Cat Tales
A History
$62.86
- Hardcover
272 pages
- Release Date
11 September 2025
Summary
The first book to explore from an archaeological perspective the incredible and improbable history of our relationship with cats, from fearsome foe to purring pet.
Feared, revered, and respected, cats have left an indelible pawprint on the histories and civilizations of humankind. In Britain, a third of all households have a cat. As of 2021, some 45 million American households owned one or more cats, making them one of the most popular pets in the world. Over the last…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780500029534 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0500029539 |
| Author: | Jerry Moore |
| Publisher: | Thames & Hudson Ltd |
| Imprint: | Thames & Hudson Ltd |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 272 |
| Release Date: | 11 September 2025 |
| Weight: | 758g |
| Dimensions: | 33mm x 166mm x 243mm |
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Critics Review
‘Cat Tales is an eloquent, yet learned, technically accurate excursion into the feline world that is destined to become a classic. Read parts of the book to your own cats, and they will ignore you, even if they meow at the beautiful, well-chosen pictures. But you’ll learn a great deal about your own beasts. I look at my cats with different eyes after reading Jerry’s entertaining excursion into cattery’ - Brian Fagan, Distinguished Emeritus Professor, University of California, Santa Barbara, and author of The Intimate Bond: How Animals Shaped Human History
‘Cats, large or small, wild or domesticated, have played a significant role in human history and have fulfilled multiple roles as: fearsome deities, emissaries between worlds, protectors against vermin, and beloved companions. Moore’s eminently readable book explores the wonderful world of felines, tracing their relationship with humans worldwide, from when we were their prey to the present, when, as any cat-owner knows, we are enslaved by them, catering to their every whim’ - Salima Ikram, Distinguished University Professor, American University in Cairo
‘In this unusual study of the history of cats, Moore also tells the history of humans … Fascinating, richly illustrated and highly readable’ - All About History
‘A great guide to cats captures their complex and evolving relationship with humans. … Even if cats remain a little mysterious after this book, that’s probably how they like it’ - New Scientist
Jerry Moore
Jerry Moore is an archaeologist, writer, editor and professor of anthropology at California State University Dominguez Hills. His books include The Prehistory of Home (2012, winner of the Society for American Archaeology Popular Book Award) among many others. He has written for Archaeology and Berfois magazines and his writings have been translated into French, Spanish, Han Chinese, Turkish and Croatian. Moore lives in Long Beach, California, where he provides food service to two cats.
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