History of scholarship Books

Book SynopsisThis book offers a history of crime and the criminal justice system in America, written particularly for students of criminal justice and those interested in the history of crime and punishment. It follows the evolution of the criminal justice system chronologically and, when necessary, offers parallels between related criminal justice issues in different historical eras. From its antecedents in England to revolutionary times, to the American Civil War, right through the twentieth century to the age of terrorism, this book combines a wealth of resources with keen historical judgement to offer a fascinating account of the development of criminal justice in America. A new chapter brings the story up to date, looking at criminal justice through the Obama era and the early days of the Trump administration.Each chapter is broken down into four crucial components related to the American criminal justice system from the historical perspective: lawmakers and the judiciary; law enforcTable of ContentsPreface, 1. From Customs to Codes: Crime and Criminal Justice in the Ancient World, 2. Crime and Criminal Justice: English Antecedents, 3. Crime and Criminal Justice in Early America (1597–1740), 4. Crime and Criminal Justice in Revolutionary Times (1740–1797), 5. Crime and Criminal Justice in the New Nation (1797–1834), 6. Crime and Criminal Justice in Antebellum America (1835–1857), 7. Crime and Criminal Justice in The Civil War Era (1856–1875), 8. Crime and Criminal Justice in Victorian America (1876–1901), 9. Crime and Criminal Justice in the Progressive Era (1900–1919), 10. Criminal Justice in the Crisis Decades (1920–1940), 11. Crime and Criminal Justice at Midcentury (1940–1959), 12. Crime and the Nationalization of Criminal Justice (1960–1979), 13. Crime and Criminal Justice at the End of the Twentieth Century (1980–1999), 14. Crime and Criminal Justice in the Age of Terrorism (2000–2010), 15. Crime and Criminal Justice in Contemporary America (2011-2018), Conclusion, Glossary, Who’s Who in Criminal Justice History, Appendices

Read more less

Book SynopsisThis collection of essays by renowned scholar Amitai Etzioni aims to provoke reconsiderations of basic assumptions of foreign policy by students, academics and practitioners. With chapters focusing on the Middle East, China and the EU, as well as articles with a more global focus, the book offers thought-provoking and insightful perspectives on international foreign policy which challenge existing academic debate in the field. It will be of great interest to students, scholars and practitioners of foreign policy and international relations. Table of ContentsIntroduction The Middle East The Democratization Mirage No Clash of Civilizations China Fighting China? A New Approach for U.S.-China Relations EU The EU Community Deficit How to Not Assimilate New Immigrants Global Defining Down Sovereignty Spheres of Influence Self-determination: the Democratization Test Privacy vs. Security: Should the Tech Companies Decide?

Read more less

Book SynopsisTens of thousands of Western âteachersâ, many of whom would not be considered teachers elsewhere, are employed to teach English in public and private education in China. Little has previously been known, except anecdotally, about their experiences, about the effect they have on education in the context, or on studentsâ perceptions of âthe Westâ that result from this contact. This book is an ethnographic study of Westernersâ lived experiences teaching English in Shanghai, China. It is based on three years of groundbreaking research into the pre-service training, classroom practices, personal identities and motives, and local socially constructed roles of a group of âbackpacker teachersâ from the UK, the USA and Canada. It is a study that goes beyond the classroom, addressing broader questions about the sociology, and politics, of transnational education and Chinaâs evolving relationship with the outside world.Trade Review'This groundbreaking ethnographic study examines, in a graphic and critical manner, the lived experiences of Westerners who teach English in China. It sheds light on the tensions, contradictions, misunderstandings, and identity construction in cross-cultural encounters with complexity and texture.' -- Hu Guangwei, Associate Professor, National Institute of Education, Singapore'It's an outstanding work on a number of levels. It's a page-turner, an epic, the War and Peace of ELT in only 250-odd pages. It's mini-series material. I don't think I've ever read an academic work related to ELT as comprehensive in its effect. ... It's littered with leads for further research. In the final chapter, I imagined going to China and working at different schools, trying to find Leo so I could see what he was actually like in person! Anyone who questions the relevance of serious academic work and/or ethnography should read it. ... It's tempting to go back and start it again immediately now that I know what happens in the end! Like a good book, film, TV series, I feel like I know the characters, and I want to keep following their lives.' -- Kyle Smith, Director of Studies, Browns English Language School, BrisbaneTable of Contents1. Introduction 2. English teaching in China 3. Theorizing transnationals in China 4. Showing the workings 5. Teachers, training, and teaching 6. Understanding oral English 7. The pressure to be ‘fun’ 8. It’s not about English teaching 9. Gendered identities 10. Training outcomes and teacher needs 11. Constructing and maintaining identities 12. Recommendations and reflections

Read more less

Book SynopsisTitle first published in 2003. Shamanism has a contradictory position within the Korean cultural system, leading to the periodical suppression of shamanism yet also, paradoxically, ensuring its survival throughout Korean history. This book examines the place of shamans within contemporary society as a cultural practice in which people make use of shamanic ritual and disputing the prevalent view that shamanism is ''popular culture'', a ''women''s religion'' or ''performing arts''. Directly confronting the prejudice against shamans and their paradoxical situation in a modern society such as Korea, this book reveals the cultural discrepancy between two worlds in Korean culture, the ordinary world and the shamanic world, showing that these two worlds cannot be reconciled. This unique study of shamanism offers a significant contribution to growing studies in indigenous anthropology and indigenous religions, and provides a captivating read for a wide range of readers through retelling tTrade Review'Kim's creative and original study, based on his thorough and detailed knowledge of Korean society, makes an important contribution to our understanding of why Koreans make use of shamans'. Geoffrey Samuel, University of Newcastle, Australia '... bold and challenging...' BSOAS 'The book is a good read for anybody. It is also [...] a must for anybody interested in or researching shamanism.' Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society '... an engaging and stimulating contribution to the literature on the rituals of Korean Shamans... Kim's approach is to a high degree determined by his personal background. He is a Korean native anthropologist who already has considerable fieldwork experience in medical anthropology before he engaged in the study of Korean Shamanism. This allows him to understand many cultural nuances that a foreign anthropologist would easily miss... Frequently discussing his own personal feelings and reactions to what he experiences in the style of recent self-reflexive anthropology, he valiantly attempts to grasp the reality that, as he sees it, underlies such views.' International Journal of Asian Studies 'The basic question behind the book is [...] intriguing and worthy of pursuit... This volume provides much insight into the motivations for several shamanic rituals...' Asian Folklore Studies 'Kim's book sheds needed light on a fascinating phenomenon, and is thus a valuable resource on one widely misunderstood aspect of contemporary Korean culture.' Korean Quarterly '... a fascinating study... [the] findings are penetrating and insightful... sets a new standard of excellence for Korean as well as general studies of Shamanism... Kim's work is extremely valuable as an important study of modern Korean religion and society. It is exciting to read, and his many anecdotes and stories of life in Korea area both highly informative as well as engaging.' The Journal of Asian Studies '... the book successfully integrates three areas of scholarly discourse: shamanism, Korean culture, and fieldwork... this work presents a lively discussion of the meaning of shamanism in contemporary Korean society through a personal acount of hardship in researching a controversial subject... this book would appeal to ethnographers and scholars of shamanic traditions as well as general readers interested in Asian cultures and religions.' The Journal of Contemporary Religion 'This volume is a valuable addition to any library and to the personal collection of anyone interested in shamanism or Korean culture. For non-Koreans planning to work in that culture this book will give valuable insights which could take years to know and understand otherwise. This book offers a significant contribution to the growing field of work in the anthropological study of indigenous religious beliefs.' MissiologyTable of ContentsContents: Preface; Introduction; Shamanism in trouble; Ritual without audience; Two faces of Korean culture; A practice of cultural rebellion; Against Shamanism; National living treasure; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index.

