Animals and Human Society
Impacts of Animals on People and People on Animals
- 2nd Edition - February 1, 2027
- Latest edition
- Authors: Colin G. Scanes, Clive Phillips
- Language: English
Animals and Human Society: Impacts of Animals on People and People on Animals, Second editon provides a solid, scientific, research-based background to advance our unders… Read more
Description
Description
Animals and Human Society: Impacts of Animals on People and People on Animals, Second editon provides a solid, scientific, research-based background to advance our understanding of how animals and humans interact and impact each other. Animals and humans have had profound effects on each other throughout human history, spanning all aspects of human society from agriculture, disease, culture, religion, companionship, entertainment, environment, and more. Developed by renowned experts Colin Scanes and Clive Phillips, this second edition features a new introductory chapter covering the biological concepts necessary for technical and non-technical audiences of this book. All first edition chapters have been revised to bring readers up to date on research advancements from the last decade, and novel chapters cover animal ethics, welfare, the basis of anthrozoology, zooarchaeology, and more. Guest essays further supplement updated chapter content by providing broad interdisciplinary and geographically diverse perspectives in the field. Animals and Human Society, Second Edition is an excellent resource for academics and industry professionals requiring fundamental information on the history and biology behind human-animal interactions, as well as interested laypersons looking to augment their knowledge on the many impacts of animals in human society.
Key features
Key features
- Provides updated coverage of first edition content, novel chapters, and guest essays
- Balances traditional animal science with companion animals, animal biology, zoonotic diseases, animal products, environmental impacts, and all aspects of human-animal interactions
- Challenges readers to consider animal ethical issues and overall societal impacts from the lens of anthrozoology
- Features research-based and pedagogically sound content, with learning goals and textboxes to provide key information
Readership
Readership
Academics and industry professionals in animal science disciplines, veterinary science, public health, anthropology, and anthrozoology
Table of contents
Table of contents
1. Introduction
2. Ethics, welfare and animals
3. Animal perception including differences with humans
4. Animal attributes exploited by humans (nonfood uses of animals)
5. Animal products and human nutrition
6. Zooarchaeology
7. Hunter gatherers
8. Animal and hominin development
9. The neolithic revolution, animal domestication and early forms of animal agriculture
10. Animal agriculture: Livestock, poultry and fish aquaculture
11. Invertebrates and their use by humans
12. Animals in the military
13. Animals in entertainment
14. Zoos
15. Animals and religion, belief systems
16. Animals as companions
17. Companion animal behavior
18. Anthrozoology
19. Animals in medicine and research
20. Animals and human disease: Zoonosis, vectors, food-borne diseases and allergies Chapter 21: Pest animals
22. Parasites
23. Invasive species
24. Impact of agricultural animals on the environment
25. Human activity and habitat loss: Destruction, fragmentation and degradation
26. Animal extinctions
2. Ethics, welfare and animals
3. Animal perception including differences with humans
4. Animal attributes exploited by humans (nonfood uses of animals)
5. Animal products and human nutrition
6. Zooarchaeology
7. Hunter gatherers
8. Animal and hominin development
9. The neolithic revolution, animal domestication and early forms of animal agriculture
10. Animal agriculture: Livestock, poultry and fish aquaculture
11. Invertebrates and their use by humans
12. Animals in the military
13. Animals in entertainment
14. Zoos
15. Animals and religion, belief systems
16. Animals as companions
17. Companion animal behavior
18. Anthrozoology
19. Animals in medicine and research
20. Animals and human disease: Zoonosis, vectors, food-borne diseases and allergies Chapter 21: Pest animals
22. Parasites
23. Invasive species
24. Impact of agricultural animals on the environment
25. Human activity and habitat loss: Destruction, fragmentation and degradation
26. Animal extinctions
Product details
Product details
- Edition: 2
- Latest edition
- Published: February 1, 2027
- Language: English
About the authors
About the authors
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Colin G. Scanes
Dr. Colin G. Scanes is Professor Emeritus of Ecology, Evolution & Behavior at the University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee. He obtained his PhD from the University of Wales and his DSc from Hull University. His research interests include anthrozoology; animal physiology, nutrition, and production; and veterinary medicine. He has received numerous awards for his research in animal and agricultural sciences, most recently from the American Society of Animal Science. In addition to faculty positions with the University of Wisconsin, Iowa State University, and Mississippi State University, Dr. Scanes has worked various federal positions with the USDA, SANREM CRSP, DOE, and EPA FQPA. He has led the development of more than a dozen books, including the first edition of Animals and Human Society and the 6th and 7th editions of Sturkie’s Avian Physiology.
Affiliations and expertise
Professor Emeritus, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, USACP
Clive Phillips
Clive Phillips was Australia’s first Professor of Animal Welfare, at the University of Queensland, and a lecturer at the Universities of Cambridge and Wales. He has authored over 430 scientific journal articles on the welfare of farm, zoo and companion animals, and animal nutrition, transport and production. His books include Towards an Ethical Approach to Animals and Principles of Cattle Production. In In 2012 he received the Australian Museum’s Eureka award for Scientific Research that Contributes to the Protection of Animals, and in 2025 he was named Australia’s top veterinary medicine scientist by The Australian.
Affiliations and expertise
Curtin University, Australia, and the Estonian University of Life Sciences