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Title	Authors	Description	OpenBook ID
Religious division and social conflict	Peggy Froerer	Study based on Oraons, Indic people; with reference to Mohanpur, a village in Korba District, India.	OL11780553W
BUSINESS OF SOME HEAT: THE UNITED NATIONS FORCE IN CYPRUS BEFORE AND DURING THE 1974 TURKISH INVASI…	FRANCIS HENN	xxvi, 550 p., [16] p. of plates : 24 cm	OL13633584W
Knightley Academy	Violet Haberdasher	In an alternate Victorian England, fourteen-year-old orphan Henry Grim, a maltreated servant at an exclusive school for the "sons of Gentry and Quality," begins a new life when he unexpectedly become…	OL13841301W
The big sort	Bill Bishop	America may be more diverse than ever coast to coast, but the places where we live are becoming increasingly crowded with people who live, think, and vote as we do. We've built a country where we can…	OL13850935W
The argument culture	Deborah Tannen	The author examines the way we communicate in public--in the media, in politics, in our courtrooms, and classrooms -- once again letting us see in a new way forces that have powerfully shaped our liv…	OL15841541W
Red Hook Road	Ayelet Waldman	After John Tetherly and Becca Copaken die in a freak car accident an hour after their wedding, their families are left to bridge stark class and cultural divides, and eventually forge deep-rooted bon…	OL15926311W
The wars of Afghanistan	Peter Tomsen	An insider's account of Afghanistan's history since the 1970s and how the CIA's covert operations and the Pentagon's military strategy have strengthened extremism in the country.	OL16011489W
Reclaiming the nation	Paris Yeros,Sam Moyo	"This book compares the trajectories of states and societies in Africa, Asia and Latin America under neoliberalism, a time marked by serial economic crises, escalating social conflicts, the re-milita…	OL16017942W
State, economy, and society in post-military Nigeria	Said Adejumobi	"The nature of the state and the ideological thrust of state policies continue to shape the character of the economy and social relations in Nigeria.This book analyzes how neo-liberal state economic …	OL16974779W
Bleeding Kansas	Sara Paretsky	The late-twentieth-century descendants of anti-slavery emigrants worry about maintaining religious superiority over a rival family while launching a harassment campaign against a Wiccan newcomer, an …	OL17726933W
Crazy Rich Asians	Kevin Kwan	(Description comes from the 2013 Anchor Books edition) When New Yorker Rachel Chu agrees on a summer in Singapore to visit her boyfriend's "traditional" Chinese family, she expects the visit to be…	OL17924837W
Social threat and social control	Allen E. Liska	This book examines the conflict theory of social control, particularly the threat hypothesis. It asserts that deviance and crime control are responses to social threats such as criminal acts and riot…	OL17988452W
God save Ireland!	Patricia Bunning Stevens	Examines the history of the English-Irish, Protestant-Catholic conflict in Ireland with emphasis on the events and people that have intensified this struggle during the twentieth century.	OL1811775W
Encyclopedia of violence, peace & conflict	Jennifer E. Turpin,Lester R. Kurtz	"This outstanding three-volume set seeks to answer basic questions about modern warfare, conflict, violence, and peace, but also covers current topics such as police brutality, aggression in sports, …	OL18272885W
Social capital and peace-building	Michaelene Cox	Introduction / Michaelene Cox -- Part I. Social Capital as an Instrument of Violence -- 1. Shades of orange and green: Civil society and the peace process in Northern Ireland / Roberto Belloni -- 2. …	OL18349440W
A force more powerful	Jack DuVall,Peter Ackerman	"A Force More Powerful depicts how nonviolent sanctions - such as strikes, boycotts, and civil disobedience - can separate brutal regimes from their means of control. It reveals the inside stories of…	OL18516289W
POLITICAL CRISES, SOCIAL CONFLICT AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT: THE POLITICAL ECONOMY...; ED. BY ANDRES…	Andrés Solimano	xv, 343 pages : 24 cm	OL19276988W
Radical Dharma	Angel Kyodo Williams	"Igniting a long-overdue dialogue about how the legacy of racial injustice and white supremacy plays out in society at large and Buddhist communities in particular, this urgent call to action outline…	OL19665108W
Blackfish City	Sam J. Miller	After the climate wars, a floating city is constructed in the Arctic Circle, a remarkable feat of mechanical and social engineering, complete with geothermal heating and sustainable energy. Now crime…	OL19738164W
After Appomattox	Gregory P. Downs	"The Civil War did not end at Appomattox Court House. Nor did it end at the surrenders that followed in North Carolina, Texas, and Indian Country. The Civil War dragged on for at least five years aft…	OL20005167W