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University of California Press Agrarian Socialism
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University of California Press Troubled in the Land of Enchantment
Book SynopsisIn this groundbreaking study based on five years of in-depth ethnographic and interdisciplinary research, Troubled in the Land of Enchantment explores the well-being of adolescents hospitalized for psychiatric care in New Mexico. AnthropologistsJanis H. Jenkins and Thomas J. Csordas present a gripping picture of psychic distress, familial turmoil, and treatment under the regime of managed care that dominates the mental health care system. The authors make the case for the centrality of struggle in the lives of youth across an array of extraordinary conditions, characterized by personal anguish and structural violence. Critical to the analysis is the cultural phenomenology of existence disclosed through shifting narrative accounts by youth and their families as they grapple with psychiatric diagnosis, poverty, misogyny, and stigma in their trajectories through multiple forms of harm and sites of care.Jenkins andCsordas compellingly direct our attention to the conjunction of lived experience, institutional power, and the very possibility of having a life.Table of ContentsList of Illustrations and Tables Acknowledgments Prelude 1. Land of Enchantment, Land of Pain 2. Coming to the Hospital 3. Defining the Problem 4. Angry Boy, Angry Girl 5. The Experience of Psychiatric Treatment 6. Having a Life Closing Remarks Appendix: Methods and Procedures Notes Works Cited Index
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University of California Press Stuck with Tourism
Book SynopsisTrade Review"This book is packed with rich material. Each of the four case studies could be its own monograph. This book is most important for two audiences (with fortunate overlap), those in tourism studies of any region and those dedicated to following scholarship of Mexico and/or Yucatan or Maya studies. This book would be excellent for use in Anthropology, Latin American Studies, or Global Studies classes." * The Journal of Latin American and Caribbean Anthropology *"Stuck with Tourism is an engaging read that brings into focus concerns about tourism that go beyond the headlines." * Journal of Latin American Geography *"Matilde Córdoba Azcárate’s Stuck with Tourism powerfully details the predatory nature of tourism industry development." * Anthropology Book Forum *"Stuck with Tourism is both timely and salient. . . .[its] theoretically informed but empirically supported and widely accessible thesis also makes it ideal reading for undergraduates and the general public." * Hispanic American Historical Review *"Azcárate’s writing is powerful, grabbing the reader from the first few sentences of the introduction. This book is a wonderful addition to the growing body of scholarship that brings the tensions of tourism to the surface." * New Mexico Historical Review *Table of ContentsList of Illustrations Acknowledgments Introduction: Predatory and Sticky Tourism Geographies 1 • Beach Enclosures: Manufacturing a Caribbean Paradise 2 • Wild Hotspots: Contested Natures on the Maya Coast 3 • Colonial Enclaves: Site-Specific Indigeneity for Luxury Tourism 4 • City-Village: Domestic Maquila in the Tourist Offstage Conclusion: Tourism Fixation and Disciplinary Retoolings Notes References Index
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University of California Press Wastelands Recycled Commodities and the Perpetual
Book SynopsisWastelands is an exploration of trash, the scavengers who collect it, and the precarious communities it sustains. After enduring war and persecution in Kosovo, many Ashkali refugees fled to Belgrade, Serbia, where they were stigmatized as Gypsies, consigned to slums, sidelined from the economy, and subjected to violence. To survive, Ashkali collect the only resource available to them: garbage. Vividly recounting everyday life in an illegal Romani settlement, Eirik Saethre follows Ashkali as they scavenge through dumpsters, build shacks, siphon electricity, negotiate the recycling trade, and migrate between Belgrade, Kosovo, and the European Union. He argues that trash is not just a means of survival: it reinforces the status of Ashkali and Roma as polluted Others, creates indissoluble bonds to transnational capitalism, enfeebles bodies, and establishes a localized sovereignty.Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction: The Other World 1. The Sociality of Exception 2. Precarious Domesticity 3. Abject Economies 4. Constrained Aspirations 5. Relocations Conclusion: Jebem Ti Život Notes Bibliography Index
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University of California Press Confrontation and Accommodation in Southern Africa
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University of California Press Networked Refugees
Book SynopsisA free open access ebook is available upon publication. Learn more atwww.luminosoa.org. Almost 68.5 million refugees in the world today live in a protection gap, the chasm between protections stipulated in the Geneva Convention and the abrogation of those responsibilities by states and aid agencies. With dwindling humanitarian aid, how do refugee communities solve collective dilemmas, like raising funds for funeral services, or securing other critical goods and services? In Networked Refugees, Nadya Hajj finds that Palestinian refugees utilize Information Communication Technology platforms to motivate reciprocitya cooperative action marked by the mutual exchange of favors and servicesand informally seek aid and connection with their transnational diaspora community. Using surveys conducted with Palestinians throughout the diaspora, interviews with those inside the Nahr al Bared Refugee camp in Lebanon, and data pulled from online community spaces, these findings push back against thTrade Review"Thoroughly researched and conveniently enriched by interview snippets that strengthen Hajj’s main arguments. . . . A deeply valuable contribution to both the field of Palestinian studies and the thriving body of research on the intersection of new technologies and political and social developments." * Mondoweiss *"Networked Refugees is a valuable contribution to both the field of Palestinian studies and the thriving body of research on the intersection of new technologies and political and social developments." * The Middle East Journal *
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd Arab Nationalism
Book SynopsisThis is a much needed, concise survey of Arab nationalism both as an historical movement and a doctrine. The author identifies the particular characteristics and development of Arab nationalism and provides a wide-ranging history.Trade Review"[Choueiri] provides a wealth of detail based on the writings of al-Miqdadi, Ghurbal ... and many others. Largely expository in style, his book describes what they have to say about the Arab nation and about the political programmes needed to realize its potential. In doing so, he brings out the differences among them and sympathetically assesses the problems many encountered." Times Literary Supplement "Recommended particularly for university libraries and those interested in political theory and Middle East studies." CHOICE "Arab Nationalism is a well-written, fact-filled book that constitutes a useful single-volume study of the evolution of Arabism. It is well-suited for readers who have in interest in the international nuances and development of nationalism and for those Middle East history enthusiasts who wish to delve into a more specialized topic." History: Reviews of New BooksTable of ContentsPreface. Acknowledgements. Glossary. 1. Nationalism and Its Theories. The World of Unbelief and Negative Approaches. Rousseau's Passion. Kant's Guilt. The World of Positive Belief. A Question of Dignity. The Agnostics or Reluctantly Neutral. 2. Narrating the Nation. Lessons of History. The Rise of Islam. The Modern Age. Darwish al-Miqdadi: The Nation in History. Historical Structures. Lessons of History and Temporal Distances. An Egyptian Perspective. Islam and Arabism. 3. Cultural and Political Arabism. The Ottoman Background and European Rivalry. Cultural Arabism. The Fatherland and Patriotism. The Cultural and the Political. Political Arabism 1900-1945. Articulation of Pan-Arabism. Political Parties. 4. Educating the Nation: Sati' al-Husri. The Arab League. What is Nationalism?. 5. In Search of Theory. Regionalism. An Arab Polity. Al-Arsuzi: Language and Industry. Shahbandar: Leadership and Revolution. Michel 'Aflaq: The Vanguard. Socialism. Nationalism. Religion. New Politics. 6. Socialism and Pan-Arabism. The World of Social Arab Nationalism. Nasserism. Political Orientations. Theory and Practice. The Universal and the Specific. Ba'thism. 7. Epilogue: Civil Society and Democracy. Neo-Arabism. Notes. List of Dynasties. Further Reading. Bibliography. Index.
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd The Tibetans
Book SynopsisThis book provides a clear and comprehensive introduction to Tibet, its culture and history. * A clear and comprehensive overview of Tibet, its culture and history. * Responds to current interest in Tibet due to continuing publicity about Chinese rule and growing interest in Tibetan Buddhism.Trade Review"The Tibetans improves and expands upon its predecessors, and we have Matthew Kapstein to thank for his efforts." (Moran Review, October 2010) "Kapstein's work provides a highly accessible and comprehensive account of scholarship on the subject, ensuring that his book will feature prominently on reading lists for students at all levels, especially undergraduates." (Religious Studies Review, September 2010)"The Tibetans offers the best single overview of Tibetan cultural history currently available, and it is highly recommended reading for students and professional scholars alike. It is surely destined to be the standard work of its type well into the foreseeable future." (The Journal of Asian Studies, December 2009) "Kapstein has produced a finely textured work that can correct prevailing misconceptions and introduce the reader to the amazing complexity of what he calls the "Tibetan civilizational sphere." The Tibetans helps us better understand the historical and cultural forces that have shaped Tibet's destiny." (Traditional Yoga Studies) "It has been a long time since Tibet scholars have had a text so comprehensive, well informed, beautifully written and majestically sensitive. This book is a ‘must read’ for junior scholars of Tibet and for lay persons with a general interest in the region; even those already expert in the field will find here much that is both entertaining and edifying." (The China Journal) "Recommended." (CHOICE) "An excellent book and it adds greatly to our knowledge of this fascinating people … I recommend this book strongly." (Educational Review) "An authoritative but accessible work of erudition, well-designed for the undergraduate market." (Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute) "It is a book that all scholars of Tibet and Central Asia, regardless of disciplinary focus, should read and control." (Asian Ethnology) "This accessible book makes the latest research on Tibetan history and culture widely available and can be recommended as a standard introduction to the field." (Atlas Serials)Table of ContentsList of Photographs. List of Maps. Preface. Acknowledgements. A Note on Transcription and Translation. 1. The Vessel and Its Contents. High Peaks, Pure Earth. Peasants, Nomads, and Traders. The Tibetan Language. 2. Prehistory and Early Legends. Sources of Archeological Evidence. Children of the Ape and the Ogress. Tibetan Religion Before Buddhism. 3. The Tsenpo's Imperial Dominion. The Rise of the Tibetan Empire. Later Monarchs and the Promotion of Buddhism. The Empire's Implosion. 4. Fragmentation and Hegemonic Power. Dynastic Successors and the Kingdom of Gugé. The Buddhist Renaissance. Mongols and Tibetan Buddhists. Successive Hegemonies. Tibetan Buddhism and the Ming Court. 5. The Rule of the Dalai Lamas. Monastics and Monarchs. Between Mongols and Manchus. Regency and Retreat. Cultural Developments in Eastern Tibet. The Life and Times of the Great Thirteenth. 6. Tibetan Society. Property, Economy, and Social Class. Government and Law. Marriage and Kinship. Women in Traditional Tibet. 7. Religious Life and Thought. Propitiation, Therapy, and the Life-cycle. Buddhist Basics. Monastic Institutions and Education. Tantrism and Yoga. Major Orders and Schools. Festivals, Pilgrimages, and Ritual Cycles. 8. The Sites of Knowledge. The Speech Goddess's Mirror. Formations of Body, Speech, and Mind. Medicine, Astronomy, and the Divinatory Sciences. 9. Tibet in the Modern World. The End of Traditional Tibet. Rebellion and Exile. The Promise and Peril of a Century's End. Notes. Spellings of Tibetan Names and Terms. Bibliography. Index.
