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The Gospel of Kindness. Animal Welfare and the Making of Modern America.
Janet M. Davis
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Hardback. THE GOSPEL OF KINDNESS explores the historical significance of the American animal welfare movement at home and overseas from the Second Great Awakening to the Second World War. Focused on laboring animals at its inception, the movement evolved into an expansive "gospel of kindness," transforming animal mercy into a signature American value. Num Pages: 320 pages, 34 illus. BIC Classification: HBJK; HBTB; JFFZ; WNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 242 x 167 x 22. Weight in Grams: 601.
When we consider modern American animal advocacy, we often think of veganism, no-kill shelters, Internet campaigns against trophy hunting, or celebrities declaring that they would "rather go naked" than wear fur. Contemporary critics readily dismiss animal protectionism as a modern secular movement that privileges animals over people. Yet the movement's roots are deeply tied to the nation's history of religious revivalism and social reform. The Gospel of Kindness explores the broad cultural and social influence of the American animal welfare movement at home and overseas from the Second Great Awakening to the Second World War. Dedicated primarily to laboring ... Read more
When we consider modern American animal advocacy, we often think of veganism, no-kill shelters, Internet campaigns against trophy hunting, or celebrities declaring that they would "rather go naked" than wear fur. Contemporary critics readily dismiss animal protectionism as a modern secular movement that privileges animals over people. Yet the movement's roots are deeply tied to the nation's history of religious revivalism and social reform. The Gospel of Kindness explores the broad cultural and social influence of the American animal welfare movement at home and overseas from the Second Great Awakening to the Second World War. Dedicated primarily to laboring ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
Number of Pages
320
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780199733156
SKU
V9780199733156
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About Janet M. Davis
Janet M. Davis is Associate Professor of American Studies, History, and Women's and Gender Studies, University of Texas at Austin. She is the author of The Circus Age: Culture and Society under the American Big Top, as well as the editor of Circus Queen and Tinker Bell: The Life of Tiny Kline. Her opinion pieces have been published in the ... Read more
Reviews for The Gospel of Kindness. Animal Welfare and the Making of Modern America.
The Gospel of Kindnessgoes much further to expose the heretofore unexamined animal dimensions of American citizenship and civilization.
Andrea L. Smalley, The Journal of American History
Davis, associate professor of American Studies at University of Texas-Austin, combines extensive research, excellent scholarship, and clear, engaging prose to produce a valuable addition to the histories of American nineteenth-century reform, imperialism, ... Read more
Andrea L. Smalley, The Journal of American History
Davis, associate professor of American Studies at University of Texas-Austin, combines extensive research, excellent scholarship, and clear, engaging prose to produce a valuable addition to the histories of American nineteenth-century reform, imperialism, ... Read more