Kathryn Shevelow

For the Love of Animals (eBook, ePUB)

The Rise of the Animal Protection Movement

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

The engaging story of how an unlikely group of extraordinary people laid the foundation for the legal protection of animals

In eighteenth-century England-where cockfighting and bullbaiting drew large crowds, and the abuse of animals was routine-the idea of animal protection was dismissed as laughably radical. But as pets became more common, human attitudes toward animals evolved steadily. An unconventional duchess defended their intellect in her writings. A gentleman scientist believed that animals should be treated with compassion. And with the concentrated efforts of an eccentric Scots barrister and a flamboyant Irishman, the lives of beasts-and, correspondingly, men and women-began to change.

Kathryn Shevelow, a respected eighteenth-century scholar, gives us the dramatic story of the bold reformers who braved attacks because they sympathized with the plight of creatures everywhere. More than just a history, this is an eye-opening exploration into how our feelings toward animals reveal our ideas about ourselves, God, mercy, and nature. Accessible and lively, For the Love of Animals is a captivating cultural narrative that takes us into the lives of animals-and into the minds of humans-during some of history's most fascinating times.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Henry Holt and Co.
• Seitenzahl: 368
• Erscheinungstermin: 23. Juni 2009
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781429964081
• Artikelnr.: 40087172

Autorenporträt

Kathryn Shevelow is an award-winning professor at the University of California in San Diego, teaching regular classes in Restoration and eighteenth-century drama. She has published widely on eighteenth-century topics and lives in Solana Beach, California. She is the author of Charlotte and For the Love of Animals.