American sheep : a cultural history / Brett Bannor.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bannor, Brett, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sheep--United States--History.

Sheep.

Physical Description:

xiv, 246 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Athens : The University of Georgia Press, [2024]

Summary:

"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"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Introduction : "the protection of his naked body against the inclement elements"

There once were some sheep from Nantucket : sheep in colonial and revolutionary America

Embargos, merinos, and the flocks grow : a new republic of wool

"Utter destruction to the prosperity of that section of the union whence I come" : sheep and the rift between north and south

Shepherds enslaved and free : sheep and race

Fido and the fleece : sheep, dogs, and the law

Mary had a little lamb, and the west had big burly cowboys : sheep, the frontier, and gender bias

Machines in the pasture : sheep and the industrial age

Nothing is certain but death and taxes on wool : foreign sheep and internal revenue

"A little pure wildness . . . Both of men and sheep" : big flocks, bighorns, and Western conservation

Swimsuits, soldiers, polyester : the decline of America's sheep'.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Bannor, Brett. American sheep

ISBN:

9780820367163

0820367168

OCLC:

1430501703