History and Archaeology Books
The University of Chicago Press Lies Passions Illusions
Book SynopsisWith strokes at once broad and incisive, this book examines the many different trajectories that nations of the West have followed over the past hundred years. It features a testament to the crucial role of the historian, a reflection on how history is made and lived, and how the imagination is a catalyst for political change.Trade Review"An intellectual and political testament." (Le Spectacle du Monde) "A ghost talks to us of other ghosts, and all of it seems only too present, and even prophetic." (Les Influences)"Table of ContentsTranslator's Note Introduction: Francois Furet and Paul Ricoeur: A Dialogue Interrupted Christophe Prochasson Ideas and Emotions The End of a World? On the Nation: The Universal and the Particular The Socialist Movement, the Nation, and the War The Past and the Future of the Revolution The Historian's Pursuit The Seductions of Bolshevism Critique of Totalitarianism Learning from the Past Notes
£18.00
University of Chicago Press Reading the World
Book SynopsisThe thirteenth century saw such a proliferation of new encyclopedic texts that more than one scholar has called in the century of the encyclopedias. In this study, the author examines writings in Latin, Catalan, and French that are connected to the encyclopedic movement.Trade Review"Mary Franklin-Brown has taken on the very difficult task of making the medieval encyclopedia accessible as literature and developed an original and very effective method for doing so. It has required the powers of a sophisticated literary critic together with an art historian's ability to interpret manuscript illustrations and a codicologist's understanding of the layout of the manuscript page. The result is a tour de force." (Winthrop Wetherbee, Cornell University)"
£52.25
The University of Chicago Press Capital Culture J. Carter Brown the National
Book SynopsisAmerican art museums flourished in the late twentieth century, and the impresario leading much of this growth was J. Carter Brown, director of the National Gallery of Art in Washington, DC, from 1969 to 1992. Along with S. Dillon Ripley, who served as Smithsonian secretary for much of this time, Brown reinvented the museum experience in ways that had important consequences for the cultural life of Washington and its visitors as well as for American museums in general. In Capital Culture, distinguished historian Neil Harris provides a wide-ranging look at Brown's achievement and the growth of museum culture during this crucial period. Harris combines his in-depth knowledge of American history and culture with extensive archival research, and he has interviewed dozens of key players to reveal how Brown's showmanship transformed the National Gallery. At the time of the Cold War, Washington itself was growing into a global destination, with Brown as its devoted booster. Harris describes
£24.00
The University of Chicago Press Germanys Ancient Pasts Archaeology and
Book SynopsisTrade Review"This is a very fine book, based on rich and deep research. Germany's Ancient Pasts provides a useful synthesis and overview of the development of what Maner calls 'domestic' archaeology, a field that embraces prehistory (Vorgeschichte), proto-history (Fr hgeschichte), and also geology, ethnography, folklore studies, and physical anthropology. Detailing the wide variety of purposes domestic archaeology served in the period of its flourishing (roughly 1820-1914), Maner's book tells an important and nuanced story about why it is that Germans, like other Europeans, became so involved in the excavation, collection, and exhibition of artifacts in the years after Napoleon's demise."--Suzanne L. Marchand, Louisiana State University "author of "German Orientalism in the Age of Empire" and "Down from Olympus" "
£98.80
The University of Chicago Press Germanys Ancient Pasts
Book SynopsisTrade Review"This is a very fine book, based on rich and deep research. Germany's Ancient Pasts provides a useful synthesis and overview of the development of what Maner calls 'domestic' archaeology, a field that embraces prehistory (Vorgeschichte), proto-history (Fr hgeschichte), and also geology, ethnography, folklore studies, and physical anthropology. Detailing the wide variety of purposes domestic archaeology served in the period of its flourishing (roughly 1820-1914), Maner's book tells an important and nuanced story about why it is that Germans, like other Europeans, became so involved in the excavation, collection, and exhibition of artifacts in the years after Napoleon's demise."--Suzanne L. Marchand, Louisiana State University "author of "German Orientalism in the Age of Empire" and "Down from Olympus" "
£33.25
The University of Chicago Press Music and the New Global Culture From the Great
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£74.10
The University of Chicago Press Diagramming Devotion
Book SynopsisTrade Review"Hamburger's deeply learned study highlights the significance of Berthold's endeavor, offering a pathbreaking argument about the diagrammatic disposition of medieval culture. In daring and fruitful juxtapositions, Hamburger shows how medieval and modern times share a strong reliance on diagrams, examining the expressive powers of their relational and processual modes and their claims to making truth in multiple areas of human inquiry. Within a comprehensive interpretative framework, Hamburger's exploration of numerous manuscripts and lavish illustrations extracts new layers of meaning. His analysis sustains a consistently brilliant commentary on the implications of the medieval diagram as a meditational medium, animated by a poignant desire to demonstrate, and not simply to represent, the truth of salvation history."--Brigitte Miriam Bedos-Rezak, New York University "Hamburger impressively combines the historical analysis of medieval diagrams with a discussion of modern and contemporary notions of diagrams and the diagrammatic. Diagramming Devotion presents a whole range of fascinating new visual material and broadens the art historical canon in showing how closely diagrammatic and figural modes were linked in medieval visual culture. Hamburger not only demonstrates a profound knowledge of the diagrammatic in medieval imagery but also explores its many multidisciplinary aspects. In considering the personal, emotional, and sometimes even irrational dimensions of diagrams, Hamburger opens new ways to think about the role of diagrams in medieval art and thought. Diagraming Devotion is elegantly written, a pleasure to read, and an important contribution to the field of medieval art history."--Kathrin M ller, Humboldt-Universit t "Hamburger has accomplished a rare feat among twenty-first-century scholars by bringing unknown illuminated manuscripts to light. Acutely sensitive to subtle changes made in Berthold's revision, he locates the novelties in their theological context; and, moving from image to word and from diagrams to theological arguments, Hamburger provides a rich compendium of medieval thought and offers a subtle and complicated analysis of the late thirteenth-century version that engages the most important intellectual issues of the day. Like its subject, Diagramming Devotion is at once profoundly learned and inspiringly original."--Herbert Kessler, author of Experiencing Medieval Art
£50.40
The University of Chicago Press Music and the New Global Culture From the Great
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£26.00
The University of Chicago Press Lives of the Great Languages
Book SynopsisThe story of how Latin and Arabic spread across the Mediterranean to create a cosmopolitan world of letters.Trade Review"Lives of the Great Languages is a keenly original and challenging intervention in the discussion of the life and death of languages. Anyone interested in the history of Arabic language and culture will find it informative and insightful. It is what we need in order to rethink the national and monolingual frame through which we discuss languages, literary traditions, and cultural expressions."--Wen-chin Ouyang, University of LondonTable of ContentsPart I: Group Portrait with Language Chapter 1: A Poetics of the Cosmopolitan Language Chapter 2: My Tongue Chapter 3: A Cat May Look at a King Part II: Space, Place, and the Cosmopolitan Language Chapter 4: Territory / Frontiers / Routes Chapter 5: Tracks Chapter 6: Tribal Rugs Part III: Translation and Time Chapter 7: The Soul of a New Language Chapter 8: On First Looking into Mattā’s Aristotle Chapter 9: “I Became a Fable” Chapter 10: A Spy in the House of Language Part IV: Beyond the Cosmopolitan Language Chapter 11: Silence Chapter 12: The Shadow of Latinity Chapter 13: Life Writing Acknowledgments Notes Bibliography Index
£91.00
The University of Chicago Press Lives of the Great Languages Arabic and Latin in
