Books

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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
A consumers' republic A consumers' republic Lizabeth Cohen A social and political history describes how mass consumption and the pursuit of prosperity transformed American life during the second half of the twentieth century. OL15854979W
Europe dancing Europe dancing Andrée Grau,Stephanie Jordan Europe Dancing examines the theatre dance cultures that have developed in Europe since the Second World War. Nine countries are represented in this unique collaboration between European dance scholar… OL18205354W
Democracy and ethnography Democracy and ethnography Carol J. Greenhouse,Roshanak Kheshti These ethnographic essays by scholars in anthropology, law, political science, folklore, public administration, medicine, and linguistics show contemporary connections between liberal democracy and e… OL20544333W
Pluralism and identity Pluralism and identity K. van der Toorn The subject of this book is ritual behaviour, in particular of groups with a distinctive religious, ethnic or other identity which use rituals to pursue strategic ends ad intra and ad extra. Five ess… OL20965004W
Habsburg Peru Habsburg Peru Peter T. Bradley,David Cahill This book presents two case studies which represent two distinct types of imagining by two diametrically different groups - 1) literate and in some cases erudite Europeans, 2) a vanquished native nob… OL3185333W
Indians into Mexicans Indians into Mexicans David L. Frye "An interesting blend of ethnography and history follows the town of Mexquitic, San Luis Potosí, through more than two centuries. Focuses on how identity is negotiated through time, and the roles pl… OL3744130W
Weaving identities Weaving identities Carol Elaine Hendrickson "An innovative ethnography of Maya traje that describes the social life of cloth, its role in the construction of identity, and its part in the changing structure of regional gender relations. Traje … OL3747906W
The English The English Jeremy Paxman Light Blue for big ideas Green for mystery Orange for fantastic fiction Pink for distant lands Dark Blue for real lives Purple for viewpoints Whether orange, blue, green, pink or purple, Penguin… OL3778302W
Cultural identity and social liberation in Latin American thought Cultural identity and social liberation in Latin American thought Ofelia Schutte "El libro tiene dos grandes temas: la identidad cultural, sobre la que se expresan opiniones balanceadas entre los extremos posibles, y la 'liberación social', entendida en general como liberación … OL4273279W
Canada and the idea of north Canada and the idea of north Sherrill Grace "Canada and the Idea of North examines the ways in which Canadians have defined them-selves as a northern people in their literature, art, music, drama, history, geography, politics, and popular cult… OL5639488W
To the Ends of Japan To the Ends of Japan Bruce Loyd Batten "To the Ends of Japan tackles the "big questions" on Japan by focusing on its borders, broadly defined to include historical frontiers and boundaries within the islands themselves as well as the obvi… OL5835416W
The View from Vesuvius The View from Vesuvius Nelson Moe "The vexed relationship between the two parts of Italy, often referred to as the Southern Question, has shaped that nation's political, social, and cultural life throughout the twentieth century. But… OL6208841W
Mestizo Nations Mestizo Nations Juan E. De Castro "In Mestizo Nations, Juan De Castro explores the construction of nationality in Latin American and Chicano literature and thought during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Focusing on the disco… OL8530596W
The vanishing American Jew The vanishing American Jew Alan M. Dershowitz In this urgent book, Alan M. Dershowitz shows why American Jews are in danger of disappearing - and what must be done now to create a renewed sense of Jewish identity for the next century. In previou… OL86397W