Spirits from the Edge of the World is a compilation of oral shamanic history gathered from 1994 to the present.The Ulchi are Manchu-Tungus speaking peoples who gave the word ...więcej »
Sport and nationalism are arguably two of the most emotional issues in the modern world. Both inspire intense devotion and frequently lead to violence. In this book, Alan Bairner discusses the rela...więcej »
As tourists increasingly moved across the United States in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, a surprising number of communities looked to capitalize on the histories of Native Amer...więcej »
An original approach to the study of bureaucratic behavior that formulates a model of agency power supported by analysis of seven federal natural resource agencies.więcej »
Recently, a top United Nations official, Stephen O'Brian, says famine in four countries could soon become the worst global crisis since the Second World War. In 2019, the UN estimates more than twe...więcej »
Stategraphy-the ethnographic exploration of relational modes, boundary work, and forms of embeddedness of actors-offers crucial analytical avenues for researching the state. By exploring interac...więcej »
Late Western colonialism often relied on the practice of imitating indigenous forms of rule in order to maintain power; conversely, indigenous polities could imitate Western sociopolitical for...więcej »
Build the essential 4—creativity, collaboration, communication, and critical thinking!Go beyond theory and learn how to systematically integrate STEAM...więcej »
South African rooibos tea is a commodity of contrasts. Renowned for its healing properties, the rooibos plant grows in a region defined by the violence of poverty, dispossession, and racism. A...więcej »
The idea for this book grew directly out of a course developed by Lawrence Robbins, Professor of Anthopology at Michigan State University, called 'Great Discoveries in Archaeology.' Professor Ro...więcej »
If you are interested in STOPPING Family Violence, this is a book worth reading. The book is not about blame but about looking for solutions to an often unseen and unreported offence. STOP Famil...więcej »
Travels around many different countries and work experience's leads Grauer to tell his story from the point of view of part time observer. Having run Public Access TV shows in his free time and wor...więcej »
If piety, faith, and conviction constitute one side of the religious coin, then imperfection, uncertainty, and ambivalence constitute the other. Yet, scholars tend to separate these two domains ...więcej »
Cities are nothing without the streets—the arteries through which goods, people, and ideas flow. Neighborhood by neighborhood, block by block, the city streets are where politics begins. In <...więcej »
"Struggling to Keep the Vows" is a powerful collaboration of 10 individuals and their journeys to have happy, healthy, fulfilling marriages, but bold enough to reveal the challenges that they expe...więcej »
Reflects on the legacy and limits of suffrage in New York State as a way to understand present-day issues with women's social and political rights, as well proposes ideas for future progress.więcej »