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El Norte or Bust!

How Migration Fever and Microcredit Produced a Financial Crash in a Latin American Town

de David Stoll ...

Debt is the hidden engine driving undocumented migration to the United States. So argues David Stoll in this powerful chronicle of migrants, moneylenders, and swindlers in the Guatemalan highlands, one of the locales that, collectively, are sending millions of Latin Americans north in search of higher wages. As an anthropologist, Stoll has witnessed the Ixil Mayas of Nebaj grow in numbers, run out ... Leer más

$42.99 USD

Debt is the hidden engine driving undocumented migration to the United States. So argues David Stoll in this powerful chronicle of migrants, moneylenders, and swindlers in the Guatemalan highlands, one of the locales that, collectively, are sending millions of Latin Americans north in search of higher wages. As an anthropologist, Stoll has witnessed the Ixil Mayas of Nebaj grow in numbers, run out
... Leer más
Rigoberta Menchu And The Story Of All Poor Guatemalans

de David Stoll ...

Rigoberta Menchú is a living legend, a young woman who said that her odyssey from a Mayan Indian village to revolutionary exile was "the story of all poor Guatemalans." By turning herself into an everywoman, she became a powerful symbol for 500 years of indigenous resistance to colonialism. Her testimony, I, Rigoberta Menchú, denounced atrocities by the Guatemalan army and propelled her to the ... Leer más

$57.99 USD

Rigoberta Menchú is a living legend, a young woman who said that her odyssey from a Mayan Indian village to revolutionary exile was "the story of all poor Guatemalans." By turning herself into an everywoman, she became a powerful symbol for 500 years of indigenous resistance to colonialism. Her testimony, I, Rigoberta Menchú, denounced atrocities by the Guatemalan army and propelled her to the
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Mayas in Postwar Guatemala

Harvest of Violence Revisited

de David Stoll, Brenda Rosenbaum, Timothy J. Smith, Abigail E Adams, J Jailey Philpot-Munson, Edward F. Fischer, Robert M. Carmack, Jennifer Burrell, Jose Oscar Barrera Nunez, Barbara Bocek0, Monica DeHart1, Peter Benson2, Liliana Goldin3, Judith M. Maxwell4 ...

Series series Contemporary American Indian Studies
Like the original Harvest of Violence, published in 1988, this volume reveals how the contemporary Mayas contend with crime, political violence, internal community power struggles, and the broader impact of transnational economic and political policies in Guatemala. However, this work, informed by long-term ethnographic fieldwork in Mayan communities and commitment to conducting research in Mayan ... Leer más

$21.99 USD

Like the original Harvest of Violence, published in 1988, this volume reveals how the contemporary Mayas contend with crime, political violence, internal community power struggles, and the broader impact of transnational economic and political policies in Guatemala. However, this work, informed by long-term ethnographic fieldwork in Mayan communities and commitment to conducting research in Mayan
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Anthropology and the Politics of Representation

de Gabriela Vargas-Cetina, Steffan Igor Ayora-Diaz, Beth A. Conklin, Les W. Field, Katie Glaskin, Frederic W. Gleach, Tracey Heatherington, Bernard C. Perley0, Vilma Santiago-Irizarry1, Timothy J. Smith2, Sergey Sokolovskiy3, David Stoll4, Thomas M. Wilson5 ...

Examines the inherently problematic nature of representation and description of living people in ethnography and in anthropological workIn Anthropology and the Politics of Representation volume editor Gabriela Vargas-Cetina brings together a group of international scholars who, through their fieldwork experiences, reflect on the epistemological, political, and personal implications of their own ... Leer más

$25.99 USD

Examines the inherently problematic nature of representation and description of living people in ethnography and in anthropological workIn Anthropology and the Politics of Representation volume editor Gabriela Vargas-Cetina brings together a group of international scholars who, through their fieldwork experiences, reflect on the epistemological, political, and personal implications of their own
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The Black Metropolis in the Twenty-First Century

Race, Power, and Politics of Place

de Angela Glover Blackwell, Edward J. Blakely, David A. Bositis, Sheryll Cashin, Joe T. Darden, J Eugene Grigsby III, Glenn S. Johnson, john a. powell, Michael A. Stoll, Angel Torres, Beverly Wright ...

