Historiography Books

Book SynopsisSince the 1990s scholars have focused heavily on the perpetrators of the Holocaust, and have presented a complex and diverse picture of perpetrators. This book provides a unique overview of the current state of research on perpetrators. The overall focus is on the key question that it still disputed: How do ordinary people become mass murderers?Trade Review'Ordinary People as Mass Murderers is an extraordinarily felicitous book which ought to be regarded as an important enrichment to the academic and even to the political discussion. It offers complex, detailed and sophisticated analyses in every single one of its difficult subjects, and at the same time it is inspiring and well readable. The editors doubtlessly succeeded in offering a supremely objective and factual contribution on this urgent, extremely challenging and delicate theme.' - Wolfgang Benz, Center for Research on Anti-Semitism, Technical University of Berlin, Germany Taterforschung (perpetrator research) is dominated by German scholars, and much of the sophisticated, detailed and empirically rich work has yet to find its way into English. This short collection of essays is thus very welcome as a contribution to the English-language scholarship on perpetrators...the book ranges widely, and the quality of the chapters is uniformly high, combining readabilty and up-to-date research. The book will be ideal for teaching at higher undergraduate or postgraduate levels...' - Dan Stone, Journal of Genocide ResearchTable of ContentsList of Photographs List of Tables and Figures Preface Notes on Contributors Glossary Introductory Thoughts and Chapter Overview; O.Jensen PART I: PERPETRATORS OF THE HOLOCAUST Perpetrators of the Holocaust: A Historiography; C-C W.Szejnmann Male Bonding and Shame Culture: Hitler's Soldiers and the Moral Basis of Genocidal Warfare; T.Kühne The Men of Einsatzgruppe D.: An Inside View of a State-Sanctioned Killing Unit in the Third Reich; A.Angrick PART II: FEMALE PERPETRATORS OF THE HOLOCAUST Women under National Socialism: Women's Scope for Action and the Issue of Gender; C.Herkommer Female Concentration Camp Guards as Perpetrators: Three Case Studies; I.Heike PART III: PSYCHOLOGICAL AND SOCIOLOGICAL APPROACHES The Ordinariness of Extraordinary Evil: The Making of Perpetrators of Genocide and Mass Killing; J.E.Waller On Killing and Morality: How Normal People Become Mass Murderers; H.Welzer PART IV: PERPETRATORS AND GENOCIDE The Organisation of Genocide: Perpetration in Comparative Perspective; D.Bloxham International Law after the Nuremberg Trials and Rwanda: How Do Perpetrators Justify Themselves?; G.Hankel Index

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Book Synopsis1. Introduction Constructing the Nation Through History 2. National History Before the Nation State from the High Middle Ages to the Enlightenment 3. The Invention of European National Traditions During the First Half of the Nineteenth Century 4. Scientificity and Historiographical Nationalism, 1850 1914 5. National Histories in and between the World Wars 6. National Histories from post-Second World War to post-Cold War 7. Conclusion What Balance Sheet and What Future for National Histories?Table of Contents1. Introduction Constructing the Nation Through History 2. National History Before the Nation State from the High Middle Ages to the Enlightenment 3. The Invention of European National Traditions During the First Half of the Nineteenth Century 4. Scientificity and Historiographical Nationalism, 1850 1914 5. National Histories in and between the World Wars 6. National Histories from post-Second World War to post-Cold War 7. Conclusion What Balance Sheet and What Future for National Histories?

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Book SynopsisThis book is open access under a CC BY 4.0 license.This book provides a profound insight into post-war Mostar, and the memories of three generations of this Bosnian-Herzegovinian city.Trade Review“Palmberger applies methodological creativity to capture people’s narratives on contentious and sensitive topics, while striving to avoid exposure to bias … The result is a robust example of a well-executed qualitative multimethod study.” (Tamara Trošt, Südosteuropa, Vol. 67 (1), March, 2019)Table of ContentsIntroduction. Researching Memory and Generation.- Chapter 1. Fragments of Communicative Memory: WWII, Tito and the 1992-95 War.- Chapter 2. Divided Education: Divergent Historiographies and Shared Discursive Strategies.- Chapter 3. Two Wars and Tito In-Between: The First Yugoslavs.- Chapter 4. Ruptured Biographies: The Last Yugoslavs.- Chapter 5. The (Un)spoilt Generation: The Post-Yugoslavs.- Conclusion.

