American Sheep
A Cultural History
Title Details
Pages: 240
Illustrations: 33 b&w images
Trim size: 6.000in x 9.000in
Formats
Hardcover
Pub Date: 10/01/2024
ISBN: 9-780-8203-6716-3
List Price: $29.95
eBook
Pub Date: 10/01/2024
ISBN: 9-780-8203-6717-0
List Price: $29.95
eBook
Pub Date: 10/01/2024
ISBN: 9-780-8203-6718-7
List Price: $29.95
Subsidies and Partnerships
Published with the generous support of Bradley Hale Fund for Southern Studies
Related Subjects
HISTORY / United States / General
SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Zoology / Ethology (Animal Behavior)
American Sheep
A Cultural History
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American Sheep introduces the “remarkable story” of how sheep helped shape American history from the colonial era through the early twentieth century. By introducing the readers to a cast of characters—some forgotten and some famous—whose lives intersected with sheep, the book illuminates the roles the animals played in the “growth and development of the United States.” John Brown’s relationship with sheep, for example, reveals how “sheep culture influenced racial relations.” And John Muir’s fears about sheep grazing in Yosemite were central to the development of the environmental movement his name is most often attached to. American Sheep, in other words, is a book that shears away our misunderstandings of the past and weaves sheep into the fabric of American economic and social history.
American Sheep is strikingly original and a provides a lively account of a topic that fills a gap in American history and animal studies.
—Frederick R. Davis, author of The Man Who Saved Sea Turtles: Archie Carr and the Origins of Conservation Biology
Sheep spanned the entirety of U.S. history, and their contribution to fashion and clothing makes them unique in the history of domestic animals. Framed as a rediscovery of a forgotten partner in American agricultural history, American Sheep will appeal to anyone curious about domestic animals and farming.
—Jon T. Coleman, author of Here Lies Hugh Glass: A Mountain Man, a Bear, and the Rise of the American Nation