Cattle's Experiences of Colonialism: An Animal History of Southern Africa - Paperback

by Michael J. Glover (Author)

A rare and unique history of how colonialism in southern Africa impacted cattle's subjective historical experiences. The book positions cattle as sentient, feeling beings in the narrative flow, and uses an animal-centered approach and diverse sources to investigate cattle's felt experiences. The book explores major colonial impacts, including wagon labour, disease epidemics and veterinary infrastructure, the development of industrial slaughterhouses, and the expansion of modern breeding.

Author Biography

Michael J. Glover, PhD (2021), University of the Free State and Leiden University, is a postdoctoral fellow at the International Studies Group, University of the Free State. He is an associate fellow of the Oxford Centre for Animal Ethics and a member of the Australasian Animal Studies Association. He has co-edited an anthology called Animals as Experiencing Entities: Theories and Historical Narratives (Palgrave, 2024).