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Book SynopsisA Companion to South Asia in the Past provides the definitive overview of research and knowledge about South Asia s past, from the Pleistocene to the historic era in India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and Nepal, provided by a truly global team of experts.Table of ContentsNotes on Contributors x Acknowledgments xvii Formal Dedication xviiiV.N. Misra Foreword xxAngela R. Lieverse Maps xxvi 1 Introduction 1Gwen Robbins Schug and Subhash R. Walimbe Part I Paleoanthropology in South Asia 11 2 Mammalian Paleodiversity and Ecology of Siwalik Primates in India and Nepal 13Rajan Gaur 3 A Decade of Paleoanthropology in the Indian Subcontinent (2005–2015) 32Parth R. Chauhan 4 Archaic Genomes and the Peopling of South Asia 51Mark Stoneking 5 Out of Africa and into South Asia: The Evidence from Paleolithic Archaeology 60Ravi Korisettar 6 Hominin Fossil Remains from the Narmada Valley 72A.R. Sankhyan 7 Mesolithic Foragers of the Ganges Plain and Adjoining Hilly Regions of the Vindhyas 86J.N. Pal 8 Mesolithic Foragers of the Ganges Plain: Pathology, Stature, and Subsistence 101John R. Lukacs Part II Middle Holocene Farmers and Urban Dwellers 125 9 Current Perspectives on the Harappan Civilization 127Vasant Shinde 10 Excavations at Harappa, 1986–2010: New Insights on the Indus Civilization and Harappan Burial Traditions 145J.M. Kenoyer and R.H. Meadow 11 Bioarchaeology of the Indus Valley Civilization: Biological Affinities, Paleopathology, and Chemical Analyses 169Nancy C. Lovell 12 More than Origins: Refining Migration in the Indus Civilization 187Benjamin Valentine 13 Aryans and the Indus Civilization: Archaeological, Skeletal, and Molecular Evidence 205Michel Danino 14 The Ahar Culture and Others: Social Spectrums of the Mewar Plain 225Teresa P. Raczek 15 The Archaeology of the Late Holocene on the Deccan Plateau (The Deccan Chalcolithic) 240Prabodh Shirvalkar and Esha Prasad 16 The Center Cannot Hold: A Bioarchaeological Perspective on Environmental Crisis in the Second Millennium bce, South Asia 255Gwen Robbins Schug and Kelly Elaine Blevins 17 The “Gandhara Grave Culture”: New Perspectives on Protohistoric Cemeteries in Northern and Northwestern Pakistan 274Muhammad Zahir Part III Historic Archaeology: Monuments and Meaning 295 18 Early Iron Age Megalith Builders of Vidarbha: A Historical View 297P.S. Joshi 19 Situating Iron Age Monuments in South India: A Textual and Ethnographic Approach 310K. Rajan 20 A Review of Early Historic Urbanization in India 319Reshma Sawant and Gurudas Shete 21 Historical and Medieval Period Archaeology 332Monica L. Smith 22 The Transition to Agricultural Production in India: South Asian Entanglements of Domestication 344Charlene A. Murphy and Dorian Q. Fuller 23 From Millet to Rice (and Back Again?): Cuisine, Cultivation, and Health in Southern India 358Kathleen D. Morrison 24 Death and Burial among Two Ancient High]Altitude Communities of Nepal 374Mark Aldenderfer and Jacqueline T. Eng Part IV South Asia in Retrospect 399 25 Prehistoric Archaeology in Bangladesh: An Overview 401Shahnaj Husne Jahan 26 Archaeology of Nepal 412Prakash Darnal 27 The Peopling of Sri Lanka from Prehistoric to Historic Times: Biological and Archaeological Evidence 426Samanti Kulatilake 28 Theoretical Archaeology in India: An Anthropological Perspective 437K. Paddayya 29 Moving Forward, Looking Back: The Collective Memory of Indian Anthropology 450Abhik Ghosh 30 Anthropology and Museums in India 465Kishor K. Basa 31 Human Skeletal Studies: Changing Trends in Theoretical and Methodological Perspectives 482Subhash R. Walimbe 32 Where Are They Now? The Human Skeletal Remains from India 496V. Mushrif-Tripathy, K.S. Chakraborty, and S. Lahiri Index 534

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Book Synopsis* Provides an unprecedented and exciting introduction to the archaeology of Africa. * Challenges misconceptions & claims about Africa's past and teaches students how to evaluate these claims. * Includes a thoughtful introduction that explores the contexts that have shaped archaeological knowledge of Africa's past.Trade Review"Ann Stahl has brought together a set of researchers at the height of their powers and incited them to write chapters that bring home to readers the challenge of the archaeological enterprise. This is the book I would give as a text to seniors and to which I would constantly refer if teaching the archaeology of sub-Saharan Africa to students of any and all levels."—Nicholas David, University of Calgary "This book moves beyond the usual seamless syntheses and looks critically at the quality of the evidence, the questions asked and unasked, and how these have been fashioned into narratives about the African past. It is a unique and indispensable resource for Africanist archaeologists, historians, and students of these disciplines."—Susan McIntosh, Rice University "I have long desired a text for African archaeology that presents a summary of African prehistory while highlighting the research questions and debates that make the study of the African past exciting; that book is now available. The book's coverage of sub-Saharan Africa is exemplary."—Peter Robertshaw, California State University, San Bernardino "This book is a showcase for African Archaeology and deserves a place on the bookshelves of all who teach world archaeology, as well as those who study biodiversity of wild and domestic resources, or care about the linguistics or history of Africa. I recommend 'African Archaeology' to you enthusiastically."—Journal of African Archaeology "This book achieves its main goals admirably. The twenty-three contributing authors (African, European, and North American) are all specialists in their respected fields... The individual chapters are remarkably consistent in tone, which I suspect shows a strong editorial hand, and really do summarize not only vast amounts of information, but also the current debates around significance and interpretation of the archaeological record. It is difficult to imagine a more comprehensive introduction without resorting to an encyclopedia format. The references are copious and up-to-date, which will make this a valuable resource for both lecturers and students."—African Studies Review "The great strength of the volume is its critical stance. Evidence is presented within its context, warts and all, not as 'the final truth'... The geographic coverage is remarkable...In summary, African Archaeology: A Critical Introduction is a success. It does exactly what its name suggests: leading students by example in evaluating evidence, and dismissing long-held misconceptions about the African past."—African History "A most welcome addition to the few available text-books on archaeologies of the African continent."—HOMO "The first ... stated objective ... [is] to give some account of the breadth of history .... The book does so admirably well."H-Net ReviewsTable of ContentsSeries Editors’ Preface. Figures. Tables. Notes on Contributors. 1 Introduction. Changing Perspectives on Africa’s Pasts: Ann Brower Stahl (State University of New York at Binghamton). 2 Barbarous Tribes and Unrewarding Gyrations? The Changing Role of Ethnographic Imagination in African Archaeology: Paul J. Lane (British Institute in Eastern Africa). 3 Discord after Discard. Reconstructing Aspects of Oldowan Hominin Behavior: Thomas Plummer (City University of New York). 4 The Middle and Upper Pleistocene African Record for the Biological and Behavioral Origins of Modern Humans: Curtis W. Marean and Zelalem Assefa (Arizona State University; SUNY at Stony Brook. 5 A Late Pleistocene Archive of Life at the Coast, Klasies River: H. J. Deacon and Sarah Wurz (University of Stellenbosch; University of Stellenbosch). 6 Modeling Later Stone Age Societies in Southern Africa: Peter Mitchell (University of Oxford). 7 Holocene “Aquatic” Adaptations in North Tropical Africa: Augustin F. C. Holl (University of Michigan). 8 Pastoralism and its Consequences: Diane Gifford-Gonzalez (University of California, Santa Cruz). 9 Holocene Occupations of the Forest and Savanna: Joanna Casey (University of South Carolina). 10 The Romance of Farming--Plant Cultivation and Domestication in Africa: Katharina Neumann (J. W. Goethe-Universität). 11 Metallurgy and its Consequences: S. Terry Childs and Eugenia W. Herbert (National Park Service, Mount Holyoke College). 12 The Bantu Problem and African Archaeology: Manfred Eggert (Institut für Ur- und Frühgeschichte und Archäologie des Mittelalters). 13 The Archaeology of Sub-Saharan Urbanism: Cities and their Countrysides: Adria LaViolette and Jeff Fleisher (University of Virginia; University of Virginia). 14 Interaction, Marginalization, and the Archaeology of the Kalahari: Andrew Reid (University College London). 15 Southern Africa and the East African Coast: Gilbert Pwiti (University of Zimbabwe). 16 Mosaics and Interactions: East Africa, 2000 B.P. to the Present: Chapurukha M. Kusimba and Sibel B. Kusimba (The Field Museum, Chicago; Northern Illinois University). 17 From Pottery Groups to Ethnic Groups in Central Africa: Pierre de Maret (Université Libre de Bruxelles). 18 Two Thousand Years of West African History: Scott MacEachern (Bowdoin College). Index

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Book SynopsisA landmark introduction to the archaeology of Africa that challenges misconceptions & claims about Africa''s past and teaches students how to evaluate these claims. Provides an unprecedented and exciting introduction to the archaeology of Africa Challenges misconceptions & claims about Africa''s past and teaches students how to evaluate these claims Includes a thoughtful introduction that explores the contexts that have shaped archaeological knowledge of Africa''s past Lays out research questions that have shaped the contours of African archaeology Comprised of chapters specifically written for this volume by prominent archaeologists with regional and topical expertise Trade Review"Ann Stahl has brought together a set of researchers at the height of their powers and incited them to write chapters that bring home to readers the challenge of the archaeological enterprise. This is the book I would give as a text to seniors and to which I would constantly refer if teaching the archaeology of sub-Saharan Africa to students of any and all levels."—Nicholas David, University of Calgary "This book moves beyond the usual seamless syntheses and looks critically at the quality of the evidence, the questions asked and unasked, and how these have been fashioned into narratives about the African past. It is a unique and indispensable resource for Africanist archaeologists, historians, and students of these disciplines."—Susan McIntosh, Rice University "I have long desired a text for African archaeology that presents a summary of African prehistory while highlighting the research questions and debates that make the study of the African past exciting; that book is now available. The book's coverage of sub-Saharan Africa is exemplary."—Peter Robertshaw, California State University, San Bernardino "This book is a showcase for African Archaeology and deserves a place on the bookshelves of all who teach world archaeology, as well as those who study biodiversity of wild and domestic resources, or care about the linguistics or history of Africa. I recommend 'African Archaeology' to you enthusiastically."—Journal of African Archaeology "This book achieves its main goals admirably. The twenty-three contributing authors (African, European, and North American) are all specialists in their respected fields... The individual chapters are remarkably consistent in tone, which I suspect shows a strong editorial hand, and really do summarize not only vast amounts of information, but also the current debates around significance and interpretation of the archaeological record. It is difficult to imagine a more comprehensive introduction without resorting to an encyclopedia format. The references are copious and up-to-date, which will make this a valuable resource for both lecturers and students."—African Studies Review "The great strength of the volume is its critical stance. Evidence is presented within its context, warts and all, not as 'the final truth'... The geographic coverage is remarkable...In summary, African Archaeology: A Critical Introduction is a success. It does exactly what its name suggests: leading students by example in evaluating evidence, and dismissing long-held misconceptions about the African past."—African History "A most welcome addition to the few available text-books on archaeologies of the African continent."—HOMO "The first ... stated objective ... [is] to give some account of the breadth of history .... The book does so admirably well."H-Net ReviewsTable of ContentsSeries Editors’ Preface vii Figures viii Tables x Notes on Contributors xi 1 Introduction: Changing Perspectives on Africa’s Pasts 1 Ann Brower Stahl 2 Barbarous Tribes and Unrewarding Gyrations? The Changing Role of Ethnographic Imagination in African Archaeology 24 Paul J. Lane 3 Discord after Discard: Reconstructing Aspects of Oldowan Hominin Behavior 55 Thomas Plummer 4 The Middle and Upper Pleistocene African Record for the Biological and Behavioral Origins of Modern Humans 93 Curtis W. Marean and Zelalem Assefa Copyrighted Material 5 A Late Pleistocene Archive of Life at the Coast, Klasies River 130 H. J. Deacon and Sarah Wurz 6 Modeling Later Stone Age Societies in Southern Africa 150 Peter Mitchell 7 Holocene “Aquatic” Adaptations in North Tropical Africa 174 Augustin F. C. Holl 8 Pastoralism and its Consequences 187 Diane Gifford-Gonzalez 9 Holocene Occupations of the Forest and Savanna 225 Joanna Casey 10 The Romance of Farming: Plant Cultivation and Domestication in Africa 249 Katharina Neumann 11 Metallurgy and its Consequences 276 S.Terry Childs and Eugenia W. Herbert 12 The Bantu Problem and African Archaeology 301 Manfred K. H. Eggert 13 The Archaeology of Sub-Saharan Urbanism: Cities and their Countrysides 327 Adria LaViolette and Jeffrey Fleisher 14 Interaction, Marginalization, and the Archaeology of the Kalahari 353 Andrew Reid 15 Southern Africa and the East African Coast 378 Gilbert Pwiti 16 Mosaics and Interactions: East Africa, 2000 b.p. to the Present 392 Chapurukha M. Kusimba and Sibel B. Kusimba 17 From Pottery Groups to Ethnic Groups in Central Africa 420 Pierre de Maret 18 Two Thousand Years of West African History 441 Scott MacEachern Index 467

