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  • Japanese A Cultural Portrait

    by Robert S. Ozaki ...
    In eleven informal essays, The Japanese: a Cultural Portrait explores the character of Japan and its people.Once famous for its "quaint charm", Japan is now strikingly western in appearance. Its rapid ascension to world prominence, many Westerners forget that Japanese habits, fears, and values are rooted in centuries of feudal agrarianism.This Japanese culture and history book reminds us that ... Read more

    $5.39 USD

  • Japan's Foreign Relations

    A Global Search for Economic Security

    Edited by Robert S. Ozaki ...
    After World War II, Japan reemerged in the arena of international relations as an almost exclusively economic power without military might or territorial ambitions. Within some thirty years it transformed itself from a semideveloped state to a technological superpower with an economy that today is the second largest in the free world, next only to the United States, accounting for over 10 percent ... Read more

    $62.99 USD

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    The Strange and True Story of One Man's Attempt to Understand the World's Most Mystifying Nation or How He Became Comfortable Eating Live Squid

    by J. Maarten Troost ...
    The bestselling author of The Sex Lives of Cannibals returns with a sharply observed, hilarious account of his adventures in China—a complex, fascinating country with enough dangers and delicacies to keep him, and readers, endlessly entertained.Maarten Troost has charmed legions of readers with his laugh-out-loud tales of wandering the remote islands of the South Pacific. When the travel bug hit ... Read more

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  • Multiculturalism

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    by Ali Rattansi ...
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    Multiculturalism appears to be in terminal crisis. It has been blamed for undermining national identity, diluting social cohesion, creating ethnic ghettos and cultural fragmentation, providing fertile ground for Islamic radicalism, encouraging perverse 'political correctness', and restricting liberal freedoms of expression, amongst other things. The public debate over multiculturalism has ... Read more

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  • Basic Concepts of Intercultural Communication

    Paradigms, Principles, and Practices

    by Milton J. Bennett ...
    In the long-awaited second edition of Basic Concepts of Intercultural Communication, Milton J. Bennett provides a comprehensive overview of the field from a constructivist perspective. In addition to his insightful analysis, Bennett offers a full complement of classic readings on the topic of intercultural communication, including:"Science and Linguistics," by Benjamin Lee Whorf"The Power of ... Read more

    $16.99 USD

  • Glamour

    Women, History, Feminism

    by Professor Carol Dyhouse ...
    How do we understand glamour? Has it empowered women or turned them into objects? Once associated with modernity and the cutting edge, is it entirely bound up with nostalgia and tradition?This unique and fascinating book tells the story of glamour. It explores the changing meanings of the word, its relationship to femininity and fashion, and its place in twentieth century social history. Using a ... Read more

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  • The Merchant of Venice - The Original Classic Edition

    by Shakespeare William ...
    Shylock is the only sympathetic character in the play. Modernity has altered the villain in The Merchant of Venice from Shylock to the entire cast of characters EXCEPT for Shylock. Any sense of comedy in the play died for those with a sense of religious tolerance, and Shylock comes off as merely oppressed. I found Act 5 almost nauseating after the forced conversion. That, coupled with the happy ... Read more

    $7.19 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • A Foxfire Christmas

    Appalachian Memories and Traditions

    by Bobby Ann Starnes ...
    New in paperbackThis captivating book of recollections celebrates the holiday traditions of Appalachian families as passed from one generation to the next. Based on Foxfire students' interviews with neighbors and family members, the memories shared here are from a simpler time, when gifts were fewer but perhaps more precious, and holiday tables were laden with traditional favorites. More than just ... Read more

    $14.29 USD

  • Fruits of the Harvest

    Recipes to Celebrate Kwanzaa and Other Holidays

    by Eric V. Copage ...
    Fruits of the Harvest: Recipes to Celebrate Kwanzaa and Other Holidays offers more than 125 treasured recipes from people of African descent all over the world: Jerked Pork Chops and Fresh Papaya Chutney from Jamaica; New-Fashioned Fried Chicken, a dish from the Deep South; and Tiebou Dienne, Senegalese herb-stuffed fish steaks with seasoned rice. In addition to main courses, there are recipes for ... Read more

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  • Writing and Colonialism in Northern Ghana

    The Encounter between the LoDagaa and 'the World on Paper'

    by Sean Hawkins ...
    Series series Anthropological Horizons
    This book presents a new perspective on colonialism in Africa. Drawing on work from a variety of subjects and disciplines – from the ancient Mediterranean to colonial Spain, and from anthropology to psychology – the author argues that colonialism in Africa needs to be understood through the medium of writing and the particular world it belonged to. Focusing on the LoDagaa of northern Ghana and ... Read more

    $38.19 USD

  • The Chiga of Uganda

    Edited by David Krieger ...
    May Edel's The Chiga of Uganda is in the grand tradition of Franz Boas, Margaret Mead, and Leslie Spier. Written at a time when older ways were menaced by contact with other cultures, Edel's effort was part of a descriptive urgency that aimed to capture the past before the past disappeared. And that past should be viewed from the perspective of the people themselves, by students going into the ... Read more

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  • Tweed

    by Miss Fiona Anderson ...
    Series series Textiles that Changed the World
    The story of tweed is tied to a series of social, economic and cultural shifts that have molded its development. This book considers the historical factors that helped to shape the design characteristics and social meanings of the group of fabrics that we call tweed, from their emergence in the 1820s to the present day. Including significant new research on tweeds, from Harris Tweed to the type ... Read more

    $29.99 USD