'Animal Labor and Colonial Warfare' examines the use of camels, mules, and donkeys in British colonial campaigns of conquest and pacification, starting with the Second Afghan War and ending in the early 1900s. James L. Hevia explains how during past centuries a new set of human-animal relations were created as European powers and the United States expanded their colonial possessions and attempted to put local economies and ecologies in the service of resource extraction. The results had major impacts on animal and human communities alike, disrupting centuries-old ecological and economic relationships.

Previously issued in print: 2018.