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Soviet Signoras
Personal and Collective Transformations in Eastern European Migration
Häftad, 2019
288 kr
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Across the Western world, the air is filled with talk of immigration. The changes brought by immigration have triggered a renewed fervor for isolationism able to shutter political traditions and party systems. So often absent from these conversations on migration are however the actual stories and …
Global Pigeon
Häftad, 2013
340 kr
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The pigeon is the quintessential city bird. Domesticated thousands of years ago as a messenger and a source of food, its presence on our sidewalks is so common that people consider the bird a nuisance - if they notice it at all. Yet pigeons are also kept by people all over the world for pleasure, …
Place on the Corner, Second Edition
Häftad, 2003
323 kr
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This paperback edition of A Place on the Corner marks the twenty-fifth anniversary of Elijah Anderson's sociological classic, a study of street corner life at a local barroom/liquor store located in the ghetto on Chicago's South Side. Anderson returned night after night, month after month, to gain …
Doormen
Häftad, 2005
323 kr
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Little fascinates New Yorkers more than doormen, who know far more about tenants than tenants know about them. Doormen know what their tenants eat, what kind of movies they watch, whom they spend time with, whether they drink too much, and whether they have kinky sex. But if doormen are unusually …
Toxic Schools – High–Poverty Education in New York and Amsterdam
Av Bowen Paulle
Häftad, 2013
322 kr
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Violent urban schools loom large in our culture: for decades they have served as the centerpieces of political campaigns and as window dressing for brutal television shows and movies. Yet unequal access to quality schools remains the single greatest failing of our society-and one of the most hotly …
Neighborhood That Never Changes
Gentrification, Social Preservation, and the Search for Authenticity
Inbunden, 2010
1031 kr
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Newcomers to older neighborhoods are usually perceived as destructive, tearing down everything that made the place special and attractive. But as "A Neighborhood That Never Changes" demonstrates, many gentrifiers seek to preserve the authentic local flavor of their new homes, rather than ruthlessly …
Neighborhood That Never Changes
Gentrification, Social Preservation, and the Search for Authenticity
Häftad, 2010
348 kr
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Newcomers to older neighborhoods are usually perceived as destructive, tearing down everything that made the place special and attractive. But as "A Neighborhood That Never Changes" demonstrates, many gentrifiers seek to preserve the authentic local flavor of their new homes, rather than ruthlessly …
Market Day in Provence
Häftad, 2015
525 kr
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At farmers' markets, we expect to see fruit bursting with juicy sweetness and vegetables greener than a golf course. For Michele de La Pradelle these expectations are mostly the result of a show performed by merchants and sustained by our propensity to see what we want to see there. Hailed upon its …
Code of the Suburb
Inside the World of Young Middle-Class Drug Dealers
Av Scott Jacques, Richard Wright
Inbunden, 2015
852 kr
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When we think about young people dealing drugs, we tend to picture it happening on urban streets, in disadvantaged, crime - ridden neighborhoods. But drugs are used everywhere - even in upscale suburbs and top-tier high schools - and teenage users in the suburbs tend to buy drugs from their peers, …
Code of the Suburb
Inside the World of Young Middle-Class Drug Dealers
Av Scott Jacques, Richard Wright
Häftad, 2015
289 kr
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When we think about young people dealing drugs, we tend to picture it happening on urban streets, in disadvantaged, crime-ridden neighborhoods. But drugs are used everywhere - even in upscale suburbs and top-tier high schools - and teenage users in the suburbs tend to buy drugs from their peers, …
Everyday Troubles
The Micro-Politics of Interpersonal Conflict
Häftad, 2015
322 kr
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From roommate disputes to family arguments, trouble is inevitable in interpersonal relationships. In Everyday Troubles, Robert M Emerson explores the beginnings and development of the conflicts that occur in our relationships with the people we regularly encounter-family members, intimate partners, …
Saving Babies?
