Animal rights and welfare : a documentary and reference guide /
"Through the use of primary source documents, readers can learn about key opinions and legislation in the important field of animal rights and welfare--a current and highly relevant topic"--
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Santa Barbara, California :
Greenwood, an imprint of ABC-CLIO, LLC,
[2015]
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| Series: | Documentary and reference guides.
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| Summary: | "Through the use of primary source documents, readers can learn about key opinions and legislation in the important field of animal rights and welfare--a current and highly relevant topic"-- |
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| Item Description: | "Animal Rights and Welfare: A Documentary and Reference Guide presents 51 primary documents that address different aspects of the treatment of animals in American and world history, from ancient times to the present. Book excerpts, government acts and laws, presidential proclamations and comments, new articles, editorials, congressional hearings testimony, court documents, and press releases make up the multitude of primary source materials. The entries are presented in chronological order, beginning with Aristotle's thoughts on the differences between humans, plants, and animals (written in 322 BCE) and ending with an excerpt from a chapter on the impact of climate change on plants and animals from the U.S. Global Change Research Program's Third National Climate Assessment in May 2014." -- from preface. |
| Physical Description: | xiv, 351 pages : illustrations ; 29 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 341-344) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781610699426 (hardback : alk. paper) 1610699424 (hardback : alk. paper) |