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The lion's historian : Africa's animal past / Sandra Swart.

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Swart, Sandra, author.
Contributor:
ProQuest ebook central
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Human-animal relationships--Africa--History.
Human-animal relationships.
Animals and civilization--Africa.
Animals and civilization.
Animals--History.
Animals.
Lion.
Physical Description:
1 online resource
Place of Publication:
Athens, Ohio : Ohio University Press, 2025.
Contents:
Intro
Contents
Pachyderm Preface
ONE Beasts of the Southern World: How Do We Write African Animal History?
TWO The Lion's Historian: Hunting Animal Histories from the South
THREE Creatures of Contact: Animals and Power at the Mid-Seventeenth Century Cape
FOUR The Empire Rides Back: Horses and Indigenous Resistance
FIVE 'It Is as Bad to Be a Black Man's Animal as It Is to Be a Black Man': The Politics of Species and Race
SIX The White Soul of the Ant?: Insects and Identity
SEVEN Apartheid's Hounds: How South Africa Invented the World's Most Terrifying Police Dog
EIGHT Zombie Zoology:The End of Extinction?
NINE History for the End of the World: Finding New Futures in the Animal Past
Notes
Index
Notes:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI Available via World Wide Web.
Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on May 16, 2025).
ISBN:
9780821426456
0821426451
Publisher Number:
40032765034
Access Restriction:
Restricted for use by site license.

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