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Twenty years ago, people thought only cranks or sentimentalists could be seriously concerned about the treatment of non-human animals. However, since then philosophers, scientists and welfarists have raised public awareness of the issue, and they have begun to lay the foundations for an enormous change in human practice. This book is a record of the development of 'animal rights' through the eyes of one highly-respected and well-known thinker....

Sexual Justice defends a robust a robust conception of lesbian and gay rights, emphasizing protection against discrimination and recognition of queer relationships and families. Synthesizing materials from law, philosophy, psychoanalysis and literature, Kaplan argues that sexual desire is central to the pursuit of happiness: equal citizenship requires individual freedom to shape oneself through a variety of intimate associations.

This is intended as a companion volume to the successful New Testament Readings series. It analyzes the many ways in which the New Testament can be read and interpreted.

Opening the Nursery Door is a fascinating collection of essays inspired by the discovery of a tiny archive: the nursery library of Jane Johnson 1707-1759, wife of a Lincolnshire vicar. It has captured the scholarly interest of social anthropologists, historians, literary scholars, educationalists and archivists as it has opened up a range of questions about the nature of childhood within English cultural life over three centuries: the texts wr...

The question of ethnicity is highly controversial in contemporary archaeology. The author responds to the need for a reassessment of the ways in which social groups are identified in the archeological record.

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Inspired by the library archive of an 18th century nursery teacher, this is a collection of essays on the nature of childhood, learning, and the role of women educators, in English cultural life from the 1700s onwards.

A startingly frank look at the taxes, budgets, education, crime, and quality of life in New York State and New York City.

This single-volume reference contains balanced coverage of possible effects of nutritional agents in major disease areas, including cancer, heart disease, immune dysfunction, and eye disease. It includes such nutrients as beta- carotene, vitamin E, vitamin C, and selenium. Clinicians, nutritionists, researchers, and students will find the information in Antioxidants and Disease Prevention not just interesting, but also directly applicable to t...

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First Published in 1997. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

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Here is a concise and informative overview of Supply Chain Management. Learn how to gain strategic and competitive advantage from logistics, structure a supply chain capability, build a customer-focused supply chain, organize for effectiveness, analyze for excellence, and discover future trends and directions. The readily accessible format will help executives deepen their understanding of the topic.

Janet Carsten offers an original and very personal investigation of the nature of kinship in Malaysia, based upon her own experience as a foster daughter in a family on the island of Langkawi. She shows that Malay kinship is a process, not a state: it is determined partly by birth, but also throughout life by living together and sharing food. Carsten gives the reader a fascinating "anthropology of everyday life, " including a compelling view o...

This book provides a ground-breaking, comprehensive account of the social contexts in which people create, perform, perceive, understand, and react to music. It represents the first attempt to define the field since Farnsworth's book of the same title published in 1969. The topics include: personality, gender, listening situations, non-Western cultures, musical skill, performance, music therapy, consumer behaviour, and music education.