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The Vertical Mosaic: An Analysis of Social Class and Power in Canada, 50th Anniversary Edition

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Report copyright infringementby John Porter (Author)John Porter's landmark study of social and ethnic inequality, The Vertical Mosaic, became an instant classic when it was first published in 1965. A national best seller that sold more than 100,000 copies, the book was the first major study of Canada's class structure and one of the foundational texts in Canadian sociology. Sociologist Irving Louis Horowitz described it as "the sociological study of present-day Canada."Fifty years later, the ...

Generational Poverty: An Economic Look at the Culture of the Poor

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Report copyright infringementby Adam D. Vass Gal (Author)Are the impoverished victims of circumstance or are they contributing to their situations through their own actions and principles? This perplexing question does not have a simple answer. "Generational Poverty: An Economic Look at the Culture of the Poor" examines both sides of the coin. Written by an economist, the book provides a unique perspective into the study of this emotionally-charged issue. It shows that economic analysis can s...

Dispelling Wetiko: Breaking the Curse of Evil - Paperback

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by Paul Levy (Author), Catherine Austin Fitts (Foreword by)There is a contagious psychospiritual disease of the soul, a parasite of the mind, that is currently being acted out en masse on the world stage via a collective psychosis of titanic proportions. This mind-virus--which Native Americans have called "wetiko"--covertly operates through the unconscious blind spots in the human psyche, rendering people oblivious to their own madness and compelling them to act against their own best interes...

Medicine, Education, and the Arts in Contemporary Native America: Strong Women, Resilient Nations

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Report copyright infringementby Clifford E. Trafzer (Editor), Donna L. Akers (Editor), Amanda K. Wixon (Editor)This book offers twenty original scholarly chapters featuring historical and biographical analyses of Native American women. The lives of women found her contributed significantly to their people and people everywhere. The book presents Native women of action and accomplishments in many areas of life. This work highlights women during the modern era of American history, countering pa...

177 Lovers and Counting: My Life as a Sex Researcher

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Report copyright infringementby Leanna Wolfe (Author)This autoethnography of a sex researcher reveals an intimate, nuanced, and engaging portrayal of sex and gender roles across multiple cultures and contexts through the lenses of anthropology, psychology, and sociology--and illustrates how the author's conception of her own sexuality and gender changes across the life span in the process.Author BiographyLeanna Wolfe, PhD's sex research was spirited by coming of age in the thick of the 1970s ...

Why the Jews?: The Reason for Antisemitism - Paperback

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by Dennis Prager (Author), Joseph Telushkin (Author)From the bestselling authors of The Nine Questions People Ask About Judaism, a compelling discussion of the dangerous rise in antisemitism during the twenty-first century. The very word Jew continues to arouse passions as does no other religious, national, or political name. Why have Jews been the object of the most enduring and universal hatred in history? Why did Hitler consider murdering Jews more important than winning World War II? Why ...

Archaeology, Sexism, and Scandal: The Long-Suppressed Story of One Woman's Discoveries and the Man Who Stole Credit for Them

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Report copyright infringementby Alan Kaiser (Author), Zofia H. Archibald (Foreword by)This new edition provides a summary of these new archival discoveries and assesses their impact on our understanding of the decisions Ellingson and Robinson made. Author BiographyAlan Kaiser is a professor of archaeology at the University of Evansville who has worked on projects in Italy, Greece, Spain, Israel, England, the United States, and the Caribbean island of Nevis. He holds a PhD in archaeology from ...

How Celebrity Lives Affect Our Own: Understanding the Impact on Americans' Public and Private Lives

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Report copyright infringementby Janelle Applequist (Contribution by), Joshua N. Azriel (Contribution by), Deborah S. Bowen (Contribution by)This book explores the ways celebrities affect culture and their audience. It covers celebrity suicide, postfeminism, health advice, advocacy, philanthropy, social media use, and Hollywood influence on Broadway. It also analyzes laws created to protect celebrities, even at the risk of infringing on their audience's First Amendment rights.Author BiographyC...

