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Jamie Woodcock
Working the Phones
Control and Resistance in Call Centers
Pluto Press, 2017

New Books in Anthropology New Books in Critical Theory New Books in Politics & Society New Books in Sociology New Books Network September 21, 2017 Dave O'Brien

What are the working conditions and what are the possibilities for change in the contemporary economy? In Working the Phones: Control and Resistance in Call Centers (Pluto Press, 2017), Jamie Woodcock, a fellow at the London School … Read More

Nicholas C. Kawa, “Amazonia in the Anthropocene: People, Soils, Plants, and Forests” (U. Texas Press, 2016)

Nicholas C. Kawa
Amazonia in the Anthropocene
People, Soils, Plants, Forests
University of Texas Press, 2016

New Books in Anthropology New Books in Environmental Studies New Books in History New Books in Latin American Studies New Books in Peoples & Places New Books in Politics & Society New Books in Science & Technology New Books in Science, Technology, and Society New Books Network September 5, 2017 Nivedita Kar

Widespread human alteration of the planet has led many scholars to claim that we have entered a new epoch in geological time: the Anthropocene, an age dominated by humanity. This ethnography is the first to directly engage the Anthropocene, tackling… Read More

Carwyn Jones, “New Treaty, New Tradition: Reconciling New Zealand and Maori Law” (U. British Columbia Press, 2016)

Carwyn Jones
New Treaty, New Tradition
Reconciling New Zealand and Maori Law
University of British Columbia Press, 2016

New Books in Anthropology New Books in Australian and New Zealand Studies New Books in Global Ethics and Politics New Books in Law New Books in Peoples & Places New Books in Politics New Books in Politics & Society New Books Network September 1, 2017 Jason Schulman

In New Treaty, New Tradition: Reconciling New Zealand and Maori Law (University of British Columbia Press, 2016), Carwyn Jones, Senior Lecturer in the School of Law at Victoria University of Wellington in New Zealand, explores Māori law and legal… Read More

Patricia Sloane-White, “Corporate Islam: Sharia and the Modern Workplace” (Cambridge UP, 2017)

Patricia Sloane-White
Corporate Islam
Sharia and the Modern Workplace
Cambridge University Press, 2017

New Books in Anthropology New Books in Economics New Books in Islamic Studies New Books in Law New Books in Peoples & Places New Books in Politics & Society New Books in Religion & Faith New Books in Southeast Asian Studies New Books Network August 29, 2017 Nick Cheesman

The relationship between religion and economic activity has attracted generations of scholars working in myriad settings. In recent years, many have turned to questions of how Islamic ideas are generative of economic activity, to Islamic finance and capital, and to… Read More

Mengia Hong Tschalaer, “Muslim Women’s Quest for Justice: Gender, Law and Activism in India” (Cambridge UP, 2017)

Mengia Hong Tschalaer
Muslim Women's Quest for Justice
Gender, Law and Activism in India
Cambridge University Press, 2017

New Books in Anthropology New Books in Gender Studies New Books in Islamic Studies New Books in Law New Books in Peoples & Places New Books in Politics & Society New Books in Religion & Faith New Books in South Asian Studies New Books Network August 27, 2017 SherAli Tareen

In her inspiring new book, Muslim Women’s Quest for Justice: Gender, Law and Activism in India (Cambridge University Press, 2017), Mengia Hong Tschalaer charts the strivings and creative struggles of Muslim women’s organizations in contemporary North India for gender… Read More