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Who Defines Indigenous? - Identities, Development, Intellectuals, And The State In Northern Mexico

de Carmen Martinez Novo

45,06€

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 Drawing on her research of the Mixtec Indians' migration from the southwest of Mexico to Baja California, the author shows that sometimes the push for indigenous labels is more a process of external oppression than it is of minority empowerment. This book is useful to scholars working in the fields of sociology, anthropology, and ethnic studies.
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What Democracy Looks Like - A New Critical Realism For A Post-Seattle World

137,76€

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 Collectively urging scholars and educators to pay attention to the material conditions out of which literature arises, this book inaugurates a critical realism in American literary studies. It provides a crucial link in the growing need to merge theory and practice with the goal of reconnecting the ivory tower elite to the activists on the street.
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The Transnational History Of A Chinese Family - Immigrant Letters, Family Business, And Reverse Migration

de Haiming Liu

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 Haiming Liu presents a transnational history of a Chinese family from the late nineteenth century to the 1970s. It makes it clear that, for many Chinese American families, migration does not mean a break from the past but the beginning of a life that incorporates and transcends dual national boundaries.
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Domestic Violence At The Margins - Readings On Race, Class, Gender, And Culture

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 This anthology reorients the field of domestic violence research by bringing attention to the structural forms of oppression in communities marginalized by race, ethnicity, religion, sexuality, or social class. It is for courses in sociology, criminology, social work, and women's studies and provides information and resources for professionals.
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Original Buddhist Sources - A Reader

74,68€

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 This anthology provides a selection of primary source Buddhist literature and is divided into two major parts: Theravada and Mahayana forms of Buddhism. It is an anthology of textual sources for courses in Buddhism, while also serving as a companion volume to the text The Different Paths of Buddhism: A Narrative-Historical Introduction.
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The Different Paths Of Buddhism - A Narrative-Historical Introduction

de Carl Olson

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 This is an introductory text on the development of Buddhism, from the life of the historical Buddha to the present day. It introduces the main branches of Buddhism and explores its geographical spread, philosophy, ethical and political implications, and contemporary reinterpretations as well as focusing on the role of women in the tradition.
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We Took The Streets - Fighting For Latino Rights With The Young Lords

de Miguel Melendez

46,35€

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 An insider's view of the idealism, anger and vitality of the much-maligned group known as the Young Lords as they rose to become the most respected and powerful voice of Latin American empowerment in the US. From their emergence in the 60's to their fracture in 1972, this is the story of how one group took on the establishment - and won.
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The Churching Of America, 1776-2005 - Winners And Losers In Our Religious Economy

de Rodney Stark e Roger Finke

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 In this provocative book, Roger Finke and Rodney Stark challenge popular perceptions about American religion. They view the religious environment as a free market economy, where churches compete for souls. The story they tell is one of gains for upstart sects and losses for mainline denominations.
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Invisible No More - A Photographic Chronicle Of The Lives Of People With Intellectual Disabilities

de Vincenzo Pietropaolo

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 Renowned photographer Vincenzo Pietropaolo presents a moving photographic chronicleâ€"a celebrationâ€"filled with more than one hundred dynamic images and thirty evocative stories of people with intellectual disabilities, those who may have been born with Down syndrome, autism, or who are "otherwise abled."
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Larger Than Life - Movie Stars Of The 1950s

172,53€

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 Offers a comprehensive view of the star system in 1950s Hollywood, the emergence of "method" acting, and in-depth discussions of the decade's major stars, including Montgomery Clift, Judy Holliday, Jerry Lewis, James Mason, Marilyn Monroe and Kim Novak.
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Misframing Men - The Politics Of Contemporary Masculinities

de Michael S. Kimmel

82,40€

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 Argues that the media have largely misrepresented the debate about modern masculinity and maleness. The author discusses Promise Keepers rallies, mythopoetic gatherings, white supremacists; accuses antifeminists as the real male bashers and questions the assertions that men suffer from domestic violence to the same degree as women.
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Acting For America - Movie Stars Of The 1980s