The Memoirs of Toussaint and Isaac Louverture: Representing the Black Masculine Subject in Narratives of Mourning and Loss

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Report copyright infringementby Arthur F. Saint-Aubin (Author)This book examines the memoir of Toussaint Louverture--a former slave, general in the French army, and leader of the Haitian Revolution--and the memoir of his son, Isaac.Author BiographyArthur F. Saint-Aubin is professor of French at Occidental College. Number of Pages: 272 Dimensions: 1 x 9.2 x 6.3 IN Illustrated: Yes Publication Date: July 15, 2015

Paekpom Ilchi: The Autobiography of Kim Ku

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Report copyright infringementby Jongsoo Lee (Author)Kim Ku was highly involved in the struggle for Korea's independence from Japan, and now the autobiography of this celebrated national figure, before only available in Korean, Chinese, or Japanese, has been translated into English. Kim's writings detail the rise of Korea, from inception to the modern 'Two Koreas.'Author BiographyJongsoo Lee is a Political Economist and a Specialist in Eurasian affairs. Number of Pages: 464 ...

Autonomous Art Institutions: Artists Disrupting the Creative City

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Report copyright infringementby Alberto Cossu (Author)This book explores the current wave of artistic activism by looking at the way in which theirantagonism may lead to the creation of autonomous artistic institutions.Author BiographyAlberto Cossu is Assistant Professor in media and communication within the School of Media, Communication and Sociology at the University of Leicester. He is a sociologist, researching the intersection between digital media and activism, qualitative and digital ...

Salish Blankets: Robes of Protection and Transformation, Symbols of Wealth

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Report copyright infringementby Leslie H. Tepper (Author), Janice George (Author), Willard Joseph (Author)Salish Blankets presents a new perspective on Salish weaving through technical and anthropological lenses. Worn as ceremonial robes, the blankets are complex objects said to preexist in the supernatural realm and made manifest in the natural world through ancestral guidance. The blankets are protective garments that at times of great life changes--birth, marriage, death--offer emotional s...

Afro-Cuban Religions and the Arts: A Dog Has Four Legs but Takes Only One Path

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Report copyright infringementby Alan West-Durán (Author)This book examines the philosophical and spiritual facets of religions like Regla de Ocha, Palo, Abakuáaacute;, and Vodou, and how deeply embedded they are in Cuban popular culture and art, be it music, the visual arts, film, or literature.Author BiographyAlan West-Durán is professor in the Department of Cultures, Societies, and Global Studies (CSGS) at Northeastern University. Number of Pages: 294 Dimensions: 0...

The Women Who Made Early Disneyland: Artists, Entertainers, and Guest Relations

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Report copyright infringementby Cindy Mediavilla (Author), Kelsey Knox (Author)The Women Who Made Early Disneyland tells the story of the many women who designed, built, and operated early Disneyland from their various positions and departments and highlights how their work contributed to Disneyland's early success.Author BiographyCindy Mediavilla is retired lecturer from the department of information studies, University of California, Los Angeles.Kelsey Knox is university archivist at the Un...

Other Fridas: The Lives and Works of Latin American Women Artists

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Report copyright infringementby Luciana Namorato (Editor), Debora Thome (Editor), João Nemi Neto (Editor)This book explores the lives of prominent and lesser known artists from a dozen different Latin American countries, and seeks to understand their contributions and their complex lives, celebrating their creativity and impact on Latin American art.Author BiographyLuciana Namorato is associate professor of Spanish and Portuguese at Indiana University Bloomington. Débora Thomé conducts post-d...

Mutual Aid: A Factor of Evolution - Paperback

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by Peter Kropotkin (Author), David Priestland (Introduction by), David Priestland (Notes by)A 1902 collection of essays by Russian naturalist and anarchist philosopher Peter Kropotkin. Originally published in "The Nineteenth Century" from 1890 to 1896, the essays examine mutually-beneficial cooperation and reciprocity in both animal and human societies.Author BiographyPeter Kropotkin (1842-1921) came from a major aristocratic Russian family but turned his back on it to embrace a life of impri...

