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Nothing to envy

ordinary lives in North Korea
2010
Follows the lives of six North Korean citizens over fifteen years, bringing to life what it means to live under a repressive totalitarian regime that is, by choice, not connected to the Internet, where displays of affection are punished, informants are rewarded, and an offhand remark can send a person to the gulag for life.

A room of one's own

1989
Explores the reasons why women do not have the same influence, power, and wealth as men do.

South Africa

the cordoned heart
1986
On t.p.: Prepared for the Second Carnegie Inquiry into Poverty and Development in Southern Africa. 28 photographic essays with text.

We are the poors

community struggles in post-apartheid South Africa
2002

The Bonus Army

an American epic
2005
Chronicles the events surrounding the 1932 demonstration where 45,000 World War I veterans descended on Washington, D.C., to demand immediate payment of a cash bonus promised to them eight years earlier for their wartime service.

Russia

1995
Looks at the development of Russia from an economic perspective, and includes information on population, education and health.

American exodus

the Dust Bowl migration and Okie culture in California
1991
Chronicles the experiences of the more than one million people who traveled to California to find better opportunities during the Dust Bowl migration of the 1930s and the war boom of the 1940s.

Warfare, economy, and technology

2009
Photographs, illustrations, and text describe the cultural, economic, and social development of Native American peoples from the earliest civilizations to the nineteenth century.

Nothing to envy

ordinary lives in North Korea
2009
Chronicles the lives of six North Koreans over a span of fifteen years, exploring how the lives of ordinary citizens were impacted by key social, political, and economic events of the time.

Women's roles in sub-Saharan Africa

2012
Provides an in-depth exploration of African women's roles in society from pre-colonial periods to the contemporary era including the roles women play in families, courtship and marriage, religion, work, literature, the arts and government.

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