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Civil Society: 1750-1914 (Studies in European History)
by Stefan-ludwig Hoffmann  Publisher Comments "Civil Society" has been a global catchphrase since the end of the Cold War, and is a hot topic among academics and politicians. Understanding the evolution of this concept in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries is vital to its study, whether in the...
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Being Maori Chinese: Mixed Identities
by Manying Ip Publisher Comments Presenting the stories behind several generations of seven Maori-Chinese families whose voices have seldom been heard before, this account casts a fascinating light on the historical and contemporary relations between Maori and Chinese in New Zealand...
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Reimagining Political Ecology (New Ecologies for the Twenty-First Century)
by Aletta (edt) Biersack Publisher Comments ""Reimagining Political Ecology" is an important contribution to efforts to build a more nuanced poststructural political ecology and a pertinent reminder that political ecology has benefited enormously from the work of anthropologists."--Raymond Bryant,...
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People and Nature : Introduction To Human Ecological Relations (06 Edition)
by Emilio F. Moran Publisher Comments This book provides a lively and thoughtful introduction to ecological anthropology by examining the evolving relations between human communities and nature....
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Performing Culture: Stories of Expertise and the Everyday (Theory, Culture & Society)
by John Tulloch Publisher Comments Performing Culture presents a detailed and probing account of cultural studies' changing fixations with theory, method, policy, text, production, audience and the micro-politics of the everyday. John Tulloch encourages academics and students to take...
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Economy & Society
by Robert J. Holton Publisher Comments Why is economic analysis too important and too complex to be left to economists alone? "Economy and Society" is a major landmark in the recent emergence of economic sociology. Robert Holton provides a major new synthesis of social scientific thinking...
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Korean-American Youth Identity and 9/11: An Examination of Korean-American Ethnic Identity in Post-9/11 America (Hardcover)
by H. C. Kim Publisher Comments Korean-American Youth Identity and 9/11: An Examination of Korean-American Ethnic Identity in Post-9/11 America by Professor Heerak Christian Kim of Asia Evangelical College and Seminary is a very important book in the area of ethnic studies in post-9/11...
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China's Peasants: The Anthropology of a Revolution
by Sulamith Potter Publisher Comments This landmark study of Zengbu, a Cantonese community, is the first comprehensive analysis of a rural Chinese society by foreign anthropologists since the Revolution of 1949. The authors examine the revolutionary experiences of Zengbu's peasant villagers...
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Practicing Ethnography in a Globalizing World: An Anthropological Odyssey
by June C. Nash Publisher Comments In her new book, distinguished anthropologist June Nash tackles the critical question of how people of diverse cultures confront the common problems that arise with global integration. She reveals these impacts on an urban U.S. community, on Mandalay...
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Puerto Rican Movement : Voices From the Diaspora (98 Edition)
by Andres Torres Publisher Comments Little attention has been paid to the Latino movements of the 1960s and 1970s in the literature of social movements. This volume is the first significant look at the organizations that emerged in the late 1960s to promote Puerto Rican independence and...
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An Introduction to Theories of Popular Culture
by Dominic Strinati Publisher Comments "An Introduction to Theories of Popular Culture" is widely recognised as an immensely useful textbook for students taking courses in the major theories of popular culture. Dominic Strinati provides a critical assessment of the ways in which theorists...
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Culture and Customs of Australia (Culture and Customs of the World)
by Laurie Clancy Publisher Comments Americans' generally superficial familiarity with the Australian continent stems mostly from recent films. Particular images stand out: the Outback, sheep shearing, surfing, the Sydney Opera House, Aborigines, and the Walkabout. Yet Europeans arrived in...
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The Global Dynamics of Race and Ethnic Mobilization
by Susan Olzak Publisher Comments “Patiently, precisely, relentlessly, and persuasively, Susan Olzak pursues questions of great weight for contemporary politics across the world: to what extent, under what conditions, and how does religious, ethnic, and racial fragmention drive...
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Creating Spaniards: Culture and National Identity in Republican Spain
by Sandie Eleanor Holguin Publisher Comments Includes bibliographical references (p. 235-250) and index....
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Survival by Hunting: Prehistoric Human Predators and Animal Prey
by George C Frison Publisher Comments "George Frison is an icon in American archeology. In "Survival by Hunting, "he describes personal experiences leading to the insights and perspectives that set him apart from the majority of his colleagues, who know of large game hunting only secondhand."...
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Inside Subculture (Dress, Body, Culture)
by David Muggleton Publisher Comments What motivates people to dress in a manner that marks them out as different to the conventional norm? Is it true that, with dress, 'anything goes' in our mix-and-match postmodern culture? Have easily recognizable, authentic subcultures imploded in a glut...
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Culture and Customs of the Palestinians (Culture and Customs of the Middle East,)
by Samih K. Farsoun Publisher Comments The Palestinians have been at the center of Middle Eastern and world history for nearly a century. The core issues of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict are still the ones that emerged in 1948, after what Palestinians term al-Nakba, the destruction of...
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The Ice Maiden: Inca Mummies, Mountain Gods, and Sacred Sites in the Andes
by Johan Reinhard Publisher Comments Johan Reinhard's discovery of the 500-year-old frozen body of an Inca girl made international headlines in 1995, reaching more than a billion people worldwide. One of the best-preserved mummies ever found, it was a stunning and significant time capsule...
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Explorations in the Sociology of Consumption : Fastfood, Credit Cards and Casinos (01 Edition)
by George Ritzer Publisher Comments Brimming with ideas and insights, the book is highly accessible, starting with a principled defence of the need for accessibility in writing on consumption, culture and society....
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Love and Revolutions: Market Women and Social Change in India
by Eloise Hiebert Meneses Book News Annotation In addition to being an ethnographic profile of the life experiences of Indian Dalit ("untouchable") market women that connects those experiences to wider national and international economic policies and circumstances, this work by Meneses...
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