Women Who Work Too Much: Break Free from Toxic Productivity and Find Your Joy - Paperback

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by Tamu Thomas (Author)Women can have it all, but do we really want it? This book shows women how to escape the trap of toxic productivity, build boundaries, avoid burnout, and live with joy. We have been conditioned into believing our value is in what we do rather than who we are. Do you find yourself saying "yes" because you were never taught how to say "no"? Are you working all hours of the day, but not feeling good about your achievements amplifying your perceived mistakes or weaknesses? ...

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Report copyright infringementby Darren Swanson (Author)Wall Street and Easter Island come crashing together in this epic and cautionary story of two lost civilizations: one perilously lost in the present and the other tragically lost in the past, each on their journey to find peace, freedom, sustainability, and resilience.Rookie New York derivatives trader, Alec James, has a fateful encounter with Roshanak Amari, the most beautiful woman he has never seen, knowing only her eyes from behind th...

Poverty, Disadvantage, and the Promise of Enterprise: A Capabilities Perspective

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Report copyright infringementby Michael H. Morris (Author), Susana C. Santos (Author)Can entrepreneurship serve as a pathway out of poverty? Are the poor able to create ventures that can improve their economic circumstances and enhance their lives? Poverty, Disadvantage and the Promise of Enterprise: A Capabilities Perspective argue that "it depends". To understand the poverty and entrepreneurship interface, we must first understand poverty. Using a lens of disadvantage theory and the capabil...

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Report copyright infringementby Sherif Khalifa (Author)In Geography and the Wealth of Nations, Sherif Khalifa argues that geography influences the factors that determine economic performance, such as the quality of institutions, the adopted cultural values, the systems of governance, the likelihood of conflict, the historical experiences, and the integration into the global economy.Author BiographySherif Khalifa is professor of economics at California State University, Fullerton. ...

Market Process and Market Order: From Human Action, But Not of Human Design

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Report copyright infringementby Rosolino A. Candela (Editor), Rosolino A. Candela (Contribution by), Jeffrey Carroll (Contribution by)This volume explores and engages with the key thinkers and ideas of the Austrian School of economics to better understand how individuals coordinate their separate interests in a peaceful and productive manner by unintentionally forming not only market prices but also rules, customs, cultural norms and other institutional arrangements that allow specialization ...

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Report copyright infringementby Robert Leslie Fisher (Author)In Educating Public Interest Professionals and the Student Loan Debt Crisis, Robert Leslie Fisher analyzes the causes and effects of the student loan debt crisis in America and argues for higher wages, student loan debt forgiveness, and an updated financial model to pay for training for public interest professionals.Author BiographyRobert Leslie Fisher is an independent researcher and author of The Research Productivity of Scientist...

The Care and Keeping of Cultural Facilities: A Best Practice Guidebook for Museum Facility Management

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Report copyright infringementby Angela Person-Harm (Author), Judie Cooper (Author), G. Wayne Clough (Foreword by)Museum facility management is a vital part of running a museum, but can involve special challenges that even knowledgeable facility managers have not encountered before. Museum administrators who need to learn more about facility management and facility managers who are stepping into the museum environment for the first time will find this book is a wealth of information. The Care ...

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Report copyright infringementby Damion Jadonne Walker (Author)In Empowering Underserved Communities: Social Equity Through Collective Action, Damion JaDonne Walker presents a transformative blueprint for grassroots organizing, strategic mobilization, and sustainable change. With a foreword by Jeffrey Peck, great-grandson of W.E.B. Du Bois, this powerful work bridges historical legacies of social justice with contemporary movements, offering both a theoretical framework and a practical roadmap...

