Humans, Animals, and U.S. Society in the Long Nineteenth Century: A Documentary History: Volume I: Animal...

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Dominik Ohrem

Humans, Animals, and U.S. Society in the Long Nineteenth Century

A Documentary History: Volume I: Animal and Human in American Thought (Part 1)

Dominik Ohrem

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Routledge
18 November 2025

Reference works; British & Irish history; History of the Americas; Social & cultural history; Animal ecology

Volume I traces the significance of animals, and the ""problem"" of animality, within the currents of U.S. social and scientific thought during a period marked by a rapid expansion of American and transatlantic print culture. It provides insights into how evolving ideas about animal intelligence, sociality, morality, and language interacted with contemporary notions of human nature in ways that could be mobilised both to defend and to challenge traditional claims to human uniqueness and rigid distinctions between human and animal life.

Edited by: Dominik Ohrem
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm,
Weight: 453g
ISBN: 9780367470005
ISBN 10: 0367470004
Pages: 210
Publication Date: 18 November 2025
Audience: College/higher education , Primary
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Forthcoming

Dominik Ohrem is Research Associate at MESH – Multidisciplinary Environmental Studies in the Humanities and Postdoctoral Researcher at HESCOR (Cultural Evolution in Changing Climate: Human and Earth System Coupled Research) at the University of Cologne, Germany. His research is focused on the history and philosophy of human-animal and multispecies relations.