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Book SynopsisThe book brings together many recent trends in writing history under a common framework: thinking history globally. By thinking history globally, the book explains, applies, and exemplifies the four basic strategies of analysis, the big C's: comparing, connecting, conceptualizing, and contextualizing, using twelve different branches of history.Trade Review“This is one of many volumes devoted to the search for a proper historiography fitting the human life that is now being lived globally and thus must be understood accordingly. … Summing Up: Recommended. All academic levels/libraries.” (A. Breisach, Choice, Vol. 53 (1), September, 2015)Table of ContentsIntroduction 1. Theory in Practice 2. Twelve Branches in their Singularities, Overlaps, and Clusters 3. Comparing or Connecting 4. Comparing and Connecting 5. Varieties of Connections 6. Conceptualizing through Social Sciences 7. Thinking Globalization Historically 8. Contextualizing in Bigger Scales 9. All Together Now, a Last Rehearsal: Thinking Globally on Border Crossing Phenomena, the First World War Analytical Bibliography

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Book SynopsisIntroduction. - 1. Integrity, advocacy and the public purpose of scholarship. - 2. Historians on the inside: thinking with history in policy. - 3. The historian's toolkit. - 4. Disciplinary training and public purpose in university history teaching. - Conclusions: Towards a history with public purposeTable of ContentsIntroduction. - 1. Integrity, advocacy and the public purpose of scholarship. - 2. Historians on the inside: thinking with history in policy. - 3. The historian’s toolkit. - 4. Disciplinary training and public purpose in university history teaching. - Conclusions: Towards a history with public purpose

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Book SynopsisTy Seidule scorches us with the truth and rivets us with his fierce sense of moral urgency. --Ron ChernowIn a forceful but humane narrative, former soldier and head of the West Point history department Ty Seidule''s Robert E. Lee and Me challenges the myths and lies of the Confederate legacyand explores why some of this country's oldest wounds have never healed.Ty Seidule grew up revering Robert E. Lee. From his southern childhood to his service in the U.S. Army, every part of his life reinforced the Lost Cause myth: that Lee was the greatest man who ever lived, and that the Confederates were underdogs who lost the Civil War with honor. Now, as a retired brigadier general and Professor Emeritus of History at West Point, his view has radically changed. From a soldier, a scholar, and a southerner, Ty Seidule believes that American history demands a reckoning.In a unique blend of history and reflection, Seidule deconstructs the truth about t

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Book SynopsisThe continent for science is also a continent for the humanities. As this book shows, the tools of literary studies, history, archaeology, and more, can likewise produce important insights into the nature of the modern world and humanity more broadly.Trade Review“The 13 contributing authors provide not only an impressive overview of humanities and social science approaches toward the study of Antarctica, but also clearly demonstrate that Antarctic research is relevant to more than the natural sciences. … Antarctica and the Humanities is recommended for any historian interested in Antarctica, but it would also appeal to a maritime historian interested in more than just ships and maritime technology or trade.” (Ingo Heidbrink, The Northern Mariner, Vol. 27 (1), 2017)“Congratulations to Peder Roberts and his team for developing the concept of representing the humanities in Antarctica with a collection of essays … . This hardcover first edition of Antarctica and the humanities is beautifully presented, with endnotes following each chapter, with maps and illustrations, and an index for the diverse subject matter. It has been deservedly well-received. It is a book which invites further discussion. It is, and will continue to be, a valuable reference.” (Anna Lucas, Polar Record, 2017)Table of ContentsIntroduction - Antarctica: A Continent for the Humanities by Peder Roberts, Lize-Marié van der Watt and Adrian Howkins. - PART I: THE HEROIC AND THE MUNDANE. - 1. Changing the Subject: Antarctic Diaries and Heroic Reputations by Elizabeth Leane. - 2. Beriberi at Kerguelen: A case study of international Antarctic co-operation 1901-1903 by Cornelia Lüdecke. - PART II: ALTERNATIVE ANTARCTICS. - 3. So far, so close. Approaching experience in the study of the encounter between sealers and the South Shetland Islands (Antarctica, 19th century) by Andrés Zarankin and Melisa A. Salerno. - 4. The white (supremacist) continent: Antarctica and fantasies of Nazi survival by Peder Roberts. - 5. The whiteness of Antarctica: race and South Africa’s Antarctic history by Lize-Marié van der Watt and Sandra Swart. - PART III: WHOSE ANTARCTIC?. - 6. Acting artefacts: on the meanings of material culture in Antarctica by Dag Avango. - 7. Finding Place in Antarctica by Alessandro Antonello. - 8. Scott's Shadow: “Proto Territory” in Contemporary Antarctica by Elena Glasberg. - PART IV: VALUING ANTARCTIC SCIENCE. - 9. SCAR as a healing process? Reflections on science and polar politics in the Cold War and beyond. The Case of Norway by Stian Bones. - 10. Emerging from the shadow of science: some thoughts on the challenges and opportunities for Antarctic history by Adrian Howkins. - Concluding Reflections by Aant Elzinga

