Anthropology Books

Book SynopsisTable of Contents1. Introduction 2. Human Osteology and Odontology 3. Examination Methods 4. Medicolegal Significance 5. Forensic Taphonomy 6. Forensic Archaeology and Scene Processing 7. Processing and Preparing Remains 8. Sex Estimation 9. Ancestry Estimation 10. Age Estimation 11. Stature Estimation 12. Individual Skeletal Variation 13. Analysis of Skeletal Trauma 14. Personal Identification 15. Miscellaneous Topics and Final Case Exercise

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Book SynopsisThe world''s first known empires took shape in Mesopotamia between the eastern shores of the Mediterranean Sea and the Persian Gulf, beginning around 2350 BCE. The next 2,500 years witnessed sustained imperial growth, bringing a growing share of humanity under the control of ever-fewer states. Two thousand years ago, just four major powers--the Roman, Parthian, Kushan, and Han empires--ruled perhaps two-thirds all the people on earth. Yet despite empires'' prominence in the early history of civilization, there have been surprisingly few attempts to study the dynamics of ancient empires in the western Old World comparatively. Such grand comparisons were popular in the eighteenth century, but scholars then had only Greek and Latin literature and the Hebrew Bible as evidence, and necessarily framed the problem in different, more limited, terms. Near Eastern texts, and knowledge of their languages, only appeared in large amounts in the later nineteenth century. Neither Karl Marx nor Max WeTrade Reviewits parts are varied and interesting, the unexceeded sum makes an absorbing (at times provocative) volume. * Christopher J. Tuplin, Bryn Mawr Classical Review *Table of ContentsPreface 1.: Jack Goldstone and John Haldon: Ancient States, Empires, and Exploitation: Problems and Perspectives 2.: Peter Bedford: The Neo-Assyrian Empire 3.: Josef Wiesehöfer: The Achaemenid Empire 4.: Ian Morris: The Greater Athenian State 5.: Keith Hopkins: The Political Economy of the Roman Empire 6.: John Haldon: The Byzantine Empire 7.: Walter Scheidel: Sex and Empire: A Darwinian Perspective Bibliography Notes on Contributors

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Book SynopsisThis bibliography is now under the editorial direction and authority of the British Library of Political and Economic Science, at the London School of Economics. The editorial expertise of the world''s leading social science institution will ensure that the IBSS maintains its unrivalled position as a bibliographic source. This bibliography lists the most important works in anthropology published in 1988.

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Book SynopsisThe Space Between the Notes examines a series of relationships central to sixties counter-culture: psychedelic coding and rock music, the Rolling Stones and Charles Manson, the Beatles and the `Summers of love'', Jimi Hendrix and hallucinogenics, Pink Floyd and space rock. Sheila Whiteley combines musicology and socio-cultural analysis to illuminate this terrain, illustrating her argument with key recordings of the time: Cream''s She Walks Like a Bearded Rainbow, Hendrix''s Hey Joe, Pink Floyd''s Set the Controls For the Heat of the Sun, The Move''s I Can Hear the Grass Grow, among others.The appropriation of progressive rock by young urban dance bands in the 1990s make this study of sixties and seventies counter-culture a timely intervention. It will inform students of popular music and culture, and spark off recognition and interest from those that lived through the period as well as a new generation that draw inspiration from its iconTable of ContentsList of examples, Acknowledgements, 1 Introduction, 2 Cream, Hendrix and Pink Floyd, 3 The Beatles, 4 1967 and Psychedelic Rock, 5 The Rolling Stones, 6 Pink Floyd:Dark Side of the Moon, Notes, Index

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Book SynopsisIBSS is the essential tool for librarians, university departments, research institutions and any public or private institution whose work requires access to up-to-date and comprehensive knowledge of the social sciences.

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Book SynopsisFirst published in 1952, the International Bibliography of the Social Sciences (anthropology, economics, political science, and sociology) is well established as a major bibliographic reference for students, researchers and librarians in the social sciences worldwide. Key features: * Authority: Rigorous standards are applied to make the IBSS the most authoritative selective bibliography ever produced. Articles and books are selected on merit by some of the world''s most expert librarians and academics. * Breadth: today the IBSS covers over 2000 journals - more than any other comparable resource. The latest monograph publications are also included. * International Coverage: the IBSS reviews scholarship published in over 30 languages, including publications from Eastern Europe and the developing world. * User friendly organization: all non-English titles are word sections. Extensive author, subject and place name indexes are provided in both English and French.

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Book SynopsisWinner of the 2011 Paul Davidoff award!This is a book about poverty but it does not study the poor and the powerless; instead it studies those who manage poverty. It sheds light on how powerful institutions control capital, or circuits of profit and investment, as well as truth, or authoritative knowledge about poverty. Such dominant practices are challenged by alternative paradigms of development, and the book details these as well. Using the case of microfinance, the book participates in a set of fierce debates about development  from the role of markets to the secrets of successful pro-poor institutions. Based on many years of research in Washington D.C., Bangladesh, and the Middle East, Poverty Capital also grows out of the author''s undergraduate teaching to thousands of students on the subject of global poverty and inequality.Trade Review"Poverty Capital is a must read for those interested in issues of poverty and inequality around the world. In taking an unflinching look at "bottom billion capitalism," it shows how development actually works and how global markets are actually constructed. Although concerned with practices of microfinance in the global South, the book provides an analysis that is strikingly relevant for discussions of subprime markets, the financial crisis, and social justice here in America."-Robert Reich, Public Policy, University of California, Berkeley, USA"Examining development as poverty management, Roy brings a unique focus to the contradictory relations of global microfinance. Her reflexive observations from local sites offer a provocative perspective on the 'democratization of development' via webs of knowledge spun in the World Bank's circuits of credit."-Philip McMichael, Development Sociology, Cornell University, USA"Poverty Capital sends readers on a fascinating journey across Washington, D.C., Beirut, Cairo, and rural Bangladesh, with little choice but to rethink the whole project of development. Along the way, Roy crafts a brilliant study on the seductions of microfinance, the travelling circuits (and circus) of poverty capital, and the ‘end of political economy’. A pure joy to read!"-Michael Goldman, Sociology and Global Studies, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, USA "Thoughtful, probing look at the economic development industry and its received wisdom. The popular microfinance movement is the book's motif. The author thinks like an academic and writes like a poet."-Jonathan Lewis, Huffington Post, USA"...a thought-provoking work for those interested in microfinance, poverty, and development economics." -J. E. Weaver, Drake University, Choice, December 2010'Ananya Roy's Poverty Capital is a fascinating book: an invigorating study of the practices and discourses of "microfinance".''...an important and impressive book....It is an admirable overview of contemporary microfinance in all its proliferating diversity and considerable complexity.'-Brett Christophers, Uppsala University, in Environment and Planning D, vol 29 2011'This book has many strengths. It is a well-conceived, timely, thorough study of a crucial issue; it is grounded by extensive fieldwork; and each chapter is full of nuanced observations on the histories and dynamics of microfinance institutions in Bangladesh, Afghanistan, the USA and elsewhere.'-Joel Wainwright, Ohio State University, in Environment and Planning D, vol 29 2011Table of Contents1. Small Worlds: The Democratization of Capital and Development 2. Global Order: Circuits of Capital Truth 3. Dissent at the Margins: Development and the Bangladesh Paradox 4. The Pollution of Free Money: Debt, Discipline, and Dependence in the Middle East 5. Subprime Markets: Poverty Capital