Read more less

a huge range and FREE tracked UK delivery on ALL orders.

Read more less

Book SynopsisAyatollah ?Ali Hosseini Khamenei, Supreme Leader of the Islamic Republic of Iran, is one of the most controversial and influential Muslim leaders in the world today. As Iran's main decision-maker, his theocratic ideology and decisions carry global consequences. The Political Ideology of Ayatollah Khamenei is the first book to identify and analyze the development and evolution of the theocratic ideology of the Supreme Leader from 1962 to 2014, using his own writings, speeches, and biographies, as well as literature published in the Islamic Republic of Iran. This work provides new insights into Khamenei's political thought and behavior and their impact on Iran's domestic, regional, and international policies. Correlating the development of Khamenei's personality, character, and political behavior with Iran's internal and external challenges, this study explores key issues of the Middle East region, in particular Iran's political posture toward Israel, the United States, Trade Review[…] The Political Ideology of Ayatollah Khamenei, by Dr. Yvette Hovsepian-Bearce, reconstructs Ayatollah Khamenei's thought pattern on reaching this agreement which has major geopolitical implications.It is certainly critical for Americans to understand [Khamenei’s] vision regarding Iran's destiny as a revolutionary Islamic state and a beacon to the Muslim world. […] This is the first book to explore the underlying coherence of the ideological vision guiding the Supreme Leader’s exercise of ultimate power, and the first to present Khamenei’s political and religious worldview based on his speeches and writings. The author helps the reader to understand the critical choices Iran’s leadership is likely to face upon Khamenei’s passing. [and] carefully outlines the Supreme Leader's vision for Iran, the Muslim world, and the global community.- Harut Sassounian, The California Courier"Middle East scholar Yvette Hovsepian-Bearce provides a comprehensive evaluation of the theocratic ideology of the Supreme Leader of the Islamic Republic of Iran as it pertains to Iran's role as a world power and global influencer. By utilizing her translations of Ayatollah Khamenei's own speeches, writings and biographic materials, as well as additional literature published in the Islamic Republic of Iran, she offers students, politicians, researchers, policy-makers, and world leaders an opportunity to fully grasp Khamenei's personality, Islamic faith-based motivation, and global political agenda in a nuanced text that will prove illuminating to its readers."- Laura Taylor, Author and Editor, and Southern California Writers Conference, and Novelists, Inc.[…] The Political Ideology of Ayatollah Khamenei, by Dr. Yvette Hovsepian-Bearce, reconstructs Ayatollah Khamenei's thought pattern on reaching this agreement which has major geopolitical implications.It is certainly critical for Americans to understand [Khamenei’s] vision regarding Iran's destiny as a revolutionary Islamic state and a beacon to the Muslim world. […] This is the first book to explore the underlying coherence of the ideological vision guiding the Supreme Leader’s exercise of ultimate power, and the first to present Khamenei’s political and religious worldview based on his speeches and writings. The author helps the reader to understand the critical choices Iran’s leadership is likely to face upon Khamenei’s passing. [and] carefully outlines the Supreme Leader's vision for Iran, the Muslim world, and the global community.Harut Sassounian, The California CourierTable of ContentsPART I: HISTORICAL BACKGROUND: THE EARLY YEARS CHAPTER 1: The Rise of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini: The Islamic Revolution and the Establishment of the Islamic Republic of Iran CHAPTER 2:The Political Journey of ʿAli Hosseini Khamenei During the Iranian Revolution, 1962–1979 CHAPTER 3:The Political Leadership of Ayatollah Khamenei After the Victory of the Islamic Revolution CHAPTER 4:President Khamenei, 1981–1989 CHAPTER 5:Khamenei’s Succession to Supreme Leadership PART II: SUPREME LEADER KHAMENEI, 1989–2014 CHAPTER 6: Khamenei: The Leader CHAPTER 7: Khamenei: The Person CHAPTER 8: The Struggle Over Reconstruction of Iran After Khomieni: President Hashemi Rafsanjani, 1989–1997 CHAPTER 9: The Iranian Reform Era and the Debate Over Foreign Policy: President Mohammad Khatami, 1997–2005 CHAPTER 10: Tehran Spring and the Debate Over the Freedom of the Press: President Mohammad Khatami CHAPTER 11: Iran’s Nuclear Era: President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, 2005–2013 CHAPTER 12: The Era of Diplomacy: President Hassan Rouhani, 2013–2014 PART III: CENTRAL THEMES IN AYATOLLAH KHAMENEI’S IDEOLOGY CHAPTER 13: America CHAPTER 14: Muslim Unity CHAPTER 15: Freedom CHAPTER 16: Religious Democracy CHAPTER 17: Iranian Youth CONCLUSION

Read more less

a huge range and FREE tracked UK delivery on ALL orders.

Read more less

a huge range and FREE tracked UK delivery on ALL orders.

Read more less

a huge range and FREE tracked UK delivery on ALL orders.

Read more less

a huge range and FREE tracked UK delivery on ALL orders.

Read more less

a huge range and FREE tracked UK delivery on ALL orders.

Read more less

a huge range and FREE tracked UK delivery on ALL orders.

Read more less

Book SynopsisStudies of the escalating tensions and competing claims in the South China Sea overwhelmingly focus on China and its increasingly assertive approach, while the position of the other claimants is overlooked. This book focuses on the attitude of Vietnam towards the South China Sea dispute. It examines the position from a historical perspective, shows how Vietnam's position is affected by its wish to maintain good relations with China on a range of issues, and outlines how Vietnam has occasionally made overtures to both the United States and Japan in order to bolster its position, and considered the possibility, so far resisted, of taking China to formal arbitration under the auspices of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea. The book concludes by assessing the future prospects for Vietnam's position in the dispute.Trade Review"The work of Do Thanh Hai offers us insights into the contradictory motivations that guide and constrain the Vietnamese leadership. Hai’s account demonstrates that the choices Vietnam makes in its foreign relations can be deeply ideological, and not simply the result of impersonal forces acting on a monolithic state."Bill Hayton, Chatham House, Royal Institute of International Affairs, London, East Asian History and Culture Review, No. 25, December 2017Table of ContentsIntroduction Under the Shadow of the Dragon Vietnam’s claims in the South China Sea Befriending with the Dragon, 1986-1995 ASEANizing the South China Sea issue, 1995-2002 Shaping Regional Balance of Influence, 2003-2007 Riding on Nationalism, 2007-2009 Internationalising the South China Sea issue, 2009-2011 Navigating Big Power Politics, 2011-2015 Conclusion

