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An Inquiry Into Modes of Existence: An Anthropology of the Moderns by Bruno Latour Publisher Comments In this new book, Bruno Latour offers answers to questions raised in We Have Never Been Modern, a work that interrogated the connections between nature and culture. If not modern, he asked, what have we been, and what values should we inherit? Over the... (read more) List Price $39.95 Your price: $38.50 New - Hardcover
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Adoptive Migration: Raising Latinos in Spain by Jessaca B. Leinaweaver Publisher Comments Spain has one of the highest per capita international adoption rates in the world. Internationally adopted kids are coming from many of the same countries as do the many immigrants who are radically transforming Spain's demographics. Based on interviews... (read more) Your price: $79.95 New - Hardcover
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Difficult Diasporas: The Transnational Feminist Aesthetic of the Black Atlantic by Samantha Pinto About the Author Samantha Pinto is Associate Professor of Feminist Literary and Cultural Studies in the English Department at Georgetown University.... (read more) Your price: $30.75 New - Trade Paper
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The Wherewithal of Life: Ethics, Migration, and the Question of Well-Being by Michael Jackson Publisher Comments The Wherewithal of Life engages with current developments in the anthropology of ethics and migration studies to explore in empirical depth and detail the life experiences of three young men a Ugandan migrant in Copenhagen, a Burkina Faso migrant... (read more) Your price: $86.95 New - Hardcover
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Technology and Cultural Tectonics: Shifting Values and Meanings by F. Allan Hanson Publisher Comments What impact has technology had on cultural meanings, values, and symbols? This anthropological exploration shows how technologies produce novel and sometimes jarring realignments among cultural institutions. Contemporary reproductive, medical, genetic... (read more) Your price: $85.00 New - Hardcover
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City of Promises: A History of the Jews of New York #02: Emerging Metropolis: New York Jews in the Age of Immigration, 1840-1920 by Annie Polland Review "Chronicling New York Jewish life during the era of mass migration, Emerging Metropolis provides a riveting account of the complex matrix of social organizations, economic activities, political movements, and cultural productions created by immigrant... (read more) Your price: $53.50 New - Hardcover
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In the Land of the Eastern Queendom: The Politics of Gender and Ethnicity on the Sino-Tibetan Border (Studies on Ethnic Groups in China) by Tenzin Jinba Publisher Comments The story underlying this ethnography began with the recent discovery and commercialization of the remnant of an ancient "queendom" on the Sichuan-Tibet border. Recorded in classical Chinese texts, this legendary matriarchal domain has attracted not only... (read more) Your price: $30.95 New - Trade Paper
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Haven of Liberty: New York Jews in the New World, 1654-1865 by Howard B. Rock Review "This bold, well-researched and beautifully-illustrated history of New York's Jews (1654-1865) introduces the theme of republicanism into American Jewish history, and properly contextualizes Jews within the larger history of the metropolis. A remarkable... (read more) Your price: $53.50 New - Hardcover
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Global Creative Industries (Pgmc - Polity Global Media and Communication) by Terry Flew Publisher Comments The creative industries are the subject of growing attention among policy-makers, academics, activists, artists and development specialists worldwide. This engaging book provides a global overview of developments in the creative industries, and analyses... (read more) Your price: $26.25 New - Trade Paper
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How Forests Think: Toward an Anthropology Beyond the Human by Eduardo Kohn Publisher Comments A thinking forest is not a metaphor. Rooted in richly composted, other-than-symbolic semiotic worldings, this book teaches the reader how other-than-human encounters open possibilities for emergent realization of worlds, not just worldviews. The... (read more) Your price: $36.75 New - Trade Paper
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Aymara Indian Perspectives on Development in the Andes by Amy Eisenberg Publisher Comments Aymara Indians are a geographically isolated, indigenous people living in the Andes Mountains near Chile’s Atacama Desert, one of the most arid regions of the world. As rapid economic growth in the area has begun to divert scarce water to... (read more) Your price: $50.25 New - Hardcover
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People of the Earth: An Introduction to World Prehistory Plus Mysearchlab with Pearson Etext -- Access Card Package by Brian M. Fagan Publisher Comments Understand major developments of human prehistory People of the Earth: An Introduction to World Prehistory 14/e, provides an exciting journey though the 7-million-year-old panorama of humankind’s past. Giving equal treatment to both... (read more) Your price: $156.67 New - Trade Paper
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The Palgrave Companion to North American Utopias by John W. Friesen Publisher Comments What is utopia? Why are communes created? Where are they, and what do they promote? From the Shakers and the Mormons to the Raelians and the Hutterites, the quest for a perfect society has been a human endeavor since the beginning of recorded history... (read more) Your price: $30.95 New - Trade Paper
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Cultural Forests of the Amazon: A Historical Ecology of People and Their Landscapes by William Balee Publisher Comments Cultural Forests of the Amazon is a comprehensive and diverse account of how indigenous people transformed landscapes and managed resources in the most extensive region of tropical forests in the world. Until recently, most scholars and scientists... (read more) Your price: $50.25 New - Hardcover
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How Forests Think: Toward an Anthropology Beyond the Human by Eduardo Kohn Publisher Comments A thinking forest is not a metaphor. Rooted in richly composted, other-than-symbolic semiotic worldings, this book teaches the reader how other-than-human encounters open possibilities for emergent realization of worlds, not just worldviews. The... (read more) Your price: $81.50 New - Hardcover
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New York State Folklife Reader: Diverse Voices by Elizabeth (edt) Tucker Publisher Comments New York and its folklore scholars hold an important place in the history of the discipline. In New York dialogue between folklore researchers in the academy and those working in the public arena has been highly productive. In this volume, the works of... (read more) Your price: $65.25 New - Hardcover
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City of Promises: A History of the Jews of New York #03: Jews in Gotham: New York Jews in a Changing City, 1920-2010 by Jeffrey S. Gurock Review "In 1900, the Jewish population of New York was despised, impoverished, and ghettoized. A century later, it had become the most accomplished, the most prosperous, and the most successful ethnic group in the nation. This is the story of that journey... (read more) Your price: $53.50 New - Hardcover
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Crossing the Water and Keeping the Faith: Haitian Religion in Miami (North American Religion) by Terry Rey Publisher Comments Beginning in the late 1970s and early 1980s, significant numbers of Haitian immigrants began to arrive and settle in Miami. Overcoming some of the most foreboding obstacles ever to face immigrants in America, they have diversified socioeconomically... (read more) Your price: $29.50 New - Trade Paper
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Our Political Nature: The Evolutionary Origins of What Divides Us by Avi Tuschman Publisher Comments The first book to tell the natural history of political orientations. Our Political Nature is the first book to reveal the hidden roots of our most deeply held moral values. It shows how political... (read more) Your price: $24.95 New - Hardcover
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Becoming Americans in Paris: Transatlantic Politics and Culture Between the World Wars by Brooke L. Blower Publisher Comments Americans often look back on Paris between the world wars as a charming escape from the enduring inequalities and reactionary politics of the United States. In this bold and original study, Brooke Blower shows that nothing could be further from the truth.... (read more) Your price: $30.50 New - Trade Paper
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