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Book SynopsisA comprehensive analysis of stratification in rural Sri Lanka, taking into account the hierarchies of class, status and power.Table of ContentsTransliteration of Sinhalese words; research setting. Part 1 Stratification during the baseline period: the baseline period; the caste hierarchy in the baseline period; the class hierarchy in the baseline period; the power hierarchy in the baseline period; the ideology of stratification during the baseline period. Part 2 Contemporary stratification: the contemporary community; the contemporary caste hierarchy; the contemporary class hierarchy; the contemporary power hierarchy; the contemporary ideology of stratification.

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Book SynopsisThis volume explores the links between individuals, families, communities and the state in China through ritual and myth.Table of ContentsList of Illustrations, Acknowledgements, Permissions, Chapter 1: INTRODUCTION, Chapter 2: WHY 'CULTURE'? WHY 'PRODUCTION'?, Chapter 3: HISTORY AND THE RHETORIC OF LEGITIMACY: THE MAZU CULT OF TAIWAN, Chapter 4: DIALECTICS OF ALIENATION: INDIVIDUALS AND COLLECTIVITIES IN CHINESE RELIGION, Chapter 5: POWER AND TRANSCENDENCE IN THE MAZU PILGRIMAGES OF TAIWAN, Chapter 6: 'POWER' AGAINST IDEOLOGY: A CRITIQUE OF FOUCAULTIAN USAGE, Chapter 7: WOMEN'S PRODUCTION: GENDER AND EXPLOITATION IN PATRILINEAL MODE, hapter 8: FATHERS AND SONS IN A PATRILINEAL MODE OF PRODUCTION OF DESIRE: PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS OF THE STORY OF NEZHA FROM FENGSHEN YANYI, Chapter 9: AFTERWORD: 'EXCESS', CHANGE AND THE LIMITS OF ANALYSIS, Bibliography, Index

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Book SynopsisFirst published in 2004. These four classic masterpieces in esoteric research by the noted orientalist - M. Penzer explore customs and traditions from other cultures and periods of history which, for all their apparent strangeness, mask fundamental subjects of continuing interest. The first concerns the motif of the poison damsel -- the beauty who dealt death in many forms to her admirers - which originated in India, was prevalent in medieval Europe, and persists today in the belief of the femme fatale. The volume includes a study in the ancient Tate of the Two Thieves, an essay on sacred prostitution in India, the ancient East and West Africa, and an exhaustive treatment of the custom of chewing the betel or areca nut which is widespread in the far East from India through Indonesia to New Guinea. A natural stimulant and narcotic whose effects are similar to that of tobacco, betel is of growing interest to the medical world, and has, as the author shows here, a rich legacy of customs aTable of ContentsChapter 1 Poison-Damsels; Chapter 2 The Tale of the Two Thieves; Chapter 3 Sacred Prostitution; Chapter 4 The Romance of Betel-Chewing;

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Book SynopsisCombines historical and economic perspectives to examine the economic existence of modern man, the war against subsistence, and shadow work--the underpaid work which is unique to an industrial economy.

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Book SynopsisFrom current day sectarianism to the Free Church, religion has had a dominant effect upon society in Scotland for centuries. In this topical and thought-provoking book, Callum Brown examines the role of religion in the making of modern Scottish society. Tackling important contemporary themes such as the role of the Kirk in national identity and the growth of secularisation, he explains the history of Catholicism, Presbyterianism and Episcopalism over the last 250 years in an accessible and readable way.Table of ContentsPiety and progress; the church structure in Scotland 1707-1997; patterns of religious adherence; religion in rural society 1707-1890; the challenge of the cities 1780-1890; the "social question" 1890-1939 - the crisis of religious ideology; the haemorrhage of faith 1939-1997 - the crisis of church connection; religion, identity and conflict in Scotland since 1707.

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Book SynopsisA philosophical examination and celebration of the human hand.Trade ReviewIt's hard to imagine any other book that could tell us so much about ourselves. Raymond Tallis is a man unusual in modern medicine. His career has been devoted to caring for, studying, and advancing the health of older people in society. But while working as a Professor of Geriatric medicine at the University of Manchester, he has developed a parallel career - as a philosopher, critic, poet and novelist - largely unknown to his clinical brotherhood and sisterhood. Indeed, important though his medical work has been, it is likely that his philosophy, and especially his philosophical anthropology will leave a particularly indelible mark on human affairs. -- Richard Horton Compellingly interesting ! An extraordinary achievement. -- Michael Grant, editor of The Raymond Tallis Reader One of the most intriguing figures in the current intellectual scene. Tallis conjures up a challenging and endlessly fascinating way of thinking about ourselves that should act as a signpost for the future where we might learn once again to glimpse, as our forebears did, the wonder - and mystery - of ourselves.Table of ContentsContents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Overture; 1 Grasping the Hand; 1.1 Preliminary Grapplings; 1.2 The Manipulative Hand; 1.3 The Knowing Hand; 1.4 The Communicative Hand; 1.5 From Prehension to Apprehension; Part I Brachio-Chiral; 2 The Armed Hand; 2.1 Two Fingers to Over-digitisation; 2.2 The Genius of Reaching; 2.3 Mechanism and Agency; 3 The Talking Hand; 3.1 Introduction: The Sign-making Animal; 3.2 Gesturing; 3.3 Clapping and Other Hand Shouting; 3.4 Handsome; 4 Hand Talking to Hand; 4.1 Manucaption; 4.2 The Dialogue of the Left Hand with the Right; 4.3 The Interlocutors; 4.4 The Hand Talking to its Self or the Self; 5 The Playful Hand; 5.1 Introduction; 5.2 The Carnal Hand; 5.3 Hand Games; 5.4 Post-script: Handy (like); Part II Chiro-Digital; 6 One-finger Exercises; 6.1 Introduction; 6.2 Thumb; 6.3 Index; 6.4 Middle; 6.5 Ring; 6.6 Little; 7 Polydactylic Exercises; 7.1 Introduction: The Ordeal of Precision; 7.2 Two Fingers; 7.3 Three Fingers; 7.4 Four Fingers; 7.5 Five Fingers; 7.6 Ten Fingers; 8 Abstract Digits; 8.1 Introduction and Disclaimer; 8.2 The Number Sense: From Magnitudes to Digits; 8.3 Digits and Digits; 8.4 Units: From Counting to Measurement; 8.5 The Unreasonable Power of the Precision of Abstract Digits; 9The Tool of Tools; 9.1 Prologue: The Self-shaping Hand; 9.2 Tool-using, Tool-making and the Tool of Tools; 9.3 Tools and the Origin of Human Culture; 9.4 Eolith and SuperCray; 9.5 Tools and Language; 9.6 Brain, Tools and Language; 9.7 Beyond Biology and Biologism; 9.8 Epilogue: Handicraft; Appendix: Karl Marx and the Collectivisation of; Human Consciousness in Tools; Part III Towards Chiro-Philosophy; 10 Getting and Grip on the Conscious Human Agent; 10.1 Recapitulation; 10.2 The Dawn of the Conscious Human Agent; 10.3 From Biology to Philosophical Anthropology; Coda; 11 Waving Farewell to the Hand; 11.1 Introduction; 11.2 The Paradox of Handyman: (1) Part of; and Separate from Nature; 11.3 The Paradox of the Handyman: (2) Subject to and Yet Manipulating Nature's Laws; 11.4 The Balance Sheet: (1) Knowledge. Does the Hand Grasp the Truth?; 11.5 The Balance Sheet: (2) Moral and Spiritual; 11.6 Handing On; 11.7 A Last Wave Farewell; Index.

