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The rights of the defenseless : protecting animals and children in gilded age America / Susan J. Pearson.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Pearson, Susan J.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Child welfare--United States--History.
- Child welfare.
- Animal rights.
- History.
- United States.
- Animal rights--United States--History.
- Physical Description:
- ix, 260 pages ; 18 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Chicago ; London : University of Chicago Press, 2011.
- Contents:
- Introduction: the legend of Mary Ellen Wilson
- "The child is an animal": domesticity, discipline, and the logic of joint protection
- "A relic of barbarism": cruelty, civilization, and social order
- "The rights of whatever can suffer": reconciling liberalism and dependence
- "The dove has claws": sympathy and state power
- Conclusion: from cruelty to child welfare.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780226652016
- 0226652017
- OCLC:
- 666235014
- Online:
- Contributor biographical information
- Publisher description
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