University of Washington Press Forlag
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Ready All! George Yeoman Pocock and Crew Racing (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)
In the 1920s, an upstart West Coast college began to challenge the Eastern universities in the ancient sport of crew racing. As rowers from the University... Læs mere
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Squamish-English Dictionary (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)
This dictionary is the first published compilation by the Squamish Nation of Skwxwú7mesh Sníchim, one of ten Coast Salish languages.
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Darwin's Pharmacy: Sex, Plants, and the Evolution of the Noosphere (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)
Long suppressed as components of the human tool kit, psychedelic plants can be usefully modeled as “eloquence adjuncts” that intensify a... Læs mere
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Art and Intimacy: How the Arts Began (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)
To Ellen Dissanayake, the arts are biologically evolved propensities of human nature: their fundamental features helped early humans adapt to their environment and reproduce themselves successfully over generations.
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Asian American Feminisms and Women of Color Politics (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)
Asian American Feminisms and Women of Color Politics brings together groundbreaking essays that speak to the relationship between Asian American feminisms, feminist of color work, and transnational feminist scholarship.
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Jade Mountains and Cinnabar Pools: The History of Travel Literature in Imperial China (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)
First-hand accounts of travel provide windows into places unknown to the reader, or new ways of seeing familiar places.
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Urban Forest Landscapes: Integrating Multidisciplinary Perspectives (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)
The goal of urban forestry is to understand the ecological, institutional, and human issues at work in the urban landscape.
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The Gelede Spectacle: Art, Gender, and Social Harmony in an African Culture (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)
Explores the use of the visual and performing arts to promote nonviolence and social harmony in Yoruba-land
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Mediating Islam: Cosmopolitan Journalisms in Muslim Southeast Asia (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)
Broadening an overly narrow definition of Islamic journalism, Janet Steele examines day-to-day reporting practices of Muslim professionals, from conservative scripturalists to pluralist cosmopolitans, at five exemplary news organizations in Malaysia and Indonesia.
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Herring and People of the North Pacific: Sustaining a Keystone Species (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)
A unique look at Indigenous knowledge, fisheries management, and marine ecologyHerring are vital to the productivity and health of marine systems, and socio-ecologically Pacific herring (Clupea pallasii) is one of the most important fish species in the Northern Hemisphere.
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No-No Boy (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)
Yamada answered "no" twice in a compulsory government questionnaire as to whether he would serve in the armed forces and swear loyalty to the United States. This book tells the story of Ichiro Yamada, a fictional version of the real-life "no-no boys."
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Woke Gaming: Digital Challenges to Oppression and Social Injustice (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)Levering: 6 - 9 hverdage
