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“christopher ad charles”

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  • Youth Crime and Violence in the Caribbean

    by Sherill V. C. Morris-Francis, Camille A. Gibson, Lorna E. Grant, Myrna Cintron, Christopher A.D. Charles, Marika Dawkins-Cavazos, Monique S. Grant, Charlene Harris0, Howard Kurtz1, Raquel Ovalle2, Alaba Oludare3, Wayne J. Pitts4, Indira Rampersad5, Gleasia S. O. Reid6, Jacqueline Rhoden-Trader7, Latoya Smart8, Leslie-Ann C. Robertson Foncette9, Virginia Vallejo0, Nelseta Walters-Jones1 ...
    This compilation of works highlights the historical, economic, and human dynamics behind youth offending in the nations of the West Indies. Youth Crime and Violence in the Caribbean offers insights into the slow rate of system change yet leaves readers with an optimistic picture of possibilities. Recent events in Haiti and neighboring Venezuela demonstrate how quickly dynamics in the Caribbean ... Read more

    $105.29 USD

  • The Psychology of Skin Bleaching

    Motivations, Behavior, and Consequences

    by Christopher A.D. Charles ...
    This book examines the controversial global phenomenon of skin bleaching. It uses a social psychological approach to explain the motivations, behavior, and medical consequences of the practice, considering why some people use products to lighten their complexion.Written by a world-leading expert in skin bleaching, the book takes a nuanced approach to understanding skin bleaching that looks further ... Read more

    $60.99 USD

  • Crime and Violence in the Caribbean

    Lessons from Jamaica

    by Shua-Kym McLean, Sherill V. C. Morris-Francis, Camille A. Gibson, Lorna E. Grant, Andrew J. Bain, Orville Wayne Beckford, Taneisha P. Brown, Christopher A.D. Charles0, Jacqueline M. Rhoden-Trader1, Tameka G. Samuels-Jones2, Marika Dawkins-Cavazos3 ...
    This volume provides an overview of the Caribbean countries, its colonial history, causes, costs and consequences of crime and violence in the Caribbean. The contributors pull from primary research and the available data from multiple sources including national and country specific reports to assess the magnitude, characteristics, and the changing nature of crimes in various Caribbean countries. ... Read more

    $97.19 USD

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  • Against Purity

    Living Ethically in Compromised Times

    by Alexis Shotwell ...
    The world is in a terrible mess. It is toxic, irradiated, and full of injustice. Aiming to stand aside from the mess can produce a seemingly satisfying self-righteousness in the scant moments we achieve it, but since it is ultimately impossible, individual purity will always disappoint. Might it be better to understand complexity and, indeed, our own complicity in much of what we think of as bad, ... Read more

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  • Black Faces, White Spaces

    Reimagining the Relationship of African Americans to the Great Outdoors

    by Carolyn Finney ...
    Why are African Americans so underrepresented when it comes to interest in nature, outdoor recreation, and environmentalism? In this thought-provoking study, Carolyn Finney looks beyond the discourse of the environmental justice movement to examine how the natural environment has been understood, commodified, and represented by both white and black Americans. Bridging the fields of environmental ... Read more

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  • Rethinking Who We Are

    Critical Reflections on Human Diversity in Canada

    by Paul U. Angelini ...
    Rethinking Who We Are takes a non-conventional approach to understanding human difference in Canada. Contributors to this volume critically re-examine Canadian identity by rethinking who we are and what we are becoming by scrutinizing the “totality” of difference. Included are analyses on the macro differences among Canadians, such as the disparities produced from unequal treatment under Canadian ... Read more

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  • Environmental Crisis

    Working for Sustainable Knowledge and Environmental Justice

    by Bunyan Bryant ...
    Over the years, we have witness unprecedented growth and development that threatens our planet earth as evidenced by environmental degradation, world poverty all of which will be exacerbated by climate change. "Environmental Crisis or Crisis of Epistemology?" explores the ideas that environmental destruction and injustice is integrally related to unsustainable knowledge and the role that knowledge ... Read more

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  • White Logic, White Methods

    Racism and Methodology

    Edited by Tukufu Zuberi, Eduardo Bonilla-Silva ...
    In this collection of essays, the authors examine how racial considerations have affected the way social science is conducted; how issues are framed, and data is analyzed. With an assemblage of leading scholars, White Logic, White Methods explores the possibilities and necessary dethroning of current social research practices, and demands a complete overhaul of current methods, towards ... Read more

    $60.79 USD

  • Shades of Difference

    Why Skin Color Matters

    Edited by Evelyn Nakano Glenn ...
    Shades of Difference addresses the widespread but little studied phenomenon of colorism—the preference for lighter skin and the ranking of individual worth according to skin tone. Examining the social and cultural significance of skin color in a broad range of societies and historical periods, this insightful collection looks at how skin color affects people's opportunities in Latin America, Asia, ... Read more

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  • Humans, Animals, and Society

    An Introduction to HumanAnimal Studies

    by Taylor, Nik ...
    While animals have played a central part in human society over the years, when it comes to the social sciences they have largely been neglected. However, interest in HumanAnimal Studies (HAS) has grown exponentially in recent years, giving rise to university and college courses around the world specifically on this compelling and vital subject. Considering topics ranging from the humananimal bond, ... Read more

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  • Building a New Biocultural Synthesis

    Political-Economic Perspectives on Human Biology

    Edited by Alan H. Goodman, Thomas Leland Leatherman ...
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    Anthropology, with its dual emphasis on biology and culture, is--or should be--the discipline most suited to the study of the complex interactions between these aspects of our lives. Unfortunately, since the early decades of this century, biological and cultural anthropology have grown distinct, and a holistic vision of anthropology has suffered.This book brings culture and biology back together ... Read more

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