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1 online resource (ix, 260 pages) : illustrations |
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text file |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction: the legend of Mary Ellen Wilson -- "The child is an animal": domesticity, discipline, and the logic of joint protection -- "A relic of barbarism": cruelty, civilization, and social order -- "The rights of whatever can suffer": reconciling liberalism and dependence -- "The dove has claws": sympathy and state power -- Conclusion: from cruelty to child welfare. |
| Summary |
In 1877, the American Humane Society was formed as the national organization for animal and child protection. Thirty years later, there were 354 anticruelty organizations chartered in the United States, nearly 200 of which were similarly invested in the welfare of both humans and animals. In The Rights of the Defenseless, Susan J. Pearson seeks to understand the institutional, cultural, legal, and political significance of the perceived bond between these two kinds of helpless creatures, and the attempts made to protect them. Unlike many of today's humane organizations, those Pearson follows w. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Child welfare -- United States -- History.
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Child welfare. |
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United States. |
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History. |
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Animal rights -- United States -- History.
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Animal rights. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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History.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Pearson, Susan J. Rights of the defenseless. Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2011 9780226652016 (DLC) 2010042774 (OCoLC)666235014 |
| ISBN |
9780226652023 (electronic book) |
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0226652025 (electronic book) |
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9780226652016 |
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0226652017 |
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