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  • Bound Feet, Young Hands

    Tracking the Demise of Footbinding in Village China

    de Laurel Bossen, Hill Gates ...
    Footbinding was common in China until the early twentieth century, when most Chinese were family farmers. Why did these families bind young girls' feet? And why did footbinding stop? In this groundbreaking work, Laurel Bossen and Hill Gates upend the popular view of footbinding as a status, or even sexual, symbol by showing that it was an undeniably effective way to get even very young girls to ... Leer más

    $49.99 USD

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  • Don Juan

    de George Gordon Byron ...
    I want a hero: an uncommon want, When every year and month sends forth a new one, Till, after cloying the gazettes with cant, The age discovers he is not the true one; Of such as these I should not care to vaunt, I 'll therefore take our ancient friend Don Juan- We all have seen him, in the pantomime, Sent to the devil somewhat ere his time. ... Leer más

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  • Breach of Faith

    Hurricane Katrina and the Near Death of a Great American City

    de Jed Horne ...
    Hurricane Katrina shredded one of the great cities of the South, and as levees failed and the federal relief effort proved lethally incompetent, a natural disaster became a man-made catastrophe. As an editor of New Orleans’ daily newspaper, the Pulitzer Prize—winning Times-Picayune, Jed Horne has had a front-row seat to the unfolding drama of the city’s collapse into chaos and its continuing ... Leer más

    $4.99 USD

  • Glass House

    The 1% Economy and the Shattering of the All-American Town

    de Brian Alexander ...
    A field study of corporate greed and a private equity firm's disastrous effect on a once thriving industrial American town—"Does a remarkable job" ( The New Yorker ).Named a Best/Most Anticipated Book of the Year by New York Post • Newsweek • The Week • Bustle"Should be required reading for people trying to understand Trumpism, inequality, and the sad state of a n... ... Leer más

    $2.99 USD

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  • A Free Man: A True Story of Life and Death in Delhi

    A True Story of Life and Death in Delhi

    de Aman Sethi ...
    A 2012 New York Times Book Review Editor's ChoiceAn intimate portrait of an invisible man—a powerful story of one man’s life that contains multitudes.Like Dave Eggers’s Zeitoun and Alexander Masters’s Stuart, this is a tour de force of narrative reportage.Mohammed Ashraf studied biology, became a butcher, a tailor, and an electrician’s apprentice; now he is a homeless day laborer in the heart of ... Leer más

    $11.99 USD

  • Isn't That Rich?

    Life Among the 1 Percent

    de Richard Kirshenbaum ...
    Celebrated ad man Richard Kirshenbaum, the original New York observer, reveals the fashions, foibles, and outrageous extravagances of the private-jet setPaid friends. Pot dealers draped in Dolce. Divorce settlements that include the Birkins at their current retail price. Air kisses, landing strips, and lounge-chair bribery.For most of us, the idea of life inside the golden triad of Park Avenue, ... Leer más

    $12.99 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

    Disponible también en: Audiolibro

    Disponible también en: Audiolibro

  • After Freedom

    The Rise of the Post-Apartheid Generation in Democratic South Africa

    de Katherine S. Newman, Ariane De Lannoy ...
    Twenty years after the end of apartheid, a new generation is building a multiracial democracy in South Africa but remains mired in economic inequality and political conflict.The death of Nelson Mandela in 2013 arrived just short of the twentieth anniversary of South Africa’s first free election, reminding the world of the promise he represented as the nation’s first Black president. Despite ... Leer más

    $15.99 USD

  • History of the Future

    The Shape of the World to Come Is Visible Today

    de Max Singer ...
    History of the Future presents a set of ideas about where we are in history. It focuses on the great majority of people in each society, and shows that life in the modern world will be almost completely different from all previous human experience. The present time is best understood as a period of transition during which one country after another is following along parallel paths from traditional ... Leer más

    $30.99 USD

  • Seeing Through the System

    The Invisible Class Struggle in America

    de Gus Bagakis ...
    Most people think of class as a ranking systemthe more you have, the higher your class status. In contrast to this view, in this new study author Gus Bagakis demonstrates that class is a tool that explains how the capitalist system works and why the class struggle is invisible.Capitalism was and is a developing system in which the working class is turned into a commodity, selling its labor power ... Leer más

    $3.99 USD

  • Recasting the Social in Citizenship

    de Engin F. Isin ...
    Previous notions of what constitutes "citizenship" within a country have been steadily challenged by the movement towards a globalized world. Examining the everyday habits of citizens and non-citizens, the contributors to Recasting the Social in Citizenship show how citizenship has increasingly been determined by social behaviours rather than by civil or political affiliations. Broadening the ... Leer más

    $38.99 USD

  • Beechcroft At Rockstone

    de Charlotte M. Yonge ...
    A classic piece of writing props up Yonge's crucial purpose of writing "the Glory of God". In the novel she has not sermonize the religion but she has put the things in the natural way. The plot of the story is well-knitted and entangles the motif of strength of will and morally stalwart character. The book is incredible for its simple language life-like characters and spontaneity in the style. ... Leer más

    $4.99 USD

  • Caste in Contemporary India

    de Surinder S. Jodhka ...
    Caste is a contested terrain in India’s society and polity. This book explores contemporary realities of caste in rural and urban India. It examines questions of untouchability, citizenship, social mobility, democratic politics, corporate hiring and Dalit activism. Using rich empirical evidence from the field across Punjab, Uttar Pradesh, Delhi and other parts of north India, this volume presents ... Leer más

    $65.99 USD