Joanna Dean is associate professor of History at Carleton University, where she teaches animal history and environmental history. Darcy Ingram teaches in the Faculty of Social Sciences at the University of Ottawa, where he works on social movements, environmentalism, and environmental governance. Christabelle Sethna is an historian and associate professor who teaches in the Institute of Feminist and Gender Studies, University of Ottawa. Her research focuses on reproduction, colonialism, and, more recently, representations of animals. George Colpitts is a professor in the Department of History at the University of Calgary. He has published five books, as well as contributing numerous chapters and journal articles to academic publications. Colpitts is the winner of both the American Society for Ethnohistory's 2012 Robert F. Heizer Prize and the 2010 Frederick C. Luebke Award for outstanding regional scholarship.
It is gratifying to see more involvement from historians in this
broad and growing area. - Margaret E. Derry, The Canadian
Historical Review
The eleven authors of this text contribute great insight into the
depository of âCanamalia Urbanisââ| As Animal Metropolis presents
curious stories of nonhuman animals in Canada, readers and scholars
should be inspired beyond pondering and ask with humility what
responsibilities come with this knowledge. - Stephanie Eccles, BC
Studies
This playful and thought-provoking collection of essays makes a
persuasive case for the study of urban animals in a country long
celebrated for its iconic wildlife. This is an important
contribution to the growing fields of animal studies and animal
history, and one that will serve as a catalyst for a new generation
of scholarship. -Jennifer Bonnell, Assistant Professor, Department
of History, York University
Tracing often stunning connections between animals, environments,
cultures, and histories, Animal Metropolis explores an
extraordinarily diverse set of encounters between humans and other
animals in Canadian history. Each chapter was a revelation,
offering a timely and provocative look at Canada and its denizens.
-Nigel Rothfels, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Animal Metropolis provides a fascinating taste of what a history
that decentres the human might look like. Scholars and students of
history, philosophy, sociology, human or critical geography, and
animal studies, to name a few, will find chapters that provoke,
challenge, and delight. -Nik Taylor, Associate Professor of
Sociology, Flinders University
A beautifully written book with a diversity of chapters that can be
read as stand-alone papers . . . I readily recommend this book--it
offers a mix of easy reading with quality academic research and
writing. Janette Youngs, Anthrozoos
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