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Under Siege Inter-ethnic Relations in Abkhazia

Trier Tom, Lohm Hedvig, Szakonyi David

ISBN: HB: 9781849040204, Hurst Publishers, August 2010
160 pp., 21.6x13.8 cm

For sale in CIS only! "Under Siegeis" the first book in any language to document and analyze the ethno-political dynamics of Abkhazia – a region located in the north eastern corner of the Black Sea – which broke away from the post-Soviet Republic of...

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Alaska Native Cultures and Issues Responses to Frequently Asked Questions

Roderick Libby

ISBN: PB: 9781602230910, University of Chicago Press, University of Alaska Press, July 2010
102 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm, 1 map, 16 halftones

Making up more than ten percent of Alaska's population, Native Alaskans are the state's largest minority group. Yet most non-Native Alaskans know surprisingly little about the histories and cultures of their indigenous neighbors, or about the importa...

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Deaf and Disability Studies Interdisciplinary Perspectives

Burch Susan, Kafer Alison

ISBN: HB: 9781563684647, Gallaudet University Press, July 2010
296 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm, 1 table

This collection presents 14 essays by renowned scholars on Deaf people, Deafhood, Deaf histories, and Deaf identity, but from different points of view on the Deaf/Disability compass. Editors Susan Burch and Alison Kafer have divided these works aro...

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Belonging in an Adopted World Race, Identity, and Transnational Adoption

Yngvesson Barbara

ISBN: PB: 9780226964478, ISBN: HB: 9780226964461, University of Chicago Press, June 2010
264 pp., 23x15 cm, 2 line drawings, 9 tables, 16 halftones

Since the early 1990s, transnational adoptions have increased at an astonishing rate, not only in the United States, but worldwide. In "Belonging in an Adopted World", Barbara Yngvesson offers a penetrating exploration of the consequences and implica...

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Living the Drama Community, Conflict, and Culture among Inner-City Boys

Harding David J.

ISBN: PB: 9780226316659, ISBN: HB: 9780226316642, University of Chicago Press, April 2010
336 pp., 23x15 cm, 6 tables, 5 line illus.

For the middle class and the affluent, local ties seem to matter less and less these days, but in the inner city, your life can be irrevocably shaped by what block you live on".Living the Drama" takes a close look at three neighborhoods in Boston to...

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Laughing Saints and Righteous Heroes Emotional Rhythms in Social Movement Groups

Effler Erika Summers

ISBN: PB: 9780226188669, ISBN: HB: 9780226188652, University of Chicago Press, April 2010
256 pp., 23x15 cm, 4 tables, 4 line illus.

Why do people keep fighting for social causes in the face of consistent failure? Why do they risk their physical, emotional, and financial safety on behalf of strangers? How do these groups survive high turnover and emotional burnout? To explore the...

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Anthropology and Global Counterinsurgency

Kelly John D., Jauregui Beatrice, Mitchell Sean T., Walton Jeremy

ISBN: PB: 9780226429946, ISBN: HB: 9780226429939, University of Chicago Press, April 2010
408 pp., 23x15 cm, 3 tables, 5 halftones

Global events of the early twenty-first century have placed new stress on the relationship among anthropology, governance, and war. Facing prolonged insurgency, segments of the U. S. military have taken a new interest in anthropology, prompting inten...

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Neighborhood That Never Changes Gentrification, Social Preservation, and the Search for Authenticity

Brown-Saracino Japonica

ISBN: PB: 9780226076638, ISBN: HB: 9780226076621, University of Chicago Press, February 2010
352 pp., 21.8x14.7 cm, 3 maps, 10 tables, 22 halftones

Newcomers to older neighborhoods are usually perceived as destructive, tearing down everything that made the place special and attractive. But as "A Neighborhood That Never Changes" demonstrates, many gentrifiers seek to preserve the authentic local...

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Rules of the Game Detention, Deportation, Disappearance

Qureshi Asim

ISBN: PB: 9781850659686, Hurst Publishers, February 2010
220 pp., 21.6x13.8 cm

For sale in CIS only! In the aftermath of the suicide bombings on London's transport infrastructure in July 2005, the then Prime Minister Tony Blair said that 'the rules of the game have changed'. He referred to how his government planned to respond...

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Deaf History and Culture in Spain A Reader of Primary Documents

Fraser Benjamin

ISBN: HB: 9781563684197, Gallaudet University Press, December 2009
260 pp., 25.4x17.8 cm, 10 photos

In this landmark reader, Benjamin Fraser offers in five parts 44 Spanish documents dating from 1417 to the present, translated for the first time to trace the turbulent history of Deaf culture in Spain. Part I: The Birth of Oralism and Deafness as Me...

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