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Book Synopsis* Comprises fifteen chapters by some of the world's foremost Asia archaeologists. * Sheds light on the most compelling aspects of Asian archaeology, from the earliest evidence of plant domestication to the emergence of states and empires.Trade Review“Miriam Stark has performed a monumental service to global archaeology by selecting the most important cross-cultural themes in Asian archaeology and many of the most innovative writers to discuss them.” Gina L. Barnes, University of Durham “Offering remarkable coverage of the world’s largest continent, Stark has created an outstanding book that should be required reading for any archaeologist or historian interested in Asia.” John Olsen, University of Arizona "This volume is the seventh in the series Blackwell Studies in Global Archaeology, a series intended to cover the central areas of undergraduate archaeological teaching. While this is certainly a sustainable market for the series, this particular volume presents an overview and depth that will also, and perhaps more so, be a welcome addition to the libraries of postgraduate and research archaeologists ... Stark has assembled a valuable resource made all the more useful by not shying away from the scholarly and national politics reflected in so much Asian Archaeology" Australian ArchaeologyTable of ContentsSeries Editors' Preface vii List of Figures and Tables viii Notes on Contributors xi Part I Introduction 1 1 Contextualizing an Archaeology of Asia 3 Miriam T. Stark Part II Contexts of Asian Archaeology 15 2 Some National, Regional, and Political Uses of Archaeology in East and Southeast Asia 17 Ian C. Glover 3 Archaeology in the Two Koreas 37 Sarah M. Nelson 4 Self-Identification in the Modern and Post-Modern World and Archaeological Research: A Case Study from Japan 55 Koji Mizoguchi Part III Formative Developments 75 5 East Asian Plant Domestication 77 Gary W. Crawford 6 Asian Farming Diasporas? Agriculture, Languages, and Genes in China and Southeast Asia 96 Peter Bellwood Part IV Emergence and Development of Complex Asian Systems 119 7 Early Communities in East Asia: Economic and Sociopolitical Organization at the Local and Regional Levels 121 Anne P. Underhill and Junko Habu 8 Sociopolitical Change from Neolithic to Bronze Age China 149 Li Liu and Xingcan Chen 9 Marks and Labels: Early Writing in Neolithic and Shang China 177 David N. Keightley 10 Secondary State Formation and the Development of Local Identity: Change and Continuity in the State of Qin (770–221 B.C.) 202 Gideon Shelach and Yuri Pines Part V Crossing Boundaries and Ancient Asian States 231 11 Frontiers and Boundaries:The Han Empire from its Southern Periphery 233 Francis Allard 12 States on Horseback:The Rise of Inner Asian Confederations and Empires 255 William Honeychurch and Chunag Amartuvshin 13 Historicizing Foraging in South Asia: Power, History, and Ecology of Holocene Hunting and Gathering 279 Kathleen D. Morrison 14 The Axial Age in South Asia: The Archaeology of Buddhism (500 B.C.–A.D. 500) 303 Himanshu Prabha Ray 15 Imperial Landscapes of South Asia 324 Carla M. Sinopoli Index 350

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Book SynopsisInformed by the latest research and in-depth analysis, Prehistoric Britain provides students and scholars alike with a fascinating overview of the development of human societies in Britain from the Upper Paleolithic to the end of the Iron Age.Trade Review"Prehistoric Britain provides a compact and generally very readable summary of the state of thought within a broad segment of the British archaeological community in the first decade of the 21st century." (Journal of Field Archaeology, 2009) "Excellent chapters.... Needham's consideration of the exchange of objects over nine millennia to 1000 BC, informed by perspectives drawn in particular from Godelier, is a tour-de-force mixing generalization and pertinent case studies." (Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, June 2009) "What a grand surprise! Here is an important study of prehistoric Britain written in clear English!" (CHOICE, June 2009) "Prehistoric Britain offers an excellent outline of the major themes and approaches that will, no doubt, be the main theatres of debate over the next few years.... A worthy addition to any bookshelf." (Rosetta, May 2009) "This contains 14 excellent papers, mostly covering small-scale regional case studies from the early neolithic to the iron age.... Goldhahn's tale of barrows and the chapters on houses by Boriæ and Gerritsen are very readable." (British Archaeology, March 2009) "This collection meets admirably the aims of the Blackwell Studies in Global Archaeology series, which seeks to 'immerse readers in fundamental archaeological ideas and concepts ... thereby exposing [them] to some of the most exciting contemporary developments in the field.' ... An excellent way of taking the pulse of recent British prehistory." (Antiquity, March 2009)Table of ContentsList of Figures vii List of Tables x Notes on Contributors xi Acknowledgements xv 1 The Construction of Prehistoric Britain 1 Joshua Pollard 2 The British Upper Palaeolithic 18 Paul Pettitt 3 The Mesolithic–Neolithic Transition in Britain 58 Julian Thomas 4 Foodways and Social Ecologies from the Early Mesolithic to the Early Bronze Age 90 Rick Schulting 5 Temporary Spaces in the Mesolithic and Neolithic: Understanding Landscapes 121 Lesley McFadyen 6 The Architecture of Monuments 135 Vicki Cummings 7 Lithic Technology and the Chaîne Opératoire 160 Chantal Conneller 8 How the Dead Live: Mortuary Practices, Memory and the Ancestors in Neolithic and Early Bronze Age Britain and Ireland 177 Andrew Jones 9 The Development of an Agricultural Countryside 202 David Field 10 Foodways and Social Ecologies from the Middle Bronze Age to Late Iron Age 225 Jacqui Mulville 11 The Architecture of Routine Life 248 Joanna Brück 12 Later Prehistoric Landscapes and Inhabitation 268 Robert Johnston 13 Ceramic Technologies and Social Relations 288 Ann Woodward 14 Exchange, Object Biographies and the Shaping of Identities, 10,000–1000 B.C. 310 Stuart Needham 15 Identity, Community and the Person in Later Prehistory 330 Melanie Giles Index 351

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Book SynopsisNoted historian Nancy H. Demand joins the growing group of scholars who have abandoned traditional isolationist models of the development of the Greek polis and cast their gaze seaward, to the sparkling waters of the Mediterranean.Trade Review“While the target audience may be that of the non-expert or undergraduate student, scholars, too, will find much in this book. Demand succeeds in making her Mediterranean truly a fantastic cauldron.” (Revue des Etudes Anciennes, 1 December 2012) “For these reasons, and despite its shortcomings, the book is worth reading and the author should be praised for bringing together a vast body of complex data with knowledge and erudition.” (The Anglo-Hellenic Review, 1 October 2012) "Recommended. Upper-division undergraduates and above.” (Choice, 1 September 2012)Table of ContentsList of Illustrations vii List of Abbreviations ix Introduction: the “fantastic Cauldron” of the Mediterranean Koine xi 1 Seafaring in the Mesolithic Mediterranean 1 2 The Neolithic Revolution/Transition 13 3 The Neolithic Diaspora 35 4 Urbanization in Mesopotamia 60 5 The Third Millennium 83 6 The Middle Bronze Age (2000–1550 BC): Recoveries 126 7 Late Bronze Age Maritime Networks 162 8 The Late Bronze Age Collapse and its Aftermath 193 9 Recovery and Expansion (1050–850 BC) 220 Bibliography 256 Index 349

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Book SynopsisThis book tells the transnational history of Portuguese communities in Canada and the United States against the backdrop of the Cold War, the Portuguese Colonial Wars, the American Civil Rights Movement, and Canadian multiculturalism.Table of ContentsIntroduction 1. Portuguese Migration: Numbers, Policies, and Perceptions 2. Making Diasporic Souls: Catholic Missionaries, National Parishes, and Transregional Charity 3. Making Ethnic Civil Societies: Working-Class Organizations, Community Elites, and Political Federations 4. Making Ethnic Culture: Folk Propaganda, Popular Culture, and Language 5. Making Imperial Citizens: Lusotropicalism, Public Memory, and the Multiracial Diaspora 6. The Radicals’ Diaspora: Anti-Fascists, War Resisters, and State Surveillance 7. New Beginnings, Old Journeys: Multicultural, Generational, and Political Transitions Conclusion Abbreviations Notes

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Book SynopsisThis book tells the transnational history of Portuguese communities in Canada and the United States against the backdrop of the Cold War, the American Civil Rights movement, the Portuguese Colonial War, and Canadian multiculturalism. It considers the ethnic, racial, class, gender, linguistic, regional, and generational permutations of Portuguese diaspora from both a transnational and comparative perspective. Besides showing that diasporas and nations can be co-dependent, This Pilgrim Nation counters the common notion that hybrid diasporic identities are largely benign and empowering by revealing how they can perpetuate asymmetrical power relations.Table of ContentsIntroduction 1. Portuguese Migration: Numbers, Policies, and Perceptions 2. Making Diasporic Souls: Catholic Missionaries, National Parishes, and Transregional Charity 3. Making Ethnic Civil Societies: Working-Class Organizations, Community Elites, and Political Federations 4. Making Ethnic Culture: Folk Propaganda, Popular Culture, and Language 5. Making Imperial Citizens: Lusotropicalism, Public Memory, and the Multiracial Diaspora 6. The Radicals’ Diaspora: Anti-Fascists, War Resisters, and State Surveillance 7. New Beginnings, Old Journeys: Multicultural, Generational, and Political Transitions Conclusion Abbreviations Notes

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Book SynopsisThrough a wealth of previously unpublished primary data, Mortuary Landscapes of the Classic Maya examines Mayan death rites across sites, social classes, and kingdoms.Table of Contents List of Figures Acknowledgments Introduction Chapter 1. Lived Bodies Chapter 2. Dead Bodies Chapter 3. Ritual, Liminality, and the Mortuary Space Chapter 4. The Mortuary Landscape Epilogue Notes Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisThis major architectural survey and analysis of the Inca royal estate at Chinchero significantly increases our understanding of how the Inca conceived, constructed, and gave meaning to their built environment.Trade Review"Nair's book is an important contribution to Andean scholarship, demonstrating that a nuanced appreciation of architectural space can result in surprising insights about an ancient culture." * Journal of Interdisciplinary History *"This is exactly the sort of book I wanted. This is exactly the sort of book you probably want, if you’re interested in the Inca and even possibly if you aren’t. Of all the Inca Imperial material I’ve read, this is the one I would recommend most highly." * marissalingen.com *"This is an impressive and important contribution to Andean studies and to the anthropological study of landscape and architecture. The volume is full of nuanced analyses of the construction and experience of Chinchero. Nair presents fascinating interpretations throughout the book and touches on a wide range of theoretical domains. . . . [A] wonderful and erudite book that will inform analyses of the Inca state for years to come." * American Anthropologist *"As eloquent and sure-footed as it is insightful and practical, both generalists and specialists will appreciate the volume’s detailed analysis of Inca architecture and landscape rooted in close observation and measurement, archaeology, ethnohistoric sources, and the acuity of a phenomenological methodology. . . In sum, At Home with the Sapa Inca is a critical addition to Andean studies." * College Art Association Reviews *"This engaging, meticulously researched, and clearly written monograph is well suited for course adaptation. It promises to become one of the classic studies of the Inca and their magnificent architectural legacy, and to serve as puncu, an opening from which future studies will follow." * Latin American Antiquity *"Insightful, evocative, and thoroughly researched, Stella Nair’s new book explores the distinctive architectural spaces and structures of the royal Inca palace…. This wonderful work will be of great interest to Andeanists of all disciplines. Its highly accessible nature makes it ideal for undergraduate and graduate courses in architectural history, art history, and archeology, anthropology, and the history of Latin America." * Hispanic American Historical Review *"[At Home with the Sapa Inca fosters] a deeper understanding of Inka culture, especially as it was borne out through elite practices and space…[It] would be useful for both casual and specialist readers interested in Inka and architectural history. It offers a real insights into Inka life and architectural style." * Ethnohistory *"This important book offers a superb study of Topa Inca’s palace complex at Chinchero, Peru, organizing its analysis around Inca concepts and architectural features, and through the spatial progression through which the site would have been experienced. Nair foregrounds how Inca architecture delineated and sacralized space while producing stages for performance, and she provides and excellent reading of the politics of place and movement." * The Americas *"El detallado análisis arquitectónico efectuado por Stella Nair, a partir de sus observaciones en Chinchero y la atenta lectura de diversas fuentes etnohistóricas coloniales, convierten a este libro en un importante referente para el estudio e interpretación de la arquitectura imperial incaica." * Cuadernos del Qhapaq Ñan *"Clearly written and beautifully illustrated, At Home with the Sapa Inca will be of great interest to scholars interested in learning about the production of space at the center of an ancient empire, and how the intended meanings and actions of these spaces changed relative to historical and political transformations." * Cambrige Journal of Archaeology *"Remarkable…The book's seven chapters expertly guide the reader trough the experience of space at Chinchero." * Sixteenth Century Journal *Table of ContentsAcknowledgmentsQuechuaIntroduction1. Pirca – Wall2. Pacha – Place and Time3. Pampa – Plaza4. Puncu – Doorway5. Uasi – House6. Pata – Platform7. Llacta – CommunityEpilogueNotesBibliographyIndex

