The Rights of the Defenseless: Protecting Animals and Children in Gilded Age America by Pearson, Susan J - 2020-10-12

Univ of Chicago Pr, 2020. Paperback. New. reprint edition. 260 pages. 8.75x5.75x0.75 inches.

Paperback / softback. New. <p>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 <i>The Rights of the Defenseless, </i>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.</p><p>Unlike many of today’s humane organizations, those Pearson follows were delegated police powers to make arrests and bring cases of cruelty to animals and children before local magistrates. Those whom they prosecuted were subject to fines, jail time, and the removal of either animal or child from their possession. Pearson explores the limits of and motivation behind this power and argues… Read More

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Univ of Chicago Pr, 2020. Paperback. New. reprint edition. 260 pages. 8.75x5.75x0.75 inches.

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