Shevelow, Kathryn
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Publisher / Publication Date: H. Holt 2005
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Summary: In eighteenth-century England--where cockfighting and bullbaiting drew large crowds, and the abuse of animals was routine--the idea of animal protection was dismissed as laughably radical. But as pets became more common, human attitudes toward animals evolved. An unconventional duchess defended their intellect in her writings; a gentleman scientist believed that animals should be treated with...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Henry Holt and Co. 2008