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Ghostly Matters: Haunting and the Sociological Imagination
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Avery Gordon · 1997
'Avery Gordon's stunningly original and provocatively imaginative book explores the connections linking horror, history, and haunting.
The Geography of Genius: A Search for the World's Most ...
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Eric Weiner · 2016
An acclaimed travel writer examines the connection between surroundings and innovative ideas, profiling examples in such regions as early-twentieth-century Vienna, Renaissance Florence, ancient Athens, and Silicon Valley. --Publisher.
Isma'ili Modern: Globalization and Identity in a Muslim ...
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Jonah Steinberg · 2011
The Isma'ili Muslims, a major sect of Shi'i Islam, form a community that is intriguing in its deterritorialized social organization.
Soul Rebels: The Rastafari
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William F. Lewis · 1993
Soul Rebels offers a solid historical overview of the movement, an excellent picture of diversity within the faith, fair and accurate discussions of sexism among the Rasta, engaging life history material, and rich descriptions of what ...
The Wayfinders: Why Ancient Wisdom Matters in the Modern World
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Wade Davis · 2009
And languages are merely the canaries in the coal mine: what of the knowledge, stories, songs, and ways of seeing encoded in these voices? In The Wayfinders, Wade Davis offers a gripping and enlightening account of this urgent crisis.
The New Politics of Race: Globalism, Difference, Justice
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Howard Winant · 2004
'The New Politics of Race' brings together Winant's new and previously published essays to form a comprehensive picture of the origins and nature of the complex racial politics that engulf us today.
Steps to an Ecology of Mind: Collected Essays in ...
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His efforts at synthesis are tantalizingly and cryptically suggestive. . . .This is a book we should all read and ponder."—Roger Keesing, American Anthropologist
The Passing of the Great Race
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Madison Grant · 2012
The Passing of the Great Race remains one of the foremost classic texts of its kind. This new edition supersedes all others in many respects.
Defending the Master Race: Conservation, Eugenics, and the ...
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Jonathan Spiro · 2009
A historical rediscovery of one of the heroic founders of the conservation movement who was also one of the most infamous racists in American history
The Meaning of Life: A Very Short Introduction
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ABOUT THE SERIES: The Very Short Introductions series from Oxford University Press contains hundreds of titles in almost every subject area. These pocket-sized books are the perfect way to get ahead in a new subject quickly.