David A H Wilson
Biographic Data
| ID | 77978 |
|---|---|
| NAME | David A H Wilson |
| GIVEN NAMES | David A H |
| FAMILY NAME | Wilson |
| SIGNATURE | WILSON D A H |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Cumbria |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 14 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 5 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 14 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2001 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2019 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
The Great Cat and Dog Massacre. The Real Story of World War Two's Unknown Tragedy
2019). The Great Cat and Dog Massacre. The Real Story of World War Two’s Unknown Tragedy. Anthrozoos: Vol. 32, No. 3, pp. 437-439
Circus animals and the illusion of wildness
The wildness of a wild animal is characterised by unfettered behavioural repertoire within its natural habitat, rather than by physiognomy. With reference to the historical and current opinions of trainers, critics and scientists, it is argued here that on capture, confinement and coercive training, such animals – typically the great cats – lost their wildness in proportion to the removal and replacement of their natural behavioural repertoire; b…
Fighting Nature
Fighting Nature: Travelling Menageries, Animal Acts and War Shows." Anthrozoös, 30(3), pp. 521–522
At Home and Astray
2016). At Home and Astray: The Domestic Dog in Victorian Britain. Anthrozoos: Vol. 29, No. 1, pp. 171-172
Noble Cows and Hybrid Zebras
2012). Noble Cows and Hybrid Zebras: Essays on Animals and History Harriet Ritvo. Anthrozoos: Vol. 25, No. 2, pp. 247-249
Crank legislators’, ‘faddists’ and professionals’ defence of animal performance in 1920s Britain
A British parliamentary bill to prohibit animal performances in the circus and fairground and on the stage was introduced in 1921. This article discusses the nature of the response of the circus, fairground and music‐hall professions to the resulting threat posed to the livelihoods of some of their members, noting their opinion of the characteristics and motives of the opposition. Leading parts were played by circus proprietors as well as by the …
Politics, Press and the Performing Animals Controversy in Early Twentieth-Century Britain
During 1921 and 1922, before the passage of the Performing Animals (Regulation) Act in 1925, a British parliamentary Select Committee undertook a detailed investigation into the degree to which animal performances in the circus and on the music-hall stage depended on cruelty. The investigation took place against a background of intense public interest that had been stimulated by the emergence of a new pressure group, the Performing Animals' Defen…
The Public Relations of Experimental Animal Psychology in Britain in the 1970s
This article examines an interaction of public and philosophical opinion with that of scientific psychologists, and the extent of the historical effect of this interaction on the development of a new discipline. It was not until the 1970s that animal psychology became in the United Kingdom a research area drawing levels of criticism from campaigning groups and moral philosophers, as well as from some psychologists, equal to those levelled at othe…
Animal psychology and ethology in Britain and the emergence of professional concern for the concept of ethical cost [Studies in History and Philosophy of Biological and Biomedical Sciences, 33C/2 (200…
British female academics and comparative psychology
Why was there a preponderance of women engaged in laboratory-based studies of animal behavior in Britain in the early years of the 20th century? As a new experimental subject with recently neglected potential, animal psychology then represented an opportunity for women to make further inroads into academic science. Because the study of psychology before World War I offered negligible professional opportunities for the application of the subject, …
British female academics and comparative psychology
Animal psychology and ethology in Britain and the emergence of professional concern for the concept of ethical cost
Experimental Animal Behaviour Studies
La perte de la suprematie de l'Angleterre dans le domaine des recherches experimentales sur le comportement animal au debut du siecle. L'auteur cherche a savoir ce qui a motive un tel desinteret outre-Manche pour la psychologie comparative, une politique scientifique ou universitaire precise, ou un contexte institutionnel, social, economique et legislatif defavorable a son essor
Sea lions, greasepaint and the U-boat threat
Attempts sponsored by the Admiralty's Board of Invention and Research (BIR) to train sea lions as submarine trackers from November 1916 to mid–1917, when there was considerable concern about the depredations of U–boats, involved a unique collaboration between Fellows of The Royal Society and music-hall celebrities. The official establishment, with its scientific advisers and somewhat reluctant naval representatives, met the world of music hall an…
Circus animals and the illusion of wildness
The wildness of a wild animal is characterised by unfettered behavioural repertoire within its natural habitat, rather than by physiognomy. With reference to the historical and current opinions of trainers, critics and scientists, it is argued here that on capture, confinement and coercive training, such animals – typically the great cats – lost their wildness in proportion to the removal and replacement of their natural behavioural repertoire; b…
