The Animals of Spain
An Introduction to Imperial Perceptions and Human Interaction with Other Animals, 1492-1826
Biographical note
Abel A. Alves, Ph.D. (1990) in History, University of Massachusetts at Amherst, is Associate Professor of History at Ball State University. His publications include the book Brutality and Benevolence: Human Ethology, Culture, and the Birth of Mexico (1996).
Readership
All those interested in the early modern Spanish empire, the application of evolutionary biology to human behavior, and the interaction of humans with other animals.
Table of contents
I) Animals in the Atlantic World: Perceptions and Associations….
II) Through the Prism of Human Perception: Spanish Intellectuals Write about Other Sentient Beings….
III) Valued Animals and Animal Values….
IV) Spirit Guides to Hell? Shape-Shifting and the Power of Animals Inverted….
V) San Martín’s Companion Animals: Nature Domesticated and Blessed….
VI) The Animals of Spain: Continuity and Change….
II) Through the Prism of Human Perception: Spanish Intellectuals Write about Other Sentient Beings….
III) Valued Animals and Animal Values….
IV) Spirit Guides to Hell? Shape-Shifting and the Power of Animals Inverted….
V) San Martín’s Companion Animals: Nature Domesticated and Blessed….
VI) The Animals of Spain: Continuity and Change….
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