Rest as Resistance: A Themed Essay Collection on the Anti-Hustle Movement, Burnout Recovery, and the Radical Act of Putting Yourself First

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Report copyright infringementby Jordan Sloane (Author)Are you exhausted by the endless grind? Tired of being told that burnout is the price of success?In this powerful themed essay collection, Rest as Resistance, Gen Z andMillennials take center stage in the fight against toxic productivity. Throughsharp critique, cultural analysis, and personal reflection, this Work-LifeBalance bookdismantles the myths of hustle culture and explores how Work-Life Balance Advocacy is reshaping the way we live...

Gifted Earth: The Ethnobotany of the Quinault and Neighboring Tribes - Paperback

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by Douglas Deur (Author)Published in cooperation with the Quinault Indian Nation Gifted Earth features traditional Native American plant knowledge, detailing the use of plants for food, medicines, and materials. It presents a rich and living tradition of plant use within the Quinault Indian Nation in a volume collaboratively developed and endorsed by that tribe. The Quinault Reservation on the Olympic Peninsula of Washington state is a diverse tribal community, embodying the traditional know...

The Mermaid Atlas: Merfolk of the World - Hardcover

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by Anna Claybourne (Author), Miren Asiain Lora (Illustrator)The Mermaid Atlas will be your ultimate companion in discovering all your merfolk facts All over the world, wherever there's water, there are stories, legends and eyewitness accounts of mermaids. These magical, mesmerizing people of the deep have been well known for thousands of years, and almost every country and culture has a tale to tell about them. People have written, sung and passed on rumours about mermaids since ancient time...

An English-Dakota Dictionary - Paperback

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by John P. Williamson (Author)John Williamson (1835-1917), son of missionary Dr. Thomas S. Williamson, grew up speaking both English and Dakota and spent most of his adult life on the Santee Reservation of northeastern Nebraska. In 1902 he made his contribution to the world's collection of lexicons by producing this English-Dakota dictionary. Number of Pages: 290 Dimensions: 0.64 x 8.04 x 5.48 IN Publication Date: October 15, 1992

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by Frances Densmore (Author), Nina M. Archabal (Introduction by)Chippewa Customs, first published in 1929, remains an authoritative source for the tribal history, customs, legends, traditions, art, music, economy, and leisure activities of the Chippewa (Ojibway) Indians of the United States and Canada.Praise for Chippewa Customs"Densmore . . . has done a valuable piece of work for posterity by collecting this material."--Minnesota History Number of Pages: 218 Dimensions: 0.67 x 8.97 x 5.78 IN...

How to Think: A Survival Guide for a World at Odds - Hardcover

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by Alan Jacobs (Author)"Absolutely splendid . . . essential for understanding why there is so much bad thinking in political life right now." --David Brooks, New York TimesHow to Think is a contrarian treatise on why we're not as good at thinking as we assume--but how recovering this lost art can rescue our inner lives from the chaos of modern life. As a celebrated cultural critic and a writer for national publications like The Atlantic and Harper's, Alan Jacobs has spent his adult life bel...

Little Bosses Everywhere: How the Pyramid Scheme Shaped America

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Report copyright infringementby Bridget Read (Author)A groundbreaking work of history and reportage that unveils the stranger-than-fiction world of multilevel marketing: a massive money-making scam and radical political conspiracy that has remade American society. "Gripping and instructive . . . lucid and engaging . . . [Bridget Read] sketches a vivid portrait of a cultish culture."--The Washington PostCompanies like Amway, Mary Kay, and Herbalife advertise the world's greatest opportunity: t...

They Poisoned the World: Life and Death in the Age of Forever Chemicals

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Report copyright infringementby Mariah Blake (Author)A landmark investigation of the chemical industry's decades-long campaign to hide the dangers of forever chemicals, told through the story of a small town on the frontlines of an epic public health crisis In 2014, after losing several friends and relatives to cancer, an unassuming insurance underwriter in Hoosick Falls, New York, began to suspect that the local water supply was polluted. When he tested his tap water, he discovered dangerous...