E. Fuller Torrey, Robert H. Yolken

Beasts of the Earth: Animals, Humans, and Disease

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Humans have lived in close proximity to other animals for thousands of years. Recent scientific studies have even shown that the presence of animals has a positive effect on our physical and mental health. Beginning with the domestication of farm animals nearly 10,000 years ago, Beasts of the Earth traces the ways that human-animal contact has evolved over time.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Rutgers University Press
• None
• Seitenzahl: 208
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. September 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 12mm
• Gewicht: 308g
• ISBN-13: 9780813571430
• ISBN-10: 081357143X
• Artikelnr.: 40845681

Autorenporträt

Torrey, E. Fuller

Inhaltsangabe

Contents
Acknowledgments  ix
Introduction  xi
 1 The Smallest Passengers on Noah’s Ark  1
 2 Heirloom Infections: Microbes before the Advent of Humans  14
 3 Humans as Hunters: Animal Origins of Bioterrorism  23
 4 Humans as Farmers: Microbes Move into the Home  33
 5 Humans as Villagers: Microbes in the Promised Land  48
 6 Humans as Traders: Microbes Get Passports  56
 7 Humans as Pet Keepers: Microbes Move into the Bedroom  68
 8 Humans as Diners: Mad Cows and Sane Chickens  97
 9 Microbes from the Modern Food Chain: Lessons from SARS, In?uenza, and
Bird Flu  112
10 The Coming Plagues: Lessons from AIDS, West Nile Virus, and Lyme Disease
 124
11 A Four-footed View of History  139
Notes  145
Glossary  171
Appendix  173
Index  175