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Animal Rights: Political And Social Change In Britain Since 1800
Author: Kean, Hilda
Hardback; Book; 40 Illustrations 272 pages Published: June 1998 Reaktion Books Ltd
ISBN: 1861890141
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.A history of animal-rights campaigning since 1800, including discussion of highly-charged issues such as vegetarianism, vivisection, animals in captivity, and hunting.

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