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Trade ReviewIn the last generation, we have seen a major shift in attitudes to time - past, present and future - both among historians and in the wider world. Rethinking Historical Time offers an indispensable guide to this shift and to its different contexts: cultural, social and ecological. * Peter Burke, Emeritus Professor of Cultural History, University of Cambridge, UK *At a time of great uncertainty, these essays on how societies have reflected on past, present and future, and on the duties those alive have to those who have been and those to come, is particularly welcome. Rethinking Historical Time is both global in its reach and human in scale. It is a lucid contribution that all those thinking and learning in the humanities will appreciate. * Miri Rubin, Professor of Medieval and Early Modern History, Queen Mary, University of London, UK *Time in history is undoubtedly an intellectual impertinence – but, as Tamm’s and Olivier’s effort with the topic shows convincingly, it is worthy of note and deeper discussion as time ever was. * European History Quarterly *Table of ContentsList of Figures List of Contributors Introduction: Rethinking Historical Time, Marek Tamm (Tallinn University, Estonia) and Laurent Olivier (French National Museum of Archaeology, France) Part I: Presentism and New Temporalities 1. Out of Time? Some Critical Reflections on François Hartog’s Presentism, Chris Lorenz (VU University Amsterdam, The Netherlands) 2. Return to Chronology, Helge Jordheim (University of Oslo, Norway) 3. Coming to Terms with the Present: Exploring the Chrononormativity of Historical Time, Victoria Fareld (Stockholm University, Sweden) 4. The Transformation of Historical Time: Processual and Evental Temporalities, Zoltán Boldizsár Simon (Bielefeld University, Germany) Part II: Multiple Temporalities 5. Revolutionary Presence: Historicism and the Temporal Politics of the Moment, Hans Ruin (Södertörn University, Sweden) 6. Time Outside History: Politics and Ontology in Franz Rosenzweig’s and Mircea Eliade’s Reimagined Temporalities, Liisi Keedus (Tallinn University, Estonia) 7. Pictorial Times and the Times of History: On Seeing Images and Experiencing Time, Johannes Grave (Bielefeld University, Germany) 8. Time as History in Twentieth-Century Photography, Anne Fuchs (University College Dublin, Ireland) Part III: Material Temporalities 9. Heritage and the Untimely, Torgeir Rinke Bangstad (UiT The Arctic University of Norway, Norway) 10. ‘Let’s Get Rid of That Old Stuff!’ Family Heritage Objects in France at the Age of Presentism, Jean-Pierre Legendre (French Ministry of Culture, France) and Laurence Ollivier (French Ministry of Culture, France) 11. Death and Archaeology in the Present, Tense, Shannon Lee Dawdy (University of Chicago, USA) 12. Rewilding Time in the Vale do Côa, Caitlin DeSilvey (University of Exeter, UK) Conclusion: A Creed That Has Lost its Believers? Reconfiguring the Concepts of Time and History, Aleida Assmann (University of Constance, Germany) Index

