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Tasting the Good Life
While anthropologists often have been accused of failing to "study up," this book turns an anthropological lens on an elite activity – wine tasting. Five million people a year, …
Rights in the Balance
On a horrific night in October 1975, Erwin Simants brutally murdered six members of the Henry Kellie family in tiny Sutherland, Nebraska. Massive media attention to the grisly …
Brewed Awakenings
This little guide to Midwest java joints, perked up with anecdotes, jokes, and the author’s own whimsical illustrations, will entertain and educate as you enjoy your daily jolt. …
Portrait of a Port
Two hundred and thirty-four striking photographs of the port of Boston combine with interpretive commentary to recapture the flavor, buoyancy, and excitement of the city’s years as …
Economic Turbulence
Every day, in every sector of our economy, a business shuts down while another starts up, jobs are created while others are cut, and workers are hired while others are laid off. …
Orchestral Conductor's Career Handbook
In-text URLs can be accessed via the "e;Features"e; tab of the publisher's website.Conductors face a multitude of hurdles as they strive to obtain a foothold in the …
The Twitter Presidency
The Twitter Presidency explores the rhetorical style of President Donald J. Trump, attending to both his general manner of speaking as well as to his preferred modality. Trump’s …
The Arena Concert
The Arena Concert: Music, Media and Mass Entertainment is the first sustained engagement with what might said to be - in its melding of concert and gathering, in its evolving …
Words Over War
The international community can creatively and aggressively address deadly conflict through mediation, arbitration, and the development of international institutions to promote …
Great Power Competition and Order Building in the Indo-Pacific
This book argues that the new great power contest between the United States and the People's Republic of China, which has as its epicentre the complex Indo-Pacific region, is …
Oprah Phenomenon
“Excellent essays” on a business empire, a cultural phenomenon, and the nature of the extraordinary bond between Oprah Winfrey and her fans (Journal of Social History). Oprah …
Documenting Fashion
This is the story of clothes as pictures and of the importance and meanings of the way we picture clothes. Focusing on the rapid changes of the interwar period, fashion is explored …