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Book SynopsisThis impressive new book uniquely focuses on the phenomenon of media clusters and is designed to inform policy makers, scholars, and media practitioners about the underlying challenges of media firm agglomerations, their potential, and their effects.Trade Review‘Charlie Karlsson and Robert G. Picard have edited an impressive volume that addresses the efficacy and impact of media clusters on economic and regional development and on creativity and output of media products. Its focus on media clusters not only advances our understanding of the specific spatial and organizational dynamics of the media as compared to other industries, but also our understanding of the wide variety of media clusters characteristics, policies, and histories. . . All contributions are well written, and each makes a unique contribution to the overall theme of the book. They can be separate, stand-alone pieces, however they also build on each other, creating a captivating flow of information and analysis that makes the whole book a pleasure to read. . . This edited volume makes very important contributions to the academic literature of regional economic development and media clusters in particular. The book is relevant to scholars, students, media professionals, and policymakers. And while it is especially geared towards people interested in media clusters, it also offers interesting questions and information for anyone researching and learning about regional clusters in general and cultural industries clusters in particular.’ -- Doreen Jakob, Journal of Regional ScienceTable of ContentsContents: Preface PART I: CLUSTERS AND AGGLOMERATION 1. Media Clusters: What Makes them Unique? Charlie Karlsson and Robert G. Picard 2. Promotion of Company and Local Economic Growth through Clusters Sören Eriksson 3. Media Clusters: Development Paths and Core Issues Leona Achtenhagen and Robert G. Picard 4. Media Industry Clusters and Public Policy Charles H. Davis PART II: MEDIA CLUSTER STUDIES Section A. Clusters Maintaining or Reinvigorating Media Leadership 5. Back to Hilversum: Consolidation of the Dutch Broadcast Cluster Erik Hitters 6. Microclustering of the Media Industries in London Andy C. Pratt 7. Munich’s Media Cluster at the Crossroads Harold Bathelt Section B: Clusters Expanding or Improving their Position 8. The Transformation of Broadcasting and Film in Manchester and Liverpool Gary Cook and Jennifer Johns 9. Sydney’s Media Cluster: Continuity and Change in Film and Television Tom O’Regan, Ben Goldsmith and Susan Ward 10. The Toronto Media Cluster: Between Culture and Commerce Charles H. Davis 11. Vancouver as Media Cluster: The Cases of Video Games and Film/TV Trevor Barnes and Neil M. Coe Section C: Start-up Clusters 12. Dubai Media City: Creating Benefits from Foreign Media Developments Robert G. Picard and Leon Barkho 13. Media Industry Clustering in South Africa: Prospects for Economic Development and Spatial Reconfiguration Harry Dugmore and Johanna Mavhungu 14. Can Singapore Develop into a Global Media City? Sören Eriksson 15. Creating a Film Production Cluster in Sweden’s West: The Cast of ‘Trollywood’ Leona Achtenhagen PART III: CONCLUSION 16. The Challenges of Media Clusters Charlie Karlsson and Robert G. Picard Index

