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It could hardly be more timely, and its wonderful material is bound to provoke ... reflection The Independent A work of great interest Sunday Telegraph Lively, impressively researched, and well-written ... a book that is timely and valuable Times Literary Supplement A pleasing balance of anecdote and analysis Times Higher Educational The best book on the subject I have come across, full of information about the disgusting things we have done and still do in some cases to living creatures, and of the valiant efforts of their defenders Daily Mail A thoughtful, effective and well-written book The Scotsman

It could hardly be more timely, and its wonderful material is bound to provoke ... reflection The Independent A work of great interest Sunday Telegraph Lively, impressively researched, and well-written ... a book that is timely and valuable Times Literary Supplement A pleasing balance of anecdote and analysis Times Higher Educational The best book on the subject I have come across, full of information about the disgusting things we have done - and still do in some cases - to living creatures, and of the valiant efforts of their defenders Daily Mail A thoughtful, effective and well-written book The Scotsman

As advances in science - such as genetic engineering, the cloning of species, and the development of new drugs and cosmetics - focus on the way we treat animals and on what that says about our own humanity, the issue of animal rights has never been so topical. Looking at the political, cultural and social history of animal rights activism from 1800 to the present, Kean's research includes simple tales of animal heroism, the spread of vegetarianism, increasing opposition to vivisection and fox-hunting; and the uses and abuses of animals in war. She also explores how concern over animal rights was closely allied with campaigns for social and political reform, such as anti-vaccinationists, suffragettes and pacifists. Not only tracing the background to contemporary debates, this volume also makes fascinating use of cartoons, photographs, advertisements and other archival material to situate them in a braoder historical context. (Kirkus UK)

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Hilda Kean is Tutor in History at Ruskin College, Oxford.

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