Animal Rights: Political and Social Change in Britain since 1800 - Couverture souple

Kean, Dr Hilda

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1861890613 ISBN 13 : 9781861890610

Editeur : Reaktion Books, 2000

Synopsis

In the early twenty-first century animals are news. Parliamentary debates, protests against fox hunting and television programmes like Animal Hospital all focus on the way in which we treat animals and on what that says about our own humanity. As vegetarianism becomes ever more popular, and animal experimentation more controversial, it is time to trace the background to contemporary debates and to situate them in a broader historical context. Hilda Kean looks at the cultural and social role of animals from 1800 to the present – at the way in which visual images and myths captured the popular imagination and encouraged sympathy for animals and outrage at their exploitation. From early campaigns against the beating of cattle and ill-treatment of horses to concern for dogs in war and cats in laboratories, she explores the relationship between popular images and public debate and action. She also illustrates how interest in animal rights and welfare was closely aligned with campaigns for political and social reform by feminists, radicals and socialists.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Hilda Kean is Tutor in History at Ruskin College, Oxford.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Reaktion Books
• Date d'édition: 2000
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1861890613
• ISBN 13: 9781861890610
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 272
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• Personne responsable: non disponible