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Book SynopsisIt was the desire to probe the underlying causes of the shift from the early modern ‘nature-knowledge’ to modern science that was one of the stimuli for the ‘Origins of Modernity: Early Modern Thought 1543–1789’ conference held in Sydney in July 2002.Trade ReviewAus den Rezensionen: "… Es gehört nun zur hohen Qualität dieses Bandes, dass alle Beiträge dem zugrundeliegenden methodischen Ansatz und der thematischen Intention gerecht werden … Der Band wird seinem Anspruch, die ‘patterns of change in Early Modern Natural Philosophy‘ zu beschreiben und zu analysieren, in hohem Maße gerecht. Die Beiträge sind ausgesprochen konstruktiv und nehmen erfreulicherweise vielfach Bezug aufeinander, so dass eine für einen Sammelband selten anzutreffende Kohärenz entsteht …" (http://www.sehepunkte.de)Table of ContentsThe Onset of the Scientific Revolution.- ‘Waterworld’: Descartes’ Vortical Celestial Mechanics.- Circular Argument.- From Mechanics to Mechanism.- The Autonomy of Natural Philosophy.- Physico-Theology and the Mixed Sciences.- The Saturn Problem.- Experimental Versus Speculative Natural Philosophy.

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Book SynopsisForeword Preface Humanism's Sphere The Changing Bases of Humanistic Study and Practice The Return to Philology Introductions to Erich Auerbach's Mimesis The Public Role of Writer's and Intellectuals IndexTrade ReviewPraise for the author: 'One of the leading thinkers of the age.' - The New York Observer 'Edward Said is the most distinguished and cultural critic now writing in America.' - Cornel West 'Said is a brilliant and unique amalgam of scholar, aesthete, and political activist...[He] challenges and stimulates our thinking in every area.' - Washington Post Book World 'Edward Said helps us to understand who we are and what we must do if we aspire to be moral agents, not servants of power.' - Noam Chomsky 'Future work about or influenced by Said will no doubt be more grandiose and heavyweight than this collection of lectures and essays from the last years of his life. But no other work can be as inspiring as this.' - New HumanistTable of ContentsForeword Preface Humanism's Sphere The Changing Bases of Humanistic Study and Practice The Return to Philology Introductions to Erich Auerbach's Mimesis The Public Role of Writer's and Intellectuals Index

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Book SynopsisThis atlas graphically illuminates the region's history tracing back to the 8th-7th century B.C. From the spread of Islam to the invasion of the Mongols, the area has been at the crossroads of some of the world's most important developments, all succinctly explained in this book.Trade Review'The atlas serves as a useful reference, valuable for its clarity and wealth of information.' - www.museo-on.com '...as a cheap, up to date, nearly pocket-sized guide to a little-known area of enormous geopolitical importance, this book is unrivalled. It seems to me that most public reference libraries, and academic libraries catering for courses in geography, history, politics or international relations, ought to consider it for acquisition.' - Martin Guha, Reference Reviews '...contains a wealth of clear and easily accessible information; it is a bold attempt to describe and graphically illustrate the history of a complex region and the author is to be warmly congratulated for it. The paperback atlas is an affordable and worthy addition to any library.' Journal of the Royal Asiatic SocietyTable of ContentsIntroductory Maps * Early History, 6th Century B.C.-6th Century A.D. * Islamic Golden Age * Mongols and Decline of Central Asia * Era of Colonialism and Nation State Building * Post-Communism and Independence

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Book SynopsisSusan Sorek is a research affiliate at the Open University, UK. Her volume The Jews Against Rome was published by Continuum in 2008.Table of ContentsIntroduction; 1. The Early Historians - Greece Fifth and Fourth Century BC; 2. Herodotus, Father of History; 3. Thucydides; 4. Xenophon; 5. Minor Greek Historians; 6. The Roman Republic; 7. Polybius; 8. Caesar; 9. Sallust; 10. Livy; 11. The Imperial period to the fall of Rome; 12. Josephus; 13. Tacitus; 14. Dio Cassius; 15. Ammianus Marcellinus; 16. Early Church Historians; 17. Minor Roman Historians; 18. Biography as History - Suetonius and Plutarch; 19. Men of Letters - the historical value of Cicero and Pliny the Younger; 20. Literature as History; 21. Other Sources; 22. Alexander the Great - a Case Study; 23. Summary and Conclusions.

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Book SynopsisThis overview of Australian post-contact history uses material objects such as artefacts, buildings, and landscapes. The book offers broad geographic and temporal coverage, and social themes such as gender, status, ethnicity and identity inform every chapter.Trade ReviewFrom the reviews:“An Archaeology of Australia since 1788 succeeds in presenting the broad-range of Australian historical archaeology and its contribution to understanding Australia’s past. The authors are to be congratulated in undertaking such a task and setting the scene for the next decade of growth in the field. This is a work that all serious historical archaeologists need, especially those formulating research designs for projects whether they be salvage archaeology or research archaeology.” (Iain Stuart, Australian Archaeology, Issue 72, June, 2011)“The narrative writing style is accessible for most audiences as they need not be well-versed in Australian archaeology to benefit from this book. … is devoted to well-researched and influential themes of Australian archaeology and comprises figures, tables and numerous intriguing discussions that will precipitate and entice future research. The book was written to ‘present an overview of the material evidence … of Australian post contact history and the conclusions reached by historical archaeology’ (p2) and with much enthusiasm the authors have achieved this aim.” (Melissa Dunk, Eras Journal, November, 2011)This volume amply demonstrates that it is far too soon to talk of a single archaeology of the modern world...The Lawrence and Davis volume is the first book-length overview of Australian historical archaeology since Graham Connah's The Archaeology of Australia's History was published in 1988. The significant methodological and theoretical changes to this field over the last quarter of a century mean that a new overview of historical archaeology in Australia is long overdue...The comprehensive range of case studies, which are often explicitly and implicitly tied to research outside of Australia, is one of this volume's real strengths...Another strength of the volume lies in bringing this research to a broader audience. Lawrence and Davies are also generally excellent in explaining not just where some topics might be ripe for expansion, but also why they may have been under-studied in the past...It fully deserves to find a wide international audience, both as a quick reference to broad themes and as the definitive detailed guide to specific topics from Australian research. (Alasdair Brooks, Post-Medieval Archaeology, 46, 2, 2012)Table of Contents1. Introduction2..Convict origins3. Aboriginal dispossession and survival4. Shipwrecks and maritime trade5. Whaling, sealing and maritime industries6. Pastoralism and agriculture7. Gold rushes and precious metals8. Manufacturing and processing9. Migration and Ethnicity10. An urbanised nation11. Australians at Home12. Death13. The Twentieth Century and Beyond

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Book SynopsisServes as a basic introduction to the variety of ways contemporary historians have applied their Christian convictions to historical research and reconstruction. Christian teachers and students developing their own sense of the past will benefit from exploring the variety of Christian historiographical approaches described.Trade ReviewAn important contribution to evangelical reflection on writing history -- Ian Clary -- ThemeliosTable of ContentsIntroduction: How Faith Matters to Historical Study 1. Historical Study that Takes Religion Seriously 2. Historical Study through the Lens of Christian Faith Commitments 3. Historical Study as Applied Christian Ethics 4. Historical Study as Christian Apologetic 5. Historical Study as Search for God Conclusion: Historical Study as Christian Vocation

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Book SynopsisA clarion call for taking back the American Revolution from the far right, published for the 250thanniversary of the Declaration of IndependenceWho gets to claim the legacy of the American Revolution and the mantle of patriotism that goes along with it? In a sharp, irreverent, deeply informed account of the nation's founding moment and its enduring legacies, historian Thomas Richards Jr. invites us to see the Revolution not just as a one-time fight for political freedom from Britain but as an ongoing struggle for equality, justice, and social and political independence for all Americans. A riveting work of narrative history, The Unfinished Business of 1776 shows that the Revolutionary struggle did not end in 1787, when the Constitution was ratified: across ten dramatic chapters, Richards introduces readers to the vividly drawn characters who kept the Revolution alive for the next century and beyond, including the women's rights advocate Judith Sargent Murray, the enslaved rebel Gabriel, the protosocialist Solomon Sharpe, and the utopian dreamer Joseph Smitheach pushing for freedoms that extended well beyond the traditional narrative of the Revolution, and each revealing how the unfinished work of 1776 fueled demands for economic, social, and legal equality that lasted well beyond the Revolution itself. A myth-busting book about the history we think we know, The Unfinished Business of 1776 is the perfect antidote to jingoistic celebrations of Americaoffering an inclusive vision of our common past.

