A Transnational History of the Australian Animal Movement, 1970-2015

• Main Author: Villanueva, Gonzalo (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Series: Palgrave Studies in the History of Social Movements
• Subjects: World history.; Islands of the Pacific-History.; Animal welfare.; Social history.; World History, Global and Transnational History.; Australasian History.; Animal Welfare/Animal Ethics.; Social History.

This book offers the first transnational historical study of the creation, contention and consequences of the Australian animal movement. Largely inspired by Peter Singer and his 1975 book Animal Liberation, a new wave of animal activism emerged in Australia and across the world. In an effort to dra...

Table of Contents:

• Chapter 1: Introduction-A Voice for Animals
• Chapter 2: 'The Bible' of the Animal Movement: Peter Singer & Animal Liberation, 1970-76
• Chapter 3: The Creation of the Animal Movement, 1976-87
• Chapter 4: In the Corridors of Power, 1979-91
• Chapter 5: Direct Action! 1985-93
• Chapter 6: The Spectacle of Open Rescue, 1993-2011
• Chapter 7: 'A Bloody Business': Lyn White & Transnational Investigative Campaigning, 2003-11
• Chapter 8: 'Go Veg': Identity, Lifestyle & Culture, 1970-2015
• Chapter 9: Conclusion: The Legacy of the Animal Movement.