Sociology & Anthropology

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Step 3: Developing Strategies – Forgetting

Prompts: Rembering to Act

From: Fostering Sustainable Behavior

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 Numerous actions that promote sustainability are susceptible to the most human of traits: forgetting. Fortunately, “prompts” are effective in reminding people to engage in sustainable … 12 $0.12 Add
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Sunday Morning

From: My Mother, My Translator

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 A quattrain about trains in his mother’s dream. 2 $0.20 Add
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Swimming Upstream

From: We're all Climate Hypocrites Now

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 This chapter discusses the benefits of personal change, how personal decisions can have ripple effects on other people, and how activists need to meet people where they are in order to influence … 16 $1.60 Add
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Technological Optimism and Belief in Progress

From: Techno-Fix

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 Technological Optimism and Belief in Progress postulates that belief in progress exhibits characteristics similar to those of religious faith and that most techno-optimism is based on ignorance, … ; 33 $3.30 Add
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Teen spirit: Clinic closures, access attacks, and the pro-woman rebranding of today’s anti-abortion activists

From: F-Bomb

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 This chapter discusses the ways that the 21st century anti-abortion movement has rebranded itself from being pro-life to being pro-woman. The author also discusses the high engagement of youth in … 24 $2.40 Add
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Temporary Labor Migration and the New Braceros

From: Border and Rule

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 This chapter describes the working conditions and marginalization of migrant labourers, and the trade policies that channel migrant labour. 15 $1.50 Add
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Terrorism Trials

From: In The Balance

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 Discusses terrorism trials, focusing on security concerns, the use of technology, evidence and judicial independence. 6 $0.60 Add
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The Affordable Housing Deficit: Out of the Cold

From: Persistent Poverty

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The Biopolitical Production of the Common

From: Multicultural Dynamics and the Ends of History

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 This chapter shows how Marx’s framework, suitably updated, can help us better make sense of the fact that the world is becoming increasingly multicultural, in a way that allows us to deepen … 18 $2.34 Add
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The Bisexuality Wars:

The Perils of Identity as Marginality

From: In a Queer Country

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 Zoe Newman’s ‘The Bisexuality Wars: The Perils of Identity as Marginality" looks at differing views of sexual orientation, in particular the role of self-identified bisexuals in … 21 $0.42 Add
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The Case of the Cabot Mill

SECTION TWO - The other side of the cotton

From: A Distinct Alien Race

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 The Cabot Company continued to house most of the rapidly growing Franco-American population throughout the 19th century; in this chapter, the author explores the history of this company and the … 24 $2.40 Add
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The Daughters of Kali

From: Humanizing the Economy

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 Sonagchi The Stories A Terrible Reflection 28 $2.80 Add
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The Death System

From: Radical Transformation

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 Readings in Part 2 of this title entitled "Radical Transformation" outline the dramatic changes necessary to reform our civilization into one that is sustainable, and quitable. 42 $4.20 Add
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The Desolate Land

From: Disfigured

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 Chapter 7 explores ‘desolate lands’ as synonyms for depression in fairy tales, discussing topics including rape in fairy tales, construction of mental illness in fairy tales, the case … 28 $2.80 Add
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The Dutiful Son

From: Imagined Truths

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 The author further details his relationship with his mother. 25 $2.50 Add