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Book SynopsisWith a comprehensive presentation of the archaeology and visual culture of a key Moche site, this pioneering book investigates why ritual violence and human sacrifice were central to the development of Moche rulership and the reinforcement of social stratification.Trade Review"This book contains important contributions to our understanding of the Moche culture…The arguments and information Bourget presents are well worth reading." * Journal of Latin American and Caribbean Anthropology *"This book represents a key contribution to contemporary Moche studies and Andean archeology, and more broadly to anyone studying the archeology of ritual violence, ideology, funerary taphonomy, social complexity, and art history, as it provides new dimensions and possibilities for scholars to ponder in the years to come." * Journal of Anthropological Research *Table of Contents Preface and Acknowledgments Introduction Chapter 1. A Cultural Landscape Chapter 2. The Moche Chapter 3. The Plaza 3A Sacrificial Site Chapter 4. Platform II Chapter 5. A Ritual Ecology of Power Chapter 6. Children and Warriors Chapter 7. Human Sacrifice and Rulership Chapter 8. Violence in the Rise of Social Complexity Notes Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisThe first comprehensive synthesis of a major topic in Andean archaeology, this volume reconstructs the complex and situational motivations underlying ritual killing and the broader range of pre- and post-killing rites that were integral to ancient liturgiTable of Contents Foreword (Clark Spencer Larsen) Preface and Acknowledgments 1. Ritual Violence on the North Coast of Peru: Perspectives and Prospects in the Archaeology of Ancient Andean Sacrifice (Haagen D. Klaus and J. Marla Toyne) Part I. Ancient Ritual Variation and Methodological Advances in Studies of Sacrifice (Haagen D. Klaus and J. Marla Toyne) 2. Ritual Killing, Mutilation, and Dismemberment at Huaca de la Luna: Sharp Force Trauma Among the Moche Sacrifice Victims in Plazas 3A and 3C (Laurel S. Hamilton) 3. The Taphonomy of Ritual Killing on the North Coast of Peru: Perspectives from Huaca de la Luna and Pacatnamú (Heather C. Backo) 4. Ritual Strangulation in the Southern Moche World: Mortuary Ligatures as Tools of Liturgical Violation (David Chicoine) 5. Bodies and Blood: Middle Sicán Human Sacrifice in the Lambayeque Valley Complex (AD 900–1100) (Haagen D. Klaus and Izumi Shimada) 6. Precious Gifts: Mortuary Patterns and the Shift from Animal to Human Sacrifice at Santa Rita B in the Middle Chao Valley, Peru (Catherine Gaither, Jonathan Kent, Jonathan Bethard, Victor Vasquez S., and Teresa Rosales) 7. Human Sacrifice at the Chotuna-Chornancap Archaeological Complex: Traditions and Transformations of Ritual Violence Under Chimú and Inka Rule (Haagen D. Klaus, Bethany L. Turner, Fausto Saldaña, Samuel Castillo, and Carlos Wester) Part II. Ancient Identities, Ambiguous Deaths, and Complex Burials (Haagen D. Klaus and J. Marla Toyne) 8. Life Before Death: A Paleopathological Examination of Human Sacrifice at the Templo de la Piedra Sagrada, Túcume, Peru (J. Marla Toyne) 9. The Killing of Captives on the North Coast of Peru in Pre-Hispanic Times: Iconographic and Bioarchaeological Evidence (John W. Verano and Sara S. Phillips) 10. Reconsidering Retainers: Identity, Death, and Sacrifice in High-Status Funerary Contexts on the North Coast of Peru (Sylvia Bentley and Haagen D. Klaus) 11. Human Sacrifice: A View from San José de Moro (Elsa Tomasto-Cagigao, Mellisa Lund, Luis Jaime Castillo, and Lars Fehren-Schmitz) Part III. Continuums of Killing: Sacrifice of Animals and Objects (Haagen D. Klaus and J. Marla Toyne) 12. Life Histories of Sacrificed Camelids from Huancaco (Virú Valley) (Paul Szpak, Jean-François Millaire, Christine White, Steve Bourget, and Fred Longstaffe) 13. Posts and Pots: Propitiatory Ritual at Huaca Santa Clara in the Virú Valley, Peru (Jean-François Millaire) Part IV. Perspectives from Beyond the North Coast of Peru (Haagen D. Klaus and J. Marla Toyne) 14. Practicing and Performing Sacrifice (Tiffiny Tung) 15. Mesoamerican Perspectives on the (Bio)archaeology of Ritual Violence (Vera Tiesler) Reference List Index

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Book SynopsisThe sixth volume in the Institute of Classical Archaeology's series on rural settlements in the countryside (chora) of Metaponto presents the excavation of a long-occupied Greek settlement that includes a full range of building types.Table of Contents Acknowledgments Illustration Credits Preface (Joseph Coleman Carter) Part I 1. The Many Lives of a Rural Site: Sant’Angelo Vecchio (Francesca Silvestrelli) 2. Site Phasing, Stratigraphy, and Site Assemblage (Francesca Silvestrelli) 3. The Structures at Sant’Angelo Vecchio (Francesca Silvestrelli and Ingrid E. M. Edlund-Berry with Francesco Guizzi) 4. The Tombs at Sant’Angelo Vecchio (Marshall Joseph Becker, Ingrid E. M. Edlund-Berry, Massimo Limoncelli, Edward G. D. Robinson, Francesca Silvestrelli, and Serena Viva with Cesare D’Annibale, Marta Mazzoli, and Francesco Perugino) 5. Ceramic Production at Sant’Angelo Vecchio and in the Metapontine Chora (Francesca Silvestrelli) 6. Sant’Angelo Vecchio in the Medieval and Post-Medieval Periods (Erminia Lapadula) Part II 7. Geologic Setting (Alessandro Montanari, Francisco da Conceição de Jesus Neto, and Rachel Karlov) 8. Archaeobotanical Analysis (Assunta Florenzano) 9. Charred Plant Remains and Plant Impressions in Fired Clay Fragments from Sant’Angelo Vecchio (Lorenzo Costantini and Fabrizio Pica) 10. Observations on the Vegetation and Landscape Dynamics (Mauro Frattegiani) 11. Faunal Analysis (Anna Zsófia Biller) 12. Marine Shells (Cesare D’Annibale) Part III Catalog Abbreviations 13. Prehistoric Artifacts (Cesare D’Annibale) 14. Corinthian Pottery (Francesca Silvestrelli) 15. Black-gloss Ware and Lamps (Emanuela Conoci) 16. Unguentaria (Francesca Silvestrelli) 17. Red Ware (Mark Van Der Enden, Philip Bes, and Emanuela Conoci) 18. Grey Ware (Eloisa Vittoria) 19. Miniatures (Anna Cavallo) 20. Banded Ware (Anna Cavallo) 21. Plain and Coarse Wares (Anna Cavallo) 22. Lagynoi (Carlo De Mitri) 23. Louteria (Annalisa Concilio) 24. Mortaria (Annalisa Concilio) 25. Cooking Ware (Antonietta Di Tursi) 26. Roman and Late Roman Wares (Erminia Lapadula) 27. Transport Amphorae (Teresa Oda Calvaruso) 28. Opus Doliare (Annalisa Concilio) 29. The Architectural Terracottas: Some Considerations on Production (Anna Lucia Tempesta) 30. The Molds from Sant’Angelo Vecchio (Ingrid E. M. Edlund-Berry) 31. Loom Weights (Lin Foxhall and Alessandro Quercia) 32. Roof Tiles and Bricks (Carlo Rescigno, Francesco Perugino, and Eliana Vollaro) 33. Kiln and Workshop Furniture (Alessandro Quercia) 34. Evidence for Pottery Production: Fabric Analysis (Keith Swift) 35. Metal Objects (Marta Mazzoli) 36. Greek Lithic Material (Cesare D’Annibale) 37. Post-Medieval Pottery (Erminia Lapadula) Appendices Appendix A—Assemblage Tables (Francesca Silvestrelli) Appendix B—Census of Production Sites (Francesca Silvestrelli) Appendix C—Archaeobotanical Analysis: Pollen and NPPs (Assunta Florenzano) Reference Material References Index

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Book SynopsisThe seventh volume in the Institute of Classical Archaeology’s series on the rural countryside (chora) of Metaponto is a study of the Greek sanctuary at Pantanello. The site is the first Greek rural sanctuary in southern Italy that has been fully excavated and exhaustively documented. Its evidence—a massive array of distinctive structural remains and 30,000-plus artifacts and ecofacts—offers unparalleled insights into the development of extra-urban cults in Magna Graecia from the seventh to the fourth centuries BC and the initiation rites that took place within the cults.Of particular interest are the analyses of the well-preserved botanical and faunal material, which present the fullest record yet of Greek rural sacrificial offerings, crops, and the natural environment of southern Italy and the Greek world. Excavations from 1974 to 2008 revealed three major phases of the sanctuary, ranging from the Archaic to Early Hellenistic periods. The structures includTrade Review"This volume will quickly take its place as a seminal repository of data and interpretations of a landscape in the chora of Metaponto and of Greek colonization in southern Italy." * Bryn Mawr Classical Review *"What must be stressed [from The Chora of Metaponto 7] is the breadth and detail of the reports. Many of these classes of material, such as the cooking and coarse wares from the Ionian coast, have never before been studied and published in such detail. These contributions provide a rare and valuable opportunity for the analysis of material culture of the seventh to third centuries BC, both in the chora of Metapontum and beyond. The methodological approach to the archaeobotanical remains also sets a new standard in the field of Classical archaeology." * Antiquity *Table of Contents Volume I: The Excavation and Site Acknowledgments (Joseph Coleman Carter) 1. Introduction: The Importance of the Sanctuary at Pantanello (Joseph Coleman Carter) 2. The Archaeological-Historical Context of the Pantanello Sanctuary (Joseph Coleman Carter) Plans and Sections Part 1: The Narrative of the Annual Excavation Campaigns, 1974–2013 3. 1974: “A Canal Ran Through It”—The First Discovery (Joseph Coleman Carter) 4. 1975: The Game Is Afoot! (Joseph Coleman Carter) 5. 1976: The Sanctuary Beside the Canal (Joseph Coleman Carter) 6. 1977: A Game Changer—The Well Point (Joseph Coleman Carter) 7. 1978: First Discovery of Ancient Plant Life (Joseph Coleman Carter) 8. 1981: Focus on the Spring, the Southern Extent (Joseph Coleman Carter) 9. 1982: The Spring, the Collecting Basin, and Palaeobotany (Joseph Coleman Carter) 10. The 1990 Campaign: Discovery of the Oikos (Keith Swift and Joseph Coleman Carter) 11. The 1991 Campaign: The Oikos Revealed (Keith Swift and Joseph Coleman Carter) 12. 2008: The Discovery of the 4th-Century BC Structures of the Upper Sanctuary (Joseph Coleman Carter) Part 2: The Ancient Environment 13. Geoarchaeological Observations at the Pantanello Sanctuary (James T. Abbott) 14. Geoarchaeological Investigation at Pantanello: Depositional and Postdepositional Processes in the Formation of the Archaeological Record (Andrea Zerboni, Elena Ferrari, Chiara Compostella, and Agostino Rizzi) 15. Archaeobotanical Investigations at Pantanello (Lorenzo Costantini and Loredana Costantini Biasini) 16. Pollen Evidence for Land Use and Vegetation Change at Pantanello (Donald G. Sullivan) 17. Pollen Evidence and the Reconstruction of the Plant Landscape of the Pantanello Area from the 7th to the 1st Century BC (Assunta Florenzano and Anna Maria Mercuri) 18. Animal Remains from the Sanctuary and Adjacent Areas at Pantanello (László Bartosiewicz, Keith Swift, and Joseph Coleman Carter) 19. Insect Remains from Pantanello (Lorenzo Costantini and Paolo Audisio) 20. Marine Shells (Cesare D’Annibale) Volume II: The Pottery and Finds Part 3: Contextualization 21. Stratigraphy, Chronology, and Site Phasing (Keith Swift) 22. Excavated Assemblages (Keith Swift) Part 4: Archaeological Materials—Pottery and Finds Archaeological Materials: General Introduction to the Pottery and Finds (Keith Swift) 23. Indigenous Pottery (Keith Swift) 24. Archaic Fine Wares (Keith Swift) 25. Figured Pottery from Pantanello (Francesca Silvestrelli) 26. Black-gloss Fine Ware (Keith Swift) 27. Gnathia Pottery (Elisa Lanza Catti) 28. Black-on-Buff Pottery (Keith Swift) 29. Plain and Banded Pottery (Keith Swift) 30. Miniatures (Keith Swift and Anna Cavallo) 31. Thymiateria (Keith Swift) 32. Louteria and Stands (Keith Swift) 33. Greek-type Mortaria and Pestles (Keith Swift) 34. Cooking Ware (Keith Swift) 35. Lásana (Massimo Barretta) 36. Greek Transport Amphorae (Keith Swift) 37. Pithoi (Keith Swift) 38. Lamps (Emanuela Conoci) 39. Metal Finds (Marta Mazzoli) 40. Coins of the Pantanello Sanctuary (Anna Rita Parente) 41. Lithics from the Pantanello Sanctuary (Cesare D’Annibale) Volume III: Interpretations Part 5: Archaeological Materials—Cult-Related Objects 42. Architectural Materials from the Pantanello Sanctuary (Carlo Rescigno, Francesco Perugino, and Nicoletta Petrillo) 43. Stone Sculptures (Joseph Coleman Carter) 44. Loom Weights (Lin Foxhall) 45. Terracottas (Rebecca Miller Ammerman) Part 6: Sanctuary Structures 46. Phase 1a: The Spring and Collecting Basin (Joseph Coleman Carter) 47. Phase 1b to 2a: The Archaic Temple and Stoa (Joseph Coleman Carter) 48. Phase 3: The Stoai (Hilltop) and Oikos (Joseph Coleman Carter) 49. Phase 4: The Pantanello Farmhouse (Keith Swift and Joseph Coleman Carter) Part 7: The Cult (Joseph Coleman Carter) 50. The Development of the Sanctuary and the Cult: Phase 1a (600–550 BC)) 51. The Development of the Sanctuary and the Cult: Phase 1b (550–500 BC)) 52. The Development of the Sanctuary and the Cult: Phase 2a (500–480/470 BC)) 53. The Sanctuary and Cult in the 5th Century BC: The Gap 54. The Development of the Sanctuary and the Cult: Phase 3 (400–320/300 BC)) 55. The Other Sanctuary of Artemis in the Chora Part 8: Data 56. Data Management and ARK (Jessica Trelogan and Lauren M. Jackson) 57. Matrices (Keith Swift) 58. Assemblages by Phase and Distribution (Keith Swift) Reference Material References Index