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Book SynopsisExplores the impact of the ethnographic method on the representation of Islam in anthropology.

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Book SynopsisThe Anthropology of Organisations offers a critical overview of the work that for over sixty years anthropologists have been carrying out in and on organisations and of the contribution that this work has made to social theory at large. Moving beyond earlier preoccupations with 'culture' and 'relationality', the volume brings together a selection of classic and contemporary articles that cast new light on the relevance of ethnography for organisational and social theory. It offers an indispensable resource for students and scholars interested in the politics behind the institutionalisation of social life.Trade Review'...it is eminently coherent in what it sets out to do, and would make an excellent course handbook, or overall refresher.' Anthropology in Action .'...provides a very good resource for scholars interested in ethnography and organisational and social theory...places together within easy reach both classic and more contemporary essays.' Social AnthropologyTable of ContentsContents: Series preface; Introduction; Part I Human Relations: Methods for the study of human relations in industry, Burleigh B. Gardner and William Foote Whyte; The perspectives of Elton Mayo, Reinhard Bendix and Lloyd H. Fisher;The social structure of the restaurant, William Foote Whyte. Part II Social and Political Relations: 'Banana time': job satisfaction and informal interaction, Donald F. Roy; The politics of ritual secrecy, Abner Cohen; Beyond account: the personal impact of police shootings, John van Maanan. Part III Productive and Power Relations: Anthropology of the multinational corporation, June Nash;The production of possession: spirits and the multinational corporation in Malaysia, Aihwa Ong; The culture of production: aesthetic choices and constraints in culinary work, Gary Alan Fine; Factory, family and neighbourhood: the political economy of informal labour in Sheffield, Massimiliano Mollona. Part IV Bureaucratic and Administrative Relations: Managing the managers, Melville Dalton; Moral mazes: bureaucracy and managerial work, Robert Jackall; Penetrability of administrative systems: political 'casework' and immigration inspections, Janet A. Gilboy; The anthropology of power-wielding bureaucracies, Josiah McC. Heyman. Part V Organizational Culture: Concepts of culture and organizational analysis, Linda Smircich; A cultural theory of information bias in organizations, Michael Thompson and Aaron Wildavsky. Part VI Anthropological Cultures: Methods: The fact of fiction in organizational ethnography, John van Maanen; Persons and Places: Creating an ideal self: theories of selfhood and pedagogy at a Japanese ethics retreat, Dorinne K. Kondo; The significance of meetings in an American mental health centre, Helen B. Schwartzman; Theories: A classification of occupations and their associated fiddles, Gerald Mars; Terrorism: a positive feedback game, Mary Douglas and Gerald Mars. Part VII Anthropological Institutionalisations: Consuming, science: public knowledge and the dispersed politics of reception among museum visitors, Sharon Macdonald. Part VIII Re-Institutionalisations of the Contemporary: Technological: Reconstructing technologies as social practice, Lucy Suchman, Jeanette Blomberg, Julian E. Orr and Randall Trigg; Political: Is good policy unimplementable? Reflections on the ethnography of aid policy and practice, David Mosse; The tyranny of transparency, Marilyn Strathern; Work: Changing scripts at work: managers and professionals, Gideon Kunda and John van Maanen; Working out personhood: notes on 'labour' and its anthropology, Alberto Corsín Jiménez; Theoretical: On time, space, and action nets, Barbara Czarniawska ; Real time: unwinding technocratic and anthropological knowledge, Annelise Riles; Name index.

