Bearing Witness : Ruth Harrison and British Farm Animal Welfare (1920–2000)
1st ed. 2021
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Hardback or Cased Book
ISBN-10
3030627918
ISBN-13
9783030627911
Edition
1st ed. 2021
Publisher
Springer Nature Switzerland AG
Imprint
Springer Nature Switzerland AG
Country of Manufacture
CH
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
May 6th, 2021
Print length
271 Pages
Weight
518 grams
Dimensions
15.30 x 21.70 x 2.50 cms
Product Classification:
British & Irish historySocial & cultural historyHistory of medicineHistory of scienceBio-ethics
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In 1964, Ruth Harrison’s bestseller Animal Machines triggered a gear change in modern animal protection by popularising the term ‘factory farming’ alongside a new way of thinking about animal welfare.
This open access book is the biography of one of Britain''s foremost animal welfare campaigners and of the world of activism, science, and politics she inhabited. In 1964, Ruth Harrison''s bestseller Animal Machines triggered a gear change in modern animal protection by popularising the term ''factory farming'' alongside a
new way of thinking about animal welfare. Here, historian Claas Kirchhelle explores Harrison''s avant-garde upbringing, Quakerism, and how animal welfare debates were linked to concerns about the wider ethical and environmental trajectories of post-war Britain. Breaking the myth of Harrison as a one-hit wonder, Kirchhelle reconstructs Harrison''s 46 years of campaigning and the rapid transformation of welfare politics and science during this time. Exacerbated by Harrison''s own actions, the decades after 1964 saw a polarisation of animal
politics, a professionalisation of British activism, and the rise of a new animal welfare science. Harrison''s belief in incremental reform allowed her to form ties to leading scientists but alienated her from more radical campaigners. Many of her 1964 demands gradually became part of mainstream politics. However, farm animal welfare''s increasing marketisation has also led to a relative divorce from the wider agenda of social improvement that Harrison once bore witness to. This is the first book to cast light on the interlinked histories of British farm animal welfare activism, science, and legislation. Its unique scope allows it to go beyond existing accounts of modern British animal welfare and will be of interest to those interested in animal welfare, environmentalism, and the behavioural sciences.
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