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Is the United States "the land of equal opportunity" or is the playing field tilted in favor of those whose parents are wealthy, well educated, and white If family background is important in getting ahead, why This title provides answers to these questions by leading economists, sociologists, biologists, behavioral geneticists, and philosophers.

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Examines the lives of completely closeted educators as well as the literature about sexual orientation issues in education.

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Directors of women's centers from across the United States discuss the potential of such organizations to improve the quality of women's experiences at colleges and universities. Twenty chapters provide information on structural issues, policies and programs, information and advocacy, and identity a

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This book uses a sociological and ethnographic lens to explore why MMA participants endure grueling workouts and serious injury. The authors argue that the idolization of MMA participants from their supporters, each other, and culture more generally is linked to the creation of a type of publicly accessible and consumable form of masculinity.

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This book uses a sociological and ethnographic lens to explore why MMA participants endure grueling workouts and serious injury. The authors argue that the idolization of MMA participants from their supporters, each other, and culture more generally is linked to the creation of a type of publicly accessible and consumable form of masculinity.

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Unrivalled Influence explores the exceptional roles that women played in the vibrant cultural and political life of medieval Byzantium. Written by one of the world's foremost historians of the Byzantine millennium, this landmark book evokes the complex and exotic world of Byzantium's women, from empresses and saints to uneducated rural widows. Draw

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Unsettling America explores the uses of Indianness in the twenty-first century. It concerns itself with images of Native Americans and the ways in which American Indians have interpreted, challenged, and reworked them. Its close readings offer deeper understandings of racism, culture, and sovereignty.

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How does culture shape notions of sexuality and gender Why are transvestites in the West so often seen as 'deviant' or 'perverse,' while they are accepted in other societies What are the implications for the categories of 'male' and 'female' when considering transvestism

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How does culture shape notions of sexuality and gender Why are transvestites in the West so often seen as 'deviant' or 'perverse,' while they are accepted in other societies What are the implications for the categories of 'male' and 'female' when considering transvestism

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Up for Discussion Volume 1 is a collection of poetry from the mind of someone making commentary on his life and the world in the span of 10 years. In this collection you will find themes of self-determination, sexuality, double standards, spirituality, race, and love.

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A socio-historical and ethnographic account of pioneering Anglophone eastern Caribbean women who signed up to be migrant domestics in the Caribbean oil lands.

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An outstanding resource for contemporary American Indians as well as students and scholars interested in community and ethnicity, this book dispels the myth that all American Indians live on reservations and are plagued with problems, and serves to illustrate a unique, dynamic model of community formation.

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Urban and Regional Policy and Its Effects , the second in a series, sets out to inform policymakers, practitioners, and scholars about the effectiveness of select policy approaches, reforms, and experiments in addressing key social and economic problems facing cities, suburbs, and metropolitan areas.

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This book provides a reflection on urban ecocriticism, a subject that has yet to be fully researched and appreciated within the trans-disciplinary framework of the environmental humanities.

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This book provides a reflection on urban ecocriticism, a subject that has yet to be fully researched and appreciated within the trans-disciplinary framework of the environmental humanities.

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The relentless growth of cities in developing countries is inevitable - and irreversible. This work reviews innovative urban management, discusses the latest findings on key issues of urban management, and identifies policy - relevant research needs and priorities. Case studies are included.

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Since the Russo-Turkish War of 1877-1878, approximately two-and-a-half million Muslims living in the Balkans have been forced from their homes.

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This book takes an entirely new approach to the evolution of cities and of societies in premodern periods. Refining the theory advanced in his earlier study of China and Japan, Gilbert Rozman examines the development of Russia over several centuries with emphasis on the period immediately preceding the Industrial Revolution. He makes possible compa