{"product_id":"the-routledge-companion-to-animal-human-history-paperback","title":"The Routledge Companion to Animal-Human History - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eHilda Kean\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003ePhilip Howell\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Routledge Companion to Animal-Human History\u003c\/em\u003e provides an up-to-date guide for the historian working within the growing field of animal-human history. Giving a sense of the diversity and interdisciplinary nature of the field, cutting-edge contributions explore the practices of and challenges posed by historical studies of animals and animal-human relationships. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eDivided into three parts, the \u003ci\u003eCompanion\u003c\/i\u003e takes both a theoretical and practical approach to a field that is emerging as a prominent area of study. Animals and the Practice of History considers established practices of history, such as political history, public history and cultural memory, and how animal-human history can contribute to them. Problems and Paradigms identifies key historiographical issues to the field with contributors considering the challenges posed by topics such as agency, literature, art and emotional attachment. The final section, Themes and Provocations, looks at larger themes within the history of animal-human relationships in more depth, with contributions covering topics that include breeding, war, hunting and eating.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs it is increasingly recognised that nonhuman actors have contributed to the making of history, \u003ci\u003eThe Routledge Companion to Animal-Human History\u003c\/i\u003e provides a timely and important contribution to the scholarship on animal-human history and surrounding debates.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHilda Kean\u003c\/strong\u003e was Dean of Ruskin College, Oxford. Her many books include \u003ci\u003eThe Great Cat and Dog Massacre: The Real Story of the World War 11's Unknown Tragedy\u003c\/i\u003e (2017); \u003ci\u003eAnimal Rights: Political and Social Change in Britain since 1800\u003c\/i\u003e (1998); \u003ci\u003eThe Public History Reader\u003c\/i\u003e (with Paul Martin, 2013).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePhilip Howell\u003c\/strong\u003e is Reader in Historical Geography at the University of Cambridge. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eGeographies of Regulation: Policing Prostitution in Nineteenth- Century Britain and the Empire \u003c\/i\u003e(2009) and \u003ci\u003eAt Home and Astray: The Domestic Dog in Victorian Britain \u003c\/i\u003e(2015).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 574\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.3 x 9.6 x 6.7 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 18, 2020\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42161980768391,"sku":"9780367733650","price":110.14,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/390d2dfed9e90789f570f3404778114d.webp?v=1733285597","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/the-routledge-companion-to-animal-human-history-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}