industrialization, popular government, justice, and equality. In each conceptually rich chapter, leading historian Kevin Reilly concentrates on a single important period and theme, sustaining a focused narrative and analytical perspective. Chapter 2, for example, discusses the significance of bronze-age urbanization and the advent of the Iron Age. Chapter 3 examines the meaning and significance of the age of “classical” civilizations. Chapter 4 explains the spread of universal religions and new technologies in the postclassical age of Eurasian integration. But these examples also reveal a range of approaches to world history. The first chapter is an example of current “Big History,” the second of history as technological transformations, the third of comparative history, the fourth the history of connections that dominates, and thus narrows, so many texts. Free of either a confined, limiting focus or a mandatory laundry list of topics, this book begins with our most important questions and searches all of our past for answers. Well-grounded in the latest scholarship, this is not a fill-in-the-blanks text, but world history in a grand humanistic tradition.

Author : David Nibert
Publisher : Columbia University Press
Page : 350 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2013-04-30
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780231151894

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Animal Oppression and Human Violence by David Nibert Pdf

By comparing practices of animal exploitation for food and resources in different societies over time, David A. Nibert finds in the domestication of animals, which he renames "domesecration," a perversion of human ethics, the development of large-scale acts of violence, disastrous patterns of destruction, and epidemics of infectious disease.

Author : Todd K. Shackelford
Publisher : SAGE
Page : 2222 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2021-08-04
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9781529737448

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The SAGE Handbook of Evolutionary Psychology by Todd K. Shackelford Pdf

Evolutionary psychology is an important and rapidly expanding area in the life, social, and behavioral sciences, and this Handbook represents the most comprehensive and up-to-date reference text in the field today. Over three volumes, the Handbook provides a rich overview of the most important theoretical and empirical work in the field. Chapters cover a broad range of topics, including theoretical foundations, the integration of evolutionary psychology with other life, social, and behavioral sciences, as well as with the arts and the humanities, and the increasing power of evolutionary psychology to inform applied fields, including medicine, psychiatry, law, and education. Each of the volumes has been carefully curated to have a strong thematic focus, covering: - The foundations of evolutionary psychology; - The integration of evolutionary psychology with other disciplines, and; - The applications of evolutionary psychology. The SAGE Handbook of Evolutionary Psychology is an essential resource for researchers, graduate students, and advanced undergraduate students in all areas of psychology, and in related disciplines across the life, social, and behavioral sciences.

Author : Dorothee Brantz
Publisher : University of Virginia Press
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2010-07-08
Category : History
ISBN : 9780813929477

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Beastly Natures by Dorothee Brantz Pdf

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Author : Robert P. Clark
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 378 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Medical
ISBN : 0742500756

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Global Life Systems by Robert P. Clark Pdf

"Humans did not begin as a global species; we had to expand to become one. And we could not have done so without other living organisms becoming global along with us." Robert P. Clark develops in this book a global life systems perspective that delineates how biological forces mutually reinforce one another--and what their globalization has meant for both human society and the biosphere. While he resists biological "determinism," Clark traces interconnected developments among population, disease, agriculture, trade, fuels, and other life systems to more thoroughly explore and elucidate the globalization of human endeavors within an ever evolving context of nature and environment. His lucid and richly documented book offers a fresh look at social evolution and a broader basis for understanding the contemporary context for global change.

Author : William H. Marquardt
Publisher : Elsevier
Page : 816 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2004-12-04
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780080494067

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Biology of Disease Vectors by William H. Marquardt Pdf

Biology of Disease Vectors presents a comprehensive and advanced discussion of disease vectors and what the future may hold for their control. This edition examines the control of disease vectors through topics such as general biological requirements of vectors, epidemiology, physiology and molecular biology, genetics, principles of control and insecticide resistance. Methods of maintaining vectors in the laboratory are also described in detail. No other single volume includes both basic information on vectors, as well as chapters on cutting-edge topics, authored by the leading experts in the field. The first edition of Biology of Disease Vectors was a landmark text, and this edition promises to have even more impact as a reference for current thought and techniques in vector biology. Current - each chapter represents the present state of knowledge in the subject area Authoritative - authors include leading researchers in the field Complete - provides both independent investigator and the student with a single reference volume which adopts an explicitly evolutionary viewpoint throuoghout all chapters. Useful - conceptual frameworks for all subject areas include crucial information needed for application to difficult problems of controlling vector-borne diseases

Author : Rebecca Cassidy,Molly Mullin
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2020-07-12
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781000183252

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Where the Wild Things Are Now by Rebecca Cassidy,Molly Mullin Pdf

Domestication has often seemed a matter of the distant past, a series of distinct events involving humans and other species that took place long ago. Today, as genetic manipulation continues to break new barriers in scientific and medical research, we appear to be entering an age of biological control. Are we also writing a new chapter in the history of domestication? Where the Wild Things Are Now explores the relevance of domestication for anthropologists and scholars in related fields who are concerned with understanding ongoing change in processes affecting humans as well as other species. From the pet food industry and its critics to salmon farming in Tasmania, the protection of endangered species in Vietnam and the pigeon fanciers who influenced Darwin, Where the Wild Things Are Now provides an urgently needed re-examination of the concept of domestication against the shifting background of relationships between humans, animals and plants.