Alternative' Cultures and Leisure: Creating Pathways for Sustainable Livelihoods
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Contemporary discourse on sustainability points to the need for substantial, if not radical, shifts...
Cultivating Commerce: Cultures of Botany in Britain and France, 1760-1815
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Sarah Easterby-Smith rewrites the histories of botany and horticulture from the perspectives of...
Culture on Two Wheels: The Bicycle in Literature and Film
Jeremy Withers, Daniel Shea and Zack Furness
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Bicycles have more cultural identities than many realize, functioning not only as literal vehicles...
Roman Literary Cultures: Domestic Politics, Revolutionary Poetics, Civic Spectacle
Alison Keith and Jonathan Edmondson
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Drawing on the historicizing turn in Latin literary scholarship, Roman Literary Cultures combines...
Acoustic Territories: Sound Culture and Everyday Life
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Acoustic Territories: Sound Culture and Everyday Life offers an expansive reading of auditory life....
The Shakers: History, Culture & Craft
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The Shakers sought to create a heaven on earth through a combination of worship and diligent work,...
Becoming Women: The Embodied Self in Image Culture
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In a culture where beauty is currency, women's bodies are often perceived as measures of value and...
India: The Essential Guide to Customs & Culture
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India s population of 1.2 billion is as varied and colorful as the spice markets of Old Delhi. Each...
Emirates Diaries: Culture, Peace and War in the Gulf
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Emirates Diaries tells the story of how Peter Clark came to love the Emirates and its people. He got...
Culture and Conservation: Beyond Anthropocentrism
Helen Kopnina and Eleanor Shoreman-Ouimet
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Today, there is growing interest in conservation and anthropologists have an important role to play...