{"product_id":"the-city-is-more-than-frederick-l-brown-9780295999340","title":"The City Is More Than Human: An Animal History of Seattle","description":"\u003cp\u003eWinner of the 2017 Virginia Marie Folkins Award, Association of King County Historical Organizations (AKCHO)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWinner of the 2017 Hal K. Rothman Book Prize, Western History Association\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSeattle 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. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhen 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. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThroughout 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 \u003ci\u003eThe City Is More Than Human\u003c\/i\u003e, 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Frederick L. Brown\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0295999349\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780295999340\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Washington Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/03\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 352\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.30lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.20h x 6.30w x 1.10d","brand":"Frederick L. Brown","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48658837405951,"sku":"9780295999340","price":50.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-city-is-more-than-frederick-l-brown-9780295999340","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}