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Auctions and auctioneering
Discover the fascinating world of auctions, where commerce, strategy, and human behavior converge in a dynamic marketplace. In Auctions and Auctioneering, Ralph Cassady, Jr. provides the first comprehensive analysis of the auctioning process, delving deeply into its economic, cultural, and practi...
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Spectacular nature
This is the story of Sea World, a theme park where the wonders of nature are performed, marketed, and sold. With its trademark star, Shamu the killer whale—as well as performing dolphins, pettable sting rays, and reproductions of pristine natural worlds—the park represents a careful coordination ...
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Nepal
Nepal: Strategy for Survival delves into the intricate interplay of geography, history, and cultural dynamics that have shaped Nepal’s foreign policy and its interactions with neighboring giants, India and China. Situated along the Himalayan slopes, Nepal’s central location has historically made ...
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Local power in the japanese state
Local Power in the Japanese State offers a comprehensive examination of the evolution of local government and central-local relations in Japan during a pivotal era of political and administrative change. Originally published in Japanese in 1988, the book contextualizes Japan's governance dynamics...
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France at the crystal palace
Whitney Walton approaches the nineteenth-century French industrial development from a new perspective—that of consumption. She analyzes the French performance at the Crystal Palace Exhibition of 1851 to illustrate how bourgeois consumers influenced France's distinctive pattern of industrial devel...
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Ritualized homosexuality in melanesia
This book contains the work of seven leading anthropologists on the subject of ritualized homosexuality, and it marks the first time that anthropologists have systematically studied cross-cultural variations in homosexual behavior in a non-Western culture area. The book as a whole indicates that ...
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The foreign trade of china
The Foreign Trade of China: Policy, Law, and Practice is a comprehensive study that delves into the complexities of China's foreign trade since the founding of the People's Republic of China in 1949. The book explores the institutional frameworks, laws, trade policies, and practices that have sha...
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The 1961–1970: american film institute catalog of motion pictures produced in the united states
Back in print after more than fifteen years, this American Film Institute Catalog covers the decade of the sixties. This was the era in which films began to challenge the taboos on sex and violence and treated social issues in a new light. Included in this volume are The Wild Bunch, Bonnie and Cl...
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Political awakening in the congo
Political Awakening in the Belgian Congo offers a comprehensive exploration of the historical, social, and political forces that shaped the Congo's tumultuous transition from colonial rule to independence. The book provides critical insights into how ethnic diversity, regional particularisms, and...
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Politics and social forces in chilean development
Chile, which suffering from many of the same social and economic problems that afflict other Latin American countries, has enjoyed remarkable political stability. With the exception of one brief interlude, Chile has been governed by elected rules for half a century. The feature of Chilean develop...
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One of the children
One of the Children: Gay Black Men in Harlem provides a groundbreaking ethnographic account of the lives of gay black men residing in Harlem. This community, often overlooked in academic literature, is presented through the lens of the author’s two-year participant-observation fieldwork, revealin...
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Sex seen
Sex Seen provides a complex and intriguing account of the changes that have taken place in the social construction of sexuality during the past century. Focusing on Sacramento, California, at the dawn of the twentieth century, Sharon Ullman juxtaposes early cinema, vaudeville performances, and p...
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A picture gallery of the soul
A vivid and moving celebration of the ways that Black Americans have shaped and been shaped by photography, from its inception to the present day. A Picture Gallery of the Soul presents the work of more than one hundred Black American artists whose practice incorporates the photographic medium. ...
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Perfecting women
Challenging conventional notions about the place of women in Muslim societies, the Bihishti Zewar (Heavenly Ornaments) gives life to the themes of religious and social reform that have too often been treated in the abstract. This instructional guidebook, used by the world's largest population of ...
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Piracy and the decline of venice 1580 - 1615
Pirate welfare played a prominent part in Mediterranean life during the late sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries. Its influence was significant both in the decline of Venice and in the shift of the economic hegemony of Europe. Professor Tenenti maintains that Venice is a fitting focus for s...
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Phases in the religion of ancient rome
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