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  • New York Air

    The View from Above

    by George Steinmetz ...
    "George Steinmetz's photo book, New York Air: The View From Above, presents an unparalleled visual feast of this well-known metropolis. Every photo offers a new perspective and a level of detail that turns familiar places into never-seen-before spectacles." — TIMEShooting in all seasons and from dawn to dusk, George Steinmetz captures the thrilling complexity and romance of 21st-century New York, ... Read more

    $17.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Freemasonry, Its Hidden Meaning

    by George Steinmetz ...
    Experience the life-changing power of George Steinmetz with this unforgettable book. ... Read more

    $1.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Lost Word Its Hidden Meaning: A Correlation of the Allegory and Symbolism of the Bible with That of Freemasonry

    by George H Steinmetz ...
    The Lost Word: Its Hidden Meaning by George H. Steinmetz is one of the most profound explorations ever written on the hidden connections between Biblical allegory and Masonic symbolism. First published in 1948, this remarkable work bridges the worlds of religion, mysticism, and esoteric philosophy, offering readers a unified vision of spiritual truth concealed within the symbols of both the Holy ... Read more

    $4.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Colonial Origins of Modern Social Thought

    French Sociology and the Overseas Empire

    by George Steinmetz ...
    Series series Princeton Modern Knowledge
    A new history of French social thought that connects postwar sociology to colonialism and empireIn this provocative and original retelling of the history of French social thought, George Steinmetz places the history and development of modern French sociology in the context of the French empire after World War II. Connecting the rise of all the social sciences with efforts by France and other ... Read more

    $33.99 CAD

  • The Human Planet

    Earth at the Dawn of the Anthropocene

    by George Steinmetz ...
    A dynamic aerial exploration of our changing planet, published on the 50th anniversary of Earth DayThe Human Planet is a sweeping visual chronicle of the Earth today from a photographer who has circled the globe to report on such urgent issues as climate change, sustainable agriculture, and the ever-expanding human footprint. George Steinmetz is at home on every continent, documenting both ... Read more

    $17.59 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Remaking Modernity

    Politics, History, and Sociology

    by George Steinmetz ...
    Series series Politics, History, and Culture
    A state-of-the-field survey of historical sociology, Remaking Modernity assesses the field’s past accomplishments and peers into the future, envisioning changes to come. The seventeen essays in this collection reveal the potential of historical sociology to transform understandings of social and cultural change. The volume captures an exciting new conversation among historical sociologists that ... Read more

    $47.99 CAD

  • Punishing the Poor

    The Neoliberal Government of Social Insecurity

    by Loïc Wacquant, George Steinmetz ...
    Series series a John Hope Franklin Center Book
    The punitive turn of penal policy in the United States after the acme of the Civil Rights movement responds not to rising criminal insecurity but to the social insecurity spawned by the fragmentation of wage labor and the shakeup of the ethnoracial hierarchy. It partakes of a broader reconstruction of the state wedding restrictive “workfare” and expansive “prisonfare” under a philosophy of moral ... Read more

    $34.99 CAD

  • Feed the Planet

    A Photographic Journey to the World's Food

    by George Steinmetz, Joel K. Bourne Jr. ...
    **"The aerial images are revelatory, sometimes unsettling and surprisingly beautiful" (New York Times Book Review)Acclaimed photographer George Steinmetz documents the awesome global effort that puts food on our tables and transforms the surface of the Earth**With a foreword by Michael Pollan and an introduction and informative captions by veteran environmental journalist Joel K. Bourne Jr., Feed ... Read more

    $59.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • States of Imagination

    Ethnographic Explorations of the Postcolonial State

    by George Steinmetz, Julia Adams ...
    Series series Politics, History, and Culture
    The state has recently been rediscovered as an object of inquiry by a broad range of scholars. Reflecting the new vitality of the field of political anthropology, States of Imagination draws together the best of this recent critical thinking to explore the postcolonial state. Contributors focus on a variety of locations from Guatemala, Pakistan, and Peru to India and Ecuador; they study what the ... Read more

    $45.99 CAD

  • Blood and Culture

    Youth, Right-Wing Extremism, and National Belonging in Contemporary Germany

    by Cynthia Miller-Idriss, Julia Adams, George Steinmetz ...
    Series series Politics, History, and Culture
    Over the past decade, immigration and globalization have significantly altered Europe’s cultural and ethnic landscape, foregrounding questions of national belonging. In Blood and Culture, Cynthia Miller-Idriss provides a rich ethnographic analysis of how patterns of national identity are constructed and transformed across generations. Drawing on research she conducted at German vocational schools ... Read more

    $39.99 CAD

  • Creating Market Socialism

    How Ordinary People Are Shaping Class and Status in China

    by Carolyn L. Hsu, Julia Adams, George Steinmetz ...
    Series series Politics, History, and Culture
    In the midst of China’s post-Mao market reforms, the old status hierarchy is collapsing. Who will determine what will take its place? In Creating Market Socialism, the sociologist Carolyn L. Hsu demonstrates the central role of ordinary people—rather than state or market elites—in creating new institutions for determining status in China. Hsu explores the emerging hierarchy, which is based on the ... Read more

    $36.99 CAD

  • The Social Sciences in the Looking Glass

    Studies in the Production of Knowledge

    Edited by Didier Fassin, George Steinmetz ...
    In recent years, social scientists have turned their critical lens on the historical roots and contours of their disciplines, including their politics and practices, epistemologies and methods, institutionalization and professionalization, national development and colonial expansion, globalization and local contestations, and public presence and role in society. The Social Sciences in the Looking ... Read more

    $34.99 CAD