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Authority and the Individual Authority and the Individual Bertrand Russell From Ancient Greek philosophy to the French Revolution to the modern welfare state, in Authority & the Individual Bertrand Russell tackles the perennial questions about the balance between authority … OL1088583W
Homo Ludens Homo Ludens Johan Huizinga A unique philosophical perspective regarding the topic of play and it's impact and necessity in human culture. OL1141874W
Why liberals and conservatives clash Why liberals and conservatives clash Bruce E. Fleming Why Liberals and Conservatives Clash offers an explanation for the extreme polarization between liberal and conservative that is the hallmark of the American political landscape today. It suggests th… OL12800155W
London London David Brandon London: City of the Dead is a groundbreaking account of London's dealing with death, covering the afterlife, execution, bodysnatching, murder, fatal disease, spiritualism, bizarre deaths and cemeteri… OL13766775W
It came from the 1950s! It came from the 1950s! Jones, Darryl "It came from the 1950s is an eclectic, witty, and insightful collection of essays predicated on the hypothesis that popular cultural documents provide unique insights into the concerns, anxieties, a… OL15951415W
Bringing Light to Twilight Bringing Light to Twilight Giselle Liza Anatol "Stephenie Meyer's Twilight series has met with astonishing commercial success--not just amongst adolescent girls, but with college students, middle-aged women, and writers and publishers who hope to… OL15999032W
Culture matters Culture matters Samuel P. Huntington "Prominent scholars and journalists ponder the question of why, at the beginning of the twenty-first century, the world is more divided than ever between the rich and the poor, between those living i… OL16063494W
Iconic Iconic Lakesia D. Johnson "A visual and narrative iconography of the Black female revolutionary across a variety of media texts and historical contexts"-- OL16564346W
The Psychopath Test The Psychopath Test Jon Ronson "In this madcap journey, a bestselling journalist investigates psychopaths and the industry of doctors, scientists, and everyone else who studies them. The Psychopath Test is a fascinating journey th… OL16795887W
In Real Life In Real Life Cory Doctorow,Jen Wang Anda loves Coarsegold Online, the massively-multiplayer role playing game that she spends most of her free time on. It's a place where she can be a leader, a fighter, a hero. It's a place where she c… OL17113323W
Assimilation in American life Assimilation in American life Milton M. Gordon A sociological analysis of the theories of assimilation in American society, noting the cultural and behavioral characteristics of religions, racial and ethnic groups. OL17819844W
Democratic theorizing from the margins Democratic theorizing from the margins Marla Brettschneider "Democratic Theorizing from the Margins lays out the basic parameters of diversity-based politics as a still emerging form of democratic theory. Students, activists, and scholars engage in diversity… OL17993101W
Speaking OUT Speaking OUT Rachelle Lee Smith A photographic essay that explores a wide spectrum of experiences told from the perspective of a diverse group of young people, ages 14-24, identifying as queer (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, … OL18148949W
Myth, meaning, and performance Myth, meaning, and performance Lisa McCormick,Ron Eyerman v, 166 p. : 24 cm OL18381346W
A history of anthropology A history of anthropology Finn Sivert Nielsen,Thomas Hylland Eriksen "This book covers the entire history of social and cultural anthropology in a single volume. Beginning with a summary of the discipline in the nineteenth century, exploring major figures such as Morg… OL18694216W
Masquerade and identities Masquerade and identities Efrat Tseëlon Masquerade is now a central topic in many disciplines. This text explores and revisits the role of disguise in constructing, expressing, or representing marginalised identities. OL19450446W
Brown boys and rice queens Brown boys and rice queens Eng-Beng Lim "A transnational study of Asian performance shaped by the homoerotics of orientalism, Brown Boys and Rice Queens focuses on the relationship between the white man and the native boy. Eng-Beng Lim unp… OL19704887W
Reparations for slavery and the slave trade Reparations for slavery and the slave trade Ana Lucia Araujo "Slavery and the Atlantic slave trade are among the most heinous crimes against humanity committed in the modern era. Yet, to this day no former slave society in the Americas has paid reparations to … OL19726105W
God'll cut you down God'll cut you down John Safran "An unlikely journalist, a murder case in Mississippi, and a fascinating literary true crime story about race, money, sex, and power in the modern American South"-- OL19987085W
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
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