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Book SynopsisGlobalization: Causes and Effects is the culmination of an eleven volume series that defines and explains the scholarly field of International Relations. Highlighting primary scholarly accomplishments in the field, this final title frames the sub-field of ''Globalization'' and documents the fundamental milestones in thinking about and understanding this phenomenon. ''Globalization'' is ripe for work integrating a wide range of leading research results and assessing its findings as a whole. Together, the pioneering articles selected for this book represent the most important scholarly contributions published to date on the main dimensions of globalization. The majority of the authors are political scientists, but a substantial number are economists, sociologists and historians. The volume covers Forms, Origins, and Causes; Political Dimensions and Implications; Economic and financial Impacts; Identity, Culture, and Civilization; and The Future of Globalization.Table of ContentsContents: Introduction; Part I Forms, Origins and Causes: Transnational relations and world politics: an introduction, Joseph S. Nye Jr and Robert O. Keohane; Globalization, convergence, and history, Jeffrey G. Williamson; The causes of globalization, Geoffrey Garrett. Part II Political Dimensions and Implications: The end of history?, Francis Fukuyama; Globalization and the decline of the welfare state in less-developed countries, Nita Rudra; Regulating globalization? The reinvention of politics, David Held; Abiding sovereignty, Stephen D. Krasner; Governance in a global economy: political authority in transition, Miles Kahler and David A. Lake; Governance in a partially globalized world, Robert O. Keohane; Transnational advocacy networks in international and regional politics, Margaret E. Keck and Kathryn Sikkink. Part III Economic and Financial Impacts: Is financial globalization beneficial?, Frederic S. Mishkin; Globalization and growth in emerging markets and the new economy, Joseph E. Stiglitz; Is the crisis problem growing more severe?, Michael Bordo, Barry Eichengreen, Daniela Klingebiel and Maria Soledad Martinez-Peria; Globalisation, social conflict, and economic growth, Dani Rodrik; Global financial governance and the problem of inclusion, Randall D. Germain. Part IV Identity, Culture and Civilization: The world in pieces: culture and politics at the end of the century, Clifford Geertz; The clash of civilizations?, Samuel P. Huntington; Globalization: sources and effects on national states and societies, John W. Meyer; Globalization or denationalization?, Saskia Sassen. Part V The Future of Globalization: International integration and national corruption, Wayne Sandholtz and Mark M. Gray; The nation-state and the natural environment over the 20th century, David John Frank, Ann Hironaka and Evan Schofer; The long term effects of globalization on income inequality, population growth, and economic development, Jeffrey Kentor; Globalisation, extremism and violence in poor countries, Richard Sandbrook and David Romano; How far will international economic integration go?, Dani Rodrik; Name index.

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Book SynopsisGenocide, crimes against humanity, war crimes, ethnic cleansing are terms which in recent years have entered common usage. The worst cases of these crimes seen in the Yugoslav secession conflict and the Rwandan slaughter resulted in attempts by the international legal community to initiate an international mechanism for establishing criminal accountability. In 1998, after many States signed the Rome Statute, it was expected that justice would prevail over state power and impunity be eliminated. However there is a serious question mark over the effectiveness of this process. That is the starting point for this collection. It is not an acclamatory collection that is meant to celebrate the undoubted advances of international criminal justice. The articles in the first part show the importance of comparative criminal law research to the development of international criminal justice, and in the second part they deal with the foundations, substantive and procedural aspects of international criminal law.Table of ContentsContents: Introduction; Part I Comparative Criminal Law: Harmonic convergence? Constitutional criminal procedure in an international context, Diane Marie Amann; The use of domestic sources as a basis for international criminal law principles, Michael Bohlander and Mark Findlay; The Iranian criminal justice under the Islamization project, Hassan Rezaei; Codifying Shari'a: international norms, legality and the freedom to invent new forms, Paul H. Robinson, Adnan Zulfiqar, Margaret Kammerud, Michael Orchowski, Elizabeth A. Gerlach, Adam L. Pollock, Thomas M. O'Brien, John C. Lin, Tom Stenson, Negar Katirai, J. John Lee and Marc Aaron Melzer; Traversing the rocky road of law reform in conflict and post conflict states: model codes for post conflict criminal justice as a tool of assistance, Vivienne O'Connor. Part II International Criminal Law: Foundations: The philosophy and policy of international criminal justice, M. Cherif Bassiouni; Global criminal justice: an idea whose time has passed, Jeremy Rabkin; Arab and Islamic Shari'a perspectives on the current system of international criminal justice, Adel Maged; Substantive: The expressive capacity of international punishment: the limits of the national law analogy and the potential of international criminal law, Robert D. Sloane; Drawing the boundaries of mens rea in the jurisprudence of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia, Mohamed Elewa Badar; Prosecutor v. Dusko Tadic: waiting to exhale, Michael Bohlander; Genuine consent to sexual violence under international law, Wolfgang Schomburg and Ines Petersen; Procedural: The structure of international criminal procedure: 'adversarial', 'inquisitorial' or 'mixed', Kai Ambos; The trial proceedings before the ICC, Stefan Kirsch; International criminal tribunals and their power to punish contempt and false testimony, Michael Bohlander; Name Index.

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Book SynopsisThere is a growing awareness that international law insufficiently protects common global interests and that States and non-State actors need to work together to protect global aims. The focus of this book is on the different fields of international law where there is a need for global cooperation to achieve common aims, for example: the law of the sea; protection of world cultural heritage; sustainable development, biological diversity and climate change; human rights; and international crimes. The volume also identifies the legal developments which have taken place, for example treaties which use the language of 'common heritage of mankind' or 'common concern of humanity', thereby identifying global concerns and reflecting a global set of values and interests independent of the interests of States.Table of ContentsContents: Introduction; Part I Conceptual Issues: Common concern of humanity, Dinah Shelton; Justice and the distribution of greenhouse gas emissions, Simon Caney; Common but differentiated responsibilities in international law, Christopher D. Stone; Conceptualising the relationship between Jus Cogens and Erga Omnes rules, Michael Byers; The common heritage of mankind: utopia or reality?, Alexandre Kiss. Part II Responsibility to Protect: Jurisdiction without territory: from the Holy Roman Empire to the responsibility to protect, Anne Orford; Responsibility to protect: political rhetoric or emerging legal norm?, Carsten Stahn. Part III Universal Jurisdiction: Imagining the international community: the constitutive dimension of universal jurisdiction, Adeno Addis; The legal limits of universal jurisdiction, Anthony J. Colangelo. Part IV International Spaces: Imagine there are no possessions: legal and moral basis of the common heritage principle in space law, Gbenga Oduntan; The common heritage of mankind: an adequate regime for managing the deep seabed?, Edward Guntrip. Part V Environmental Law: Solidarity, justice and climate change law, Angela Williams; Common concern of humankind and its implications in international environmental law, Jimena Murillo Chávarro; Custodial sovereignty: reconciling sovereignty and global environmental challenges amongst the vestiges of colonialism, Werner Scholtz. Part VI Cultural Heritage: Beyond state sovereignty: the protection of cultural heritage as a shared interest of humanity, Francesco Francioni; World cultural heritage: obligations to the international community as a whole?, Roger O’Keefe. Part VII Human Rights and Development: Correcting globalisation in health: transnational entitlements versus the ethical imperative of reducing aid-dependency, Gorik Ooms and Rachel Hammonds; Human rights, the Millennium Development Goals, and the future of development cooperation, Paul J. Nelson; Transnational human rights obligations