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Book Synopsis'History is the version of past events that people have decided to agree upon', said Napoleon. Yet the actual writing of history, especially ancient history, is a practice that often prompts more discord than assent. In his new textbook, Luke Pitcher aims to overcome the hostility which exists between two rival camps in their study of classical historiography. The first camp looks at the classical historians with an eye to what data they can provide about the ancient world. The second camp examines the ancient writers as literary texts in their own right, employing the tools of literary criticism and engaging with such matters as narrative artistry.Attempting to fuse these two - mutually suspicious - approaches, Luke Pitcher's attractive introduction offers undergraduate students of classics the first comprehensive introduction to historiography in antiquity on the market. It unites the nitty-gritty of the historian's trade (the finding and managing of data) to an awareness of the importance of style, form, allusion and composition. The book also seeks to do justice to individual classical historians, and discusses such important figures as Livy, Tacitus, Herodotus, Cicero, Plutarch and Lucian. A comprehensive bibliography and glossary are included. "Writing Ancient History" at last does full justice to the mechanics of history-writing in the ancient world.Trade Review'This is a very good book indeed; general readers, students, and specialists alike will read it with profit and delight. Luke Pitcher ranges over ancient historical writers, both Greek and Roman, from Herodotus to Ammianus, with an impressive grasp of his material, and he has a gift for finding the telling example and making subtle and insightful points with lucidity and punch. He also has a wonderful eye for the modern parallel, and one is as likely to find here illumination drawn from a Patrick O'Brian novel or an episode of Doctor Who as from an extract from Xenophon or Velleius. Pitcher is unusually sensitive to the narrative strategies of the ancient historical writers, and also of all the health-warnings that the modern student needs to bear in mind when reading their works. Few writers about ancient historiography are so learned, and even fewer carry their learning so lightly: this is a book that anyone interested in ancient history just has to read - and they will thoroughly enjoy it.' - Christopher Pelling, Regius Professor of Greek, University of Oxford; 'Luke Pitcher has written an engaging, witty, and accessible study of the complicated relationship between theory and practice in the ancient historians, bringing to the task an impressive expertise in texts that range from archaic Greece to late antiquity. He resists simple contrasts between ancient and modern, presenting the reader instead with finely drawn, convincingly argued analyses of the spectrum of practices employed by ancient historiographers in their treatment of sources, self-presentation, and narrative modes of (re)presenting their pasts. Bearing in mind always that the modern student of the Greco-Roman world is also, in some way, 'writing ancient history', Pitcher brings us much closer to the methodologies and reception of these texts through which so much of our understanding of the ancient world derives.' - Christina S Kraus, Professor of Classics, Yale UniversityTable of ContentsIntroduction Writing About History in the Ancient World The Natures of History Using Sources Using Sources - II Writing Ancient History The Ends of History - I The Ends of History - II Texts and Translations: The Transmission of Ancient History Conclusion Suggestions for Further Reading Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisAn account of Egyptian history and custom which includes anthropology, natural history and any antiquarian information of interest to Herodotus. This scholarly edition offers a thorough introduction to both Greek historiography and Egyptology.

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Book SynopsisThis book explores the discourse by and about refugees and asylum seekers in relation to memory with a particular focus on the United Kingdom. A series of studies using different analytical approaches is undertaken, and together the studies shed light on this overlooked area of research. The studies or ‘facets’ presented in the monograph cover a range of contexts and discursive genres: a joint BBC/refugee-authored television documentary, refugees’ oral histories, creative life writing by asylum seekers, parliamentarians’ debates, a reworking of canonical texts and sites in a protest campaign, and non-fiction testimonies and fictional works by later generations of refugee background. The monograph introduces ‘facet methodology’ to memory studies, arguing that this approach could encourage interdisciplinary research in the field. Table of Contents1. A Dual Focus.2. Capturing Memories on Camera: Refugees and the BBC.3. Oral Histories: Voices of Kosovo in Manchester.4. 'Women Asylum Seekers Together' Life Writing.5. 'History' and Debating Refugees in Parliament.6. Memory Sites of the 'Refugee Tales' Project.7. Bhabha’s Temporality in Second and Third Generation Refugee/Immigrant Testimonies.8. Memory, Art and the Vietnamese Diaspora.9. Insights.

