Under the Skin: The Hidden Toll of Racism on American Lives and on the Health of Our Nation 038554488X, 9780385544887

Our Wasteful Nation. The Story of American Prodigality and the Abuse of Our National Resources

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Carjacked: The Culture of the Automobile and Its Effect on Our Lives 0230618138, 9780230618138

Carjacked   is an in-depth look at our obsession with cars. While the automobile’s contribution to global warming and th

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One Nation Under Contract: The Outsourcing of American Power and the Future of Foreign Policy 9780300156324

International relations scholar Allison Stanger shows how contractors became an integral part of American foreign policy

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The Skin of the System: On Germany's Socialist Modernity 9780804772488

The Skin of the System objects to the idea that there is only one modernity—that of liberal capitalism. Starting from th

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Our Nation Unhinged: The Human Consequences of the War on Terror 9780520943124

Jose Padilla short-shackled and wearing blackened goggles and earmuffs to block out all light and sound on his way to th

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On Our Own Terms: Race, Class, and Gender in the Lives of African-American Women 9781136662676, 0415912857, 0415912865, 9780415912853, 1136662677

This volume utilizes the cross-cultural, historical and ethnographic perspective of anthropology to illuminate the intri

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Franco Lives On: The inner circle of the dictatorship who have held on to their privileges under democracy 8417611061, 9788417611064

Franco Lives On traces the birth of democracy in Spain in 1978 after forty years under Franco's dictatorship. It re

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Making The Best Years of Our Lives: The Hollywood Classic That Inspired a Nation 9781477325056

Released in 1946, The Best Years of Our Lives became an immediate success. Life magazine called it “the first big, good

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The Hidden World: How Insects Sustain Life on Earth Today and Will Shape Our Lives Tomorrow 9781802794953, 9781802795691, 1802794956

Insects conquered the Earth long before we did and will remain here long after we're gone. They outnumber us in the

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Getting under the skin: the Bougainville copper agreement and the creation of the Panguna mine 9780522848779

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