Bearing Witness
This open access book is the biography of one of Britain’s foremost animal welfare campaigners and of the world of activism, science, and politics she inhabited. In 1964, Ruth Harrison’s bestseller Animal Machines triggered a gear change in modern animal protection by popularising the term ‘factory...
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| description | This open access book is the biography of one of Britain’s foremost animal welfare campaigners and of the world of activism, science, and politics she inhabited. In 1964, Ruth Harrison’s bestseller Animal Machines triggered a gear change in modern animal protection by popularising the term ‘factory farming’ alongside a new way of thinking about animal welfare. Here, historian Claas Kirchhelle explores Harrison’s avant-garde upbringing, Quakerism, and how animal welfare debates were linked to concerns about the wider ethical and environmental trajectories of post-war Britain. Breaking the myth of Harrison as a one-hit wonder, Kirchhelle reconstructs Harrison’s 46 years of campaigning and the rapid transformation of welfare politics and science during this time. Exacerbated by Harrison’s own actions, the decades after 1964 saw a polarisation of animal politics, a professionalisation of British activism, and the rise of a new animal welfare science. Harrison’s belief in incremental reform allowed her to form ties to leading scientists but alienated her from more radical campaigners. Many of her 1964 demands gradually became part of mainstream politics. However, farm animal welfare’s increasing marketisation has also led to a relative divorce from the wider agenda of social improvement that Harrison once bore witness to. This is the first book to cast light on the interlinked histories of British farm animal welfare activism, science, and legislation. Its unique scope allows it to go beyond existing accounts of modern British animal welfare and will be of interest to those interested in animal welfare, environmentalism, and the behavioural sciences. |
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| spelling | doab-20.500.12854ir-697482025-03-12T12:14:38Z Bearing Witness Kirchhelle, Claas History of Science Animal Welfare/Animal Ethics History of Medicine History of Britain and Ireland Social History Animal Ethics Animal Machines UK government Brambell Committee Campaign Factory farms Veterinary science Animal psychology Animal emotions Farming standards Agricultural legislation Farm Animal Care Trust (FACT) Animal welfare post-Brexit Political debate Environmentalism Open Access Veterinary medicine Bioethics European history Social & cultural history thema EDItEUR::P Mathematics and Science::PD Science: general issues::PDX History of science thema EDItEUR::M Medicine and Nursing::MZ Veterinary medicine thema EDItEUR::M Medicine and Nursing::MB Medicine: general issues::MBX History of medicine thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History::NHD European history thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History::NHT History: specific events and topics::NHTB Social and cultural history bic Book Industry Communication::P Mathematics & science::PD Science: general issues::PDX History of science bic Book Industry Communication::M Medicine::MZ Veterinary medicine bic Book Industry Communication::M Medicine::MB Medicine: general issues::MBX History of medicine bic Book Industry Communication::H Humanities::HB History::HBJ Regional & national history::HBJD European history::HBJD1 British & Irish history bic Book Industry Communication::H Humanities::HB History::HBT History: specific events & topics::HBTB Social & cultural history This open access book is the biography of one of Britain’s foremost animal welfare campaigners and of the world of activism, science, and politics she inhabited. In 1964, Ruth Harrison’s bestseller Animal Machines triggered a gear change in modern animal protection by popularising the term ‘factory farming’ alongside a new way of thinking about animal welfare. Here, historian Claas Kirchhelle explores Harrison’s avant-garde upbringing, Quakerism, and how animal welfare debates were linked to concerns about the wider ethical and environmental trajectories of post-war Britain. Breaking the myth of Harrison as a one-hit wonder, Kirchhelle reconstructs Harrison’s 46 years of campaigning and the rapid transformation of welfare politics and science during this time. Exacerbated by Harrison’s own actions, the decades after 1964 saw a polarisation of animal politics, a professionalisation of British activism, and the rise of a new animal welfare science. Harrison’s belief in incremental reform allowed her to form ties to leading scientists but alienated her from more radical campaigners. Many of her 1964 demands gradually became part of mainstream politics. However, farm animal welfare’s increasing marketisation has also led to a relative divorce from the wider agenda of social improvement that Harrison once bore witness to. This is the first book to cast light on the interlinked histories of British farm animal welfare activism, science, and legislation. Its unique scope allows it to go beyond existing accounts of modern British animal welfare and will be of interest to those interested in animal welfare, environmentalism, and the behavioural sciences. 2021-05-18T15:51:45Z 2021 book ONIX_20210518_9783030627928_35 ONIX_20210518_9783030627928_35 OCN: 1258398703 https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/48728 9783030627928 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/69748 eng Palgrave Studies in the History of Social Movements open access image/jpeg image/jpeg image/jpeg image/jpeg image/jpeg Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/48728/1/9783030627928.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/48728/1/9783030627928.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/48728/1/9783030627928.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/48728/1/9783030627928.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/48728/1/9783030627928.pdf Springer Nature Palgrave Macmillan 10.1007/978-3-030-62792-8 10.1007/978-3-030-62792-8 9fa3421d-f917-4153-b9ab-fc337c396b5a Wellcome Trust d859fbd3-d884-4090-a0ec-baf821c9abfd 9783030627928 Wellcome Palgrave Macmillan 271 [grantnumber unknown] open access |
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