Taking the pledge : a study of children's societies for the prevention of cruelty to birds and animals in Britain, c.1870-1914

This thesis examines the work of children's societies that aimed to instruct children to be kind to animals and birds, from c. 1870 to 1914. Its aims are to account for the growth of these societies managed by animal protectionists and the press; to assess how contemporary modes of masculinity...

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Main Author: Milton, Frederick Stephen
Published: University of Newcastle Upon Tyne 2009
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Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.500993