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Paperback. Num Pages: 384 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPS; JFFZ; JHMC; PSV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 176 x 26. Weight in Grams: 618.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199827039
ISBN
9780199827039
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 67.88

Paperback. Series: Posthumanities. Num Pages: 336 pages, 35 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: DSK; HP; JFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 363.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816670338
ISBN
9780816670338
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 29.07

Paperback. Focuses on the importance of China's investment booms and busts and their effects on the world economy. Num Pages: 243 pages, 10 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: JFC; KCB; KCL; KCM; KJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 319.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
243
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349296743
ISBN
9781349296743
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 119.13

Paperback. Num Pages: 160 pages, b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFZ; TVH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 138 x 12. Weight in Grams: 228.
Publisher
Open Gate Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
160
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Condition
New
SKU
V9780900001437
ISBN
9780900001437
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.20

Paperback. In 'Animal rites', Cary Wolfe examines contemporary notions of humanism, ethics, and animals by reconstructing a little known but crucial underground tradition of theorizing the animal. Num Pages: 240 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HP; JFC; JFFZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 156 x 225 x 14. Weight in Grams: 366.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226905143
ISBN
9780226905143
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 28.23

Paperback. In this compelling volume in the What Everyone Needs to Know(r) series, Paul Waldau expertly navigates the many heated debates surrounding the complex and controversial animal rights movement. Series: What Everyone Needs to Know. Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 139 x 18. Weight in Grams: 274.
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Number of pages
272
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199739967
ISBN
9780199739967
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 17.06

Hardcover. In this 2nd edition the author has substantially revised his book throughout, updating the moral arguments and adding a chapter on animal minds. Importantly, rather than being a polemic on animal rights, this book is also a considered and imaginative evaluation of moral theory as explored through the issue of animal rights. Num Pages: 242 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPQ; JFFZ. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 460.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Edition
Second Edition
Number of pages
244
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230219441
ISBN
9780230219441
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 62.56

Paperback. Exploring the legal and political issues that underlie the campaign for animal rights and the opposition to it, and addressing ethical questions, this book offers perspectives on animal rights and welfare. It shows that whatever one's ultimate conclusions, the relationship between human beings and nonhuman animals is fundamentally rethought. Editor(s): Sunstein, Cass R.; Nussbaum, Martha C. Num Pages: 352 pages, 1 line illustration. BIC Classification: HPQ; JFFZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 232 x 156 x 19. Weight in Grams: 496.
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Number of pages
350
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780195305104
ISBN
9780195305104
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.40

Hardback. Animal rights sounds like a modern idea, but in fact - for over three millennia - philosophers, theologians, and political theorists have grappled with the question of our obligations toward animals. This anthology illuminates the complex evolution of moral thought regarding animals. It includes writings of authors from ancient Greece onwards. Editor(s): Linzey, Andrew; Clarke, Paul Barry. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: JFFZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 140 x 211 x 17. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231134200
ISBN
9780231134200
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 103.86
€ 78.67

Paperback. Animal rights sounds like a modern idea, but in fact - for over three millennia - philosophers, theologians, and political theorists have grappled with the question of our obligations toward animals. This anthology illuminates the complex evolution of moral thought regarding animals. It includes writings of authors from ancient Greece onwards. Editor(s): Linzey, Andrew; Clarke, Paul Barry. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: JFFZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 218 x 140 x 22. Weight in Grams: 288.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231134217
ISBN
9780231134217
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 26.99

Hardback. A look at the history of Western "civilization", and the interrelated suffering of oppressed humans and other animals. David Nibert argues that throughout history the exploitation of other animals has gone hand-in-hand with the oppression of women, people of colour, and other oppressed groups. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: JFFZ; JPVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 232 x 156 x 21. Weight in Grams: 410.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780742517752
ISBN
9780742517752
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 186.69

paperback. This book is both a careful academic study and a disturbing comment on how environmental activity may oppress a whole society, which raises serious questions about the motives and methods of the animal rights' movement in a much wider context than the case here studied. Num Pages: 206 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSL9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 157 x 229 x 16. Weight in Grams: 382.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1991
Publisher
University of Toronto Press Canada
Number of pages
206
Condition
New
Edition
Trade PB
SKU
V9780802068903
ISBN
9780802068903
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 38.16

Hardback. Series: Critical Perspectives on Animals: Theory, Culture, Science and Law. Num Pages: 256 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: HPQ; JFFZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231158268
ISBN
9780231158268
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 112.12
€ 84.01

Paperback. Series: Critical Perspectives on Animals: Theory, Culture, Science and Law. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: HPQ; JFFZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 12. Weight in Grams: 364. Applied Ethics and Human Obligations. Series: Critical Perspectives on Animals: Theory, Culture, Science and Law. 256 pages. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: HPQ; JFFZ. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 12. Weight: 344.
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231158275
ISBN
9780231158275
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 28.62

Hardcover. This text offers critical surveys of the main themes in the history of animal rights and some of the more important contemporary positions together with readings of a wide range of literary texts from classical antiquity to the year 2001. Num Pages: 230 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSB; JFFZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 203 x 127 x 20. Weight in Grams: 470.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333745144
ISBN
9780333745144
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 119.02

Paperback. In this 2nd edition the author has substantially revised his book throughout, updating the moral arguments and adding a chapter on animal minds. Importantly, rather than being a polemic on animal rights, this book is also a considered and imaginative evaluation of moral theory as explored through the issue of animal rights. Num Pages: 242 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPQ; JFFZ. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 308.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Edition
2 Rev ed
Number of pages
242
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230219458
ISBN
9780230219458
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.81

Paperback. In the early twenty-first century animals are news. This title looks at the cultural and social role of animals from 1800 to the present at the way in which visual images and myths captured the popular imagination and encouraged sympathy for animals and outrage at their exploitation. Num Pages: 272 pages, 40 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; 3JJ; HBTB; JFC; JFFZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 160 x 16. Weight in Grams: 430.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Reaktion Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9781861890610
ISBN
9781861890610
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.65

Paperback. Do animals have moral rights? If so what does this mean? What sorts of mental lives do animals have, and how should we understand their welfare? After addressing these questions, DeGrazia explores their implications in contexts such as food consumption, zoos, and research. Series: Very Short Introductions. Num Pages: 144 pages, 12 Halftones. BIC Classification: HPQ; JFFZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 172 x 112 x 8. Weight in Grams: 116.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
144
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780192853608
ISBN
9780192853608
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.73

paperback. Includes essays that address concerns at the intersection of pragmatist philosophy and animal welfare. This title covers such topics as moral consideration of animals, the ethics of animal experimentation, institutional animal care, environmental protection of animal habitat, farm animal welfare, animal communication, and animal morals. Editor(s): McKenna, Erin; Light, Andrew. Num Pages: 272 pages, 1 b&w photos, 1 index. BIC Classification: HPQ; JFFZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 18. Weight in Grams: 435.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253216939
ISBN
9780253216939
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 22.82

Paperback. Observations of animals playing, solving problems, and behaving fairly toward each other reveal a range of animal behaviors and show that the ethical treatment of animals is a significant issue. Series: Animals, Culture, & Society. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: HPQ; JFFZ; RNK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5830 x 3895 x 534. Weight in Grams: 431.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Temple University Press,U.S. United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9781592133482
ISBN
9781592133482
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 32.36

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