Animals as Neighbors: The Past and Present of Commensal Animals

by Terry P. O'Connor

Book Overview

In this fascinating book, Terry O'Connor explores a distinction that is deeply ingrained in much of the language that we use in zoology, human-animal studies, and archaeology--the difference between wild and domestic. For thousands of years, humans have categorized animals in simple terms, often according to the degree of control that we have over them, and have tended to see the long story of human-animal relations as one of increasing control...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1611860989
• ISBN13: 9781611860986
• Release Date: December 2014
• Publisher: Michigan State University Press
• Length: 184 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 7.0" x 10.0"