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Books by George Gmelch
  | | In Wicklow, West Kerry, and Connemara(1st Edition) by J. M. Synge, George Gmelch, Ann Saddlemyer Hardcover, 166 Pages, Published 1980 by O'brien Press Ltd ISBN-13: 978-0-905140-62-9, ISBN: 0-905140-62-1 "This book is an overlooked masterpiece by one of Ireland's best-loved writers. In it Synge captured the idiosyncrasies of everyday speech better, perhaps, than any other Irish writer, while his eye caught the details of a way of life that has long since disappeared." |
 | | The Cultural Study of Work(496th Edition) by Douglas Lawson Harper, Helene M. Lawson, Egon Bittner, Blanche, Howard S. Becker, Dean A. Dabney, Robert R. Faulkner, Jack Haas, Arlie Russell Hochschild, Richard C. Hollinger, Jane C. Hood, Everett C. Hughes, Geraldine Lee-Treweek, Cameron L. Macdonald, Carol Rambo Ronai, Donald F. Roy, Clinton R. Sanders, William E. Thompson, Graham Tomlinson, Charles Vaught, Robert N. Wilson, Professor Patricia A. Adler, Gary Alan Fine, George Gmelch, Kathryn J. Lively, Aviad E. Raz, David L. Smith, Douglas A. Harper Hardcover, 504 Pages, Published 2003 by Rowman & Littlefield Publishers ISBN-13: 978-0-7425-1917-6, ISBN: 0-7425-1917-1 "This anthology brings more than fifty years of scholarship of the culture and sociology of work into a compelling introductory and analytical text. Sociologists have long sought to understand the universal activity of work from the point of view of the worker. This book shows how common sociological themes such as socialization, social interaction, the social construction of time, and deviance are experienced in work settings as diverse ..." |
 | | The Cultural Study of Work(3rd Edition) by Helene M. Lawson, Egon Bittner, Blanche Geer, Jack Haas, George Gmelch, Douglas A. Harper, William E. Thompson Professor, Douglas Lawson Harper, Howard S. Becker, Professor Patricia A. Adler, Graham Tomlinson, Charles Vaught, Dean A. Dabney, Robert R. Faulkner, Arlie Russell Hochschild, Richard C. Hollinger, Jane C. Hood, Everett C. Hughes, Geraldine Lee-Treweek, Cameron L. Macdonald, Carol Rambo Ronai, Donald F. Roy, Clinton R. Sanders, Robert N. Wilson, Gary Alan Fine, Kathryn J. Lively, Aviad E. Raz, David L. Smith, Doug Harper Paperback, 504 Pages, Published 2003 by Rowman & Littlefield Publishers ISBN-13: 978-0-7425-1918-3, ISBN: 0-7425-1918-X "This anthology brings more than fifty years of scholarship of the culture and sociology of work into a compelling introductory and analytical text. Sociologists have long sought to understand the universal activity of work from the point of view of the worker. This book shows how common sociological themes such as socialization, social interaction, the social construction of time, and deviance are experienced in work settings as diverse ..." |
 | | J. M. Synge's Ireland(1st Edition) In Wicklow, West Kerry and Connemara by George Gmelch, J. M. Synge, Ann Saddlemyer, Ann Saddlemeyer Paperback, 166 Pages, Published 1980 by The O'brien Press Import ISBN-13: 978-0-86278-122-4, ISBN: 0-86278-122-1 "This is a pre-1923 historical reproduction that was curated for quality. Quality assurance was conducted on each of these books in an attempt to remove books with imperfections introduced by the digitization process. Though we have made best efforts - the books may have occasional errors that do not impede the reading experience. We believe this work is culturally important and have elected to bring the book back into print as part of o ..." |
 | | Behind the Smile, Second Edition The Working Lives of Caribbean Tourism by George Gmelch 280 Pages, Published 2012 by Indiana University Press ISBN-13: 978-0-253-00129-0, ISBN: 0-253-00129-3 "What you talk about depends upon how many times they've been here. I do the cocktail parties for guests every Monday night at Glitter Bay and every Wednesday night at Royal Pavilion. My job is to shake people's hands and move around and talk. “Hi, I'm Marilyn Cooper, Guest Services Manager. It's nice to meet you, have you been here before? How did you hear about our hotel? How is your room? Is there anything I can do?” You know, ge ..." |