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Book SynopsisExpanding the study of Etruscan habitation sites to include not only traditional cities but also smaller Etruscan communities, Cetamura del Chianti examines a settlement that flourished during an exceptional time period, amid wars with the Romans in the fourth to first centuries BCE.Situated in an ideal hilltop location that was easy to defend and had access to fresh water, clay, and timber, the community never grew to the size of a city, and no known references to it survive in ancient writings; its ancient name isn’t even known. Because no cities were ever built on top of the site, excavation is unusually unimpeded. Intriguing features described in Cetamura del Chianti include an artisans’ zone with an adjoining sanctuary, which fostered the cult worship of Lur and Leinth, two relatively little known Etruscan deities, and ancient wells that reveal the cultural development and natural environment, including the vineyards and oak forests of Chianti, Trade Review[Cetamura del Chianti is] a model introduction to a small site and to the scholarly task of drawing connections between the micro and the macro...Cetamura is a case study of an artisan community and its infrastructure that could usefully inform more exploration of this phenomenon in Etruria...this is a book and a site with much to offer. * Ancient History Bulletin *[A] well-written study on the small hilltop settlement of Cetamura del Chianti in central Tuscany...[Cetamura del Chianti] provides an excellent example of how the evolution of a small Etruscan community can be described and understood effectively based on several decades of systematic research and archaeological excavation...This book, worthy in a multitude of ways, offers new insights into large and complex issues, seen from the unusual but fascinating and precisely described perspective of a small community, strengthening a type of archaeological and cultural analysis which will surely benefit from further development in the coming years. * Antiquity *This volume presents evidence from Cetamura in an accessible manner. It is best suited for students new to Etruscan archaeology and helps to broaden the discipline’s scope by focusing on a non-elite, rural community. Moreover, this volume underscores the value of rigorous palaeobotanical research. * The Classical Review *[Cetamura del Chianti has] much to offer scholars, students, and the general public interested in the intersections of archaeology, history, material culture, and science as it pertains to a unique settlement that flourished between 300 BCE and 300 CE in the Chianti countryside. * American Journal of Archaeology *Table of Contents List of Illustrations Foreword Preface and Acknowledgments Album of Maps Chapter 1. Introduction Chapter 2. Early and Middle Etruscan Periods (Seventh–Fourth Centuries BCE) Bucchero Pottery A Ritual Crevice Chapter 3. Late Etruscan Phase I (300–150 BCE) Two Wells The Artisans’ Quarter Structure K: Making Brick and Tile Structures B and C: Water Management and Textile Production Structure J: A Workers’ Platform Structure N: Iron Working Pottery: A Typology Artifacts in the Artisans’ Quarter Fauna and Flora Conclusion Chapter 4. Late Etruscan Phase II (ca. 150–75/50 BCE) Structures A, B, and D Artifacts from Structures A and B Building L: The Sanctuary of the Etruscan Artisans Votive Features of Building L Chapter 5. The Wells of Cetamura: From Etruscan to Roman Well #2 (Structure M), on Zone II Well #1, on Zone I Chapter 6. Roman Cetamura (ca. 50 BCE to Late Antiquity) The Settlement of a Roman Veteran Baths and Production The Early Roman Empire The Later Roman Empire Chapter 7. Cetamura as a Community Chapter 8. Cetamura after Antiquity Appendix. A Timeline of History for Cetamura del Chianti Notes References Index

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Book SynopsisThe Adorned Body is the first truly comprehensive book on what the ancient Maya wore, a systematic survey of dress and ornaments, from head to toe and everything in between.Trade ReviewThe contributors [to The Adorned Body]...quite compellingly explore the objectives and reception of specific symbolism, especially in public ceremonies and processions. The authors draw on a rich corpus of basic data, including hundreds of richly painted ceramics and abundant frescoes painted on white plastered walls in temples, palaces, and other venues...The chapters are well illustrated, and fortunately there is a section of color illustrations in the center of the book...Recommended. * CHOICE *A highly welcomed volume…[The Adorned Body] addresses the yet under-investigated topic of ancient Maya dress conception and features...the eleven chapters written by different authors provide ample documentation of iconography, epigraphy, and materiality concerning Maya output of dresses and adorned bodies. * Anthropos *The Adorned Body provides a complete and exhaustive survey on dress and fashion among the ancient Maya...This book represents a brief and clear but comprehensive review on ancient Maya clothing. It will be of interest as a first approach to this subject or as a useful support for scholars who need to widen or develop their knowledge on the topic, thanks to the richness of references given about others’ works...The book also provides a whole perception of the human body in Mesoamerican civilization. * Journal of Dress History *Table of Contents1. The Adorned Body (Stephen Houston, Nicholas Carter, and Franco Rossi) 2. The Clothed Body (Nicholas Carter, Alyce de Carteret, and Katharine Lukach) 3. The Painted Body (Katharine Lukach and Jeffrey Dobereiner) 4. The Capped Body (Nicholas Carter and Alyce de Carteret) 5. The Diademed Body (Franco Rossi, Katharine Lukach, and Jeffrey Dobereiner) 6. The Bejeweled Body (Nicholas Carter) 7. The Collared Body (Mallory Matsumoto and Cara Tremain) 8. The Girded Body (Alyce de Carteret and Jeffrey Dobereiner) 9. The Shod Body (Franco Rossi and Alyce de Carteret) 10. The Varied Body (Cara Tremain) 11. The Moving Body (Mallory Matsumoto) Coda (Stephen Houston, Franco Rossi, and Nicholas Carter) References Index

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Book SynopsisWinner, Association for Latin American Art-Arvey Foundation Book Award, 2022More than a thousand years ago on the north coast of Peru, Indigenous Moche artists created a large and significant corpus of sexually explicit ceramic works of art. They depicted a diversity of sex organs and sex acts, and an array of solitary and interconnected human and nonhuman bodies. To the modern eye, these Moche sex pots, as Mary Weismantel calls them, are lively and provocative but also enigmatic creations whose import to their original owners seems impossible to grasp. In Playing with Things, Weismantel shows that there is much to be learned from these ancient artifacts, not merely as inert objects from a long-dead past but as vibrant Indigenous things, alive in their own inhuman temporality. From a new materialist perspective, she fills the gaps left by other analyses of the sex pots in pre-Columbian studies, where sexuality remains marginalized, and in sexuality studies, where non-Western art is lTrade ReviewWhat this book does very well is envision how these ceramic vessels were a part of people’s lives—their materiality and lively interaction with human bodies, as well as their social connections to the living and the dead that express notions of how life is generated, nurtured, and ensured...[Playing with Things provides] insights into how scholars can approach with fresh eyes subjects that we think we know. * Latin American Antiquity *Refereshing...This is an academic work – thoroughly researched, footnoted, and at times quite theoretical – but Weismantel’s style remains accessible, easy to understand, and rarely mired down in jargon. * Queer as Fact *Weismantel draws from a vast corpus of theory and ethnographic literature to support her arguments but does not dwell on usual concerns of Moche scholars, including ceramic chronology or regional and temporal variation within the Moche sphere...she offers fresh ideas and innovative approaches. The text is witty, engaging, and insightful and will be of interest within and beyond the broader field of anthropology. This book also demonstrates the potential of a fully integrated four-field anthropology in which specialists have the courage and inquisitiveness to venture past the traditional territorial boundaries of the subdisciplines. * Journal of Anthropological Research *Playing with Things provides groundbreaking interpretations of the Moche sex pots and presents frameworks important for material and visual culture studies. * caa.reviews *[Playing with Things] is written in smart, accessible prose that clearly conveys [Weismantel's] nuanced and innovative readings of what is arguably some of the most complex material evidence from the pre-Columbian world...The title Playing with Things perfectly encapsulates the author’s novel and at times nearly whimsical approach to the objects—the freshness of interpreting the bottles by picking them up, smelling them, or listening to them never distracts from Weismantel’s deep understanding of the bottles and especially their iconography...Playing with Things should be read by anyone working on the Indigenous cultures of the New World, past or present, and by scholars within Indigenous Studies, Gender and Sexuality Studies, and Latin American Studies. It will upend, in the most enjoyable way, many long-held notions about what can be learned from unprovenienced art and hopefully inspire a much deeper appreciation for the potential of meticulous scholarly study to recover culturally meaningful information about the intricate worlds of Indigenous sexualities. * American Anthropologist *Weismantel's ethnographic training leads to rich interpretations about these vessels but also about ourselves. These sex pots are archaeological artifacts, but Weismantel approaches them from a place where they were and continue to be vibrant, once part of ancient social lives and still evoking strong reactions from museum visitors...Weismantel proposes a fresh, new, and innovative take on the Moche sex pots that have been of interest for decades. Her active engagement with scholarship on queer theory, materiality, and indigenous worldviews reinvigorates interpretations about the life-giving qualities of the sex pots as functional vessels and sacred instantiations of circulating fluids. * Canadian Journal of Archaeology *Profoundly insightful and an utter delight to read…[Weismantel's] brilliantly effective, inquisitive practice invites readers to play with her as she manipulates the pots, and in this tactile, whole-bodied experience, the vessels cease to be static artifacts and come to life as the socially engaged objects they are. * Latin American & Latinx Visual Culture *Table of ContentsList of Illustrations Note to the Reader Introduction: The Moche Sex Pots 1. Modern Moche 2. Pots Play Jokes 3. Pots Make Babies 4. Pots Give Power 5. Pots Hold Water Epilogue: Acolonial Things Acknowledgments Notes Works Cited Index

