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21%OFFPeter Laufer - No Animals Were Harmed - 9780762763856 - V9780762763856
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No Animals Were Harmed

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Description for No Animals Were Harmed Hardback. Exploring the ways we have used animals for sport and entertainment. The controversial line between entertainment and abuse, Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: WNC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 32.
Investigative journalist Peter Laufer is back with his third book in a trilogy that explores the way we humans interact with animals. The attack of a trainer at Sea World by a killer whale in February 2010 is the catalyst for this examination of the controversial role animals have played in the human arenas of entertainment and sports. From the Romans throwing Christians to lions to cock-fighting in present-day California, from abusive Mexican circuses to the thrills of a Hungarian counterpart, from dog training to shooting strays in the Baghdad streets, Laufer looks at the ways people have used animals ... Read more

Product Details

Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
Number of Pages
272
Place of Publication
Old Saybrook, United States
ISBN
9780762763856
SKU
V9780762763856
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About Peter Laufer
Peter Laufer, PhD, is the award-winning author of more than a dozen books, including the widely praised The Dangerous World of Butterflies, Forbidden Creatures, and Neon Nevada (all Lyons Press), as well as Wetback Nation: The Case for Opening the Mexican-American Border. He is the James Wallace Chair in Journalism at the University of Oregon School of Journalism and ... Read more

Reviews for No Animals Were Harmed
"A provocative examination of the fine line between the use and abuse of animals. In a continuation of his study on the interaction of animals and humans, Laufer (Journalism/Univ. of Oregon; Forbidden Creatures: Inside the World of Animal Smuggling and Exotic Pets, 2010, etc.) opens the doors to the complex world of animal service and exploitation. What is the difference ... Read more

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