In this ethnography of postsocialist Moscow in the late 1990s, Olga Shevchenko draws on interviews with a cross-section of Muscovites to describe how people made sense of the acute uncertainties of everyday life, and the new identities and competencies that emerged in response to these challenges. Ranging from consumption to daily rhetoric, and from urban geography to health care, this study illuminates the relationship between crisis and normality and adds a new dimension to the debates about postsocialist culture and politics.

Over the past decade, historians and sociologists have increasingly used visual materials, in particular photographs, in their work. This volume brings together historians, sociologists, anthropologists, and media and visual scholars to articulate how photography, as a practice and as a visual medium, can provide insights into national memory, collective identities, and the historical imagination. This collection allows the reader to trace parallel conceptual developments occurring in the sociology and anthropology of memory and in the history and theory of photography, and to illustrate...

Children love books, almost as much as they love camping "Goodnight, Campsite," is the perfect place for young readers to start a great outdoor adventure and discover camping options along the way - options from tents to various recreational vehicles (RVs).

Perfect gift for RVers, especially those looking for a camper book, rving book, or travel trailer book for their children and grandchildren

"Goodnight, Campsite" is set in a beautiful nature park, and the story follow visitors as they explore the park during the day (hiking, biking, fishing, etc.), and then returns...