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Book SynopsisThis pathbreaking book goes some way to fill this gap in the literature and as such, will prove invaluable to academics, R&D managers, regional policy makers and students with an interest in international business, business economics, regional studies and organization studies.Trade ReviewThis wonderful volume brings together contributions mainly from the innovation literature, whose findings are in a sense quite familiar, but which in this collection are juxtaposed in such a way as to highlight their common institutional underpinnings. This is very much due to the efforts of the editor, whose insightful introduction and editorial vision brings out several interesting and emerging themes from this collection of papers. I think this volume breaks new ground in highlighting the embeddedness of MNE subsidiaries in multiple contexts, and it will be of considerable interest to scholars engaged with institutional analysis. However, I also believe that researchers interested in regional embeddedness, the geography of innovation, and knowledge management will find new angles to their work in this collected volume. --- Sarianna M. Lundan, University of Bremen, GermanyTable of ContentsContents: 1. Introduction: The Debate on Corporate Embeddedness Martin Heidenreich PART I: CHALLENGES AND VARIETIES OF CORPORATE EMBEDDEDNESS 2. Regional Embeddedness of Multinational Companies and their Limits: A Typology Martin Heidenreich and Jannika Mattes 3. The Multi-home-based Corporation: Solving an Insider–Outsider Dilemma Örjan Sölvell 4. MNCs between the Local and the Global: Knowledge Bases, Proximity and Distributed Knowledge Networks Bjørn T. Asheim, Bernd Ebersberger and Sverre J. Herstad 5. MNCs, Clusters and Varieties of Innovative Impulse Philip Cooke PART II: KNOWLEDGE INFRASTRUCTURES AS EMBEDDING DEVICES 6. Simulating the Role of MNCs for Knowledge and Capital Dynamics in Networks of Innovation Petra Ahrweiler, Michel Schilperoord, Nigel Gilbert and Andreas Pyka 7. Technological Capabilities and the Regional Embeddedness of Multinational Enterprises. A Case Study of Germany and the UK Simona Iammarino, Jan-Philipp Kramer, Elisabetta Marinelli and Javier Revilla Diez 8. The Organizational Decomposition of Innovation and Territorial Knowledge Dynamics: Insights from the German Software Industry Simone Strambach and Benjamin Klement 9. The Impact of Regional Institutional Characteristics on the Location of MNCs – a European Perspective Knut Koschatzky and Elisabeth Baier PART III: THE SOCIAL AND POLITICAL CONSTRUCTION OF CORPORATE EMBEDDEDNESS 10. Modes of Regional Embeddedness: Companies in Seven European Regions Compared Dieter Rehfeld 11. The Pôles de Compétitivité: Regional Innovation Clusters with a French Touch Christoph Barmeyer and Katharina Krüth 12. Multinational Companies and the Production of Collective Goods in Central and Eastern Europe Bob Hancké 13. The Role of Multinational Corporations in the National Innovation Systems of the EU New Member States Rajneesh Narula and José Guimón 14. Conclusion: Corporate Embeddedness as a Strategic and Dynamic Process of Skilled Actors Jannika Mattes and Martin Heidenreich Index

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Book SynopsisThis effort is particularly important in a period of economic crisis, as an economic downturn generates high uncertainty about the future of economic systems, and consequently will determine the new winners and losers in a globalized world.Trade Review'The rise of endogenous growth thinking has produced an understanding that the national and in fact the global economy depends generally on supply side initiatives that for the most part are driven at the local regional level. Focusing endogenous forces at the regional level has become elemental in our thinking about development and competitiveness at all levels. This book demonstrates that building and testing ''local after-crisis scenarios'' before crises occur informs policy and leadership at the critical flex points along the regional development horizon.' --- Roger Stough, George Mason University, USTable of ContentsContents: 1. Building Local After-crisis Scenarios in a Global Perspective Roberto Camagni and Roberta Capello PART I: SCENARIOS FOR EUROPEAN REGIONS IN A PERIOD OF ECONOMIC CRISIS 2. Driving Forces of Change and Thematic Scenarios for European Regions Jacques Robert 3. Integrated Scenarios for European Regions Roberto Camagni, Roberta Capello and Jacques Robert 4. Quantitative Foresights for European Regions Roberta Capello and Ugo Fratesi PART II: SCENARIOS AT SUB-REGIONAL LEVEL: THE LATIN ARC COUNTRIES 5. Quantitative Foresights at Sub-regional Level: The Model and Estimation Results Antonio Affuso, Roberto Camagni and Roberta Capello 6. Quantitative Foresights at Sub-regional Level: Assumptions and Simulation Results Antonio Affuso and Ugo Fratesi PART III: THE LATIN ARC AND THE BARCELONA CASE: STRENGTHS AND WEAKNESSES OF THE TERRITORIAL STRUCTURE 7. The Latin Arc Antonio Affuso and Ugo Fratesi 8. The Province of Barcelona Rafael Boix, Joan Trullén and Vittorio Galletto PART IV: POLICY RECOMMENDATIONS FOR REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT 9. Policy Options for the Latin Arc Roberto Camagni 10. Policy Scenarios for the Province of Barcelona Joan Trullén References Index

