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Contemporary Appalachia; In Search of a Usable Past
The Proceedings of the 9th Annual Appalachian Studies Conference, held in 1986 at Appalachian State University in Boone, North Carolina, offers a look at contemporary Appalachia and topics such as gender roles; native Appalachians; welfare dependency; the environment; and culture.
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- 930.1 ROS c
Red Scare Fbi and The origins of Anticommunism in The United States
The anticommunist crusade of the Federal Bureau of Investigation and its legendary director J. Edgar Hoover during the McCarthy era and the Cold War has attracted much attention from historians during the last decades, but little has been known about the Bureau's political activities during its formative years. This work breaks new ground by tracing the roots of the FBI's political surveillance…
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Contact Zones; Photography, Migration, and Cultural Encounters in the United …
Since the mid-nineteenth century photography has played a central role in cultural encounters within and between migrant communities in the United States.
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- 9789461663573
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- 303.482 CAR c
Commentaries, Catenae and Biblical Tradition Papers from the Ninth Birmingha…
In 2011, the European Research Council awarded Dr Hugh Houghton a Starting Grant to lead a five-year project investigating the earliest commentaries on Paul as sources for the biblical text.
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Consuming Cities
This book is about cities as engines of consumption of the world's environment, and the spread of policies to reduce their impact.
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- 9780203984611
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- 339.47 GLE c
Martin Versfeld A South African Philosopher in Dark Times
Martin Versfeld (1909–1995) is one of South Africa’s greatest philosophers, appreciated by academics and activists, poets and the broader public. His masterful prose spans the tension between disquiet and joy. Detractor of the violent trends of modernity, a critic of apartheid from the first hour, he was among the first philosophers of ecology. At the same time he celebrated the generosity …
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Consuming Beauty - Körper, Schönheit und Geschlecht in Tanah Karo, Nord-Sum…
Die vorliegende Arbeit widmet sich der Frage nach den sozialen Praxen und gesellschaftlichen Bedeutungen von Schönheit bei den Karo Batak in Sumatra, Indonesien. In Tanah Karo, einer agrarisch geprägten Hochebene, säumen Aerobic- Studios und Schönheitssalon die Straßen der zwei Kleinstädte Berastagi und Kabanjahe
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Xiipúktan (First of All) Three Views of the Origins of the Quechan People
The Quechan people live along the lower part of the Colorado River in the United States. According to tradition, the Quechan and other Yuman people were created at the beginning of time, and their Creation myth explains how they came into existence, the origin of their environment, and the significance of their oldest traditions. The Creation myth forms the backdrop against which much of the tr…
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Consumer-Citizens of China; The Role of Foreign Brands in the Imagined Future…
This book presents a comprehensive examination of Chinese consumer behaviour and challenges the previously dichotomous interpretation of the consumption of Western and non-Western brands in China.
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The Sword of Judith Judith Studies Across the Disciplines
The Sword of Judith is the first multidisciplinary collection of essays to discuss representations of Judith throughout the centuries. Bringing together scholars from around the world, it transforms our understanding of Judith’s enduring story across a wide range of disciplines. The book includes sections on Judith in Christian, Jewish and secular textual traditions, as well as representation…
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