The Human Society

Author : Colin G. Scanes,Samia Toukhsati
Publisher : Academic Press
Page : 540 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2017-09-18
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9780128054383

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Animals and Human Society by Colin G. Scanes,Samia Toukhsati Pdf

Animals and Human Society provides a solid, scientific, research-based background to advance understanding of how animals impact humans. As a resource for both science and non-science majors (including students planning to major in or studying animal science, pre-veterinary medicine, animal behavior, conservation biology, ecotoxicology, epidemiology and evolutionary biology), the book can be used as a text for courses in Animals and Human Society or Animal Science, or as supplemental material for an Introduction to Animal Science. The book offers foundational background to those who may have little background in animal agriculture and have focused interest on companion animals and horses. Animals have had profound effects on people from the earliest times, ranging from zoonotic diseases, to the global impact of livestock, poultry and fish production, to the influences of human-associated animals on the environment (on extinctions, air and water pollution, greenhouse gases, etc.), to the importance of animals in human evolution and hunter-gatherer communities. The volume introduces livestock production (including poultry and aquaculture) but also includes coverage of companion and lab animals. In addition, animal behavior and animal perception are covered. It can also function as a reference or recommended reading for a capstone class on ethical and public policy aspects related to animals. This book is likewise an excellent resource for researchers, academics or students newly entering a related field or coming from another discipline and needing foundational information, as well as interested laypersons looking to augment their knowledge on the many impacts of animals in human society. Features research-based and pedagogically sound content, with learning goals and textboxes to provide key information Challenges readers to consider issues based on facts rather than polemics Poses ethical questions and raises overall societal impacts Balances traditional animal science with companion animals, animal biology, zoonotic diseases, animal products, environmental impacts and all aspects of human/animal interaction Includes access to PowerPoints that facilitate easy adoption and/or use for online classes

Author : Margo DeMello
Publisher : Columbia University Press
Page : 488 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : History
ISBN : 9780231152952

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Animals and Society by Margo DeMello Pdf

This textbook provides a full overview of human-animal studies. It focuses on the conceptual construction of animals in American culture and the way in which it reinforces and perpetuates hierarchical human relationships rooted in racism, sexism, and class privilege.

Author : Davis Kingsley
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 655 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 1981
Category : Sociology
ISBN : OCLC:956968434

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Human Society by Davis Kingsley Pdf

Author : John Kenneth Galbraith
Publisher : HMH
Page : 163 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 1997-04-30
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780547349572

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The Good Society by John Kenneth Galbraith Pdf

The legendary economist explains how a nation can remain both compassionate and fiscally sound, with “common sense raised to the level of genius” (The New Yorker). This compact, eloquent book offers a blueprint for a workable national agenda that allows for human weakness without compromising a humane culture. Arguing that it is in the best interest of the United States to avoid excessive wealth and income inequality, and to safeguard the well-being of its citizens, he explores how the goal of a good society can be achieved in an economically feasible way. Touching on topics from regulation, inflation, and deficits to education, the environment, bureaucracy, and the military, Galbraith avoids purely partisan or rigid ideological politics—instead addressing practical problems with logic and well-thought-out principles. “Carefully reasoned . . . the pragmatically liberal Galbraith [argues] that both socialism and complete surrender to market forces are irrelevant as guides to public action.” —Publishers Weekly

Author : Aubrey Manning,James Serpell
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 433 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2002-11-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781134874262

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Animals and Human Society by Aubrey Manning,James Serpell Pdf

Modern society is beginning to re-examine its whole relationship with animals and the natural world. Until recently issues such as animal welfare and environmental protection were considered the domain of small, idealistic minorities. Now, these issues attract vast numbers of articulate supporters who collectively exercise considerable political muscle. Animals, both wild and domestic, form the primary focus of concern in this often acrimonious debate. Yet why do animals evoke such strong and contradictory emotions in people - and do our western attitudes have anything in common with those of other societies and cultures? 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.

Author : Rotem Kowner,Guy Bar-Oz,Michal Biran,Meir Shahar,Gideon Shelach-Lavi
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 459 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2019-11-06
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9783030243630

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Animals and Human Society in Asia by Rotem Kowner,Guy Bar-Oz,Michal Biran,Meir Shahar,Gideon Shelach-Lavi Pdf

This edited collection offers a comprehensive overview of the different aspects of human-animal interactions in Asia throughout history. With twelve thematically-arranged chapters, this book examines the diverse roles that beasts, livestock, and fish — real and metaphorical– have played in Asian history, society, and culture. Ranging from prehistory to the present day, the authors address a wealth of topics including the domestication of animals, dietary practices and sacrifice, hunting, the use of animals in war, and the representation of animals in literature and art. Providing a unique perspective on human interaction with the environment, the volume is cross-disciplinary in its reach, offering enriching insights to the fields of animal ethics, Asian studies, world history and more.

Author : Joanna Swabe
Publisher : Psychology Press
Page : 243 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9780415181938

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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 : Walter Goldschmidt
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 171 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2013-04-15
Category : Reference
ISBN : 9781135034856

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Understanding Human Society by Walter Goldschmidt Pdf

Published in 1998, Understanding Human Society is a valuable contribution to the field of Social Science.