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Book SynopsisThis volume is designed to assist university faculty and students studying and teaching about antisemitism, racism, and other forms of prejudice. In contrast with similar volumes, it is organized around specific concepts instead of chronology or geography. It promotes conversation about antisemitism across disciplinary, geographic, and thematic lines rather than privileging a single methodological paradigm, a specific academic field, or an overarching narrative. Its twenty-one chapters by leading scholars in diverse fields address the relationship to antisemitism of concepts ranging from Anti-Judaism to Zionism. Each chapter not only traces the history and major scholarly debates around a key concept; it also presents an original argument, points to avenues for further research, and exemplifies a method of investigation.Trade Review“The Green/ Sullam volume leads us almost naturally to the last collection under review— in fact a small encyclopedia— edited by Sol Goldberg, Scott Ury, and Kalman Weiser. As befits such a volume, the list of contributors to Key Concepts in the Study of Antisemitism includes not only historians but also philosophers, psychologists, literary scholars, political scientists, jurists, and an anthropologist.” (Shulamit Volkov, Studies in Contemporary Jewry, Vol. 33, 2023)“Key Concepts in the Study of Antisemitism is meant to be a resource and a tool for instructors and researchers around the world who face this very dilemma. Its greatest innovation is in its design. Instead of producing a more usual historical survey of antisemitism through the ages, the editors have solicited a rich and diverse collection of short essays from leading scholars in the field about various concepts associated with the study of antisemitism.” (Paul Hanebrink, Shofar - An Interdisciplinary Journal of Jewish Studies, Vol. 40 (3), 2022)“Rigorous and wholly engaging, Key Concepts in the Study of Antisemitism is the volume I was missing during my postgraduate degree in Jewish studies. … From a student’s perspective too, the work will certainly be a welcome addition to university reading lists … . Key Concepts also makes a compelling intervention in the field. The twenty-one accessible and original chapters encourage curiosity and innovation over rigidity and prescription.” (Emilie Wiedemann, Shofar - An Interdisciplinary Journal of Jewish Studies, Vol. 40 (3), 2022)“The great gain of the volume is that it has brought Antisemitism research out of the epistemic black hole into which the idea of eternal Antisemitism or of the longest hatred has pushed it and threatens to push it again and again. By placing Antisemitic thought and action in their respective contexts, illuminating the constellations in the occurrence of Antisemitism and determining its ambiguities and ruptures, the volume can sharpen the historical judgment of Antisemitism research, make Antisemitism more clearly comprehensible and thus also better combatable.” (Ulrich Wyrwa, Quest. Issues in Contemporary Jewish History, Issue 21, October, 2022)“Key Concepts in the Study of Antisemitism … stands out as such a profound contribution: it sees inquiry as the key to unpacking antisemitism rather than narrow interpretations of potential solutions. … Key Concepts in the Study of Antisemitism is better poised for experts and scholars in the field looking for a field guide to help in study … .” (Shane Burley, Journal of Social Justice, Vol. 10, 2022)“The volume is … directed towards schol­ars of all disciplines studying antisemitism. This is a strength that makes the anthology an important contribution which promotes cross-disciplinary scholarship. For schol­ars of both the past and of the present, this work presents insightful historical overviews as well as well-grounded explanations of concepts that yield a solid foundation for fur­ther research. … will be used by researchers and students alike to ori­entate the many concepts that circulate in the study of antisemitism(s).” (Jens Carlesson Magalhães, Nordisk Judaistik, Vol. 33 (1), 2022)“None of its twenty-two contributions runs more than fifteen pages, making each readily digestible. Moreover, there is no redundancy among them. Even someone long engaged in the study of antisemitism could certainly learn from it. … I can also think of numerous times in the past when I wish this book had been available. Admittedly, before opening Key Concepts one may wonder what is left to be said about anti‐ semitism. Quite a lot, it turns out.” (Robert E. Blobaum, H-Net Reviews, h-net.org, September, 2021)Table of Contents1. Introduction- Kalman Weiser 2. Anti-Judaism- Jonathan Elukin3. Anti-Semitism (Historiography)- Jonathan Judaken4. Anti-Zionism- James Loeffler 5. Blood Libel- Hillel J. Kieval6. The Catholic Church- Magda Teter7. Conspiracy Theory- Jovan Byford 8. Emancipation- Frederick C. Beiser 9. Gender- Sara R. Horowitz 10. Ghetto- Daniel B. Schwartz 11. The Holocaust- Richard S. Levy12. Jewish Self-hatred- Sol Goldberg 13. Nationalism- Brian Porter-Szűcs14. Nazism- Doris L. Bergen15. Orientalism- Ivan Kalmar16. Philosemitism- Maurice Samuels 17. Pogrom- Jeffrey Kopstein18. Post-colonialism- Bryan Cheyette19. Racism- Robert Bernasconi20. Secularism- Lena Salaymeh & Shai Lavi21. Sinat Yisrael- Martin Lockshin22. Zionism- Scott Ury