Read more less

Book SynopsisRegulation has become a front-page topic recently, often referenced by politicians in conjunction with the current state of the U.S. economy. Yet despite regulation's increased presence in current politics and media, The Politics of Regulatory Reform argues that the regulatory process and its influence on the economy is misunderstood by the general public as well as by many politicians.In this book, two experienced regulation scholars confront questions relevant to both academic scholars and those with a general interest in ascertaining the effects and importance of regulation. How does regulation impact the economy? What roles do politicians play in making regulatory decisions? Why do politicians enact laws that require regulations and then try to hamper agencies abilities to issue those same regulations? The authors answer these questions and untangle the misperceptions behind regulation by using an area of regulatory policy that has been underutilized until now. RatTrade Review"Shapiro and Borie-Holtz distinguish the reality from the rhetoric of regulatory reform by looking at past efforts through several different lenses. In clearly written prose, they review theories on what motivates regulation and initiatives for reform, present empirical analysis of reform efforts in the states, and supplement their findings with in-depth case studies and interviews. Anyone interested in understanding the motivations and effects of regulatory reform, regardless of their views on its merits, will benefit from reading this book." —Susan E. Dudley, Director, The George Washington University Regulatory Studies Center"This important book provocatively challenges the conventional wisdom of regulatory reform, making the case that administrative procedures do little to affect the timing or outcomes of government rulemaking. Shapiro and Borie-Holtz convincingly explain why politicians nevertheless act as if procedure matters, revealing why regulatory reform remains a popular but controversial item on state and federal policy agendas."—Cary Coglianese, Edward B. Shils Professor of Law and Professor of Political Science, University of Pennsylvania "Not only would it serve as a valuable text for courses in political science and public administration, but it will benefit anyone interested in understanding regulatory reform." - Susan E. Dudley, Risk Analysis"The book provides some of the first empirical traction on the imposition and effects of regulatory reforms across the 50 American states—a topic that has long been recognized as important but has been infrequently investigated systematically." -Susan Webb Yackee, University of Wisconsin-Madison"Shapiro and Borie-Holtz (both, Rutgers Univ.) provide a convincing account of the allure of regulatory reform. Summing Up: Highly recommended. Upper-division undergraduates."- M S. Rodriguez, Richard Stockton College of New Jersey"Shapiro and Borie-Holtz distinguish the reality from the rhetoric of regulatory reform by looking at past efforts through several different lenses. In clearly written prose, they review theories on what motivates regulation and initiatives for reform, present empirical analysis of reform efforts in the states, and supplement their findings with in-depth case studies and interviews. Anyone interested in understanding the motivations and effects of regulatory reform, regardless of their views on its merits, will benefit from reading this book." —Susan E. Dudley, Director, The George Washington University Regulatory Studies Center"This important book provocatively challenges the conventional wisdom of regulatory reform, making the case that administrative procedures do little to affect the timing or outcomes of government rulemaking. Shapiro and Borie-Holtz convincingly explain why politicians nevertheless act as if procedure matters, revealing why regulatory reform remains a popular but controversial item on state and federal policy agendas."—Cary Coglianese, Edward B. Shils Professor of Law and Professor of Political Science, University of Pennsylvania "Not only would it serve as a valuable text for courses in political science and public administration, but it will benefit anyone interested in understanding regulatory reform." - Susan E. Dudley, Risk Analysis"The book provides some of the first empirical traction on the imposition and effects of regulatory reforms across the 50 American states—a topic that has long been recognized as important but has been infrequently investigated systematically." -Susan Webb Yackee, University of Wisconsin-Madison"Shapiro and Borie-Holtz (both, Rutgers Univ.) provide a convincing account of the allure of regulatory reform. Summing Up: Highly recommended. Upper-division undergraduates."- M S. Rodriguez, Richard Stockton College of New Jersey, in CHOICETable of ContentsChapter 1. The Mystery of Regulatory Reform. Chapter 2. Do Regulatory Reforms Influence Regulations? Chapter 3. In the Regulatory Weeds of the Garden State: A Case Study. Chapter 4. Regulations and the Economy Chapter 5. Seeing Red: Are Regulations a Perceived of Actual Threat? Chapter 6. Alternative Explanations for Regulatory Reform Chapter 7. Regulatory Reform: Rhetoric and Reality in Pennsylvania and North Carolina. Chapter 8. The Politics of Regulatory Reform.

Read more less

Book SynopsisFirst published in 2003. Isabella Bird''s account of her journeys in Korea in 1898 represents one of the very rare accounts of that country in the latter part of the nineteenth century. At that time Korea was virtually a forbidden land and had only been open to foreigners for about ten years. It was and had been under Chinese influence for centuries. The trip was very difficult but so fascinating that, true to character, Isabella adored it. She undertook many arduous journeys by land and river, observed the breathtakingly beautiful countryside, visited the Buddhist monasteries and had many audiences with the Korean king and his soon to be assassinated queen. While Isabella was on her journey the Japanese invaded Korea and she had to leave hastily, ending up in China, penniless.Table of ContentsI. FIRST IMPRESSIONS OF KOREA, II. FIRST IMPRESSIONS OF THE CAPITAL, III. THE KUR-DONG, IV. SEOUL, THE KOREAN MECCA, V. THE SAILING OF THE SAMPAN, VI. ON THE RIVER OF GOLDEN SAND, VII. VIEWS AFLOAT, VIII. NATURAL BEAUTY - THE RAPIDS, IX. KOREAN MARRIAGE CUSTOMS, X. THE KOREAN PONy-KOREAN ROADS AND INNS, XI. DIAMOND MOUNTAIN MONASTERIES, XII. ALONG THE COAST, XIII. IMPENDING WAR-EXCITEMENT AT CHEMULPO, XIV. DEPORTED TO MANCHURIA, XV. A MANCHURIAN DELUGE - A PASSENGER CART - AN ACCIDENT, XVI. MUKDEN AND ITS MISSIONS, XVII. CHINESE TROOPS ON THE MARCH, XVIII. NAGASAKI-WLADIVOSTOK, XIX. KOREAN SETTLERS IN SIBERIA, XX. THE TRANS-SIBERIAN RAILROAD, XXI. THE KING'S OATH-AN AUDIENCE, XXII. A TRANSITION STAGE, XXIII. THE ASSASSINATION OF THE QUEEN, XXIV. BURIAL CUSTOMS, XXV. SONG-DO: A ROYAL CITY, XXVI. THE PHYONG-YANG BATTLEFIELD, XXVII. NORTHWARD HO!, XXVIII. OVER THE AN-KIL YUNG PASS, XXIX. SOCIAL POSITION OF WOMEN, XXX. EXORCISTS AND DANCING WOMEN, XXXI. THE HAIR-CROPPING EDICT, XXXII. THE REORGANIZED KOREAN GOVERNMENT, XXXIII. EDUCATION AND FOREIGN TRADE, XXXIV. DAEMONISM OR SHAMANISM, XXXV. NOTES ON DAEMONISM CONCLUDED, XXXVI. SEOUL IN 1897, XXXVII. LAST WORDS ON KOREA, APPENDIXES, INDEX

