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The Historical Animal

The Historical Animal

Nance, Susan
Colby, Jason
Gibson, Abraham H.

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Environmental StudiesGeneral AnimalsGeneral World History

ISBN10: 0815634064
ISBN13: 9780815634065
Publisher: Syracuse University Press
Published: Sep 22 2015
Pages: 432
Weight: 1.26
Height: 0.89 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.11
Language: English

The conventional history of animals could be more accurately described as the history of human ideas about animals. Only in the last few decades have scholars from a wide variety of disciplines attempted to document the lives of historical animals in ways that recognize their agency as sentient beings with complex intelligence. This collection advances the field further, inviting 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

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