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Mapping the Americas: The Transnational Politics of

In Mapping the Americas,Shari M. Huhndorf tracks changing conceptions of Native culture as it increasingly transcends national boundaries and takes up vital concerns such as patriarchy,labor and environmental exploitation,the emergence of pan-Native urban communities,global imperialism,and the commodification of indigenous cultures.While nationalism remains a dominant anticolonial strategy in indigenous contexts,Huhndorf examines the ways in which transnational indigenous politics h

History of the World kids book The Americas and the Pacific

History of the World kids book The Americas and the Pacific, new, very good condition, free postage

Chicle: The Chewing Gum of the Americas, from the Ancient

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Mathews, Jennifer P. / Schultz, Gillian P., PUBLISHER: University of Arizona Press, Although Juicy FruitA(R) gum was introduced to North Americans in , Native Americans in Mesoamerica were chewing gum thousands of years earlier. And although in the last decade abiographiesa have been devoted to salt, spices, chocolate, coffee, and other staples of modern life, until now there has never been a full history of chewing gum. Chicle is a history in four acts, all of them focused on the sticky white substance that seeps from the sapodilla tree when its bark is cut. First, Jennifer Mathews recounts the story of chicle and its earliest-known adherents, the Maya and Aztecs. Second, with the assistance of botanist Gillian Schultz, Mathews examines the sapodilla tree itself, an extraordinarily hardy plant that is native only to Mesoamerica and the Caribbean. Third, Mathews presents the fascinating story of the chicle and chewing gum industry over the last hundred plus years, a tale (like so many twentieth-century tales) of greed, growth, and collapse. In closing, Mathews considers the plight of the chicleros, the aextractorsa who often work by themselves tapping trees deep in the forests, and how they have emerged as icons of local pop cultureaportrayed as fearless, hard-drinking brawlers, people to be respected as well as feared. Before DentyneA(R) and ChicletsA(R), before bubble gum comic strips and the DoublemintA(R) twins, there was gum, oozing from jungle trees like melting candle wax under the slash of a machete. Chicle tells us everything that happened next. It is a spellbinding story.

Rearranging The Landscape Of The Gods: The Politics Of A

When people create new societies,economies,and nations--both now and in the past--they create gods,rituals,and miracles to support them. Even what seem to be some of the most timeless and sacred sites in the world have been shaped,reshaped,and reinterpreted by countless people to produce oases of peace and nature today. Using miracle tales,votive plaques,diaries,and newspapers,Sarah Thal traces such changes at one of the most popular Japanese pilgrimage sites of the nineteenth and twen

The Politics of Greed: How Privatization Structured Politics

An in-depth political history of privatization in Central and Eastern Europe,The Politics of Greed demonstrates that the way that assets are privatized matters,both with respect to national economic performance and the successful development of the rule of law. Andrew Harrison Schwartz had unprecedented access to high-level Czech government officials during the Czech Republic's privatization process. This book is the result of the unique insights he gained and the innovative analytical framework he subseq

The Politics of Freedom of Expression: The Decisions of the

A comprehensive examination of the US Supreme Court's decisions on freedom of expression cases,showing how the civil rights movement helped develop the content-neutrality jurisprudence that transformed the Court's decision making.

Rethinking the History of Education: Transnational

Drawing on a wide variety of traditions and methods in historical studies,from the humanities and social sciences both,this volume considers how historians from a wide variety of countries create the study of the history of education. It poses ways of thinking about the questions,methods,and knowledge of historical studies in the formation of schooling that go beyond those typically found in American studies of the history of education.