Read more less

Book SynopsisAcclaimed as an important piece of modern Korean writing, this book is set against the background of the struggle between conservative and modernizing forces at the turn of the century. It follows the fortunes of several generations of Korean villagers during a time of turbulence and change.Table of ContentsChapter 1; Chapter 2; Chapter 3; Chapter 4; Chapter 5; Chapter 6; Chapter 7; Chapter 8; Chapter 9; Chapter 10; Chapter 11; Chapter 12; Chapter 13; Chapter 14; Chapter 15; Chapter 16; Chapter 17; Chapter 18; Chapter 19; Chapter 20; Chapter 21; Chapter 22; Chapter 23; Chapter 24; Chapter 25; Chapter 26 -Six; Chapter 27 -Seven; Chapter 28; Chapter 29 -Nine; Chapter 30 Thirty; Chapter 31; Chapter 32; Chapter 33; Chapter 34; Chapter 35; Chapter 36; Chapter 37; Chapter 38; Chapter 39 Nine; Chapter 40; Chapter 41; Chapter 42; Chapter 43; Chapter 44; Chapter 45; Chapter 46; Chapter 47; Chapter 48; Chapter 49 Nine; Chapter 50 Fifty; Chapter 51; Chapter 52; Chapter 53;

Read more less

Book SynopsisFirst published in 2008. In this fascinating book, the writer George Sand recounts the story of her 1838 winter in Majorca, a winter she passed in the company of Frederick Chopin. In it she describes the natural beauties of Majorca as well as the rumblings of approaching war. A preface by Luis Ripoll, an expert on the loves of Chopin and Sand, helps the reader to appreciate the significance of this unique work.Table of ContentsPreface, A Few Background Words, Letter from a Former Traveller to a Stay-at-Home Friend, Part I, Part II, Part III

Read more less

Book SynopsisFirst Published in 2001. These extremely entertaining shorter pieces by the leader of Islamic literary culture aim to instruct us on matters of moral and social concern. They cover such uses as Chanteuses, The Pleasure of Girls and Boys, This Life and the Life to come, Drink and Drinkers, Envy, and the Superiority of the Front to the Back. Always taking a moral tone, Jahiz seldom fails to lighten with humour and wit.Table of ContentsChapter 1 This Life and the Life to Come Or Conduct Praiseworthy & Offensive; Chapter 2 The Superiority of Blacks to Whites; Chapter 3 Envy; Chapter 4 Inside, Outside & Back to Front; Chapter 5 Contra Christianorum; Chapter 6 Anthropomorphism Refuted; Chapter 7 On the Prophet’s Authenticity; Chapter 8 Drink & Drinkers; Chapter 9 Why Speech is Superior to Silence; Chapter 10 The Art of Keeping Silent; Chapter 11 On Women; Chapter 12 Chanteuses; Chapter 13 The Pleasures of Girls & Boys Compared; Chapter 14 Gravity & Mirth; Chapter 15 Squaring the Circle;

Read more less

Book SynopsisThe Red Sea is universally regarded as a showpiece of the marine world. Enjoying an abundance of sunlight, clear water and warm temperatures down to a considerable depth, the Red Sea and its coral reefs are home to many magnificent fishes. Richard and Mary Field provide detailed notes on distribution, identification and behaviour for each order based on many years of careful observation and experience. This book will be welcomed by the many visitors who come to the Red Sea from around the world. Snorkellers, divers and underwater photographers will find it essential reading and those who never venture beneath the surface will find that its pages bring all the magic and enjoyment of this unique underwater realm to life.Table of ContentsIntroduction, Scope of this book, Typical Reef Profile, Naming of Fishes, Ecological Note, A Note on Safety, Comments for Aspiring Photographers, General Sensory Characteristics of Fish, Mimicry Amongst Red Sea Reef Fishes, Family Descriptions, Index

Read more less

Book SynopsisInitially published in French under the title Operation Nemesis, this revealing work is a study of the Armenian Revolutionary Federation and the individuals responsible for the execution of Turkish leaders involved in the Armenian Genocide of 1915. Derogy''s rigorous research and detective work bring to life the disciplined effort by Armenian nationalists to seek retribution for historic crimes against the Armenian people.The work richly details Turkish plans for the liquidation of the Armenian people, the individuals selected to assassinate the genocidists, and documents for the first time the role of the organized Armenian political opposition to Turkish rule. In doing so, Derogy brings to light the relationship between the legal party and its extra-legal arm; the mechanisms needed to implement the daring plan of assassination; and the special post-war circumstances in which the Armenian nation found itself torn asunder by a Turkish-Soviet detente, in which the indTable of ContentsContents A Note on Sources Foreword by Gerard Chaliand Preface Prologue: A Commando Group of Avengers 1. The Passengers on the Lorelei 2. The Season of the Judges 3. Servicing the Debt 4. Return to Heartbreak House 5. The Statue of the Commendatore 6. The Minutes of a Trial 7. Baku Avenged in Constantinople 8. The Army of the Attics 9. Roman Holidays 10. A Mole in Berlin 11. Bearding the Cheka 12. Enver: This Evening, in Samarkand Epilogue: The Uncompleted Mission Bibliography

