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Behind the Smile, Second Edition
The Working Lives of Caribbean Tourism
Häftad, 2012
261 kr
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Behind the Smile is an inside look at the world of Caribbean tourism as seen through the lives of the men and women in the tourist industry in Barbados. The workers represent every level of tourism, from maid to hotel manager, beach gigolo to taxi driver, red cap to diving instructor. These highly …
Tasting the Good Life
Wine Tourism in the Napa Valley
Av George Gmelch, Sharon Bohn Gmelch
Häftad, 2011
254 kr
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While anthropologists often have been accused of failing to "study up," this book turns an anthropological lens on an elite activity – wine tasting. Five million people a year, from the US and abroad, travel to California's Napa Valley to experience the "good life": to taste fine wines, eat fine …
Double Passage
The Lives of Caribbean Migrants Abroad and Back Home
Häftad, 1992
323 kr
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Double Passage presents, in their own words, the lives and experiences of thirteen men and women from the island of Barbados who emigrated to North America and Britain and then years later returned home. They tell of their decisions to leave the familiarity and security of home for an uncertain …
Parish behind God's Back
The Changing Culture of Rural Barbados
Av George Gmelch, Sharon Bohm Gmelch
Häftad, 1997
270 kr
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One of the first things any visitor to Barbados notices is Barbadian youths wearing baseball caps and T-shirts sporting the logos of North American teams; and these days, one is more likely to find an American sitcom on television than a Caribbean program. The Parish behind God's Back describes the …
Parish behind God's Back
The Changing Culture of Rural Barbados
Av Sharon Bohm Gmelch, George Gmelch
E-bok, 2025
712 kr
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One of the first things any visitor to Barbados notices is Barbadian youths wearing baseball caps and T-shirts sporting the logos of North American teams; and these days, one is more likely to find an American sitcom on television than a Caribbean program. The Parish behind God''s Back describes …
Double Passage
The Lives of Caribbean Migrants Abroad and Back Home
E-bok, 2025
778 kr
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Double Passage presents, in their own words, the lives and experiences of thirteen men and women from the island of Barbados who emigrated to North America and Britain and then years later returned home. They tell of their decisions to leave the familiarity and security of home for an uncertain …
In the Field
Life and Work in Cultural Anthropology
Av George Gmelch, Sharon Bohn Gmelch
Inbunden, 2018
1156 kr
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This book offers an invaluable look at what cultural anthropologists do when they are in the field. Through fascinating and often entertaining accounts of their lives and work in varied cultural settings, the authors describe the many forms fieldwork can take, the kinds of questions anthropologists …
In the Field
Life and Work in Cultural Anthropology
Av George Gmelch, Sharon Bohn Gmelch
Häftad, 2018
262 kr
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This book offers an invaluable look at what cultural anthropologists do when they are in the field. Through fascinating and often entertaining accounts of their lives and work in varied cultural settings, the authors describe the many forms fieldwork can take, the kinds of questions anthropologists …
Baseball Without Borders
The International Pastime
Häftad, 2006
233 kr
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A televised baseball game from Puerto Rico, Japan, or even Cuba might look a lot like the North American game. Beneath the outward similarities, however—the uniforms and equipment and basic rules—there is usually a very different history and culture influencing the nuances of the sport. These …
In the Ballpark
The Working Lives of Baseball People
Av George Gmelch, J. J. Weiner
Häftad, 2006
233 kr
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In the Ballpark is a collection of interviews with twenty-one people who work in all parts of Major and Minor League Baseball: usher and broadcaster, beer vendor and sportswriter, clubhouse attendant and field manager, ticket seller and owner, scout and general manager, mascot and player. Organized …
Inside Pitch
Life in Professional Baseball
Häftad, 2006
233 kr
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From the spark of ambition to play baseball professionally to the necessity of reinventing life after baseball, the anthropologist and former Minor Leaguer George Gmelch describes the lives of the men who work at America's national game. Twenty-four years after his own final road trip as a minor …
Playing with Tigers
A Minor League Chronicle of the Sixties
Inbunden, 2016
320 kr
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In 1965 George Gmelch signed a contract to play professional baseball with the Detroit Tigers organization. Gmelch grew up sheltered in an all-white, affluent San Francisco suburb, and he knew little of the world outside. Over the next four seasons, he came of age in baseball’s Minor Leagues …
Baseball Beyond Our Borders
An International Pastime
Av George Gmelch, Daniel A. Nathan
Häftad, 2017
275 kr
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Baseball Beyond Our Borders celebrates the globalization of the game while highlighting the different histories and cultures of the nations in which the sport is played.This collection of essays tells the story of America’s national pastime as it has spread across the world and undergone …
Playing with Tigers
A Minor League Chronicle of the Sixties
Häftad, 2020
217 kr
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In 1965 George Gmelch signed a contract to play professional baseball with the Detroit Tigers organization. Gmelch grew up sheltered in an all-white, affluent San Francisco suburb, and he knew little of the world outside. Over the next four seasons, he came of age in baseball’s Minor Leagues …
