Cultural History of Animals in the Age of Empire

Kathleen Kete is Associate Professor of History at Trinity College Hartford and author of The Beast in the Boudoir: Petkeeping in Nineteenth-Century Paris.

The Cultural History of Animals presents an innovative and compelling introduction to current scholarship about the historical relationships between people and other animals. Harriet Ritvo, Arthur J. Conner Professor of History, M.I.T. An innovative and ambitious project that synthesizes knowledge of animals as living creatures and their symbolic representations... an invaluable contribution to our understanding... A combination of surprise and entertainment with serious research gives these volumes a place in the best tradition of accessible science. Bernd Huppauf, New York University for H-Soz-u-Kult High quality editing, clear writing, and abundant visual illustrations ... These volumes will be basic to future scholarship dealing with animals and society. Essential. Choice

• Introduction: Animals and Human Empire Kathleen Kete, Trinity College, Hartford 1.The Moment of Greyfriars Bobby: The Changing Cultural Position of Animals in Europe Hilda Kean, Ruskin College, Oxford 2.Hunting Empires in Britain and the United States Daniel Herman, Central Washington University 3.Domestication of Empire: Human-Animal Relations at the Intersection of Civilization and Acclimatization in the Nineteenth Century Dorothee Brantz, Department of History, SUNY Buffalo 4.How the Caged Bird Sings: Entertainment and the Exhibition of Animals Nigel Rothfels, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee 5.From Birds of Paradise to Drosophila: The Changing Roles of Scientific Specimens in Europe and America to 1920 Narisara Murray, Independent Scholar, Cambodia 6.Philosophy and Animals in the Age of Empire Mark Rowlands, Department of Philosophy, University of Hertfordshire 7.Narrative Dominion or The Animals Write Back? Animal Genres in Literature and the Arts Teresa Mangum, Department of English, University of Iowa Notes Bibliography Index