Read more less

Book SynopsisIn 1958, Suzanne and Ezra Vogel embedded themselves in a Tokyo suburban community, interviewing six middle-class families regularly for a year. Their research led to Japan's New Middle Class, a classic work on the sociology of Japan. Now, Suzanne Hall Vogel's compelling sequel traces the evolution of Japanese society over the ensuing decades through the lives of three of these ordinary yet remarkable women and their daughters and granddaughters. Vogel contends that the role of the professional housewife constrained Japanese middle-class women in the postwar eraand yet it empowered them as well. Precisely because of fixed gender roles, with women focusing on the home and children while men focused on work, Japanese housewives had remarkable authority and autonomy within their designated realm. Wives and mothers now have more options than their mothers and grandmothers did, but they find themselves unprepared to cope with this new era of choice. These gripping biographies poignantly illuTrade ReviewThis book is likely to become a standard reference—even a classic—among scholars and students of postwar Japanese social and cultural life. Written toward the end of the author's long and distinguished career as a Harvard psychotherapist and student of Japan (in close alliance with her former husband, the highly regarded Harvard professor Ezra Vogel), her book displays compassion, deep analysis, sensitivity, and humane wisdom not only about Japanese families, but also about Americans interacting with Japanese. The book is organized around three case studies, each with a quite different story to tell in contrast to the others, with very close family and anecdotal details that lead the reader to think of them not as subjects of case studies so much as personal acquaintances. The Vogel's son Steven, a distinguished scholar of Japanese studies at Berkeley, helped his mother with the editing and preparation for an English-language edition. The writing is clear—often even charming—and accessible to readers without much background in Japanese language and culture, although the book will work best for those with some familiarity with the Japanese language and culture in the past sixty years. Summing Up: Highly recommended. All levels/libraries. * CHOICE *The Japanese Family in Transition focuses on the good wives and wise mothers of three of the families featured in Japan’s New Middle Class, and is . . . unfailingly interesting. Most of Vogel’s observations about her subjects—not least that they are different from one another—ring true [in her] skillful and unadorned observation. * Japan Times *[A] detailed portrait not just of Japanese housewives but also the arc of life courses that stretch from Japan’s colonial empire through the new millennium. Framed by two chapters offering analysis and discussion of larger social trends, the bulk of this book consists of extensive and affecting case stories from three women Vogel first met in 1958. Although these women are housewives, and that status deeply impacts the course of their lives, the book captures a tremendous range of their experiences, reflecting sociohistorical and economic particularities, as well as their own personalities. . . . The three life histories at the center of this book each feel like epic narratives, full of the twists and turns that populate most lives, real and fictional. . . .The Japanese Family in Transition will be extremely helpful for scholars looking for cases to illustrate any of a range of social or family norms in twentieth-century Japan. . . .The volume will be a lasting legacy to [the author] and to the people within. * Social Science Japan Journal *The author offers a rich social, cultural and historical context for the concept of the family. For example, readers are made aware that the employment of a live-in maid was once popular among the urban middle class, and the development of the rice-cooker changed the housewife’s daily routine. . . .[T]he stories of the women are written in a deeply personal manner likely to prompt reflection on the part of the reader. * Asian Studies Review *Suzanne Vogel's The Japanese Family in Transition: From the Professional Housewife Ideal to the Dilemmas of Choice is a warm, readable book based on her decades-long relationships with six families from suburban Tokyo. . . .[T]his is an engaging book that many will enjoy reading and find deeply resonant. It is written for a generalist audience and would make a good addition to a course on changing gender roles in Japan or on Japanese society at mid-century. * The Journal of Japanese Studies *A humanely rendered and often poignant exploration of the place of the professional housewife in Japan over the past half-century. Vogel’s study examines the still salient but rapidly waning influence of the post-War sengyō shufu ideal in Japanese society. Drawing on decades of professional and personal interactions with a group of Japanese women and their respective families, Vogel reveals the considerable variation in individual experiences and divergent household trajectories that are often elided under the label, ‘middle class.’. . . The result is an accessibly written monograph that resonates with contemporary studies of Japanese women and family life, while reflecting the rewards and challenges of long ethnographic engagement. * Asian Journal of Social Science *Suzanne Vogel writes in refreshingly clean prose with a remarkably deft handling of history and context: family, gender, work patterns, and the shift in labor relations and the economy. The book is smart and timely. And I like the take-away message—that there is something that people and the government can do. -- Anne Allison, Duke University; author of Permitted and Prohibited Desires: Mothers, Comics, and Censorship in JapanFifty years after the publication of the classic Japan's New Middle Class, Suzanne Vogel has produced a memorable sequel that focuses not on the salarymen but on their wives. It is a warm and engaging portrait of the changes as well as the continuities in Japanese family life. -- William Kelly, Yale University; editor of Fanning the Flames: Fans and Consumer Culture in Contemporary JapanSuzanne Vogel is perfectly placed to offer an important and unique perspective on the changing role of Japanese women. Her compelling portrait of the everyday triumphs and frustrations of Japan’s postwar ‘professional’ housewives offers an important new lens for understanding how the postwar ideal of the ‘perfect household’ and maintaining appearances contributes to the new manifestations of psychological stress we see today. -- Michael Zielenziger, journalist and author of Shutting Out the Sun: How Japan Created Its Own Lost GenerationTable of ContentsChapter 1: The Postwar Ideal Chapter 2: Mrs. Tanaka: Embracing the Role Chapter 3: Mrs. Itou: Resisting the Role Chapter 4: Mrs. Suzuki: Power and Submission Chapter 5: New Strains

Read more less

Book Synopsis Recent devaluations of a liberal arts education call the formative concept of Bildung, a defining model of self-cultivation rooted in 18th and 19th century German philosophy and culture, into question and force us to reconsider what it once meant and now means to be an “educated” individual. This volume uses an arc of interdisciplinary scholarship to map both the epistemological origins and cultural expressions of the pivotal notion of Bildung at the heart of pursuit in the humanities. From its intriguing original historical manifestations to its continuing resonance in current ongoing debates surrounding the humanities, the editors urge us to ask and discover how the classical concept of Bildung, so central to humanistic inquiry, was historically imagined and applied in its original German context.Table of Contents List of Illustrations Acknowledgments Introduction Jennifer Ham, Ulrich Kinzel, and David Tse-chien Pan Chapter 1. Self-cultivation and the Police State: The Political Context of Wilhelm von Humboldt’s Concept of Bildung Ulrich Kinzel Chapter 2. Fichte’s Conception of Bildung and German National Identity David Tse-chien Pan Chapter 3. Becoming Solid: Bildung and Storage Media in Moritz’s and Goethe’s Italian Travels Sean Franzel Chapter 4. Schinkel’s Altes Museum as “Bildungsmuseum”: The Aesthetic Education of a National Community and the Makings of the Modern Museum Andrea Meyertholen Chapter 5. From Bildungsmaschine to Willenserziehung: Nietzsche’s Project of “Heroic Minds” Jennifer Ham Chapter 6. The Self-Formation of Poetic Expression: Wilhelm Dilthey’s Geistesgeschichte Anna Guillemin Chapter 7. Bildung as Dialectical and Theological Hermeneutics in the Service of the Humanities John Smith Conclusion Index

Read more less

Book Synopsis

Read more less

Book SynopsisThroughout history, manuscripts have been made and used for religious, artistic, and scientific performances, and this practice continues in most cultures today. By focusing on the role manuscripts have in different kinds of performances, this volume contributes to the evolving field of investigating written artefacts and their functions.The collected essays regard manuscripts as points of intersection where textual, material, and performative aspects converge. The contributors analyse manuscripts in their forms and functions as well as their positioning in the performances for which they were made. These aspects unfold across the volume’s three sections, examining how manuscripts are (1) used backstage, for preparing and giving instructions for performances; (2) taken onstage, contributing to the enactment of performances; and (3) performers in their own right, producing an effect on the audience.The diversified, interdisciplinary, and innovative methodologies of the included papers carry great potential to expand the traditional approaches of manuscript studies and find application outside the contributors’ respective fields.

Read more less

Book SynopsisModern Persian begins with the teaching of the Persian alphabet. It aims to provide the student with the necessary skills for social interaction, as well as a basis for the study of modern literature. The course consists of seventeen units and favours teaching by communicative and contextual learning. Most units begin with a reading exercise used to introduce an item of grammar and new vocabulary, followed by explanations and drill exercises aimed at consolidating the student's understanding. Complete with Persian-English vocabulary to all the exercises and tape recordings, this is an up-to-date textbook which can be used both by teachers or individuals wishing to learn Persian independently.Table of ContentsIntroduction Lesson 1: Persian Alphabet Lessons 2-17: New Grammar and New Vocabulary Persian to English Glossary

