Bellwether Histories

Susan Nance is professor of history at the University of Guelph and affiliated faculty with the Campbell Centre for the Study of Animal Welfare. She is author of three books, including Rodeo: An Animal History. Jennifer Marks is a PhD candidate in history at the University of Iowa and works as a technical writer in Portland, Oregon. Contributors: Vanessa Bateman, Joshua Abram Kercsmar, John M. Kinder, Jennifer Marks, Susan Nance, Andrea Ringer, Mary Trachsel, and Jessica Wang

Preface Introduction: The Mule in the Coal Mine 1. Interspecies Anticapitalism in English and American Humanitarian Writings, ca. 1800-1850 Joshua Abram Kercsmar 2. Chicago's 1872 Equine Influenza Epizootic and the Evolution of Urban Transit Technology Jennifer G. Marks 3. Cattle and Blizzards: Lessons from the Big Die-Up in 1880s Montana Susan Nance 4. Animal Photography and the "Elk Problem" in Modern Wyoming Vanessa Bateman 5. Animals, Infrastructure, and Empire: Insects and Birds as Biological Control Agents in Early Twentieth-Century Hawai'i Jessica Wang 6. Captive Breeding and the Commodification of "Surplus" Animals at the Central Park Zoo, 1886-1974 Andrea Ringer 7. The Destructive Ecology of Human-Pig Relations in Iowa since 1950 Mary Trachsel 8. "The Next Meal for the Lions": The US Occupation of the Baghdad Zoo, 2003-2004 John M. Kinder List of Contributors Index

"[P]rovides an important reminder and even a blueprint for how all historians might contend with the experiences of animals and the consequences of human-animal relationships in the Anthropocene." (Environmental History) "Accessible and engaging, this volume would be of interest to environmental and United States history scholars and could be used in an American environmental history course. Each essay can stand on its own and various chapters could contribute to gender studies, western history, war and society, or other specialized scholarship and syllabi." (Western Historical Quarterly) "Bellwether Histories as a whole provides a rich and generative contribution to the burgeoning field of "more-than-human histories."" (H-Net Reviews)