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Lebanese Mountain Cookery

By: Mary Laird Hamady,Mary Louise Laird

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One of the glories of Middle Eastern cuisine is that once the basics are mastered, it becomes easy to put together meals for 40 or 50 people. The definitive book on Lebanese regional food, "Lebanese Mountain Cookery" provides an important and beautiful resource for anyone interested in the history and practice of Middle Eastern cooking.

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1567920209

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The Characters In The Waverley Novels

By: Mary Fair Anderson Husband

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The Characters In The Waverley Novels

By: Mary Fair Anderson Husband

This book is intended as a work of reference for the student and lover of the Waverley Novels, and, in a minor degree, for the humanist who sees in Scott a noble nature worthy of closer acquaintance. Its aim is that of a Dictionary and not an Encyclopædia--an identification and description, rather than a condensed narrative, of the multitude of characters created by Sir Walter. No fewer than 2836 characters are comprised in the Dictionary, and these include 37 horses and 33 dogs. Every reader who is interested in Scott's works will love this most detailed and perfectly formatted dictionary.

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Jazzybee Verlag

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3849645169

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9783849645168

Ladies in the Laboratory III

South African, Australian, New Zealand, and Canadian Women in Science: Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Centuries

By: Mary R. S. Creese,Thomas M. Creese

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Ladies in the Laboratory III

South African, Australian, New Zealand, and Canadian Women in Science: Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Centuries

By: Mary R. S. Creese,Thomas M. Creese

Published in 1998, Ladies in the Laboratory provided a systematic survey and comparison of the work of 19th-century American and British women in scientific research. A companion volume, published in 2004, focused on women scientists from Western Europe. In this third volume, author Mary R.S. Creese expands her scope to include the contributions of 19th- and early 20th-century women of South Africa, Australia, New Zealand, and Canada. The women whose lives and work are discussed here range from natural history collectors and scientific illustrators of the early and mid years of the 19th century to the first generation of graduates of the new colonial colleges and universities. Rarely acknowledged in publications of the British and European specialists, the contributions of these women nonetheless formed a significant part of the natural history information about extensive, previously unknown regions and their products. Rather than a biographical dictionary or a collection of self-contained essays on individuals from many time periods, Ladies in the Laboratory III is a connected narrative tied into the wider framework of 19th-century science and education. A well-organized blend of individual life stories and quantitative information, this volume is for everyone interested in the story of women's participation in 19th century science. The stories of these women make for fascinating reading and serve as a valuable source for the student of women's and colonial history.

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Scarecrow Press

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0810872897

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9780810872899

How to Get Started in STEM Research with Undergraduates

By: Bert E. Holmes,Mark Biermann,Michael Castellani,Kimberley Frederick,Mitchell Malchowski,Michael A. Palladino,Roger Rowlett,Jeffrey G. Ryan,Silvia Ronco,Louise Temple,Mary Jane Walsh

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How to Get Started in STEM Research with Undergraduates

By: Bert E. Holmes,Mark Biermann,Michael Castellani,Kimberley Frederick,Mitchell Malchowski,Michael A. Palladino,Roger Rowlett,Jeffrey G. Ryan,Silvia Ronco,Louise Temple,Mary Jane Walsh

Faculty members face unique challenges and issues in conducting successful research with undergraduates in STEM fields. How to Get Started in STEM Research with Undergraduates discusses ways to deal with issues such as setting up and managing a research laboratory, designing student research projects, working with administrators, seeking research grants, writing successful grant proposals, integrating research into the classroom, dealing with information management, and making optimal use of the primary literature. Designed for faculty in the early years of teaching, the publication also can assist administrators as they consider elements for research success and institutional expectations for faculty. The appendix lists research agencies that fund undergraduate research.

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Council on Undergraduate Research

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0941933040

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Chien d'or/The Golden Dog

A Legend of Quebec

By: William Kirby,Mary Jane Edwards

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Chien d'or/The Golden Dog

A Legend of Quebec

By: William Kirby,Mary Jane Edwards

William Kirby's Le Chien d'or / The Golden Dog, a dramatic historical romance that vividly details the intertwined French and English foundations of Canada, is one of the nation's best-known pieces of nineteenth-century literature. A complicated publishing history, however, resulted in severe distortions of the text, so that each edition of the novel moved further from the author's original vision. Now, in the final work produced by the Centre for Editing Early Canadian Texts at Carleton University, editor Mary Jane Edwards returns this beloved piece of literary history to its intended form. First published in 1877, Le Chien d'or draws upon the threads of legend spun around the real-life tablet of the Golden Dog, which can still be seen in Quebec City. The novel's author William Kirby begins his tale in the 1740s, with the murder of the prosperous merchant who lived in the house that bore the tablet, and brings his work to a tragic end that coincides with the destruction of France's North American empire. Weaving historical, literary, and religious allusions together with a powerful lyricism, Le Chien d'or develops an epic narrative of the heroic past and promising future of the Dominion of Canada. Though many versions of Le Chien d'or have been published in both French and English, very few people have read what the author intended to see in print. This edition brings Kirby's unfulfilled legacy full circle by presenting a critically reliable version of his iconic Canadian novel.