Read more less

Book SynopsisChristoph Baumer is a leading explorer and historian of Central Asia, Tibet and the Caucasus has written many well-received books in the fields of history, religion, archaeology and travel. These include The Church of the East: An Illustrated History of Assyrian Christianity (2006), Traces in the Desert: Journeys of Discovery across Central Asia (2008), China's Holy Mountain: An Illustrated Journey into the Heart of Buddhism (2011) and the seminal History of Central Asia in four volumes (20122018), all published by I.B.Tauris.Dr Baumer is President of the Society for the Exploration of EurAsia, Senior Research Fellow at the Kazakhstan Academy of Sciences, and a member of the Explorers' Club, New York, the Royal Asiatic Society, the Royal Geographical Society and the Royal Society for Asian Affairs, London. He is a recipient of the prestigious Sir Percy Sykes Memorial Medal, awarded to him by the Royal Society for Asian Affairs in 2015.Trade ReviewIt’s a splendid achievement – informed, considered and clear … There’s certainly no shortage of fascinating material … Baumer enthrals us … Once in a while there comes along a book by a fellow explorer that you wish to heaven you’d had the wherewithal and body of knowledge to write yourself. This is such a book. -- Benedict Allen * The Spectator *Covering the last millennium of the region’s history, this scholarly yet atlas-sized, sumptuously illustrated volume tells the story of a too-often overlooked corner of our continent with impressive even-handedness. Part coffee-table browser, part detailed history, this is a valuable telling of a turbulent history. -- Charlie Connelly * New European *This book, based on over a thousand sources, is a worthy successor to volume one, completing an overview running from prehistory to the present day. Baumer’s austere prose is free from the nationalism and ethnocentricity that, he warns, infect many accounts of the region’s history. His book is an extraordinary achievement. -- John Mann * Literary Review *In Christoph Baumer the Caucasus has a capable chronicler willing to plunge into even the most convoluted aspects of its past and emerge to present a clear-eyed account of a many-layered, often labyrinthine story … Baumer has a knack for distilling extensive research from a wide range of sources about complicated and often recondite topics into a highly readable narrative. * Geographical *Splendidly illustrated … [Readers] will be well rewarded to plunge in and learn from Baumer’s thorough and insightful narrative. -- David Chaffetz * Asian Review of Books *[L]avishly illustrated yet surprisingly affordable combination of colourful coffee-table book and detailed historical survey aimed at the general reader. * Iran and the Caucasus *The second volume of Christoph Baumer’s extraordinary History of the Caucasus traces the history of the region from 1050 BC up to the modern age, brought to life through more than 200 colour images and maps. * Choice *This superb, sweeping history of the Caucasus in the modern period promises to be the new standard set text in its field. * Alex Marshall, University of Glasgow, UK *Table of ContentsI. A Fragmented Identity: An Introduction to Contemporary Ethnic and Political Conditions in the Caucasus II. In the Wake of International Great-Power Politics 1.The Golden Age of Georgia 2.The Mongol incursions and supremacy III. The Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia 1.Semi-independent Armenian warlords and Muslim Armenian viziers 2.The Rubenids of Cilicia: From principality to kingdom 3.The Kingdom of Cilician Armenia IV. The South Caucasus under Turkmen, Ottoman and Iranian Safavid Domination 1.Georgia and the devastations of Timur-e Lang 2.The partition of Georgia Excursus: The Armenian catholicosate’s return to Etchmiadzin and a renewed schism 3.The South Caucasus as battleground for eight Ottoman–Safavid wars 4.The South Caucasus under Safavid rule Excursus: The Armenian Mekhitarist congregation 5.A brief reunification of Kartli and Kakheti and the foundation of independent khanates V. First Russian Advances into the North Caucasus 1. The defence pact of 1557 between Kabarda and Russia 2. The Cossacks and the first Russian military lines 3. Mongol Kalmyks in the North-Eastern Caucasus VI. The Caucasus under Russian Rule 1.From the Treaty of Georgievsk (1783) to the annexation of Georgia in 1801 2.Iran’s interlude with Napoleon and Russia’s conquest of the South Caucasian khanates and sultanates 3.The resistance of North Caucasian mountain peoples 3.1Yermolov’s first offensives north of the Greater Caucasus 3.2The jihad of the imams 3.3The conquest, resettlement and expulsion of the Circassians 4.Russian administration and the rise of nationalism 5.The Russian conquest of former West Armenia 1877–78 Excursus: Oil-drilling at Baku and the Nobel brothers 6.The emergence of nationalist and social-revolutionary parties, Armenian massacres and ethnic unrest 6.1Armenian nationalist and socialist parties in the Russian and Ottoman empires 6.2Georgian socialists 6.3Pan-Turkism and socialism in the South Caucasian Muslim provinces VII. A Short-Lived Independence and Foreign Interventions 1.World War I, the Armenian Genocide and the collapse of the Russian Empire 2.The Transcaucasian Republic, the declaration of independence of Georgia, Azerbaijan and Armenia, and foreign interventions 2.1The short-lived Transcaucasian Republic 2.2Ethnic and social conflicts in Georgia 2.3The Republic of Armenia 2.4The race for Baku 2.5War in Karabakh, Nakhchivan, Zangezur and Kars 2.6Armenia and the Paris Peace Conference 3.The Russian Civil Wars 1917–1920 and the short-lived North Caucasian states VIII. Under Soviet Rule 1.Soviet consolidation of power, collectivization and Stalin’s purges 2.Operation Edelweiss: The battle for the Caucasus in World War II Excursus: Richard Sorge, Stalin’s master spy 3.Deportations and the start of the Cold War 4.Political stagnation and the rise of nationalism IX. Independence in the South Caucasus 1.The disintegration of the Soviet Union 2.The Armenian declaration of independence and the issue of Karabakh 3.The Azerbaijani declaration of independence and the development of the oil and gas industry 4.The First Karabakh War 1992–1994 5.Georgian independence and the South Ossetian and Abkhazian wars X. Autonomy and Failed Independence in the North Caucasus 1. The northern region: Rostov, Krasnodar, Adygea, Stavropol and Kalmykia 2. The western and central region: Karachay-Cherkessia, Kabardino-Balkaria, North Ossetia–Alania and Ingushetia 3. The eastern region: Chechnya and Dagestan XI. The Caucasus in the Twenty-First Century 1.Republics and regions of the northern Caucasus 2.The independent republics in the southern Caucasus 2.1Azerbaijan 2.2The Second Karabakh War, 27 September–10 November 2020 2.3Armenia 2.4Georgia 2.4.1The Georgian–Russian War, 7–12 August 2008 2.4.2Georgia, Abkhazia and South Ossetia since the 2008 war 3.Outlook Appendices Notes Bibliography List of Maps Photo credits Acknowledgements Indexes Concepts People Places

Read more less

Book SynopsisThis comprehensive survey of the countries of East and South-East Asia, Australia and New Zealand, along with 22 Pacific islands, fully revised to reflect current economic and political developments, is an essential resource for the Asia-Pacific region.Calendar of Political EventsA calendar of events provides a convenient reference guide to the yearâs main political developments.General SurveyWritten by leading experts, this collection of essays provides incisive analysis of regional issues.Country SurveysIndividual chapters on each country containing: essays on geography, history and the economy an economic and demographic survey of the latest available statistics on population, health and welfare, agriculture, forestry, fishing, mining, industry, finance, trade, transport, tourism, communications and education a comprehensive directory of names and contact details covering the most significant p

Read more less

Book Synopsis

Read more less

Book SynopsisAt a turning point for the growing field of Black Studies, one of its founders looks to its futureTrade Review'Alkalimat's unique talent and skill is to unpack, make accessible and organise layers of knowledge. He is encyclopaedic, radical, yet accommodative of all streams of Black Liberation' -- Vusi Mchunu a.k.a. Macingwane, South African poet, Chairperson of the Freedom Park Council'Written by one of its founding fathers, the book places Black Studies at the intersection of American history, progressive social movements and academia. Abdul Alkalimat builds on a life-long commitment, decades of research and a global network to provide unique insights' -- Nii Addy, German-Ghanaian Political Scientist'A timely, future-oriented and necessary contribution which provides clarity to the multi-valent tendencies in this field. Abdul Akalimiat, a long-standing practitioner and labourer in the trenches offers an updated and much-needed inquiry’ -- Carole Boyce Davies, prize winning author and Professor of Africana Studies and Literatures in English at Cornell UniversityTable of ContentsList of Figures List of Tables Introduction PART I BLACK STUDIES AS AFROFUTURISM 1. Rethinking Afrofuturism 2. Imagining the Future 3. Back to the Future 4. Struggle for the Future PART II BLACK STUDIES AS DIASPORA STUDIES 5. History, Ideology, and Culture 6. African Diaspora Studies in Contemporary Academic Practice 7. Diaspora Studies in the African Diaspora PART III BLACK STUDIES AS KNOWLEDGE NETWORK 8. Science and Technology in Black History 9. Theories of eBlack 10. Toledo Model for eBlack Studies Epilogue Bibliography Index

Read more less

a huge range and FREE tracked UK delivery on ALL orders.

