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Author Beers, Diane L.

Title For the prevention of cruelty [electronic resource] : the history and legacy of animal rights activism in the United States / Diane L. Beers.

Imprint Athens, Ohio : Swallow Press/Ohio University Press, c2006.

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Description xvi, 312 p. : ill.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (p. 267-294) and index.
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.
Reproduction Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
Subject Animal rights movement -- United States -- History.
Animal welfare -- United States -- History.
Animal rights -- United States -- History.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author ProQuest (Firm)
ISBN 0804010862 (cloth : alk. paper)
0804010870 (pbk. : alk. paper)
9780804010870

 
    
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