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Paperback. In this survey of Western attitudes and laws about abortion, Jeffrey Reiman argues that an overlooked clue to the solution of the moral problem lies in the unusual way in which we value the lives of individual human beings - namely, that we value them irreplaceably. Num Pages: 138 pages. BIC Classification: HPQ; JFMA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 148 x 10. Weight in Grams: 310.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
138
Condition
New
SKU
V9780847692088
ISBN
9780847692088
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 59.70

Paperback. Is it ever morally right to procure an abortion, to help procure one, or to perform one? This title surveys the philosophical arguments in favor of the moral permissibility of abortion and refutes them point by point. It presents a case for the pro-life position and a challenge to the philosophical arguments on behalf of the pro-choice position. Num Pages: 177 pages. BIC Classification: HPQ; JFMA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 268.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
The Catholic University of America Press
Edition
2nd ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813217307
ISBN
9780813217307
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.31

Paperback. Why has postwar Japanese abortion policy been relatively progressive, while contraception policy has been relatively conservative? The Japanese government legalized abortion in 1948 but did not approve the pill until 1999. This study argues that these contradictory policies flowed from different historical circumstances. Num Pages: 258 pages, 4 line illus., 4 halftones. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JJP; JFMA; JHBD; JPQB; MBNH4. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 371.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
258
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691070056
ISBN
9780691070056
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 33.64

Paperback. Series: Galaxy Books. Num Pages: 352 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HB; JFMA; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 21. Weight in Grams: 477.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1979
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9780195026160
ISBN
9780195026160
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 53.60

hardcover. The issue of abortion forces a confrontation with the effects of poverty and economic inequalities, local moral worlds, and the cultural and social perceptions of the female body, gender, and reproduction. Based on extensive original field research, this provocative collection presents case studies from 7 countries in Asia. Editor(s): Whittaker, Andrea. Series: Fertility, Reproduction & Sexuality. Num Pages: 270 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1F; JFMA; JFSJ1; MBNH4; MFK. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 15. Weight in Grams: 551.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Berghahn Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
270
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9781845457341
ISBN
9781845457341
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 155.52

paperback. Series: The American Literatures Initiative. Num Pages: 192 pages, 7 photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; JFSJ1; JHB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 12. Weight in Grams: 304.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Rutgers University Press United States
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
Edition
None
SKU
V9780813565293
ISBN
9780813565293
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 34.17

Hardback. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Rutgers University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813565309
ISBN
9780813565309
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 159.45

Hardcover. First full-length study of attitudes to abortion in the early medieval west. Num Pages: 356 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 3F; HBLC; HBTB; JFMA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 245 x 163 x 36. Weight in Grams: 774.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
York Medieval Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9781903153574
ISBN
9781903153574
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 115.41

Hardback. Editor(s): Lee, Ellie. Num Pages: 251 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPQ; JFSJ; JPQB; L. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 25. Weight in Grams: 470.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Palgrave USA United States
Number of pages
251
Condition
New
SKU
V9780312215743
ISBN
9780312215743
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 122.24

Paperback. Editor(s): Simpson, Jean. Num Pages: 59 pages. BIC Classification: 1D; 1KBB; JFMA; LNTM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 242 x 156 x 12. Weight in Grams: 136.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Nova Science Pub Inc
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781631172977
ISBN
9781631172977
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 100.77
€ 76.80

Paperback. Features many of the major Supreme Court decisions on abortion - as well as many majority, dissenting, and plurality opinions. This book sets these cases in political, historical, and philosophical context, and gives the reader a sense of what the issues in the constitutional law of abortion are likely to be in the future. Editor(s): Shapiro, Ian. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: JFMA; L. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 215 x 141 x 17. Weight in Grams: 398.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Hackett Publishing Co.
Edition
Third Edition,3
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
SKU
V9780872209039
ISBN
9780872209039
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 17.88

Hardback. Presents over 10,000 buttons of all imaginable materials from 150 AD to the present in full color and relates their history and development around the world. It is certain to become the "bible" for the button enthusiast or dealer. Num Pages: 320 pages, 1100 color photos. BIC Classification: AKTA; JFCK; WC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UF) Further/Higher Education; (XV) Technical / Manuals. Dimension: 316 x 236 x 32. Weight in Grams: 2234.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Schiffer Publishing Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
V9780887405556
ISBN
9780887405556
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 86.54
€ 62.06

Paperback. Num Pages: 100 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBC; JFFN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 178 x 129 x 8. Weight in Grams: 134.
Publisher
Fernwood Publishing Co Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9781552664070
ISBN
9781552664070
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 20.45

Paperback. A foundational look at Canada s history of women s rights and the contributions and accomplishments women have made in Canada." Num Pages: 134 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBC; HBJK; HBTB; JFSJ1; JPVH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 178 x 127 x 13. Weight in Grams: 227.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Fernwood Publishing Co Ltd Canada
Number of pages
134
Condition
New
SKU
V9781552667378
ISBN
9781552667378
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 18.97

Paperback. Num Pages: 144 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBC; JFSP1; JPVH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 178 x 127. Weight in Grams: 122.
Publisher
Fernwood Publishing Co Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9781552664124
ISBN
9781552664124
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 20.52

Paperback. Travelling from high culture to pop culture and back again, this book approaches cyberspace and Las Vegas through Hegel and Kant and reads Melville's "The Confidence-Man" through the film "Wall Street". Series: Religion and Postmodernism. Num Pages: 292 pages, 38 halftones. BIC Classification: HPC; HRAB; HRLK; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 400.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
New ed
Number of pages
292
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226791623
ISBN
9780226791623
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 31.41

Hardback. Israeli youth voyages to Poland are popular and influential forms of transmission of Holocaust memory in Israeli society. This work demonstrates how the State shapes Poland into a living deathscape of Diaspora Jewry. In the course of the voyage, they are transformed into victims, victorious survivors and finally witnesses of the witnesses. Num Pages: 328 pages, 27 photos, 7 tables, bibliog., index. BIC Classification: 1DVP; 1FBH; HBJD; HBTZ1; JFSR1. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Berghahn Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845453626
ISBN
9781845453626
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 155.63

Paperback. Num Pages: 284 pages. BIC Classification: JFH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 174 x 19. Weight in Grams: 430.
Publisher
Disinformation Company
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9781934708095
ISBN
9781934708095
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 19.72

Paperback. Structured to meet employers' needs for low-wage farm workers, the well-known Bracero Program recruited thousands of Mexicans to perform physical labor in the United States between 1942 and 1964 in exchange for remittances sent back to Mexico. This book uncovers a previously hidden history of transnational family life. Series: American Crossroads. Num Pages: 280 pages, black & white illustrations, figures. BIC Classification: 1KBBW; 1KLCM; HBJK; JFFN; JFSL4. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 227 x 17. Weight in Grams: 408.
Publisher
University of California Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520282674
ISBN
9780520282674
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.24

Paperback / so. Editor(s): Kruger, Heinz-Hermann. Num Pages: 240 pages, black & white illustrations, bibliography. BIC Classification: JF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 13. Weight in Grams: 345.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1990
Publisher
VS Verlag f?r Sozialwissenschaften United Kingdom
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9783810007988
ISBN
9783810007988
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 70.23

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