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Paperback. After a playoff loss, Houston head coach, Jeff Van Gundy alleged that Yao Ming, his Chinese star center, was the victim of phantom calls. This book shows how this incident can be seen as a pivotal moment in the globalization of the NBA. It also explains how allegations of phantom calls challenge the fiction that America is a post-racial society. Num Pages: 100 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFJ; JFSL; WSJM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 177 x 118 x 6. Weight in Grams: 98.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Prickly Paradigm Press, LLC United States
- Number of pages
- 100
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780976147534
- ISBN
- 9780976147534
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 12.53
€ 13.99
€ 12.53
Hardcover. Women who transformed their own flesh into Word Num Pages: 246 pages. BIC Classification: HRCM; JFFK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 164 x 22. Weight in Grams: 516.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Baylor University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781602587533
- ISBN
- 9781602587533
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 77.47
€ 77.47
Paperback. This examination of hunting in contemporary America uses interviews, opinion surveys and demographic statistics to analyze the meanings that people attach to hunting; who hunts, how they compare socially and politically with non-hunters, and how they see themselves and are seen by others. Num Pages: 312 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; GTB; JFFZ; WSXH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 363.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- University of Massachusetts Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781558493841
- ISBN
- 9781558493841
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 31.78
€ 37.99
€ 31.78
Paperback. Presents a heartwarming account of dynamic relationships and outcomes involving a therapist, his therapy animals, and his patients, gathered from almost two decades of ongoing practice. It is a narrative of Dr. Aubrey H. Fine's experiences and his growing respect for the power of the animals' effects on his patients and himself. Series: New Direction in the Human-Animal Bond. Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: BM; JFFZ; MMH; WNG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Purdue University Press
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781557537669
- ISBN
- 9781557537669
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.80
€ 26.80
Paperback. Editor(s): Pregowski, Michal Piotr; Wlodarczyk, Justyna. Series: New Directions in the Human-Animal Bond. Num Pages: 225 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVP; 3JJP; 3JM; JFFZ; WNGD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 228 x 19. Weight in Grams: 342.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Purdue University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781557537409
- ISBN
- 9781557537409
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 32.48
€ 37.99
€ 32.48
Paperback. Num Pages: 180 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QFG; GTF; JFD; JFF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 227.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Purdue University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781557536273
- ISBN
- 9781557536273
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 24.60
€ 24.99
€ 24.60
Hardcover. Num Pages: 200 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFT; KJSM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 465.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Purdue University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781557535856
- ISBN
- 9781557535856
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.15
€ 32.99
€ 29.15
Hardcover. Green Chimneys is a nationally renowned US nonprofit organization that helps improve the lives of at-risk urban children by incorporating animals and environmental activities into their educational experiences. Series: New Directions in the Human-Animal Bond. Num Pages: 268 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; JFFZ; JNSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 159 x 21. Weight in Grams: 1646.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Purdue University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781557535801
- ISBN
- 9781557535801
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 29.28
€ 29.28
Hardcover. Chronicles the integration of dog owners, a much-maligned subculture, into mainstream society by tracing the history of the legislation. This book shows how a combination of science and politics, fact and fear, altruism and self-interest led to the adoption and enforcement of legislation that became a shining success. Num Pages: 300 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; JFFZ; LNT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 680.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Purdue University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781557534927
- ISBN
- 9781557534927
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 30.67
€ 32.99
€ 30.67
The Sacrifice: How Scientific Experiments Transform Animals and People...
