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Cattle's Experiences of Colonialism
An Animal History of Southern Africa
Series: - Afrika-Studiecentrum Series, Volume: 45
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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 cattleâs 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.
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).
Preface
Acknowledgements
List of Figures
Abbreviations
1 Experiences That Matter
â1 Introduction
â2 An Emotional Primer: Being with Cattle
â3 Historiography: Animal History without Animals
â4 Subjective Historical Experiences: a Method
â5 Language That Deceives: Chattel, Capital, Cattle
â6 Scope: Four Impacts of Colonialism on Cattle
2 Cattle as Subjects, and a Brief History of Cattle before Southern African Colonialism
â1 Introduction
â2 Cattle as Experiential Subjects
â3 From Aurochs to Cattle in Southern Africa: a History of Domestication until the Eleventh Century
â4 Pastoralism in Southern Africa, the Eleventh to the eventeenth Century
3 Oxen as Colonial Labourers in Southern Africa, 1653â1890s
â1 Introduction
â2 Oxenâs Wagon Labour: Vignettes of Subjectivity, 1653â1800 and Before
â3 The Expansion and Demise of Oxenâs Wagon Labour,1801âcirca 1890s
â4 Conclusion
4 Lungsickness, Rinderpest, East Coast Fever: Eroded Transhumance, Veterinary Expansion, and Cattle as Biomedical Subjects,1853â1920s
â1 Introduction
â2 Lungsickness in the Cape and Pre-colonial Namibia,1853â1904
â3 Rinderpest in Southern Africa
â4 East Coast Fever and the Emergence of Dipping Regimes
â5 Conclusion
5 A History of Slaughterhouse Development in the Cape, with Reference to Cattleâs Experiences, 1652â1935
â1 Introduction
â2 Precursors to Industrialisation: the VOC, the Shambles, and Health Disputes in the Cape, 1652â1890s
â3 The South African War, Mining Contracts, Legislation, and the Emergence of Industrial Slaughter, 1890sâ1914
â4 Industrial Slaughterhouses, Cattleâs Experiences, and New Legislation, 1915â1935
â5 Conclusion
6 Colonial Cattle Breeding and Its Impact on Cattle in South Africa, Swaziland, and Botswana, 1900sâ1980s
â1 Introduction
â2 Pre-twentieth Century Cattle Breeding Context
â3 Breeding Societies, and Agricultural Colleges and Schools in South Africa, 1902â1920s
â4 Colonial Breeding Regimes in Botswana and Swaziland, 1920sâ1940s
â5 The Bonsmara Cattle Breed and Human Eugenics
â6 Modernised Cattle Breeding in Botswana and South Africa in the Context of the Global Proliferation of FAI
â7 Conclusion
7 Conclusions
â1 Closing Summaries
â2 Closing Reflections
Bibliography
Index
Acknowledgements
List of Figures
Abbreviations
1 Experiences That Matter
â1 Introduction
â2 An Emotional Primer: Being with Cattle
â3 Historiography: Animal History without Animals
â4 Subjective Historical Experiences: a Method
â5 Language That Deceives: Chattel, Capital, Cattle
â6 Scope: Four Impacts of Colonialism on Cattle
2 Cattle as Subjects, and a Brief History of Cattle before Southern African Colonialism
â1 Introduction
â2 Cattle as Experiential Subjects
â3 From Aurochs to Cattle in Southern Africa: a History of Domestication until the Eleventh Century
â4 Pastoralism in Southern Africa, the Eleventh to the eventeenth Century
3 Oxen as Colonial Labourers in Southern Africa, 1653â1890s
â1 Introduction
â2 Oxenâs Wagon Labour: Vignettes of Subjectivity, 1653â1800 and Before
â3 The Expansion and Demise of Oxenâs Wagon Labour,1801âcirca 1890s
â4 Conclusion
4 Lungsickness, Rinderpest, East Coast Fever: Eroded Transhumance, Veterinary Expansion, and Cattle as Biomedical Subjects,1853â1920s
â1 Introduction
â2 Lungsickness in the Cape and Pre-colonial Namibia,1853â1904
â3 Rinderpest in Southern Africa
â4 East Coast Fever and the Emergence of Dipping Regimes
â5 Conclusion
5 A History of Slaughterhouse Development in the Cape, with Reference to Cattleâs Experiences, 1652â1935
â1 Introduction
â2 Precursors to Industrialisation: the VOC, the Shambles, and Health Disputes in the Cape, 1652â1890s
â3 The South African War, Mining Contracts, Legislation, and the Emergence of Industrial Slaughter, 1890sâ1914
â4 Industrial Slaughterhouses, Cattleâs Experiences, and New Legislation, 1915â1935
â5 Conclusion
6 Colonial Cattle Breeding and Its Impact on Cattle in South Africa, Swaziland, and Botswana, 1900sâ1980s
â1 Introduction
â2 Pre-twentieth Century Cattle Breeding Context
â3 Breeding Societies, and Agricultural Colleges and Schools in South Africa, 1902â1920s
â4 Colonial Breeding Regimes in Botswana and Swaziland, 1920sâ1940s
â5 The Bonsmara Cattle Breed and Human Eugenics
â6 Modernised Cattle Breeding in Botswana and South Africa in the Context of the Global Proliferation of FAI
â7 Conclusion
7 Conclusions
â1 Closing Summaries
â2 Closing Reflections
Bibliography
Index
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