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Harvard University, Asia Center Prayer and Play in Late Tokugawa Japan
Book SynopsisThe unique amalgam of prayer and play at the Sensoji temple in Edo is often cited as proof of the degenerate Buddhism of the Tokugawa period. This investigation of the economy and cultural politics of Sensoji, however, shows that its culture of prayer and play reflected changes taking place in Tokugawa Japan, particularly in the city of Edo.
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Harvard University, Asia Center Culture and the State in Late Choson Korea
Book SynopsisInvestigating the late 16th through the 19th century, this work looks at the shifting boundaries between the Choson state and the adherents of Confucianism, Buddhism, Christianity, and popular religions. It counters the static view of the Korean Confucian state and elucidates its relationship to the wider Confucian community and religious groups.
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Harvard University, Asia Center A Time of Crisis
Book SynopsisThis study of Japan's transformation by the economic crises of the 1930s focuses on efforts to overcome the effects of the Great Depression in rural areas, particularly the activities of local activists and Tokyo policymakers. Smith sheds light on how average Japanese responded to problems of modernization and how they re-created the countryside.Trade ReviewSmith has produced a groundbreaking study of the impact of the Great Depression on Japan in the 1930s. The early 1930s, when Japan was wracked by internal and external problems, was called a 'time of crisis' by contemporary Japanese...This unique and insightful look at a crucial time in modern Japanese history is highly recommended. -- M. D. Ericson * Choice *
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Harvard University, Asia Center China Upside Down
Book SynopsisScholars have noted the role of China's demand for silver in the emergence of the modern world. This book discusses the interaction of this demand and the early-19th-century Latin American independence movements, changes in the world economy, the resulting disruptions in the Qing dynasty, and the transformation from the High Qing to modern China.
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Harvard University Press Revolutionary Life
Book SynopsisThe Arab Spring may not have achieved regime change, but the uprising did foster meaningful reforms. Asef Bayat shows how waves of protest transformed ordinary life in farms and factories, souks and schools. In Egypt and Tunisia, women, workers, poor people, and the queer community can credit the Arab Spring with steps toward equality and freedom.Trade ReviewBayat, a sociologist and an acute chronicler of everyday life in the Middle East and North Africa, explores the fate of marginalized people in the uprisings of the Arab Spring. -- Lisa Anderson * Foreign Affairs *Stands out…for its brilliance and lack of sentimentality…Focusing on Egypt and Tunisia, Bayat’s argument is that the events of 2011 set something radical in motion and imposed a new set of social relations onto everyday life. The book is rich with examples of this everyday resistance from both countries. -- Nihal El Aasar * Jacobin *Pioneers an important topic…By diving deeper into overlooked and marginal groups, Bayat reveals the dynamics of ordinary people disregarding individual ideals and participating in something exceptional. Revolutionary Life is a study of the ordinary that is anything but. -- Elizabeth Pipes * Middle East Quarterly *[Bayat] has been a sure-footed observer of revolutions for decades…Although the Arab revolts appear to have largely failed, Bayat argues that even revolutions that do not reach the pinnacle of power leave behind lasting change. -- Ray Takeyh * Survival: Global Politics and Strategy *This remarkable book uncovers how mass revolutionary uprisings shape—and are shaped by—the everyday experiences of people from all walks of life. In Revolutionary Life, Asef Bayat has delivered another tour de force. -- Erica Chenoweth, Frank Stanton Professor of the First Amendment, Harvard UniversityThrough finely detailed studies of the uprisings in Tunisia and Egypt, highlighting the lives of the poor and subaltern, Bayat illuminates the gap between changing political structures and transforming everyday life that contemporary revolutions everywhere must bridge. He makes an important and timely argument about how, although they did not significantly change state power, the Arab Spring revolutions gave rise to new subjectivities and a new political imaginary, which could be powerful resources for the future. -- Michael Hardt, Professor of Literature, Duke UniversityWhile revolutions are mostly made from below, through mass mobilization of ordinary people, they are usually narrated from above. Reversing that perspective, Asef Bayat explains the development of the Arab Spring by analyzing the everyday life of the subaltern. Most innovative for the study of extraordinary moments and their outcomes is the importance he gives to the transformations in people’s subjectivities, expectations, and practices as a trigger for, but also a constraint upon, social and political change. Empirically rich and theoretically provoking, this is a must-read book for all those interested in contentious politics. -- Donatella della Porta, Professor of Political Science, Scuola Normale Superiore
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Princeton University Press Bodies of Memory
Book SynopsisJapan and the United States became close political allies so quickly after the end of World War II, that it seemed as though the two countries had easily forgotten the war they had fought. This work offers a look at how Japanese postwar society struggled to understand its war loss and the resulting national trauma.Trade Review"With this book, Yoshikuni Igarashi contributes significantly to our understanding of the emergence and solidification of memories of the war in post-war Japan... Absorbing and thought-provoking reading."--Beatrice Trefalt, Japanese StudiesTable of ContentsAcknowledgements ix Introduction 3 I. The Bomb, Hirohito, and History: The Foundamental Narrative of Postwar Relations between Japan and United States 19 II. The Age of the Body 47 III. A Nation that Never Is: Cultural Discourse on Japanese Uniqeness 73 IV. Naming the Unnameable 104 V. From the Anti-Security Treaty Movement to the Tokoyo Olympics: Transforming the Body, the Metropolis, and Memory 131 VI. Re-Presenting Trauma in Late-1960s Japan 164 Conclusion 199 Notes 211 Bibliography 253 Index 275
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Princeton University Press Rethinking Europes Future
Book SynopsisDiscusses the theories for managing the state system, the transition from autocratic states to communitarian nation states, the strength of nation states, and their relationship with capitalism. This book focuses on the Cold War's legacies for Europe. It presents models of a new Europe that propose different relationships with the U.S. and Russia.Trade ReviewOne of Choice's Outstanding Academic Titles for 2002 It is the great virtue of this book that by concentrating on the larger picture [Calleo] is able to convey the unprecedented scale of what is really happening in Europe."--Economist "This volume rests on theoretical insights to generate an innovative history of European political economy, one distinguished by elegant writing and invaluable annotated bibliographies. This scrupulously researched and wide-ranging book is a must-read for skimmers, scholars, and students of European matters."--Choice "Undaunted by the challenge of speculating about future developments, Calleo does a masterful job of weaving the perspectives of history, economics, philosophy, and political science into a rich tapestry of forthright questions about Europe's future and persuasive speculation about answers and possibilities... David Calleo's boos are always imperative reading for specialists, but his clear and vibrant writing is easily accessible to any educated reader interested in European and world affairs."--Forest L. Grieves, Perspectives on Political ScienceTable of ContentsAcknowledgments ix Foreword xi Chapter One: Old Europe and New Europe 1 Part One Europe's Living History Chapter Two: Competing Lessons of World War I 17 Chapter Three: Europe's States and State System 33 Chapter Four: From States to Nation States 48 Chapter Five: The Nation State and Capitalism 67 Part Two Legacies of the Cold War Chapter Six: The Three Postwar Systems: An Overview 87 Chapter Seven: Bipolar Europe 111 Chapter Eight: Confederal Europe: From Rome to Maastricht 135 Chapter Nine: Europe in the Global Economy 154 Chapter Ten: Cold War Lessons, Old and New 176 Part Three The New Europe Chapter Eleven: Europe after the Soviet Shock: Maastricht and the EMU 185 Chapter Twelve: Globalism and the Case for a European Bloc 207 Chapter Thirteen: Unfinished Business I: Constitutional Projects 250 Chapter Fourteen: Unfinished Business II: Security after the Cold War 299 Chapter Fifteen: Unfinished Business III: Organizing Pan-Europe 337 Chapter Sixteen: Europe in the New World Order 354 Index 375
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Princeton University Press The Party and the People
Book SynopsisTrade Review"A Choice Outstanding Academic Title of the Year""The Party and the People provides a wonderfully clear-eyed look at how the CCP has reinvented itself since 1989."---Jeffrey Wasserstrom, Mekong Review"Dickson’s book gives a useful overview of the various bodies that run China and the party’s involvement in them. He also surveys a series of important questions, such as why the CCP doesn’t like civil society or religious groups. He is especially strong on the issue of nationalism, which many foreign observers assert is growing in China, especially among young people. Dickson gives a sure-footed assessment of public opinion data to show that this is not the case, and that young people are in fact less nationalistic than their parents’ generation."---Ian Johnson, New York Review of Books"The Party and the People ... drafts a helpful balance sheet of the party’s strengths and weaknesses, giving readers a better understanding of how the CCP’s versatility enabled it to become the longest-ruling communist party in history."---Orville Schell, Foreign Affairs"A good treatment of exactly what the title promises."---Tyler Cowen, Marginal Revolution"An ideal text for college courses on Chinese politics, and the writing is fully accessible to general readers as well." * Choice *"Bruce J. Dickson offers a comprehensive description of how China’s authoritarian political system operates. ... Dickson observes how the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) manages to stay in power without the necessary elements of Western liberal democracy, such as individual rights, freedom of speech, and multiparty competitive elections."---Wenfang Tang, American Affairs Journal"Dickson offers a comprehensive primer on how the CCP chooses leaders and makes policy, how it responds to political protests with repression both hard and soft, and how it may use or constrain the forces of nationalism based on what aids its political survival. ... In calm, lucid prose, Dickson traces the evolution of the CCP since 1949, focusing on the recent divergence between local and higher-level leaders."---Nicolas Gattig, Japan Times"An authoritative survey of the major issues confronting China."---Walter C. Clemens, Jr., New York Journal of Books"Very well balanced in evaluating factionalism and party ideology in the decision-making and personnel appointment processes. . . . [and] a good overview of how the CCP runs China, and how the CCP responded to different stakeholders in the country with a Top to Down Approach."---Larry Ngan, Interlib"A tour de force in all its aspects, Dickson’s new book shows his mastery of relevant facts, nuances and scholarship on China, and an enviable power of synthesis marshalled for the benefit of a non-expert audience. The plethora of examples and the photos offered throughout the book recommend it as an engaging reading for the widest possible audience."---Lavinia Stan, European Legacy
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Princeton University Press Syrian Requiem
