The Longest Story: How Humans Have Loved, Hated and Misunderstood Other Species - Couverture souple

Girling, Richard

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 086154353X ISBN 13 : 9780861543533

Editeur : Oneworld Publications, 2022

Synopsis

Why do we treat our dogs as people but prefer pigs as bacon?

'Lucid, informed and persuasive' Evening Standard

'Thought-provoking' Daily Mail

'An extraordinary book' Nicholas Evans, author of The Horse Whisperer

The history of humanity's relationship with other species is baffling.

Without animals there would be no us. We are all fellow travellers on the same evolutionary journey. By charting the love-hate story of people and animals, from their first acquaintance in deep prehistory to the present and beyond, Richard Girling reveals how and where our attitudes towards animals began - and how they have persisted, been warped and become magnified ever since.

In dazzling prose, The Longest Story tells of the cumulative influence of theologians, writers, artists, warriors, philosophers, farmers, activists and scientists across the centuries, now locking us into debates on farming, extinction, animal rights, pets, experiments and religion.

'Essential reading' Philip Lymbery, CEO of Compassion in World Farming and author of Farmageddon

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Richard Girling is an award-winning writer and the author of eight critically acclaimed books, including The Man Who Ate the Zoo. He has been centrally involved in environmental journalism since the mid-1970s, pioneering writing about climate change and species loss in national newspapers. He lives in North Norfolk. You can find out more at richardgirling.com

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Oneworld Publications
• Date d'édition: 2022
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 086154353X
• ISBN 13: 9780861543533
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 416
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible