Explores the depths of adobe and enables the reader to build their own home intelligently and realistically. With an emphasis on adobe construction, McHenry discusses the planning of every aspect of one's home from the financing to the foundation, the floors to the fireplaces.
Through storytelling, ethnography, and interviews, Heritage in the Body examines the links between health and heritage in... Læs mere
Offers a broad overview of topics pertaining to gender-related health, violence, and healing. Employing a strength-based approach (as opposed to a deficit model), the book... Læs mere
Near Tijuana, Baja California, the autonomous community of Maclovio Rojoas demonstrates what is possible for... Læs mere
Offers the first detailed study of plant uses among the Najdi Arabic-speaking tribal peoples of eastern Saudi Arabia. This book... Læs mere
Synthesizes R. Aida Hernandez Castillo's twenty-four years of activism and research among indigenous women's... Læs mere