Radical testimonies from indigenous Pacific women on vital issues affecting their future, from nuclear experimentation and the impact of tourism to oceanic pollution and more.
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Radical testimonies from indigenous Pacific women on vital issues affecting their future, from nuclear experimentation and the impact of tourism to oceanic pollution and more.
The Dream and the Nightmare: The Sixties' Legacy to the Underclass
Myron Magnet's The Dream and the Nightmare argues that the radical transformation of American culture that took place in the 1960s brought today's underclass-overwhelmingly urban, dismayingly minority-into existence. Lifestyle experimentation …
Coming Home: Saskatchewan Remembered
The stories in Coming Home are as surprising as the landscape of Saskatchewan itself and as varied as the weather. Through the author's reminiscences, we experience prairie life as it was more than sixty years ago, and as it is today.
Andean Worlds: Indigenous History, Culture, and Consciousness Under Spanish Rule, 1532-1825
This broadly gauged, synthetic study examines how the Spanish invasion of the Inca Empire (called Tawintinsuyu) in 1532 brought dramatic and irreversible transformations in traditional Andean modes of production, technology, politics, religion, …
The Kemalists: Islamic Revival and the Fate of Secular Turkey
Part memoir and part history, this Turkish journalist's story spans the beginning of the secular Republic of Turkey, created by Kemal Ataturk's sweeping reforms of the 1920s and 1930s to the combustible uncertainties of the present day.
Las Vegas Babylon: True Tales of Glitter, Glamour, and Greed
This photo-filled, and entertaining compilation of stories chronicles decades of celebrity scandals, mobsters, true crimes, and decadence in the most notoriously sinful city in the world.
Governance and Politics of China, Second Edition
Over the past 20 years change in China has been breathtaking. Reform has affected every facet of life and has left no policy and institution untouched. Now available in a substantially revised second edition covering the changes of the Sixteenth …
Africa: A Continent Self-Destructs
Can Africa survive? Many of the nations of sub-Saharan African have all but ceased to exist as organized states: tyranny, diseases such as AIDS, civil war and ethnic conflict—and border invasions threaten the complete disintegration of a region. …
AGRICULTURE was the mainstay of Iran's economy in the nineteenth century, yet little is known about it. Historians have rarely taken that important reality into account when writing on the economic or social history of that period, and until now …
Is the dollar bill still legal tender? Who were the "Symphony Six?" What is the "monkey-in-the-hat stamp"? These are just some of the questions that are asked — and answered — in 1000 Questions About Canada.
Glen Canyon: Images of a Lost World
stunning photographic memoir and document of the canyon now lost under Lake Powell. Nichols surveyed Glen Canyon in thirty trips and was Eliot Porter's guide.
St. Patrick's Secrets: 101 Little-Known Truths and Tales of Ireland
Well now, have you heard about how the Irish fought for Alexander the Great? Or did you know that at one time the Irish were forbidden to wear trousers? Perhaps you don't know why the Irish revere John Paul Jones or how Jack the Ripper influenced …
Egypt is almost the size of Britain, France, and Germany combined, yet its nearly 70 million people are forced by geographic factors to live in an area no bigger than Belgium. Only four percent of the land can sustain cultivation and life. In …
The Long March: How the Cultural Revolution of the 1960s Changed America
Now in paperback, "The Long March" shows how the cultural revolutions of the 1960s and 1970s took hold in America, lodging in our hearts and minds and in our innermost assumptions about what counts as the good life.
Mirage: Power, Politics, and the Hidden History of Arabian Oil
In this fascinating history of the discovery, development, and exploitation of Middle East oil, an international journalist tells a largely unknown story rich in drama, conflict, and comic interludes. Illustrations.
Historian Nisbet analyzes events and trends in the United States in the period after 1914. He criticizes Woodrow Wilson's moralistic and militaristic foreign policy as well as his attempts at social engineering at home and questions whether …
Francisco Nieva and Postmodernist Theatre
Critical and conceptual, this study examines and advances the debate on postmodernist theater by presenting the works of Francisco Nieva as bona-fide examples of this avant-garde school. It also redefines the existing historical boundaries of …
Take a culinary journey to the land of fish and fjords! Here are over 100 recipes for classic Norwegian specialties such as "Salmon Marinated in Hardanger Apple Cider, " "Herb-Cured Fillet of Elk, " "Fruit Soup, " "Norwegian Pancakes, " and "…
An introduction to Japan, comprising up-to-date information as well as a reference book. It incorporates over 200 articles arranged in seven thematic sections: geography, government, history, economy, society, culture and life.
Cold Comfort: Life at the Top of the Map
Temperatures that dive to forty degrees below zero are only part of life in northern Minnesota, according to award-winning writer Barton Sutter. Cold Comfort is his temperamental tribute to the city of Duluth, Minnesota, where bears wander the …
A Million Truths: A Decade in China
Income levels have risen sharpley in China during the last two decades. Although just 2% of all Chinese have hot, running water, virtually all households have televisions. This personal, intelligent book addresses these sweeping changes and how …
Real Alaska: Finding Our Way in the Wild Country
noted naturalist and nature writer examines the meaning of real wilderness.
Facing Asia: A History of the Colombo Plan
In the early 1950s, Australia embarked on its most ambitious attempt to engage with Asia: The Colombo Plan. This book examines the public and private agendas behind Australia's foreign aid diplomacy and reveals the strategic, political and …
The earliest films made in Cuba—newsreel footage of the Cuban-Spanish-American War—date from the end of the nineteenth century, but Cuba cannot be said to have had an indigenous film industry before the revolution of 1959. Michael Chanan provides …
East to America: Korean American Life Stories
In more than 30 powerful, candid interviews, individuals from New York, Chicago, San Francisco, and Los Angeles render a portrait of the Korean-American community grappling with racial tensions, class and gender differences, and differing notions …