Sociology
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Making the Frontier Man: Violence, White Manhood, and Authority in the Early Western Backcountry [Hardback]
Matthew C. Ward (Author)
£56.00ISBN: 9780822947875
Published by : University of Pittsburgh Press
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For western colonists in the early American backcountry, disputes often ended in bloodshed and death. Making the Frontier Man examines early life and the origins of lawless behavior in Pennsylvania, Virginia, Kentucky, and Ohio from 1750 to 1815. ... .... Learn More -
Tar Hollow Trans: Essays [Hardback]
Stacy Jane Grover (Author)
£20.00ISBN: 9780813197555
Published by : University Press of Kentucky
Series: Appalachian Futures: Black, Native, and Queer Voices
"I've lived a completely ordinary life, so much that I don't know how to write a transgender or queer or Appalachian story, because I don't feel like I've lived one... Though, in searching for ways to write myself in my stories, maybe I can find p... .... Learn More -
Social Trust in the Nordic World [Paperback]
Gert Tinggaard Svendsen (Author)
£10.99ISBN: 9788772195926
Published by : Aarhus University Press
Series: The Nordic World
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Study after study has shown that Scandinavia is the most trusting region in the world. Danes in particular trust other people and organizations—including strangers, businesses, governments, law enforcement, and media—more than the citizens of any ... .... Learn More -
Conflict Resolution in the Nordic World [Paperback]
Peter Munk Christiansen (Author)
£11.00ISBN: 9788775970049
Published by : Aarhus University Press
Series: The Nordic World
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This book examines the model developed in the Nordic countries for handling labor market relations between employers and employees - a model that has secured flexible and well-functioning labor market relations with comparatively high remuneration... .... Learn More -
The Old Man [Paperback]
Karen Pallesgaard Munk (Editor); Michael Smærup (Editor); Kirsten Maibom (Editor); Kristian Park Frausing (Editor)
£35.00ISBN: 9788772191263
Published by : Aarhus University Press
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Old men - and especially old men living alone - remain an understudied group in the gerontological literature. The old man does, however, constitute a large part of the considerable demographic development, and old men living alone make up a rapid... .... Learn More -
Democratization in the Nordic World [Paperback]
David Andersen (Author)
£12.00ISBN: 9788775972098
Published by : Aarhus University Press
Series: The Nordic World
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The Scandinavian countries (Denmark, Norway, and Sweden) enjoy some of the happiest populations and highest standards of living in the world, thanks in part to stable, democratic systems of government. Here, David Delfs Erbo Andersen presents a sy... .... Learn More -
Engaging Appalachia: A Guidebook for Building Capacity and Sustainability [Hardback]
Rebecca Adkins Fletcher (Editor); Rebecca-Eli Long (Editor); William Schumann (Editor)
£36.00ISBN: 9780813196947
Published by : University Press of Kentucky
Series: Place Matters: New Directions in Appalachian Studies
Inclusive campus-community collaborations provide critical opportunities to build community capacity - defined as a community's ability to jointly respond to challenges and opportunities - and sustainability. Through case studies from across all t... .... Learn More -
Slavery and Freedom in the Bluegrass State: Revisiting My Old Kentucky Home [Hardback]
Gerald L. Smith (Editor)
£27.00ISBN: 9780813196152
Published by : University Press of Kentucky
Stephen Foster's "My Old Kentucky Home" has been designated as the official state song and performed at the Kentucky Derby for decades. In light of the ongoing social justice movement to end racial inequality, many have questioned whether the song... .... Learn More -
Slavery and Freedom in the Bluegrass State: Revisiting My Old Kentucky Home [Paperback]
Gerald L. Smith (Editor)
£18.00ISBN: 9780813197111
Published by : University Press of Kentucky
Stephen Foster's "My Old Kentucky Home" has been designated as the official state song and performed at the Kentucky Derby for decades. In light of the ongoing social justice movement to end racial inequality, many have questioned whether the song... .... Learn More -
Unorganized Women: Repetitive Rhetorical Labor and Low/No-Wage Workers [Hardback]
Jane Greer (Author)
£45.00ISBN: 9780822947554
Published by : University of Pittsburgh Press
Series: Composition, Literacy, and Culture
Across a range of industrial, domestic, and agricultural sites, Greer shows how repetitive discursive performances served as rhetorical tools as women workers sought to rescript power relations in their workplaces and to resist narratives about th... .... Learn More
