Whether looking at divided cities or working with populations on the margins of society, a growing number of engaged academics has reached out to communities around the world to address the practical
Whether looking at divided cities or working with populations on the margins of society, a growing number of engaged academics has reached out to communities around the world to address the practical
What is the meaning of human suffering for society? How has this meaning changed from the past to the present? In what ways does the problem of suffering” serve to inspire us to act with care for othe
What is the meaning of human suffering for society? How has this meaning changed from the past to the present? In what ways does the problem of suffering” serve to inspire us to act with care for othe
How does one put into words the rage that workers feel when supervisors threaten to replace them with workers who will not go to the bathroom in the course of a fourteen-hour day of hard labor, even i
How does one put into words the rage that workers feel when supervisors threaten to replace them with workers who will not go to the bathroom in the course of a fourteen-hour day of hard labor, even i
Since its independence in the nineteenth century, the South American state of Colombia has been shaped by decades of bloody political violence. InThe Para-State, Aldo Civico draws on interviews with p
Since its independence in the nineteenth century, the South American state of Colombia has been shaped by decades of bloody political violence. InThe Para-State, Aldo Civico draws on interviews with p
Timed with the centennial of the Panama-Pacific International Exposition (PPIE) of 1915,Jewel City presents a large and representative selection of artworks from the fair, emphasizing the variety of p
This powerful study weaves the story of Freemasonry into the narrative of American religious history. Freighted with the mythical legacies of stonemasons’ guilds and the Newtonian revolution, English
Southern California is sandwiched between two tectonic plates with an ever-shifting boundary. Over the last several million years, movements of these plates have dramatically reshuffled the Earth’s cr
What made the Romans laugh? Was ancient Rome a carnival, filled with practical jokes and hearty chuckles? Or was it a carefully regulated culture in which the uncontrollable excess of laughter was a f
What do we think about when we think about human evolution? With his characteristic wit and wisdom, anthropologist Jonathan Marks explores our scientific narrative of human originsevolutionand examine
What do we think about when we think about human evolution? With his characteristic wit and wisdom, anthropologist Jonathan Marks explores our scientific narrative of human originsevolutionand examine
With a fine-tuned ethnographic sensibility, Janis H. Jenkins explores the lived experience of psychosis, trauma, and depression among people of diverse cultural orientations, thus revealing how mental
With a fine-tuned ethnographic sensibility, Janis H. Jenkins explores the lived experience of psychosis, trauma, and depression among people of diverse cultural orientations, thus revealing how mental
Hanoi's Road to the Vietnam War opens in 1954 with the signing of the Geneva accords that ended the eight-year-long Franco-Indochinese War and created two Vietnams. In agreeing to the accords, Ho Chi
The compulsion to dwell on history?on how it is recorded, stored, saved, forgotten, narrated, lost, remembered, and made public?has been at the heart of artists’ engagement with the photographic mediu
In this tour of the history of arguments for and against the existence of God, Nathan Schneider embarks on a remarkable intellectual, historical, and theological journey through the centuries of belie
Compelling from cover to cover, this is the story of one of the most recorded and beloved jazz trumpeters of all time. With unsparing honesty and a superb eye for detail, Clark Terry, born in 1920, ta
From Francis Alys and Ursula Biemann to Vivan Sundaram, Allora & Calzadilla, and the Center for Urban Pedagogy, some of the most compelling artists today are engaging with the politics of land use
From Francis Alys and Ursula Biemann to Vivan Sundaram, Allora & Calzadilla, and the Center for Urban Pedagogy, some of the most compelling artists today are engaging with the politics of land use
The resurrection of former prisons as museums has caught the attention of tourists along with scholars interested in studying what is known as dark tourism. Unsurprisingly, due to their grim subject m
The resurrection of former prisons as museums has caught the attention of tourists along with scholars interested in studying what is known as dark tourism. Unsurprisingly, due to their grim subject m
Here, for the first time, is an annotated English translation of the eleven later panegyrics (291-389 C.E.) of theXII Panegyrici Latini, with the original Latin text prepared by R. A. B. Mynors. Each
Most labor and migration studies classify migrants with limited formal education or credentials as unskilled.” Despite the value of migrants' work experiences and the substantial technical and interpe
Most labor and migration studies classify migrants with limited formal education or credentials as unskilled.” Despite the value of migrants' work experiences and the substantial technical and interpe
Written to provide students with the critical tools used in today’s development economics research and practice,Essentials of Development Economics represents an alternative approach to traditional te
Written to provide students with the critical tools used in today’s development economics research and practice,Essentials of Development Economics represents an alternative approach to traditional te
Love’s Uncertainty explores the hopes and anxieties of urban, middle-class parents in contemporary China. Combining long-term ethnographic research with analyses of popular child-rearing manuals, tele
Love’s Uncertainty explores the hopes and anxieties of urban, middle-class parents in contemporary China. Combining long-term ethnographic research with analyses of popular child-rearing manuals, tele
The West without Water documents the tumultuous climate of the American West over twenty millennia, with tales of past droughts and deluges and predictions about the impacts of future climate change o
From Cuba with Love deals with love, sexuality, and politics in contemporary Cuba. In this beautiful narrative, Megan Daigle explores the role of women in Cuban political culture by examining the rise
From Cuba with Love deals with love, sexuality, and politics in contemporary Cuba. In this beautiful narrative, Megan Daigle explores the role of women in Cuban political culture by examining the rise
"The rise of China and its status as a leading global factory--combined with an increasing worldwide desire for inexpensive toys, clothes, and food--are altering the way people live and consume. At th
The rise of China and its status as a leading global factory?combined with an increasing worldwide desire for inexpensive toys, clothes, and food?are altering the way people live and consume. At the s
"This book chronicles the impact of the sweeping transformation of the social safety net that occurred in the mid-1990s. With the dramatic expansion of tax credits--a combination of the Earned Income
Whereas many textbooks treat the subject of world religions in an apolitical way, as if each religion were a path for individuals seeking wisdom and not a discourse intimately connected with the exerc
Whereas many textbooks treat ?world religions” in an apolitical way, as if each religion were a path for individuals seeking wisdom and not a discourse intimately connected with the exercise of power,
The Trouble with Marriage is part of a new global feminist jurisprudence around marriage and violence that looks to law as strategy rather than solution. In this ethnography of lawyer-free family cour
