The Routledge Companion to Animal-Human History 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.
Divided into three parts, the Companion 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.
As it is increasingly recognised that nonhuman actors have contributed
to the making of history, The Routledge Companion to Animal-Human
History provides a timely and important contribution to the scholarship
on animal-human history and surrounding debates.