Book SynopsisThe story of how Latin and Arabic spread across the Mediterranean to create a cosmopolitan world of letters.Trade Review"Lives of the Great Languages is a keenly original and challenging intervention in the discussion of the life and death of languages. Anyone interested in the history of Arabic language and culture will find it informative and insightful. It is what we need in order to rethink the national and monolingual frame through which we discuss languages, literary traditions, and cultural expressions."--Wen-chin Ouyang, University of LondonTable of ContentsPart I: Group Portrait with Language Chapter 1: A Poetics of the Cosmopolitan Language Chapter 2: My Tongue Chapter 3: A Cat May Look at a King Part II: Space, Place, and the Cosmopolitan Language Chapter 4: Territory / Frontiers / Routes Chapter 5: Tracks Chapter 6: Tribal Rugs Part III: Translation and Time Chapter 7: The Soul of a New Language Chapter 8: On First Looking into Mattā’s Aristotle Chapter 9: “I Became a Fable” Chapter 10: A Spy in the House of Language Part IV: Beyond the Cosmopolitan Language Chapter 11: Silence Chapter 12: The Shadow of Latinity Chapter 13: Life Writing Acknowledgments Notes Bibliography Index
£31.00
The University of Chicago Press Power Shifts Congress and Presidential
Book SynopsisThat the president uniquely represents the national interest is a political truism, yet this idea has been transformational, shaping the efforts of Congress to remake the presidency and testing the adaptability of American constitutional government.Trade Review“Read narrowly, Power Shifts shows how notions of ‘presidential representation’ periodically convinced members of Congress to confer new authority and responsibility upon the presidency. More deeply, though, this book interrogates the role of ideas—as distinct from interests—in shaping political debates about institutional reform. Just behind all the partisan wrangling over executive power are long-standing disagreements about the possibilities of presidential leadership. Dearborn reveals their elements and significance for all to see. This book is simply magnificent.” -- William G. Howell, University of Chicago“A book for our age and for ages to come, Power Shifts shows how America’s presidential edifice has been built and sustained by Congress’s twentieth-century wrestling with presidential representation: the metaphor of a single nation anointing a single person. Along the way, Dearborn offers a fresh narrative of the modern executive and a forceful reminder that the life of ideas in politics rests in the institutional changes that embody them.” -- Daniel Carpenter, Harvard University"This is a propulsive book. . . and Dearborn keeps the reader engaged through fascinating details about legislation that Congress passes in the midst of the 20th century that not only sets up policy outcomes but also provides the president with the power to create those outcomes." * New Books Network *"In Power Shifts, John Dearborn provides a very insightful, persuasive, and engaging account of some of the most important congressional activity of the 20th century–namely, legislative efforts to expand or rein in presidential authority and capacity in key policy areas. . . . Through a well-developed argument and an excellent qualitative research design, Dearborn shows that these institutional changes were shaped by prevailing ideas about presidential and congressional decision-making. . . . Dearborn marshals a remarkable array of evidence, including hundreds of contemporaneous statements by members of Congress and opinion leaders, to show convincingly that ideas have shaped the development of the institutional presidency and the power of the two branches." * Congress & the Presidency *"Power Shifts: Congress and Presidential Representation is an ambitious and impressive exploration of 'presidential representation,' the idea that the president will lead in a manner that is best for the entire country because the president represents the whole nation... Throughout the book, Dearborn revisits major congressional policy choices and explains what role presidential representation may have played. He consults a wide range of evidence to support his arguments, including archival documents from several collections." * Political Science Quarterly *"In his remarkable book, Dearborn provides copious primary source evidence to support his thesis, and each of the case studies presents new and important information for understanding one major facet of the expansion of presidential power." * Perspectives on Politics *"John A. Dearborn’s Power Shifts is one of the best books on American political development that I have read in a very long time. His research is well-written, meticulous, and keenly sensitive to the kind of historical and documentary evidence necessary to support his causal claims that the major reforms of the presidency in the 20th century were a function of the power of an idea, presidential representation. Power Shifts goes beyond telling a good story; it is social science at its best. I recommend this book to all interested in American political development, the presidency, the power of ideas, and representation theory; quite a broad audience." * Party Politics *"Dearborn provides a very insightful, persuasive, and engaging account of some of the most important congressional activity of the 20th century. Through a well-developed argument and an excellent qualitative research design, Dearborn shows that these institutional changes were shaped by prevailing ideas about presidential and congressional decision-making." * Congress & The Presidency *Table of ContentsPreface Rethinking a Political Truism 1 Introduction: Legislating Presidential Power 2 Ideas and Political Development Part I Institutional Choice: Creating the Institutional Presidency, 1910–49[TN1] 3 Presidential Budgeting 4 Presidential Economic Policymaking 5 Presidential Reorganization Authority 6 Presidential National Security Authority Part II Institutional Durability: Reconsidering the Institutional Presidency, 1970–84 7 Congressional Pushback against Presidential Budgeting 8 Congressional Pushback against Presidential Economic Policymaking 9 Congressional Pushback against Presidential Reorganization Authority 10 Congressional Pushback against Presidential National Security Authority 11 Conclusion: Ideas and the Politics of Adaptability Acknowledgments Notes Index
£91.00
The University of Chicago Press Power Shifts
Book SynopsisThat the president uniquely represents the national interest is a political truism, yet this idea has been transformational, shaping the efforts of Congress to remake the presidency and testing the adaptability of American constitutional government.Trade Review“Read narrowly, Power Shifts shows how notions of ‘presidential representation’ periodically convinced members of Congress to confer new authority and responsibility upon the presidency. More deeply, though, this book interrogates the role of ideas—as distinct from interests—in shaping political debates about institutional reform. Just behind all the partisan wrangling over executive power are long-standing disagreements about the possibilities of presidential leadership. Dearborn reveals their elements and significance for all to see. This book is simply magnificent.” -- William G. Howell, University of Chicago“A book for our age and for ages to come, Power Shifts shows how America’s presidential edifice has been built and sustained by Congress’s twentieth-century wrestling with presidential representation: the metaphor of a single nation anointing a single person. Along the way, Dearborn offers a fresh narrative of the modern executive and a forceful reminder that the life of ideas in politics rests in the institutional changes that embody them.” -- Daniel Carpenter, Harvard University"This is a propulsive book. . . and Dearborn keeps the reader engaged through fascinating details about legislation that Congress passes in the midst of the 20th century that not only sets up policy outcomes but also provides the president with the power to create those outcomes." * New Books Network *"In Power Shifts, John Dearborn provides a very insightful, persuasive, and engaging account of some of the most important congressional activity of the 20th century–namely, legislative efforts to expand or rein in presidential authority and capacity in key policy areas. . . . Through a well-developed argument and an excellent qualitative research design, Dearborn shows that these institutional changes were shaped by prevailing ideas about presidential and congressional decision-making. . . . Dearborn marshals a remarkable array of evidence, including hundreds of contemporaneous statements by members of Congress and opinion leaders, to show convincingly that ideas have shaped the development of the institutional presidency and the power of the two branches." * Congress & the Presidency *"Power Shifts: Congress and Presidential Representation is an ambitious and impressive exploration of 'presidential representation,' the idea that the president will lead in a manner that is best for the entire country because the president represents the whole nation... Throughout the book, Dearborn revisits major congressional policy choices and explains what role presidential representation may have played. He consults a wide range of evidence to support his arguments, including archival documents from several collections." * Political Science Quarterly *"In his remarkable book, Dearborn provides copious primary source evidence to support his thesis, and each of the case studies presents new and important information for understanding one major facet of the expansion of presidential power." * Perspectives on Politics *"John A. Dearborn’s Power Shifts is one of the best books on American political development that I have read in a very long time. His research is well-written, meticulous, and keenly sensitive to the kind of