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Dining with the Sultan: The Fine Art of Feasting
The spirit of feasting in Islamic lands as seen in art and material culture This catalog represents the first occasion that the burgeoning knowledge of food culture in this period …
Growing Gaps
As inequality grows rapidly both in post-industrial societies and in the high-growth economies of the developing world, its centrality and ubiquity among problems of interest to …
Law and Economic Organization
This book will interest anthropologists and other readers concerned with the operation and development of legal institutions.
A Different Shade of Gray: Mid-Life and Beyond in the Inner City
In a book that Robert B. Reich, former U.S. Secretary of Labor, called "provocative and insightful . . . combining revealing details about specific people with thoughtful analysis …
The Accordion Family
Why are adults in their twenties and thirties stuck in their parents' homes in the world's wealthiest countries? There's no question that globalization has drastically changed the …
After Freedom
Twenty years after the end of apartheid, a new generation is building a multiracial democracy in South Africa but remains mired in economic inequality and political conflict. The …
You Can't Say That!
What happens when freedom of expression comes under threat? In frank and wide-ranging interviews, historian and critic Leonard S. Marcus probes the experience of thirteen leading …
Who Cares?
Americans like to think that they look after their own, especially in times of hardship. Particularly for the Great Depression and the Great Society eras, the collective memory is …