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"Hunted is an ethnography of Pentecostal drug rehabilitation centers in Guatemala City and their practice of bringing (oftentimes dragging) users to Christ."--Introductory note.

On the Heels of Ignorance begins with American psychiatry's formal beginnings in the 1840s and moves through two centuries of constant struggle simply to define and redefine mental illness, to say nothing of the best way to treat it.

Analyzes how life-and-death decision makers are selected, the interventions they weigh in on, the information they seek and evaluate, the values and memories they draw on, the criteria they weigh, the outcomes they choose, the conflicts they become embroiled in, and the challenges they face.

Essays on whether the United States is in a constitutional crisis and what can be done if it is, taking the form of an epistolary exchange between two constitutional law scholars.

Rather than treating maps as a single, unified group, Edney argues, scholars need to take a processual approach that examines specific types of maps-sea charts versus thematic maps, for example-in the context of the unique circumstances of their production, circulation, and consumption.

Maxwell Street sheds light on a historic Chicago neighborhood and offers a new model for how to write about place, approaching the study of place as an "assemblage" of things, meanings, and practices.

Describes the development of chimaycha, a Quechua-language music genre, over the last fifty years, in order to show how changes in performance track and drive evolving conceptions of Andean indigeneity over the same period.

Evaluates expert assessments used by governments for advice on the science, economics, and policy options available to confront large-scale environmental problems

Classic creative writing text now in its tenth edition.

For beginning writers and researchers, this guide introduces students to the art of formulating an effective argument, conducting high-quality research with limited resources, and writing an engaging class paper.