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Animals in Human Histories
An exploration of the various ways animals and their relations to humans have been depicted throughout the ages. This volume delves into the realm between representative images and …
Savages and Beasts
A smart, clearly written account of the role of Carl Hagenbeck's role in popularizing the public exhibition of animals and people uncovers the origins of the "zoo" in American …
Increasing Legal Rights for Zoo Animals
We are on the precipice of momentous legal changes for animals that may soon give some of them rights of personhood and citizenship. Companion animals in particular are gaining …
Savages and Beasts
To modern sensibilities, nineteenth-century zoos often seem to be unnatural places where animals led miserable lives in cramped, wrought-iron cages. Today zoo animals, in at least …
Elephant House
In Elephant House, photographer Dick Blau and historian Nigel Rothfels offer a thought-provoking study of the Oregon Zoo’s Asian Elephant Building and the daily routines of its …
Increasing Legal Rights for Zoo Animals
We are on the precipice of momentous legal changes for animals that may soon give some of them rights of personhood and citizenship. Companion animals in particular are gaining …
Elephant Trails
Why have elephants—and our preconceptions about them—been central to so much of human thought?From prehistoric cave drawings in Europe and ancient rock art in Africa and India to …
Representing Animals
Representing Animals explores the complex and often surprising connections between our imagining of animals and our cultural environment. The contributors—historians, literary …
Representing Animals
Representing Animals explores the complex and often surprising connections between our imagining of animals and our cultural environment. The contributors—historians, literary …
Savages and Beasts
To modern sensibilities, nineteenth-century zoos often seem to be unnatural places where animals led miserable lives in cramped, wrought-iron cages. Today zoo animals, in at least …