Frederick L Brown

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The City Is More Than Human: An Animal History of Seattle an Animal History of SeattlePaperback, 8 February 2019

The City Is More Than Human: An Animal History of Seattle an Animal History of Seattle
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Weyerhaeuser Environmental Books
Part of Series
Weyerhaeuser Environmental Books (Hardcover)
Print Length
352 pages
Language
English
Publisher
University of Washington Press
Date Published
8 Feb 2019
ISBN-10
0295745711
ISBN-13
9780295745718

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Winner of the 2017 Virginia Marie Folkins Award, Association of King County Historical Organizations (AKCHO)

Winner of the 2017 Hal K. Rothman Book Prize, Western History Association

Seattle would not exist without animals. Animals have played a vital role in shaping the city from its founding amid existing indigenous towns in the mid-nineteenth century to the livestock-friendly town of the late nineteenth century to the pet-friendly, livestock-averse modern city.

When newcomers first arrived in the 1850s, they hastened to assemble the familiar cohort of cattle, horses, pigs, chickens, and other animals that defined European agriculture. This, in turn, contributed to the dispossession of the Native residents of the area. However, just as various animals were used to create a Euro-American city, the elimination of these same animals from Seattle was key to the creation of the new middle-class neighborhoods of the twentieth century. As dogs and cats came to symbolize home and family, Seattleites' relationship with livestock became distant and exploitative, demonstrating the deep social contradictions that characterize the modern American metropolis.

Throughout Seattle's history, people have sorted animals into categories and into places as a way of asserting power over animals, other people, and property. In The City Is More Than Human, Frederick Brown explores the dynamic, troubled relationship humans have with animals. In so doing he challenges us to acknowledge the role of animals of all sorts in the making and remaking of cities.

Product Details

Author:
Frederick L Brown
Book Format:
Paperback
Country of Origin:
US
Date Published:
8 February 2019
Dimensions:
21.84 x 14.22 x 2.29 cm
ISBN-10:
0295745711
ISBN-13:
9780295745718
Language:
English
Location:
Seattle
Pages:
352
Weight:
453.59 gm

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