historical and documentary evidence necessary to support his causal claims that the major reforms of the presidency in the 20th century were a function of the power of an idea, presidential representation. Power Shifts goes beyond telling a good story; it is social science at its best. I recommend this book to all interested in American political development, the presidency, the power of ideas, and representation theory; quite a broad audience." * Party Politics *"Dearborn provides a very insightful, persuasive, and engaging account of some of the most important congressional activity of the 20th century. Through a well-developed argument and an excellent qualitative research design, Dearborn shows that these institutional changes were shaped by prevailing ideas about presidential and congressional decision-making." * Congress & The Presidency *Table of ContentsPreface Rethinking a Political Truism 1 Introduction: Legislating Presidential Power 2 Ideas and Political Development Part I Institutional Choice: Creating the Institutional Presidency, 1910–49[TN1] 3 Presidential Budgeting 4 Presidential Economic Policymaking 5 Presidential Reorganization Authority 6 Presidential National Security Authority Part II Institutional Durability: Reconsidering the Institutional Presidency, 1970–84 7 Congressional Pushback against Presidential Budgeting 8 Congressional Pushback against Presidential Economic Policymaking 9 Congressional Pushback against Presidential Reorganization Authority 10 Congressional Pushback against Presidential National Security Authority 11 Conclusion: Ideas and the Politics of Adaptability Acknowledgments Notes Index
£31.00
Columbia University Press Prophecy Alchemy and the End of Time John of
Book SynopsisTrade ReviewDeVun's book is well-constructed, thoroughly documented, instructive, and very useful. -- Chara Crisciani American Historical Review [H]ighly readable text, amply supported by some fifty pages of endnotes, a bibliography, and a usefully compiled index, Leah DeVun has produced an original and valuable book. -- Stanton J. Linden, Washington State University SPECULUM This book offers the reader a tour of one of the more peculiar corners of medieval thought, a corner defined by the intersection of three enterprises: Spiritual Franciscanism, Joachite apocalypticism, and alchemical speculation. -- David E. Timmer Church History DeVun has written a splendid book about medieval alchemy and apocalyptic prophecy that is truly a pleasure to read. Prophecy, Alchemy, and the End of Time will be an essential item for anyone hoping to understand the history of science and religion in the later Middle Ages. -- Laura Ackerman Smoller Medievalia et Humanistica An excellent study... not only for its careful description of an underappreciated figure, but also because of the important theoretical contributions [DeVun] makes to a more holistic approach to our understanding of the history of science and to late medieval culture. -- Gregory J. Miller H-GermanTable of ContentsList of Illustrations Acknowledgments 1. Introduction 2. The Proving of Christendom 3. John of Rupescissa's Vision of the End 4. Alchemy in Theory and Practice 5. Artists and the Art 6. Metaphor and Alchemy 7. The End of Nature 8. Conclusion Bibliography Notes Index
£999.99
Columbia University Press Toward the Geopolitical Novel U.S. Fiction in the
Book SynopsisTrade ReviewThe essays in this extraordinary volume will remind scholar and layperson how much the Bible Christians use today is the product of the Middle Ages. Not only did the uses of sacred scripture shape its very format and organization, but the liturgy, habits of monastic reading, preaching techniques, dramatization, and even politics molded its contents, the layout of its pages, and its translation as well. With scientific rigor and imagination, The Practice of the Bible in the Middle Ages demonstrates the ways in which even God's word had a human history. -- Herbert L. Kessler, Johns Hopkins University, author of Judaism and Christian Art The Practice of the Bible in the Middle Ages is informed by a variety of textual, ritual, and art historical methods, in addition to more traditional exegetical questions. The central tenet of the work, and the fruit of that integration, is that the Bible was never simply or even primarily a text in the Middle Ages. Rather, it was a plastic and multiform body of texts that were meant to be thoroughly incorporated into one's prayer, worship, and daily life, and a variety of means were available to aid that process. -- Louis I. Hamilton, Drew University The Practice of the Bible in the Middle Ages is one of those reference books that you must have in your Medieval library. -- Rebecca Graf Bella Online Recommended. Choice stimulating Journal of Theological Studies Its straightforward style makes it uniquely suitable for teaching. It would form an excellent textbook and should seriously be considered by anyone contemplating teaching an undergraduate course on the Bible in the Middle Ages. Medieval Review ...a valuable and accessible starting-point for the study of the medieval Bible and of its reception. -- Emily Corran Journal of Ecclesiastical History The book offers a useful survey for undergraduates, graduate students, and lecturers looking for a way into a dense but critically important topic. -- Owen M. Phelan Religious Studies Review The articles provide a clear and contextualised introduction to the topics they cover -- L. Donkin English Historical ReviewTable of ContentsContents Acknowledgments Abbreviations 1. Orientation for the Reader Susan Boynton and Diane J. Reilly 2. The Bible and the Liturgy Susan Boynton 3. Bibles, Biblical Books, and the Monastic Liturgy in the Early Middle Ages Richard Gyug 4. When Monks Were the Book: The Bible and Monasticism (6th-11th Centuries) Isabelle Cochelin 5. The Bible and the Meaning of History Jennifer A. Harris 6. Lectern Bibles and Liturgical Reform in the Central Middle Ages Diane J. Reilly 7. The Italian Giant Bibles Lila Yawn 8. Biblical Exegesis Through the Twelfth Century Frans van Liere 9. Mendicant School Exegesis Bert Roest 10. "A Ladder Set Up on Earth": The Bible in Medieval Sermons Eyal Poleg 11. The Bible and the Individual: The Thirteenth-Century Paris Bible Laura Light 12. The Illustrated Psalter: Luxury and Practical Use Stella Panayotova 13. The Bible in English in the Middle Ages Richard Marsden 14. The Old French Bible: The First Complete Vernacular Bible in Western Europe Clive R. Sneddon 15. Castilian Vernacular Bibles in Iberia, c. 1250-1500 Emily C. Francomano Glossary Contributors Index
£95.00
Columbia University Press The Practice of the Bible in the Middle Ages
Book SynopsisIn this volume, specialists in literature, theology, liturgy, manuscript studies, and history introduce the medieval culture of the Bible in Western Christianity. Emphasizing the living quality of the text and the unique literary traditions that arose from it, they show the many ways in which the Bible was read, performed, recorded, and interpreted by various groups in medieval Europe. An initial orientation introduces the origins, components, and organization of medieval Bibles. Subsequent chapters address the use of the Bible in teaching and preaching, the production and purpose of Biblical manuscripts in religious life, early vernacular versions of the Bible, its influence on medieval historical accounts, the relationship between the Bible and monasticism, and instances of privileged and practical use, as well as the various forms the text took in different parts of Europe. The dedicated merging of disciplines, both within each chapter and overall in the book, enable readers to encoTrade ReviewThe essays in this extraordinary volume will remind scholar and layperson how much the Bible Christians use today is the product of the Middle Ages. Not only did the uses of sacred scripture shape its very format and organization, but the liturgy, habits of monastic reading, preaching techniques, dramatization, and even politics molded its contents, the layout of its pages, and its translation as well. With scientific rigor and imagination, The Practice of the Bible in the Middle Ages demonstrates the ways in which even God's word had a human history. -- Herbert L. Kessler, Johns Hopkins University, author of Judaism and Christian Art The Practice of the Bible in the Middle Ages is informed by a variety of textual, ritual, and art historical methods, in addition to more traditional exegetical questions. The central tenet of the work, and the fruit of that integration, is that the Bible was never simply or even primarily a text in the Middle Ages. Rather, it was a plastic and multiform body of texts that were meant to be thoroughly incorporated into one's prayer, worship, and daily life, and a variety of means were available to aid that process. -- Louis I. Hamilton, Drew University The Practice of the Bible in the Middle Ages is one of those reference books that you must have in your Medieval library. -- Rebecca Graf Bella Online Recommended. Choice stimulating Journal of Theological Studies Its straightforward style makes it uniquely suitable for teaching. It would form an excellent textbook and should seriously be considered by anyone contemplating teaching an undergraduate course on the Bible in the Middle Ages. Medieval Review ...a valuable and accessible starting-point for the study of the medieval Bible and of