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Book SynopsisGlobalization has changed the context for, and the organizational forms of, politics, unleashing forces in support of, and in opposition to, the globalization dynamic. Investigating the dynamics of change and development in two regions of the world economy, Latin America and Asia, this book evaluates these forces, their political dynamics, and the responses of governments and citizens.Trade Review'This book is a timely and important contribution to the next phase of the debate on globalization. The focus on positive and negative consequences and the politics of social responses to globalization is precisely where the discussion should be going.' Barry K. Gills, University of Newcastle, UKTable of ContentsContents: Introduction. The Theory and Practice of Globalization: World development: globalization or imperialism? James Petras and Henry Veltmeyer; Aid and adjustment: policy reform and regression, James Petras and Henry Veltmeyer; Imperial counter-offensive: challenges and opportunities, James Petras. The Macrodynamics of Globalization: Denationalization of Mexico: the World Bank in action, John Saxe-Fernández and Gian Carlo Delgado-Ramos; Restructuring Latin American labour and the World Bank, Henry Veltmeyer; Cuba and Venezuela in an era of globalization, George W. Schuyler; Asia's post-crisis regionalism: the state in, the US out, Paul Bowles. The Dynamics of Antiglobalization: Reflections on power and globalization, Noam Chomsky; The antiglobalization movement: juggernaut or jalopy? Adam David Morton; The antinomies of antiglobalization, Henry Veltmeyer; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index.

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Book SynopsisThe rich local traditions of musical life in rural China are still little known. Music-making in village society is largely ceremonial, and shawm bands account for a significant part of such music. This is the first major ethnographic study of Chinese shawm bands in their ceremonial and social context. Based in a poor county in Shanxi province in northwestern China, Stephen Jones describes the painful maintenance of ceremonial and its music there under Maoism, its revival with the market reforms of the 1980s and its modification under the assault of pop music since the 1990s. Part One of the text explains the social and historical background by outlining the lives of shawm band musicians in modern times. Part Two looks at the main performing contexts of funerals and temple fairs, whilst Part Three discusses musical features such as instruments, scales, and repertories. The downloadable resources consist of a 47-minute film in two parts, showing excerpts from funerals and temple fairs (complementing Part Two of the text), while a separate section contains a magnificent 1992 funerary performance of a complete shawm-band suite. As a package, the book and downloadable resources illuminate the whole ceremonial context of music-making in rural China, illustrating the ritual-music experience of villagers, with lay Daoist priests, opera troupes, and beggars also making cameo appearances. While the modern stage repertories of urban professionals remain our main exposure to Chinese music, this publication is all the more valuable in showing the daily musical experiences of the majority of people in China. It will appeal to ethnomusicologists, anthropologists and all those interested in modern Chinese history and society.Trade Review’... the fascinating DVD accompanying Stephen Jones's book makes the strongest possible case for taking this chosen corner of Chinese folk music seriously... Jones vividly shows [how] shawm-band ceremonies represent a priceless strand of continuity from imperial times.’ Michael Church, BBC Music Magazine (4 star rating) '... an entertaining and interesting read... the real star of the book is the accompanying DVD, which is very nicely produced, and speaks volumes for the people and events narrated in the book.’ Thomas David DuBois, The China Journal 'Although there’s a lot of technical information about repertoire and scales, the text is readable and not weighed down by references, unlike so many academic books. It comes with a DVD that really brings the music and events to life - following the rituals at a funeral, a temple fair and talking us through one of the eight suites as performed by the Hua band. It led me back to the wild energy of their excellent CD Walking Shrill (Pan).’ Simon Broughton, Songlines '... an exemplary [...] step along the road to integration of text and audio-visual documentation... Jones has once again made a major contribution to the Western-language literature on Chinese folk music and its embeddedness in the ritual life of villages and small towns.’ Helen Rees, China Quarterly '... an important contribution to Chinese music studies. I recommend this book to those who are interested in music of the Northern Chinese Han people, to graduate and undergraduate students in anthropology and ethnomusicology, and to scholars in related fields... the packaged DVD that provides visual and audio assistance is a great asset of the publication.’ Journal of Folklore Research '... in a style accessible to all readers of English....[Jones'] writings provide an intimate view into the lives of these musicians and into the social, economic and religious structures of the villages in which they work... [also] fascinating descriptions of traditional Chinese rituals, such as funerals, temple meetings and weddings.’ Helium.com (Recommended books on Chinese traditions)'… extremely interesting and useful to cultural anthropologists and ethnomusicologists… The accompanying DVD is invaluable for conveying the feeling of the countryside, the people, their lives, and the ambiance of the rituals and music.' China Review InternationalTable of ContentsContents: Foreword; Prelude; Part 1 Lives of Shawm Band Musicians: Musics of Shanxi province; Musics of Yanggao county; Shawm bands in China; Yinyang and gujiang traditions in north Yanggao; The Hua band; The Hua brothers; Other gujiang; A comparison; The Cultural Revolution; The reform era; Following fashion; Local goes national?; Yanggao pop; Sexism; The learning process; Tiantian; Fees and 'black talk'; The current scene; Scholarship; Our visits and the role of cultural officials; Washington 2002; UK and Holland 2005; Conclusion: lives and livelihood. Part 2 Shawm Bands and Daoists in Performance: Funerals and Temple Fairs: Introduction; Funerals; The 1st day; Inviting relatives and burning the treasuries; Transferring offerings; The burial procession; Temple fairs; Xujiayuan; Gushan; Lower Liangyuan; Conclusion: ritual and musical impoverishment. Part 3 Don't Mean a Thing If It Ain't Got That Swing: Instrumentation; Instruments and makers; Pitch, scales, and gongche; Learning heterophony and idiom; Melodic styles; Ostinato sections and cadences; Metre and percussion patterns; Repetition and variability; Repertories; Processional pieces; The 8 great suites; Vocal-derived 'small pieces'; Conclusion: ritual sound; Bibliography; Glossary-Index.

