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    Putting Folklore To Use

    The first book of its kind, Putting Folklore to Use provides guidance to folklorists but also informs practitioners in other fields about how to use folklore studies to augment their…

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    Craftsman of the Cumberlands: Tradition and Creativity

    Michael Owen Jones

    Concentrating on the work of one man, woodworker and chairmaker Chester Cornett, Jones not only describes the tools and techniques employed by Cornett but also his aspirations and values. Cornett…

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    Studying Organizational Symbolism: What, How, Why?

    Michael Owen Jones

    The author discusses the most obvious symbolic aspects of organizations - corporate logos, office sizes, use of titles - as well as focusing on the more subtle aspect of expressive…

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    Corn: A Global History

    Michael Owen Jones

    In Corn: A Global History, Michael Owen Jones interweaves food history, folklore, history and popular culture to create a vibrant story of corn’s prevalence and importance worldwide.

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    Frankenstein Was a Vegetarian: Essays on Food Choice, Identity, and Symbolism

    Michael Owen Jones

    Tackles topics often overlooked in foodways. Michael Owen Jones explains how we communicate through what we eat, the connection between food choice and who we are or want to appear…

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    Frankenstein Was a Vegetarian: Essays on Food Choice, Identity, and Symbolism

    Michael Owen Jones

    Tackles topics often overlooked in foodways. Michael Owen Jones explains how we communicate through what we eat, the connection between food choice and who we are or want to appear…

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    Bentley Bags the Bear

    Michael Owen Jones

    Bentley the tiny underdog is on his crusade to reclaim Old Fur Face! Rebecca’s favourite teddy bear has gone missing, and Bentley (as usual) has been blamed, this time for…

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    Folkloristics: An Introduction

    Robert A. Georges,Michael Owen Jones

    Presents a study of folklore and folklore methodologies. This book outlines four perspectives that researchers employ to conceptualize, document, and study the phenomena that we consider ‘folklore’: folklore as artifact…

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    Mary Black’s Family Quilts: Memory and Meaning in Everyday Life

    Laurel Horton

    Utilizes a collection of sixteen quilts to tell the story of a family through six generations and to document with scholarly and aesthetic insights the material behaviors associated with quilting…

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    People Studying People: The Human Element in Fieldwork

    Robert A. Georges,Michael Owen Jones

    Demonstrates that fieldwork is first and foremost a human pursuit. This book analyzes the processes involved when people study people firsthand, focusing upon the recurrent human problems that arise and…

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    Comfort Food: Meaning and Memories

    The perfect collection for anyone seeking to understand the cultural importance of comfort food

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    Comfort Food: Meaning and Memories

    The perfect collection for anyone seeking to understand the cultural importance of comfort food

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    Just Above the Water: Florida Folk Art

    Kristin G. Congdon,Tina Bucuvalas

    Florida has an abundance of excellent artists whose work reflects the traditions of their many diverse communities. Yet there has been, until now, no major publication that focuses on the…

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    New Global Dangers: Changing Dimensions of International Security

    An analysis of new global security concerns in the post-September 11 world, including weapons of mass destruction, nonmilitary dangers, and transnational actors.

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    Contending with Terrorism: Roots, Strategies, and Responses

    Experts explore the sources of contemporary terrorism, what terrorists want, and how the United States and other countries should respond.

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    Nationalism and Ethnic Conflict

    Addresses the roots of nationalist and ethnic wars, focusing in particular on the conflicts in the former Yugoslavia, the former Soviet Union and Kashmir. The text develops proposals for international…

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    Do Democracies Win Their Wars?: An International Security Reader

    Important contributions from both sides of the debate over the relationship between democracy and military victory.

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    Rational Choice and Security Studies: Stephen Walt and His Critics

    Presents opposing views on the merits of formal rational choice approaches as they have been applied in the subfield of international security studies. The text includes Walt’s article Rigor or…

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    Offense, Defense and War

    Offence-defence theory argues that the relative ease of offence and defence varies in international politics. This collection presents a comprehensive overview of offence-defence theory. It includes contending views on the…

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