Title Valuing animals : veterinarians and their patients in modern America / Susan D. Jones

Published Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2003

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Description 1 online resource (xii, 213) : illustrations Series Animals, history, culture Animals, history, culture. Contents Contents -- Preface -- Introduction -- Chapter 1 -- Doctoring a Nation of Animals at the Century�s Turn -- Chapter 2 -- Valuable Patients -- Chapter 3 -- The Value of Animal Health for Human Health -- Chapter 4 -- The Value in Numbers -- Chapter 5 -- Pricing the Priceless Pet -- Reconciling Use and Humanitarianism -- Notes -- Essay on Sources -- Index Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 155-208) and index Notes Print version record Subject Veterinary medicine -- United States -- History Domestic animals -- Social aspects -- United States -- History Human-animal relationships -- United States -- History Animal welfare -- United States -- History Domestic animals. Veterinary Medicine -- history Animal Welfare -- history Animals, Domestic Human-Animal Bond Socioeconomic Factors Veterinarians -- history MEDICAL -- Veterinary Medicine -- Food Animal. Domestic animals Animal welfare Domestic animals -- Social aspects Human-animal relationships Veterinary medicine SUBJECT United States Subject United States Genre/Form History Form Electronic book ISBN 0801877709 9780801877704 9780801871290 0801871298

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