Sociology & Anthropology

Showing 3681–3696 of 4281 results

Title & Subtitle Abstract Contributors Pages Year Purchase
From
The New Urban Poverty and Public Housing

The New Urban Poverty and Public Housing

From: Good Places to Live

29 $2.90 Add
From
The Night They Almost Blew Us All to Kingdom Come

The Night They Almost Blew Us All to Kingdom Come

From: To Wawa with Love

Talks about having to fill the fuel oil for the stove and a night where it exploded 4 $0.40 Add
From
The Noble Warrior

The Noble Warrior

From: Imagined Truths

The author talks more about his family history and muses on the example of his "warrior father," exploring military history and nationalism. He recounts the process of his conscientious … 30 $3.00 Add
From
The Nuclear Family

The Nuclear Family

From: Imagined Truths

The author explores more of his family’s history, his early life, and his relationship with his grandparents. 28 $2.80 Add
From
The Oil Lamp

The Oil Lamp

From: Three Funerals for my Father

This chapter is told from the author’s father’s perspective. He and his wife discuss the future and critique the communist government. 3 $0.30 Add
From
The One True Dumpling
NEW!

The One True Dumpling

The Sauce

From: What We Talk About When We Talk About Dumplings

Navneet Alang reflects on the authenticity of cuisine from various and massive diasporas, ownership over food, cultural appropriation and the dismissal of so-called ‘foreign’ food, … 6 $0.60 Add
From
The Oneness of Humankind

The Oneness of Humankind

From: In Search of a Better World

In this reading, human rights lawyer Payam Akhavan discusses the efforts of people to come together and fight human rights abuses. The chapter includes a discussion of human rights in Afghanistan … 70 $8.40 Add
From
The Original AI
NEW!

The Original AI

Animate Intelligence

From: The Web of Meaning

This chapter links the European loss of seeing the world as connected with the Scientific Revolution, and how that view has continued uninterrupted in Indigenous ways of seeing and knowing. … 26 $2.60 Add
From
The Parable of the Textbook

The Parable of the Textbook

Education, Meritocracy, and Why History Matters

From: “Too Asian”?

Where did Maclean’s get the notion that they were honourably defending “merit-based” admissions policies against American racist policies? The idea that only considering … 12 $1.20 Add
From
The Parent’s Role

The Parent’s Role

From: Childhood Unplugged

In this chapter, Martinko explains the importance of parents modeling the screen habits they’d like their children to adopt. Martinko discusses various parenting styles and outlines their … 14 $1.40 Add
From
The Path We’re On

The Path We’re On

From: Future on Fire

Chapter 1 reflects on our current policies toward climate change and what is at risk if we maintain this status quo. Topics discussed include current government policies for reducing carbon … 18 $1.80 Add
From
The Patterns of the Universe
NEW!

The Patterns of the Universe

From: The Web of Meaning

The chapter begins with the paradox of the Ship of Theseus, and continues with the the philosophy of flux of the Pre-Socratics and of the Song Dynasty of China. How things can be in constant flux … 31 $3.10 Add