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Book SynopsisThis textbook showcases innovative approaches to the interdisciplinary field of childhood and youth studies, examining how young people in a wide range of contemporary and historical contexts around the globe live their young lives as subjects, objects, and agents. The diverse contributions examine how children and youth are simultaneously constructed: as individual subjects through social processes and culturally-specific discourses; as objects of policy intervention and other adult power plays; and also as active agents who act on their world and make meaning even amidst conditions of social, political, and economic marginalization. In addition, the book is centrally engaged with questions about how researchers take into consideration children’s and young people’s own conceptions of themselves and how we conceptualize child and youth potentials for agency at different ages and stages of growing up. Each chapter discusses substantive research but also engages in self-reflection about methodology, positionality, and/or disciplinarity, thus making the volume especially useful for teaching. This book will be of interest to students and scholars across a range of disciplines, including childhood studies, youth studies, girls’ studies, development studies, research methods, sociology, anthropology, education, history, geography, public policy, cultural studies, gender and women’s studies and global studies. Table of Contents1. Children and Youth as Subjects, Objects, Agents: An Introduction; Deborah Levison, Mary Jo Maynes, and Frances Vavrus.- Section 1: Construction of Children and Youth as Subjects.- 2. "So How's Your Childhood Going?": A Historian of Childhood Confronts Her Own Archive; Elena Jackson Albarrán.- 3. Encountering Emotions in the Archive of Childhood and Youth; Emily C. Bruce.- 4. Visualizing the Space of Childhood and Youth.- 5. Turning Off the Recorder: Caring Relationships in Research with Youth; Judith Josephat Merinyo and Laura Wangsness Willemsen.- 6. Productive Tensions in Interdisciplinary and Mixed-methods Research on Youths' Livelihoods; Joan DeJaeghere.- Section 2: Critiquing Objectification of Children and Youth.- 7. The Daughters of Bengal: A History of the Girl Victim under ‘Western Eyes’; Samia Khatun.- 8. Search for the Child in Colonial Uganda's Educational Archives; Elisabeth E. Lefebvre. 9. Black Sites of Speculation: A Case for Theorizing Black Childhood as a Subject in Black Adult Narratives; Tammy C. Owens.- 10. Archives, Adoption Records, and Owning Historical Memory; Kelly Condit-Shrestha.- 11. Global Girl Policy and the Girl Effect: Gendered Origins and Silences; Karen Brown.- Section 3: Recognizing Children and Youth as Agents.- 12. Is It Okay to Critique Youth Activists?: Notes on the Power and Danger of Complexity; Jessica K. Taft.- 13. Re/writing Gendered Scripts: A Longitudinal Research Partnership Reshaping Gender and Education Policy and Praxis in Zanzibar, Tanzania; Emily Markovich Morris.- 14. Generational Power in Research with Children: Reflections on Risk and ‘Voice’; Anna Bolgrien, Deborah Levison, and Frances Vavrus.- 15. Youth Circulations: Tracing the Real and Imagined Circulations of Global Youth; Lauren Heidbrink and Michele Statz.

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