its reception. -- Emily Corran Journal of Ecclesiastical History The book offers a useful survey for undergraduates, graduate students, and lecturers looking for a way into a dense but critically important topic. -- Owen M. Phelan Religious Studies Review The articles provide a clear and contextualised introduction to the topics they cover -- L. Donkin English Historical ReviewTable of ContentsContents Acknowledgments Abbreviations 1. Orientation for the Reader Susan Boynton and Diane J. Reilly 2. The Bible and the Liturgy Susan Boynton 3. Bibles, Biblical Books, and the Monastic Liturgy in the Early Middle Ages Richard Gyug 4. When Monks Were the Book: The Bible and Monasticism (6th-11th Centuries) Isabelle Cochelin 5. The Bible and the Meaning of History Jennifer A. Harris 6. Lectern Bibles and Liturgical Reform in the Central Middle Ages Diane J. Reilly 7. The Italian Giant Bibles Lila Yawn 8. Biblical Exegesis Through the Twelfth Century Frans van Liere 9. Mendicant School Exegesis Bert Roest 10. "A Ladder Set Up on Earth": The Bible in Medieval Sermons Eyal Poleg 11. The Bible and the Individual: The Thirteenth-Century Paris Bible Laura Light 12. The Illustrated Psalter: Luxury and Practical Use Stella Panayotova 13. The Bible in English in the Middle Ages Richard Marsden 14. The Old French Bible: The First Complete Vernacular Bible in Western Europe Clive R. Sneddon 15. Castilian Vernacular Bibles in Iberia, c. 1250-1500 Emily C. Francomano Glossary Contributors Index
£28.50
Columbia University Press Heroes and Toilers
Book SynopsisHeroes and Toilers offers an unprecedented account of life and labor in postwar North Korea that looks at both governance and popular resistance. Cheehyung Harrison Kim traces the state’s pursuit of progress through industrialism and examines how ordinary people challenged the state every step of the way.Trade ReviewNorth Korea really comes alive in this book as a place inhabited by real human beings with the same problems we all have—a rare achievement in the literature. The author is objective in the best sense—he gives North Korea its due, unlike most authors, but also reserves a serious critique. Heroes and Toilers is by far the best recent book on North Korea and is one of the best books ever written on contemporary Korea. -- Bruce Cumings, University of ChicagoWith poetic fierceness, Kim tackles the knotted relationship between capital, nation, and state during North Korea’s nation-building years. His exhaustive archival research illuminates both the unique and universal aspects of North Korea’s industrial development. Kim’s sensitivity to language and image and his attentiveness to lived experience make for an intimate portrait of work and everyday life as embedded in politics and economics in a time of tremendous transformation. -- Dafna Zur, Stanford UniversityA pioneering exploration of post-Korean War industrial work in the DPRK, Heroes and Toilers greatly enriches our understanding of a crucial period and topic in North Korea’s history before the Juche era. Combining robust conceptual formulations with deft source analyses, the author illuminates the variegated ways in which ordinary North Koreans performed labor and pursued individual and collective goals, as reflective and willful humans in tune with the specific opportunities and constraints of their day. This superb book provides ample food for thought in its highly compelling placement of postwar North Korean industrialism and society within the core processes and trends of modern global history. -- Charles R. Kim, University of Wisconsin-MadisonAn outstanding study. * Choice *Heroes and Toilers is the first academic monograph in English devoted specifically to the formation of North Korea's industrial labor force and the living conditions of workers, rather than describing the process of industrialization from the perspective of an economist. As such, it is an important contribution to scholarship. * Cross-Currents *By employing the concepts of work and everyday life as his theoretical and analytical focus, Kim successfully demonstrates how dominance and resistance in everyday life translated into the dual outcomes of socialist industrial transformation and the consolidation of state hegemony in early North Korea. . . . Kim’s book provides insightful understanding for students and scholars of North Korean studies, socialism, and labor history. * Journal of Asian Studies *Kim makes skillful use of a variety of materials to argue that state power and planning were incomplete and, indeed, relied on individual spontaneity and efforts to function at all. * Journal of Korean Studies *Heroes and Toilers presents a counterargument to the claims that North Korea is an unknowable black box in the form of a cogent, balanced, and rigorously researched narrative that will resonate with historians, social scientists, and scholars of Korean studies. * Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies *Table of ContentsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction: Postwar North Korea, the Era of Work1. The Historical Concept of Work2. Work as State Practice3. Producing the Everyday Life of Work4. The Rhythm of Everyday Work, in Six Parts5. Vinalon City: Industrialism as Socialist Everyday LifeConclusion: The Negation of Work and Other Everyday ManeuversNotesBibliographyIndex
£80.39
Columbia University Press Heroes and Toilers
Book SynopsisHeroes and Toilers offers an unprecedented account of life and labor in postwar North Korea that looks at both governance and popular resistance. Cheehyung Harrison Kim traces the state’s pursuit of progress through industrialism and examines how ordinary people challenged the state every step of the way.Trade ReviewNorth Korea really comes alive in this book as a place inhabited by real human beings with the same problems we all have—a rare achievement in the literature. The author is objective in the best sense—he gives North Korea its due, unlike most authors, but also reserves a serious critique. Heroes and Toilers is by far the best recent book on North Korea and is one of the best books ever written on contemporary Korea. -- Bruce Cumings, University of ChicagoWith poetic fierceness, Kim tackles the knotted relationship between capital, nation, and state during North Korea’s nation-building years. His exhaustive archival research illuminates both the unique and universal aspects of North Korea’s industrial development. Kim’s sensitivity to language and image and his attentiveness to lived experience make for an intimate portrait of work and everyday life as embedded in politics and economics in a time of tremendous transformation. -- Dafna Zur, Stanford UniversityA pioneering exploration of post-Korean War industrial work in the DPRK, Heroes and Toilers greatly enriches our understanding of a crucial period and topic in North Korea’s history before the Juche era. Combining robust conceptual formulations with deft source analyses, the author illuminates the variegated ways in which ordinary North Koreans performed labor and pursued individual and collective goals, as reflective and willful humans in tune with the specific opportunities and constraints of their day. This superb book provides ample food for thought in its highly compelling placement of postwar North Korean industrialism and society within the core processes and trends of modern global history. -- Charles R. Kim, University of Wisconsin-MadisonAn outstanding study. * Choice *Heroes and Toilers is the first academic monograph in English devoted specifically to the formation of North Korea's industrial labor force and the living conditions of workers, rather than describing the process of industrialization from the perspective of an economist. As such, it is an important contribution to scholarship. * Cross-Currents *By employing the concepts of work and everyday life as his theoretical and analytical focus, Kim successfully demonstrates how dominance and resistance in everyday life translated into the dual outcomes of socialist industrial transformation and the consolidation of state hegemony in early North Korea. . . . Kim’s book provides insightful understanding for students and scholars of North Korean studies, socialism, and labor history. * Journal of Asian Studies *Kim makes skillful use of a variety of materials to argue that state power and planning were incomplete and, indeed, relied on individual spontaneity and efforts to function at all. * Journal of Korean Studies *Heroes and Toilers presents a counterargument to the claims that North Korea is an unknowable black box in the form of a cogent, balanced, and rigorously researched narrative that will resonate with historians, social scientists, and scholars of Korean studies. * Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies *Table of ContentsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction: Postwar North Korea, the Era of Work1. The Historical Concept of Work2. Work as State Practice3. Producing the Everyday Life of Work4. The Rhythm of Everyday Work, in Six Parts5. Vinalon City: Industrialism as Socialist Everyday LifeConclusion: The Negation of Work and Other Everyday ManeuversNotesBibliographyIndex
£23.75
Columbia University Press The Sarashina Diary A Womans Life in
