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Some we love, some we hate, some we eat : why it's so hard to think straight about animals / Hal Herzog.
"A maverick scientist who co-founded the field of anthrozoology offers a controversial, thought-provoking, and unprecedented exploration of the psychology behind the inconsistent and often paradoxical ways we think, feel, and behave towards animals"--Provided by publisher.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780061730863
- ISBN: 0061730866
- Physical Description: viii, 326 pages ; 24 cm
- Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: New York : Harper, [2010]
- Copyright: ©2010
Content descriptions
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | Introduction: Why is it so hard to think straight about animals? -- Anthrozoology : the new science of human-animal interactions -- The importance of being cute : why we think what we think about creatures that don't think like us -- Pet-o-philia : why do humans (and only humans) love pets? -- Friends, foes, and fashion statements : the human-dog relationship -- "Prom queen kills first deer on sixteenth birthday" : gender and the human-animal relationship -- In the eyes of the beholder : the comparative cruelty of cockfights and Happy Meals -- Delicious, dangerous, disgusting, and dead : the human-meat relationship -- The moral status of mice : the use of animals in science -- The cats in our houses, the cows on our plates : are we all hypocrites? -- The carnivorous yahoo within ourselves : dealing with moral inconsistency. |
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| Subject: | Human-animal relationships. Interdisciplinary research. |
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- 12 of 12 copies available at SPARK Libraries.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Altoona Area Public Library | 304.27 HER 1 (Text) | 33240004253046 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Brandywine Community Library | 304.27 HER (Text) | 33249018918718 | Non-fiction | Available | - |
| Dalton Community Library | 304.27 HERZOG (Text) | 50689010318383 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Indian Valley Public Library | 179.3 Herzog Psychology (Text) | 39427102540275 | Nonfiction Room: Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Kaltreider-Benfer Library | Adults 304.27 HER Nonfiction (Text) | 34002001304407 | Adult Area | Available | - |
| Lower Macungie Library | 304.27 HER (Text) | 33400001021842 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
| New Castle Public Library | 304.2 Herzog (Text)
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31902004952800 | NWCM Non-Fiction | Available | - |
| North Wales Area Library | 304.27 Herzog (Text) | 35410000435081 | NWAL Non-Fiction | Available | - |
| RACC | QL85 .H47 2010 (Text) | 33624024506576 | Books | Available | - |
| Reading Public Library RPL - Main | 304.27 Her (Text) | 33223006773518 | Non-fiction | Available | - |
