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Birth in the Age of AIDS: Women, Reproduction, and HIV/AIDS in India by Cecilia Van Hollen Synopsis Birth in the Age of AIDS is a vivid and poignant portrayal of the experiences and struggles of HIV-positive women in India during pregnancy, birth, and motherhood at the beginning of the 21st century.... (read more) Your price: $98.95 New - Hardcover
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Latin American Community: Tradition, Transition, and Identity by Jeana (edt) Paul-urena Publisher Comments As part of an initiative to enhance the Latin American Studies program, an interdisciplinary, international conference series on Latin American Studies was established in 2009. The conference drew participants from many different universities across... (read more) Your price: $15.95 New - Trade Paper
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Gypsy Boy on the Run: My Escape from a Life Among the Romany Gypsies by Mikey Walsh Publisher Comments Mikey Walsh didnt know what life was like beyond his Gypsy community. But after fleeing home at age fifteen, he had no choice but to find out. After centuries of persecution, Gypsies are wary of outsiders, and if you choose to leave, you can never come... (read more) List Price $24.99 Your price: $17.50 Used - Hardcover
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Hikikomori: Adolescence Without End by Saito Tamaki Synopsis This is the first English translation of a controversial Japanese best seller that made the public aware of the social problem of hikikomori, or “withdrawal”—a phenomenon estimated to involve approximately one million Japanese... (read more) Your price: $19.95 New - Trade Paper
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A Handbook of Practicing Anthropology by Riall W. (edt) Nolan Publisher Comments A Handbook of Practicing Anthropology presents a comprehensive account of contemporary, collaborative anthropological practice written primarily by non-academic anthropologist practitioners. The diverse range of topics includes professional training and... (read more) Your price: $199.95 New - Hardcover
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Anxious Wealth: Money and Morality Among China's New Rich by John Osburg Publisher Comments Who exactly are China's new rich? This pioneering investigation introduces readers to the private lives—and the nightlives—of the powerful entrepreneurs and managers redefining success and status in the city of Chengdu. Over the... (read more) Your price: $86.95 New - Hardcover
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Markets of Sorrow, Labors of Faith: New Orleans in the Wake of Katrina by Vincanne Adams Publisher Comments Markets of Sorrow, Labors of Faith is an ethnographic account of long-term recovery in post-Katrina New Orleans. It is also a sobering exploration of the privatization of vital social services under market-driven governance. In the wake of Hurricane... (read more) Your price: $24.25 New - Trade Paper
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The Future as Cultural Fact: Essays on the Global Condition by Arjun Appadurai Publisher Comments This major collection of essays, a sequel to Modernity at Large (1996), is the product of ten years' research and writing, constituting an important contribution to globalization studies. Appadurai takes a broad analytical look at the genealogies of the... (read more) Your price: $29.95 New - Trade Paper
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Island: How Islands Transform the World by J. Edward Chamberlin Publisher Comments An exploration into the cultural, natural, and historical significance of islands, this unique book delves into what islands represent, how different cultures view them, and even the geological roots of island formations. Islands play a significant role... (read more) Your price: $19.95 New - Hardcover
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The Great Indian Phone Book: How the Cheap Cell Phone Changes Business, Politics, and Daily Life by Assa Doron Publisher Comments In 2001, India had 4 million cell phone subscribers. Ten years later, that number had exploded to more than 750 million. Over just a decade, the mobile phone was transformed from a rare and unwieldy instrument to a palm-sized, affordable staple, taken... (read more) Your price: $29.25 New - Hardcover
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Anthropology: A Continental Perspective by Christoph Wulf Publisher Comments Originally published in German, Christoph Wulf’s Anthropology sets its sights on a topic as ambitious as its title suggests: anthropology itself. Arguing for an interdisciplinary and intercultural approach to anthropology that incorporates science,... (read more) Your price: $112.25 New - Hardcover
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Reasons of Conscience: Behavior, Physiology, and Evolution by Stefan Sperling Publisher Comments The implicit questions that inevitably underlie German bioethics are the same ones that have pervaded all of German public life for decades: How could the Holocaust have happened? And how can Germans make sure that it will never happen again? In Reasons... (read more) Your price: $112.95 New - Hardcover
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Along an African Border: Angolan Refugees and Their Divination Baskets (Contemporary Ethnography) by Sonia Silva Your price: $26.25 New - Trade Paper
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The Painted Lady by Dominique Holmes Your price: $16.95 New - Hardcover
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African Art and Agency in the Workshop (African Expressive Cultures) by Sidney Littlefield Kasfir List Price $30.00 Your price: $27.50 New - Trade Paper
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The Specter of "The People": Urban Poverty in Northeast China by Mun Young Cho Your price: $30.50 New - Trade Paper
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Restless China by Perry Link Your price: $36.75 New - Trade Paper
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A Ramble in Malta and Sicily, in the Autumn of 1841 (Cambridge Library Collection - Travel, Europe) by George French Angas Your price: $37.25 New - Trade Paper
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A History of Prejudice by Gyanendra Pandey Your price: $85.00 New - Hardcover
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Introductory Readings in Anthropology by Hilary (edt) Callan Your price: $36.25 New - Trade Paper
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