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Women against cruelty : Protection of animals in nineteenth-century Britain: Revised edition /

This is the first study of women's leading contribution to animal protection in nineteenth-century Britain.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Donald, Diana (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Manchester : Manchester University Press, 2020.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Prefatory note : the archive of the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals
  • Sexual distinctions in attitudes to animals in the late Georgian era
  • The early history of the RSPCA : its culture and its conflicts
  • Animal welfare and 'humane education' : new roles for women
  • The 'two religions' : a gendered divide in Victorian society
  • Anti- vivisection : a feminist cause?
  • Sentiment and 'the spirit of life' : new insights at the fin de siecle.