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The Long 1968

Revisions and New Perspectives

Edited by Daniel J. Sherman, Ruud van Dijk, Jasmine Alinder, A. Aneesh ...

Delving into a tumultuous year's impact on art, culture, and politics, this book "illuminates the often-overlooked histories of 1968" ( The Journal of American History).From the mid-1960s to the early 1970s, revolutions in theory, politics, and cultural experimentation swept around the world. These changes had as great a transformative impact on the right as on the left.A touchstone for activists, ... Read more

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Delving into a tumultuous year's impact on art, culture, and politics, this book "illuminates the often-overlooked histories of 1968" ( The Journal of American History).From the mid-1960s to the early 1970s, revolutions in theory, politics, and cultural experimentation swept around the world. These changes had as great a transformative impact on the right as on the left.A touchstone for activists,
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Neutral Accent

How Language, Labor, and Life Become Global

by A. Aneesh ...

In Neutral Accent, A. Aneesh employs India's call centers as useful sites for studying global change. The horizon of global economic shift, the consequences of global integration, and the ways in which call center work "neutralizes" racial, ethnic, and national identities become visible from the confines of their cubicles. In his interviews with call service workers and in his own work in a call ... Read more

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In Neutral Accent, A. Aneesh employs India's call centers as useful sites for studying global change. The horizon of global economic shift, the consequences of global integration, and the ways in which call center work "neutralizes" racial, ethnic, and national identities become visible from the confines of their cubicles. In his interviews with call service workers and in his own work in a call
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Virtual Migration

The Programming of Globalization

by A. Aneesh ...

Workers in India program software applications, transcribe medical dictation online, chase credit card debtors, and sell mobile phones, diet pills, and mortgages for companies based in other countries around the world. While their skills and labor migrate abroad, these workers remain Indian citizens, living and working in India. A. Aneesh calls this phenomenon “virtual migration,” and in this ... Read more

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Workers in India program software applications, transcribe medical dictation online, chase credit card debtors, and sell mobile phones, diet pills, and mortgages for companies based in other countries around the world. While their skills and labor migrate abroad, these workers remain Indian citizens, living and working in India. A. Aneesh calls this phenomenon “virtual migration,” and in this
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After Capitalism

Horizons of Finance, Culture, and Citizenship

by Kennan Ferguson, Patrice Petro, Geoff Mann, Andrew Ross, Ivan Ascher, Jeffrey Sommers, Sherryl Vint, Marcus Bullock, Esther Leslie0, Cristina Venegas1, Niki Akhavan2, A. Aneesh3, Bernard C. Perley4 ...

Series series New Directions in International Studies
From Thomas Piketty to David Harvey, scholars are increasingly questioning whether we are entering into a post-capitalist era. If so, does this new epoch signal the failure of capitalism and emergence of alternative systems? Or does it mark the ultimate triumph of capitalism as it evolves into an unstoppable entity that takes new forms as it engulfs its opposition?After Capitalism brings together ... Read more

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From Thomas Piketty to David Harvey, scholars are increasingly questioning whether we are entering into a post-capitalist era. If so, does this new epoch signal the failure of capitalism and emergence of alternative systems? Or does it mark the ultimate triumph of capitalism as it evolves into an unstoppable entity that takes new forms as it engulfs its opposition?After Capitalism brings together
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Broken Capitalism: This is How We Fix it

by Ferris Eanfar ...

HUMANITY IS IN TROUBLE. When the 10 largest corporations on Earth have more combined economic power than 92% of all countries on Earth combined, the 50 largest financial corporations control wealth equal to 90% of Earth's GDP, the richest 1% of humans have more wealth than 99% of the world combined, and the eight richest humans have more wealth than the bottom 50% of Earth's entire population ... Read more

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HUMANITY IS IN TROUBLE. When the 10 largest corporations on Earth have more combined economic power than 92% of all countries on Earth combined, the 50 largest financial corporations control wealth equal to 90% of Earth's GDP, the richest 1% of humans have more wealth than 99% of the world combined, and the eight richest humans have more wealth than the bottom 50% of Earth's entire population
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Global Woman

Nannies, Maids, and Sex Workers in the New Economy

Edited by Barbara Ehrenreich, Arlie Russell Hochschild ...

In a remarkable pairing, two renowned social critics offer a groundbreaking anthology that examines the unexplored consequences of globalization on the lives of women worldwideWomen are moving around the globe as never before. But for every female executive racking up frequent flier miles, there are multitudes of women whose journeys go unnoticed. Each year, millions leave Mexico, Sri Lanka, the ... Read more

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In a remarkable pairing, two renowned social critics offer a groundbreaking anthology that examines the unexplored consequences of globalization on the lives of women worldwideWomen are moving around the globe as never before. But for every female executive racking up frequent flier miles, there are multitudes of women whose journeys go unnoticed. Each year, millions leave Mexico, Sri Lanka, the
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Empires of the Indus: The Story of a River

The Story of a River

by Alice Albinia ...