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Book SynopsisPresenting the history of the inhabitants of the Pacific Islands from first colonization until the spread of European colonial rule in the later 19th century, this volume focuses specifically on Pacific Islander-European interactions from the perspective of Pacific Islanders themselves. A number of recorded traditions are reproduced as well as articles by Pacific Island scholars working within the academy. The nature of Pacific History as a sub-discipline is presented through a sample of key articles from the 1890s until the present that represent the historical evolution of the field and its multidisciplinary nature. The volume reflects on how the indigenous inhabitants of the Pacific Islands have a history as dynamic and complex as that of literate societies, and one that is more retrievable through multidisciplinary approaches than often realized.Table of ContentsContents: Introduction; Part 1 Exploring and Colonising Oceania: The birth of new lands, after the creation of Havai'i (Raiatea), Teuira Henry; 'Expanding' the target in indigenous navigation, David Lewis; Voyaging, Ben R. Finney; The colonisation of the Pacific plate: chronological, navigational and social issues, Geoffrey Irwin. Part 2 Historical Dynamics of Island Societies: Ecological Adaptations: Man's role in modifying tropical and sub-tropical Polynesian ecosystems, P.V. Kirch; Man and the sea in early Tahiti: a maritime economy through European eyes, Gordon R. Lewthwaite; The Ipomoean revolution revisited: society and the sweet potato in the upper Waghi valley, Jack Golson; Social and Political Evolution: The value of traditions in Polynesian research, Te Rangi Hiroa (P.H. Buck); Understanding Polynesian traditional history, Niel Gunson; Oral traditions among the Binandere: problems of method in a Melanesian society, John D. Waiko; Status rivalry and cultural evolution in Polynesia, Irving Goldman; Chimbu tribes: political organization in the Eastern highlands of New Guinea, Paula Brown; Regional Histories: The war of Tonga and Samoa and the origin of the name Malietoa, Samuel Ella (trans.); Exchange patterns in goods and spouses: Fiji, Tonga and Samoa, Adrienne L. Kaeppler; Kula: the circulating exchange of valuables in the archipelagoes of Eastern New Guinea, B. Malinowski; The place of Ulithi in the Yap empire, William A. Lessa; Yapese politics, Yapese money and the Sawei tribute network before World War I, M.L. Berg. Part 3 Culture Contact: The stranger-king or Dumézil among the Fijians, Marshall Sahlins; Institutions of violence in the Marquesas, Greg Dening; European-Polynesian encounters: a critique of the Pearson thesis, I.C. Campbell; From conversion to conquest: the early Spanish mission in the Marianas, Francis X. Hezel. Part 4 Responses to Pre-Colonial European Influences: The sandalwood trade in Melanesian economics, 1841-65, Dorothy Shineber

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Book SynopsisBringing together articles and chapters from his considerable work in theological ethics, India, and the social order, Duncan Forrester incorporates new writing and introductions to each thematic section to guide readers through this invaluable resource. This book offers stimulating studies in three related areas - Indian Christianity with particular attention to the caste system, contemporary Christian theological ethics, and the distinctive and challenging theological approach that Duncan Forrester has developed in relation to public issues such as prisons and punishment, welfare provision, social justice, and poverty.Trade Review'... this marvellous and astonishingly varied collection of his work from 1957 onwards reveals huge consistencies: a passion for social justice combined with an eirenic voice, a complete absence of jargon, a profound sympathy with ordinary people, and commitment to the life of the church... a tremendously useful collection for anyone working in the broad area of political theology and ethics and we have to be grateful to Ashgate for publishing it.' Modern Believing '... this book brings together Duncan Forrester’s considerable collection of articles, spanning over fifty years... His invaluable contributions to practical, public and political theology as well as Christian ethics make this a valuable resource which should not only be included in reading lists for these disciplines, but which makes essential reading for anyone interested in the relationship between Christianity and civil society... Any theologian is sure to find inspiration in these 500 pages. This is a collection of essays that certainly demonstrates the passion with which theology should be pursued!' The Expository TimesTable of ContentsContents: Preface; Introduction: formative practices in Christian theology; Part I India: Encountering Munuswamy; The end of equality?: a strange silence in public debate. Caste: Hierarchy, equality and religion; The revolt of 1857 and the caste question; Caste and mass movements; Caste and Christianity since Gandhi and Ambedkar, Adrian Bird. Christian Theology in India: Christianity and early Indian nationalism; Christian theology in a Hindu context; Commensalism and Christian mission: the Indian case; Professor Hick and the universe of faiths. Part II Practical Theology: Introduction; Divinity in use and practice; Some thoughts on 'religionless Christianity'; The chaplain as educational counsellor; The liberation of worship; Living in truth and unity: the Church as a hermeneutic of law and gospel; Anthropology in modern theology; Biblical interpretation and cultural relativism; The communicative practice of a humble Church; The future of theology: the vocational and the academic in theological education. Part III Christian Ethics: Introduction; The place of the Church in the new Europe; Justice as an issue for contemporary practical theology; Ecclesia Scoticana; The Church and the concentration camp: some reflections on moral community. Part IV Political Theology: Introduction; The political teaching of Luther (1483-1546) and Calvin (1509-1564); The political teaching of Richard Hooker (1553-1600); The problem of natural law in theology and social science; The attack on Christendom in Marx and Kierkegaard; Mystique and politique; The theological task; The promise of liberation theology; The Church, theology and the poor; Can liberation theology survive 1989?; Violence and non-violence in conflict resolution: some theological reflections; Social justice in Protestant thought. Part V Public Theology: Introduction; The scope of public theology: what is public theology?; Punishment and prisons in a morally fragmented society; Ethics and salvation; Education and