Book SynopsisTrade Review"A smart history."---Thomas L. Friedman, New York Times"A very useful primer on an astonishingly complex history." * Foreign Affairs *"Syrian Requiem: The Civil War and Its Aftermath makes a bold claim in its very title. It rests on the idea that something fundamentally Syrian has slid into memory, never to return."---Lazar Berman, Times of Israel"Of all the books I’ve read about the ongoing civil war in Syria, Syrian Requiem: The Civil War and Its Aftermath is the best of the lot. . . . . It is concise yet comprehensive, scholarly yet accessible."---Sheldon Kirshner, Times of Israel"Syrian Requiem is an original and valuable addition to the literature on the Syrian civil war, and is likely to become one of the early standard texts on this subject, specifically with regard to its cogent examination of the diplomatic, strategic, and high policy elements of the war’s trajectory."---Jonathan Spyer, Tel Aviv Review of Books "A valuable book for students of geopolitics and the ever turbulent Middle East." * Kirkus Reviews *"Important and impressive. . . . [Syrian Requiem] is an indispensable book for anyone wishing to understand one of the most tragic civil wars in the Middle East." * Survival *"Packed with information, this slick book manages to offer a comprehensive look at the causes and immediate consequences of the civil war, and the way in which peaceful protests staged as part of the Arab Spring rapidly escalated into a civil war with important and far-reaching international ramifications. An engaging reading, Rabinovich and Valensi’s argument will be of interest to academic and non-academic audiences as well as to undergraduate students and faculty alike."---Lavinia Stan, European Legacy
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University of British Columbia Press The Chinese in Vancouver 194580
Book SynopsisIn The Chinese in Vancouver, Wing Chung Ng captures the fascinating story of the city's Chinese in their search for identity. He juxtaposes the cultural positions of different generations of Chinese immigrants and their Canadian-born descendants and unveils the ongoing struggle over the definition of being Chinese. It is an engrossing story about cultural identity in the context of migration and settlement, where the influence of the native land and the appeal of the host city continued to impinge on the consciousness of the ethnic Chinese.The Chinese in Canada is long overdue in view of the many previous studies that tend to describe Chinese people as victims of racial prejudice and discrimination and Chinese identity a matter of Western cultural hegemony. Ng's account gives the Chinese people their own voice and shows that the Chinese in Vancouver had much to say and often disagreed about the meaning of being Chinese.In his concluding chapter, Ng looks beyonTrade ReviewNg’s analysis allows for a poignant human dimension to frame the inevitable passing of the old-timers’ generation, and also explains why these organizations continues to exist ... This book is a welcome addition to studies of the Chinese in Vancouver, as this community continues to thrive on Canada’s west coast. -- Paul Yee * British Columbia Historical News *Theoretically informed, concise, and solidly documented, Ng’s work is not just about the turbulent and fascinating history of Vancouver’s Chinese community. It also shows just how much the Chinese had to say and to debate among themselves about who and what defined them and their community as Chinese. -- Gary Watson * CBRA 4193 *... this detailed account includes considerable information on acculturation, socio-economic status, community activities both social and business, and problems associated with race... Writing is clear, organization coherent, details richly documented and gently tied to prior history of mainland China so the book has special value to historians. * Psychological Reports *Table of Contents1 Introduction2 Early Settlement and the Contours of Identity3 Renewed Immigration and Cultural Redefinition4 Local-Born Chinese and the Challenge to an Immigrant Discourse5 Old-Timers, Public Rituals, and the Resilience of Traditional Organizations6 Negotiating Identities between Two Worlds, 1945-707 Constructing Chineseness in the Multicultural Arena8 Beyond a ConclusionGlossaryNotesBibliographyIndex
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University of British Columbia Press Sex and Borders
Book SynopsisA compelling exploration of the complex relationship between Thai national identity and prostitution and gender.Trade ReviewA timely, interesting and well-documented study of the impact of Western (neo) imperialism on the construction of different prostitution policies (and on the lives of real prostitute women). -- Meredith Ralston, Mount Saint Vincent University * Atlantis, Volume 28.1 *Table of ContentsAcronyms; AcknowledgmentsIntroduction1 Gender, Prostitution, and the “Standards of Civilization”2 Peasants, Prostitutes, and the Body Politic: Prostitution as Cultural Decline and Political Resistance in the 1960s and 1970s3 Elite Women, the Reconstruction of National Identity, and the Prostitution Problem4 Women’s Groups and the Prostitution Question: Prostitution Law under Premocracy5 The Politics of Prostitution and the “New Man”: The 1996 Prostitution Law, International Image, and Middle-Class Masculinity6 The Middle Class and the Material Girl: The 1996 Prostitution Law and the Disciplining of Peasant Women7 The Politics of Prostitution: Gender, Class, and NationAppendix; Notes; Bibliography; Index
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University of British Columbia Press Sex and Borders
Book SynopsisA compelling exploration of the complex relationship between Thai national identity and prostitution and gender.Trade ReviewA timely, interesting and well-documented study of the impact of Western (neo) imperialism on the construction of different prostitution policies (and on the lives of real prostitute women). -- Meredith Ralston, Mount Saint Vincent University * Atlantis, Volume 28.1 *Table of ContentsAcronyms; AcknowledgmentsIntroduction1 Gender, Prostitution, and the “Standards of Civilization”2 Peasants, Prostitutes, and the Body Politic: Prostitution as Cultural Decline and Political Resistance in the 1960s and 1970s3 Elite Women, the Reconstruction of National Identity, and the Prostitution Problem4 Women’s Groups and the Prostitution Question: Prostitution Law under Premocracy5 The Politics of Prostitution and the “New Man”: The 1996 Prostitution Law, International Image, and Middle-Class Masculinity6 The Middle Class and the Material Girl: The 1996 Prostitution Law and the Disciplining of Peasant Women7 The Politics of Prostitution: Gender, Class, and NationAppendix; Notes; Bibliography; Index
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University of British Columbia Press Global Goes Local
Book SynopsisCovering topics from pop music in Korea to TV commercials in Malaysia, this collection shows how imported cultural forms have been invested with fresh meaning and transformed by local artists to result in new forms of assertion and resistance.Table of ContentsFigures Acknowledgments Asia and Global Popular Culture: The View from He Yong's GarbageDump / Richard King and Timothy J. Craig Part 1: Global versus Local -- Hybridity and Appropriationin Asian Popular Culture 1. Hulk Hogan in the Rainforest / Peter Metcalf 2. Hybridity and Disjuncture in Mainland Chinese Popular Music /Mercedes M. Dujunco 3. Under Attack: Mass Media Technology and Indigenous MusicalPractices in the Philippines / Michiyo Yoneno Reyes 4. Rocking East and West: The USA in Malaysian Music (An AmericanRemix) / Eric C. Thompson 5. Exploding Ballads: The Transformation of Korean Pop Music /Keith Howard Part 2: Political, Ideological, and Spiritual Tensions inAsian Popular Culture 6. The Poetics and Politics of Sister Drum: "Tibetan"Music in the Global Marketplace / Janet L. Upton 7. Television Drama in China: Engineering Souls for the Market /Michael Keane 8. Moral Advertising in Malaysian TV Commercials / Todd Joseph,Miles Holden and Azrina Husin 9. "You May Not Believe, But Never Offend the Spirits":Spirit-Medium Cults and Popular Media in Modern Thailand / PattanaKitiarsa 10. Revisioning Japanese Religiosity: Osamu Tezuka's Hi no tori(The Phoenix) / Mark MacWilliams Part 3: The Creation, Assertion, and Representation ofIdentity in Asian Popular Culture 11. Images of Asians in the Art of the Great Pacific War, 1937-45 /Nancy Brcak and John Pavia 12. To Fight the Losing War, to Remember the Lost War: The ChangingRole of Gunka, Japanese War Songs / Junko Oba 13. The Incantation of Shanghai: Singing a City into Existence /Isabel K.F. Wong 14. Cassettes, Bazaars, and Saving the Nation: The Uyghur MusicIndustry in Xinjiang, China / Rachel Harris Bibliography Credits Contributors Index
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University of British Columbia Press Collective Insecurity
Book SynopsisAfrica's notorious civil wars and seemingly endless conflicts constitute one of the most intractable threats to global peace and security in the post-Cold War era. This book provides both a superb analysis of the historical dysfunction of the post-colonial African state generally and, more specifically, a probing critique of the crisis that resulted in the tragic collapse of Liberia.Using a historical deconstruction and reconstruction of the theories and practice of international law and politics, Ikechi Mgbeoji ultimately shows that blame for this endless cycle of violence must be laid at the feet of both the Western powers and African states themselves. He further posits that three measures a reconstructed regime of African statehood, legitimate governance, and reform of the United Nations Security Council are imperatives for the creation of a stable African polity. In the post-9/11 era, this holistic and multilateral approach to collective security remains the world''s bTrade ReviewA timely, well written book that will appeal to those interested in Africa—international lawyers, international relations specialists, and others who are concerned about the impact of the “global war on terrorism” on the role of international law and social justice … there is no question that this is an important book that draws on a wide variety of sources and disciplines to address both an area that has been neglected for far too long in the US (African politics and history) and an issue that is at the forefront of US foreign policy today (the legitimate use of military force internationally). -- Ronald C. Slye, Seattle University School of Law * Law and Politics Book Review *The book is a significant contribution to the fields of international law and African studies … [It] provides a basis from which to start to make sense of a vast continent which has been forgotten in its hour of need. It points the way forward and clarifies the difficult historical and intellectual problems that must be comprehended if Africa is to be understood both by Africans as well as outsiders. -- Director of the Human Rights Center at SUNY Buffalo School of Law and author of Human Rights: A Political and Cultural CritiqueTable of ContentsIntroduction1 The Myth of African Statehood2 Collective Security and the Liberian Conflict3 The Liberian Conflict and the International Law on Foreign Intervention in Domestic Conflicts4 The UN Charter and the Ratification of the ECOWAS Action by the Security Council: Implications for Global Security5 Reconfiguring Collective Security in AfricaConclusionNotesBibliographyIndex
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University of British Columbia Press Gandharan Buddhism
Book SynopsisThe essays in this volume reassess Gandharan Buddhism in light of these findings, utilizing a multidisciplinary approach that illuminates the complex historical and cultural dynamics of the region.Table of ContentsContentsIllustrationsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction / Pia Brancaccio and Kurt Behrendt1 Prologue: Some Debating Points on Gandharan Buddhism and Kusana History / John M. RosenfieldPart I: Archaeology2 Recent Archaeological Research in Gandhara: The New Evidence / Maurizio Taddei3 Buddhist Presence in the Urban Settlements of Swat, Second Century BCE to Fourth Century CE / Pierfrancesco Callieri4 Relic Shrines of Gandhara: A Reinterpretation of the Archaeological Evidence / Kurt BehrendtPart II: Texts5 Pilgrimage Route Changes and the Decline of Gandhara / Shoshin Kuwayama6 New Manuscript Sources for the Study of Gandharan Buddhism / Richard SalomonPart III: Art7 Bodhisattvas in Gandharan Art: An Aspect of Mahayana in Gandharan Buddhism / Juhyung Rhi8 The Nature and Use of the Bodily Relics of the Buddha in Gandhara / Robert L. Brown9 Gateways to the Buddha: Figures under Arches in Early Gandharan Art / Pia Brancaccio10 A Gandharan Relief with Two Scenes from Buddha’s Life / Anna Maria Quagliotti11 Local Crafts in Early Gandharan Art / Doris Meth Srinivasan12 Ananda and Vajrapani: An Inexplicable Absence and a Mysterious Presence in Gandharan Art / Anna Filigenzi13 Design Diversity in Kaniska’s Buddha Coins / Ellen M. RavenContributorsIndex
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University of British Columbia Press Cooperative Canada
