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The Green Hour: A Natural History of Home (Bog, Hardback, Engelsk)
When Alison Townsend purchased her first house, in south-central Wisconsin, she put down roots where she never imagined settling. To understand how she came to... Læs mere
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Royal Capitalism: Wealth, Class, and Monarchy in Thailand (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)
Thanks to its active role in national politics, the market economy, and popular culture, the Thai crown remains both the country’s dominant... Læs mere
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Philippine Sanctuary: A Holocaust Odyssey (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)
Between 1938 and 1941, the Philippine Commonwealth provided safe asylum to more than 1,300 German Jews. In highlighting the efforts by Philippine president... Læs mere
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Daughter in Retrograde: A Memoir (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)
A fierce and funny memoir of midwestern life and death, as a young woman looks to stars and signs to help her navigate without the mother who had always lit the way.
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Russia's Social Gospel: The Orthodox Pastoral Movement in Famine, War, and Revolution (Bog, Hardback, Engelsk)
Draws upon extensive archival research to examine the effects of the pastoral movement on Russian society and the... Læs mere
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John Bascom and the Origins of the Wisconsin Idea (Bog, Hardback, Engelsk)
The Progressive-era idea that a public university should improve the lives of people beyond the borders of its campus had its origins in nineteenth-century German idealism, liberal Protestantism, and evolutionary theory, and in the mind of brilliant American educator John Bascom.
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Everyday Economic Survival in Myanmar (Bog, Hardback, Engelsk)
Reforms in Myanmar (formerly Burma) have eased restrictions on citizens' political activities. Yet for most Burmese, Ardeth Maung Thawnghmung shows, eking out a living from day to day leaves little time for civic engagement.
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Teaching U.S. History Through Sports (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)
Provides strategies for incorporating sports into any US history curriculum. Drawing on their own classroom experiences, the authors suggest creative ways to use... Læs mere
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Understanding and Teaching Native American History (Bog, Hardback, Engelsk)
While the past three decades have seen burgeoning scholarship in Indigenous studies, comparatively little of that has trickled into classrooms. This... Læs mere
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Dynastic Democracy: Political Families of Thailand (Bog, Hardback, Engelsk)
Illustrates how democratic pluralism in Thailand has been consistently stifled, to the detriment of ordinary citizens. Dynastic Democracy fleshes out a... Læs mere
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Culture Work: Folklore for the Public Good (Bog, Hardback, Engelsk)
Presents case studies of public-oriented work that define the Wisconsin Idea of folklore in all its complexities, challenges, and potentialities. This Wisconsin method focuses on doing folklore work of the community, for the community, and with the community.
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Abuela in Shadow, Abuela in Light (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)
Standing over two graves, Rigoberto Gonzalez studies the names ‘Ramon’ and ‘Maria’ under the family name ‘Gonzalez.’ ‘She was Maria Carrillo, not Maria Gonzalez’, he... Læs mere
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