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McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP

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0773586776

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9780773586772

Lucy Maud Montgomery

The Gift of Wings

By: Mary Henley Rubio

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Lucy Maud Montgomery

The Gift of Wings

By: Mary Henley Rubio

Mary Henley Rubio has spent over two decades researching Montgomery’s life, and has put together a comprehensive and penetrating picture of this Canadian literary icon, all set in rich social context. Extensive interviews with people who knew Montgomery – her son, maids, friends, relatives, all now deceased – are only part of the material gathered in a journey to understand Montgomery that took Rubio to Poland and the highlands of Scotland. From Montgomery’s apparently idyllic childhood in Prince Edward Island to her passion-filled adolescence and young adulthood, to her legal fights as world-famous author, to her shattering experiences with motherhood and as wife to a deeply troubled man, this fascinating, intimate narrative of her life will engage and delight.

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Anchor Canada

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0385674813

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Science Fiction and Fantasy Literature Vol 2

By: R. Reginald,Mary A. Burgess,Douglas Menville

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Science Fiction and Fantasy Literature Vol 2

By: R. Reginald,Mary A. Burgess,Douglas Menville

Science Fiction and Fantasy Literature, A Checklist, 1700-1974, Volume Two of Two, contains Contemporary Science Fiction Authors II.

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Wildside Press LLC

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094102878X

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9780941028783

Upstairs at the White House

My Life with the First Ladies

By: J. B. West,Mary Lynn Kotz

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Upstairs at the White House

My Life with the First Ladies

By: J. B. West,Mary Lynn Kotz

In this New York Times bestseller, the White House chief usher for nearly three decades offers a behind-the-scenes look at America’s first families. J. B. West, chief usher of the White House, directed the operations and maintenance of 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue—and coordinated its daily life—at the request of the president and his family. He directed state functions; planned parties, weddings and funerals, gardens and playgrounds, and extensive renovations; and, with a large staff, supervised every activity in the presidential home. For twenty-eight years, first as assistant to the chief usher, then as chief usher, he witnessed national crises and triumphs, and interacted daily with six consecutive presidents and first ladies, as well as their parents, children and grandchildren, and houseguests—including friends, relatives, and heads of state. J. B. West, whom Jackie Kennedy called “one of the most extraordinary men I have ever met,” provides an absorbing, one-of-a-kind history of life among the first ladies. Alive with anecdotes ranging from Eleanor Roosevelt’s fascinating political strategies to Jackie Kennedy’s tragic loss and the personal struggles of Pat Nixon, Upstairs at the White House is a rich account of a slice of American history that usually remains behind closed doors.

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Open Road Media

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1480449385

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Turning Point

By: Mary Ann Fields Whitehead

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Turning Point

By: Mary Ann Fields Whitehead

Kate Mitchum, Leanne LeDeaux, and Kathy Jonesthree little girls, growing up in Saint Elizabeths Orphanage in New Orleans, Louisiana, were as close as any friends could be. That is, until just before Christmas when they were nine years old. Turning points can come when you least expect them, as Kate Mitchum finds out as a child and later as an adult. She is smart and she is strong and she has the love and support of her friends and family at Saint Elizabeths as she faces lifes continuous strugglesbumps in the road, as Sr. Mary Louise, head of the orphanage, calls them. Throughout her senior year of high school, Kate works for Matthew Carlton, the new teacher who sets all the female teachers and students hearts aflutter, all the while remaining aloof and mysterious. Mr. Carlton takes a liking to Kate and helps her earn a little pocket money by having her do some of his busy work, such as grading papers and running errands. Little does he know that this association with Kate would one day lead him to fall deeply in love with her, but not until he himself proves to be one of those bumps in the road Kate has to face.

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Xlibris Corporation

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1503532542

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9781503532540

Imperial Eyes

Travel Writing and Transculturation

By: Mary Louise Pratt

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Imperial Eyes

Travel Writing and Transculturation

By: Mary Louise Pratt

Pratt intriguingly explores European travel and exploration writing. In a study of genre and as a critique of ideology, Imperial Eyes examines how travel books by Europeans create the domestic subject of European imperialism.

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Routledge

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1134927193

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Sheer Misery

Soldiers in Battle in WWII

By: Mary Louise Roberts

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Sheer Misery

Soldiers in Battle in WWII

By: Mary Louise Roberts

The senses -- The dirty body -- The foot -- The wound -- The corpse.

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University of Chicago Press

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022675314X

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What Soldiers Do

Sex and the American GI in World War II France

By: Mary Louise Roberts

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What Soldiers Do

Sex and the American GI in World War II France

By: Mary Louise Roberts

How do you convince men to charge across heavily mined beaches into deadly machine-gun fire? Do you appeal to their bonds with their fellow soldiers, their patriotism, their desire to end tyranny and mass murder? Certainly—but if you’re the US Army in 1944, you also try another tack: you dangle the lure of beautiful French women, waiting just on the other side of the wire, ready to reward their liberators in oh so many ways. That’s not the picture of the Greatest Generation that we’ve been given, but it’s the one Mary Louise Roberts paints to devastating effect in What Soldiers Do. Drawing on an incredible range of sources, including news reports, propaganda and training materials, official planning documents, wartime diaries, and memoirs, Roberts tells the fascinating and troubling story of how the US military command systematically spread—and then exploited—the myth of French women as sexually experienced and available. The resulting chaos—ranging from flagrant public sex with prostitutes to outright rape and rampant venereal disease—horrified the war-weary and demoralized French population. The sexual predation, and the blithe response of the American military leadership, also caused serious friction between the two nations just as they were attempting to settle questions of long-term control over the liberated territories and the restoration of French sovereignty. While never denying the achievement of D-Day, or the bravery of the soldiers who took part, What Soldiers Do reminds us that history is always more useful—and more interesting—when it is most honest, and when it goes beyond the burnished beauty of nostalgia to grapple with the real lives and real mistakes of the people who lived it.

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0226923096

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9780226923093

Naturally Curious

A Photographic Field Guide and Month-By-Month Journey Through the Fields, Woods, and Marshes of New England

By: Mary Holland

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Naturally Curious

A Photographic Field Guide and Month-By-Month Journey Through the Fields, Woods, and Marshes of New England

By: Mary Holland

2011 National Outdoor Book Award for Nature Guidebook Are you ready for a black fly bite to get graphic, for a barred owl's call to take on new meaning, and for the life cycle of the eastern newt to suddenly seem complex, beautiful, and intricately bound to the subtle patterns of mysterious underwater landscapes and damp forest floors? Naturalist Mary Holland's new book Naturally Curious promises a walk in the woods will never be the same. Holland leads you through the New England seasons out-of-doors—through the sun, rain, and snow; along roadsides and wetlands; above underground burrows and under treetop nesting sites. With just a turn of the page you'll suddenly know more about the creatures that frequent your backyard or the pond you visit every summer than you ever thought possible. Naturally Curious perfectly melds practical field guide with informal nature literature, providing you the remarkable opportunity to sit back, relax, and learn something fascinating about the natural world around you.

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Trafalgar Square Books

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1570769117

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9781570769115

What Makes a Church Sacred?

Legal and Ritual Perspectives from Late Antiquity

By: Mary K. Farag

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What Makes a Church Sacred?

Legal and Ritual Perspectives from Late Antiquity

By: Mary K. Farag

A free open access ebook is available upon publication. Learn more at www.luminosoa.org. What is the purpose of a church? Who owns a church? Mary K. Farag persuasively demonstrates that three groups in late antiquity were concerned with these questions: Christian leaders, wealthy laypersons, and lawmakers. Conflicting answers usually coexisted, but from time to time they clashed and caused significant tension. In these disputes, juridical regulations and opinions mattered more than has been traditionally recognized. Considering familiar Christian controversies in novel ways, Farag’s investigation shows that scholarship has misunderstood well-known religious figures by ignoring the legal issues they faced. This seminal text nuances vital aspects of scholarly conversations on sacred space, gift giving, wealth, and poverty in the late antique Mediterranean world, making use not only of Latin and Greek sources but also Coptic and Arabic evidence.

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Univ of California Press

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0520382013

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9780520382015

Television's Outlander

A Companion, Seasons 1-5

By: Mary Ellen Snodgrass

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Television's Outlander

A Companion, Seasons 1-5

By: Mary Ellen Snodgrass

Over its five seasons on the air, the televised series Outlander has combined romance, adventure, history, and time travel into a classic saga of love, war, and the ties that bind family together. After surviving the 1746 uprising of the Scottish Highlanders, the intrigue-ridden Paris of Charles Stuart, and a sea voyage across the Caribbean, Claire and Jamie Fraser finally settle in the mountains of North Carolina. There, they build a community of immigrant farmers who continue to struggle for justice, democracy, and independence from British colonialism. This companion volume offers detailed information on more than 125 topics including characters, themes, places, events, actors, herbalism, and historical chronology. For fans and scholars alike, it separates fact from fiction and aids in understanding the effects of the 1746 Jacobite uprising on the formation of the United States.

