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The Revelatory Power of Mimetic Theory

A one-of-a-kind overview of the lasting impact of mimetic theory and the extent of its interdisciplinary applications, a century after René Girard's birth.

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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 St…

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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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Nick Bano
Against Landlords

The controversial case for why building more housing will not solve the housing problem

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Franziska Reiffen
The Social Life of the Mall

Urban Studies

Paseo La Estación, a mall in Buenos Aires, is as much a place of transit as a place of encounter, where long-term residents and newcomers, people with and without jobs, homeowners and those without housin…

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Joel J Miller
The Idea Machine

Books preserve ideas, yes, but they also provoke new one- they are true tools for thinking. In Tools of Endless Invention, Joel J. Miller shows that books are one of the most important but overlooked fact…

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Yuria Celidwen
Flourishing Kin

A first-of-its-kind book that updates the Western paradigm of mental wellness with Indigenous wisdom for collective, sustainable happinessHow do we cultivate happiness? When facing the monumental challeng…

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Emily Mendenhall
Invisible Illness

"As a sleuth and storyteller, Emily Mendenhall looks behind the curtain at the little-known backstory of how the medical community has, for far too long, delegitimized 'invisible' diseases that have …

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Koryŏsa

"Among all the Korean dynasties, the Koryæo dynasty (918-1392) was the first to have contact with the Western world. It was from these interactions that the current appellation of "Korea" w…

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Nicholas L Caverly
Demolishing Detroit

"Innovative field work reveals how infrastructural systems - buildings, laws, algorithms, excavators, regulations, toxins - maintain white supremacy within the urban landscape. For decades, Detroit r…

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Difficult Attachments

Anthropologists have long considered kinship as the basis for social solidarity. But, what about when it is not? What about instances when kinship is characterized by neglect, violence, negative affect, o…

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Jane Custance Baker
Fear and Clothing: Dress in English Detective Fiction Between the First and Second World Wars

Through analyzing dress in detective fiction, Fear and Clothing reveals a cultural history of identity affected by the social upheaval caused by war. In-depth analysis of interwar publications by a compre…

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D J Huppatz
Designing Retail Experience in the 21st Century

"This book provides a critical survey of design and retail experience in the 21st century. D. J. Huppatz analyses how corporations design experiences, how we interact with them, and how they align wi…

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D J Huppatz
Designing Retail Experience in the 21st Century

"This book provides a critical survey of design and retail experience in the 21st century. D. J. Huppatz analyses how corporations design experiences, how we interact with them, and how they align wi…

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Difficult Attachments

Anthropologists have long considered kinship as the basis for social solidarity. But, what about when it is not? What about instances when kinship is characterized by neglect, violence, negative affect, o…

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Tom Soloway Pinkson
The Shamanic Wisdom of the Huichol

SHAMANISM / INDIGENOUS CULTURES "Pinkson is one of those rare individuals who walks his talk, whose life is built on helping others, loving and forgiving, and a determination to trust and listen to t…

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Sarah Fouts
Rebuilding New Orleans

Reveals how after Hurricane Katrina, immigrant communities have culturally and politically reshaped New Orleans and its suburbs

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Hwaji Shin
Being Korean, Becoming Japanese?

"In Japan the number of "Special Permanent Residents"-most of whom are of Korean descent, the so-called "Zainichi"-is declining according to government statistics. Does this mean …

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David Bollier
Think Like a Commoner, Second Edition

"From relocalized food to open-source learning and beyond, millions of commoners worldwide are reinventing a timeless paradigm - the commons. Completely updated, Think Like a Commoner is a popular in…

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Marjolein Oele
Beyond Elemental Loss

Offers an important and innovative contribution to environmental philosophy by investigating loss in times of anthropogenic climate change through the elements of water, fire, air, and earth.

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