The Historical Animal
by Susan Nance, Editor
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Pub Date Sep 15 2015 | Archive Date Jul 14 2015
Description
This collection invites us to
examine our recorded history through an animal-centric lens to discover how
animals have altered the course of our collective past.
The seventeen scholars gathered here present case studies from the Pacific Ocean, Africa, Europe, and the Americas, involving species ranging from gorillas and horses to salamanders and orcas. Together they seek out new methodologies, questions, and stories that challenge accepted historical assumptions and structures. Drawing upon environmental, social, and political history, the contributors employ research from such wide-ranging fields as philosophy and veterinary medicine, embracing a radical interdisciplinarity that is crucial to understanding our nonhuman past.
The seventeen scholars gathered here present case studies from the Pacific Ocean, Africa, Europe, and the Americas, involving species ranging from gorillas and horses to salamanders and orcas. Together they seek out new methodologies, questions, and stories that challenge accepted historical assumptions and structures. Drawing upon environmental, social, and political history, the contributors employ research from such wide-ranging fields as philosophy and veterinary medicine, embracing a radical interdisciplinarity that is crucial to understanding our nonhuman past.
A Note From the Publisher
Susan Nance is an associate professor in the Department of History and an affiliated faculty member at the Campbell Centre for the Study of Animal Welfare at the University of Guelph, Ontario, Canada. She is the author of Entertaining Elephants: Animal Agency and the Business of the American Circus.
6 x 9, 408 pages, 13 black-and-white illustrations, 1 table, notes, bibliography, index
6 x 9, 408 pages, 13 black-and-white illustrations, 1 table, notes, bibliography, index
Advance Praise
"Coming at the non-human from multiple times, places, and
methodologies, The Historical Animal captures the vibrancy and
promise of history and animal studies. The collection spans the
globe and the centuries, bringing together essays on burros and
whales, zoos and city streets. Showing off the range and talent of
historians working on animals in the past from medieval England
to modern Chicago, The Historical Animal stands as the capstone
to a new and energetic school of inquiry."—Jon T. Coleman, author of Vicious: Wolves and Men in America
"One of the finest edited collections I have encountered in animal history: fascinating, readable, and accessible. It will be appropriate to use with undergraduates as well as graduate students."—Ann N. Greene, Department of History and Sociology of Science, University of Pennsylvania
Available Editions
| EDITION | Paperback |
| ISBN | 9780815634065 |
| PRICE | $39.95 (USD) |