Read more less

Book Synopsis

Read more less

Book SynopsisHow prisons became economic development strategies for rural Appalachian communitiesAs the United States began the project of mass incarceration, rural communities turned to building prisons as a strategy for economic development. More than 350 prisons have been built in the U.S. since 1980, with certain regions of the country accounting for large shares of this dramatic growth. Central Appalachia is one such region; there are eight prisons alone in Eastern Kentucky. If Kentucky were its own country, it would have the seventh highest incarceration rate in the world. In Coal, Cages, Crisis, Judah Schept takes a closer look at this stunning phenomenon, providing insight into prison growth, jail expansion and rising incarceration rates in America's hinterlands. Drawing on interviews, site visits, and archival research, Schept traces recent prison growth in the region to the rapid decline of its coal industry. He takes us inside this startling transformation ocTrade Review"Against the many reductionist, exploitative, and degrading accounts of Appalachia, this book reveals how important it is to understand the region’s drive toward prisons and jails as part of a larger history, geography, and narrative of continuous extraction and structural crisis, one that was never inevitable but socially reproduced through carceral investments. Coal, Cages, Crisis is essential reading in this moment of reckoning, proving our analyses of racial capital in the rural hinterlands is foundational to struggles in the movement against prisons everywhere. " -- Michelle Brown, co-author of Criminology Goes to the Movies: Crime Theory and Popular Culture"Through the churn of extraction and profiteering, disposal and human sacrifice, the mountains of Appalachia have become a kind of national sacrifice zone, home to coal mines, garbage dumps, and cages. Judah Schept’s brilliant book nests rigorously local Appalachian history within the global system of racial capitalism that is devouring the planet. As jails and prisons proliferate across the coalfields, Schept tells us what was there before so we will remember to ask that crucial abolitionist question—what might be there instead?" -- Naomi Murakawa, author of The First Civil Right: How Liberals Built Prison America"Judah Schept sketches a fascinating topography of class war and the carceral state in Appalachia. He boldly shifts focus from the criminal policies and physical prisons of the region to the infrastructures of extraction and disposal that have facilitated mass incarceration. This imaginative interdisciplinary study will be a critical resource for scholars and organizers as well as for pundits trying to make sense of Appalachia’s now mythologized ‘white working class.’" -- Christina Heatherton, co-editor of Policing the Planet: Why the Policing Crisis Led to Black Lives Matter"Coal, Cages, Crisis is a model of carceral geography that combines investigative journalism, unabashed activism, and multi-layered analysis. Jill Frank’s stark photography illuminates a bleak landscape, while Schept excavates its buried past." -- Tony Platt, author of Beyond These Walls: Rethinking Crime and Punishment in the United States"The primary insight guiding Coal, Cages, and Crisis is that the carceral facility is part of an ensemble of social relations extending far beyond its walls, in networks of local, state, and federal punishment, the global landscape of commodity exchange, and even the unique historical moment in which it exists. As Schept deftly demonstrates, the site selection, construction, staffing, filling, and subsequent management of prisons and jails is not simply the narrow domain of the misnamed ‘justice system,’ reflecting its needs, nor are prisons and punishment regimes simply deployed in response to changing levels of ‘crime,’ as conservative criminologists argue. Instead, understanding why prisons are built, and filled, requires a close look at local patterns of employment, relations of private property, histories of structural racism, and the political and cultural arenas in which regimes of prison construction and ‘tough on crime’ policies alike are fought out … Time and again, Coal, Cages, Crisis strives to communicate that mass incarceration is not natural or inevitable, and depicts plenty of locals who prove that another way of life is not only possible, but in demand." * The Brooklyn Rail *"Drawing on interviews, site visits, and archival research, Schept links prison growth to other sites in the Central Appalachian landscape—coal mines, coal waste, landfills, and incinerators. He concludes that the prison boom has less to do with crime and punishment and much more with the overall extraction, depletion, and waste disposal processes that characterize dominant development strategies for the region." * Law and Social Inquiry *"Through this interdisciplinary study of the rural prison boom, Schept provides an invaluable state of the field in carceral and Appalachian studies, using the lens of racial capitalism to interpret the region’s complex identity. He also gives an innovative model for the use of blended oral and archival historical methods to study deep historical processes that manifest in the recent past." * The Journal of Southern History *"Prisons have proven to be unsafe and costly to operate and, as a result, many in this region have been closing at a rapid rate.…Highly recommended. Advanced undergraduates through faculty." -- E. Smith, University of Delaware * CHOICE *

Read more less

Book SynopsisA selection of source readings on history, society, politics, education, philosophy, and religion in the Land of the Rising Sun. This work includes: readings on early and medieval Shinto and on the tea ceremony, readings on state Buddhism and Chinese political thought influential in Japan, and sections on women's education.Trade ReviewThe long awaited second edition, with new contributions reflecting who's who in the field, adds new readings and revisions for a more balanced perspecitve... Sources lives again as a useful introduction that "lets the Japanese speak for themselves." Religious Studies Review I am a fan of Volume One of Sources of Japanese Tradition... The daunting task of revisiting such a classic was skillfully handled by the editors. Japanese Journal of Religious StudiesTable of ContentsPart 1: Early Japan 1. The Earliest Records of Japan 2. Early Shinto 3. Prince Shotoku and His Constitution 4. Chinese Thought and Institutions in Early Japan 5. Nara Buddhism Part 2: Mahayana Universalism and the Sense of Hierarchy 6. Saicho and Mt. Hiei (Ryusaku Tsunoda and Paul Groner) 7. Kukai and Esoteric Buddhism 8. The Spread of Esoteric Buddhism 9. The Vocabulary of Japanese Aesthetics I 10. Amida, the Pure Land, and the Response of the Old Buddhism to the New 11. New Voices of History (Paul Varley) 12. The Way of the Warrior (Paul Varley) 13. Nichiren: The Sun and the Lotus (Philip Yampolsky) 14. Zen Buddhism (William Bodiford) 15. Shinto in Medieval Japan 16. The Vocabulary of Japanese Aesthetics II 17. Women's Education 18. Law and Precepts for the Warrior Houses (Paul Varley) 19. The Regime of the Unifiers (Jurgis S. A. Elisonas)

