@article{322163,
      author = {Shevelow, Kathryn,},
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/322163},
      title = {For the love of animals : the rise of the animal  protection movement /},
      publisher = {Henry Holt and Co.,},
      abstract = {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  compassion; and with the concentrated efforts of an  eccentric Scots barrister and a flamboyant Irishman, the  lives of beasts--and, correspondingly, men and women--began  to change. Kathryn Shevelow, a scholar of the eighteenth  century, gives us the dramatic story of the bold reformers  who braved attacks because they sympathized with the plight  of creatures everywhere. More than just a history, this  cultural narrative is an exploration into how our feelings  toward animals reveal our ideas about ourselves, God,  mercy, and nature.--From publisher description.},
      recid = {322163},
      pages = {x, 352 p. :},
      address = {New York :},
      year = {2008},
}