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Money Has No Smell Money Has No Smell Paul Stoller Blending ethnographic description with social analysis, Stoller shows how West African entrepreneurs have built cohesive and effective multinational trading networks in New York. Their stories illumi… OL13372974W
Constructing Yugoslavia Constructing Yugoslavia Vesna Drapac "Drapac charts the changing nature of the Yugoslav ideal, demonstrating why Yugoslavism was championed at different times, and by whom. The author also explores why successive attempts at forging a Y… OL15409281W
Transnationalism and society Transnationalism and society Michael C. Howard "This book provides an introduction to the social and cultural aspects of transnationalism, focusing on the modern world since 1500, with an emphasis on the past 200 years. Topics include migration, … OL16149148W
Transnationalism in ancient and medieval societies Transnationalism in ancient and medieval societies Michael C. Howard "This study of early transnational relations explores the routine interaction of people across the boundaries of empires, tribal confederacies, kingdoms, and city-states. It examines obstacles voyage… OL16455166W
The transnational unconscious The transnational unconscious Joy Damousi "This collection of essays approaches the history of psychoanalysis from a transnational perspective, emphasizing the flows of people, ideas and institutions across cultures and nations, and examinin… OL16957994W
Approaching transnationalisms Approaching transnationalisms Brenda Yeoh,Michael W. Charney,Tong Chee Kiong "The term 'transnationalism' has gained considerable academic and popular currency despite a lack of clear definitions, in part because its overall form changes as its influence incorporates addition… OL18360222W
Global energy governance in a multipolar world Global energy governance in a multipolar world Kirsten Westphal,Dries Lesage Multipolar governance permits a number of important states to have significantly more economic and political clout than others, but among them there is hardly any hierarchy. The new energy challenge,… OL18718986W
Global unions, local power Global unions, local power Jamie K. McCallum "News about labor unions is usually pessimistic, focusing on declining membership and failed campaigns. But there are encouraging signs that the labor movement is evolving its strategies to benefit w… OL19329643W
Repensando las migraciones Repensando las migraciones Josh DeWind,Alejandro Portes,Luis Rodolfo Morán Quiroz 468 pages : 23 cm OL19475426W
Forgiveness 4 you Forgiveness 4 you Ann Bauer When Former Catholic priest Gabriel McKenna provides meaningful comfort to advertising executive Madeline Murray, she conceives of a religion-free form of confession as a business, with Gabriel at th… OL19997469W
Transnational Radicals Transnational Radicals Travis Tomchuk xi, 260 pages : 23 cm OL20312756W
Global feminism Global feminism Myra Ferree,Aili Tripp Since the UN's World Conference on Women in Mexico City in 1975, feminists around the world have campaigned with increasing success for recognition of women's full personhood and empowerment. This bo… OL20546067W
Ask What You Can Do for Your  Country Ask What You Can Do for Your Country Nadejda K. Marinova xiii, 343 pages ; 25 cm OL21154318W
Epistolario de Pilar de Zubiaurre (1906-1970) Epistolario de Pilar de Zubiaurre (1906-1970) Pilar de Zubiaurre "Este libro consiste en la edición de 188 cartas inéditas que, desde 1906 hasta 1970, Pilar de Zubiaurre (Garai, Bizkaia, 1884-Ciudad de México, 1970) escribió y mayormente recibió de numerosos intel… OL22302795W
Migración y participación política Migración y participación política María Angeles Escrivá 339 p. : 24 cm OL23415485W
Transnational governance through private authority Transnational governance through private authority Maria Tysiachniouk This book provides a novel approach for understanding and analyzing transnational governance by private authorities. It brings together theoretical and empirical insights by introducing a new master … OL27956087W
Migración Desde la Mixteca Migración Desde la Mixteca Wayne A. Cornelius 322 p. : 23 cm OL32949377W
Being Chinese, becoming Chinese American Being Chinese, becoming Chinese American Shehong Chen "In this foundational study, Shehong Chen investigates how Chinese immigrants to the United States transformed themselves into Chinese Americans during the crucial period between 1911 and 1927."--BOO… OL6208952W
More than Black More than Black Susan D. Greenbaum "This ethnography follows Cuban exiles from Jose Marti's revolution to the Jim Crow South in Tampa, Florida, as they shape an Afro-Cuban-American identity over a span of five generations. Building on… OL6213609W
The Xaripu community across borders The Xaripu community across borders Manuel Barajas "During the past three decades there have been many studies of transnational migration. Most scholarship has focused on one side of the border, one area of labor incorporation, one generation of migr… OL7652235W
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