Book SynopsisA thousand years ago, a young Japanese girl began a diary; from it, she skillfully created an autobiography later in life. This reader’s edition streamlines Sonja Arntzen and Moriyuki Itō’s acclaimed translation of the Sarashina Diary for general readers and classroom use, offering insight into the author’s world and the diary's textual history.Table of ContentsPreface and AcknowledgmentsIntroductionSarashina DiaryAppendix 1. Family and Social ConnectionsAppendix 2. MapsAppendix 3. List of Place Names Mentioned in the Sarashina DiaryNotesBibliographyIndex
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Columbia University Press Threatening Property Race Class and Campaigns to
Book SynopsisElizabeth Herbin-Triant investigates early-twentieth-century campaigns for residential segregation laws in North Carolina to show how the version of white supremacy supported by middle-class white people differed from that supported by the elites. Class divides halted Jim Crow from mandating separate neighborhoods for black and white southerners.Trade ReviewHerbin-Triant tackles a surprisingly neglected aspect of the Jim Crow era—efforts to impose residential segregation in urban and rural areas. Insightfully integrating considerations of race and class and probing how they intersected with the defense of property rights, she sheds new light on attempts to legally separate blacks and whites. An important contribution to southern and American history. -- Eric Foner, Columbia UniversityPaying careful attention to social and legal processes in urban and rural contexts, Threatening Property refutes the often-unexamined notion that the rise of de jure segregation unified whites and subordinated blacks. In this pathbreaking study, Herbin-Triant reveals a crucial avenue of research for scholars and points the way forward. -- Kenneth Mack, author of Representing the Race: The Creation of the Civil Rights LawyerSkillfully combining local and transnational approaches, Threatening Property reveals the class struggle underlying campaigns for residential segregation in the South, shattering the myth of a unity of interests among white southerners. Following in the tradition of C. Vann Woodward, Elizabeth Herbin-Triant offers a nuanced and sophisticated analysis of Jim Crow’s contested career. -- Adrienne Monteith Petty, author of Standing Their Ground: Small Farmers in North Carolina Since the Civil WarWhen Clarence Poe of the Progressive Farmer launched his 1913 campaign to segregate the rural south, it divided opinion in surprising ways. In her nuanced, well-supported, and crisply written social history, Elizabeth Herbin-Triant explores the intersection of race, class, and ideological fault lines in this story of strange bedfellows. -- Mark Schultz, author of The Rural Face of White Supremacy: Beyond Jim CrowHerbin-Triant provides significant insight into the broader national landscape during the Jim Crow era . . . Recommended. * Choice *This book is a must read for anyone interested in civil rights, urban development, or social policy in the South. It introduces ideas and areas that researchers can mine in future projects, and presents a model for studying public and private spaces in other states. * North Carolina Historical Review *This highly readable book should be of interest to many disciplines (urban sociology, geography, history, city planning) and to many lay readers as well. * Journal of Urban Affairs *Table of ContentsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction1. Middling Whites in Postbellum North Carolina2. Fusion, Democrats, and the Scarecrow of Race3. Inspirations for Residential Segregation4. Separating Residences in the Camel City5. Jim Crow for the CountrysideConclusion: Planning for Residential Segregation After BuchananNotesBibliographyIndex
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Indiana University Press Memory Politics and Yugoslav Migrations to
Book SynopsisTrade ReviewThis is an excellent book, informative, rich in insights, and well written. It should be read by migration scholars as well as those interested in post-war Germany and in the emigration history of Yugoslavia. * European History Quarterly *[O]utstanding....[A]n important and timely book that anyone interested in postwar Germany or migration in post-1945 Europe should seek out. * Slavic Review *Molnar's study is a solidly researched, carefully argued, and persuasive contribution to both German history and the history of migration in postwar Europe. * Central European History *
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Indiana University Press Memory Politics and Yugoslav Migrations to
Book SynopsisTrade ReviewThis is an excellent book, informative, rich in insights, and well written. It should be read by migration scholars as well as those interested in post-war Germany and in the emigration history of Yugoslavia. * European History Quarterly *[O]utstanding....[A]n important and timely book that anyone interested in postwar Germany or migration in post-1945 Europe should seek out. * Slavic Review *Molnar's study is a solidly researched, carefully argued, and persuasive contribution to both German history and the history of migration in postwar Europe. * Central European History *
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Indiana University Press God Land
Book SynopsisThrough a thoughtful interrogation of the effects of faith and religion on our lives, our relationships, and our country, God Land investigates whether our divides can ever be bridged and if America can ever come together.Trade ReviewGod Land is a courageous narrative account of the religious and political divides that threaten to rip America down its middle. * Foreword Reviews *Lenz holds light to the hypocrisy she finds. And her overall conclusions — that so much of this boils down to white supremacy and white privilege — is not what I was expecting from this book, but so helpful to me. By no means is Lenz, a middle class white woman, the first to point out white supremacy in American Christianity. But I found the structure of her arguments incredibly compelling and straightforward, for me, also an upper middle class white woman. * She Can't Stop Reading *God Land is a gritty, insightful tour guide into some of the realities of the American Midwest. In this highly readable book, journalist Lyz Lenz provides her reader with a window into her own lived experiences as an Iowa transplant, a victim of sexist evangelical church cultures, a divorcee and a mother—a woman entangled with broader cultural histories of white Protestant America, nostalgia, and loss in the heartland. . . . Highly recommended. -- Kristy Nabhan-Warren * Indiana Magazine of History *This work will resonate with any readers interested in understanding American landscapes where white, evangelical Christianity dominates both politics and culture. * Publishers Weekly *[Lenz's] sharp, insightful prose and deep compassion help illuminate many facets of a complicated region and its ties to Christianity. And like the people she meets, Lenz can't quite give up her stubborn longing for a big-hearted faith and an even bigger God. The result is an incisive, sober-eyed yet hopeful look at a vital aspect of American culture. * Shelf Awareness *Table of Contents Dangerous Speculation The Heart of the Heartland Yearning for Better Days The Pew and the Pulpit The Church of the Air Room at the Table A Muscular Jesus The Asian American Reformed Church of Bigelow, Minnesota Bridging the Divide A Den of Thieves Satanists Potluck Reclaiming Our Faith The Fire Outside
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University of Notre Dame Press Culture of Enlightening
Book SynopsisBurson examines Yvon’s work in order to explore broader trends in the diverse ways eighteenth-century individuals spoke about enlightening human reason, religion, and society.Trade Review"This is one of the most vital recent scholarly books to be written on the culture of the French learned world during the period of the 'Enlightenment.' With the rise of interest in Catholic responses to the lumières, this work focuses astutely and with bright focus on the 'entangling' of Catholic theologians and savants, on the one hand, and secular Enlightenment thinkers, on the other. . . . A remarkable, erudite, compelling, and major study, reconceptualizing much of 'Enlightenment' studies, and it will change the ways in which unbiased readers approach the eighteenth century." —Alan Charles Kors, Henry Charles Lea Professor Emeritus of History, University of Pennsylvania"This is a splendidly researched book that sheds light on the life of an overlooked yet fascinating figure of the Enlightenment and makes a crucial contribution to Enlightenment scholarship. The author does a great job situating the Abbé Yvon's life in the context of eighteenth-century intellectual culture and showing how the complex and even contradictory elements of his thought were representative of broader trends." —Anton M. Matytsin, Kenyon College"Jeffrey Burson's thorough study of the obscure, sometimes ridiculed, Abbé Claude Yvon provides a compelling vehicle for examining the 'culture of enlightening.' Through meticulous research and erudite analysis, Burson examines Yvon's lengthy and eclectic body of work to illustrate that the Enlightenment was neither monolithic nor a series of discrete movements. This book emphasizes the Enlightenment as a process in which different modes of thought intersected with one another, sometimes in conflicting and contradictory ways. Through this impressive case study in