The Consequences of Newborn Genetic Screening
Av Stefan Timmermans, Mara Buchbinder
Häftad, 2015
192 kr
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It has been close to six decades since Watson and Crick discovered the structure of DNA and more than ten years since the human genome was decoded. Today, through the collection and analysis of a small blood sample, every baby born in the United States is screened for more than fifty genetic …
On the Run
Fugitive Life in an American City
Häftad, 2015
178 kr
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Forty years in, the War on Drugs has done almost nothing to prevent drugs from being sold or used, but it has nonetheless created a little-known surveillance state in America's most disadvantaged neighborhoods. Alice Goffman spent six years living in one such neighborhood in Philadelphia, and her …
How Places Make Us
Novel LBQ Identities in Four Small Cities
Häftad, 2017
331 kr
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We like to think of ourselves as possessing an essential self, a core identity that is who we really are, regardless of where we live, work, or play. But places actually make us much more than we might think, argues Japonica Brown-Saracino in this novel ethnographic study of lesbian, bisexual, and …
Inward
Vipassana Meditation and the Embodiment of the Self
Av Michal Pagis
Häftad, 2019
263 kr
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Western society has never been more interested in interiority. Indeed, it seems more and more people are deliberately looking inward--toward the mind, the body, or both. Michal Pagis's Inward focuses on one increasingly popular channel for the introverted gaze: vipassana meditation, which has …
Fútbol in the Park
Immigrants, Soccer, and the Creation of Social Ties
Inbunden, 2021
1136 kr
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You know the scene: amateur soccer players battling over the ball, spectators cheering from the sidelines, vendors selling their wares from carts. Over the past half century, immigration from Latin America has transformed the public landscape in the United States, and numerous communities are …
Fútbol in the Park
Immigrants, Soccer, and the Creation of Social Ties
Häftad, 2021
322 kr
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You know the scene: amateur soccer players battling over the ball, spectators cheering from the sidelines, vendors selling their wares from carts. Over the past half century, immigration from Latin America has transformed the public landscape in the United States, and numerous communities are …
Postmortem
How Medical Examiners Explain Suspicious Deaths
Häftad, 2007
227 kr
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As elected coroners were replaced by medical examiners with scientific training, the American public became fascinated with their work. From the grisly investigations showcased on highly rated television shows such as "CSI" to best-selling mysteries that revolve around forensic science, medical …
Tour Guide
Walking and Talking New York
Häftad, 2011
289 kr
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Everyone wants to visit New York at least once. The Big Apple is a global tourist destination with a dizzying array of attractions throughout the five boroughs. The only problem is figuring out where to start - and that's where the city's tour guides come in. These guides are a vital part of New …
Saving Babies?
The Consequences of Newborn Genetic Screening
Av Stefan Timmermans, Mara Buchbinder
Inbunden, 2012
878 kr
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It has been close to six decades since Watson and Crick discovered the structure of DNA and more than ten years since the human genome was decoded. Today, through the collection and analysis of a small blood sample, every baby born in the United States is screened for more than fifty genetic …
Global Pigeon
Inbunden, 2013
852 kr
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The pigeon is the quintessential city bird. Domesticated thousands of years ago as a messenger and a source of food, its presence on our side walks is so common that people consider the bird a nuisance - if they notice it at all. Yet pigeons are also kept by people all over the world for pleasure, …
Doormen
Inbunden, 2005
978 kr
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Little fascinates New Yorkers more than doormen, who know far more about tenants than tenants know about them. Doormen know what their tenants eat, what kind of movies they watch, whom they spend time with, whether they drink too much, and whether they have kinky sex. But if doormen are unusually …
Toxic Schools
High-Poverty Education in New York and Amsterdam
Av Bowen Paulle
Inbunden, 2013
919 kr
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Violent urban schools loom large in our culture: for decades they have served as the centerpieces of political campaigns and as window dressing for brutal television shows and movies. Yet unequal access to quality schools remains the single greatest failing of our society-and one of the most hotly …
On the Run
Fugitive Life in an American City
Inbunden, 2014
254 kr
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Forty years in, the War on Drugs has done almost nothing to prevent drugs from being sold or used, but it has nonetheless created a little-known surveillance state in America's most disadvantaged neighborhoods. Arrest quotas and high-tech surveillance techniques criminalize entire blocks, and …
Everyday Troubles
The Micro-Politics of Interpersonal Conflict
Inbunden, 2015
1027 kr
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From roommate disputes to family arguments, trouble is inevitable in interpersonal relationships. In Everyday Troubles, Robert M Emerson explores the beginnings and development of the conflicts that occur in our relationships with the people we regularly encounter-family members, intimate partners, …
How Places Make Us
Novel LBQ Identities in Four Small Cities
Inbunden, 2017
958 kr
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We like to think of ourselves as possessing an essential self, a core identity that is who we really are, regardless of where we live, work, or play. But places actually make us much more than we might think, argues Japonica Brown-Saracino in this novel ethnographic study of lesbian, bisexual, and …
House Full
Indian Cinema and the Active Audience
Inbunden, 2016
1070 kr
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India is the largest producer and consumer of feature films in the world, far outstripping Hollywood in the number of movies released and tickets sold every year. Cinema quite simply dominates Indian popular culture, and has for many decades exerted an influence that extends from clothing trends to …
House Full
Indian Cinema and the Active Audience
Häftad, 2016
359 kr
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India is the largest producer and consumer of feature films in the world, far outstripping Hollywood in the number of movies released and tickets sold every year. Cinema quite simply dominates Indian popular culture, and has for many decades exerted an influence that extends from clothing trends to …
Hong Kong
Migrant Lives, Landscapes, and Journeys
Av Caroline Knowles, Douglas Harper
Inbunden, 2010
631 kr
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In 1997 the United Kingdom returned control of Hong Kong to China, ending the city's status as one of the last remnants of the British Empire and initiating a new phase for it as both a modern city and a hub for global migrations. "Hong Kong" is a tour of the city's post colonial urban landscape, …
Hong Kong
Migrant Lives, Landscapes, and Journeys
Av Caroline Knowles, Douglas Harper
Häftad, 2010
280 kr
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In 1997 the United Kingdom returned control of Hong Kong to China, ending the city's status as one of the last remnants of the British Empire and initiating a new phase for it as both a modern city and a hub for global migrations. "Hong Kong" is a tour of the city's post colonial urban landscape, …
