The bureaucracy of empathy: Law, vivisection, and animal pain in late nineteenth-century Britain

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Abstract

"This book examines the implementation of the British Cruelty to Animals Act (1876) in its first three decades and analyzes how civil servants and scientists understood and co-constructed conceptions of animal pain"--
Original languageEnglish
Place of PublicationIthaca, New York
PublisherCornell University Press
Number of pages271
ISBN (Electronic)1501770403, 1501770411, 9781501770401, 9781501770418
ISBN (Print)1501770381, 150177039X, 9781501770388, 9781501770395
DOIs
StatePublished - 2023

Publication series

NameCorpus juris (Ithaca, N.Y.)
PublisherCornell University Press

ULI Keywords

  • uli
  • Great Britain -- Cruelty to Animals Act of 1876
  • Animal welfare -- Law and legislation -- Great Britain
  • Animal welfare -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century

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