 | | Tasting the Good Life Wine Tourism in the Napa Valley by Sharon Bohn Gmelch, George Gmelch Paperback, 288 Pages, Published 2011 by Indiana University Press ISBN-13: 978-0-253-22327-2, ISBN: 0-253-22327-X "While anthropologists often have been accused of failing to "study up," this book turns an anthropological lens on an elite activity – wine tasting. Five million people a year, from the US and abroad, travel to California's Napa Valley to experience the "good life": to taste fine wines, eat fine food, and immerse themselves in other sophisticated pleasures while surrounded by bucolic beauty. Written in a highly readable style by anthrop ..." |
 | | Baseball without Borders(6th Edition) The International Pastime by George Gmelch Paperback, 326 Pages, Published 2006 by Bison Books ISBN-13: 978-0-8032-7125-8, ISBN: 0-8032-7125-5 "A televised baseball game from Puerto Rico, Japan, or even Cuba might look a lot like the North American game. Beneath the outward similarities, however--the uniforms and equipment and basic rules--there is usually a very different history and culture influencing the nuances of the sport. These differences are what interest the authors of Baseball without Borders, a book about America's national pastime going global and undergoing instr ..." |
 | | Playing with Tigers A Minor League Chronicle of the Sixties (Paperback) by George Gmelch Paperback, Published 2020 by University Of Nebraska Press 2020-04-01 ISBN-13: 978-1-4962-1958-9, ISBN: 1-4962-1958-9 |
 | | Urban Life(6th Edition) Readings in the Anthropology of the City, Sixth Edition by George Gmelch, Petra Kuppinger Paperback, 527 Pages, Published 2017 by Waveland Press, Inc. ISBN-13: 978-1-4786-3569-7, ISBN: 1-4786-3569-X "More than half of the world's population lives in cities. What are their lives like in very different global and globalizing cities? How can urban anthropologists study and understand the diverse and complex experiences of urban dwellers all over the globe? The latest edition of Urban Life explores questions about how to study urban lives and examines experiences of urban inhabitants in cities across the globe. Authors ask questions suc ..." |
 | | Baseball Beyond Our Borders An International Pastime by George Gmelch, Daniel A. Nathan 488 Pages, Published 2017 by U Of Nebraska Press ISBN-13: 978-1-4962-0103-4, ISBN: 1-4962-0103-5 "In kendo, as in other martial arts, training focused on kata, the series of movements in the martial arts that one cannot separate from the end results. As he grew older he understood that ... After securing press passes, Yoshihiko and I entered the rightfield grandstand and sat in front of the Ika High School cheering section, which was made up of several hundred students wearing blue cardboard ricepaddy hats chanting “Ika, Ika, l ..." |
 | | Playing with Tigers A Minor League Chronicle of the Sixties by George Gmelch 264 Pages, Published 2016 by U Of Nebraska Press ISBN-13: 978-0-8032-8485-2, ISBN: 0-8032-8485-3 "While a handful, like Shifty and Jack Fitzpatrick, still play baseball in senior leagues, most have turned to golf and play it frequently and well. The handeye coordination and skills developed in baseball carry over. Golf is also an arena where ..." |
 | | Playing with Tigers A Minor League Chronicle of the Sixties by George Gmelch Hardcover, 288 Pages, Published 2016 by University Of Nebraska Press ISBN-13: 978-0-8032-7681-9, ISBN: 0-8032-7681-8 "In 1965 George Gmelch signed a contract to play professional baseball with the Detroit Tigers organization. Growing up sheltered in an all-white, affluent San Francisco suburb, he knew little of the world outside. Over the next four seasons, he came of age in baseball s Minor Leagues through experiences ranging from learning the craft of the professional game to becoming conscious of race and class for the first time.Playing with Tigers ..." |
