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  • Border Odyssey

    Travels along the U.S./Mexico Divide

    by Charles D. Thompson ...
    This blend of travelogue and reportage from the US-Mexico border is "a n exploration of 2,000 miles of fraught, rugged and deeply contested territory" ( Kirkus Reviews, starred review).In a quest to capture a real-life, close-up view of the land where so many have been kicked, cussed, spit on, arrested, detained, trafficked, or killed—and the subject that has been debated for decades by ... Read more

    $17.59 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Human Cost of Food

    Farmworkers' Lives, Labor, and Advocacy

    Edited by Melinda F. Wiggins, Charles D. Thompson Jr. ...
    Finding fresh fruits and vegetables is as easy as going to the grocery store for most Americans—which makes it all too easy to forget that our food is cultivated, harvested, and packaged by farmworkers who labor for less pay, fewer benefits, and under more dangerous conditions than workers in almost any other sector of the U.S. economy. Seeking to end the public's ignorance and improve workers' ... Read more

    $35.99 CAD

  • Indigenous Diasporas and Dislocations

    by Charles D. Thompson Jr. ...
    Series series Vitality of Indigenous Religions
    Indigenous religions are now present not only in their places of origin but globally. They are significant parts of the pluralism and diversity of the contemporary world, especially when their performance enriches and/or challenges host populations. Indigenous Diasporas and Dislocations engages with examples of communities with different experiences, expectations and evaluations of diaspora life. ... Read more

    $89.31 CAD

  • Maya Identities and the Violence of Place

    Borders Bleed

    by Charles D. Thompson, Jr ...
    Series series Routledge Revivals
    This title was first published in 2001. Exploring issues of diversity and cross-cultural interaction and understanding, Maya Identities and the Violence of Place offers new perspectives on borderlands and identities, providing an important case study of people from Latin America on the move. Examining issues of indigeneity, diaspora, flights from physical violence and economic repression, and ... Read more

    $71.44 CAD

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    A Very Short Introduction

    by John Monaghan, Peter Just ...
    Series series Very Short Introductions
    If you want to know what anthropology is, look at what anthropologists do. This Very Short Introduction to Social and Cultural Anthropology combines an accessible account of some of the disciplines guiding principles and methodology with abundant examples and illustrations of anthropologists at work. Peter Just and John Monaghan begin by discussing anthropologys most important contributions to ... Read more

    $7.99 CAD

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  • Think Like an Anthropologist

    by Matthew Engelke ...
    Series series Pelican Books
    What is anthropology? What can it tell us about culture and the world around us? And why do we need it?For well over one hundred years, social and cultural anthropologists have traversed the world from Melanesia to suburban England, Taipei to Wall Street, uncovering surprising facts, patterns, predilections and, sometimes, the inexplicable, in terms of how humans organize their lives and ... Read more

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  • The Life and Times of Mexico

    by Earl Shorris ...
    A San Francisco Chronicle Best Book of 2004. "A work of scope and profound insight into the divided soul of Mexico."--History TodayThe Life and Times of Mexico is a grand narrative driven by 3,000 years of history: the Indian world, the Spanish invasion, Independence, the 1910 Revolution, the tragic lives of workers in assembly plants along the border, and the experiences of millions of Mexicans ... Read more

    $26.99 CAD

  • Uncommon Ground: Rethinking the Human Place in Nature

    Rethinking the Human Place in Nature

    Edited by William Cronon ...
    A controversial, timely reassessment of the environmentalist agenda by outstanding historians, scientists, and critics.In a lead essay that powerfully states the broad argument of the book, William Cronon writes that the environmentalist goal of wilderness preservation is conceptually and politically wrongheaded. Among the ironies and entanglements resulting from this goal are the sale of nature ... Read more

    $25.99 CAD

  • Bolivia - Culture Smart!

    The Essential Guide to Customs & Culture

    by Keith Richards, Culture Smart! ...
    Series series Culture Smart!
    Culture Smart! provides essential information on attitudes, beliefs and behavior in different countries, ensuring that you arrive at your destination aware of basic manners, common courtesies, and sensitive issues. These concise guides tell you what to expect, how to behave, and how to establish a rapport with your hosts. This inside knowledge will enable you to steer clear of embarrassing gaffes ... Read more

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  • Stories of Culture and Place

    An Introduction to Anthropology, Second Edition

    by Michael G. Kenny, Kirsten Smillie ...
    Stories of Culture and Place makes use of one of anthropology's most enduring elements—storytelling—to introduce students to the excitement of the discipline. The authors invite students to think of anthropology as a series of stories that emerge from cultural encounters in particular times and places. References to classic and contemporary ethnographic examples—from Coming of Age in Samoa to ... Read more

    $38.99 CAD

  • Capoeira

    The History of an Afro-Brazilian Martial Art

    by Matthias Röhrig Assunção ...
    Series series Sport in the Global Society
    Originally the preserve of Afro-Brazilian slaves, the marginalized and the underclasses in Brazilian society, capoeira is now a mainstream sport, taught in Brazilian schools and practised by a range of social classes around the world. Some advocates now seek Olympic recognition for Capoeira. This apparent change in the meaning and purpose of Capeoira has led to conflicts between traditionalists, ... Read more

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  • Critical Indigenous Studies

    Engagements in First World Locations

    Edited by Aileen Moreton-Robinson ...
    Series series Critical Issues in Indigenous Studies
    With increasing speed, the emerging discipline of critical Indigenous studies is expanding and demarcating its territory from Indigenous studies through the work of a new generation of Indigenous scholars. Critical Indigenous Studies makes an important contribution to this expansion, disrupting the certainty of disciplinary knowledge produced in the twentieth century, when studying Indigenous ... Read more

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