Cultural & Social
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Superior: The Return of Race Science
$16.00 Add to cartThis fascinating critique of race science, from the Enlightenment to the 21st century, is an “easy-to-read blend of science reporting, cultural criticism, and personal reflection” (Slate).
“An importa- Author: Saini, Angela
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: May 05 2020
- ISBN10: 0807028428
- Language: English
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Bad Jews: A History of American Jewish Politics and Identities
$28.99 Read moreA journalist and author of The Influence of Soros examines the history of Jewish people in America and explores their ever-evolving relationship to the nation’s culture and identity–and each other.
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- Author: Tamkin, Emily
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: October 18 2022
- ISBN10: 006307401X
- Language: English
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The Valkyries’ Loom: The Archaeology of Cloth Production and Female Power in the North Atlantic
$26.95 Add to cartUsing textiles to understand gender and economy in Norse societies
In The Valkyries’ Loom, Michèle Hayeur Smith examines Viking textiles as evidence of the little-known work of women in the Norse col
- Series: Cultural Heritage Studies
- Author: Smith, Michèle Hayeur
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 236
- Publish Date: January 03 2023
- ISBN10: 0813080118
- Language: English
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A History of the Yoruba People
$39.95 Add to cartA History of the Yoruba People is a comprehensive exploration of the founding and growth of one of the most influential groups in Africa. With a population of nearly 40 million spread across Western A
- Author: Akintoye, Stephen Adebanji
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 514
- Publish Date: August 01 2021
- ISBN10: 2359260065
- Language: English
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The Sámi People: Traditions in Transitions
$30.95 Read moreS mi culture has undergone powerful changes recently. Traditions have been integrated with contemporary influences and perspectives. New kinds of S mi participation and activism have evolved including… [more below]
- Author: Lehtola, Veli-Pekka
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: October 01 2005
- ISBN10: 1889963755
- Language: English
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Woman and Nature: The Roaring Inside Her
$17.95 Add to cartIn this famously provocative cornerstone of feminist literature, Susan Griffin explores the identification of women with the earth–both as sustenance for humanity and as victim of male rage. Starting… [more below]
- Author: Griffin, Susan
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 300
- Publish Date: September 13 2016
- ISBN10: 1619028379
- Language: English
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Direct Action: An Ethnography
$29.95 Add to cartAnthropologist David Graeber undertakes the first detailed ethnographic study of the global justice movement. The case study at the center of Direct Action is the organizing and events that led to the
- Author: Graeber, David
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 600
- Publish Date: September 01 2009
- ISBN10: 1904859798
- Language: English
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Smoke Hole: Looking to the Wild in the Time of the Spyglass
$24.95 Add to cart“With potent, lyrical language and a profound knowledge of storytelling, Shaw encourages and illuminates the mythic in our own lives. He is a modern-day bard.” – Madeline Miller, author of Circe and T
- Author: Shaw, Martin
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: May 20 2021
- ISBN10: 1645020959
- Language: English
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In the Eye of the Wild
$16.95 Add to cartAfter enduring a vicious bear attack in the Russian Far East’s Kamchatka Peninsula, a French anthropologist undergoes a physical and spiritual transformation that forces her to confront the tenuous di… [more below]
- Author: Martin, Nastassja
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: November 16 2021
- ISBN10: 1681375850
- Language: English
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Anthropology for Dummies
$24.99 Add to cartStudy the science of all of us
Anthropology is the organized study of what makes humans human. It takes an objective step back to view homo sapiens as a species and ask questions like: Given our comm
- Author: Smith, Cameron M.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 432
- Publish Date: May 11 2021
- ISBN10: 1119784204
- Language: English
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Race and Culture: A World View
$31.65 Add to cartEncompassing more than a decade of research around the globe, this book shows that cultural capital has far more impact than politics, prejudice, or genetics on the social and economic fates of minori… [more below]
- Author: Sowell, Thomas
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: June 16 1995
- ISBN10: 0465067972
- Language: English
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Who We Are Now: Stories of What Americans Lost and Found During the Covid-19 Pandemic
$25.00 Add to cartMichelle Fishburne did the unthinkable during the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic: she motor-homed 12,000 miles all over the United States and sat down with hundreds of people face to face. People… [more below]
- Series: Documentary Arts and Culture, Published in Association with
- Author: Fishburne, Michelle
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 248
- Publish Date: March 14 2023
- ISBN10: 1469671239
- Language: English
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The City in History: Its Origins, Its Transformations, and Its Prospects
$32.00 Add to cartWINNER OF THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD. A definitive classic, Lewis Mumford’s massive historical study brings together a wide array of evidence — from the earliest group habitats to medieval towns to the … [more below]
- Author: Mumford, Lewis
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 784
- Publish Date: October 23 1968
- ISBN10: 0156180359
- Language: English
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The Embarrassment of Riches: An Interpretation of Dutch Culture in the Golden Age
$29.00 Add to cartSchama explores the mysterious contradictions of the Dutch nation that invented itself from the ground up, attained an unprecedented level of affluence, and lived in constant dread of being corrupted … [more below]
- Author: Schama, Simon
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 720
- Publish Date: December 08 1997
- ISBN10: 0679781242
- Language: English
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Racism: A Short History
$22.95 Add to cartA concise history of racism from its emergence in the late Middle Ages to today
Are antisemitism and white supremacy manifestations of a general phenomenon? Why didn’t racism appear in Europe before t- Series: Princeton Classics #106
- Author: Fredrickson, George M.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 232
- Publish Date: September 15 2015
- ISBN10: 0691167052
- Language: English
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K Culture: K-Pop, Cuisine, on Screen, and More – Celebrating the Korean Wave
$45.00 Read moreCelebrate Korean culture whilst learning about its past and present in this comprehensive and fascinating guide.
In recent years, Korean popular culture has taken the form of a tidal wave sweeping ov- Author: Clair, Simon
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: October 03 2023
- ISBN10: 1837830878
- Language: English
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Modern Primitives: An Investigation of Contemporary Adornment & Ritual
$25.00 Read moreFirst published 20 years ago, Modern Primitives is still called “the bible of the tattooing-piercing underground.” Here is a celebratory reprinting, complete with a new introduction by original editor… [more below]
- Series: Re/Search #12
- Author: Vale, V.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 228
- Publish Date: September 01 2010
- ISBN10: 1889307262
- Language: English
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The Temper of Our Time
$13.95 Add to cartEric Hoffer–one of America’s most important thinkers and the author of The True Believer–lived for years as a Depression Era migratory worker. Self-taught, his appetite for knowledge–history, scien
- Author: Hoffer, Eric
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 108
- Publish Date: January 23 2008
- ISBN10: 1933435224
- Language: English
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A Brief History of China: Dynasty, Revolution and Transformation: From the Middle Kingdom to the People’s Republic
$16.99 Add to cartA comprehensive, yet entertaining look at China’s history through a modern lens.
For millennia, China was the largest and richest nation on earth. Two centuries ago, however, its economy sank into a- Series: Brief History of Asia
- Author: Clements, Jonathan
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: November 12 2019
- ISBN10: 0804850054
- Language: English
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A Primer for Forgetting: Getting Past the Past
$26.99 Add to cart“One of our true superstars of nonfiction” (David Foster Wallace), Lewis Hyde offers a playful and inspiring defense of forgetfulness by exploring the healing effect it can have on the human psyche.
- Author: Hyde, Lewis
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: September 22 2020
- ISBN10: 125061953X
- Language: English
