Empire and the Animal Body

John Miller is currently a lecturer in nineteenth-century literature at the University of Sheffield. He has published widely on animal studies and ecocriticism, particularly in relation to British Empire writing and postcolonial studies.

• List of Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Chapter 1: Otherness and Order; Chapter 2: Scientists and Specimens; Chapter 3: The Animal Within; Chapter 4: Wild Men and Wilderness; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index

‘[Miller] discusses the experience of the hunt as domination of the Other, big game as and economic resource, and the attempts to regulate the disappearance of endangered species, which often resulted in increased control over colonial subjects.’ —Adela Pinch, ‘Studies in English Literature’