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Book Synopsis Winner, Association for Latin American Art-Arvey Foundation Book Award, 2022 More than a thousand years ago on the north coast of Peru, Indigenous Moche artists created a large and significant corpus of sexually explicit ceramic works of art. They depicted a diversity of sex organs and sex acts, and an array of solitary and interconnected human and nonhuman bodies. To the modern eye, these Moche sex pots, as Mary Weismantel calls them, are lively and provocative but also enigmatic creations whose import to their original owners seems impossible to grasp. In Playing with Things, Weismantel shows that there is much to be learned from these ancient artifacts, not merely as inert objects from a long-dead past but as vibrant Indigenous things, alive in their own inhuman temporality. From a new materialist perspective, she fills the gaps left by other analyses of the sex pots in pre-Columbian studies, where sexuality remains marginalized, and in sexuality stTrade ReviewWhat this book does very well is envision how these ceramic vessels were a part of people’s lives—their materiality and lively interaction with human bodies, as well as their social connections to the living and the dead that express notions of how life is generated, nurtured, and ensured...[Playing with Things provides] insights into how scholars can approach with fresh eyes subjects that we think we know. * Latin American Antiquity *Refereshing...This is an academic work – thoroughly researched, footnoted, and at times quite theoretical – but Weismantel’s style remains accessible, easy to understand, and rarely mired down in jargon. * Queer as Fact *Weismantel draws from a vast corpus of theory and ethnographic literature to support her arguments but does not dwell on usual concerns of Moche scholars, including ceramic chronology or regional and temporal variation within the Moche sphere...she offers fresh ideas and innovative approaches. The text is witty, engaging, and insightful and will be of interest within and beyond the broader field of anthropology. This book also demonstrates the potential of a fully integrated four-field anthropology in which specialists have the courage and inquisitiveness to venture past the traditional territorial boundaries of the subdisciplines. * Journal of Anthropological Research *Playing with Things provides groundbreaking interpretations of the Moche sex pots and presents frameworks important for material and visual culture studies. * caa.reviews *[Playing with Things] is written in smart, accessible prose that clearly conveys [Weismantel's] nuanced and innovative readings of what is arguably some of the most complex material evidence from the pre-Columbian world...The title Playing with Things perfectly encapsulates the author’s novel and at times nearly whimsical approach to the objects—the freshness of interpreting the bottles by picking them up, smelling them, or listening to them never distracts from Weismantel’s deep understanding of the bottles and especially their iconography...Playing with Things should be read by anyone working on the Indigenous cultures of the New World, past or present, and by scholars within Indigenous Studies, Gender and Sexuality Studies, and Latin American Studies. It will upend, in the most enjoyable way, many long-held notions about what can be learned from unprovenienced art and hopefully inspire a much deeper appreciation for the potential of meticulous scholarly study to recover culturally meaningful information about the intricate worlds of Indigenous sexualities. * American Anthropologist *Weismantel's ethnographic training leads to rich interpretations about these vessels but also about ourselves. These sex pots are archaeological artifacts, but Weismantel approaches them from a place where they were and continue to be vibrant, once part of ancient social lives and still evoking strong reactions from museum visitors...Weismantel proposes a fresh, new, and innovative take on the Moche sex pots that have been of interest for decades. Her active engagement with scholarship on queer theory, materiality, and indigenous worldviews reinvigorates interpretations about the life-giving qualities of the sex pots as functional vessels and sacred instantiations of circulating fluids. * Canadian Journal of Archaeology *Profoundly insightful and an utter delight to read…[Weismantel's] brilliantly effective, inquisitive practice invites readers to play with her as she manipulates the pots, and in this tactile, whole-bodied experience, the vessels cease to be static artifacts and come to life as the socially engaged objects they are. * Latin American & Latinx Visual Culture *Table of ContentsList of Illustrations Note to the Reader Introduction: The Moche Sex Pots 1. Modern Moche 2. Pots Play Jokes 3. Pots Make Babies 4. Pots Give Power 5. Pots Hold Water Epilogue: Acolonial Things Acknowledgments Notes Works Cited Index

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Book SynopsisA comprehensive archaeological study of the ceramic finds from a house in AmheidaThe House of Serenos: Part I: The Pottery (Amheida V) is a comprehensive full-color catalog and analysis of the ceramic finds from the late antique house of a local notable and adjacent streets in Amheida. It is the fifth book in the Amheida series.Amheida is located in the western part of the Dakhla oasis, 3.5 km south of the medieval town of El-Qasr. Known in Hellenistic and Roman times as Trimithis, Amheida became a polis by 304 CE and was a major administrative center of the western part of the oasis for the whole of the fourth century. The home's owner was one Serenos, a member of the municipal elite and a Trimithis city councillor, as we know from documents found in the house. His house is particularly well preserved with respect to floor plan, relationship to the contemporary urban topography, and decoration, including domestic display spaces plastered and painted with s

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Book SynopsisA detailed archaeological study of life in Egypt''s Eastern desert during the Roman period by a leading scholarRome in Egypt's Eastern Desert is a two-volume set collecting Hélène Cuvigny's most important articles on Egypt's Eastern Desert during the Roman period. The excavations she directed uncovered a wealth of material, including tens of thousands of texts written on pottery fragments (ostraca). Some are administrative texts, but many more are correspondence, both official and private, written by and to the people (mostly but not all men) who lived and worked in these remote and harsh environments, supported by an elaborate network of defense, administration, and supply that tied the entire region together. The contents of Rome in Egypt's Eastern Desert have all been published earlier in peer-reviewed venues, but most appear here for the first time in English. All of the contributions have been checked or translated by the editor and brought up to date

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Book SynopsisA detailed archaeological study of life in Egypt''s Eastern desert during the Roman period by a leading scholarRome in Egypt's Eastern Desert is a two-volume set collecting Hélène Cuvigny's most important articles on Egypt's Eastern Desert during the Roman period. The excavations she directed uncovered a wealth of material, including tens of thousands of texts written on pottery fragments (ostraca). Some are administrative texts, but many more are correspondence, both official and private, written by and to the people (mostly but not all men) who lived and worked in these remote and harsh environments, supported by an elaborate network of defense, administration, and supply that tied the entire region together. The contents of Rome in Egypt's Eastern Desert have all been published earlier in peer-reviewed venues, but most appear here for the first time in English. All of the contributions have been checked or translated by the editor and brought up to date

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Book SynopsisThis book chronicles the Amsterdam's 17th-century Canal District District's origins and historical evolution over 400 years and debates its future prospects under pressures of global tourism, gentrification, and rapid economic change.Trade Review"Amsterdam’s Canal District, edited by Jan Nijman, makes an important contribution to the historic preservation literature and, more generally, to writings on global cities. Whereas most books on the Canal District focus on its creation in Netherland’s Golden Age (the 17th century), this book, which brings together top-flight scholars from a wide variety of fields, highlights both lessons to be derived from the district’s evolution since the 17th century as well as contemporary debates in Amsterdam about how to cope with the challenges posed by over-tourism." -- David P. Varady * Journal of Urban Affairs *Table of ContentsList of contributors Dedication Preface 1. Introduction: The Canal District in Global Perspective – Jan Nijman PART I: HISTORIC ORIGINS 2. Between art and expediency: Origins of the Canal District – Jaap Evert Abrahamse 3. Designing the world’s most liberal city – Russell Shorto 4. A privileged site in the city, the republic and the world economy – Herman van der Wusten PART II: EVOLUTION 5. Bourgeois homes: The elite spaces of the Canal District – Cle Lesger and Jan Hein Furnee 6. The architectural essence of the Canal District: Past and present – Freek Schmidt 7. The Canal District: A continuing history of modern planning – Len de Klerk PART III: 21ST CENTURY CHALLENGES 8. Preservation through transformation: Amsterdam through the lens of Barcelona – Mark Warren, Melisa Pesoa and Joaquín Sabaté 9. The Canal District as a site of cognitive-cultural activities: “A miracle of spaciousness, compactness, intelligible order” – Robert Kloosterman and Karin Pfeffer 10. Cause Célèbre: The contested history of the Canal District – Susan Legêne and T.C. Ver Loren van Themaat 11. The Canal District as home: Living in a commodified space – Fenne Pinkster and Willem Boterman

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Book SynopsisSports are the most popular spectator events in the history of the world. This volume demonstrates how sports shape societies and individuals. The essays offer critical new insights and historical case studies from historians, theorists, literature scholars, and athletes.Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Part I: Introduction Introduction: The Allure of Sports John Zilcosky Part II: Theoretical Perspectives 1. Sports/Allure Grant Farred 2. "Allure" Constrained by "Ethics"? How Athletic Events Have Engaged Their Spectators Hans Ulrich Gumbrecht Part III: The Ancient World 3. The Fading Allure of Greek Athletics Sophie Remijsen 4. Wrestling, or the Art of Disentangling Bodies John Zilcosky 5. The Allure and Ethics of Ancient Aesthetics: Hellenism in the Modern Olympic Movement Charles Stocking Part IV: Modern Europe 6. Attractive or Repugnant? Foot Races in Eighteenth-Century Germany and Britain Rebekka Von Mallinckrodt 7. A Well-Trained Community: Gymnastics for the German Nation Wolf Kittler 8. Importing a German Kampfsport: The Reception and Practice of Japanese Martial Arts in Interwar Germany Sarah Panzer 9. The Ethics and Allure of the Foul in Football Annette Vowinckel Part V: Coda 10. Swimming Karin Helmstaedt Contributors Index

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Book SynopsisAs president of the Italian Liberal Party, Benedetto Croce was one of the most influential intellectuals involved in Italian public affairs after the fall of Mussolini. Placing Croce at the centre of historical events between 1943 and 1952, this book details his participation in Italy’s political life, and his major contributions to the rebirth of Italian democracy. Drawing on a great amount of primary material, including Croce’s political speeches, correspondences, diaries, and official documents from post-war Italy, this book illuminates the dynamic and progressive nature of Croce’s liberalism and the shortcomings of the old Liberal leaders. Providing a year-by-year account of Croce’s initiatives, author Fabio Fernando Rizi fills the gap in Croce’s biography, covering aspects of his public life often neglected, misinterpreted, or altogether ignored, and restores his standing among the founding fathers of modern Italy.Trade Review"[This book fills] a gap in the historical literature, which rightly or wrongly has given little attention to the Liberal leader’s political endeavors in the pivotal years that witnessed the end of the Fascist regime and the birth of the Italian Republic." -- Anthony L. Cardoza * Journal of Modern History, Vol. 92, No. 3 *Table of Contents1. Croce and Italy in 1943 2. Waging War 3. The Matter of the King 4. The Congress of Bari 5. De Nicola’s Negotiations 6. A Democratic Compromise 7. A Government of National Unity 8. Rome’s Liberation 9. From Bonomi to Bonomi 10. The Northern Wind 11. The Advent of De Gasperi 12. Election and Referendum 13. The Constituent Assembly 14. The Peace Treaty of 1947 15. A New Course 16. The Election of 1948

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Book SynopsisWhile historians of medieval Spain have been unanimous in acknowledging the significance of Infante Manuel’s impact on the reign of his brother, Alfonso X, the Wise, and the rise to power of his nephew, Sancho IV, none have attempted a biography of his life, convinced there was insufficient material to justify the endeavour. Systematic and persistent research over many years, however, has uncovered a profusion of facts and figures which, together with the evidence discovered in numerous unedited archival documents, effectively establishes the prince as a major player during Alfonso’s troubled rule. This is the first and only book-length biography of Prince Manuel, the progenitor of the longest ruling dynasty in the history of Spain. In his capacity as the monarch’s closest advisor, Manuel assiduously maintained critical working relationships with the most notable leaders of his age, including James I and Peter III of Aragon, Louis IX and Philippe III of FTrade Review"Kinkade’s archival work and analysis are of undeniable value, and he has woven them into a historical narrative that is clear and at times quite lively. Most importantly, he demonstrates how Infante Manuel exerted diplomatic influence not only in the Iberian kingdoms, but on a larger Mediterranean stage that included the pope, the count of Savoy, and the sovereigns of England, France, Sicily, and Tunis. Ultimately, this book is a worthy capstone to Kinkade’s legacy as a scholar of medieval Iberia." -- Anita Savo, Boston University * Speculum *Table of ContentsIntroduction 1. The Early Years: 1234–1252 2. The Royal Court in Seville: 1252–1259 3. The Papal Curia in Anagni: 1259–1260 4. Dominion in Murcia and the “Tierra de Don Manuel”: 1260–1272 5. Revolt of the Nobles and Last Pretense of Empire: 1272–1275 6. The House of Savoy: 1275 7. Problems of Succession: 1276–1282 8. The Rebellion of 1282–1284 Epilogue Documentary Appendix Abbreviations Bibliography Appendices Analytical Index

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Book SynopsisThis book is a survey of domestic governmental and party printed propaganda in revolutionary Ukraine. It is based on an illustrative sample of leaflets, pamphlets, and cartoons published by different parties and governments between 1917 and 1922.Trade Review"Velychenko’s book is a valuable contribution to the multi-faceted research on the Ukrainian revolutions. It could be productively used for comparisons of the Ukrainian situation with the other ‘national peripheries’ of the former Russian Empire, for transnational study of propaganda in inter-war Europe, or for in-depth local studies of particular Ukrainian cities, towns, and villages during the revolutionary turmoil." -- Andrii Portnov, European University Viadrina * Slavic Review *"This book presents the fullest account to date of the propaganda efforts on Ukraine’s territory during the civil war period." -- Olena Palko, Birbeck, University of London * European History Quarterly *"Velychenko’s publication is a timely and informative contribution to the study of propaganda produced in Ukraine during the revolutionary and civil war years. Providing invaluable data for the historiography of the Ukrainian nation- and statehood construction, it calls for further sociohistorical and cultural contextualization of the competing propaganda efforts." -- Katia Denysova, Courtauld Institute of Art * H-SHERA *"Ladygina presents a meticulously researched and engaging reading of Kobylians'ka’s prose, addressing how ideas on the broad topics of comparative feminism, Nietzscheanism, modernism, and even fascism found expression in Kobylians'ka’s short stories and novels at different stages in her life." -- Svitlana (Lana) Krys, MacEwan University * East/West: Journal of Ukrainian Studies *"This is a work of considerable value to scholars with an interest in revolutionary politics and mass media, and these minor criticisms should not detract from its merits. It richly illustrates the extraordinary challenges of spreading information and winning political support in revolutionary Ukraine, and how these challenges were met by the succession of governments and parties that vied for power in the former imperial borderlands." -- Mollie Arbuthnot * Ab Imperio *Table of ContentsList of Online Documents and Illustrations Introduction 1. Message and Medium 2. The Central Rada and the Ukrainian State 3. The UNR, Radical Socialists, and Warlords 4. The Bolsheviks Conclusion Appendix: Estimated Press Runs and Per Capita Distribution of Bolshevik Publications Notes List of Pamphlets Index

