Book Talk: Cats: A History with Author Rod Phillips

Please join us for this informative author talk! All participants will be entered to win a copy of the book!

About the book:

For more than 10,000 years, cats have prowled at the edges of human life. But, starting only a few decades ago, hundreds of millions of them became pets. In Cats, Rod Phillips shares a sweeping cultural and social history of felines, tracing their shifting place across societies and centuries, from ancient Egypt’s revered hunters to Europe’s suspected familiars of witches and from shipboard rodent controllers to cherished internet icons.

Phillips illustrates how cats have always occupied spaces both familiar and mysterious and how their perceived independence and disruptive nature—and their associations with women, the supernatural, and outsiders—have shaped humans’ attitudes toward these fascinating creatures.