137,76€

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 Focuses on the way film icons have engaged in and defined some major issues of cultural and social concern to America during the 1980s. Sections explore how movie stars' films create increased audience awareness of advances in feminism, new ideas about masculinity, and the complex political atmosphere under Reagan.
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Youth, Crime, And Justice - A Global Inquiry

de Clayton A. Hartjen

137,76€

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 Offers an overview of juvenile delinquency: how it manifests itself around the world and how societies respond to misconduct among their children. This book provides a global overview of youth crime, victimization, and juvenile justice. It includes examples from the US, Australia, Spain, Switzerland, New Zealand, Japan, India, and, Egypt.
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Mama, Phd - Women Write About Motherhood And Academic Life

de Caroline Grant e Elrena Evans

78,54€

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 A collection of essays, which explore the continued inequality of the sexes in higher education and suggest changes that could make universities more family-friendly workplaces. It addresses topics that range from the level of policy to practical day-to-day concerns, including caring for a child with special needs, and breastfeeding on campus.
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The Contested Boundaries Of American Public Health

137,76€

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 A collection of essays, which attempt to understand what are, and what should be, the public health services' chief goals and activities. It examines the historical evolution of the profession and shows how public health is changing in the context of natural and human-made disasters and the politics that surround them.
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Understanding The Arts And Creative Sector In The United States

78,54€

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 Demonstrates why interest in the arts and creative sector has accelerated, and the various ways that the arts are crucial to the social and national agenda. This title shows, for example, how arts and cultural policies are used to enhance urban revitalization and to encourage civic engagement.
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The Liturgical Year - Advent, Christmas, Epiphany

de Adrien Nocent e Paul Turner

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Abiding Word - Sunday Reflections For Year A

de Barbara E. Reid

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 Sunday Reflections for Year A
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Understanding The Arts And Creative Sector In The United States

50,21€

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 Demonstrates why interest in the arts and creative sector has accelerated, and the various ways that the arts are crucial to the social and national agenda. This title shows, for example, how arts and cultural policies are used to enhance urban revitalization and to encourage civic engagement.
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Critical Enthusiasm - Capital Accumulation And The Transformation Of Religious Passion

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 Critical Enthusiasm tracks the intertwined histories of religious radicalism and economic transformation in the long eighteenth century. In its pages, Rosenberg situates the rhetoric of enthusiastic rapture in the context of the major institutional transformations of early modernity: the dispossession and plunder of the globe, the rise of finance, legal reform, and the administration of racialized labor.
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William And Henry James - Selected Letters

de Henry James

55,30€

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 This collection of 216 letters offers an accessible, single-volume distillation of the exchange spanning 50 years between celebrated brothers William and Henry James. Their correspondence demonstrates the persons, places, and events that effected the Euro-American world from 1861-1910.
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Digging Through Darkness - Chronicles Of An Archaeolgist

23,11€

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 This work interweaves art and fact to recreate a distant world. The author, a native white South African, combines autobiography, historical archaeology and fictional reconstructions, to explore the roots and consequences of colonial conquest in Africa, Australia and the Pacific.
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Politics Of The Female Body - Postcolonial Women Writers Of The Third World

de Ketu H. Katrak

74,68€

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 Is it possible to simultaneously belong to and be exiled from a community? Arguing that it's possible, especially for women who have been subjects of colonial empires, the author uncovers the ways that the female body becomes a site of both oppression and resistance. She reveals common political and feminist alliances across geographic boundaries.
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In Search Of Swampland - A Wetland Sourcebook And Field Guide

de Ralph Tiner

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 Introducing readers to the ecology and beauty of valuable natural resources, this book provides a field guide to wetland plants, soils, and animals. Including detailed descriptions and illustrations of more than 300 plants and 200 animals, it focuses on the northeastern and north-central regions of the United States.
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