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Caitlin Blackwell Baines
How to Build a Haunted House

A cultural history of the phenomenon of the 'haunted house' as seen through art, architecture, and ghost stories.What makes a house haunted? Why do some buildings conjure up a reputation for being particu…

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El Monte's New Itineraries

El Monte's New Itineraries is the first book fully devoted to the study of Cuban author and ethnographer Lydia Cabrera's El Monte (1954), one of the most influential books in Caribbean cultural history. H…

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Scott W Aalgaard
Homesick Blues

Homesick Blues explores how artists, fans, amateur practitioners, and others have used music to tell stories of everyday life in Japan from the late 1940s to 2018, a practice that author Scott Aalgaard ca…

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Helen Hardacre
Shinto Shrines in Prewar and Wartime Japan

In Shinto Shrines in Prewar and Wartime Japan, Helen Hardacre uses shrine records, personal diaries, contemporary literature, and government documents to enhance understanding of State Shinto's reach and …

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A Cultural History of Plants in the Nineteenth Century

Looks at the revolution of botanical study and the evolution of the new science of biology in the period from 1800 to 1920, a time of astonishing growth in industrialization, urbanization, migration, popu…

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A Cultural History of Plants in the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries

Looks at the history and meanings of plants in the period from 1650-1800, a time of global exploration and the discovery of new species of plants and their potential uses.

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A Cultural History of Plants in the Modern Era

Examines how our relationship with plants has evolved since 1920, through advances in agriculture, industry, science, and technology,, the impact of urbanization, and our increased understanding of the si…

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Alfredo E Cárdenas
Duval County Tejanos

Showcases Tejanos engaged in community life: they organized politically, cultivated land, and promoted agriculture, livestock raising, the local economy, churches, schools, patriotic celebrations, and soc…

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Maya Mayblin
Vote of Faith

"The first work by an anthropologist to explore the unique phenomenon of the mayor-priest, this book offers an essential new angle on emerging debates about secularity as the condition of separation …

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Christy Hyman
The Cultural Heritage Resilience of the Great Dismal Swamp

This work highlights local narratives that sustain traditions amidst historical silences, connecting cultural values to heritage tourism and Indigenous stewardship.The Cultural Heritage Resilience of the …

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A Cultural History of Plants in Antiquity

Examines the uses and meanings of plants from 10,000 BCE to 500 CE, from the transition from hunter-gatherer subsistence to the practice of agriculture in Mesopotamia and elsewhere.

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Skill and Scale in Transnational Mediumship

The open access volume "Skill and Scale in Transnational Mediumship" presents ethnographic inquiries into new communities of practice and enskilment that revolve around techniques of mediumship,…

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Sayaka Chatani
A Nation Within

The presence of hundreds of thousands ethnic Koreans in Japan, or "zainichi Koreans," is one of the visible legacies of Japanese colonialism. A surprising and influential group among zainichi Ko…

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Maya Mayblin
Vote of Faith

"The first work by an anthropologist to explore the unique phenomenon of the mayor-priest, this book offers an essential new angle on emerging debates about secularity as the condition of separation …

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Aihe Wang
Painting Into Being

Painting into Being is the first in-depth study of underground art during China's Cultural Revolution, focusing on the Wuming (No Name) Painting Group from 1972 to 1981. Aihe Wang interweaves history, the…

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The Revelatory Power of Mimetic Theory

A one-of-a-kind overview of the lasting impact of mimetic theory and the extent of its interdisciplinary applications, a century after René Girard's birth.

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A Cultural History of Plants in the Post-Classical Era

Unravels the cultural history of plants from 500-1400, when ancient uses and meanings of plants were preserved but overlaid with new developments in agriculture, landscapes, medicines, eating habits and a…

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A Cultural History of Plants in the Early Modern Era

Covering the period from 1400 to 1650, this volume looks at how Renaissance learning and exploration irrevocably changed both our botanical knowledge and human impact on plants.

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Jane Custance Baker
Fear and Clothing: Dress in English Detective Fiction Between the First and Second World Wars

Through analyzing dress in detective fiction, Fear and Clothing reveals a cultural history of identity affected by the social upheaval caused by war. In-depth analysis of interwar publications by a compre…

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Nick Bano
Against Landlords

Against Landlords overturns the stale assumptions and YIMBY delusions as to why housing in the UK is so poor, and why rent is so high. Bano lays the blame squarely at the feet of landlordism, which boosts…

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