Read more less

Book SynopsisThis book is a beautiful and moving personal account of the Ainu, the native inhabitants of HokkaidÅ, Japan's northern island, whose land, economy, and culture have been absorbed and destroyed in recent centuries by advancing Japanese. Based on the author's own experiences and on stories passed down from generation to generation, the book chronicles the disappearing worldâand courageous rebirthâof this little-understood people. Kayano describes with disarming simplicity and frankness the personal conflicts he faced as a result of the tensions between a traditional and a modern society and his lifelong efforts to fortify a living Ainu culture. A master storyteller, he paints a vivid picture of the ecologically sensitive Ainu lifestyle, which revolved around bear hunting, fishing, farming, and woodcutting. Unlike the few existing ethnographies of the Ainu, this account is the first written by an insider intimately tied to his own culture yet familiar with the ways of outsiders. Speaking Table of ContentsForeword -- Translators’ Note -- Our Nibutani Valley -- The Four Seasons in the Ainu Community -- My Grandfather, a Slave to the Shamo -- Following Forced Evacuation -- A Long Absence from School -- My Father’s Arrest -- An Adolescence Away from Home -- Realizing My Dream of Becoming a Foreman -- Lucky Is the One Who Dies First -- The Teachings of Chiri Mashiho -- Making the Acquaintance of Kindaichi Kyōsuke -- Building the Museum of Ainu Cultural Resources -- As a Member of the Ainu People -- Epilogue

Read more less

Book SynopsisIn the days of the British Raj Calcutta was a great port city. Thousands of men, women, and children worked there, loading and unloading valuable cargoes that sustained the regional economy, and contributed significantly to world trade. In the second half of the nineteenth century, in response to a shift from sailing ships to steamers, port authorities in Calcutta began work on a massive modernization project. This book is the first study of port labor in colonial Calcutta and British India. Drawing on primary source material, including government documents and newspaper records, the author demonstrates how the modernization process worsened class conflict and highlights the important part played by labor in the shaping of the portâs modernization. Class Conflict and Modernization in India places this history in a comparative context, highlighting the interconnected nature of port and port labor histories. It examines how the portâs modernization affectedTable of ContentsIntroduction1. The Last Days of Sail2. The Beginnings of a Modernization Project3. A Dangerous and Difficult Workplace4. The Culmination of a Crisis5. The Limits of ResistanceConclusion

Read more less

a huge range and FREE tracked UK delivery on ALL orders.

Read more less

Book SynopsisIn Persian Blues, Psychoanalysis and Mourning, Gohar Homayounpour plays a theme and variations on loss, love, and family against the backdrop of Iran's chaotic recent past.Homayounpour is simultaneously Shahrzad, the fearless storyteller, and Shahrzad's analyst: subjecting fairy tales to fierce new insights, while weaving an indigo thread through her own devastation on the death of her father and the wonders and horrors of motherhood. A blue thread, or melody, runs though the separations and emigrations of her family and patients driven or broken apart by war, and likewise through the fraught world inhabited by Persian women. This book breaks new psychoanalytic ground, offering a radical rejection of traditional clichés about Iran, and Iranian women, but its unsparing elegance transcends any political agenda, bridging the ocean of a shared and tragic humanity.Persian Blues, Psychoanalysis and Mourning will be of great interest to psychoanalysts and psycTrade Review"Persian Blues will be known as one of the great experimental and poetic discourses on the subversive character of psychoanalysis in our times. A practicing analyst in Tehran, but also a writer and theorist, Homayounpour poses the question of what one may expect from psychoanalysis. The answers she gives are drawn from the world of dreams, sessions, screen-memories, poems, stories, theories, as well as reports on historical and political events to make the answer at once enigmatic and urgent.A brilliant foray into both memory and imagination, eclectic and pointed, this work underscores the ethics that psychoanalysis yields, the difficult work of mourning within the time of one's life, and the historical and geopolitical realities and cultural debates within which psychoanalysis must renew itself. Navigating debates on the veil, Eurocentrism, and super-egoic discourses of the everyday, Homayounpour proves to be a shrewd cultural critic of our times. In the face of devastating losses, Homayounpour cautions against the wish to have all our wounds healed. She insists that life is lived well not in spite of our wounds, but because of them. Indeed, the ethical potential yielded by a curtailed narcissism is found in the distance, the difference, between self and other, need and object – vital disjunctures within relations of love. This text reads not only reads across theoretical, clinical, and poetic genres to interrogate love and ambivalence, but is itself a loving text, a gift of love, that is, a petition to encounter the difficulty that makes us into subjects who can love."Judith Butler"Gohar Homayounpour's new book takes us on a musical, unpredictable, and lively journey, through psychoanalysis, autobiography, social commentary, and culture. Avoiding the usual formats of both analytic prose and memoir, she forges a unique and deeply personal text which will appeal not only to analysts and students of psychoanalysis, but to a much wider readership."Darian Leader, psychoanalyst and member of the Centre for Freudian Analysis and Research, UK"Dr Gohar Homayounpour, an Iranian psychoanalyst who started the Freudian Group of Tehran, has written a brilliant meditation on a psychoanalyst’s life. The book is an integration of personal, cultural, philosophical, political, and clinical ideas, always within the context of a deeply reflective psychoanalytic mind. In Persian Blues you will meet a unique psychoanalyst and be glad for the experience."Fred Busch, member of the International Psychoanalytic Association and the American Psychoanalytic Association, USA"The equation is a simple one: Gohar Homayounpour's Persian Blues is to psychoanalysis what Bob Dylan's lyrics and music are to Mozart's Symphony Nº 41. Persian Blues essentially shows that psychoanalysis was, is, and will be the gay science of subjectivity. I envy the reader who can discover the exceptional beauty of psychoanalysis as an interweaving of the teachings of their great ancestors, history lived through personal experience, erudition, and the sublimity of the very best of music and poetry played on the stage of the dreamer."Néstor Braunstein, Professor, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Doctor Honoris Causa, Universidad Veracruzana, MexicoTable of Contents1. My Father and I, 2. Psoriasis, 3. Mississippi Blues, 4. If They Go Away, 5. The Forgotten War, 6. Tell Me a Story: Shahrzad "in Analysis" in Contemporary Persia, 7. Un-Translation, 8. Caliban, 9. One Should Build a Boat, 10. The Freudian Group of Tehran; Triumphs and Laments, 11. In Praise of the Reality Principle, or, In Praise of Disturbance, 12. Against Empath"ism", 13. Forough, 14. L, 15. Beyond "Locality": The Voyage of the Shitty Pebble, 16. Narcissism Becomes a Hazard to our "Building a Boat", 17. Inflation / Inflated Blues, 18. Paris Blues, or, Are You Going Home?, 19. In Niz Bogzared, This Too Shall Pass, 20. Elle, 21. Superego, 22. Clean Your Eyeglasses, 23. Grandfather Blues, 24. An Airport Taxi Driver in Tehran, 25. A Reliable, Silent Nanny, 26. In Praise of Hopelessness, 27. Blues Shuffle / Swing or Off-Beats, 28. Galway Girl, 29. Borges' Animals and Cemeteries, 30. Beyond Persian Blues...

Read more less

a huge range and FREE tracked UK delivery on ALL orders.

Read more less

a huge range and FREE tracked UK delivery on ALL orders.

Read more less

a huge range and FREE tracked UK delivery on ALL orders.

Read more less

a huge range and FREE tracked UK delivery on ALL orders.

Read more less

a huge range and FREE tracked UK delivery on ALL orders.

Read more less

a huge range and FREE tracked UK delivery on ALL orders.

Read more less