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by Frederick L. Brown; Foreword by Paul S. Sutter

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Winner of the 2017 Virginia Marie Folkins Award, Association of King County Historical Organizations (AKCHO)

Winner of the 2017 Hal K. Rothman Book Prize, Western History Association

Seattle would not exist without animals. Animals have played a vital role in shaping the city from its founding amid existing indigenous towns in the mid-nineteenth century to the livestock-friendly town of the late nineteenth century to the pet-friendly, livestock-averse modern city.

When newcomers first arrived in the 1850s, they hastened to assemble the familiar cohort of cattle, horses, pigs, chickens, and other animals that defined European agriculture. This, in turn, contributed to the dispossession of the Native residents of the area. However, just as various animals were used to create a Euro-American city, the elimination of these same animals from Seattle was key to the creation of the new middle-class neighborhoods of the twentieth century. As dogs and cats came to symbolize home and family, Seattleites' relationship with livestock became distant and exploitative, demonstrating the deep social contradictions that characterize the modern American metropolis.

Throughout Seattle's history, people have sorted animals into categories and into places as a way of asserting power over animals, other people, and property. In The City Is More Than Human, Frederick Brown explores the dynamic, troubled relationship humans have with animals. In so doing he challenges us to acknowledge the role of animals of all sorts in the making and remaking of cities.

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  • Title The City Is More Than Human: An Animal History of Seattle
  • Author Frederick L. Brown; Foreword by Paul S. Sutter
  • Binding Hardback
  • Pages 352
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher University of Washington Press
  • Publication date 2016-07
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Bibliography, Illustrated, Index, Maps
  • ISBN 9780295999340 / 0295999349
  • Weight 1.3 lbs (0.59 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.2 x 6.3 x 1.1 in (23.37 x 16.00 x 2.79 cm)
  • Themes
    • Cultural Region: Pacific Northwest
    • Geographic Orientation: Washington
    • Locality: Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, Wa
    • Topical: Ecology
  • Category History - U.S.
  • Library of Congress subjects Seattle (Wash.) - Social conditions, Seattle (Wash.) - Environmental conditions
  • Library of Congress Catalogue Number 2016020377
  • Dewey Decimal Code 591.979

About the author

Frederick L. Brown holds a PhD in history from the University of Washington and works on a contract basis as a historian for the National Park Service.

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