“Alice Albinia is the most extraordinary traveler of her generation. . . . A journey of astonishing confidence and courage.”—Rory StewartOne of the largest rivers in the world, the Indus rises in the Tibetan mountains and flows west across northern India and south through Pakistan. It has been worshipped as a god, used as a tool of imperial expansion, and today is the cement of Pakistan’s ... Read more

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“Alice Albinia is the most extraordinary traveler of her generation. . . . A journey of astonishing confidence and courage.”—Rory StewartOne of the largest rivers in the world, the Indus rises in the Tibetan mountains and flows west across northern India and south through Pakistan. It has been worshipped as a god, used as a tool of imperial expansion, and today is the cement of Pakistan’s
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The Rise of the Outsiders

How Mainstream Politics Lost its Way

by Steve Richards ...

Something strange has been happening. All over the world, people are angry and rejecting the establishment like never before. Britain votes Brexit. Trump promises walls in America. Corbyn promises a new socialism in the UK. Tsipras in Greece. Podemos in Spain. Marine Le Pen in France. Norbert Hofer in Austria. The list goes on. Why has the mainstream lost support? Why are the outsiders flourishing ... Read more

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Something strange has been happening. All over the world, people are angry and rejecting the establishment like never before. Britain votes Brexit. Trump promises walls in America. Corbyn promises a new socialism in the UK. Tsipras in Greece. Podemos in Spain. Marine Le Pen in France. Norbert Hofer in Austria. The list goes on. Why has the mainstream lost support? Why are the outsiders flourishing
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Naked Fashion

The New Sustainable Fashion Revolution

by Safia Minney ...

One of few books to analyse fair trade, ethical fashion and entrepreneurship, written by one of the most respected women in the industry.Highly visual, featuring studio shots, street pics, illustrationsContributions from celebrity supporters of fair trade and ethical fashion, for example: Emma Watson explains why Fair Trade fashion is so important to her; Summer Rayne Oakes describes how she took ... Read more

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One of few books to analyse fair trade, ethical fashion and entrepreneurship, written by one of the most respected women in the industry.Highly visual, featuring studio shots, street pics, illustrationsContributions from celebrity supporters of fair trade and ethical fashion, for example: Emma Watson explains why Fair Trade fashion is so important to her; Summer Rayne Oakes describes how she took
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The End of Karma

Hope and Fury Among India's Young

by Somini Sengupta ...

“[A] sharply observed study . . . richly detailed portraits.”—EconomistSomini Sengupta emigrated from Calcutta to California as a young child in 1975. Returning thirty years later as the bureau chief for The New York Times, she found a vastly different country: one defined as much by aspiration and possibility—at least by the illusion of possibility—as it is by the structures of sex and caste. The ... Read more

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“[A] sharply observed study . . . richly detailed portraits.”—EconomistSomini Sengupta emigrated from Calcutta to California as a young child in 1975. Returning thirty years later as the bureau chief for The New York Times, she found a vastly different country: one defined as much by aspiration and possibility—at least by the illusion of possibility—as it is by the structures of sex and caste. The
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A Precariat Charter

From Denizens to Citizens

by Prof. Guy Standing ...

This book is available as open access through the Bloomsbury Open Access programme and is available on www.bloomsburycollections.com.Guy Standing's immensely influential 2011 book introduced the Precariat as an emerging mass class, characterized by inequality and insecurity. Standing outlined the increasingly global nature of the Precariat as a social phenomenon, especially in the light of the ... Read more

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This book is available as open access through the Bloomsbury Open Access programme and is available on www.bloomsburycollections.com.Guy Standing's immensely influential 2011 book introduced the Precariat as an emerging mass class, characterized by inequality and insecurity. Standing outlined the increasingly global nature of the Precariat as a social phenomenon, especially in the light of the
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India

A Short History

by Andrew Robinson ...

Series series A Short History
India’s unfolding story, from the ancient Hindu dynasties to the coming of Islam, from the Mughal Empire to the present dayIndia has always been a land of great contradictions. To Alexander the Great, the country was a place of clever naked philosophers and massive armies mounted on elephants – which eventually forced his army to retreat. To ancient Rome, it was a source of luxuries, mainly spices ... Read more

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India’s unfolding story, from the ancient Hindu dynasties to the coming of Islam, from the Mughal Empire to the present dayIndia has always been a land of great contradictions. To Alexander the Great, the country was a place of clever naked philosophers and massive armies mounted on elephants – which eventually forced his army to retreat. To ancient Rome, it was a source of luxuries, mainly spices
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