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The similar cuisines of the Near East, Middle East, and North Africa stem from ancient cultures and variable climates, ranging from Mediterranean to desert.

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Food Waste is the first academic study to tackle this highly topical subject. Drawing from social science approaches to waste, material culture and everyday life in the home, the author uncovers the reasons behind the vast quantity of food wasted on a daily basis by households and consumers.

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Food Waste is the first academic study to tackle this highly topical subject. Drawing from social science approaches to waste, material culture and everyday life in the home, the author uncovers the reasons behind the vast quantity of food wasted on a daily basis by households and consumers.

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Featuring a series of highly original and lively essays, Food Words traces the multiple meanings of the most important keywords in the fast-moving field of food studies. This is essential reading for all food scholars and students.

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Food: The Key Concepts presents an exciting, coherent and interdisciplinary introduction to food studies for newcomers to the subject. In-depth analysis is Illustrated with lively case studies, and chapter summaries and guides to further reading make this perfect for course use.

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Examines how groups of young male fans come to be identified as football 'hooligans, and challenges the assumption that violence is wholly central to the match-day experience for these supporters. This book is for undergraduates of social anthropology, sociology and criminology, and also for the general reader with an interest in football culture.

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"Football Italia examines the development of Italian football in relation to the wider global transformations impacting football, and addresses the reasons for Serie A's initial success and current malaise"--

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This book considers the original and continuing legacy of Newtonian theories and imaginaries in the vast array of human attempts to understand the world. Drawing from a range of disciplines, the essays in this volume engage with Newton as a thinker and examine his legacy

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The specific social and historical role of the immigrant is considered. Originally published in 1966. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these impor

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In this study of one group of the new nobility, Jonathan Dewald argues that the origin, attitudes, and behavior of the noblesse de robe were in fundamental ways similar to those of the old nobility. Originally published in 1980. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print

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A concise, accessible, and engaging guide for students and practitioners of sociology.

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The newest entry in the Foxfire publishing phenomenon--which all totalled has sold over 7 million books to date--continues the bestselling tradition with an all-new collection of home-folk material that promotes a more self-sufficient way of life. Black-and-white photographs throughout.

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In the context of fieldwork among the Tswapong people of Botswana, the author delivers a critical reflexive discussion that explores the tension between data recorded at a particular historical moment and the interpretive frames offered to make sense of such data.

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In the context of fieldwork among the Tswapong people of Botswana, the author delivers a critical reflexive discussion that explores the tension between data recorded at a particular historical moment and the interpretive frames offered to make sense of such data.

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Charles de Gaulle has often warned France and other European nations of the threat they face from advanced scientific and technological countries such as the United States and the Soviet Union. Robert Gilpin examines this "technological gap," which France fears, and the efforts France is making to introduce change and efficiency into her science ad

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This study analyzes the development of Franz Boas' theories and examines his contributions to racial and ethnic thought in the context of his own ethnicity and personal experience with persecution. The author focuses on Boas' attempt to fuse science with political and social activism.

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A few years ago, three women set up a table on a street near Greenwich Village--and began offering expert advice to strangers for free. Now, The Advice Ladies take to the pages of their first book, offering pearls of wisdom on such subjects as how to escape from a nightmare date, how to get over an obsession before you turn into Glenn Close, and more.

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An exploration of the future of free speech argues that freedom of speech is constantly threatened by other social interests, analyzing symbolic and violent dissent and the "clear and present danger" doctrine.