Photographer: Adam Jones ISBN: 978-0-9782526-3-2 Synopsis This book is part of a planned series of photographic Portraits that will present peoples of the world in much of their diversity, exploring their daily lives and activities, and encompassing a wide range of communities, ages, genders, and cultures. These unique compilations will, however, provide a glimpse of what all human being share despite our differences. Thus, each reader should be able to relate to the precious moments and individuals captured in this book, and in the others to follow in the series.
About the Photographer Adam Jones, Ph.D., is Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of British Columbia Okanagan in Kelowna, BC. From 2005-07, he was postdoctoral fellow in the Genocide Studies Program at Yale University. Jones is the author or editor of a dozen books, including Genocide: A Comprehensive Introduction (Routledge, 2006) and Beyond the Barricades: Nicaragua and the Struggle for the Sandinista Press, 1979-1998 (Ohio University Press, 2002). An inveterate traveller, he has lived or voyaged in over 70 countries on every populated continent, retaining a special passion for Latin America. This is his first book of travel photography. Personal website: http://adamjones.freeservers.com
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