Animals and society Books

Scholarly and personal essays on the intersections of the prison-industrial complex, industrial animal agriculture, and capitalism.Vegan Entanglements: Dismantling Racial and Carceral Capitalism invites over 15 activists, scholars, and journalists to...

Fourteen chapters from international geographers and cultural analysts, academic and otherwise, on veganism as a conceptual and physical space.Veganism as an ethics and a practice has a recorded history dating back to antiquity. Yet, it is only recently...

A collection of informative, diverse, evocative, and inspiring essays from over 50 vegan activists, educators, artists, and changemakers on the whys and wherefores of the vegan diet and lifestyle.Why should one go vegan? Is veganism the positive change...

Sixteen essays on the importance of diversity, equity, and inclusion in animal advocacy.Antiracism in Animal Advocacy: Igniting Cultural Transformation is a collection of writings by farmed animal protection advocates who are committed to exploring and...

A collection of beautifully poignant and moving poems and artwork from a talented artist who spent a summer interacting with the animals on an organic meat farm. In the summer of 2019, artist and poet Linnea Ryshke worked as a labourer at an organic...

The Tenth Anniversary Edition of the bestselling WORLD PEACE DIET includes a new preface, new resources, and a study guide. The book presents the outlines of a more empowering understanding of our world, based on the comprehending the far-reaching...

When The Sexual Politics of Meat: A Feminist-Vegetarian Critical Theory by Carol J. Adams was published more than twenty years ago, it caused an immediate stir among writers and thinkers, feminists and animal rights activists alike. Never before had the...

A fascinating and unprecedented ethnography of animal sanctuaries in the United States In the past three decades, animal rights advocates have established everything from elephant sanctuaries in Africa to shelters that rehabilitate animals used in...

A Collection of True Tales of Animal Empathy and Altruism that will Inspire Us to Reflect on Our Own Human NatureWhat do stories about humpback whales protecting a biologist from a shark, a pride of lions rescuing a girl from kidnappers, gorillas working...

Immerse yourself in the world of animal rights protests, campaigns, demonstrations, outreach, rescue, and so much more. In today's world, voices of the marginalized are in the spotlight and people across the globe are recognizing animal rights as a...

A spellbinding look at the philosophical and moral implications of animal dreaming.Are humans the only dreamers on Earth? What goes on in the minds of animals when they sleep? When Animals Dream brings together behavioural and neuroscientific research on...

Chicken introduces us to the surprisingly complex world of the chicken, tracing the evolution of jungle fowl and the domestication of chickens by humans. Annie Potts describes the ways in which chickens experience the world, form families and...

'The owls are not what they seem'. From ancient Babylon, to Edward Lear'sThe Owl and the Pussycat and the grandiloquent, absent-minded Owl fromWinnie the Pooh, to David Lynch's Twin Peaks, owls have woven themselves into the fabric of human culture from...

This book traces the history of the camel from its origins millions of years ago through to the present day, discussing such matters of current concern as the plight of camel herders in Sudan's war-torn Darfur region, the alarming increase in the...

Pig looks at the long, complicated relationship between humans and these highly intelligent, sociable animals. In his insightful book, Brett Mizelle traces the natural and cultural history of the pig, focusing on the contradictions between our...

A natural and cultural history of the hedgehog, an animal that has had a close connection with people since the dawn of civilization. This book explores the symbolism of the animal, from Romans who regarded it as a...

The leopard is the ultimate cat. It makes the lion and the tiger appear overblown and all the other members of the cat family look puny. Whereas lions hunt in the open and then share their kill, the leopard is solitary, stealthy and selfish. This cat...

Australians love dogs - big dogs, little dogs, fluffy couch potatoes and hardy working dogs. In fact, we have one of the highest rates of pet ownership in the world. Australia's Dogs is a celebration of the dog in Australian life, exploring the...