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Exploring the way urbicide is used to un/re-make Palestine, as well as how it is employed as a tool of spatial dispossession and control, this book examines contemporary political violence and dest

The town hall or city hall as a place of local governance is historically related to the founding of cities in medieval Europe.

Cities are where the twenty-first century is really going to happen.

Contested Spaces is a global study of sites of conflict, places of loss, fear, resistance and pilgrimage where the materiality of violence forcibly brings the past into the present.

Examines the ways in which urban modernity reshapes 'cultural experience'.

Explores two contemporary theories of the family-rational choice theory & transition theory that illuminate what differing theories reveal about families.

In 1784, passengers on the ship Empress of China became the first Americans to land in China, and the first to eat Chinese food.

Pourquoi êtes-vous pauvres? (Why are you poor?) That was the simple yet groundbreaking question William T. Vollmann asked in cities and villages around the globe.

Presents an introduction to theories of the family.

After four decades of eradicating gender barriers at work and in public life, why do men still dominate business, politics and the most highly paid jobs' Why do high-achieving women opt out of succ

"A dry look at late-20th-century feminist leaders in academia, by a psychologist and professor of higher education at UCLA (Astin) and a senior program associate at the Center for Creative Leadersh

This up-to-date, engaging, accessible applied anthropology textbook presents a thorough yet balanced introduction to the field while specifically addressing a concern of immediate and practical imp

This new text provides students with a first exposure to the growing field of medical anthropology. As such, it is guided by three unifying themes.

This new reader offers a collection of articles focusing on practicing anthropology at a time when readers are increasingly looking for ways to apply their anthropology degrees to their professiona

Unique in its conceptual coherence and the level of practical detail, this book provides a comprehensive resource for those concerned with the practice of semi-structured interviewing, the most com