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Author Beers, Diane L.

Title For the prevention of cruelty : the history and legacy of animal rights activism in the United States / Diane L. Beers
Published Athens, Ohio : Swallow Press/Ohio University Press, ©2006

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Description 1 online resource (xvi, 312 pages) : illustrations
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Contents Resurrecting the voice : animal advocacy in history -- A movement takes shape : the origins of animal advocacy -- Leaders and followers : the new humanitarians -- "The voice of the voiceless" : early campaigns, 1866-1915 -- Reaching out to the mainstream : animal advocacy evolves, 1915-45 -- "Our most strenuous protest" : antivivisection before 1945 -- The road to liberation : the rise of the postwar movement and the era of legislation, 1945-75 -- Epilogue
Summary Presents the history of animal rights activism in the United States since its formation in 1866, and describes the moral, philosophical, and legal issues that have surrounded the organization in recent decades
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 267-294) and index
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Subject Animal rights movement -- United States -- History
Animal welfare -- United States -- History
Animal rights -- United States -- History
Animal Welfare -- history
Societies -- history
History, 19th Century
History, 20th Century
PHILOSOPHY -- Ethics & Moral Philosophy.
Animal rights
Animal rights movement
Animal welfare
Tierrecht
Animal rights movement -- United States -- History.
Animal welfare -- United States -- History.
Animal rights -- United States -- History.
SUBJECT United States
Subject United States
USA
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2006004294
ISBN 9780804040235
0804040230
0804010870
9780804010870