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The Social Life of Things

The meaning that people attribute to things necessarily derives from human transactions and motivations, particularly from how those things are used and circulated. The contributors to this volume examine…

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Richard Hodges,
The Origins of Anglo-Saxon Towns

Reconsiders the debate about the archaeology of Anglo-Saxon towns on the occasion of the centennial of Henri Pirenne's celebrated book Medieval Cities (1925).

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Stephen G Covell
The Teaching and Teachings of Temple Buddhism in Contemporary Japan

"How have Buddhist teachings come to be in modern and contemporary Japan and how are they taught? This pioneering work seeks to answer these questions by highlighting the public teachings of Temple Buddhi…

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Hasia R Diner
Opening Doors

"The extraordinary untold story of how Irish and Jewish immigrants worked together to secure legitimacy in America. Popular belief holds that the various ethnic groups that emigrated to the United States …

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Anthropologies of Orthodox Christianity

Anthropologically explores the entanglement of theology and politics among contemporary Orthodox Christians. Much of the anthropological literature on Christianity tends to concentrate on Protestants and…

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John Vaillant
Fire Weather

PULITZER PRIZE FINALIST - A NEW YORK TIMES TOP TEN BOOK OF THE YEAR - FINALIST FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD IN NONFICTION - FINALIST FOR THE PEN/GALBRAITH AWARD FOR NONFICTION - A stunning account of a col…

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Erik Peterson
The Shortest History of Eugenics

The Shortest History Series

For the last two centuries, groups of influential men have, in the professed interest of fiscal responsibility, crime reduction, and outright racism, attempted to control who was allowed to bear children.…

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Cristina Douglas, Andrew Whitehouse
More-Than-Human Aging

Aging is not only reserved for humans. Similarly, how humans age is often a process in which other-than-humans – be it other species or technology – become entangled or carved out. The contributions to th…

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Mardi Reardon-Smith
Making Do

Cape York is a remote and biodiverse peninsula in northeastern Australia that has been inhabited by Aboriginal communities for thousands of years. Since colonization, much of the peninsula has been used f…

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Mardi Reardon-Smith
Making Do

Cape York is a remote and biodiverse peninsula in northeastern Australia that has been inhabited by Aboriginal communities for thousands of years. Since colonization, much of the peninsula has been used f…

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Christine Sargent
Making Down Syndrome

This book examines how the label and identity of Down syndrome is gaining increasing cohesiveness in Jordan's capital city of Amman. Focused on the experiences of mothers, who serve as an entry point for …

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Bruno Huberman,
The Palestinians and East Jerusalem

"Over the last two decades, the Israeli government has implemented policies for the development of East Jerusalem. These comprise urban revitalization as well as professional training and the promotion of…

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Christophe Darmangeat,
Primitive Communism Is Not What It Used to Be

When was male domination established in human societies, and why did it take hold? How does humanity's most distant past inform today's feminist struggles? This new, updated edition of Primitive Communis…

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Sally Coulthard
A Brief History of the Countryside in 100 Objects

A Waterstones Best Book of 2024: Nature Writing The untold story of rural Britain revealed through its artefacts 'A really lovely, fascinating book. I dived straight into this clever, joyous, celebration…

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Capturing Expressivity

This volume investigates the methods and techniques used for studying expressivity in language, particularly in language documentation settings. The chapters explore a variety of different expressive item…

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Aaron T Hollander
Saint George Liberator

A compelling investigation of how representations of Orthodox Christian saints serve as means of resistance amid cultural and political domination On the eastern Mediterranean island of Cyprus, repeatedl…

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Ian Riddler, Nicola Trzaska-Nartowski
The Craft of Antler, Bone, Horn and Ivory Working in the Early Medieval Emporia C. AD 600-850

This book offers an in-depth exploration of the craft of antler, bone, horn and ivory working as it evolved within the pre-Viking emporia of northern Europe. Over the past few decades, studies of early me…

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Dora Vassilikou,
Mycenaean Civilization

"The first English edition of a complete introduction to Mycenaean life and archaeology by one of Greece's most distinguished archaeologists, the Greek editions of which have been widely acclaimed. Discus…

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Religious Plurality in Africa

Explores similarity and difference, rapprochement and detachment, and divergence and competition between practitioners of Christianity, Islam and African religious traditions.

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Katie Rose Hejtmanek
The Cult of Crossfit

"Based on seven years of research on CrossFit, this book uses the fitness regimen as a window into the way American historical legacies are meaningful today. This includes cultural Christianity, frontier …

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