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For the prevention of cruelty : the history and legacy of animal rights activism in the United States / Diane L. Beers.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Beers, Diane L.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Animal rights movement--United States--History.
- Animal rights movement.
- Animal welfare--United States--History.
- Animal welfare.
- Animal rights--United States--History.
- Animal rights.
- History.
- United States.
- Physical Description:
- xvi, 312 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Athens, Ohio : Swallow Press/Ohio University Press, [2006]
- 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.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 267-294) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0804010862
- 0804010870
- OCLC:
- 63692710
- Publisher Number:
- 9780804010870 (pbk. : alk. paper)
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