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Book SynopsisThis book explores the influence of Young Europe an international alliance founded by Giuseppe Mazzini in 1834 on the Polish, Slovak, Czech, and Ukrainian intelligentsia in the first half of the nineteenth century.Trade Review"Anna Procyk’s monograph represents decades of thorough research, much of it archival. It demonstrates that Ukrainian intellectuals, while divided between the Russian and Austrian empires, cultivated strong ties with their Italian, Polish, Czech, Slovak, and Balkan counterparts. Its value, however, goes beyond its important contributions to our knowledge of modern Slavic nationalism. At a time when nationalism has degenerated into chauvinism and consequently fallen into disrepute, it reminds us that it in its original form, nationalism not only united those who shared an ethnic and linguistic heritage, but embraced all peoples seeking independence in fraternal equality." -- Andrew Sorokowski * The Ukrainian Weekly *"Procyk valuably draws our attention to a broad cast of characters little known beyond specialists of this subject. By placing them in a broad international context that extends beyond eastern Europe, Procyk helps to break down the intellectual boundaries that have long compartmentalized the study of individual east European nations, as well as the sharper divisions between west and east European history. In so doing, Procyk offers a model of transnational east European history well worth developing further." -- Jared Warren * H-Poland *"This is an absorbing history of the emergence of national consciousness and the desire for independence in the Slavic lands of the Russian and Austrian empires in the 1830s and 1840s. Anna Procyk provides a richly detailed account that involves fascinating characters of all sorts—émigré Polish militants, Greek Catholic priests, poets, conspiratorial organizations, and […] martyrs to the cause of national liberation." -- David G. Rowley, University of Wisconsin-Platteville * The Russian Review *"If one compares historical research to a jigsaw puzzle, Procyk’s study is a corner piece. In our field, many excellent studies are being published that enlighten us about the region’s past, its popular politicians, ignored intellectuals, and admired activists. Yet few studies deserve the predicate of ‘outstanding’ for their wide scope and scholarly depth. Procyk’s Mazzini is outstanding because the author convincingly explains how Young Europe activists contributed to the revolutionary activities after 1815, thereby preparing the Spring of Nations of 1848." -- Josette Baer, University of Zurich UZH * Slavic Review *"Based on documentary materials – which, along with correspondence and memoirs, also includes interrogations and court records – Anna Procyk sheds light on the leading figures of conspiratorial networks active on Galician soil, on both the Austrian and Russian side. She highlights the importance of women in the spread of revolutionary literature; these women came often from the ranks of the nobility and were particularly active in Polish conspiratorial networks." -- Marta Verginella * The American Historical Review *Table of ContentsIllustrations Acknowledgments Introduction 1. Young Europe as an Idea: The Impact of Exile on the Revolutionary Thought of Giuseppe Mazzini 2. The Risorgimento and the Great Polish Emigration: A Pact Sealed in Heaven or a Marriage of Convenience? 3. Reception of Mazzini’s Ideas in East Central Europe 4. East Galicia: The Testing Ground of Young Europe’s Ideals 5. Young Poland’s Revolutionary Underground in Russian-Ruled Lands 6. Sprouts of Young Europe in Ukraine: The Cyril and Methodius Brotherhood 7. Young Europe: The Ideological Roots of "The Spring of Nations" in the Slavic World Conclusion Notes Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisFides in Flavian Literature explores the ideology of good faith (fides) during the time of the emperors Vespasian, Titus, and Domitian (6996 CE), the new imperial dynasty that gained power in the wake of the civil wars of the period. The contributors to this volume consider the significance and semantic range of this Roman value in works that deal in myth, contemporary poetry, and history in both prose and verse. Though it does not claim to offer the comprehensive last word on fides in Flavian Rome, the book aims to show that fides in this period was subjected to a particularly striking and special brand of contestation and reconceptualization, used to interrogate the broad cultural changes and anxieties of the Flavian period as well as connect to a republican and imperial past. The editors argue that fides was both a vehicle for reconciliation and a means to test the nature of good faith in the wake of a devastating and divisive period in Roman hiTable of ContentsList of Illustrations Acknowledgments Abbreviations 1. Introduction Antony Augoustakis, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Emma Buckley, St. Andrews University, and Claire Stocks, Newcastle University Part I Fides: Flavian Politics 2. Broken Bonds: Perfidy and the Discourse of Civil War Claire Stocks, Newcastle University 3. The Fides of Flavius Josephus Steve Mason, University of Groningen 4. "A Greater Love": Fides in Statius’ Silvae Neil W. Bernstein, Ohio University Part II Fides: Flavian Myth 5. Faith in Fate: Plot, Gods, and Metapoetic Morality in Valerius Flaccus Helen Lovatt, Nottingham University 6. Women’s Fides in Statius’ Thebaid Alison Keith, Jackman Humanities Institute, University of Toronto 7. Haec Pietas, Haec Fides: Permutations of Trust in Statius’ Thebaid Antony Augoustakis, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign 8. Trust and Mistrust in the Achilleid Dániel Kozák, Eötvös Loránd University Part III Fides: Flavian History 9. Fides, Pietas, and the Outbreak of Hostilities in Punica Raymond Marks, University of Missouri-Columbia 10. Hannibal as (Anti-)Hero of Fides in Silius’ Punica Marco Fucecchi, University of Udine 11. The Failure of Female Fides in the Octavia Lauren Donovan Ginsberg, University of Cincinnati 12. Fides under Fire: Virtue and Vice in the Octavia Emma Buckley, St. Andrews University Part IV Revisiting Flavian Fides 13. Flavian Fides in Tacitus’ Histories Salvador Bartera, Mississippi State University Bibliography List of Contributors Index Locorum Genderal Index

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Book SynopsisFrom the eighth century to the turn of the millennium, East Anglia had a variety of identities thrust upon it by authors of the period who envisioned a unified England. Although they were not regional writers in the modern sense, Bede, Felix, the annalists of the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, King Alfred of Wessex, Abbo of Fleury, and Ælfric of Eynsham took a keen interest in East Anglia, especially in its potential to undo English cultural cohesiveness as they imagined it. Angles on a Kingdom argues that those authors treated East Anglia as both a hindrance and a stimulus to the development of early English national consciousness. Combining close textual reading with consideration of early medieval barrow burials, coinage, border delineation, and rivalries between monastic houses, Joseph Grossi examines various forms of cultural affirmation and manipulation. Angles on a Kingdom shows that, over the course of roughly two and a half centuries, the literary metamorphosesTrade Review"Grossi’s wide-ranging and at times whimsical book will encourage readers to revisit familiar texts in search of unsuspected meanings…Reading it prompts all manner of new questions." -- Richard Purkiss, Oxford * Early Medieval Europe *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction 1. Rædwald’s Unhappy Realm: Bede’s Mixed Views of East Anglian Imperium 2. Æthelthryth in a Virgin Wilderness 3. Solace for a Client-King: Felix’s Vita sancti Guthlaci 4. Made in Wessex: Danish East Anglia and the Alfredian Court 5. Edmund, East Anglia, England Conclusion Notes Bibliography

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Book SynopsisThe cartulary-chronicle of the Burgundian monastery of Bèze reveals how a twelfth-century monk viewed the 500-year-long history of his house.Trade Review"This edition presents the chronicle and its added documents in a clear and easily readable format, with enough description to invite interpretation and further research. For academics teaching their students to read and understand Latin chronicles, there is much of use in this volume." -- Lesley Coote, University of Hull * Studies in Medieval and Renaissance Teaching *Table of ContentsPreface List of Abbreviations Introduction List of Abbots Chronological List of Documents The Cartulary-Chronicle of Bèze Appendix Works Cited Index of People Index of Places Index of Topics

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Book SynopsisDetailed, engaging, and beautifully written, the fourth edition of A History of Science in Society explores the many ways in which science and society interact.Table of ContentsList of Illustrations List of Connections Boxes Acknowledgments Introduction 1. The Origins of Natural Philosophy 2. The Roman Era and the Rise of Islam 3. The Revival of Natural Philosophy in Western Europe 4. Science in the Renaissance: The Courtly Philosophers 5. The Scientific Revolution: Contested Territory 6. The Enlightenment and Enterprise 7. Science and Empire 8. Entering the Atomic Age 9. Science and War 10. The Death of Certainty 11. 1957: The Year the World Became a Planet 12. Man on the Moon, Microwave in the Kitchen 13. Science and New Frontiers: Potential and Peril in the New Millennium Further Reading Index

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Book SynopsisThe Living Inca Town presents a rich case study of tourism in Ollantaytambo, a rapidly developing destination in the southern Peruvian Andes and the starting point for many popular treks to Machu Picchu. Tourism is generally welcomed in Ollantaytambo, as it provides a steady stream of work for local businesses, particularly those run by women. However, the obvious material inequalities between locals and tourists affect many interactions and have contributed to conflict and aggression throughout the tourist zones. Based on a number of research visits over the course of fifteen years, The Living Inca Town examines the experiences and interactions of locals, visitors, and tourism brokers. The book makes room for unique perspectives and uses innovative visual methods, including photovoice images and pen and ink drawings, to represent different viewpoints of day-to-day tourist encounters. The Living Inca Town vividly illustrates how tourism can perpetuate gTable of ContentsList of Illustrations and Tables Acknowledgments 1. Introduction 2. Tourist Encounters and Perceptions 3. Negotiating Gender and Ethnicity 4. Negotiating Material Inequalities 5. Conflict, Resistance, and Witchcraft 6. Marketing Spirituality and Romance 7. Conclusion References Index

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Book SynopsisMaking the Bible French examines the Bible historiale, the most prolific and influential pre-Reformation French-language Bible.Table of ContentsIllustrations Tables Acknowledgments Introduction 1. Making the French Bible, or Making the Bible French 2. Telling it Right: Confronting Reader Resistance 3. Soothing Listeners’ Ears: Narrative Aesthetics and Poetic Faith 4. Les paroles dont je vous ay fait mention: The Bible historiale’s Two Books of Job 5. The Patient Reader Conclusion: Asking the Right Questions Appendix: Table of Selected Manuscripts Notes Bibliography

