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Born Losers: A History of Failure in America 9780674043053

This pioneering American cultural history connects everyday attitudes and anxieties about failure to lofty ideals of ind

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Purified by Fire: A History of Cremation in America 9780520929746

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Science in Latin America: A History 9780292795716

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Blood and Fire: Toward a Global Anthropology of Labor 9781782383642

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New Worlds: A Religious History of Latin America 9780300183740

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A New History of Modern Latin America 9780520963825

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Cultures of Confinement: A History of the Prison in Africa, Asia, and Latin America 9781501721267

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A Concise History of Karnataka

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