Social and cultural anthropology

This book examines the lived experiences of a group of Japanese women through their thirties, revealing the dynamic of human agency responding to the social changes of Japan's 'lost decades'.

This companion analyzes, frames, and provokes race in insightful ways that center non white communities' artistic and visual expression in the early modern period, rather than presenting the bias of European artistic and visual depictions of the colonization, enslavement, and subordination of People of Color.

Highlights the role structural vulnerability plays in the lived realities of domestic sex trafficking survivors before, during, and after traffickingDrawing on survivor narratives and ethnographically rich accounts from frontline workers in New England, specifically Maine and New Hampshire, Trafficking Trajectories contextualizes the ways in which structural vulnerability is embodied by domestic sex trafficking survivors in complex ways over time.

In 2016, the peace accords between the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia-People's Army (FARC-EP) and the Colombian government promised to bring an end to over fifty years of armed conflict.

In 2016, the peace accords between the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia-People's Army (FARC-EP) and the Colombian government promised to bring an end to over fifty years of armed conflict.

This early work by Francis Sydney Marvin was originally published in 1922 and we are now republishing it with a brand new introductory biography.

In the aftermath of the Soviet Union's collapse, Kazakhstan inherited the remnants of one of the world's most contaminated landscapes: the Semipalatinsk Test Site, known locally as the Polygon.

La industria alimentaria nos prepara para recaer.

In the aftermath of the Soviet Union's collapse, Kazakhstan inherited the remnants of one of the world's most contaminated landscapes: the Semipalatinsk Test Site, known locally as the Polygon.

First published in 1920, "e;Smoke and Shorty"e; contains a wonderful selection of short stories written by Jack London, including: "e;The Story of the Little Man"e;, "e;The Hanging of Cultus George"e;, "e;The Mistake of Creation"e;, "e;A Flutter in Eggs"e;, "e;The Town-site for Tra-lee"e;, and "e;Wonder of Woman"e;.

Looking for a book to answer the why, what, and how related to functional foods and nutraceuticals?

La filosofía, afirmó Sócrates, es el arte de morirEl entierro, con sus rituales, es la práctica cultural-simbólica documentada más antigua: todos los humanos han desarrollado técnicas para cuidar y relacionarse con los muertos.

Spinoza, New Materialism and the Contemporary is a book about change.

Looking for a book to answer the why, what, and how related to functional foods and nutraceuticals?

Spinoza, New Materialism and the Contemporary is a book about change.

This book examines the complex relationship between class and gender dynamics among tea ceremony (chado) practitioners in Japan.

Part of the new Ladybird Expert series, Witchcraft is a clear, simple and entertaining introduction to the magical myths that have coloured the popular imagination for centuries.

Presenting recent advancements in research findings and the resulting new schools of thought on the physiology of human bone, this comprehensive reference examines information on dietary pattern and specific nutrients in bone health.

Although introduction of amino acid chelates in mineral nutrition initially met considerable skepticism and controversy, the greater absorption and bioavailability of amino acid chelated minerals compared to nonchelated minerals have been well-documented for decades.

Interest in the postharvest behavior of fruits and vegetables has a history as long as mankind's.

Exercise and diet are key factors in the etiology and prevention of chronic disease.

In The Spectacular Generic, Cori Hayden examines how generic drugs have transformed public health politics and everyday experiences of pharmaceutical consumption in Latin America.

do you like the idea of bacon and eggs for breakfast?

In Screening Social Justice, award-winning anthropologist Sherry B.

Healthy gut, happy body.

Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive.

In this book, renowned anthropologist Michael Jackson draws on philosophy, biography, ethnography, and literature to explore the meanings and affordances of friendship-a relationship just as significant as, yet somehow different from, kinship and love.

An exploration of the influence of secret societies on the formative documents and symbols of the United States*; Reveals the Founding Fathers' spiritual vision for America as encoded in the Great Seal*; Traces the influence of the Iroquois League of Nations upon the Constitution*; Exposes the deep connections the Founding Fathers had with the Freemasons and other secret societiesAll children growing up in America learn who the Founding Fathers were.

First published in 1966, The Dangerous Sex shows how the irrational concept of the "e;dangerous sex"e; evolved and how it was - and is - used by man to maintain his dominance.

According to the authors, fibre is not the simple roughage it was once thought to be and it does not come alone.

Global Health involves, among many things the intensified travelling of people, resources, technologies, knowledge, standards, and ideas.

Liquidate: How Money is Dissolving the World examines the emergence of money and its social and ecological repercussions.

This is the first book for some years that provides a comprehensive overview of food oral processing.

*As heard on BBC Radio 4 Woman's Hour**A Blackwell's and Waterstones Best Popular Science Book of 2022*'Excellent .

Winner of the Victor Turner Prize for Ethnographic Writing 2017 Journeying around the globe, through past and present, Emma Tarlo unravels the intriguing story of human hair and what it tells us about ourselves and society.

A detailed examination of African war veterans that reveals the changes they wrought on postwar transition and society.

This enlightening auto-ethnography examines how social class (and other social institutions and structures) affect how people grow up.