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Youth, Globalization, and the Law
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Youth, Globalization, and the Law
by Sudhir Alladi Venkatesh

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“The topic of youth, globalization, and the law is timely and important, but all too often the subject of platitudes. The detailed work in this volume helps both to redefine the normal litany of problems and point to deeper solutions. The freshness...
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Sphinx in the City (91 Edition)
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Sphinx in the City (91 Edition)
by Elizabeth Wilson

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This study uses fiction, essays, film and art, as well as history and sociology, to look at some of the world's greatest cities - London, Paris, Moscow, New York, Chicago, Lusaka and Sao Paulo - and presents a critique of utopian planning, anti-urbanism,...
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Forced Exit: Euthanasia, Assisted Suicide and the New Duty of Die
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Forced Exit: Euthanasia, Assisted Suicide and the New Duty of Die
by Wesley J Smith

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Filled with new reporting and research, this expanded edition of a classic book makes a compelling case against legalized euthanasia and takes a closer look at the truly humane and compassionate alternatives....
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Out of the Closets: Voices of Gay Liberation
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Out of the Closets: Voices of Gay Liberation
by Karla Jay

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It is wonderful to have Out of the Closets again available. A pioneering anthology that had a profound impact in its first incarnation in 1972, it still speaks powerfully to the condition of gay men and lesbians in American life, recounting sorrows and...
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Beauty Up: Exploring Contemporary Japanese Body Aesthetics
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Beauty Up: Exploring Contemporary Japanese Body Aesthetics
by Laura Miller

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Laura Miller investigates the burgeoning western-style beauty industry in Japan, focusing on the dramatic attention Japanese (primarily though not exclusively) young women give to their bodies....
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Muerte!: Death in Mexican Popular Culture
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Muerte!: Death in Mexican Popular Culture
by Harvey Stafford

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One of the first books in the English language to examine the Mexican tabloid obsession with death....
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All Souls: A Family Story from Southie
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All Souls: A Family Story from Southie
by Michael P Macdonald

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Michael Patrick MacDonald grew up in "the best place in the world" — the Old Colony projects of South Boston — where 85 percent of the residents collect welfare in an area with the highest concentration of impoverished whites in the U.S. In All...
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The Black Image in the White Mind: Media and Race in America
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The Black Image in the White Mind: Media and Race in America
by Robert Entman

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Winner of the Frank Luther Mott Award for best book in Mass Communication and the Robert E. Lane Award for best book in political psychology. Living in a segregated society, white Americans learn about African Americans not through personal relationships...
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Dynamics of Folklore - Revised and Expanded (Rev 96 Edition)
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Dynamics of Folklore - Revised and Expanded (Rev 96 Edition)
by Barre Toelken

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Toelken addresses the history and meaning of folklore, using straightforward language, easy definitions, and many insightful examples....
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British Imperialism: 1688-2000
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British Imperialism: 1688-2000
by P. J. Cain

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To Be Real: Telling the Truth and Changing the Face of Feminism
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To Be Real: Telling the Truth and Changing the Face of Feminism
by Rebecca Walker

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Determined to extend the boundaries of feminism to embrace social, political, and economic equality for all humanity, these twenty-one exciting young activists and thinkers recast the concepts of feminism to reflect their own personal experiences and...
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The Future of Success: Working and Living in the New Economy
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The Future of Success: Working and Living in the New Economy
by Robert B Reich

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If you think it’s getting harder to both make a living and make a life, economist and former secretary of labor Robert Reich agrees with you. Americans may be earning more than ever before, but we’re paying a steep price: we’re working...
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War of Desire and Technology (95 Edition)
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War of Desire and Technology (95 Edition)
by Allucqjere R. Stone

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In this witty, far-reaching, and utterly original work, AllucquandAtilde;anduml;re Rosanne Stone examines the myriad ways modern technology is challenging traditional notions of gender identity.Face-to-face meetings, and even telephone conversations...
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Culture Industry ((Rev)01 Edition)
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Culture Industry ((Rev)01 Edition)
by Theodor Adorno

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The creation of the Frankfurt School of critical theory in the 1920s saw the birth of some of the most significant writings of the 20th century. It is out of this background that the critic Theodor Adorno emerged. This selection of his essays offers...
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Chinese America: The Untold Story of America's Oldest New Community
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Chinese America: The Untold Story of America's Oldest New Community
by Peter Kwong

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A magisterial history of the Chinese experience in America, hailed by Howard Zinn as "a wonderful book" that "fills an enormous gap in our history." Described by the Washington Post Book World upon its initial release as "shocking, depressing but...
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Insect Poetics
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Insect Poetics
by Eric C Brown

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Insects are everywhere. There are millions of species sharing the world with humans and other animals. Though literally woven into the fabric of human affairs, insects are considered alien from the human world. Animal studies and rights have become a...
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Waging Nonviolent Struggle
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Waging Nonviolent Struggle
by Gene Sharp

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"Instructs how to strategically plan nonviolent action, a technique of waging conflict that uses protest, noncooperation and intervention. Draws parallels between nonviolent and military strategy. Documents twenty-three cases showing how nonviolent...
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Cities of Tomorrow : an Intellectual History of Urban Planning and Design in the Twentieth Century (3RD 02 Edition)
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Cities of Tomorrow : an Intellectual History of Urban Planning and Design in the Twentieth Century (3RD 02 Edition)
by Peter Geoffrey Hall

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Cities of Tomorrow is a critical history of planning in theory and practice in the twentieth century, as well as of the social and economic problems and opportunities that gave rise to it. Trenchant, perceptive, global in coverage, this book is an...
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Generations of Youth : Youth Cultures and History in Twentieth-century America (98 Edition)
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Generations of Youth : Youth Cultures and History in Twentieth-century America (98 Edition)
by Joe (ed.) Austin

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America has long been fascinated by youth and its cultural expressions. The notion of "youth" has played a central role in processes of social reproduction and historical change throughout the twentieth century. But when we turn a critical eye to youth...
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Cultures@silicon Valley (02 Edition)
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Cultures@silicon Valley (02 Edition)
by J. A. English-lueck

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“English-Lueck’s fascinating new book, Cultures@Silicon Valley, casts a laserlike anthropological eye on the mores and mannerisms of her homies. . . . English-Lueck and colleagues left the groves of academe and spent years—real quality...
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