Our kindred creatures : how Americans came to feel the way they do about animals
"A compassionate, sweeping narrative about the transformation in American attitudes toward animals, particularly after the Civil War"-- Provided by publisher.
"Over just a few decades at the end of the nineteenth century, the United States underwent a moral revolution on behalf of animals. Before the Civil War, animals' suffering had rarely been discussed; horses pulling carriages and carts were routinely beaten in public view, and dogs were pitted against each other for entertainment and gambling. But in 1866, a group of activists began a dramatic campaign to change the nation's laws and norms, and by the century's end, most Americans had adopted a very different way of thinking and feeling about the animals in their midst. In Our Kindred Creatures, Bill Wasik, editorial director of The New York Times Magazine, and veterinarian Monica Murphy offer a fascinating history of this crusade and the battles it sparked in American life. On the side of reform were such leaders as George Angell, the inspirational head of Massachusetts's animal-welfare society and the American publisher of the novel Black Beauty; Henry Bergh, founder of the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals; Caroline White of Philadelphia, who fought against medical experiments that used live animals; and many more, including some of the nation's earliest veterinarians and conservationists. Caught in the movement's crosshairs were transformational figures in their own right: animal impresarios such as P. T. Barnum, industrial meat barons such as Philip D. Armour, and the nation's rising medical establishment, all of whom put forward their own, very different sets of modern norms about how animals should be treated." -- Provided by publisher.
Introduction: A new type of goodness
Part One. Beachheads (1866-1876). Kindling kindness
Animal New York
Under the knife
The living curiosities
To Philadelphia and Boston
Meatropolis
The horse doctors
Every buffalo dead
Slippery slopes
Part Two. Standoffs (1185-1896). A new order of chivalry
Here come the elephants!
An eye on your dog
For the birds
A great preacher
The slaughter factories
The zoophilists
Died beloved
Afterword: The exploded circle
Acknowledgments
Notes
Selected bibliography
Index.
Part One. Beachheads (1866-1876). Kindling kindness
Animal New York
Under the knife
The living curiosities
To Philadelphia and Boston
Meatropolis
The horse doctors
Every buffalo dead
Slippery slopes
Part Two. Standoffs (1185-1896). A new order of chivalry
Here come the elephants!
An eye on your dog
For the birds
A great preacher
The slaughter factories
The zoophilists
Died beloved
Afterword: The exploded circle
Acknowledgments
Notes
Selected bibliography
Index.
Item details
- ISBN: 9780525659075
- ISBN: 0525659064
- ISBN: 9780525659068
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Physical Description:
viii, 450 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
print - Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2024.
- Copyright: ©2024
Contents / Notes
General Note: | "This is a Borzoi book." title page verso. |
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | Introduction: A new type of goodness Part One. Beachheads (1866-1876). Kindling kindness Animal New York Under the knife The living curiosities To Philadelphia and Boston Meatropolis The horse doctors Every buffalo dead Slippery slopes Part Two. Standoffs (1185-1896). A new order of chivalry Here come the elephants! An eye on your dog For the birds A great preacher The slaughter factories The zoophilists Died beloved Afterword: The exploded circle Acknowledgments Notes Selected bibliography Index. |
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