This book brings together key essays that seek to make visible and expand our understanding of the role of government (policies, programs, and investments) in shaping cities and metropolitan regions; the costs and consequences of uneven urban and regional growth patterns; suburban sprawl and public health, transportation, and economic development; and the enduring connection of place, space, and ... Leer más

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This book brings together key essays that seek to make visible and expand our understanding of the role of government (policies, programs, and investments) in shaping cities and metropolitan regions; the costs and consequences of uneven urban and regional growth patterns; suburban sprawl and public health, transportation, and economic development; and the enduring connection of place, space, and
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The COVID-19 Impact on Higher Education Stakeholders and Institutional Services

de Michael G. Strawser, Laura Alberti, Kathryn E. Anthony, Karin L. Becker, Jessica Beckham, Tina D. Bhargava, Maria Butauski, Kevin Dvorak, Linda C. Hodges, R. Benjamin Hollis0, Tara M. Hughes1, Jill M. Leafstedt2, Melissa Looney3, Jennifer Marcinkiewicz4, Stephanie Medden5, Andrea L. Meluch6, Carrie Reif-Stice7, Sarah Smith-Frigerio8, Jessica Stollings-Holder9, Elizabeth Tolman0, Kyle R. Vareberg1, Russell Carpenter2, David Westerman3 ...

Series series Generational Differences in Higher Education and the Workplace: Leading and Teaching Millennials and Generation Z
The COVID-19 Impact on Higher Education Stakeholders and Institutional Services provides different perspectives regarding the impact of COVID-19 on the institutional functionality of universities and colleges. Contributors argue that although the quick pivot to online in 2020 was unique to the times, the ramifications of this institution-altering shift far exceeded expectations as the pandemic ... Leer más

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The COVID-19 Impact on Higher Education Stakeholders and Institutional Services provides different perspectives regarding the impact of COVID-19 on the institutional functionality of universities and colleges. Contributors argue that although the quick pivot to online in 2020 was unique to the times, the ramifications of this institution-altering shift far exceeded expectations as the pandemic
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Innovations in Higher Education

Igniting the Spark for Success

de Linda L. Baer, David Bonsall, Jeff Bonsall, Patricia A. Breen, Michael Bunch, Michael R. Chipps, Rosanna Stoll Diaz, Scott Epstein, Barbara A. Farley, Eugene Finnegan, Marilyn Hansmann, Rachel Harris, Darren Henderson, Adam Honea, John Holzhüter, Dionne Jones-Malone, Joseph Kovach, Henry J. Lindborg, Daniel Lowry, James H. McCormick, Christine Miller, Cinch L. Munson, Michael J. Offerman, William Pepicello, Nancy S. Perryman, Jeff Rabey, Lee Rasch, Jeffrey Seybert, David Sill, Patricia A. Stockert, Barbara Taylor, Linda M. Thor, Russell J. Watson, Dave Weber, Betsy O. Barefoot, John N. Gardner ...

Series series The ACE Series on Higher Education
Rising costs and increasing global competition press institutions to do more with less. At the same time, deep budget cuts and a general social and political impatience have revived calls for reform in educational affordability, curriculum, and outcome measurement. Yet within this environment, a myriad of success stories are being forged among educational institutions, supporting industries, and ... Leer más

$67.99 USD

Rising costs and increasing global competition press institutions to do more with less. At the same time, deep budget cuts and a general social and political impatience have revived calls for reform in educational affordability, curriculum, and outcome measurement. Yet within this environment, a myriad of success stories are being forged among educational institutions, supporting industries, and
... Leer más
Dead Mall

de Adam Cesare ...