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Book SynopsisIn Capitalizing on Catastrophe an international group of scholars and professionals critically examine how local communities around the world have prepared for and responded to recent cataclysms. The book''s principal focus is the increasing trend to rely on the private sector to deal with natural disasters and other forms of large-scale devastation, from hurricanes and tsunamis to civil wars and industrial accidents. Called ''disaster capitalism'' by its critics, the tendency to contract private interests to solve massive, urgent public problems may be inevitable but is extremely problematic_especially with respect to peoples who need help the most. Can private relief groups give the highest priority to potential and actual victims of large disasters, for example, if that means devoting fewer resources to protecting tourism and other profitable industries? The high-profile contributors to this volume straightforwardly tackle such timely and difficult questions of great public concern.Trade ReviewCapitalizing on Catastrophe critically examines the motivations and agendas that fuel the political will to act in the name of humanitarian assistance to the large-scale crises and human tragedies of our times. Using diverse examples of disaster from around the world, the authors tease apart the complex continuum of causality, response, and consequence—asking the basic questions of who pays, who profits, and to what effect. In so doing, they put a human face to disaster response, and that face is not a pretty one. Nandini Gunewardena and Mark Schuller have pulled together an incredibly strong collection of case studies, framed in a sharp and clear analysis with pragmatic suggestions for change. In a world of escalating chaos and misery, this collection offers the reader a useful tool to assess recent experiences. More importantly, Capitalizing on Catastrophe offers pragmatic strategies to emphasize human needs in humanitarian response. -- Barbara Rose Johnston, Center for Political Ecology, Santa CruzThis is a stunning book that builds on, and extends, previous research on disaster, social vulnerability, and reconstruction. The contributors discuss social vulnerability and neoliberalism, disaster capitalism, humanitarian issues, and cultural data sets from around the world. The book provides a rich combination of ethnography and theory. -- Linda M. Whiteford, University of South Florida"Moralized discourse served as a protective bubble that provided immunity from rigorous analysis. That bubble has burst, but only on the top floor of the ivory tower. The overwhelming majority of media coverage and academic writing remains entrapped in an untheorized consensus that relief and rehabilitation are good things beyond rebuke. Capitalizing on Catastrophe is an important exercise in scholarship. It brings the phenomenon of neo-liberal disaster capitalism into sharp focus, defining the field in a theoretical and comparative manner and exploring some important case studies. This book is also an essential exercise in framing an emergent public policy issue." -- Alexander de Waal, Harvard University * From The Foreword *The book's strengths lie in the breadth of its case studies and its impressive balance between fine ethnographic detail and consistency of argument in which neither is sacrificed. Owing to its accessible writing and analytically coherent selection of research, Capitalizing on Catastrophe will be of great interest to students, scholars, and general readers concerned about the insidious machinations at work in the global field of disaster capitalism. It is both shocking and convincing. * Human Ecology, Spring 2010 *Valuable suggestions on emergency situations take on a new light and potential importance. The volume draws strength from the variety of case studies and broad experience of the contributing authors, many of whom spent years in the discussed communities, interviewing stakeholders and compiling data. -- Alexis Pierce, Journal of Homeland Security and Emergency ManagementTable of ContentsPart 1 Part I. Framing the Capitalization of Catastrophes Chapter 2 Chapter 1. Human Security versus Neoliberal Approaches to Disaster Recovery Chapter 3 Chapter 2. Deconstructing the Disaster after the Disaster: Conceptualizing Disaster Capitalism Chapter 4 Chapter 3. Through a Glass, Darkly: Humanitarianism and Empire Part 5 Part II. Tourism as Reconstruction Chapter 6 Chapter 4. International Tourism and Disaster Capitalism: The Case of Hurricane Mitch in Honduras Chapter 7 Chapter 5. Peddling Paradise, Rebuilding Serendib: The 100-Meter Refugees versus the Tourism Industry in Post-tsunami Sri Lanka Chapter 8 Chapter 6. The Resilience of Vulnerable Households: Adjusting to Neoliberal Capitalism in the Aftermath of Hurricane Iris Part 9 Part III. Exposing Katrina: Class, Race, and Displacement Chapter 10 Chapter 7. Race, Class, and the Politics of Death: Critical Responses to Hurricane Katrina Chapter 11 Chapter 8. Disaster, Displacement and Employment: Distortion of Labor Markets During Post-Katrina Reconstruction Chapter 12 Chapter 9. Class Inequality, Liberal Bad Faith, and Neoliberalism: the True Disaster of Katrina Part 13 Part IV. Prolonging Recovery: Bypassing Accountability and Transparency Chapter 14 Chapter 10. Capitalization of Post-9/11 Recovery Chapter 15 Chapter 11. The Foul Odor of Capital: The Union Carbide Disaster in Bhopal, India Part 16 Part V. Dividends of Conflict: Reconstruction as Reform Chapter 17 Chapter 12. "Haiti is Finished!" Haiti's End of History Meets the Ends of Capitalism Chapter 18 Chapter 13. After the Storm: The Aftermath of Guatemala's Post-Civil War Part 19 Part VI. Conclusion: Envisioning Alternatives: Seven Pragmatic Proposals to Advance Human Security in Disaster Assistance and Recovery

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Book SynopsisWilliam Foote Whyte looks back on a pioneering career which has revolutionized the way social structures and the individuals within them are viewed. The book also provides a guide to the practical and conceptual complexities of fieldwork.Trade ReviewIt is an impressive narration of one person's life work, a narrative that is driven by a particular vision of the good sociologist and also the good society. -- Mary Jo Neitz * Journal Of Contemporary Ethnography *Table of Contentschapter 1 About the Author chapter 2 Preface chapter 3 Gaining Access to the Field chapter 4 Systematizing Participant Observation chapter 5 Interviewing in the Field chapter 6 Facts, Interpretations, and Ethics in Qualitative Inquiry chapter 7 Transactional Relationships chapter 8 Money and Motivation chapter 9 Socio-Technical Systems chapter 10 Studying Cultures and Intercultural Relations chapter 11 On Combining Research Methods chapter 12 On History: How the Past Shapes Present and Future chapter 13 Learning from Mondragon chapter 14 Sociology as Social Science chapter 15 Methods for Doing Applied chapter 16 Combining Consulting and Applied Social Research chapter 17 A Vision for Sociology and Society chapter 18 References chapter 19 Index

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Book SynopsisIn this text, students are invited to rethink psychology by grounding it in the natural sciences with the understanding that evolutionary and developmental processes work together with culture to solve problems of human adaptation. These processes are cast as interdependent: Development cannot be understood except in the light of evolutionary theory, and the best proof of evolution is the fact of development. For students of evolutionary psychology, all the central topics -- such as evolved mental modules for theory of mind or language -- require an understanding of the developmental processes that lead to their expression. Genes, as important as they are, are never the whole story. The role of biological factors is explored in chapters outlining evolution, development, genetics, human origins, hormones and the brain. Then, the integrative value of this evolutionary/developmental vision in understanding key topics in psychology is illustrated by applying it to traditional area of inquiry including infancy and attachment, emotions and their expression, social relations with peers, cognitive and language development, sex differences, courtship and mating, violence and aggression, and cooperation and competition. Trade Review"[Adaptive Origins is] relevant to anyone interested in people, not only speech and language therapists … this is a hugely interesting book." – Katie Cullian, pediatric speech and language therapist, in Speech & Language Therapy in Practice"Peter LaFrenière, an evolutionary developmental psychologist, intends Adaptive Origins:Evolution and Human Development to serve as a developmental psychology textbook for undergraduates. However, it is probably better described as a new primer for the entire field of evolutionary psychology. ... LaFrenière has made a significant contribution to the progress of evolutionary psychology through his integration of the many disciplines that nonbiologists need to take into account in order to understand the impact of evolution on human behavior. His book belongs in the libraries of professors and researchers as well as the students for whom it was written." – Sidney Perloe in PsycCRITIQUES "For anyone from undergraduate students to accomplished scientists, LaFrenière's book provides the crucial groundwork for understanding development and evolution, and why understanding either requires investigation of both. A very readable textbook for all levels from one of the key contributors to understanding humanity in a fully biological context." – D. Kimbrough Oller, Ph.D., Professor and Plough Chair of Excellence, The University of Memphis School of Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology, USA"This is a terrific book. Peter LaFrenière has a remarkable talent for presenting seemingly difficult ideas clearly, concisely, in a way that draws readers in and holds them through the sheer power of the ideas. On every topic he goes right to the heart of the matter, with no hemming and hawing, so there is no room for boredom. The book represents beautifully the new wave in the evolutionary analysis of human behavior. The developmental perspective puts flesh on the skeleton that evolutionary psychology was just a few years ago. I recommend the book to anyone who wants to understand our species." – Peter Gray, Ph.D., Research Professor of Psychology, Boston College, USATable of Contents1. Evolutionary Theory. 2. Contemporary Evolutionary Perspectives. 3. The Genetic Basis of Evolution and Development. 4. Human Origins. 5. Brain Evolution and Development. 6. Hormones and Behavior. 7. Facial Expressions and Basic Emotions. 8. Attachment in Infancy. 9. Theory of Mind and Language. 10. Sex Differences. 11. Mate Choice and Reproductive Strategies. 12. Darwinian Medicine and Evolutionary Psychiatry. 13. Altruism, Cooperation and Competition.