 | | Behind the Smile, Second Edition(2nd Edition) The Working Lives of Caribbean Tourism by George Gmelch Paperback, 280 Pages, Published 2012 by Indiana University Press ISBN-13: 978-0-253-00123-8, ISBN: 0-253-00123-4 "Behind the Smile is an inside look at the world of Caribbean tourism as seen through the lives of the men and women in the tourist industry in Barbados. The workers represent every level of tourism, from maid to hotel manager, beach gigolo to taxi driver, red cap to diving instructor. These highly personal accounts offer insight into complex questions surrounding tourism: how race shapes interactions between tourists and workers, how to ..." |
 | | Urban Life(5th Edition) Readings in the Anthropology of the City by George Gmelch, Walter P. Zenner, Robert V. Kemper Paperback, 440 Pages, Published 2009 by Waveland Pr Inc ISBN-13: 978-1-57766-634-9, ISBN: 1-57766-634-8 "What does urban mean? How do places and spaces change when they become urban? Why are people drawn to cities? How do anthropologists and others study urban places and the people who occupy them? These are some of the questions explored in this compelling and extensively revised fifth edition. As before, Urban Life is topically and geographically wide ranging, with well-crafted contributions offering expert coverage of urban fieldwork ex ..." |
 | | Inside Pitch(Updated) Life in Professional Baseball by George Gmelch Paperback, 248 Pages, Published 2006 by Bison Books ISBN-13: 978-0-8032-7128-9, ISBN: 0-8032-7128-X "From the spark of ambition to play baseball professionally to the necessity of reinventing life after baseball, the anthropologist and former Minor Leaguer George Gmelch describes the lives of the men who work at America's national game. Twenty-four years after his own final road trip as a minor leaguer, Gmelch went back on the road with ballplayers, this time with a pen and pad to record the details of life around the diamond. Drawing ..." |
 | | Inside Pitch Life in Professional Baseball by George Gmelch 248 Pages, Published 2006 by U Of Nebraska Press ISBN-13: 978-0-8032-3386-7, ISBN: 0-8032-3386-8 "Sometimes, however, there are clear warning signs, such as being removed from the starting lineup, the arrival of a new player at your position, and, for relief pitchers, infrequent work. Some players talk about how a change in their manager's demeanor or attitude toward them tipped them off. Mike Saccocio's manager for the Gastonia Expos, Junior Minor, usually rode him pretty hard. Then one day, recalled Saccocio: I had a lousy ba ..." |
 | | In the Ballpark The Working Lives of Baseball People by George Gmelch, J. J. Weiner Paperback, 288 Pages, Published 2006 by Bison Books ISBN-13: 978-0-8032-7127-2, ISBN: 0-8032-7127-1 "In the Ballpark is a collection of interviews with twenty-one people who work in all parts of Major and Minor League Baseball: usher and broadcaster, beer vendor and sportswriter, clubhouse attendant and field manager, ticket seller and owner, scout and general manager, mascot and player. Organized by setting—the stands, the field, the press box, and the front office—the accounts yield a wealth of insight into little-known aspects of th ..." |
 | | Irish Travellers The Unsettled Life by Sharon Bohn Gmelch, George Gmelch Paperback, 220 Pages, Published 2014 by Indiana University Press ISBN-13: 978-0-253-01453-5, ISBN: 0-253-01453-0 "Anthropologists George and Sharon Gmelch have been studying the quasi-nomadic people known as Travellers since their fieldwork in the early 1970s, when they lived among Travellers and went on the road in their own horse-drawn wagon. In 2011 they returned to seek out families they had known decades before―shadowed by a film crew and taking with them hundreds of old photographs showing the Travellers' former way of life. Many of these ima ..." |
 | | Irish Travellers The Unsettled Life by Sharon Bohn Gmelch, George Gmelch 220 Pages, Published 2014 by Indiana University Press ISBN-13: 978-0-253-01461-0, ISBN: 0-253-01461-1 "That night at dinner with Mervyn Ennis, a social worker who had begun working with Travellers in the mid-1970s, we talked about the emergence of Traveller activism—one of the most significant developments since our departure. During our ..." |
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