which we see the interaction between individuals and ideas, Burson provides the outlines of a 'cultural revolution,' defined by ideas, interactions, interventions, and contingency." —Mita Choudhury, Vassar College"The Culture of Enlightening does nothing less than offer a new vision of the Enlightenment, one that is less about portioning off the intellectual movement into distinct, reified groups and more about a shared, common culture of borrowing and mutually constructive debates." —Journal of Jesuit StudiesTable of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction Part I. The Culture of Enlightening en Sorbonne and the Formation of Claude Yvon Into the Mid-Century Maelstrom: Claude Yvon between Sorbonne and the Encyclopédistes The Encyclopédie and the Polarization of Enlightening Culture in France Part 2. Yvon the Encyclopédiste I: Metphysics, Logic, and the History of Philosophy Yvon the Encyclopédiste II: Immortality, Immateriality, and an Abbé’s Dalliance with Vitalistic Materialism Yvon the Encyclopédiste III: Moral Philosophy, Practical Theology, and the Problem of Evil Part 3. Yvon in Exile, 1752-1762 The Return from Exile, c. 1762-1768 The Quest to Harmonize Philosophy and Religion: The First Attempt, 1762-1768 Out of the Ashes?: Yvon at Château d’Ormes, c. 1771-1774 From Yvon’s Last Stand before the General Assembly of the Clergy to His Last Days, c. 1770-1789 Yvon Post-Mortem: Concluding Reflections on the Cultural and Theological Revolution of Enlightening List of Abbreviations Notes Bibliography
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MR - University of Notre Dame Press A Boccaccian Renaissance Essays on the Early
Book SynopsisA Boccaccian Renaissance brings together internationally recognized scholars to reveal Boccaccio’s impact on early modern literature and culture in Italy and Europe.Trade Review“This is a collection of strong essays by leading experts in the field that break new ground in our understanding of the diverse reworkings of Boccaccio’s works in the Renaissance and beyond, both in Italy and in Europe. These contributions are independently rigorous and original works. The book will be useful to readers in a variety of fields in studies of medieval and Renaissance Italian and European traditions and beyond. I agree wholeheartedly with the editors that the chapters ‘leave signs of how much work still needs to be done and from what perspective that work must begin.'" —Kristina M. Olson, George Mason University"Giovanni Boccaccio’s presence as it radiates through time and space is captured and distilled in this elegantly conceived volume. Martin Eisner and David Lummus have gathered and framed twelve distinguished essays on the 'Renaissance Boccaccio'; together they offer a compelling reexamination of the impact of this most generous of Italy’s tre corone." —Teodolinda Barolini, Lorenzo Da Ponte Professor of Italian, Columbia University“The book enhances in a number of ways our knowledge of Boccaccio’s legacy in the Renaissance, particularly in the area of the history of the book, but also Boccaccio’s significance as a political thinker, his obsession with the pastoral, his role in the birth of Renaissance comedy, and new aspects of his influence in France, Spain, and England. The scholarship is very sound, as most contributors are acknowledged leaders in their fields.” —Martin McLaughlin, University of Oxford"A Boccaccian Renaissance opens a window on various aspects of Boccaccio studies and provides insights into literary and cultural trends across centuries, countries, and languages, which will certainly be of great interest to scholars of the early modern period." —Sixteenth Century JournalTable of ContentsIntroduction: “Finding the Renaissance Boccaccio” by Martin Eisner and David Lummus Part 1. Boccaccio and Renaissance Humanism 1. “Boccaccio and the Political Thought of Renaissance Humanism” by James Hankins 2. “Boccaccio’s Humanist Brigata: Reading the Decameron in the Quattrocento” by Timothy Kircher Part 2. Framing the Renaissance Boccaccio 3. “Poets Prefer Company: Boccaccio’s Portraits and the Three Crowns of Florence” by Victoria Kirkham 4. “Under the Cover of a Green-Hued Book: Boccaccio’s Pastoral Project” by Jonathan Combs-Schilling 5. “Squarzafico’s Vita di Boccaccio and Early Modern Print Culture: A New Model for the Study of Biography” by Rhiannon Daniels 6. “Vernacularizing the Latin Boccaccio In Fifteenth- and Sixteenth-Century Italy: Notes on Niccolò Liburnio’s Delli Monti, Selve, Boschi and Giuseppe Betussi’s Genealogia De Gli Dei” by Simon Gilson Part 3. Boccaccio in Renaissance Italy 7. “Along the Path of Disaster: The Decameron and Bembo's Prose” by Michael Sherberg 8. “‘For instruction and benefit’: The Renaissance Boccaccio as Model of Language and Life” by Brian Richardson 9. “De nuptiis comoediae et novellae: Italian Comedy Receives Boccaccio’s Decameron (1486-1533)” by Ronald L. Martinez Part 4. Boccaccio in Renaissance Europe 10. “Language, Nation, Translation: When Boccaccio’s Unnatural Prose Becomes ‘le commun langaige Francoys’” by Marc Schachter 11. “Boccaccio in the Spanish Renaissance: Juan de Flores’s Grimalte y Gradisa” by Ignacio Navarrete 12. “Regendering Griselda on the London Stage” by Janet Levarie Smarr
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MP-WIS Uni of Wisconsin The End of Prussia
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MP-WIS Uni of Wisconsin La Grande Italia The Myth of the Nation in the Twentieth Century
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MP-WIS Uni of Wisconsin Stalin in Russian Satire 19171991
Book SynopsisIlluminates the efforts of Russian satirists in exorcising the ghost of Stalin. Examining works from the 1917 Revolution to the fall of the Soviet Union in 1991, this book reveals how satirical treatments of Stalin often emphasize his otherness, distancing him from Russian culture.Trade ReviewRyan is unique in her focus on the methods and devices used for satiric distortion of Stalin's image. This angle allows her to examine Soviet/Russian national complexes rather than Stalin as a historical figure. - Mark Lipovetsky, author of Russian Postmodernist Fiction: Dialogue with Chaos
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Yale University Press Heroes Martyrs and Political Messiahs in
Book SynopsisA leading scholar sheds light on the experiences of ordinary Cubans in the unseating of the dictator Fulgencio Batista In this important and timely volume, one of today's foremost experts on Cuban history and politics fills a significant gap in the literature, illuminating how Cuba's electoral democracy underwent a tumultuous transformation into a military dictatorship. Lillian Guerra draws on her years of research in newly opened archives and on personal interviews to shed light on the men and women of Cuba who participated in mass mobilization and civic activism to establish social movements in their quest for social and racial justice and for more accountable leadership. Driven by a sense of duty toward la patria (the fatherland) and their dedication to heroism and martyrdom, these citizens built a powerful underground revolutionary culture that shaped and witnessed the overthrow of Batista in the late 1950s. Beautifully illustrated with archival photographs, this volume is a stunniTrade Review“Lillian Guerra’s Heroes, Martyrs, and Political Messiahs in Revolutionary Cuba, 1946–1958 is an important contribution to a growing body of competing narratives about the character of pre-1959 Cuban political culture” — Barry Carr, American Historical Review"This is the story suppressed and smothered over with propaganda by the Castro dictatorship for nearly sixty years. It is written with passionate precision from a personal yet rigorous and thoroughly scholarly perspective."--Roberto González Echevarría, author of Love and the Law in Cervantes “Outrage, pride, and belief in the need for change” characterized Cuba’s protest politics as its democratic regime imploded in the 1940s. Guerra traces those themes in her illuminating discussion of often-forgotten key aspects of Fulgencio Batista’s dictatorship during the 1950s and examines the rise of opposition, then revolutionary violence against his rule, placing Fidel Castro only as one of many in this multifaceted process. She shows as well how Castro crafted his personal victory in the end. Guerra’s impressive research, strong authorial voice, and attention to the views not just of the winners but also the losers, the traitors, and the lowly enrich this riveting account of the making of a revolutionary Cuba."--Jorge I. Domínguez, Harvard University "Professor Guerra's account of the events leading up to the Cuban Revolution is key to understanding why it occurred and how this history will influence Cuba's future in the post-Castro era."—John Caulfield, Former Chief of the US Interests Section, Havana, Cuba"This fascinating book undoubtedly is the best political history of Cuba’s 1946-1958 period: profound analysis but never boring, great literary readability that prompts continuous readers’ interest, a treasure of documented history that reveals many previously unknown, important facts."--Carmelo Mesa-Lago, author of Voices of Change in Cuba from the Expanding Non-State Sector
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Yale University Press Return from the Natives