**The Penn Mills Galleria is about to be demolished. Five teens sneak into the mall to take a last look around before it’s gone.However, while Penn Mills has been closed for years, the mall is far from abandoned.**A night of exploration becomes a shopping spree from hell. The teens must contend with the sprawling, transformative cosmic horror of Penn Mills or be trapped forever within the Dead ... Leer más

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**The Penn Mills Galleria is about to be demolished. Five teens sneak into the mall to take a last look around before it’s gone.However, while Penn Mills has been closed for years, the mall is far from abandoned.**A night of exploration becomes a shopping spree from hell. The teens must contend with the sprawling, transformative cosmic horror of Penn Mills or be trapped forever within the Dead
... Leer más
Race and Gender in the Classroom

Teachers, Privilege, and Enduring Social Inequalities

de Laurie Cooper Stoll ...

Race and Gender in the Classroom explores the paradoxes of education, race, and gender, as Laurie Cooper Stoll follows eighteen teachers carrying out their roles as educators in an era of “post-racial” and “post-gendered” politics. Because there are a number of contentious issues converging simultaneously in these teachers’ everyday lives, this is a book comprised of several interrelated stories. ... Leer más

$47.99 USD

Race and Gender in the Classroom explores the paradoxes of education, race, and gender, as Laurie Cooper Stoll follows eighteen teachers carrying out their roles as educators in an era of “post-racial” and “post-gendered” politics. Because there are a number of contentious issues converging simultaneously in these teachers’ everyday lives, this is a book comprised of several interrelated stories.
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Making Good Schools

Linking School Effectiveness and Improvement

de Robert Bollen, Bert P.M. Creemers, David Hopkins, Nijs Lagerweij, David Reynolds, Louise Stoll ...

The disciplines of school effectiveness research and school improvement practice and research have been apart for too long. This book is the first major attempt, by leading writers and practitioners in these fields, to bring the areas together in a coherent way. Existing knowledge about the characteristics of `good' schools is outlined, together with the knowledge base about how to `make schools ... Leer más

$47.99 USD

The disciplines of school effectiveness research and school improvement practice and research have been apart for too long. This book is the first major attempt, by leading writers and practitioners in these fields, to bring the areas together in a coherent way. Existing knowledge about the characteristics of `good' schools is outlined, together with the knowledge base about how to `make schools
... Leer más
Pantomime

de Christopher Sebela ...

Haley and her brother, Max, are alone after their mother’s death and are sent to Wayfair Academy, a special needs boarding school. Eventually, they find family amongst other deaf children. One night the group decides to dip their toes into crime… the thrill is too much to leave behind. They soon find out that stealing from the wrong person, has its consequences. With no one to turn to but each ... Leer más

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Haley and her brother, Max, are alone after their mother’s death and are sent to Wayfair Academy, a special needs boarding school. Eventually, they find family amongst other deaf children. One night the group decides to dip their toes into crime… the thrill is too much to leave behind. They soon find out that stealing from the wrong person, has its consequences. With no one to turn to but each
... Leer más
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Faith - The Van Helsing Chronicles, Folge 9: Mörderisches Halloween

de Simeon Hrissomallis ...

Narrado por Nana Spier, David Nathan, Thomas Nero Wolff, Dorette Hugo, Boris Tessmann, Barbara Stoll, Helmut Krauss, Barbara Ratthey, Torsten Michaelis, Nils Weyland, Marco Ventrella, Kim Schweizer, Udo Schenk, Claudia Urbschat-Mingues, Uschi Hugo ...

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Ich wandte mich ab und ging. Ich ging einfach und überließ die Frau dem Moor. Eine große Befriedigung breitete sich in mir aus. Es war wie eine Krake. Etwas Dunkles. Etwas, das in jedem Menschen lauert, hatte durch meine Entscheidung, seine Fesseln verloren. Ich hatte die Dunkelheit aus ihrem Gefängnis in meiner Seele befreit und ich fühlte mich gut, unendlich gut, und doch fürchtete ich mich. Ich ... Leer más

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Ich wandte mich ab und ging. Ich ging einfach und überließ die Frau dem Moor. Eine große Befriedigung breitete sich in mir aus. Es war wie eine Krake. Etwas Dunkles. Etwas, das in jedem Menschen lauert, hatte durch meine Entscheidung, seine Fesseln verloren. Ich hatte die Dunkelheit aus ihrem Gefängnis in meiner Seele befreit und ich fühlte mich gut, unendlich gut, und doch fürchtete ich mich. Ich
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