Birke, Linda, Arluke, Arnold
Paperback. Provides an account of the sociological context of animal experimentation. This work offers an analysis of complex and changing role of the laboratory animal in the political and scientific culture of the United States and the United Kingdom. Editor(s): Michael, Mike; Birke, Linda. Num Pages: 220 pages. BIC Classification: HPQ; JFFZ; PD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 155 x 17. Weight in Grams: 395.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Purdue University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781557534323
- ISBN
- 9781557534323
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.46
€ 38.46
Paperback. What role does an animal play in a child's developing sense of self? Are children and animals interacting in ways no longer recognizable to adults? This book addresses these and other questions by revealing the interconnected lives of the inhabitants of the preschool classroom. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: JFFZ; JMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 16. Weight in Grams: 422.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Purdue University Press
- Edition
- 2nd Revised ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781557534293
- ISBN
- 9781557534293
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.28
€ 34.28
Paperback. Gathers those measures used to study the human-companion animal bond. This title includes measures which are heavily used by researchers, as well as measures that appear to be innovative or relate to the different aspects of the human-companion animal relationship. Num Pages: 120 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFZ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 277 x 211 x 13. Weight in Grams: 431.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Purdue University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781557534248
- ISBN
- 9781557534248
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.04
€ 46.04
Hardcover. A child can't be owned, but parents are legally responsible for their child's care. A painting and a dog can be owned; both fall under the jurisdiction of the law and in particular, property rights. But why should a dog, man's best friend, an animal with a mind and emotions, fall under the same category as a painting? Editor(s): Hauser, Marc D.; Cushman, Fiery; Kamen, Matthew. Num Pages: 190 pages. BIC Classification: JFFZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 155 x 21. Weight in Grams: 549.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Purdue University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781557533807
- ISBN
- 9781557533807
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 25.96
€ 26.99
€ 25.96
Paperback. Violence and increasing public awareness of violence mark our contemporary condition. September 11, 2001 made this condition even more indelible. Cultural Shaping of Violence proposes that violence cannot be described, let alone understood or addressed, unless tied to the cultural settings that influence it. Editor(s): Anderson, Myrdene. Num Pages: 330 pages. BIC Classification: JFC; JFFE. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 567.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Purdue University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781557533739
- ISBN
- 9781557533739
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.91
€ 32.99
€ 29.91
Paperback. This work argues that a feminist ethics, in order to be both feminist and ethical, needs to embrace psychoanalysis. It includes an analysis of two attempts by George Sand to reimagine the sexual relationship where the emphasis is on political injustice and the impossibility of women's desires. Series: Purdue Studies in Romance Literatures. Num Pages: 188 pages. BIC Classification: JFFK; JFM; JMAF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 446.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Purdue University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781557533296
- ISBN
- 9781557533296
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 48.39
€ 48.39
Paperback. This volume covers the following topics: moral standings of animals, history of the methods of argumentation, knowledge of the animal mind, nature and value of regulatory structures, and how respect for animals can be converted from theory to action in the laboratory. Editor(s): Gluck, John P.; DiPasquale, Tony; Orlans, F. Barbara. Num Pages: 192 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFZ; MBDC; MZF; PD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 295.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Purdue University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781557531377
- ISBN
- 9781557531377
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 16.73
€ 16.99
€ 16.73
Paperback. Contains twelve essays that examine how white liberal southern politicians who came to prominence in the New Deal and World War II handled the race issue when it became central to politics in the 1950s and 1960s. This book states that it was the southern business leaders and New South politicians who mediated the transition to desegregation. Num Pages: 320 pages, index. BIC Classification: 1KBBS; 3JJPG; 3JJPK; JFFJ; JPFK; JPHL. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 449.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- University of Arkansas Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781557288448
- ISBN
- 9781557288448
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.80
€ 26.80
Paperback. In the tumultuous decades after the Civil War, as the southern white elite reclaimed power, "racial mixing" was the central concern of segregationists who strove to maintain "racial purity." This book aims to challenge conventional wisdom, and examines how white southerners enforced anti-miscegenation laws. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBS; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB; JFFJ; JFSL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 345.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University of Arkansas Press
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781557288332
- ISBN
- 9781557288332
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.80
€ 26.80
Hardcover. Num Pages: 176 pages, 1 Illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JJ; DSBH; HRLK2; JFC; JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 161 x 19. Weight in Grams: 422.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- University of Arkansas Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781557285812
- ISBN
- 9781557285812
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 45.99€ 45.50
€ 45.99
€ 45.50
Paperback. Num Pages: 248 pages, 3 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FMV; 1KBB; JFFD; JFFN; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 299.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press United States
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816654864
- ISBN
- 9780816654864
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 25.42
€ 26.99
€ 25.42