The Frontier in American History

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371 hlm

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Charitable Gambling" in American Culture: An Ethnographic Study of Bingo and …

Playing poker and bingo at charitable gambling establishments is a widespread pattern in American society. This study explorers how and why these games appeal to group of American people and seeks to discover what role these games serve within the players' lives. This study is based on an in-depth ethnographic approach and a comparison of the two kinds of gambling establishments set up by no…

Jalan Demokratis ke Sosialisme: Pengalaman Chili di Bawah Allende

Negara-negara di Amerika Latin mengalami neoimperialisme jauh lebih lama dibandingkan dengan negara-negara di Asia dan Afrika. Dalam usaha membebaskan diri dari neoimperialisme ini sistem kapitalisme tampaknya tidak memberikan pemecahan dan sosialisme pun tampil sebagai alternatif. Dalam konteks inilah Chili jadi menarik. Chili tidak hanya merupakan sebuah negara yang mencoba mengubah diriny…

Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI

In the 1920s, the richest people per capita in the world were members of the Osage Nation in Oklahoma. After oil was discovered beneath their land, they rode in chauffeured cars and lived in mansions. Then, one by one the Osage began to be killed. Mollie Burkhart watched as her family became a prime target. Her relatives were shot and poisoned. Other Osage were also dying under mysterious ci…

Hosts and Guests: The Anthropology of Tourism

The first edition of Hosts and Guests: The Anthropology of Tourism, published in 1977, was a pioneering work that legitimatized the American academic study of tourism, and provided both a preliminary theoretical perspective and twelve case studies documenting the impacts of tourism. The book owed its genesis to the first national academic symposium on tourism, held in conjunction with the 1974 …