Book SynopsisPart intellectual biography, part cultural history, and part history of the human sciences, this book is a reminder that the Second World War and the Cold War were a clash of cultures, not just ideologies. It examines how far intellectuals should involve themselves in politics. It also looks at US' relationship with Afghanistan, Iraq and Iran.Trade Review"Balanced, fascinating, and extremely detailed ... Excellent."-Library Journal Library Journal "Bracing and lively."-Books and Culture Books and Culture 'Peter Mandler's account of an important episode in the history of American social science is carefully researched, balanced and consistently interesting.'-Adam Kuper, TLS -- Adam Kuper TLS "Mandler has done an excellent job recovering the important work they did and showing that Mead et al. were not simply 'nervous liberals' defending their ideals but part of a wider mobilization of intellectuals and scholars that sought to promote liberal and universalist values worldwide."-David Ekbladh, Journal of American Studies -- David Ekbladh Journal of American Studies "An outstanding scholarly accomplishment and a most intriguing and provocative book."-Michael E. Latham, Journal of Cold War Studies -- Michael E. Latham Journal of Cold War Studies
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Yale University Press Preaching Building and Burying
Book SynopsisFriars transformed the relationship of the church to laymen by taking religion outside to public and domestic spaces. This book aims book to analyze the friars' influence on the growth and transformation of medieval buildings and urban spaces.Trade ReviewWinner of the 2016 biennial Jaroslav Pelikan Award, administered by Yale University Press. -- Award * Jaroslav Pelican *“[A] novel perspective on the architecture of the mendicant orders during the crucial centuries that witnessed their extraordinary expansion.”—Claudia Bolgia, Burlington Magazine -- Claudia Bolgia * Burlington Magazine *
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Yale University Press Jewish Materialism The Intellectual Revolution of
Book SynopsisA paradigm-shifting account of the modern Jewish experience, from one of the most creative young historians of his generationTo understand the organizing framework of modern Judaism, Eliyahu Stern believes that we should look deeper and farther than the Holocaust, the establishment of the State of Israel, and the influence and affluence of American Jewry. Against the revolutionary backdrop of mid-nineteenth-century Europe, Stern unearths the path that led a group of rabbis, scientists, communal leaders, and political upstarts to reconstruct the core tenets of Judaism and join the vanguard of twentieth-century revolutionary politics. In the face of dire poverty and rampant anti-Semitism, they mobilized Judaism for projects directed at ensuring the fair and equal distribution of resources in society. Their program drew as much from the universalism of Karl Marx and Charles Darwin as from the messianism and utopianism of biblical and Kabbalistic works. Once described as a religion consisting of rituals, reason, and rabbinics, Judaism was now also rooted in land, labor, and bodies. Exhaustively researched, this original, revisionist account challenges our standard narratives of nationalism, secularization, and de-Judaization.Trade Review“A daring book”—Brian Horowitz, American Historical ReviewWinner of the Pelikan Award, sponsored by Yale University“With deep erudition and stunningly original analysis, Eliyahu Stern’s Jewish Materialism recovers a lost intellectual revolution to provocatively challenge the master narrative of modern Jewish politics."—James Loeffler, University of Virginia "Earnest and erudite, Stern connects Jewish thought to Jewish experience. This fresh and innovative account of the materialism of the 1870s reveals common origins of later Jewish commitments to Zionism, socialism, and liberalism. Above all, it historicizes Jewish commitments to social justice."—Timothy Snyder, Yale University“This is an outstanding and groundbreaking work which will alter our perception of nineteenth-century eastern European Jewry, the rise of Jewish nationalism and modern Judaism. This should be compulsory reading for anyone studying this period.”—Jonatan Meir, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev "Stern specializes in eye opening! For all those assuming Judaism and materialism were on radically diverging paths in the world of 19th century Russian Jewry, this brilliant book will come as a salutary shock. It chronicles the countless ways in which writers and thinkers struggled to make religion and a realistic understanding of Jewish life come together. The dilemma elegantly set out by Stern has never really gone away, making the book timely in every possible sense."—Simon Schama “Drawing on a wealth of untapped sources, Eliyahu Stern rescues a largely forgotten generation of Russian Jewish intellectuals who came of age in the 1870s. Reversing the age-old stigmatization of Jews as base materialists besotted by worldly riches, Stern’s fascinating history reveals the foundations for a robust secular Jewish identity in thetwenty-first century.”—Martin Jay, author of Reason after Its Eclipse: On Late Critical Theory
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Yale University Press Enraged
Book SynopsisTrade Review“An engaging and sometimes inspiring guide to the rich complexities of the Iliad.”—Mary Beard, New York Times Book Review"Anhalt has taken on three of history’s most important works of literature and applied their lessons to the present day. Enraged is an important reminder that reflection, dialogue, and empathy have no boundaries or time limits."—Amanda Foreman, author of Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire"The moral power of Greek myths is tireless in questioning the human passion for violence. Reading this lively book brings back to life the urgent need to be so questioned."—Gregory Nagy, Harvard University“This book closely engages with ancient texts and in so doing shows how turning one’s gaze away from political and social issues of the twenty-first century can actually help one return to those issues with new perspective and modes of approach.”—Jonathan Master, Emory University
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WW Norton & Co Looking Backward A Photographic Portrait of the
Book SynopsisHaunting views of the early twentieth century’s most significant events flank pictures of the last remnants of the premodern world.Trade Review"The author is one of America's leading photographic historians and so a collection of images selected by him is going to appeal to the professional eye as well as the more casual enquiring reader... A fascinating collection, annotated in great detail, and certainly food for thought and meditation." -- State Media
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LUP - University of Michigan Press Cultures of Yusin
Book SynopsisExamines the turbulent period of South Korea's Fourth Republic (1972-79), beginning with its declaration by Park Chung Hee and ending with his assassination. This volume brings together a wide range of scholars to explore the rich and varied cultural production of the Yusin period, especially in its relationship to state power.Trade ReviewCultures of Yusin brings to the fore the hitherto neglected area of research: the culture of the 1970s as a site of national identity for both the state and the oppositional social movement; as a site of state indoctrination and mobilization of the citizenry and simultaneously of subversive-and individualized-expression of the people; and as a source of plural meanings and lived experiences for the people, among others. Each chapter presents new factual and historical knowledge on unfamiliar topics, and offers fresh and informed perspectives and interpretations on areas we thought we already knew."" - Namhee Lee, UCLA
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LUP - University of Michigan Press Carolingian Chronicles Royal Frankish Annals and
Book SynopsisMakes available for the first time in English two works which together form the most comprehensive and official contemporary record of the rise and fall of the Carolingian Empire: The Royal Frankish Annals and Nithard's Histories.
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LUP - University of Michigan Press The Postwar Transformation of Germany Democracy
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LUP - University of Michigan Press Defining Dominion The Discourses of Magic and Witchcraft in Early Modern France and Germany
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LUP - University of Michigan Press Secret History
Book SynopsisA scathing indictment of the emperor Justinian and his 6th-century Byzantine court by the greatest historian of the period
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The University of Michigan Press Building the East German Myth
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LUP - University of Michigan Press Kingship and Justice in the Ottonian Empire
Book SynopsisChallenges traditional views of the Ottonian Empire's rulership. Drawing from a broad array of sources including royal diplomas, manuscript illuminations, Ottonian kingship and the administration of justice are investigated using traditional historical and comparative methodologies as well as through the application of modern systems theories.