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McFarland

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1476682992

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9781476682990

Traveling to Vietnam

American Peace Activists and the War

By: Mary Hershberger

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Traveling to Vietnam

American Peace Activists and the War

By: Mary Hershberger

Traveling to Vietnam is the first book to document the little-known activities of the American peace activists who traveled to Vietnam to meet with officials in Hanoi, and with the National Liberation Front. What began as an effort to provide information about the war to the American public encouraged travelers to organize mail deliveries between American prisoners of war in Hanoi and their families at home. Activists included Mary Clarke of Women Strike for Peace, Staughton Lynd, former director of the 1964 Mississippi Freedom schools, Dr. George Perera of Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons ( who researched the effects of defoliants that Americans used during the war), Elizabeth Boardman of A Quaker Action Group, Joseph Elder of the American Friends Service Committee, and actress Jane Fonda. Although Washington officials opposed their endeavors, seized their passports and bank accounts, and usually refused to issue licenses for medical equipment and supplies, the activists continued their efforts. By 1967, they averaged one delegation trip a month to Hanoi. They continued to bring back news from North Vietnam and won the release of some American pilots.

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Syracuse University Press

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081560517X

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9780815605171

In Good Hands

The Women of the Canadian Handicrafts Guild

By: Ellen Mary Easton McLeod

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In Good Hands

The Women of the Canadian Handicrafts Guild

By: Ellen Mary Easton McLeod

In 1905 two Montreal women, Alice Peck and May Phillips, founded the Canadian Handicrafts Guild. Inspired by British and American women in the arts and crafts movement, and spurred by their thirty-year rivalry with Mary Dignam of the Toronto-based Women's Art Association of Canada, these two created an organization that revived popular interest in traditional handwork done by women, Canadiens, Indigenous people, and new Canadians.

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McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP

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0886293561

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9780886293567

Science and Health

With Key to the Scriptures

By: Mary Baker Eddy

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Science and Health

With Key to the Scriptures

By: Mary Baker Eddy

First published in 1875 and read by more than eight million people, this nondenominational book has a 119-year history of healing and inspiration. To attract a new audience, this time-honored message of healing has a powerful new cover, easy-to-read page layout, and word index. Named one of "75 Books by Women Whose Words Have Changed the World".

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187864100X

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9781878641007

Civic Wars

Democracy and Public Life in the American City During the Nineteenth Century

By: Mary P. Ryan

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Civic Wars

Democracy and Public Life in the American City During the Nineteenth Century

By: Mary P. Ryan

Historian Mary P. Ryan traces the fate of public life and the emergence of ethnic, class, and gender conflict in the 19th-century city. Using as examples New York, New Orleans, and San Francisco, Ryan illustrates the way in which American cities of the 19th century were as full of cultural differences and as fractured by social and economic changes as any metropolis today. 41 photos.

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Univ of California Press

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0520204417

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9780520204416

Viewpoints

Visual Anthropologists at Work

By: Mary Strong,Laena Wilder

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Visual Anthropologists at Work

By: Mary Strong,Laena Wilder

Early in its history, anthropology was a visual as well as verbal discipline. But as time passed, visually oriented professionals became a minority among their colleagues, and most anthropologists used written words rather than audiovisual modes as their professional means of communication. Today, however, contemporary electronic and interactive media once more place visual anthropologists and anthropologically oriented artists within the mainstream. Digital media, small-sized and easy-to-use equipment, and the Internet, with its interactive and public forum websites, democratize roles once relegated to highly trained professionals alone. However, having access to a good set of tools does not guarantee accurate and reliable work. Visual anthropology involves much more than media alone. This book presents visual anthropology as a work-in-progress, open to the myriad innovations that the new audiovisual communications technologies bring to the field. It is intended to aid in contextualizing, explaining, and humanizing the storehouse of visual knowledge that university students and general readers now encounter, and to help inform them about how these new media tools can be used for intellectually and socially beneficial purposes. Concentrating on documentary photography and ethnographic film, as well as lesser-known areas of study and presentation including dance, painting, architecture, archaeology, and primate research, the book's fifteen contributors feature populations living on all of the world's continents as well as within the United States. The final chapter gives readers practical advice about how to use the most current digital and interactive technologies to present research findings.

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University of Texas Press

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0292706715

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9780292706712

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