{"product_id":"9781851246465","title":"Pets and their People","description":"Author: Charles Foster\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781851246465\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Bodleian Library Publishing\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 01 Apr 2026\u003cbr\u003ePages: 176\u003cbr\u003eFormat: Hardback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eWe have been domesticating animals for over ten thousand years. Why do we want tame wolves in our homes, subdued wild cats on our laps and snakes draped like scarves around our necks?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis great conversation between the wild and the tame is human history, human psychology, human politics and human sociology. Pets feature in art, poetry and some of our most popular stories. Is it because we ourselves are wild and so we want furry, feathered and scaly wildness in our lives? But on what terms? Have we tamed the wolves, or are wolves wilding us?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003ePets and their People\u003c\/i\u003e looks at the strange rapport between humans and their pets  or pets and their humans  at each stage of our lives. It takes bearings from every era of human history, asking how the special bond between owners and their pets has evolved, and what that evolution tells us about our own changing identity. Do we look to animals as moral  or other  role models? Do pets help us to communicate? Do they teach us about birth and death? Can they show us who we really are?\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46857124380830,"sku":"ADS-9781851246465","price":49.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9781851246465.jpg?v=1779155280","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9781851246465","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}