Gourmets in the Land of Famine: The Culture and Politics of

Erica J. Peters, Gastronomica

Creative Alliances: The Transnational Designs of Indigenous

Tribal histories suggest that Indigenous peoples from many different nations continually allied themselves for purposes of fortitude,mental and physical health,and creative affiliations. Such alliance building,Molly McGlennen tells us,continues in the poetry of Indigenous women,who use the genre to transcend national and colonial boundaries and to fashion global dialogues across a spectrum of experiences and ideas. One of the first books to focus exclusively on Indigenous women’s poetry

Deciding to Leave: The Politics of Retirement from the

Ward (political science,Northern Illinois U.) offers a systematic study of the process by which Supreme Court justices decide to retire from the bench,and a historical look at retirement practices in the Courts. Citing partisan pressures that sometimes keep justices in their seats well beyond their ability to do effective work,Ward further argues for a reformed system of mandatory retirement. Chapters include : traveling postboys; : old imbeciles on the bench; and -present: a self-i

The Annual Register, Or, a View of the History, Politics,

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Burke Edmund, PUBLISHER: General Books LLC, NA Buy Now

The Alawis of Syria: War,Faith and Politics in the Levant

Throughout the turbulent history of the Levant the 'Alawis - a secretive,resilient and ancient Muslim sect - have aroused suspicion and animosity,including accusations of religious heresy. More recently they have been tarred with the brush of political separatism and complicity in the excesses of the Assad regime,claims that have gained greater traction since the onset of the Syrian uprising and subsequent devastating civil war. The contributors to this book provide a complex and nuanced reading o

  The Politics of the Artificial: Essays on

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Professor Neill Nugent The Government and Politics of the European Union: Seventh Edition

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Shifting the Balance: Obama and the Americas by Abraham F.

Now, at the midway point of that presidential administration, the editors of that insightful volume follow up with

Giveaways An ABC Book of Loanwords from the Americas

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Linda Boyden, PUBLISHER: University of New Mexico Press, NA Buy Now

The Shi'a of Samarra: The Heritage and Politics of a

On February ,the main dome of the al-Askariyya shrine in Samarra was blown up. In the aftermath,sectarian strife between Shi’i and Sunni communities in Iraq and the wider region resonated around the world. The assault on Samarra,which was built in the period of the Abbasid caliphate in the ninth century CE,therefore came to represent for many a symbol of the destructive civil conflict which engulfed Iraq following the US-led invasion. The Shi’a of Samarra explores and analy

Mapping the Railways by The Times

Very detailed publication of the journey of Britain's railways through maps from to the present day, was £30 new.Excellent condition.

The Deadly Life of Logistics: Mapping Violence in Global

In a world in which global trade is at risk,where warehouses and airports,shipping lanes and seaports try to guard against the likes of Al Qaeda and Somali pirates,and natural disaster can disrupt the flow of goods,even our “stuff” has a political life. The high stakes of logistics are not surprising,Deborah Cowen reveals,if we understand its genesis in war. In The Deadly Life of Logistics,Cowen traces the art and science of logistics over the last sixty years,from the b

The Politics of Parenting (Paperback)

Should the state license parents? This book is challenging: the Brave New World of eugenics and State regulation of procreation,parenting and the family. This is a highly reasoned and provocative book about a huge taboo in modern society. It will raise the ire of both the traditionalists and the "politically correct." It will be attacked in the press. But,ultimately the book is in defense of children and addresses the role of government in ensuring that parents practice a "stewardship&

Managing Across Borders: The Transnational Solution

Managing Across Borders: The Transnational Solution:

The Politics of Human Rights Protection

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Jan Knippers Black, PUBLISHER: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers Incorporated, NA

Box set JRR Tolkien The Fellowship of the Ring, The Two Towers & The Return of the King

Books unread, but box set cover a bit worn from being in storage

Regions: The Economics and Politics of Territory

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Markusen, Ann / Text, Need, PUBLISHER: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Ann Markusen, one of the foremost theoreticians of regional development, has produced a book destined to become a classic in its field. Regions is a penetrating and innovative study of the political and economic aspects of American regionalism. Using historical materialism as a methodological foundation, the author analyzes the historical developments and contemporary issues of American regionalism. She contends that territorial differentiation and conflicts have emerged as major determinants in the spatial transformation of American regions. The book is rich in historical facts and case studies that are used to illuminate the theoretical dimensions of the contemporary public policy debates on regionalism.

  Labour and the Politics of Empire: Britain

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