1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910457590303321

Autore

Rudy Kathy

Titolo

Loving animals [[electronic resource] ] : toward a new animal advocacy / / Kathy Rudy

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Minneapolis, : University of Minnesota Press, c2011

ISBN

1-4529-4743-0

0-8166-7880-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (284 p.)

Disciplina

179/.3

Soggetti

Animal welfare

Animal welfare - Moral and ethical aspects

Animal rights

Animal rights activists

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction: A change of heart -- What's behind animal advocacy? -- The love of a dog: of pets and puppy mills, mixed-breeds and shelters -- The animal on your plate: farmers, vegans, and locavores -- Where the wild things ought to be: sanctuaries, zoos, and exotic pets -- From object to subject: animals in scientific research -- Clothing ourselves in stories of love: affect and animal advocacy -- Conclusion: Trouble in the pack.

Sommario/riassunto

"The contemporary animal rights movement encompasses a wide range of sometimes competing agendas from vegetarianism to animal liberation. For people for whom pets are family members--animal lovers outside the fray--extremist positions in which all human-animal interaction is suspect often discourage involvement in the movement to end cruelty to other beings. In Loving Animals, Kathy Rudy argues that in order to achieve such goals as ending animal testing and factory farming, activists need to be better attuned to the profound emotional, even spiritual, attachment that many people have with the animals in their lives. Offering an alternative to both the acceptance of animal exploitation and radical animal liberation, Rudy shows that a deeper



understanding of the nature of our feelings for and about animals can redefine the human-animal relationship in a positive way. Through extended interviews with people whose lives are intertwined with animals, analysis of the cultural representation of animals, and engaging personal accounts, she explores five realms in which humans use animals: as pets, for food, in entertainment, in scientific research, and for clothing. In each case she presents new methods of animal advocacy to reach a more balanced and sustainable relationship association built on reciprocity and connection. Using this intense emotional bond as her foundation, Rudy suggests that the nearly universal stories we tell of living with and loving animals will both broaden the support for animal advocacy and inspire the societal changes that will improve the lives of animals--and humans--everywhere."--Provided by publisher.

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910449897003321

Autore

Oskamp Stuart

Titolo

Attitudes and opinions [[electronic resource] /] / by Stuart Oskamp, P. Wesley Schultz

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Mahwah, N.J., : L. Erlbaum Associates, 2005

ISBN

1-4106-1196-5

Edizione

[3rd ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (720 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

SchultzP. Wesley

Disciplina

303.3/8

Soggetti

Public opinion

Attitude (Psychology)

Public opinion polls

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface; I Approaches to Studying Attitudes and Opinions; II Public Opinion on Socially Important Topics; References; Name Index; Subject Index

Sommario/riassunto

Notable advances resulting from new research findings, measurement



approaches, widespread uses of the Internet, and increasingly sophisticated approaches to sampling and polling, have stimulated a new generation of attitude scholars. This extensively revised edition captures this excitement, while remaining grounded in scholarly research.Attitudes and Opinions, 3/e maintains one of the main goals of the original edition--breadth of coverage. The book thoroughly reviews both implicit and explicit measures of attitudes, the structure and function of attitudes, the nature of public

3.

Record Nr.

UNISA996336747903316

Titolo

Medicare & reimbursement advisor weekly

Pubbl/distr/stampa

[Marblehead, Mass], : EPharmaceuticals, ©2005-

ISSN

1556-1100

Disciplina

368.38

Soggetti

Periodicals.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Periodico

Note generali

Title from PDF caption (viewed May 18, 2005).



4.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910791676603321

Autore

Walker Brett L. <1967->

Titolo

The lost wolves of Japan / / Brett L. Walker ; foreword by William Cronon

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Seattle : , : University of Washington Press, , 2005

©2005

ISBN

9780295989938

9780295984926

9780295988146

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource : illustrations

Collana

Weyerhaeuser environmental books

Altri autori (Persone)

CrononWilliam

Disciplina

599.773/0952

Soggetti

Gray wolf - Japan

Extinct mammals - Japan

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

""Contents ""; ""Foreword: A Strange Violent Intimacy by William Cronon ""; ""Preface ""; ""A Note to the Reader ""; ""Introduction ""; ""1. Science and the Creation of the Japanese Wolf ""; ""2. Culture and the Creation of Japan's Sacred Wolves ""; ""3. The Conflicts between Wolf Hunters and Rabid Man-Killers in Early Modern Japan ""; ""4. Meiji Modernization, Scientific Agriculture, and Destroying the Hokkaido Wolf ""; ""5. Wolf Bounties and the Ecologies of Progress ""; ""6. Wolf Extinction Theories and the Birth of Japan's Discipline of Ecology ""; ""Epilogue ""

""Appendix: Wolves and Bears Killed and Bounties Paid by Administrative Region, 1877-1881 """"Notes ""; ""Works Cited ""; ""Index ""