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Book SynopsisIn this collection of primary sources, Eugene Smelyansky highlights instances of persecution and violence, as well as those relatively rare but significant episodes of toleration, that impacted a broad spectrum of people who existed at the margins of medieval society: heretics, Jews and Muslims, the poor, the displaced and disabled, women, and those deemed sexually deviant. The volume also presents a more geographically diverse Middle Ages by including sources from Central and Eastern Europe as well as the Mediterranean. Each document is preceded by a brief introduction and followed by questions for discussion, making The Intolerant Middle Ages an excellent entrance into the lives and struggles of medieval minorities. Trade Review"The book contains a large number of interesting documents and should prove convenient for teaching undergraduate courses on its particular thematic sections. It will be particularly useful for courses on gender and sexuality." -- Lola Sharon Davidson, University of Technology Sydney * Parergon *“Smelyansky has chosen an excellent set of texts, including some that are unexpected and therefore especially interesting … The care with which Smelyansky treats his subjects, the persecutors and the persecuted, is admirable.” -- Deeana Copeland Klepper, Boston University * Speculum: A Journal of Medieval Studies *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments List of Illustrations Introduction Chapter 1: Precursors and Origins 1. Christians Accused of Participating in Scandalous Rituals 2. The Martyrdom of Saint Perpetua 3. Emperor Constantine Condemns Arianism 4. Saint Augustine on the Grounds for Religious Persecution 5. Christianity Triumphant: The Theodosian Code on Christianity and Paganism Chapter 2: Anti-Judaism and Persecution of the Jews 6. “Slay Them Not”: Saint Augustine on the Jews 7. Anti-Jewish Legislation from the Visigothic Code 8. The Massacre in Mainz at the Beginning of the First Crusade 9. Blood Libel: The Murder of William of Norwich 10. A Papal Response: Gregory X against the Blood Libel 11. Jewish Woman in a Christian Miracle Story 12. King Otakar II Promises Royal Protection to the Jews in Bohemia and Austria 13. Well-Poisoning Accusations against the Jews 14. Massacre of the Jews in Strasbourg Chapter 3: Heresy and Inquisition 15. Heresy in the Carolingian Word: Gottschalk of Orbais 16. Guibert of Nogent and the Heretics of Soissons 17. Hildegard of Bingen Preaches against Heresy 18. A Cathar Origin Story in the Testimony of Arnaud Sicre 19. Origins of the Waldensians 20. Canon of the Fourth Lateran Council Concerning Heresy 21. Inquisitor Bernard Gui at Work 22. Heretical Tricks: Inquisitor Nicholas Eymerich on the Art of Interrogation 23. Individual Resistance: Bernard Clergue 24. Cooperation and Resistance: Arnaud Sicre Infiltrates a Heretical Group 25. Papal Prohibitions against Beguines and Beghards at the Council of Vienne 26. The Fruits of Clerical Imagination: A Heretical Orgy 27. Persecutions of Waldensians in Late Medieval German Cities Chapter 4: External Others: Contacts, Intolerance, and the Making of Medieval Europe 28. Carolingian Conquest of Saxony: Two Perspectives 29. Gerald of Wales on the Irish 30. Papal Blessing for Henry II’s Conquest of Ireland 31. Keeping the Peace after the Conquest: Statutes of the Parliament of Dublin 32. Medieval Europe Old and New: Otto of Freising Describes Northern Italy and Hungary 33. Duke of Lithuania on the Teutonic Order Chapter 5: Interreligious Violence in the Mediterranean 34. The Martyrs of Cordoba 35. Depictions of Muslims in The Song of Roland 36. Ibn Jubayr on Sicily under the Christian Rule 37. Interfaith Coexistence in Crusader Jerusalem 38. Coexistence and Exclusion in the Siete Partidas 39. Pope Innocent III Forbids the Venetian Merchants to Trade with the Muslims 40. Frederick II’s Trade Agreement with Tunisia 41. Accusations against the Genoese Merchants in Service of the Mamluk Sultan Chapter 6: People on the Margins of Medieval Society 42. Agobard of Lyon: On the Baptism of Jewish Slaves 43. Poverty as Piety: The Rule of Saint Francis 44. Critique of the Mendicant Friars: William of St-Amour’s On the Dangers of the Final Days 45. Medieval Serfdom and Manumission 46. Punishments for Impregnating a Female Slave in Genoa 47. Discrimination against the Poor in Siena during the Famine of 1329 48. Living in Poverty in Florence 49. The World Turned Upside Down: Social Anxiety during and after the Plague 50. Wage Control after the Plague: Ordinance of the Laborers, 1349 51. Ordinances against the “Jews, Lepers, and Swine” and the Poor in Late Medieval London 52. Christine de Pizan on the Virtues of Toleration Chapter 7: Disease and Disability in Medieval Europe 53. Disability and Charity in Piers Plowman 54. False Disability on the Streets of London 55. Rules of the Maison-Dieu in Pontoise 56. Physician Gilbert the Englishman on the Symptoms of Leprosy 57. Humbert of Romans Preaches to the Lepers 58. Ritual of Exclusion for a Leper 59. The Leper Plot against Christendom, 1321 Chapter 8: From the Holy to the Sinful: Attitudes towards Women 60. A Prostitute Saint: Saint Mary of Egypt 61. The Trial of Thiota, A False Prophetess 62. The Life of Christina of Markyate 63. Women in the Sicilian Laws of Frederick II 64. Women and the Ideals of Courtly Love 65. Religious Life of Margery Kempe 66. Marital Problems: An Innkeeper’s Wife Leaves Him 67. Bernardino of Siena Preaches on Marriage Chapter 9: The Control of Sexuality 68. Laws of Justinian Concerning Same-Sex Acts and Blasphemy 69. A Cross-Dressing Saint: Marina/Marinus 70. Punishments for Illicit Sexuality from a Medieval Penitential 71. Prostitution and Religious Reform in Prague 72. Illegal Prostitution in London 73. Confession of a Muslim Prostitute in Valencia 74. Confession of Arnaud of Verniolle 75. The Trial of Katherina Hetzeldorfer 76. Testimony of Rolandina Roncaglia 77. Testimony of Eleanor/John Rykener

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Book SynopsisIn A History of Science in Society, Ede and Cormack trace the history of the changing place of science in society and explore the link between the pursuit of knowledge and the desire to make that knowledge useful. The fourth edition of this bestselling textbook brings the narrative right up to the present day by incorporating the COVID-19 pandemic. The edition also adds content on Indigenous and non-western science as well as five new Connections case study features, including one on the scientist and poet Omar Khayyam. The text is accompanied by 100 images and maps and a colour insert showing off key moments in the history of science. Essay questions, chapter timelines, a further readings section, and an index provide additional support for students.Table of ContentsList of Illustrations List of Connections Boxes Acknowledgments Introduction 1. The Origins of Natural Philosophy 2. The Roman Era and the Rise of Islam 3. The Revival of Natural Philosophy in Western Europe 4. Science in the Renaissance: The Courtly Philosophers 5. The Scientific Revolution: Contested Territory 6. The Enlightenment and Enterprise 7. Science and Empire 8. Entering the Atomic Age 9. Science and War 10. The Death of Certainty 11. 1957: The Year the World Became a Planet 12. Man on the Moon, Microwave in the Kitchen 13. Science and New Frontiers: Potential and Peril in the New Millennium Further Reading Index

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Book SynopsisDetailed, engaging, and beautifully written, the fourth edition of A History of Science in Society explores the many ways in which science and society interact.Table of ContentsList of Illustrations List of Connections Boxes Acknowledgments Introduction 1. The Origins of Natural Philosophy 2. The Roman Era and the Rise of Islam 3. The Revival of Natural Philosophy in Western Europe 4. Science in the Renaissance: The Courtly Philosophers 5. The Scientific Revolution: Contested Territory Further Reading Index

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Book SynopsisThe Living Inca Town presents a rich case study of tourism in Ollantaytambo, a rapidly developing destination in the southern Peruvian Andes and the starting point for many popular treks to Machu Picchu. Tourism is generally welcomed in Ollantaytambo, as it provides a steady stream of work for local businesses, particularly those run by women. However, the obvious material inequalities between locals and tourists affect many interactions and have contributed to conflict and aggression throughout the tourist zones. Based on a number of research visits over the course of fifteen years, The Living Inca Town examines the experiences and interactions of locals, visitors, and tourism brokers. The book makes room for unique perspectives and uses innovative visual methods, including photovoice images and pen and ink drawings, to represent different viewpoints of day-to-day tourist encounters. The Living Inca Town vividly illustrates how tourism can perpetuate gTable of ContentsList of Illustrations and Tables Acknowledgments 1. Introduction 2. Tourist Encounters and Perceptions 3. Negotiating Gender and Ethnicity 4. Negotiating Material Inequalities 5. Conflict, Resistance, and Witchcraft 6. Marketing Spirituality and Romance 7. Conclusion References Index

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Book SynopsisWhile historians know that history is about interpreting primary sources, students tend to think of history as a set of facts.In The Saint and the Count, Leah Shopkow opens up the interpretive world of the historian using the biography of St. Vitalis of Savigny (d. 1122) as a case study. This biography was written around 1174 by Stephen of Fougères and provides a rich stage to demonstrate the kinds of questions historians ask about primary sources and the interpretive and conceptual frameworks they use. What is the nature of medieval sources and what are the interpretive problems they present? How does the positionality of Stephen of Fougères shape his biography of St. Vitalis? How did medieval people respond to stories of miracles? And finally, how does this biography illuminate the problem of violence in medieval society? A translation of the biography is included, so that readers can explore the text on their own.Table of ContentsPreface Abbreviations Introduction: “We Should Not Pass Over in Silence” 1. “In the Province of Bayeux”: St. Vitalis in the Historical and Hagiographic Record 2. “Strive to rise swiftly from the dust”: The Author Stephen of Fougères 3. “Men who built the Holy Church”: Hagiography and Genre 4. “These are not our inventions”: Miracles and Doubt 5. “They tried to kill him”: Hagiography and the Problem of Violence Afterword: “So that my words may not bore the reader” Appendix 1: The Life of St. Vitalis Appendix 2: The Life of St. Firmat Glossary of Terms and Concepts Notes Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisDespite being a pillar of belief in the Judeo-Christian tradition, the idea of revelation was deeply discredited over the course of the Enlightenment. The post-Enlightenment restoration of revelation among German religious thinkers is a fascinating yet underappreciated moment in modern efforts to navigate between reason and faith. The Rebirth of Revelation compares Protestant, Catholic, and Jewish reflections on revelation from 1750 to 1850 and asserts that a strategic transformation in the term’s meaning secured its relevance for the modern age. Tuska Benes argues that propositional revelation, understood as the infallible dispensation of doctrine, gave way to revelation as a subjective process of inner transformation or the historical disclosure of divine being in the world. By comparatively approaching the unconventional ways in which Protestantism, Catholicism, and Judaism have rehabilitated the concept of revelation, The Rebirth of Revelation Trade Review“Benes focuses on the period between 1750 and 1850 in the German lands, which boasted some of the most important intellectual minds of the period. They include Lessing, Mendelssohn, Kant, Herder, Schleiermacher, and Hegel. The most intriguing part of Benes’s book, however, is not the responses of these intellectual giants; rather, her approach is. She provides a much broader picture, including the religious struggles that haunted Protestant, Roman Catholic, and Jewish intellectual communities at the time.” -- Ulrich Groetsch, University of North Alabama * Central European History *Table of ContentsList of Illustrations Acknowledgments Introduction 1. Historical Revelation in the Protestant Enlightenment Reason and Revelation: Spinoza, Leibniz, and Wolff Reimarus and the Neologians on Pagan Salvation G.E. Lessing on the Historicity of Revelation The Kantian Critique of Revelation 2. The Comparative History of Religion, 1770–1800 David Hume and the Comparative History of Religion J.G. Herder’s Älteste Urkunde des Menschengeschlechts (1774) The Comparative Religious History of Christoph Meiners J.A. Starck and J.G. Hamann on Rational Ur-Monotheism The Göttingen School of Comparative Religious History 3. God’s Word in Comparative Mythology, 1760–1830 The Divine Origins of Language: Hamann and Herder The Ursprache and Mosaic Revelation: Friedrich Schlegel J.A. Kanne’s Elusive Ursprache The Language of Revelation Nationalized: Friedrich Rückert The Symbolism of God’s Word: Joseph Görres 4. Revelation in Nature from Physicotheology to G.H. Schubert Natural Theology and the Collapse of Intelligent Design Restoring Revelation to Naturphilosophie Nature Divested of Sacred Tradition G.H. Schubert in the Spinoza Renaissance Physica Sacra: The Urwelt, Creation, and Scripture 5. The Philosophy of Revelation: Schleiermacher, Hegel, and Schelling Schleiermacher: Revelation as Subjective Experience The Self-Revelation of God in Hegel The Dark Ground of Revelation in Schelling 6. The Epistemology of Grace: Revelation in Catholic Theology, 1770–1850 Enlightened Catholicism and the Semi-Rationalist Defense of Revelation The Moral Necessity of Revelation for Georg Hermes The Comparative History of Religion in Enlightened Catholic Theology Syncretism in Post-Kantian Catholic Histories of Religion Catholic Philosophies of Revelation: Anton Günther and J.S. Drey The Neo-Scholasticism of Joseph Kleutgen 7. Revelation in Jewish Religious Thought from Mendelssohn to Geiger Revelation and the Law: Moses Mendelssohn Kant and Pre-Mosaic Revelation: Saul Ascher Salomon Ludwig Steinheim on Primordial Revelation Revelation as Historical Experience: Samson Raphael Hirsch Jewish Philosophies of Revelation: Salomon Formstecher and Samuel Hirsch The Genius of Revelation: Abraham Geiger 8. Revelation Imperiled in Protestant Religious Thought, 1820–1850 Revelation and Neo-Confessionalism: August Tholuck The Self-Revelation of Humanity: Ludwig Feuerbach Søren Kierkegaard: Revelation in Existentialist Thought Conclusion Bibliography

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Book SynopsisHumour in Old English Literature deploys modern theories of humour to explore the style and content of surviving writing from early medieval England. The book analyses Old English riddles, wisdom literature, runic writing, the deployment of rhymes, and humour in heroic poetry, hagiography, and romance. Drawing on a fine-tuned understanding of literary technique, the book presents a revisionist view of Old English literature, partly by reclaiming often-neglected texts and partly by uncovering ironies and embarrassments within well-established works, including Beowulf. Most surprisingly, Jonathan Wilcox engages the large body of didactic literature, pinpointing humour in two anonymous homilies along with extensive use in saints’ lives. Each chapter ends by revealing a different audience that would have shared in the laughter. Wilcox suggests that the humour of Old English literature has been scantily covered in past scholarship because modern reaTable of ContentsIntroduction: Old English Literature and Humour 1. Risible Riddles and Witty Wisdom: The Appeal of Playful Puzzles 2. Laughing at Letters: Runic Riddles and Riddling Runes 3. Metrical Mirth: Sonorous Sounds and Rambunctious Rhymes 4. Heroic Humour: Comic Insouciance and Embarrassments of Etiquette 5. Playing with Parody to Comic Effect 6. Homiletic Humour: Christian Laughter and Clerical Satire 7. Hagiographic Humour: Decorous Delight and Full-Throated Funniness 8. Relishing Romance: Horror and Happiness in Apollonius of Tyre Conclusion Bibliography