Book SynopsisA comprehensive look at how Canadians are responding to the forces of globalization through collectively owned enterprises.Table of ContentsIntroduction: Where We Stand – Place, Enterprise, and Community / Brett FairbairnPart 1: Globalization, Autonomy, and Cohesion1 Globalization, Co-operatives, and Social Cohesion / William D. Coleman2 “Nuna Is My Body”: What Northerners Can Teach about Social Cohesion / Isobel M. FindlayPart 2: Social Enterprises and Networks3 “I Felt That I Had Lost Myself”: Credit Unions, Economies, and the Construction of Locality / Brett Fairbairn with Rob Dobrohoczki4 Autonomy and Identity: Constraints and Possibilities in Western Canada’s Co-operative Retailing System / Jason Heit, Murray Fulton, and Brett Fairbairn5 Social Cohesion in Times of Crisis: Atlantic Canada’s Consumers’ Community Co-operative / Leslie H. BrownPart 3: New Partnerships and Models6 Reclaiming Community: Co-operatives and Sectoral Governance in Quebec Forestry / Patrick Gingras and Mario Carrier7 Rebuilding “Home” in a Transient World: Globalization, Social Exclusion, and Innovations in Co-operative Housing / Mitch Diamantopoulos and Jorge Sousa8 Co-operation Reinvented: New Partnerships in Multi-Stakeholder Co-operatives / Jean-Pierre Girard and Geneviève Langlois9 “To See Our Communities Come Alive Again with Pride”: (Re)Inventing Co-operatives for First Nations’ Needs / Lou Hammond Ketilson10 Imagination and the Future: Learning from Social Enterprises / Brett FairbairnAppendix: The Enterprise with Many Names: Establishing a Common Language / Brett FairbairnIndex
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University of British Columbia Press Empire and Environment in the Making of Manchuria
Book SynopsisSince the seventeenth century, Chinese, Japanese, Manchu, Russian, and other imperial forces have defied Manchuria's unrelenting summers and unforgiving winters to fight for sovereignty over the natural resources of Northeast Asia. Until now, historians have focused on rivalries between the region's imperial invaders. Empire and Environment in the Making of Manchuria examines the interplay of climate and competing economic and political interests in the region's vibrant and violent cultural narrative. In this unique and compelling analysis of Manchuria's environmental history, contributors demonstrate how geography shaped the region's past. Families that settled this borderland reaped its riches while at the mercy of an unforgiving and hotly contested landscape. As China's strength as a world leader continues to grow, this volume invites exploration of the indelible links between empire and environment and shows how the geopolitical future of this global ecTrade ReviewOverall, Empire and Environment provides a rich array of scholarship that demonstrates the dynamic relationship between Manchuria’s natural environment and a variety of distinctive cultures and political regimes over time. -- Emily Matson * Pacific Affairs *Table of ContentsIntroduction / Norman Smith1 Manchuria: History and Environment / Diana Lary2 Rival Empires on the Hunt for Sable and Tribal in Seventeenth-Century Manchuria / David A. Bello3 Inclement Weather and Human Error: Impediments to the Tribute System in Qing Manchuria / Loretta E. Kim4 Producing Full-Fat Controversy: The Politicization of Dairy Production in Post-Colonial North Manchuria, 1924–30 / Blaine Chiasson5 “Hibernate No More!”: Winter, Health, and the Great Outdoors / Norman Smith6 Constructing a Rural Utopia: Propaganda Images of Japanese Settlers in Northern Manchuria, 1936-43 / Annika A. Culver7 The Garden of Grand Vision: Slums, Deviance, and Control in Manchukuo, 1940-41 / Kathryn Meyer8 Salvaging Memories: Former Japanese Colonists in Manchuria and the Shimoina Project, 2001-12 / Ronald Suleski9 Exile to Manchuria: Stories in the Qing and the PRC / Wang Ning10 “War against the Earth”: Military Farming in Communist Manchuria, 1949-75 / Sun Xiaoping
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University of British Columbia Press Unbuilt Environments
Book SynopsisIn the latter half of the twentieth century, legions of industrial pioneers came to northwestern British Columbia with grand plans for mines, dams, and energy-development schemes. Yet many of their projects failed to materialize or were abandoned midstream. Unbuilt Environments reveals that these lapsed resource projects had lasting effects on the natural and human environment. Drawing on a range of case studies to analyze the social and environmental impacts of unfinished projects, Jonathan Peyton considers development failure a productive concept for northwestern Canada. He looks at a closed asbestos mine, an abandoned rail grade, an imagined series of hydroelectric installations, a failed LNG export facility, and a transmission line and finds that these unrealized developments continue to shape contemporary resource conflicts.Trade ReviewUnbuilt Environments is an enthralling book … [and] a great contribution to the emerging interdisciplinary narrative on resource development conflicts in northwest British Columbia, a region that is currently the site of intense mining exploration and controversy over energy projects. Drawing on fieldwork throughout northwest British Columbia and on research which is both eloquent and honest, Unbuilt Environments is a practical, accessible, and reliable resource from a respected emerging researcher. I strongly recommend this book for the expert and non-expert. -- Rajiv Thakur, Missouri State University, West Plains * Polymath *Unbuilt Environments provides an even-handed discussion of development in a region that remains relatively aloof from capital investment and integration into the global economy. -- Gordon Hak * NiCHE, Network in Canadian History & Environment *Jonathan Peyton by bringing to light the history of these spasmodic industrial developments in the north has done an immense public service. His research is comprehensive, his analysis precise, his tone moderate and dispassionate. Indeed, there are moments when the reader, overwhelmed by Peyton’s revelations, the scale of the corruption, the extent of the folly, the aggregate waste of tax payers’ wealth, almost wishes for a more emotional reaction from the author. Yet the great strength of the book is its restraint, for the facts and history alone provide sufficient indictment. -- Wade Davis * The Ormsby Review *Table of ContentsForeword: How Shall We Live? / Graeme WynnIntroduction: The Stikine Watershed and the Unbuilt Environment1 Cassiar, Asbestos: How to Know a Place2 Liberating Stranded Resources: The Dease Lake Extension as the Railway to Nowhere3 Corporate Ecology: BC Hydro, Failure, and the Stikine-Iskut Project4 “Industry for the future”: Dome Petroleum and the Afterlives of “Aggressive” Development5 Transmission: Contesting Energy and Enterprise in the New Northwest Gold RushConclusion: The Tumbling GeographyAppendix; Notes; Bibliography; Index
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University of British Columbia Press Religion at the Edge
Book SynopsisReligion at the Edge shows how the distinctive social and physical landscape of the Pacific Northwest proves fertile ground for an expansive exploration of contemporary spirituality and secularity.Trade ReviewI deeply relate to the stories of the interviewees...By reading this book, I feel, as a pastor, the sense of getting an inside look at the religious mindset of our region. -- Seth Thomas * Christ & Cascadia *I highly recommend [Religin at the Edge] as a tool for meeting Cascadian people at their spiritual heart. -- Fr. Thomas Murphy, S.J. * BC Studies *With Religion at the Edge: Nature, Spirituality, and Secularity in the Pacific Northwest, Bramadat and his collaborators have given us a clutch of rich essays. -- Michael Ledger-Lomas * Literary Review of Canada *Readers seeking information about secularism, the spiritual-but-not-religious cohort, environmentalism and religion, and the future of religion across Canada and the United States will want to read Religion at the Edge... Highly recommend. * Nova Religio *Table of ContentsIntroduction: Religion, Spirituality, and Irreligion in The Best Place on Earth / Paul Bramadat1 Reverential Naturalism: From the Fancy to the Sublime / Paul Bramadat2 On Religion, Irreligion, and Settler Colonialism in the Pacific Northwest: A Snapshot from the Field / Chelsea Horton3 Border Crossings: Indigenous Spirituality and Culture in Cascadia / Suzanne Crawford O’Brien4 But People Tend to Go the Way Their Families Go: Irreligion across the Generations in the Pacific Northwest / Tina Block and Lynne Marks5 Second to None: Religious Nonaffiliation in the Pacific Northwest / Sarah Wilkins-Laflamme6 From Outlier to Advance Guard: Cascadia in Its North American Context / Mark Silk7 Questing for Home: Place, Spirit, and Religious Community in the Pacific Northwest / Patricia O’Connell Killen8 The Precarious Nature of Cascadia’s Protestants: New Strategies for Evangelical and Liberal Christians in the Region / James K. Wellman Jr. and Katie E. Corcoran9 Evangelicals in the Pacific Northwest: Navigating the “None Zone” / Michael Wilkinson10 “To Be or Not to Be” Religious: Minority Religions in a Region of Nones / Rachel D. Brown11 Everything Old is New Again: Reverential Naturalism in Cascadian Poetry / Susanna Morrill12 Conclusion: Religion at the Edge of the Continent / Paul Bramadat and Patricia O’Connell KillenList of Contributors; Index
£62.90
University of British Columbia Press Religion at the Edge
Book SynopsisReligion at the Edge shows how the distinctive social and physical landscape of the Pacific Northwest proves fertile ground for an expansive exploration of contemporary spirituality and secularity.Trade ReviewI deeply relate to the stories of the interviewees...By reading this book, I feel, as a pastor, the sense of getting an inside look at the religious mindset of our region. -- Seth Thomas * Christ & Cascadia *I highly recommend [Religin at the Edge] as a tool for meeting Cascadian people at their spiritual heart. -- Fr. Thomas Murphy, S.J. * BC Studies *With Religion at the Edge: Nature, Spirituality, and Secularity in the Pacific Northwest, Bramadat and his collaborators have given us a clutch of rich essays. -- Michael Ledger-Lomas * Literary Review of Canada *Readers seeking information about secularism, the spiritual-but-not-religious cohort, environmentalism and religion, and the future of religion across Canada and the United States will want to read Religion at the Edge... Highly recommend. * Nova Religio *Table of ContentsIntroduction: Religion, Spirituality, and Irreligion in The Best Place on Earth / Paul Bramadat1 Reverential Naturalism: From the Fancy to the Sublime / Paul Bramadat2 On Religion, Irreligion, and Settler Colonialism in the Pacific Northwest: A Snapshot from the Field / Chelsea Horton3 Border Crossings: Indigenous Spirituality and Culture in Cascadia / Suzanne Crawford O’Brien4 But People Tend to Go the Way Their Families Go: Irreligion across the Generations in the Pacific Northwest / Tina Block and Lynne Marks5 Second to None: Religious Nonaffiliation in the Pacific Northwest / Sarah Wilkins-Laflamme6 From Outlier to Advance Guard: Cascadia in Its North American Context / Mark Silk7 Questing for Home: Place, Spirit, and Religious Community in the Pacific Northwest / Patricia O’Connell Killen8 The Precarious Nature of Cascadia’s Protestants: New Strategies for Evangelical and Liberal Christians in the Region / James K. Wellman Jr. and Katie E. Corcoran9 Evangelicals in the Pacific Northwest: Navigating the “None Zone” / Michael Wilkinson10 “To Be or Not to Be” Religious: Minority Religions in a Region of Nones / Rachel D. Brown11 Everything Old is New Again: Reverential Naturalism in Cascadian Poetry / Susanna Morrill12 Conclusion: Religion at the Edge of the Continent / Paul Bramadat and Patricia O’Connell KillenList of Contributors; Index
£26.99
University of Nebraska Press Indian Education in the American Colonies
Book Synopsis Armed with Bible and primer, missionaries and teachers in colonial America sought, in their words, to Christianize and civilize the native heathen. Both the attempts to transform Indians via schooling and the Indians'' reaction to such efforts are closely studied for the first time in Indian Education in the American Colonies, 16071783. Margaret Connell Szasz's remarkable synthesis of archival and published materials is a detailed and engaging story told from both Indian and European perspectives. Szasz argues that the most intriguing dimension of colonial Indian education came with the individuals who tried to work across cultures. We learn of the remarkable accomplishments of two Algonquian students at Harvard, of the Creek woman Mary Musgrove who enabled James Oglethorpe and the Georgians to establish peaceful relations with the Creek Nation, and of Algonquian minister Samson Occom, whose intermediary skills led to the founding of Dartmouth College. ThTrade Review“Szasz rightly understands both the strengths and the weaknesses of the formal, institutionalized, culture-bound colonial education that was offered to Indians. . . . The book is extraordinarily well researched and well written and is highly recommended.”—American Historical Review“Szasz, after several years of exhaustive archival research, has written a richly detailed overview of colonists' educational assault on Native Americans. . . . This study is a highly significant contribution to our understanding of Indian education in colonial America.”—American Indian QuarterlyTable of ContentsIntroduction to the Bison Books EditionIllustrations and MapsAcknowledgments1. Introduction2. Education for the Colonists3. Virginia: Indian Schooling in the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries4. Puritans and Indians: New England in the Seventeenth Century5. The Southeast: Carolina Traders versus SPG Schooling6. The Southeast: Methodists and Moravians Meet the Yamacraw7. Schooling for the Southern New England Algonquian, from the 1690s to the 1730s8. The Great Awakening and Indian Schooling9. Indian Women between Two Worlds: Moor's School and Coeducation in the 1760s10. Indian Schoolmasters among the Iroquois, from the 1760s to the 1770s11. ConclusionAbbreviationsNotesBibliographyIndex
