Cultural History of Animals
Kombinasjonsprodukt /
2011
/ Engelsk
Produktdetaljer
ISBN
9781847888235
Publisert
2011-02-01
Utgiver
Vendor
Berg Publishers
Vekt
3065 gr
Høyde
244 mm
Bredde
172 mm
Aldersnivå
05, 06, U, P
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
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Biographical note
Linda Kalof is Professor of Sociology at Michigan State University. Brigitte Resl is Professor of Medieval History at the University of Liverpool.
A Choice Outstanding Academic Title, 2008
A Cultural History of Animals is a multi-volume project on the history of human-animal relations from ancient times to the present. The set of six volumes covers 4500 years of human-animal interaction.
Volume 1: Antiquity to the Dark Ages (2500BC-1000AD)
Volume 2: The Medieval Age (1000-1400)
Volume 3: The Renaissance (1400-1600)
Volume 4: The Enlightenment (1600-1800)
Volume 5: The Age of Empire (1800-1920)
Volume 6: The Modern Age (1920-2000, including a discussion of animals in the future)
As the same issues are central to animal-human relations throughout history, each volume shares the same structure, with chapters in each volume analysing the same issues and themes. In this way each volume can be read individually to cover a specific period and individual chapters can be read across volumes to follow a theme across history.
Each volume explores: the sacred and the symbolic (totem, sacrifice, status and popular beliefs); hunting; domestication (taming, breeding, labour and companionship); entertainment and exhibitions (the menagerie, zoos, circuses and carnivals); science and specimens (research, education, collections and museums); philosophical beliefs; and artistic representations.
The full six volume set combines to present the most authoritative and comprehensive survey available on animals through history.
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A complete history from antiquity to today of the history of animals and of their relationship with humans.
Volume 1 A CULTURAL HISTORY OF ANIMALS IN ANTIQUITY
Edited by Linda Kalof, Michigan State University, USA
Volume 2 A CULTURAL HISTORY OF ANIMALS IN THE MEDIEVAL AGE
Edited by Brigitte Resl, University of Liverpool, UK
Volume 3 A CULTURAL HISTORY OF ANIMALS IN THE RENAISSANCE
Edited by Bruce Boehrer, Florida State University, USA
Volume 4 A CULTURAL HISTORY OF ANIMALS IN THE AGE OF ENLIGHTENMENT
Edited by Matthew Senior, Oberlin College, USA
Volume 5 A CULTURAL HISTORY OF ANIMALS IN THE AGE OF EMPIRE
Edited by Kathleen Kete, Trinity College, Hartford, USA
Volume 6 A CULTURAL HISTORY OF ANIMALS IN THE MODERN AGE
Edited by Randy Malamud, Georgia State University, USA
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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 *Provide informative and enjoyable reading, and should inculcate desires for histories of animals in other cultures and elaborations of histories already presented. Each volume is attractive and well made, and has its own (thorough) bibliography. * Robert W. Mitchell, Anthrozoos (Volume 22, Issue 3) *
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A complete history from antiquity to today of the history of animals and of their relationship with humans.
Produktdetaljer
ISBN
9781847888235
Publisert
2011-02-01
Utgiver
Vendor
Berg Publishers
Vekt
3065 gr
Høyde
244 mm
Bredde
172 mm
Aldersnivå
05, 06, U, P
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Kombinasjonsprodukt