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Book SynopsisHeather deepens our understanding of human evolution by including genetic discoveries that were unavailable in 1871 when Darwin wrote The Descent of Man and Selection in Relation to Sex. She offers an updated version of the theory by viewing the courtship dance through a female lens.

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Book SynopsisThe study of material culture demonstrates that objects make people just as much as people make, exchange and consume objects. But what if these objects are, in the eyes of others, only fakes? What kind of material mirror are people looking into? Are their real selves really reflected in this mirror? This book provides an original and revealing study into engagements with objects that are not what they are claimed and presumed to be and, subsequently, are believed to betray their makers as well as users. Drawing upon an ethnography of fake branded garments in Turkey and Romania, Material Culture and Authenticity shows how people can make authentic positions for themselves in and through fake objects.The book will be of interest to students and scholars working in the fields of anthropology, material culture and cultural studies as well as to general readers interested in ethnographic alternatives to biographies of famous fakers and fakes.Trade Review"Craciun’s research provides an evocative account of how people struggle to negotiate authenticity in a world of inauthentic objects, namely fake branded goods. Through a nuanced and engaging ethnography, the book makes an extremely important contribution to the literature on authenticity and material culture. It will be essential reading for those interested in the experience of authenticity and it’s role in mediating personal relationships and identities. - Sian Jones, Professor of Archaeology, University of Manchester, UK In this rich ethnography of the markets and small textiles manufacturers of Turkey and Rumania, Craciun constructs an alternative theory of brands, arguing that the materiality of branded goods - their shininess, smoothness; their pattern, cut, trimming and bobbling - are more important than the brand itself. A must read for anyone interested in thinking critically about the contemporary theorization of brands, authenticity, consumption, and materiality. - Haidy Geismar, Anthropology and Museum Studies, New York University & Department of Anthropology, University College London Magdalena Craciun’s Material Culture and Authenticity: Fake Branded Fashion in Europe makes for entertaining and meaningful reading … a valuable addition to the field of material culture and a welcome contribution to Romanian studies. Drawing on nine months of fieldwork in Istanbul, Bucharest, and a small provincial town in southern Romania, Craciun has published one of the few genuinely multi-sited ethnographies of Romania. Highly informative, ethnographically sensitive, and theoretically sophisticated, this book is indispensable reading for the emerging anthropology in and of Romania. - H-Net - Narcis Tulbure"Table of ContentsIntroductionInauthentic ObjectsThe Elusive Nature of Inauthenticity: Manufacture and Trade in Fake Branded Garments in TurkeyThe Elusive Nature of Inauthenticity: Trade and Consumption of Fake Branded Inauthentic Objects, Authentic SelvesConclusionBibliographyIndex

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Book SynopsisThis collection of essays, two of which appear in print for the first time, documents the late Holden Furberâs discovery that private ventures, most manifestly deployed in the âcountry tradeâ between Asian ports, played a major role in the European expansion in India before the age of empire. Furber vividly describes how individual entrepreneurs used their positions with East India Companies to build personal fortunes, and how these private endeavours, for which the English East India Company gave more latitude, ultimately worked to the benefit of British power in India. One of the continuing strengths of his work remains its use of archival sources, not only British, but also other archival records, in particular those of The Netherlands and Scandinavia. The essays also highlight important connections, between chartered and âclandestineâ trade, and piracy; of multinational private investments in the increasingly dominant East India Company; and between the trade of the Indian Ocean and Pacific worlds.Trade Review'This commemorative collection of papers is justified by present interest as well as intrinsic value...Furber shows us how history can be, indeed should be, an art as well as a science, even amid the toil of opening up a new field of study.' The Scottish Historical Review 'Although the last of Holden Furber’s major writings appeared in the mid-1970s, his work has not only been very influential in the past but is still widely consulted. A collection of his essays, with the additional bonus of two pieces never previously published, is therefore most welcome.' The International History Review, Vol. XX, No. 2 'As ever, Variorum has provided a great service to scholars and students by publishing the collected works of a leading historian, in this case Holden Furber (1903”93) who, over the course of a lengthy career, established himself as an authority on European trade and imperialism in Asia during the eighteenth century. Our debt to Variorum and the editor is increased considerably on this occasion, because this collection of 14 articles and papers produced by Furber between 1935 and 1976 is drawn from a wide range of often inaccessible publications and includes two items published here for the first time. We are presented with a body of work which, in its totality, represents a major contribution to analysis of the dynamic forces behind, and the form taken by, the European presence in the East.' Journal of Imperial and Commonwealth History, Vol. 26, No. 3 '... an important book. Full of sympathetic insights, written with enjoyment and scrupulous scholarship, it contains the mature reflections of a master, of his sources and of this craft.' The Mariner's MirrorTable of ContentsContents: An abortive attempt at Anglo-Spanish cooperation in the Far East in 1793; The beginnings of American trade with India 1784-1812; The united company of merchants of England trading to the East Indies 1783-96; Madras in 1787; The overland route to India in the 17th and 18th centuries; The East India Company’s financial records; In the footsteps of a German Nabob: William Bolts in the Swedish archives; Bombay presidency in the mid-18th century; Glimpses of life and trade on the Hugli 1720-1770; Madras Presidency in the mid-18th century; The growth of British power in India 1708-1748; The India trade in the Pacific through two centuries 1600-1800; Major Forbes Ross MacDonald and the Arab world: Britain, India and the Middle East 1791-1798; The history of East India companies: general problems; Index.

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Book SynopsisReveals how, military and political leaders in Belgrade followed the pattern of manipulating cultural motifs in order to justify their repression of Kosovans, and their aggression in Croatia and Bosnia. This work also reveals how Croatian and Bosnian military and political elites mobilized their own social memories during post-Yugoslav wars.

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