£18.99
Stanford University Press Normalizing Japan
Book SynopsisNormalizing Japan explains how politics and identity have interacted in postwar Japan to shape Japans distinctive security practices, offering a useful framework for understanding the important change taking place in Japanese security policy today.Trade Review"Andrew Oros' contribution to constructivist literature through his challenging of realist theories of international relations and rationalist understandings of domestic politics combine to make Normalizing Japan an important addition to international relations and comparative politics scholarship . . . In sum, the value of this book is twofold. The first lies in its empirical richness and description of compromises reached among domestic and international actors, while the second reflects its contribution to constructivist theory through charting the institutionalisation and evolution of Japan's security identity." -- Christopher K. Lamont * Political Studies Review *"Normalizing Japan definitely moves the scholarly debate forward and provides useful analytical tools for anyone trying to disentangle rhetoric from reality in Japanese security policy." -- Michael J. Green * Journal of Japanese Studies *"It is clear that a tremendous amount of hard work and research went into the creation of this book .... Credit must be given to Oros for writing a book that is completely borderless with respect to sources, whether text or interviews; he represents a new breed of Japan specialists who operate with equal facility in Japan and in their own countries . . . This book should be required reading for current and aspiring Japan specialist in the arena of politics and security." -- Tosh Minohara * Journal of Asian Studies *"A model of academic research Normalizing Japan is enhanced with seven major appendices, extensive notes, a 29-page bibliography, and a comprehensive index, making it an invaluable and strongly recommended addition to academic library Contemporary International Studies reference collections in general, and Japanese Governmental Studies reading lists in particular." -- The Midwest Book Review"This thoughtful, carefully argued study challenges the many Chicken Littles who warn that Japan is ready to break free of its post-war constraints." -- Leonard Schoppa * University of Virginia *"Andrew Oros has written an important book on one of the seminal questions in East Asian affairs. The character and impact of Japan's unique national security identity of antimilitarism--and its evolution today in a region where 'realist' forces are reasserting themselves is a challenging scholarly issue that also has real world significance. Normalizing Japan marshals impressive evidence to make careful and thoughtful arguments about the role of identity and history in Japanese national security decision making. The book is a welcome addition to a growing debate on the logic and pathways of Japan's postwar identity and foreign policy." -- G. John Ikenberry * Princeton University *"A well-crafted and innovative study of contested national identity. Oros shows how Japan's security identity, despite significant material changes in the domestic and international environment, remains rooted in domestic anti-militarism. He offers empirical benchmarks to suggest that so far Japan is normalizing but not nationalizing or permanently pacifying." -- Henry R. Nau * George Washington University *"This work effectively presents Japan's defensive orientation and practices as normal for the Japanese as they reflect the political negotiations and compromises that have shaped and continue to define the framework within which security decisions are made." -- CHOICE"...Represents a fine example of the synergy that can be created by drawing upon the strengths of both area studies and discipline. In short, this book stands out as one of the best additions to the field over recent years and represents another excellent contribution to what is shaping up to be a fine series in Asian security studies under the sponsorship of the East-West Center." -- Pacific AffairsTable of ContentsCONTENTS List of Tables List of Appendices List of Acronyms Preface Introduction A Shifting Wind in Japan Today? The Argument in Brief Defining Security Identity Methods, Cases, and Evidence: Measuring Security Identity and Policy Shift 1. Security Identity and the Evolution of Security Practice: Explaining Policy Change Explaining Policy Change Security Identities and Security Practice: Towards a General Framework Structuring Japan's Security Practice: Explaining Continuity and Change Complementary and Contending Explanations for Japanese Security Practice 2. Negotiating and Institutionalizing a New Postwar Security Identity Competing Visions for Postwar Japan Facing a New Postwar Environment at Home and Abroad Early Party Politics Surrounding Japan's Future International Role Creating a New Armed Forces and a New Security Identity Domestic Antimilitarism and the U.S.-Japan Alliance Cold War Security Politics under the Hegemony of Domestic Antimilitarism 3. Reaffirming Core Principles in a "Lost Decade", 1989-1998 Confronting a New International and Domestic Environment Adapting to New Challenges and Reaffirming Core Principles Looking Forward, Looking Backward 4. Limiting Conflict through Arms Export Restrictions The External Origins of the Arms Export Ban, 1945-1952 The Post-Occupation Policy of Restricted Arms Exports, 1952-1964 Institutionalizing Arms Export Restrictions, 1965-1979 New Challenges to Arms Export Restrictions, 1980-1989 The Limited Post-Cold War Evolution of Arms Export Restrictions Conclusions: Security Identity and Evolving Arms Export Restrictions 5. The Next Frontier: Keeping Outer Space "Peaceful" International and Alliance Politics in Japan's Early Outer Space Policy Domestic Political Issues Raised by Possible Japanese Activities in Outer Space Growing Enthusiasm for Outer Space Activities Identity Shift? The Decision to Deploy Surveillance Satellites Conclusions: Security Identity and Evolving Use of Outer Space 6. Missile Defense, Alliance Politics, and Security Identity U.S.-Japan Cooperation on Missile Defense: Past, Present...and Future? Contending Explanations for Japan's Missile Defense Policy External Actors, Missile Defense, and the Evolution of Japan's Security Identity Missile Defense and the Politics of Security Identity Looking Forward: Missile Defense and Japan's Evolving Security Practice 7. Japan's Security Identity and Security Practice in a New Century Moves Beyond the "Three Rs" of Japanese Security Policymaking A Resilient Security Identity in Post-Taepodong and Post 9/11 Japan Conceptualizing Change in Japan's Security Future (Re)producing A 21st Century Security Identity In Conclusion Appendices Bibliography Index
£91.80
Stanford University Press A Pueblo Divided
Book SynopsisThis book is a history of the conflict-ridden privatization of communal land in the pueblo of Papantla, a Mexican Indian village transformed by the fast growth of vanilla production and exports in the second half of the 19th century.Trade Review"A Pueblo Divided rethinks the history of Mexico during the nineteenth century from the perspective of one community. Its great innovation is to see evolving divisions and integrations within indigenous Papantla in the context of both the production of vanilla for a developing Atlantic export economy and the consolidation of the 'liberal' state via land privatizations and political interventions. Detailing the political and economic complexities of Papantla in Atlantic and Mexican national contexts simultaneously, Kour offers a model history." -- John Tutino * Georgetown University *"This book is a landmark in Mexican rural history." -- The Americas"This excellent study nicely contextualizes these socioeconomic transformations in Papantla, both historically and geographically. The research is exhaustive and detailed, yet the book is well written and clearly argued... Importantly, it rises above the too-often simplistic dichotomy of entrepreneurs and government officials versus victimized Indians." -- Hispanic American Historical Review"This is economic and business history at its best, committed not only to rigorous probing of the explanatory power of external factors like world commodity markets, but also to exposing and exploring the places where those factors lose their power to explain." -- Journal of Interdisciplinary History"Terrific—wonderfully researched, thoroughly original, and beautifully written. It may be the best book ever written on agrarian protest in Mexico; it will certainly transform the field." -- John Coatsworth * Columbia University *"It is no small achievement for any historian to be able to say something new about this important period of Mexican history. Emilio Kour's achievement in A Pueblo Divided is far greater than that. He has been able to contribute decisively to resolving one of the most controversial and debated issues for that period. Kour paints such a vivid picture of the life of the villagers, and above all of the uprisings, that it will be a pleasure to read even for people who are not primarily concerned with this subject. This book constitutes a brilliant work and a major breakthrough in the history of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries in Mexico." -- Friedrich Katz * The University of Chicago *"Based on a mass of evidence, clearly structured and argued, A Pueblo Divided offers a lively and informative analysis of Papantla's vanilla boom and its many repercussions. This is an impressive and original study of an important topic, hitherto rather poorly understood, now, thanks to Kour and his indefatigable research, made accessible to students of Mexican History. It fills a significant gap." -- Alan Knight, St. Antony's College * Oxford *Table of Contents@fmct:Contents @toc4:List of Tables, Maps, and Charts 000 Acknowledgements 000 @toc2:Introduction 000 Chapter One The Culture and Commerce of Mexico's Vanilla 000 Chapter Two The Tecolutla River Basin 000 Chapter Three The Vanilla Economy 000 Chapter Four The End of Communal Landholding 000 Chapter Five The Experience of Conduenazgo 000 Chapter Six Division and Rebellion 000 Epilogue 000 Appendix 000 @toc4:Notes 000 Sources 000 Library of Congress Subject Headings for this publication: Land tenure Mexico Papantla de Olarte History 19th century, Vanilla industry Mexico Papantla de Olarte History 19th century, Papantla de Olarte (Mexico) Economic conditions 19th century, Papantla de Olarte (Mexico) Social conditions 19th century, Papantla de Olarte (Mexico) History 19th century
£91.80
Stanford University Press Cultural Centrality and Political Change in
Book SynopsisThis study argues that China's perennial quest for cultural centrality resulted in periodic political changes that permitted the Chinese people to retain control over social and economic developments.Trade Review"...a rich, complicated, and valuable book." -- Harvard Journal of Asiatic Studies"...This extraordinary account... makes Des Forges' ideas worthy of serious consideration." -- Histoire Sociale
£71.10
Stanford University Press Nation Governance and Modernity in China
Book SynopsisThis is the first detailed study in English of the city of Canton (Guangzhou), the cradle of the Chinese revolution, in the first quarter of the twentieth century.Trade Review"In this elegantly written and meticulously researched study, Tsin uses a social history of early 20th-century Canton to explore the meaning and mechanisms of the political culture of modernity. One of the book's great strengths is Tsin's success in bringing social-historical and theoretical analyses together, using one to illuminate the other." -- Journal of Interdisciplinary History"Stanford University Press has produced yet another handsome volume, replete with photographs, a map, a graph, a character list, an extensive bibliography, and an index, all of which make this book a pleasure to use." * China Review International *"For researchers carrying up-to-date toolkits into the Chinese past, Tsin's judicious analysis will be a model of clarity in exposition as well as a guide to the formation of China modernist discourses on national and social revolution." -- Canadian Journal of History"Tsin's book is well organized, refreshingly concise, and ... highly readable." -- Journal of Asian StudiesTable of ContentsIntroduction 1. In the name of society 2. Toward modernity 3. The contested nation 4. Privileging labor The riddle of mobilization Epilogue Character list Abbreviations Notes Bibliography Index.
