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Building on Borrowed Time: Rising Seas and Failing Infrastructure in SemarangA timely ethnography of how Indonesia's coastal dwellers inhabit the "chronic present" of a slow-motion natural disaster Ice caps are melting, seas are rising, and densely populated cities worldwide are threatened by floodwaters, especially in Southeast Asia. Building on Borrowed Time is a timely...
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Being Brown in a Black and White World. Conversations for Leaders about Race, Racism and BelongingAnnemarie Shrouder has written a book to help leaders step into awareness of the damage "race" and racism cause and have caused. Her journey illustrates the deep divide that this social construct has created in bodies, in societies-and the world as a whole. Annemarie...
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The Everyday Practice of Valuation and Investment: Political Imaginaries of Shareholder ValueThe financial industry derives its legitimacy through the claim that it acts in the interest of shareholders. A vast international network of funds, banks, insurance companies, brokerages, rating agencies, and regulatory agencies defends its status by asserting that market mechanisms determine a company's true...
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Dickens and Democracy in the Age of Paper: Representing the PeopleThis book examines Charles Dickens's fiction alongside publications emanating from Parliament. It argues that Dickens and Parliament were engaged in competitive efforts to represent the People at a crucial moment in the history of representative democracy--when the British government was underenormous political pressure to...
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Social Networks of Meaning and CommunicationIn Social Networks of Meaning and Communication, Jan A. Fuhse offers a coherent theory of social structures as networks of relations interwoven with meaning. Drawing upon and extending the relational sociology of Harrison White and Charles Tilly, Fuhse seeks to establish a theory of...
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City Living: How Urban Spaces and Urban Dwellers Make One AnotherCity Living is about urban spaces, urban dwellers, and how these spaces and people make, shape, and change one another. More people live in cities than ever before: more than 50% of the earth's people are urban dwellers. As downtown cores gentrify and globalize,...
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Qualitative Comparative Analysis: An Introduction to Research Design and ApplicationQualitative Comparative Analysis: An Introduction to Research Design and Application is a comprehensive guide to QCA. As QCA becomes increasingly popular across the social sciences, this textbook teaches students, scholars, and self-learners the fundamentals of the method, research design, interpretation of results, and how...
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Lost on the Freedom Trail: The National Park Service and Urban Renewal in Postwar BostonBoston National Historical Park is one of America's most popular heritage destinations, drawing in millions of visitors annually. Tourists flock there to see the site of the Boston Massacre, to relive Paul Revere's midnight ride, and to board Old Ironsides--all of these bound together...
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Hyper Education: Why Good Schools, Good Grades, and Good Behavior Are Not EnoughAn up-close look at the education arms race of after-school learning, academic competitions, and the perceived failure of even our best schools to educate children Beyond soccer leagues, music camps, and drama lessons, today's youth are in an education arms race that begins in...
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Owóknage: The Story of Carry the Kettle Nakoda First NationThe definitive story of the Nakoda people, in their own words Born out of a meticulous, well-researched historical and current traditional land-use study led by Cega̔ K iɳna Nakoda Oyáté (Carry the Kettle Nakoda First Nation), Owóknage is the first book to tell the...
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Chasing Dichos Through ChimayóWinner of the 2015 Southwest Book Design and Production Award for Gift Book from the New Mexico Book AssociationSilver Winner of the 2015 PubWest Book Design Award for Historical/Biographical Book2015 Southwest Books of the YearThe poetic proverbs known to nuevomexicanos as dichos are particular...
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The Beloved Border: Humanity and Hope in a Contested LandKids in cages, family separations, thousands dying in the desert. Police violence and corruption. Environmental devastation. These are just some of the dramatic stories recounted by veteran journalist Miriam Davidson in The Beloved Border. This groundbreaking work of original reporting also gives hope for...
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Sister Souljah Book: The Biography of Sister SouljahUniversity Press returns with another short and captivating biography of one of history's most compelling figures, Sister Souljah. Sister Souljah is one of the most influential American activists of the 20th and 21st centuries. Her clash in 1992 with then-presidential candidate Bill Clinton led...
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Famous pornstars Word puzzle book for adults: Difficult word search puzzles for adults with most famous names in porn industry- 40 difficult word search puzzles without clues. It means hours of fun - check your perceptivity and knowledge of adult movies industry- 192 famous names hidden between thousands of letters- 185 actresses and 7 actors - find them allAuthor: Flickifick WorksPublisher: Independently PublishedPublished:...
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Cyber Economic Crime in India: An Integrated Model for Prevention and InvestigationThis volume provides an overview of cyber economic crime in India, analyzing fifteen years of data and specific case studies from Mumbai to add to the limited research in cyber economic crime detection. Centering around an integrated victim-centered approach to investigating a global crime...
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Curating Culture: How Twentieth-Century Magazines Influenced AmericaPrint magazines were the original niche medium, creating communities long before the internet allowed audiences to find specialized content and interact with like-minded readers. Consumer magazines provided information, inspiration, empathy and advocacy for readers with specific goals and concerns. The targeted advertising business model...
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The 12 Attributes of Extraordinary Media ProfessionalsCareers in media and creative professions are extremely competitive, with less direct pathways to jobs and advancement relative to more traditional or technical professions. Many future media professionals train for careers without a clear understanding that personal attributes like adaptability, integrity, and confidence are...
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History of Anthropology: A Critical Window on the Discipline in North AmericaIn The History of Anthropology Regna Darnell offers a critical reexamination of the Americanist tradition centered around the figure of Franz Boas and the professionalization of anthropology as an academic discipline in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Focused on researchers often known...
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Human Anatomy Coloring Book For Kids: Physiology Medical Coloring & Activity Book For Boys & Girls, Human Figure Anatomy Coloring BookLearn The Human Anatomy With Fun & Easy. Perfect Coloring Book For Kids, Adults, Boys, Girls, Teens, Children's, Toddlers, Men & Women.This Human Body Anatomy Coloring Book Is Perfect For All Ages Kids Ages 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 & 10 And Adults....
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International Migration: A Quick ImmersionAnti-immigrant sentiments are high across the globe. Citizens are concerned about the failure of politicians to show effective leadership on migration. An ill-informed understanding of migration -and the resulting xenophobia and racism against refugees and immigrants- has people turning to populist politicians who wish...
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