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Book SynopsisGiuseppe Mazzini’s Young Europe and the Birth of Modern Nationalism in the Slavic World examines the intellectual currents in Eastern Europe that attracted educated youth after the Polish Revolution of 18301. Focusing on the political ideas brought to the Slavic world from the West by Polish émigré conspirators, Anna Procyk explores the core message that the Polish revolutionaries carried, a message based on the democratic principles espoused by Young Europe’s founder, Giuseppe Mazzini. Based on archival sources as well as well-documented publications in Eastern Europe, this study highlights that the national awakening among the Czechs, Slovaks, and Galician Ukrainians was not just cultural, as is typically assumed, but political as well. The documentary sources testify that at its inception the political nationalism in Eastern Europe, founded on the humanistic ideals promoted by Mazzini, was republican-democratic in nature and that the clandestine grouTrade Review"This is an absorbing history of the emergence of national consciousness and the desire for independence in the Slavic lands of the Russian and Austrian empires in the 1830s and 1840s. Anna Procyk provides a richly detailed account that involves fascinating characters of all sorts—émigré Polish militants, Greek Catholic priests, poets, conspiratorial organizations, and […] martyrs to the cause of national liberation." -- David G. Rowley, University of Wisconsin-Platteville * The Russian Review *"Anna Procyk’s monograph represents decades of thorough research, much of it archival. It demonstrates that Ukrainian intellectuals, while divided between the Russian and Austrian empires, cultivated strong ties with their Italian, Polish, Czech, Slovak, and Balkan counterparts. Its value, however, goes beyond its important contributions to our knowledge of modern Slavic nationalism. At a time when nationalism has degenerated into chauvinism and consequently fallen into disrepute, it reminds us that it in its original form, nationalism not only united those who shared an ethnic and linguistic heritage, but embraced all peoples seeking independence in fraternal equality." -- Andrew Sorokowski * The Ukrainian Weekly *"Procyk valuably draws our attention to a broad cast of characters little known beyond specialists of this subject. By placing them in a broad international context that extends beyond eastern Europe, Procyk helps to break down the intellectual boundaries that have long compartmentalized the study of individual east European nations, as well as the sharper divisions between west and east European history. In so doing, Procyk offers a model of transnational east European history well worth developing further." -- Jared Warren * H-Poland *"If one compares historical research to a jigsaw puzzle, Procyk’s study is a corner piece. In our field, many excellent studies are being published that enlighten us about the region’s past, its popular politicians, ignored intellectuals, and admired activists. Yet few studies deserve the predicate of ‘outstanding’ for their wide scope and scholarly depth. Procyk’s Mazzini is outstanding because the author convincingly explains how Young Europe activists contributed to the revolutionary activities after 1815, thereby preparing the Spring of Nations of 1848." -- Josette Baer, University of Zurich UZH * Slavic Review *"Based on documentary materials – which, along with correspondence and memoirs, also includes interrogations and court records – Anna Procyk sheds light on the leading figures of conspiratorial networks active on Galician soil, on both the Austrian and Russian side. She highlights the importance of women in the spread of revolutionary literature; these women came often from the ranks of the nobility and were particularly active in Polish conspiratorial networks." -- Marta Verginella * The American Historical Review *Table of ContentsIllustrations Acknowledgments Introduction 1. Young Europe as an Idea: The Impact of Exile on the Revolutionary Thought of Giuseppe Mazzini 2. The Risorgimento and the Great Polish Emigration: A Pact Sealed in Heaven or a Marriage of Convenience? 3. Reception of Mazzini’s Ideas in East Central Europe 4. East Galicia: The Testing Ground of Young Europe’s Ideals 5. Young Poland’s Revolutionary Underground in Russian-Ruled Lands 6. Sprouts of Young Europe in Ukraine: The Cyril and Methodius Brotherhood 7. Young Europe: The Ideological Roots of "The Spring of Nations" in the Slavic World Conclusion Notes Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisAlthough we often think of friendship today as an indisputable value of human social life, for thinkers and writers across late medieval Christian society friendship raised a number of social and ethical dilemmas that needed to be carefully negotiated. On Amistà analyses these dilemmas and looks at how Dante’s strategic articulations of friendship evolved across the phases of his literary career as he manoeuvred between different social groups and settings.Elizabeth Coggeshall reveals that friendship was not an unequivocal moral good for the writers of late medieval Italy. Instead, it was an ambiguous term to be deployed strategically, describing a wide range of social relationships such as allies, collaborators, servants, patrons, rivals, and enemies. Drawing on the use of the language of friendship in the letters, correspondence poems, dedications, narratives, and treatises composed by Dante and his interlocutors, Coggeshall examines the way they skillfully neTable of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction: The Dilemmas of Friendship in Dante’s Italy Friendship’s Many Faces A Sociological Approach: The Fields and Practices of Friendship 1. Exclusivity: The Piazza Friendship as Civic Medicine Creating Networks The Ship of Friendship Friendship’s Secret Chambers Epilogue 2. Self-Interest: The University Language and Amicabilitas The Ciceronian Turn Amicita as Disinterested Collaboration Amicitia as Self-Interested Sponsorship Abandoning Amicitia 3. Hierarchy: The Court Friendship in the Patronage Economy Negotiating Inequality The Game of Honour Managing Reciprocity The Gratuitous Gift 4. Difference: The Afterlife Inferno: Against the Other Purgatorio: Beside the Other Paradiso: Beyond the Other The Eclipse of Friendship Epilogue: Friendship’s Afterlife in Early Humanism Notes Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisExamining how German women physicians gained a foothold in the medical profession during the Weimar and Nazi periods, Women Doctors in Weimar and Nazi Germany reveals the continuity in rhetoric, strategy, and tactics of female doctors who worked under both regimes. Melissa Kravetz explains how and why women occupied particular fields within the medical profession, how they presented themselves in their professional writing, and how they reconciled their medical perspectives with their views of the Weimar and later the Nazi state. Focusing primarily on those women who were members of the Bund Deutscher Ärztinnen (League of German Female Physicians or BDÄ), this study shows that female physicians used maternalist and, to a lesser extent, eugenic arguments to make a case for their presence in particular medical spaces. They emphasized gender difference to claim that they were better suited than male practitioners to care for women and children in a range of new medical spTrade Review“Kravetz’s book marks a very significant, fresh intervention into scholarly debates over continuity and realignment in public health discourse from Weimar to National Socialism and over women’s complicity in the Nazi dictatorship, respectively. It is highly relevant to the comparative study of feminism, medicine, and the welfare state, and it deserves a wide readership. Kravetz’s clear and engaging style and her thoughtful presentation of intriguing archival materials make the book eminently suitable for the purposes of undergraduate and graduate instruction.” -- Julia Roos, Indiana University Bloomington * American Historical Review *"Apart from bringing to light the history of women doctors in Germany in this period through the vivid portrayal of a number of key individuals, the book’s main strength is Kravetz’s exhaustive use of archival sources, making German-language material accessible for English-speaking readers. This book will be of interest to those working at the university level in the history of medicine, and especially in connection with women physicians and their role in the field of public health, as well as in the history of gender, women, the family and education in early twentieth century Germany." -- C. Elizabeth Koester, University of Toronto * Scientia Canadensis *"Women Doctors in Weimar and Nazi Germany is an original and thoughtful study that analyses the experience of women doctors to ask fundamental questions about the opportunities and limits of women’s careers and agency in two very different political systems. In doing so, she looks at the ways in which the activities of women doctors both were shaped by and transformed important aspects of German biopolitics, which Kravetz understands as the processes of controlling both individual bodies and the collective body for the purposes of the state." -- Michael Hau, Monash University * Review in German History *"Inspires the reader to consider what these women were willing to compromise in order to continue doing what they loved, felt called to do, and thought necessary for their patients and themselves. This volume deserves to be widely read and cited; it could be assigned to both upper-level undergraduate and graduate students." -- Kristen Ann Ehrenberger, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center * Central European History *“Although women came late to the study of medicine in Germany in the early twentieth century, there followed a massive influx of women into the medical profession in the inter-war period. Melissa Kravetz considers this wider process by focusing on women in paediatrics and infant welfare, one of the specialisms which was more open to women.” -- Paul Weindling * English Historical Review *“Kravetz has created a well-researched narrative of female medical practitioners in Weimar and Nazi Germany, which is sure to spark more interest in the gendered experience of National Socialism in medicine. This text provides vivid and rich examples of female physicians’ roles in Weimar and Nazi Germany, while also contributing to the broader debate about medicine from democracy to autocracy. It is sure to inspire more historians to weigh in on this issue, on both sides of the change and continuity debate.” -- Samantha L. Clarke * Canadian Bulletin of Medical History *“Tracing an important story of middle-class women’s agency, Women Doctors in Weimar and Nazi Germany serves to further complicate our historical narratives about gender, class, and the relationships between public health and eugenics.” -- Joanne Woiak * Canadian Journal of History *Table of ContentsIllustrations Acknowledgments Abbreviations Introduction 1. Promoting Marriage, Motherhood, Eugenics, and Comprehensive Healthcare in Marriage Counselling Centres 2. Preparing Girls for Motherhood: School Doctors, Youth Welfare, and the Reform of Girls’ Physical Education 3. Fighting the Vices That Threatened Women and Children: Sex, Alcohol, and Disease 4. Building the Volksgemeinschaft and Supporting Racial Hygiene in the Bund Deutscher Mädel and Reichsmütterdienst 5. Advocating Healthy Infant Nutrition Practices through Breast Milk Collection: Maternal Guardians on the Home Front Conclusions Notes Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisEpidemics and the Modern World explores the relationships between epidemics and key themes in modern history. Our institutions, colonial structures, relationships to animals, and perceptions of suffering, sexuality, race, and disability have all shaped – and been shaped by – these significant medical events.This book uses "biographies" of epidemics such as plague, tuberculosis, and HIV/AIDS to explore the impact of disease on the development of modern societies from the fourteenth century to the present. Drawing on the most recent science of genetics, microbiology, and climatology, this text includes "Science Focus" boxes that discuss important scientific concepts and technologies. Structured workshop sections with engaging primary sources help readers develop skills of interpretation and gain knowledge of key historical events.Epidemics and the Modern World assumes no prior experience with the history of science or medicine and is accessiTrade Review"Epidemics and the Modern World is both an excellent reference for non-specialist scholars and an introduction to the modern history of medicine for advanced students and generalist audiences. Most helpfully, the author places medical terminology in bold and includes a glossary of terms at the end of the book, including primary sources for discussion throughout the text." -- Louie Dean Valencia-García * Europe Now April 2020 *"Mitchell Hammond’s excellent survey of a dozen deadly diseases is a must-read primer to make sense of epidemic history. In Epidemics and the Modern World, he balances the science of disease etiology and disease cycles with political, socio-economic, and cultural contexts. Read this book!" -- Michael G. Vann * New Books Network March 2021 *"The primary intended audience for this book is clearly the undergraduate student, but anyone looking for a single-volume synthesis on the history of infectious disease would find tremendous value in this book." -- Jim Harris, Ohio State University * Social History of Medicine *"This is an excellent publication that comes at exactly the right time and will have a great influence on how the inevitably increasing number of courses on this topic will be taught. I would thoroughly recommend this book to anyone teaching or studying for a course in this field and am myself planning to use it next term." -- Jakob Lehne, Medical University of Vienna * Canadian Bulletin of Medical History *"Epidemics and the Modern World is a masterful treatment of the complex relationship between humans and pathogens from a truly holistic perspective." -- Taylor P. van Doren, University of Missouri * World Medical & Health Policy *Table of ContentsImages Figures Maps Science Focus Boxes Workshops Acronyms Preface and acknowledgements Introduction 1. Bubonic Plague and the Modern State 2. Sex, Gender, and the Pox of Many Names 3. Smallpox and American Catastrophe 4. Yellow Fever, Race, and the Era of Revolution 5. Cholera in the Industrial City 6. Tuberculosis, Social Control, and Self-Control 7. Rinderpest, Imperialism, and Ecological Upheaval 8. Influenza 1918: One Pandemic, Many Experiences 9. Malaria and Modern Landscapes 10. Illness, Disability, and the Struggle for Inclusion 11. The Faces of HIV/AIDS Conclusion Bibliography

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Book SynopsisIn Ancient People of the Andes, Michael A. Malpass describes the prehistory of western South America from initial colonization to the Spanish Conquest. All the major cultures of this region, from the Moche to the Inkas, receive thoughtful treatment, from their emergence to their demise or evolution.Trade ReviewThe goal of discussing the ancient societies o the Central Andes or South America through theoretical debates is fulfilled... by Malpass.... Offers ample opportunities for students to navigate various interpretive possibilitiesafforded by the archaeological record, and it can be a very useful educationaltool in that sense. * Latin American antiquity *Table of Contents1 Learning about the Past 2 Geography of the Central and South Andes 3 The Time Before Temples: The Early and Middle Preceramic Periods 4 Settling Down and Settling In: The Late Preceramic Period 5 Societal Growth and Differentiation: The Initial Period 6 Of Masks and Monoliths: The Early Horizon 7 Art and Power: The Early Intermediate Period 8 Clash of the Titans? Tiwanaku, Wari, and the Middle Horizon 9 Auca Runa, the Epoch of Warfare: The Late Intermediate Period 10 Expansion and Empire: The Inkas and the Late Horizon

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