£25.19
Stanford University Press Blowback
Book SynopsisIn the mid-1950s, Sri Lanka's majority Sinhalese politicians began outbidding one another on who could provide the greatest advantages for their community, using the Sinhala language as their instrument. The appeal to Sinhalese linguistic nationalism precipitated a situation in which the movement to replace English as the country's official language with Sinhala and Tamil (the language of Sri Lanka's principal minority) was abandoned and Sinhala alone became the official language in 1956. The Tamils' subsequent protests led to anti-Tamil riots and institutional decay, which meant that supposedly representative agencies of government catered to Sinhalese preferences and blatantly disregarded minority interests. This in turn led to the Tamils' mobilizing, first politically then militarily, and by the mid-1970s Tamil youth were bent on creating a separate state.Trade Review"DeVotta has submitted an elaborate, interesting, theory-led study of the Sri Lankan conflict. Focusing on the language politics, he allude to a highly sensitive topic in the history of Tamil-Sinhalese ethnic relations. In addition, the extensive quotations enable the reader to comprehend the political view of the Sinhala and Tamil elites at that time." -- Internationales Asienforum"DeVotta's detailed historical approach makes the book a fine case study for social scientists in general and for anyone with a serious interest in ethnic conflict in South Asia." -- Journal of Asian Studies"The resounding strength of DeVotta's book is that it provides a truly nuanced understanding of the productive ideological linking of language to collective notions of peoplehood within the postcolonial state. His book richly illustrates the ways that language ideologies are created, linked to competing versions of national identity, and intimately embedded in institutionalized positions of power." -- Journal of Anthropological Research"Neil DeVotta's devastating indictment of Sinhala linguistic nationalism offers a well-researched historical narrative and theoretical discussion of the origins of the conflict." -- ANTHROPOLOGICAL LINGUISTICSTable of ContentsContents Preface xiii Acknowledgments xvii Abbreviations xix 1. An Overview 1 2. Ethnic Identities and Politics Before Independence 21 3. From Linguistic Parity to Sinhala-Only 42 4. The Official Language Act of 1956 73 5. Institutional Decay: The Consequences of the Official Language Act, 1956-77 92 6. From Linguistic Nationalism to Civil War 143 7. The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam and Ethnic Conflict 167 8. Conclusion 191 Appendixes A. The Official Language Act, No. 33 of 1956 207 B. Resolutions Passed at the Fifth (Special) National Convention of the Federal Party (1957) 208 C. The "Bandaranaike-Chelvanayakam Pact" (1957) 209 D. The Tamil Language (Special Provisions) Act, No. 28 of 1958 211 E. The Agreement Between Dudley Senanayake and S. J. V. Chelvanayakam (1965) 212 F. The Tamil Language (Special Provisions) Regulations (1966) 213 G. The Vaddukkoddai Resolution (1976) 213 H. The LTTE Proposal for an Interim Self- Governing Authority for the Northeast (2003) 217 Notes 000 References 000 Index 000 Library of Congress Subject Headings for this publication: Sri Lanka Politics and governmet 1978-Sri Lanka Ethnic relations Political aspects, Ethnic conflict Sri Lanka, Tamil (Indic people) Sri Lanka Politics and government, Nationalism Sri Lanka, Sri Lanka Languages Political aspects
£98.60
Stanford University Press Blowback
Book SynopsisIn the mid-1950s, Sri Lanka's majority Sinhalese politicians began outbidding one another on who could provide the greatest advantages for their community, using the Sinhala language as their instrument. The appeal to Sinhalese linguistic nationalism precipitated a situation in which the movement to replace English as the country's official language with Sinhala and Tamil (the language of Sri Lanka's principal minority) was abandoned and Sinhala alone became the official language in 1956. The Tamils' subsequent protests led to anti-Tamil riots and institutional decay, which meant that supposedly representative agencies of government catered to Sinhalese preferences and blatantly disregarded minority interests. This in turn led to the Tamils' mobilizing, first politically then militarily, and by the mid-1970s Tamil youth were bent on creating a separate state.Trade Review"DeVotta has submitted an elaborate, interesting, theory-led study of the Sri Lankan conflict. Focusing on the language politics, he allude to a highly sensitive topic in the history of Tamil-Sinhalese ethnic relations. In addition, the extensive quotations enable the reader to comprehend the political view of the Sinhala and Tamil elites at that time." -- Internationales Asienforum"DeVotta's detailed historical approach makes the book a fine case study for social scientists in general and for anyone with a serious interest in ethnic conflict in South Asia." -- Journal of Asian Studies"The resounding strength of DeVotta's book is that it provides a truly nuanced understanding of the productive ideological linking of language to collective notions of peoplehood within the postcolonial state. His book richly illustrates the ways that language ideologies are created, linked to competing versions of national identity, and intimately embedded in institutionalized positions of power." -- Journal of Anthropological Research"Neil DeVotta's devastating indictment of Sinhala linguistic nationalism offers a well-researched historical narrative and theoretical discussion of the origins of the conflict." -- ANTHROPOLOGICAL LINGUISTICS
£25.19
Stanford University Press Origins of the Modern Chinese State
Book SynopsisWhat is Chinese about China's modern state? This book proposes that the state we see today has developed over the past two centuries largely as a response to internal challenges emerging from the late empire. Well before the Opium War, Chinese confronted such constitutional questions as: How does the scope of political participation affect state power? How is the state to secure a share of society's wealth? In response to the changing demands of the age, this agenda has been expressed in changing language. Yet, because the underlying pattern remains recognizable, the modernization of the state in response to foreign aggression can be studied in longer perspective.The author offers three concrete studies to illustrate the constitutional agenda in action: how the early nineteenth-century scholar-activist Wei Yuan confronted the relation between broadened political participation and authoritarian state power; how the reformist proposals of the influential scholar Feng Guifen werTrade Review"This is a work of the first importance, one that successfully attempts to reach both a specialist and a broader audience. . . . It not only offers new and provocative historiographic arguments, but also recasts the familiar outline of post-1800 Chinese history in consistently novel and refreshing terms. . . . Both audiences will be intrigued by its implications for contemporary Chinese politics."—William T. Rowe, Johns Hopkins University"Fluently argued and genuinely important, this work has value for specialists and generalists alike."—David E. Kelley, Oberlin College"Admirers of Kuhn's own writings will find in this book a consummate summing up of decades of research in late imperial and twentieth-century Chinese history. The chapters move constantly back and forth, across the twentieth-century divide and over to European and American intellectual history, seamlessly meshing archival gems with insights from wenji, gazetteers, and other published sources."—China Review International"This is a small book but one packed with much erudition and insight. The Harvard historian, Philip Kuhn, is a master of his craft, filling page after page with the wisdom of his vast experience and expertise."—Journal of Asian History
£18.04
Stanford University Press Transnational Chinese
Book SynopsisThis book investigates the origins and mechanics of recent Chinese migration, focusing on the work and life of Fujianese migrants in the United Kingdom, Hungary, and Italy, and exploring the many transnational spaces that connect Fujianese across Europe, the United States, and China.Trade Review"Overall, this is a refreshing book . . . It provides an interesting argument about Chinese globalization by examining Fujianese migration to Europe."—Canadian Journal of Sociology Online"This book has a lot to offer to scholars on contemporary China who are following the discussion on Chinese globalization, and to specialists on the Chinese diaspora who are seeing the subject transform before their eyes. These researchers have offered a very fine model of scholarly collaboration."—China Review International"This book makes important theoretical and methodological contributions to the study of immigration in comparative perspective. Theoretically, the book's argument gives us fresh ideas for understanding globalization and Chinese immigration . . . The book's new arguments are thoughtful and well articulated . . . [T]he books sets and example of a new type of scholarship in that it makes crucial research materials (case files, interview notes, and field notes) publicly available, a practice that ought to be followed by other researchers."—American Journal of Sociology"This outstanding collaborative ethnographic study of Chinese transnationalism will be an essential resource for any future research and teaching on the subject."—Journal of Anthropological ResearchTable of ContentsIntroduction - Conceptualizing Chinese Migration In A Global Age; Old And New Transnational Villages In Fujian; Getting Out, Getting In, And Moving On - An Ethnographic View; Work And Life In Europe; Fujianese Transnational Practices and Politics; Conclusion - Rethinking Chinese Migration And Globalization.
£89.10
Stanford University Press Transnational Chinese
Book SynopsisThis book investigates the origins and mechanics of recent Chinese migration, focusing on the work and life of Fujianese migrants in the United Kingdom, Hungary, and Italy, and exploring the many transnational spaces that connect Fujianese across Europe, the United States, and China.Trade Review"Overall, this is a refreshing book . . . It provides an interesting argument about Chinese globalization by examining Fujianese migration to Europe."—Canadian Journal of Sociology Online"This book has a lot to offer to scholars on contemporary China who are following the discussion on Chinese globalization, and to specialists on the Chinese diaspora who are seeing the subject transform before their eyes. These researchers have offered a very fine model of scholarly collaboration."—China Review International"This book makes important theoretical and methodological contributions to the study of immigration in comparative perspective. Theoretically, the book's argument gives us fresh ideas for understanding globalization and Chinese immigration . . . The book's new arguments are thoughtful and well articulated . . . [T]he books sets and example of a new type of scholarship in that it makes crucial research materials (case files, interview notes, and field notes) publicly available, a practice that ought to be followed by other researchers."—American Journal of Sociology"This outstanding collaborative ethnographic study of Chinese transnationalism will be an essential resource for any future research and teaching on the subject."—Journal of Anthropological ResearchTable of ContentsIntroduction - Conceptualizing Chinese Migration In A Global Age; Old And New Transnational Villages In Fujian; Getting Out, Getting In, And Moving On - An Ethnographic View; Work And Life In Europe; Fujianese Transnational Practices and Politics; Conclusion - Rethinking Chinese Migration And Globalization.
