The Gospel of Kindness: Animal Welfare and the Making of Modern America
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| Rating | : | 4.73 (927 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0199733155 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 320 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-02-02 |
| Language | : | English |
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From the origins of urban animal shelters to conflicts over bullfighting in Texas, this is the definitive history of an important yet neglected chapter in the development of the animal welfare movement in the United States."-Hal Herzog, author of Some We Love, Some We Hate, Some We Eat: Why It Is So Hard To Think Straight About Animals"A breakthrough work in historical scholarship concerning the humane movement and concern for animals. Janet Davis examines shifts in the concern for the treatment of animals in the context of the great social movements of the 19th and early 20th centuries-Protestant reviva
Davis explores the broad cultural and social influence of the American animal welfare movement at home and overseas from the Second Great Awakening to the Second World War. Yet given the cultural, economic, racial, and ethnic diversity of the United States, its empire, and other countries of contact, standards of kindness and cruelty were culturally contingent and potentially controversial. Contemporary critics readily dismiss animal protectionism as a modern secular movement that privileges animals over people. Diverse constituents defended specific animal practices, such as cockfighting, bullf
Davis is Associate Professor of American Studies, History, and Women's and Gender Studies at the University of Texas at Austin. She is the author of The Circus Age: Culture and Society under the American Big Top, as well as the editor of Circus Queen and Tinker Bell: The Life of Tiny Kline. Janet M. Her opi
"Five Stars" according to DLTS - HCC. Excellent. Alicia Diehl said Highly recommended.. This is the essential text as we transform from a human-centric society to one more inclusive of animals. Perhaps the most important thing I learned from this book is how the organizations involved in saving and helping animals were so intrinsically involved with the ones that helped marginalized humans. Highly