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A Traitor to His Species: Henry Bergh and the Birth of the Animal Rights Movement (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780465093861)
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xFrom an award-winning historian, the outlandish story of the man who gave rights to animals.
In Gilded Age America, people and animals lived cheek-by-jowl in environments that were dirty and dangerous to man and beast alike. The industrial city brought suffering, but it also inspired a compassion for animals that fueled a controversial anti-cruelty movement. From the center of these debates, Henry Bergh launched a shocking campaign to grant rights to animals.
A Traitor to His Species is revelatory social history, awash with colorful characters. Cheered on by thousands of men and women who joined his cause, Bergh fought with robber barons, Five Points gangs, and legendary impresario P.T. Barnum, as they pushed for new laws to protect trolley horses, livestock, stray dogs, and other animals.
Raucous and entertaining, A Traitor to His Species tells the story of a remarkable man who gave voice to the voiceless and shaped our modern relationship with animals.
Author: Ernest Freeberg
ISBN-10: 0465093868
ISBN-13: 9780465093861
Publisher: Basic Books
Language: English
Published: 09/22/2020
Pages: 336
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.20lbs
Size: 9.50h x 6.00w x 1.30d
Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 06/22/2020
Kirkus Reviews 08/01/2020
In Gilded Age America, people and animals lived cheek-by-jowl in environments that were dirty and dangerous to man and beast alike. The industrial city brought suffering, but it also inspired a compassion for animals that fueled a controversial anti-cruelty movement. From the center of these debates, Henry Bergh launched a shocking campaign to grant rights to animals.
A Traitor to His Species is revelatory social history, awash with colorful characters. Cheered on by thousands of men and women who joined his cause, Bergh fought with robber barons, Five Points gangs, and legendary impresario P.T. Barnum, as they pushed for new laws to protect trolley horses, livestock, stray dogs, and other animals.
Raucous and entertaining, A Traitor to His Species tells the story of a remarkable man who gave voice to the voiceless and shaped our modern relationship with animals.
Author: Ernest Freeberg
ISBN-10: 0465093868
ISBN-13: 9780465093861
Publisher: Basic Books
Language: English
Published: 09/22/2020
Pages: 336
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.20lbs
Size: 9.50h x 6.00w x 1.30d
Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 06/22/2020
Kirkus Reviews 08/01/2020
By Ernest Freeberg
xErnest Freeberg is a distinguished professor of humanities and head of the history department at the University of Tennessee. He has authored three award-winning books, including The Age of Edison. He lives in Knoxville, Tennessee.
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