{"product_id":"zoo-culture-paperback-softback-9780252067624","title":"Zoo Culture (Paperback \/ softback) 9780252067624","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eZoo Culture\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eRobert Mullan (Author), Garry Marvin (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780252067624\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 1 December 1998\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e208 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 1.8 cm, 0.34 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e   Why do people go to zoos? Is the role of zoos to entertain or to educate?\u003cbr\u003e         In this provocative book, the authors demonstrate that zoos tell us as\u003cbr\u003e         much about humans as they do about animals and suggest that while animals\u003cbr\u003e         may not need zoos, urban societies seem to.\u003cbr\u003e       A new introduction takes note of dramatic changes in the perceived role\u003cbr\u003e         of zoos that have occurred since the book's original publication.\u003cbr\u003e       \"Bob Mullan and Garry Marvin delve into the assumptions about animals\u003cbr\u003e         that are embedded in our culture. . . . A thought-provoking glimpse of\u003cbr\u003e         our own ideas about the exotic, the foreign.\" -- Tess Lemmon, \u003ci\u003eBBC \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e        Wildlife Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e       \"A thoughtful and entertaining guided tour.\" -- David White,\u003cbr\u003e         \u003ci\u003eNew Society\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e       \"[An] unusual and intriguing combination of historical survey, psychological\u003cbr\u003e         enquiry, and compendium of fascinating facts.\" -- \u003ci\u003eEvening Standard\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"University of Illinois Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52739524231448,"sku":"9780252067624","price":18.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/zoo-culture-paperback-softback-9780252067624","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}