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The University of Michigan Press Intimate Reading
Book SynopsisExplores the ways that women mystics sought to make their books into vehicles for the reader's spiritual transformation. Jessica Barr argues that the cognitive work of reading these texts was meant to stimulate intensely personal responses, and that the very materiality of the book can produce an intimate encounter with God.Trade Review“Extremely compelling, and a useful way to look anew at some of the texts in the medieval devotional canon. Intimate Reading makes a significant contribution to the study of women’s reading in the Middle Ages, hagiography studies, and the study of medieval devotional literature." —Jennifer N. Brown, Marymount Manhattan College"Tying together a set of important aspects of medieval spiritual literature, Intimate Reading makes an elegant contribution to medieval literary studies and feminist/queer studies." —Sylvain Piron, École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales
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The University of Michigan Press SitDown
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University of California Press World in the Long Twentieth Century An
Book SynopsisWhat can be called the long twentieth century represents the most miraculous and creative era in human history. It was also the most destructive. Over the past 150 years, modern societies across the globe have passed through an extraordinary and completely unprecedented transformation rooted in the technological developments of the nineteenth century. The World in the Long Twentieth Century lays out a framework for understanding the fundamental factors that have shaped our world on a truly global scale, analyzing the historical trends, causes, and consequences of the key forces at work. Spanning the 1870s to the present, this book explores the making of the modern world as a connected pattern of global developments. Students will learn to think about the past two centuries as a process, a series of political and economic upheavals, technological advances, and environmental transformations that have shaped the long twentieth century.Trade Review"Edward Dickinson has written a very important and original survey of modern world history, one that deserves to be widely read and discussed. For specialists in the history of the twentieth century, this is an indispensable text." * Journal of Modern History *"A tremendous achievement, a grand synthesis at its best. . . . its range, its ability to connect sweeping trends to local or national details, and its ability to move from economic to cultural, political to ecological themes, is deeply impressive." * New Global Studies *Table of ContentsIntroduction 1. The Biological Transformation of Modern Times Population Explosion, 1800–2000 Expansion into Challenging Biomes, 1800–2000 A Century of Mass Migrations, 1840–1940 2. Foundations of the Modern Global Economy The Global Development Project, 1850–1930 Scientifi c-Technical Revolution, 1850–1900 Technological Change, Effi ciency, and Growth, 1850–1930 3. Reorganizing the Global Economy Global Commodity Extraction, 1870–1914 Free Trade and Emancipation, 1840–1890 “Free” Trade and Imperialism, 1840–1920 4. Localization and Globalization Race, Ethnicity, and Nationalism, 1830–1940 Cultural Globalization: Religious Innovation, 1800–1920 Cultural Globalization: Peace and Dance, 1890–1930 5. The Great Explosion The Global Revolutionary Moment, 1890–1923 War for World Domination: Phase I, 1914–1923 The Problem of the Peasant in the 1920s and 1930s 6. New World (Dis)Order War for World Domination: Phase II, 1935–1950 Decolonization and Cold War, 1945–1990 7. High Modernity The Great Acceleration, 1950–1975 The Welfare State, 1950–1975 Development, 1950–1980 8. Revolt and Refusal Counterglobalization, 1960–1980 The Great Deceleration? 1975–1990 The Ecological Moment, 1960–1990 9. Transformative Modernity Real Development, 1975–2000 The New Right, 1968–2000 The Gender Revolution, 1950–2000 10. Democracy and Capitalism Triumphant? The Global Triumph of Democracy after 1980 “Financialization” The End of the World? The End of the “Natural” World The End of the Twentieth Century Notes Select Bibliography Illustration Credits Index
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University of California Press Dear China Emigrant Letters and Remittances 18201980
Book SynopsisQiaopi is one of several names given to the silver letters Chinese emigrants sent home in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. These letters-cum-remittances document the changing history of the Chinese diaspora in different parts of the world and in different times. Dear China is the first book-length study in English of qiaopi and of the origins, structure, and operations of the qiaopi trade. The authors explore the characteristics and transformations of qiaopi, showing how such institutionalized and cross-national mechanisms helped sustain families separated by distance and state frontiers and contributed to the sending regions' socioeconomic development. Dear China contributes substantially to our understanding of modern Chinese history and to the comparative study of global migration.Trade Review"Makes substantial and significant contributions to our ongoing struggles to attain better understanding of migration as a most human, yet greatly disruptive, element of our global society and economy." * Cross-Currents: East Asian History and Culture Review *"A pertinent contribution to extant scholarship on the history of Chinese migration and diasporic ties between 1820 and 1980. . . . Students of oral history, social memory, in addition to migration researchers, will find this book an intelligible and informative read." * International Migration Review *"No matter what a reader of Dear China might think they know at the beginning, by the end of their perusal of this intensively researched and wide-ranging work they will know and appreciate a great deal more." * Journal of Chinese Overseas *"This fascinating volume by Benton and Liu proposes many noteworthy arguments for Southeast Asian history research because it pays heed to overseas Chinese society as one of the key factors in the region’s historical changes." * Southeast Asian Studies *Table of ContentsList of Maps and Tables Foreword by Wang Gungwu Acknowledgments Introduction 1. The Genealogy of Qiaopi Studies 2. The Structure of the Qiaopi Trade and Transnational Networks 3. The Qiaopi Trade as a Distinctive Form of Chinese Capitalism 4. Qiaopi Geography 5. Qiaopi and Modern Chinese Economy and Politics 6. Qiaopi, Qiaoxiang, and Charity 7. Qiaopi and European Migrants’ Letters Compared Conclusions Appendix: Selected Qiaopi and Huipi Letters Glossary Notes References Index
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University of California Press Dear China
Book SynopsisQiaopi is one of several names given to the silver letters Chinese emigrants sent home in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. These letters-cum-remittances document the changing history of the Chinese diaspora in different parts of the world and in different times. Dear China is the first book-length study in English of qiaopi and of the origins, structure, and operations of the qiaopi trade. The authors explore the characteristics and transformations of qiaopi, showing how such institutionalized and cross-national mechanisms helped sustain families separated by distance and state frontiers and contributed to the sending regions' socioeconomic development. Dear China contributes substantially to our understanding of modern Chinese history and to the comparative study of global migration.Trade Review"Makes substantial and significant contributions to our ongoing struggles to attain better understanding of migration as a most human, yet greatly disruptive, element of our global society and economy." * Cross-Currents: East Asian History and Culture Review *"A pertinent contribution to extant scholarship on the history of Chinese migration and diasporic ties between 1820 and 1980. . . . Students of oral history, social memory, in addition to migration researchers, will find this book an intelligible and informative read." * International Migration Review *"No matter what a reader of Dear China might think they know at the beginning, by the end of their perusal of this intensively researched and wide-ranging work they will know and appreciate a great deal more." * Journal of Chinese Overseas *"This fascinating volume by Benton and Liu proposes many noteworthy arguments for Southeast Asian history research because it pays heed to overseas Chinese society as one of the key factors in the region’s historical changes." * Southeast Asian Studies *Table of ContentsList of Maps and Tables Foreword by Wang Gungwu Acknowledgments Introduction 1. The Genealogy of Qiaopi Studies 2. The Structure of the Qiaopi Trade and Transnational Networks 3. The Qiaopi Trade as a Distinctive Form of Chinese Capitalism 4. Qiaopi Geography 5. Qiaopi and Modern Chinese Economy and Politics 6. Qiaopi, Qiaoxiang, and Charity 7. Qiaopi and European Migrants’ Letters Compared Conclusions Appendix: Selected Qiaopi and Huipi Letters Glossary Notes References Index
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University of California Press Courtier and the King
Book SynopsisRuy Gómez de Silva, or the prince of Eboli, was one of the central figures at the court of Spain in the sixteenth century. Thanks to his oily affability, social grace, and an uncanny knack for anticipating and catering to the desires of his prince, he rose from obscurity to become the favorite and chief minister of Philip II. From the scattered surviving sources James Boyden weaves a vivid, compelling narrative: one that breathes life not only into Ruy Gómez, but into the court, the era, and the enigmatic character of Phillip II as well. Elegantly written and highly readable, this book discovers in the career of Gómez the techniques, aspirations, and mentality of an accomplished courtier in the age of Castiglione. This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press's mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1995.
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Harvard University Press Saints' Lives: Volume I
Book SynopsisHenry of Avranches, professional versifier to abbots, bishops, kings, and a pope, displays pyrotechnical verbal skill and playfulness that rivals the Carmina Burana and collections of rhymed secular verse. Yet The Saints' Lives also stands as self-conscious heir to the great classicizing tradition of twelfth-century epic poets.
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Harvard University Press Dialectical Disputations
Book SynopsisThe Dialectical Disputations, translated here for the first time into any modern language, is Lorenzo Valla’s principal contribution to the philosophy of language and logic. Valla sought to replace the scholastic tradition of Aristotelian logic with a new logic based on the historical usage of classical Latin and on a commonsense approach.Trade ReviewCopenhaver and Nauta have found precisely Valla’s inimitable voice. Throughout their Dialectical Disputations, the reader can hear the utterly infectious immediacy with which Valla read the works of the ancient world. The glowing gift of the Renaissance was its refusal to think of those works as dead—buoyed by the ongoing re-discovery of manuscripts and armed with a revived knowledge of Greek and Latin, scholars and bookworms like Valla embarked on entirely new ways of reading, and our translators perfectly capture how personal an endeavor it was… Readers seeking lively, challenging company can’t do much better than Valla, and now they have his greatest work in an English language version he would have loved. -- Steve Donoghue * Open Letters Monthly *
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