£22.79
Stanford University Press Realms of Freedom in Modern China
Book SynopsisThis book, the fifteenth and final volume of the series The Making of Modern Freedom, explores a variety of issues surrounding questions of human rights and freedom in China.
£26.99
Stanford University Press Reluctant Restraint
Book SynopsisReluctant Restraint examines one of the most important changes in Chinese foreign policy since the country opened to the world: China''s gradual move to support the nonproliferation of nuclear weapons, missiles, and their related goods and technologies. Once a critic of the global nonproliferation regime, China is now a supporter of it, although with some reservations. Medeiros analyzes how and why Chinese nonproliferation policies have evolved so substantially since the early 1980s. He argues that U.S. diplomacy has played a significant and enduring role in shaping China''s gradual recognition of the dangers of proliferation, and in its subsequent altered behavior.Trade Review"Reluctant Restraint is the most comprehensive analysis to date of the evolution of China's nonproliferation policies and practices. Evan Medieros, a China scholar at the RAND Corporation, presents a fascinating account of the important changes regarding Chinese nonproliferation policies and behavior since the early 1980s, and the role that the United States has played in influencing China's perspectives on the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction (WMD)." -- Jing-Dong Yuan * Monterey Institute of International Studies *"Medeiros seeks to explain CCP regime policies on nuclear proliferation and missile proliferation, comparing the Mao era with the post-Mao era. The rich data which is vividly presented is a synthesis of interviews with specialists in both the PRC and the USA as well as key writings from both countries. The result is a magisterial study of encyclopedic breadth that will serve as a solid reference for all concerned with changes and continuities in Chinese non-proliferation." -- Edward Friedman * University of Wisconsin-Madison *"Reluctant Restraint, the latest publication and one of the few single-volume treatises on China's arms control and nonproliferation policies, is a significant contribution to the field. Evan S. Medeiros has written a book that is rigorous in its conceptual and analytical framework, illuminating in its recounting of Sino-U.S. cooperation and disputes in an important issue area, and comprehensive in its use of both primary and secondary sources." -- Nonproliferation ReviewTable of Contents1 Introduction: A Framework for Analyzing the Evolution of China's Nonproliferation Behavior 2 A Gradual Engagement: China and Nuclear Nonproliferation 30 3 Reluctant Participant: China, Missile Nonproliferation, and the Missile Technology Control Regime 97 4 Negative Feedback: Assessing the Impact of U.S. Missile Defense on Chinese Arms-Control and Nonproliferation Policies 175 5 A Cultural Evolution:The Development of China's Arms-Control and Nonproliferation Community 210
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Stanford University Press The Precious Raft of History
Book SynopsisAnalyzes how turn-of-the-twentieth-century male and female writers, educators, and activists reinterpreted both historical Chinese and modern Western women's biographies to promote their divergent visions of womanhood and nationhood.Trade Review"In this broadly researched, ambitiously structured book, Judge presents a cross-section of the writings appearing at the turn of the 20th century that addressed the so-called 'women's question' in China. Rather than using such jaded terms as "tradition" and "modern," she ingeniously divides these writings into what she calls 'four chronotypes'...These chronotypes, which bridge history with literary theory, have enable Judge to demonstrate a complex and multifarious scene of sociocultural change at a critical juncture in Chinese history." -- CHOICE"Judge's study of the 'woman question' does justice to its dynamism, complexity and transitional character. She has established a new benchmark in historical studies of the very late Qing." -- Antonia Finnane * China Quarterly *"Joan Judge's The Precious Raft of History does exactly what a raft is supposed to do. It rescues history, in this case the history of Chinese women in the late Qing dynasty, from the dismissive condescension of revolutionaries and scholars alike. With impressive erudition, Judge gives us genuinely new material and themes to think about. This is original, careful, exciting work." -- Gail Hershatter * University of California, Santa Cruz *"This fascinating new book strips away scholarly illusions about ruptures in China's nineteenth and early-twentieth century history, and reveals how new roles for women have deep roots in a dense textual and cultural past. The illustrations are nothing short of fabulous." -- Susan Mann, University of California * Davis *Table of ContentsContents List of Illustrations xxx Acknowledgments xxx Introduction: Women and Temporality 1 Part One The Regime of Feminine Virtue 000 1. Chaste Women: Sacred, Praiseworthy, or Misguided 000 2. Public Women: Licentious or Evolved 000 Part Two History, Nation, and Female Talent 000 3. Women of Talent: Valorized and Repudiated 000 4. Wise Mothers and Mothers of Citizens 000 Part Three New Global Hierarchies of Female Heroism 000 5. The Chinese Woman Warrior and the Western Heroine 000 6. The New-Style Heroine and the Paradoxes of Feminine Time 000 Conclusion: From the Turn of the Twentieth Century to the Turn of the Twenty-First 000 Glossary and Character List 000 Abbreviations 000 Notes 000 Bibliography 000
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Stanford University Press Smile Southern California Youre the Center of the
Book SynopsisArgues that Southern California is an economic model for the United States and the world. This book examines numerous pillars of the region's growth, including dynamic entrepreneurship; the rapid growth of international trade; the harnessing and development of new technologies; and the evolution of the entertainment industry.Trade Review"Thanks to this lively investigation by one of the nations most highly regarded business reporters, we can better understand how off-shore investment, technology, decentralization, can-do entrepreneurialism and sheer panache have created one of the strongest economies on the planet as well as a working model for American competition in a global age." —Kevin Starr, University of Southern California"Few experts understand Southern California's dynamism better than Jim Flanigan. He's poured all that understanding into this book and given us a great read about one of the world's most important economies." —Michael Milken, Chairman, The Milken Institute"The author is a recognized journalistic authority on the topic. This study offers a refreshing view of Southern California, painting biographical narratives on a background canvas of important economic data." —William Deverell, Director, Huntington-USC Institute on California and the West"Flanigan argues that the rapid growth of the Asian economies since the mid-1970s and the preeminence of Los Angeles' deep-water port on the West Coast—among other factors—have made it the 'center of the universe.' This is an important insight, and one that is too little appreciated. The writing is forceful and most engaging are the stories of individuals who have built up lucrative businesses after coming to appreciate the available opportunities." —Susan B. Carter, Professor of Economics, University of California, Riverside"This important book offers fresh perspectives on the resilience and global reach of Southern California's dynamic economy. Distilling his four decades of experience as a perceptive observer, Flanigan has a real eye for the biographical detail that brings to life the regions dramatic story of globalization, business innovation, and immigrant entrepreneurship." —Steven P. Erie, Professor of Political Science, University of California, San Diego and author of Globalizing L.A."Los Angeles is a great meritocracy. You can come here from any background and be successful. Jim Flanigan's historical account of Southern California's evolution as an economic powerhouse captures the region's entrepreneurial spirit and hints at its even more promising global future in the 21st century." —Eli Broad, founder of KB Home, SunAmerica and The Broad Foundations"From Greenspan to 'Going Green', Jim Flanigan takes a candid look at what makes Southern California's people and economy tick. In particular, Flanigan takes a candid look at the new Chinese-Americans shaping the economic and cultural landscape here and around the world. If all roads lead to Southern California, the new Silk Road starts here." —Dominic Ng, Chief Executive, East West Bancorp."Flanigan gives an informed sense of key transformations in both SoCal's economy and international trade attendant on developments in communications technology...this is a valuable explication of the meaning and challenges of 'globalization' for the region and the U.S. generally." Publishers Weekly
£26.99
Stanford University Press Disorganizing China
Book SynopsisEddy U offers a new interpretation of socialism and its failure in the last century. Taking on the conventional view that socialist China and other Soviet-type societies represented the domination of bureaucracy, he argues that these societies were not bureaucratic enough.Trade Review"Through extensive interviews and archival research, U reconstructs the concerns and priorities of a war-torn Shanghai as the triumphant Communists marched in to restructure the "old" society. An illuminating work that drives home the tragedies of Mao's over-reaching ambitions when lofty designs encountered social realities." -- Wen-hsin Yeh, Director, Institute of East Asian Studies and Richard H. and Laurie C. Morrison Professor in History, University of California * Berkeley *"Overall, U's Disorganizing China presents a well-researched and theorized case of bureaucracy in China during the Mao era that both critiques established interpretations of the decline of existing socialisms and provides much-needed insight into the day-to-day running of Shanghai's teaching faculty." -- Jason Young * New Zealand Journal of Asian Studies *"In this excellent book Eddy U brings together a deep understanding of post-1949 China and an innovative approach to a central issue of sociological theory. In exposing the misapplication of Weberian concepts to China and other Soviet-type systems, U both develops the intriguing idea of 'counter-bureaucracy' and demonstrates how a powerful if brittle organizational system carried the seeds of its own destruction." -- Frederick Teiwes * University of Sydney *"Disorganizing China is one of the most powerful analyses of early Maoist China yet published. Drawing on previously untapped archival material and using sophisticated analysis, this disturbing and brilliant book will appeal to historians and sociologists alike. This is a thrillingly acute and serious piece of work." -- Rana Mitter * Oxford University *"In elegantly written prose, U challenges established views on China and other Soviet-type societies, brilliantly arguing these regimes are not bureaucratic enough! His notion of 'counter-bureaucracy' will fundamentally transform the way we look at state socialism and its demise." -- Ching Kwan Lee * University of Michigan *"Clear and to the point, Disorganizing China provides a valuable window into the nature and problems of everyday administration in Marxist-Leninist polities. A challening contribution to China studies, studies of socialist regimes, and social theory, it provides a reasoned, empirically grounded contribution to ongoing debates over the meaning of state socialism's failures and the promise, or not, of neo-liberal economic policies for transitional economies." -- Timothy Cheek * University of British Columbia *Table of ContentsContents List of Tables Preface and Acknowledgements 1 Socialism and Counter-Bureaucracy 2 Shortages of Expertise 3 Political Domination and its Discontents 4 Income Inequities 5 The House of Deviants 6 Campuses in Distress 7 Unsustainable Socialist Systems 8 Rethinking Socialism Appendix: Backgrounds of Informants Notes References Index
£52.70
Stanford University Press Chinese Human Smuggling Organizations