Author : Won Kim
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 485 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2001-06-20
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9783540423133

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The Human Society and the Internet. Internet Related Socio-Economic Issues by Won Kim Pdf

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the First International Conference on Human.Society§Internet, held in Seoul, Korea, in July 2001. The 32 revised full papers presented together with 4 invited papers were carefully reviewed and selected from a total of 85 submissions. The papers are organized in topical sections on digital economy, electronic commerce, digital divide, Internet status and new applications, virtual enterprises, cyber education, digital governance, medical computing, mobile computing, and human computing.

Author : Peter Bogucki
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 499 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2000-01-04
Category : History
ISBN : 9781557863492

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The Origins of Human Society by Peter Bogucki Pdf

The Origins of Human Society traces the development of human culture from its origins over 2 million years ago to the emergence of literate civilization. In addition to a global coverage of prehistoric life, the book pays specific attention to the origins and dispersal of anatomically-modern humans, the development of symbolic expression, the transition from mobile foraging bands to sedentary households, early agriculture and its consequences, the emergence of social differentiation and hereditary ranking, and the prehistoric roots of ancient states and empires. The Blackwell History of the World Series The goal of this ambitious series is to provide an accessible source of knowledge about the entire human past, for every curious person in every part of the world. It will comprise some two dozen volumes, of which some provide synoptic views of the history of particular regions while others consider the world as a whole during a particular period of time. The volumes are narrative in form, giving balanced attention to social and cultural history (in the broadest sense) as well as to institutional development and political change. Each provides a systematic account of a very large subject, but they are also both imaginative and interpretative. The Series is intended to be accessible to the widest possible readership, and the accessibility of its volumes is matched by the style of presentation and production.

Author : Dasheng Zhu,Xiping Jin,George F. McLean
Publisher : CRVP
Page : 170 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 1565180879

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The Human Person and Society by Dasheng Zhu,Xiping Jin,George F. McLean Pdf

Author : Bernard Chapais
Publisher : Harvard University Press
Page : 369 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2009-06-30
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780674029422

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Primeval kinship by Bernard Chapais Pdf

At some point in the course of evolutionâe"from a primeval social organization of early hominidsâe"all human societies, past and present, would emerge. In this account of the dawn of human society, Bernard Chapais shows that our knowledge about kinship and society in nonhuman primates supports, and informs, ideas first put forward by the distinguished social anthropologist, Claude Lévi-Strauss. Chapais contends that only a few evolutionary steps were required to bridge the gap between the kinship structures of our closest relativesâe"chimpanzees and bonobosâe"and the human kinship configuration. The pivotal event, the author proposes, was the evolution of sexual alliances. Pair-bonding transformed a social organization loosely based on kinship into one exhibiting the strong hold of kinship and affinity. The implication is that the gap between chimpanzee societies and pre-linguistic hominid societies is narrower than we might think. Many books on kinship have been written by social anthropologists, but Primeval Kinship is the first book dedicated to the evolutionary origins of human kinship. And perhaps equally important, it is the first book to suggest that the study of kinship and social organization can provide a link between social and biological anthropology.

Author : Leslie Irvine
Publisher : MDPI
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2019-10-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9783039215362

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We Are Best Friends: Animals in Society by Leslie Irvine Pdf

Friendships between humans and non-human animals were once dismissed as sentimental anthropomorphism. After decades of research on the emotional and cognitive capacities of animals, we now recognize human–animal friendships as true reciprocal relationships. Friendships with animals have many of the same characteristics as friendships between humans. Both parties enjoy the shared presence that friendship entails along with the pleasures that come with knowing another being. Both friends develop ways of communicating apart from, or in addition to, spoken language.

Author : Margaret A. Somerville
Publisher : McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
Page : 368 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Medical
ISBN : 0773527842

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Ethical Canary by Margaret A. Somerville Pdf

Addresses such topics as "cloning, genetically modifying food, mapping human chromosomes, and using animal organs for human transplants." Provides an "engaged--and engaging--answer to one of our era's most difficult questions: should society set ethical limits on scientific advances?"

Author : Craig Stephen
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 325 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2020-12-22
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9781000285468

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Animals, Health, and Society by Craig Stephen Pdf

CHOICE Recommended title 2022 This timely book reframes the historic narrative of people, animals, and nature as risks to each other, to one where we think about health as a shared capacity. This new narrative promotes the positive contributions made to health across species and generations and addresses growing calls to shift from a reactive to proactive approach in One Health. Editor Craig Stephen takes the reader on a tour of the situations wherein we can all, regardless of our job description, work across species, sectors, and generations to motivate action. Perspectives and methods from a variety of fields and experts are shared and adapted to promote collaborative understanding of and action on determinants of health at the animal-society interface. Case studies demonstrate that the principles and practices presented are feasible, empowering people to make choices that concurrently benefit the health of animals, societies, and ecosystems. The first book to adapt and explain health promotion, harm reduction, and health equity issues in a One Health context, and in terms of animal health, this is necessary reading for students of and practitioners working in planetary health, conservation, ecohealth, public health, health promotion, veterinary medicine, and animal welfare.