For the prevention of cruelty [electronic resource] : the history and legacy of animal rights activism in the United States / Diane L. Beers.
Publication details: Athens, Ohio : Swallow Press/Ohio University Press, c2006.Description: xvi, 312 p. : illISBN:- 0804010862 (cloth : alk. paper)
- 0804010870 (pbk. : alk. paper)
- 9780804010870
- 179/.30973 22
- HV4764 .B44 2006eb

Includes bibliographical references (p. 267-294) and index.
Resurrecting the voice : animal advocacy in history -- A movement takes shape : the origins of animal advocacy -- Leaders and followers : the new humanitarians -- "The voice of the voiceless" : early campaigns, 1866-1915 -- Reaching out to the mainstream : animal advocacy evolves, 1915-45 -- "Our most strenuous protest" : antivivisection before 1945 -- The road to liberation : the rise of the postwar movement and the era of legislation, 1945-75 -- Epilogue.
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