Some We Love, Some We Hate, Some We Eat - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Some We Love, Some We Hate, Some We Eat write by Hal Herzog. This book was released on 2011-08-09. Some We Love, Some We Hate, Some We Eat available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Does living with a pet really make people happier and healthier? What can we learn from biomedical research with mice? Who enjoys a better quality of life—–the chicken destined for your dinner plate or the rooster in a Saturday night cockfight? Why is it wrong to eat the family dog? Drawing on more than two decades of research into the emerging field of anthrozoology, the science of human–animal relations, Hal Herzog offers an illuminating exploration of the fierce moral conundrums we face every day regarding the creatures with whom we share our world. Alternately poignant, challenging, and laugh-out-loud funny—blending anthropology, behavioral economics, evolutionary psychology, and philosophy—this enlightening and provocative book will forever change the way we look at our relationships with other creatures and, ultimately, how we see ourselves.
Animals and Society
Animals and Society - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Animals and Society write by Margo DeMello. This book was released on 2012. Animals and Society available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. 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.
Between Pets and People
Between Pets and People - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Between Pets and People write by Alan M. Beck. This book was released on 1996. Between Pets and People available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Since the first edition of Between Pets and People in 1983, the authors' then-startling contention that pets benefit our mental and physical health has found wide acceptance. Evidence in our daily lives - in television pet food ads, in doctor's offices outfitted with aquaria - attests to how widely the belief in pets' therapeutic influence is now held. This revised edition of Between Pets and People, with additional data and case studies and expanded references - including a listing of Internet resources - and a foreword by Elizabeth Marshall Thomas, analyzes the surprisingly complex relationships we have with our pets. This book contains an important lesson for everyone - to accept ourselves and others in the uncritical way that pets accept us, and come to terms with our own animal nature.
Understanding Animal Abuse
Understanding Animal Abuse - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Understanding Animal Abuse write by Clifton P. Flynn. This book was released on 2012. Understanding Animal Abuse available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Until the last decade of the twentieth century, the abusive or cruel treatment of animals had received virtually no attention among academicians. Since then, however, empirical studies of animal abuse, and its relation to other forms of violence toward humans, have increased not only in number but in quality and stature. Sociologists, criminologists, social workers, psychologists, legal scholars, feminists, and others have recognized the myriad reasons that animal abuse is worthy of serious scholarly focus. In his overview of contemporary sociological understanding of animal abuse, Clifton Fly.
Every Twelve Seconds
Every Twelve Seconds - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Every Twelve Seconds write by Timothy Pachirat. This book was released on 2011-11-18. Every Twelve Seconds available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The author relates his experiences working five months undercover at a slaughterhouse, and explores why society encourages this violent labor yet keeps the details of the work hidden.
