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The animal rights crusade : the growth of a moral protest / James M. Jasper and Dorothy Nelkin.

Title
The animal rights crusade : the growth of a moral protest / James M. Jasper and Dorothy Nelkin.
Author
Jasper, James M., 1957-
Publication
New York : Free Press ; Toronto : Maxwell Macmillan Canada ; New York : Maxwell Macmillan International, 1992.

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Additional Authors
Nelkin, Dorothy
Description
x, 214 p.; 24 cm.
Summary
History and analysis of the animal rights movement chronicling its development from kindly petlovers to groups fighting for animal "rights."
Subject
  • Animal Rights > history
  • Animal Welfare
  • Animal rights
  • Animal rights movement > United States
  • Social movements
Note
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 179-205) and index.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (pages 179-205) and index.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
A moral crusade -- Moral sentiments -- The birth of a movement -- Moral militancy -- The compassionate tradition -- Animals in the wild -- Philosophers as midwives -- From rabbits to petri dishes -- Test tubes with legs -- Animals as commodities -- Animals on display -- The limits of a moral crusade.
ISBN
0029161959 :
LCCN
^^^91026015^
OCLC
24174784
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library