Book SynopsisBased on years of fieldwork and interviews with 129 human smugglers, as well as scores of government and law enforcement officials, this book presents a rare look into the secretive world of the "snakeheads" ( human smugglers), whose ingenious endeavors have transported hundreds of thousands of illegal immigrants into the United States and other Western countries.Trade Review"Zhang offers some very stark conclusions and recommendations . . . [An] important and timely book." -- James O. Finckernauer"It is a path-breaking book . . . [T]his book is an important addition to a rising list of recent books to understand the international migration from China's Fujian province. It provides extremely valuable empirical knowledge about smuggling operation. Its innovative theoretical model proves to be very useful in explaining Chinese human smuggling and also holds potential for examining human smuggling in other settings as well." -- Zai Lang * China Review International *"This highly informative and data-rich book sheds new light on a topical and popular criminological subject. It is highly recommended to all those who are interested in transnational crime studies." -- Trends in Organized Crime"Chinese Human Smuggling Organizations is an important book that offers essential information for policy makers, law enforcement, and academics interested in this large and profitable illicit market." -- University of TorontoTable of ContentsContents Preface xxx Acknowledgments xxx PART ONE. SNAKEHEADS AND HUMAN TRAFFICKING 1. Coming to America: Illegal Chinese Migration to the United States 3 2. Becoming a Snakehead 000 3. Recruitment, Preparation, and Departure 000 4. Smuggling Activities in Transit 000 5. Arrival and Payment Collection 000 6. Making Money from Human Smuggling 000 PART TWO. THE HUMAN SMUGGLING ORGANIZATION 7. Organizational and Operational Characteristics 000 8. The Dyadic Cartwheel Network 000 9. Human Smuggling and Traditional Chinese Organized Crime 000 10. Women and Chinese Human Smuggling 000 11. Future of Chinese Human Smuggling 000 Appendix A: Research Sites 000 Appendix B: Research Method 000 Notes 000 Glossary 000 References 000 Index 000 Tables, Figures, and Maps Tables 2.1. Demographics of Snakehead Subjects 000 2.2. Subjects' Employment Status 000 2.3. Involvement in Smuggling Activities 000 6.1. Smuggling Fees and Earnings 000 6.2. Prices of Specific Smuggling Services 000 7.1. Characteristics of Smuggling Organizations 000 7.2. Roles in Smuggling Business 000 9.1. A Comparison of Triad-Type Organizations and Human Smuggling Groups 000 10.1. Demographics of Snakehead Subjects by Gender 000 10.2. Method of Entry, Source of Clients and Motives by Gender 000 10.3. Primary Specialties in Smuggling Business by Gender 000 Figures 7.1. Smuggling Task Force Formation and Process of Operations 000 8.1. The Dyadic Cartwheel Network--A Conceptual Diagram of Chinese Human Smuggling Organizations 000 8.2. A Conceptual Diagram of the Task-Force Orientation of Chinese Human Smuggling Organizations 000 10.1. A Schematic Diagram of the Conditional Market Perspective 000 Maps 1.Map of China 000 2.Map of Fujian Province 000
£48.60
Stanford University Press Boundaries and Categories
Book SynopsisA systematic and in-depth analysis and explanation of China's rapid increase in inequality in the last two decades.Trade Review"Boundaries and Categories, by Wang Feng, is a timely publication on an issue of long-standing controversy. . . After more than a decade-long effort of careful and continuous research, Wang has delivered in this book a theoretically inspiring and empirically grounded analysis of the trend and sources of post-Mao Chinese income inequality. His analysis also strikes a good balance among sophisticated yet highly readable statistical results, dense descriptions, rich local knowledge, and coherent theoretical interpretation. This is a book that will, I anticipate, have a lasting impact on the research of transitional China and beyond." -- Yanjie Bian * American Journal of Sociology *"A significant contribution to the study of social inequality in China. Wang Feng is the first to integrate several salient dimensions of the institutional basis of social inequality—from locality to workplace—in a coherent line of argument, and he addresses a distinctive set of themes and issues, significant for understanding changes in China today." —Xueguang Zhou, Stanford University"Wang Feng offers a sophisticated yet accessible investigation of the changing nature of inequality in China. He provides an excellent synthesis of the work to date in sociology, and carefully considers how sociologicalperspectives complement research by economists on the same topic." -- Emily Hannum * University of Pennsylvania *"Feng approaches inequality issues from historically comparative perspectives, tracing the current patterns of equality and inequality back to China's socialist experiment in Mao's era, as well as the traditional Chinese culture that emphasizes collective stability based on stratification and egalitarianism within and between social categories. An eye-opening work." -- CHOICE"The study merits its place in the collection "Studies in Social Inequality" of Stanford University...As sociologist, Wang Feng rightly insists on important observable phenomena, and gives further proof that market societies are not uniform, even when facing similar challenges." -- Chinese Cross CurrentsTable of ContentsCONTENTS Tables and Figures ix Preface xi INTRODUCTION CHAPTER ONE From Equality to Inequality 000 CHAPTER TWO Categorical Sources of Inequality 000 TRENDS AND PATTERNS CHAPTER THREE Prosperity and Inequality 000 CHAPTER FOUR Enlarging Inequality: Categories 000 EXPLANATIONS CHAPTER FIVE Maintaining Equality: Boundaries 000 CHAPTER SIX Varieties of Inequality 000 Appendix 000 Notes 000 References 000 Index 000
£48.60
Stanford University Press The Japanese Challenge to the American Neoliberal
Book SynopsisThis book offers the nature and evolution of Japan's most ambitious postwar foreign policy, the Japanese challenge to the U.S.-led neoliberal world order in the politics of economic development.Trade Review"The author lucidly articulates a constructivist theoretical framework to deal with questions that rationalist scholarship cannot manage to explain, particularly Japanese behavior during the Asian Financial Crisis. Clear and persuasive, with results from original interviews with principals directly involved, this work is a well-researched, valuable piece of scholarship." -- Rodney Bruce Hall * Oxford University *"[This book] presents a historically informed account of the nature and evolution of the Japanese challenge to neoliberalism." -- Journal of Economic Literature"This contribution...provides not only an empirically rich case study of Japan's foreign economic policy but also gives a necessary push forward to the constructivist theoretical debate . . . This is an ambitious and largely successful book." -- Asian Affairs"Distinguished by a sophisticated theoretical framework, this book offers new insights into Japanese foreign policy and economic diplomacy. It is a significant advance on standard constructivist approaches and a strong contribution to the field." -- Chris Hughes * University of Warwick *"This is an outstanding first book." -- Charles John Rowe * New Zealand Journal of Asian Studies *"This book makes both theoretical/methodological and empirical contributions, and thus should be read by both constructivists and Japanese experts . . . [It] is significant because it adds a new dimension to the scholarly debate over the role of identity in Japanese diplomacy." -- Hiro Katsumata * Japanese Journal of Political Science *"The Japanese Challenge to the American Neoliberal World Order is an ambitious piece of work. In it, Young Lee seeks not only to describe and explain what he sees as the 'Japanese challenge" to the U.S-dominated international economic order but also to issue his own challenge to the field of international relations by developing and applying a sophisticated theoretical framework." -- William W. Grimes * Journal of Japanese Studies *"Lee's book is a timely and important contribution." -- Brian J. McVeigh * H-Net Reviews *Table of Contents@fmhi:Contents @toc4:List of Tables iii Acknowledgments iii List of Abbreviations iii @toc2:1. The Japanese Challenge to the American Neoliberal World Order 000 2. Alternative Explanations 000 3. Identity and Intention Framework 000 4. Who and What Is Normal in the History of the World Economy? Marxism, Economic Liberalism, and Developmentalism 000 5. Binarization of Economic Development Identities: Japan and the East Asian Miracle 000 6. Japan and the Asian Monetary Fund 000 7. Conclusion: After the Asian Monetary Fund 000 @toc4:Notes 000 Select Bibliography 000 Index 000
£52.70
Stanford University Press Uneasy Reunions
Book SynopsisThis book is about the migrations for family reunion that have taken place in post-1997 Hong Kong between mothers and children living in mainland China and their long-absent husbands and fathers, residents of Hong Kong.Trade Review"Uneasy Reunions achieves what all ethnography aspires to: rich and textured portraiture of a corner of the human experience that speaks to the largest issues and experiences of our times. . . . [It] strikes a perfect balance: careful ethnographic portraiture, well-chosen scaffolding of relevant area and theoretical literature, and pitch-perfect reference to other global instances of migration across political difference. We applaud Newendorp for this parsimonious, evocative, inspired, and analytically impeccable contribution to the ethnography of East Asia." -- Nancy Abelmann, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, and Chair, 2009 Francis L.K. Hsu Book Prize Committee"[This book is] a testament to Newendorp's sensitivity and skill as an ethnographer and her facility with the Cantonese language . . . Newendorp excels in presenting complex ideas in clear ways. She takes on many sophisticated debates from what it means to be Chinese in different 'Chinese' locations to the complexities of power and mobility in a transnational milieu. Overall, the book makes a unique and refreshing contribution . . . This ethnography will have broad appeal to a wide variety of readers." -- Caren Freeman * Journal of International Migration & Integration *"This empathetic ethnography explores identity, migration, and difference through the prism of contemporary mainland Chinese women married to Hong Kong men who are seeking rights to live and form families in Hong Kong. Since Hong Kong formally returned to the People's Republic of China in 1997, many families who share culture and national citizenship nonetheless have remained separated by political history and divergent cultural formations. Images and expectations divide as well as unite women who want to migrate and the society that receives them, as the author shows through extensive fieldwork since 2000 with wives, children, social workers (an especially rich portrait), and other Hong Kongers." -- CHOICE"This study is a contribution to our understanding of the city's dynamic social and political life .... Newendorp provides remarkably nuanced details of the daily challenges, desires, and hopes of immigrant women." -- Helen Siu * Journal of Anthropological Research *"This book provides a compelling contribution to the topic of marital immigration from China and sheds light on the new challenges Hong Kong faces as a post-colonial society. By integrating issues central to the transnational world in which we live, Newendorp delivers an engaging and well-researched ethnography of citizenship." -- Sara Friedman * Indiana University, author of Intimate Politics: Marriage, the Market, and State Power in Southeastern China *Table of Contents[table of contents] Contents Acknowledgments 1. Split-Families, Reunited Families, and Political Difference 2. The Moral and Legal Landscape of Reuniting Families in Hong Kong 3. Mainland Wives, Hong Kong Husbands 4. Immigrant Homespace 5. Adapting to Life in Hong Kong 6. Fashioning (Reunited) Family Life 7. Acting Responsibly 8. Uneasy Reunions Notes Works Cited Index
£48.60
Stanford University Press Service Encounters
Book SynopsisThis book shows how department stores and marketplaces in China have become important sites where Chinese people understand, and perform, unequal social relations.Trade Review"Hanser provides a vivid account of the everyday implications of Post-Mao era economic reforms and how boundaries of class and gender are both articulated and made permeable. Her concise and careful use of social theory makes it a useful introduction to practices of class and gender distinction." -- Intersections: Gender and Sexuality in Asia and the Pacific"Hanser presents a detailed, refreshing ethnographic account of three radically different retail settings and practices, skillfully tracing the shifting symbolic boundaries of class, gender, and service in urban China." -- Li Zhang * University of California, Davis *"A pure pleasure to read, Hanser's ethnography probes the little-known world of retail clerks in post-socialist China. An important, contemporary contribution to the eternal questions about inequality and stratification that remain at the core of sociological research, this book will be an ethnographic classic." -- Deborah Davis * Yale University *Table of Contents2. Revolution and Reform: The Business of Retail in Modern China, 25 3. Service Work with Socialist Characteristics, 54 4. Distinction Work and the Gendered Production of Class, 86 5. The Underground and the Counter Strategies of Distinction, 120 6. Post-Socialist Distinction Work, 154 7. Conclusion, 186
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