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Introduction: The Animal Witness Matthew Senior, Oberlin College 1. The Souls of Men and Beasts, 1637-1764 Matthew Senior, Oberlin College 2. The War Against Animals: The Culture of the Hunt in Early Modern France Amy Warthesen, Cornell University 3. From Sheep to Meat, From Pets to People, Animal Domestication 1600-1800 Karen Raber, University of Mississippi 4. Inside and Outside: Animal Activity and the Red Bull Playhouse, St. John Street Eva Griffith, University of Durham 5. Natural History, Natural Philosophy, and Animals Anita Guerrini, University of California-Santa Barbara 6. Animality and Anthropology in Jean-Jacques Rousseau Jean-Luc Guichet, College de Philosophie, Paris 7. Portraits of Animals, 1600-1800 Madeleine Pinault-Sorensen, Musee du Louvre Notes Bibliography