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On the basis of a body of reggae songs from the 1970s and late 1990s, the author offers a sociological analysis of memory, hope and redemption in reggae music. -- .

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This first collection of Margaret Mead's personal correspondence creates a vivid and intimate portrait of an American icon--with a foreword by Mead's daughter, Mary Catherine Bateson

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Discussing the sensitive legal and ethical issues surrounding an individual's right to die, this book integrates the ideas and experiences of ten authorities from different disciplines, cultures and legal systems. Appendices supply references, statutes and judicial decisions.

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Can conflicting emotions of love and hate for a child actually have a creative impact on mothering

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The tournament was a mock battle, at its height between 1100 and 1300, conducted by two arbitrary battalions over many square miles of open country. It was a one-day event, but when joined to ancillary festivals it could extend it to several days. Tournament holding had penetrated England, Germany and Austria by 1200.

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Tracing developments in toy making and marketing across the evolving landscape of the 20th century, this encyclopedia is a comprehensive reference guide to America's most popular playthings and the culture to which they belong.

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Essays on the Iwakura Embassy, the realistic painter Takahashi Yuichi, the educational system, and music, show how the Japanese went about borrowing from the West in the first decades after the Restoration: the formulation of strategies for modernizing and the adaptation of Western models to Meiji culture. In the second half of the volume, the dark

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American culture is in a state of transition. What is the nature of this change To what degree is it desirable What are its implications It is to these questions in relation to various aspects of our culture that eight distinguished scholars here address themselves.

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An appropriate choice for the library reference collection, this book is a valuable research tool and source for scholars in political science, psychology, and sociology, as well as journalists, policy makers, and other professionals concerned with public opinion.

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Trouble at Work addresses the apparent rise in workplace harassment and bullying in recent years. Drawing on extensive surveys and in-depth data, this book is a comprehensive study of troubles in the workplace, looking across many areas of employment.

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Trouble at Work addresses the apparent rise in workplace harassment and bullying in recent years. Drawing on extensive surveys and in-depth data, this book is a comprehensive study of troubles in the workplace, looking across many areas of employment.

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Ultras are the most prominent form of football fandom in the 21st century, from their origins in Italy in the 1960s, this style of fandom has spread across Europe and then across the globe. This book provides the first European-wide monograph on the ultras phenomenon. -- .

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Ultras are the most prominent form of football fandom in the 21st century, from their origins in Italy in the 1960s, this style of fandom has spread across Europe and then across the globe. This book provides the first European-wide monograph on the ultras phenomenon. -- .

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This book investigates uncertainty as a governing practice from the unique vantage point of citizenisation - twenty-first-century integration and naturalisation measures that make and unmake citizens and migrants, while indefinitely holding many applicants for citizenship in the waiting room of citizenship.

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This book investigates uncertainty as a governing practice from the unique vantage point of citizenisation - twenty-first-century integration and naturalisation measures that make and unmake citizens and migrants, while indefinitely holding many applicants for citizenship in the waiting room of citizenship.

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This book offers an in-depth sociological analysis of parent and professional experience of baby loss, examining the role that post-mortem can play in the wider context of bereavement.

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Explains the Institutional Analysis and Development (IAD) framework, which enables a scholar to choose the most relevant level of interaction for a particular question. This book explains and illustrates how to use the IAD in the context of both field and experimental studies.