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Funded by the Wellcome Trust, this book is open access under a CC BY 4.0 license
Explores the interconnected rise of British animal welfare politics, science and activism from the mid-1960s onwards
Examines the life and work of one of Britain’s most prominent animal welfare activists, drawing on research from the previously restricted papers of Harrison’s charity (Farm Animal Care Trust)
Part of the book series: Palgrave Studies in the History of Social Movements (PSHSM)
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Table of contents (13 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Part III
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
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Keywords
- Animal Machines
- UK government
- Brambell Committee
- Campaign
- Factory farms
- Veterinary science
- Animal psychology
- Animal emotions
- Farming standards
- Agricultural legislation
- Farm Animal Care Trust (FACT)
- Animal welfare post-Brexit
- Political debate
- Environmentalism
- Open Access
Reviews
“A fascinating biography of a woman who changed the way the world treats farm animals, this book fills an important gap in the history of animal welfare.” (Marian Stamp Dawkins, CBE FRS, Professor of Ethology, Department of Zoology, University of Oxford, UK)
“By following Ruth Harrison’s career, Kirchhelle skilfully amalgamates biography with an analysis of British social, intellectual, and political life in the postwar years, charting the growing importance of animal welfare as a matter of concern. This book is a welcome and important contribution in an area that is ripe for sustained historical investigation.” (Dmitriy Myelnikov, Historian of Science and Animal Welfare, University of Manchester, UK)
Authors and Affiliations
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University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
Claas Kirchhelle
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Bearing Witness
Book Subtitle: Ruth Harrison and British Farm Animal Welfare (1920–2000)
Authors: Claas Kirchhelle
Series Title: Palgrave Studies in the History of Social Movements
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-62792-8
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: History, History (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) if applicable and The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Nature Limited 2021
License: CC BY
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-62791-1Published: 06 May 2021
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-62794-2Published: 22 January 2022
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-62792-8Published: 05 May 2021
Series ISSN: 2634-6559
Series E-ISSN: 2634-6567
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXVI, 271
Number of Illustrations: 4 b/w illustrations, 9 illustrations in colour
Topics: History of Science, Animal Ethics, History of Medicine, History of Britain and Ireland, Social History