Bearing Witness : Ruth Harrison and British Farm Animal Welfare (1920–2000)
- Author
- Claas Kirchhelle
- Publication Year
- 2021
- Publisher
- Springer
- Language
- English
- Document Type
- Book
- Faculty / Subject Heading
- Social Science
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This 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.
Keywords: History / History of Science / Animal Welfare / Animal Ethics / History of Medicine / History of Britain and Ireland / Social History / 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
