Originally published in 1953, this is a classic study in animal behaviour, drawing on the author’s own extraordinary studies of insects, fish, and birds, as well as on the literature. The concept ‘community’ is taken in its widest sense to include all types of association of individuals, not only flocks and herds, but also the family, the pair, and even two animals engaged in c...(展开全部)

2014 Reprint of 1953 New York Edition. Full facsimile of the original edition, not reproduced with Optical Recognition Software. This book aims to be a presentation of a biological approach to the phenomena of social behavior in animals. This approach is characterized by the need for careful observation of the variety of social phenomena occurring in nature; by emphasis on a ba...(展开全部)

坦普尔•葛兰汀 Temple Grandin 动物科学教授、美国艺术与科学院院士 动物福利事业的倡导者和实践者 1947年出生于美国波士顿，两岁时被诊断患有自闭症，直到四岁才开始说话。从小喜欢与动物相处并立志研究它们，获得动物科学博士学位，目前任教于科罗拉多州立大学，提出“动物图像思维”理论。 2010年，入选《时代》杂志全球最有影响力的前一百位名人。她独特、卓越的人生经历也被好莱坞拍成电影。 个人著作： 《图像思维》 《遗传学和家畜行为》 《动物使我们成为人》等 凯瑟琳•约翰逊 Catherine Johnson 博士、作家 研究大脑和神经心理学 个人著作： 《影子综合征》（与John J. Ratey合著） 《幸运的爱》 《向你的治疗师道别吧》 译者简介： 马百亮 任教于上海海洋大学英语专业，硕士毕业于上海交通大学，现于上海师范大学攻读博士...(展开全部)

Discover the wonder and beauty of the animal kingdom with this groundbreaking, brilliantly illustrated look at over 1,000 of the most fascinating aspects of animal behaviour. A thrilling face-to-face encounter with the intimate lives, elaborate displays and extraordinary behaviour of animals in their own environment Internationally renowned zoologist and presenter of TV’s Anima...(展开全部)

簡介： 天寶．葛蘭汀，一位從自閉症世界另一端脫困而出的女子，透過《傾聽動物心語》一書，傳遞了動物如何思考與感覺的特異訊息。天寶具備動物科學家的專業訓練，本身又患有自閉症，讓她在這個領域裡擁有與眾不同的視野與角度。站在自閉症與動物的十字路口，她為二者都提供了無可比擬的觀察與前無古人的創見。 有自閉症的人經常以動物的思考模式來思考──事實上，葛蘭汀與本書另一位作者強生，把自閉症視為動物通往人類這條路上的中點站，因此有自閉症的人也就成為翻譯「動物語言」的最佳人選。天寶是一位忠實的嚮導，帶領我們進入動物的世界，探索他們的疼痛、恐懼、侵略性格、愛情、友誼、溝通交流、學習，甚至還有動物天賦。動物不但比任何人設想的都還要聰明，有時候甚至是絕頂聰明。 《傾聽動物心語》一書擁有全面的視野，天寶窮三十年動物科學研究的經驗，再加上個人自閉症背景的敏銳觀察...(展开全部)

Linda Kalof is professor of sociology at Michigan State University. Her books include The Earthscan Reader in Environmental Values and The Animals Reader: The Essential Classic and Contemporary Writings.

Linda Kalof is professor of sociology at Michigan State University. Her books include The Earthscan Reader in Environmental Values and The Animals Reader: The Essential Classic and Contemporary Writings.

From the first cave paintings to Britta Jaschinski's provocative animal photography, it seems we have been describing and portraying animals, in some form or another, for as long as we have been human. This book provides a broad historical overview of our representations of animals, from prehistory to postmodernity, and how those representations have altered with changing socia...(展开全部)

Animals were vital to the British colonization of Myanmar. In this pathbreaking history of British imperialism in Myanmar from the early nineteenth century to 1942, Jonathan Saha argues that animals were impacted and transformed by colonial subjugation. By examining the writings of Burmese nationalists and the experiences of subaltern groups, he also shows how animals were mobi...(展开全部)