Edited by Tamara Mose Brown, and Joanna Dreby
Negotiating the challenges—and fighting the myths—of parenthood and fieldwork
228 pages
| 5.5 x 8.25
A Puerto Rican Journey through Labor and Refuge
Manuel ValdÈs Pizzini, and David Griffith
The human dimension of globalized labor
280 pages
| 6 x 9
| 2 tables, 2 figures, 19 halftones, 1 map
Toward a Theory of Human Food Habits
edited by Marvin Harris and Eric B. Ross
An unprecedented interdisciplinary effort suggests that there is a systematic theory behind why humans eat what they eat
640 pages
A Chronicle of the Schorcht Family
Donald S. Pitkin
Charting the transformation of East Germany through the lens of one town and one multi-generational family
316 pages
| 6 x 9
The Hauntings of Everyday Life
Dennis Waskul with Michele Waskul
How people experience ghosts and hauntings, the ways they make sense of uncanny experiences, and the consequences thereof
184 pages
| 5.5 x 8.25
| 17 halftones
Contesting Community and Defining Difference in U.S. Public Health Programs
Susan J Shaw
An analysis of local struggles over community health as a window into governance, citizenship, and identity formation.
226 pages
| 6 x 9
| 3 figures, 5 halftones
The Integrity and Ethics of Racial Identification
Anthony Kwame Harrison
Race and authenticity in America, explored through the Bay Area’s multiracial underground hip hop scene
226 pages
| 6 x 9
| 5 tables, 8 halftones
Youth, Unemployment, and the Future in Urban Ethiopia
Daniel Mains
A detailed look at young men in urban Ethiopia that reveals the impact of economic development and globalization
208 pages
| 6 x 9
| 2 maps
Shin Issei Women and Contemporary Japanese American Community, 1980–2020
Tritia Toyota
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Exploring how Japanese women migrants (shin Issei ) are making place/space for themselves among generations of Americans of Japanese ancestry
244 pages
| 6 x 9
Sunni Muslims in Chicago
Garbi Schmidt
How does the practice of Islam and its community of believers change in the American context?
256 pages
| 6 x 9
Understanding Animal Cruelty and Ourselves
Arnold Arluke
How can we make sense of acts of cruelty towards animals?
232 pages
| 6 x 9
Testimonies of a Brazilian Drug Dealer's Woman
Robert Gay and Arthur Schmidt
One woman's story of life in the slums of Rio de Janeiro
240 pages
| 6 x 9
| 18 halftones
Wolof Griot Percussionists of Senegal
Patricia Tang
A fascinating study of Senegalese masters of the sabar drum
224 pages
| 6 x 9
| 22 figures, 15 halftones, 2 maps
Sergio Javier Navarrete Pellicer
The marimba as a cultural force in rural Guatemala
288 pages
| 6 x 9
| 2 tables, 21 figures, 14 halftones, 1 map
Guatemalans in Florida
Allan F. Burns
The first report on the cultural adaptation of Guatemalan Maya immigrants to Florida
256 pages
| 5.5 x 8.25
| 10 figures, 18 halftones
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