Attempts by writers and intellectuals in former colonies to create unique national cultures are often thwarted by a context of global modernity, which discourages particularity and uniqueness. In describing unstable social and political cultures, such ''third-world intellectuals'' often find themselves torn between the competing literary ......
How City Politics Shape Muslim Communities in Chicago
An intriguing look at how the city's built environment influences the shape of Muslim communities in Chicago Zoning Faith offers a rare in-depth look at three distinct Muslim communities in Chicago, one Shia Muslim, one Sunni, and one Black Muslim community. The volume explores how these communities navigate their social and political ......
How City Politics Shape Muslim Communities in Chicago
An intriguing look at how the city's built environment influences the shape of Muslim communities in Chicago Zoning Faith offers a rare in-depth look at three distinct Muslim communities in Chicago, one Shia Muslim, one Sunni, and one Black Muslim community. The volume explores how these communities navigate their social and political ......
Why do people go to zoos? Is the role of zoos to entertain or to educate? In this provocative book, the authors demonstrate that zoos tell us as much about humans as they do about animals and suggest that while animals may not need zoos, urban societies seem to.A new introduction takes note of dramatic changes in the perceived role of zoos that ......
Zoo Ethics examines the workings of modern zoos and considers the core ethical challenges faced by people who choose to hold and display animals in zoos, aquariums, or sanctuaries. Jenny Gray asserts the value of animal life and assesses the impacts of modern zoos, including the costs to animals in terms of welfare and the loss of liberty. Gray ......
Time to discover all the different animals that live at the zoo! Early readers will love the rhyming story, the playful illustrations of the animals at the zoo, and learn what sounds each of these noisy animals make.
This book features 9 high-frequency words paired with repetitive sentences to aid in memorization and engagement. The bright images bring the words to life as 1st grade students read about animals at the zoo.
Many modern ecological problems such as rain forest destruction, decreasing marine harvests, and fire suppression are directly or indirectly anthropogenic. Zooarchaeology and Conservation Biology presents an argument that conservation biology and wildlife management cannot afford to ignore zooarchaeological research-the identification and ......