Animal psychology and ethology in Britain and the emergence of professional concern for the concept of ethical cost
Experimental Animal Behaviour Studies
La perte de la suprematie de l'Angleterre dans le domaine des recherches experimentales sur le comportement animal au debut du siecle. L'auteur cherche a savoir ce qui a motive un tel desinteret outre-Manche pour la psychologie comparative, une politique scientifique ou universitaire precise, ou un contexte institutionnel, social, economique et legislatif defavorable a son essor
Sea lions, greasepaint and the U-boat threat
Attempts sponsored by the Admiralty's Board of Invention and Research (BIR) to train sea lions as submarine trackers from November 1916 to mid–1917, when there was considerable concern about the depredations of U–boats, involved a unique collaboration between Fellows of The Royal Society and music-hall celebrities. The official establishment, with its scientific advisers and somewhat reluctant naval representatives, met the world of music hall an…
Animal psychology and ethology in Britain and the emergence of professional concern for the concept of ethical cost
Experimental Animal Behaviour Studies
La perte de la suprematie de l'Angleterre dans le domaine des recherches experimentales sur le comportement animal au debut du siecle. L'auteur cherche a savoir ce qui a motive un tel desinteret outre-Manche pour la psychologie comparative, une politique scientifique ou universitaire precise, ou un contexte institutionnel, social, economique et legislatif defavorable a son essor
Animal psychology and ethology in Britain and the emergence of professional concern for the concept of ethical cost [Studies in History and Philosophy of Biological and Biomedical Sciences, 33C/2 (200…
British female academics and comparative psychology
Why was there a preponderance of women engaged in laboratory-based studies of animal behavior in Britain in the early years of the 20th century? As a new experimental subject with recently neglected potential, animal psychology then represented an opportunity for women to make further inroads into academic science. Because the study of psychology before World War I offered negligible professional opportunities for the application of the subject, …
British female academics and comparative psychology
The Public Relations of Experimental Animal Psychology in Britain in the 1970s
This article examines an interaction of public and philosophical opinion with that of scientific psychologists, and the extent of the historical effect of this interaction on the development of a new discipline. It was not until the 1970s that animal psychology became in the United Kingdom a research area drawing levels of criticism from campaigning groups and moral philosophers, as well as from some psychologists, equal to those levelled at othe…
Politics, Press and the Performing Animals Controversy in Early Twentieth-Century Britain
During 1921 and 1922, before the passage of the Performing Animals (Regulation) Act in 1925, a British parliamentary Select Committee undertook a detailed investigation into the degree to which animal performances in the circus and on the music-hall stage depended on cruelty. The investigation took place against a background of intense public interest that had been stimulated by the emergence of a new pressure group, the Performing Animals' Defen…
Crank legislators’, ‘faddists’ and professionals’ defence of animal performance in 1920s Britain
A British parliamentary bill to prohibit animal performances in the circus and fairground and on the stage was introduced in 1921. This article discusses the nature of the response of the circus, fairground and music‐hall professions to the resulting threat posed to the livelihoods of some of their members, noting their opinion of the characteristics and motives of the opposition. Leading parts were played by circus proprietors as well as by the …
Noble Cows and Hybrid Zebras
2012). Noble Cows and Hybrid Zebras: Essays on Animals and History Harriet Ritvo. Anthrozoos: Vol. 25, No. 2, pp. 247-249
At Home and Astray
2016). At Home and Astray: The Domestic Dog in Victorian Britain. Anthrozoos: Vol. 29, No. 1, pp. 171-172
Circus animals and the illusion of wildness
The wildness of a wild animal is characterised by unfettered behavioural repertoire within its natural habitat, rather than by physiognomy. With reference to the historical and current opinions of trainers, critics and scientists, it is argued here that on capture, confinement and coercive training, such animals – typically the great cats – lost their wildness in proportion to the removal and replacement of their natural behavioural repertoire; b…
Fighting Nature
Fighting Nature: Travelling Menageries, Animal Acts and War Shows." Anthrozoös, 30(3), pp. 521–522
The Great Cat and Dog Massacre. The Real Story of World War Two's Unknown Tragedy
2019). The Great Cat and Dog Massacre. The Real Story of World War Two’s Unknown Tragedy. Anthrozoos: Vol. 32, No. 3, pp. 437-439
Political science (8 works) · Psychology (8 works) · Law (7 works) · Sociology (7 works) · Animal welfare (6 works) · Biology (6 works) · Ecology (6 works) · Academic and Historical Perspectives in Psychology (5 works) · History (5 works) · Human-Animal Interaction Studies (5 works)