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    Henry Bergh, the Protection of Animals, and the Evolution of the Modern Social Movement

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    In 1865 wealthy American expatriate Henry Bergh (1813–1888) chose suddenly to abandon a life of leisure in Europe. Returning to his home city of New York, he set to work on what soon proved a remarkable accomplishment: the establishment of an institutional framework for the animal protection movement in America.What makes that accomplishment all the more remarkable, Darcy Ingram argues, is what ... En savoir plus

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    Henry Bergh, the Protection of Animals, and the Evolution of the Modern Social Movement

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    In 1865 wealthy American expatriate Henry Bergh (1813–1888) chose suddenly to abandon a life of leisure in Europe. Returning to his home city of New York, he set to work on what soon proved a remarkable accomplishment: the establishment of an institutional framework for the animal protection movement in America.What makes that accomplishment all the more remarkable, Darcy Ingram argues, is what ... En savoir plus

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  • Animal Metropolis

    Histories of Human-Animal Relations in Urban Canada

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    Animal Metropolis brings a Canadian perspective to the growing field of animal history, ranging across species and cities, from the beavers who engineered Stanley Park to the carthorses who shaped the city of Montreal. Some essays consider animals as spectacle: orca captivity in Vancouver, polar bear tourism in Churchill, Manitoba, fish on display in the Dominion Fisheries Museum, and the ... En savoir plus

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