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Animal rights : political and social change in Britain since 1800 / Hilda Kean.
Van Pelt Library HV4943.G7 K43 1998
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Kean, Hilda.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Animal rights--Great Britain.
- Animal rights.
- Animal welfare--Moral and ethical aspects.
- Animal welfare.
- Great Britain.
- Physical Description:
- 272 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- London : Reaktion Books, Ltd., 1998.
- Summary:
- The struggle for the rights of wild, farmed and domestic animals is not by any means a recent phenomenon. Controversies around the issues of vivisection, zoos, and hunting all have a long history. Here Hilda Kean traces these issues across a period of more than 200 years, and also charts the history of vegetarianism and continuing campaigns against cruelty of animals. 40 illustrations.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [263]-268) and index.
- ISBN:
- 1861890141
- OCLC:
- 39758864
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