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Book SynopsisOriginally initiated by the Presidential Committee on Regional Development in South Korea, this wide-ranging volume investigates the new directions in regional development policy taking shape around the world.Trade Review’[T]his is a topical book as it describes the newest trends and changes in regional development policy in South Korea with great detail.’ -- Robert Hassink, Regional StudiesTable of ContentsContents: Preface PART I: INTRODUCTION 1. Introduction: Reshaping Regional Policy in Korea Sang-Chuel Choe PART II: GLOBAL VIEWS 2. Regions and Regional Policy: A Global View Sir Peter Hall 3. Regional Policy: What Works and What Doesn’t Somik V. Lall 4. Barriers and Breakthrough Strategies for Cross-Border Cooperation Michael G. Donovan PART III: INTERNATIONAL EXPERIENCES A. Europe 5. Cohesion, Coherence, Cooperation: EU Policy Beyond Hard Territoriality Andreas Faludi 6. Cohesion Policy in the European Union: Growth, Geography, Institutions Thomas Farole, Andrés Rodríguez-Pose and Michael Storper 7. Policies for Regional Competitiveness Patrick Crézé 8. Strengthening Metropolitan Regions for Growth and Innovation Rupert Kawka 9. Regional Development Agencies in England Harry W. Richardson B. Other 10. Development of Regional Plans and Economic Base Strategies for Sustainable Development in Japan Takashi Onishi 11. Emerging Issues and the Experiences of Economic Regions: The Case of Japan Hiroyasu Horio 12. Constructing Regional Entrepreneurial Advantage: Consensus Building, Technological Uncertainty and Emerging Industries Maryann Feldman and Nichola Lowe PART IV: INCOME VS. SPATIAL EQUITY 13. Identity and Inequality in Planning: Implications for Regional Development Eric J. Heikkila 14. Inequity and Regional Development Policies Chang-Hee Christine Bae 15. The New Economic Geography and Regional Development Policies Harry W. Richardson PART V: KOREA 16. Fiscal Policy and Regional Development Young Geol Lee 17. Regional Development Policy in Korea: The Past, Present and Future Jae-Hong Jang 18. Long-term Strategies for Regional Development Policies in Korea Sam Ock Park 19. The Role of Economic Regions and Metropolitan Economies in Korea’s Regional Policy Soon Nam Jung 20. Building a Regional Governance System for Mega-Economic Regions in Korea Yong-Woon Kim PART VI: CONCLUSIONS 21. Conclusions Harry W. Richardson and Chang-Hee Christine Bae Index

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Book SynopsisThe ecological footprint is one of the most prominent tools used to measure environmental sustainability, and its rise in academic and policy debates since the early 1990s has been remarkable. It further discusses the changing status of the Ecological Footprint and the growth of other footprint tools, such as the Carbon Footprint.Trade Review. . . for those who are interested in the dynamics of how an indicator comes to have authority, and how an organization adopts and then deploys particular environmental indicators, this book has much to offer.'--Greg Lusk, Science & Public Policy'Exceptionally well grounded, documented, organized and presented, The Ecological Footprint: New Developments in Policy and Practice is a major contribution to our current national discussion regarding the issues of environmental sustainability in our increasingly degraded global environmental conditions as exemplified by such phenomena as global warming.'--John Burroughs, Reviewer's Bookwatch'Andrea Collins and Andrew Flynn provide a fascinating review of a concept in action. Having engaged with all sides of the debate and carefully followed the development of a new approach for measuring human demand on nature, they provide an insightful account of what worked, what did not, and why. While it may be obvious to many that humanity needs to live within the means of nature, it still is surprisingly unclear how to make this insight truly relevant and practical for policy. How can we overcome this looming gap? Collins and Flynn show ways how we might succeed with this challenge. Get this book and help design the next generation of sustainability policy that can bridge this gap.'--Mathis Wackernagel, President, Global Footprint Network'What makes this book stand apart is its analysis of how effective the EF concept has been for changing practices and policy. . . This is a wonderful book for anyone who would like to move past 'knowing more' to 'changing more' - be they policymakers or community practitioners. '--Australian Journal of Agricultural & Resource EconomicsTable of ContentsContents: 1. Origins, Diffusion and Development of the Ecological Footprint 2. Government and the Ecological Footprint 3. Consumption and the City: The Ecological Footprint of Cardiff 4. Ecological Footprinting in the United Kingdom 5. Novel Applications, Ecological Footprint Calculators and Communication 6. Building a Network for the Ecological Footprint Community 7. Footprinting Futures References Index

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Book SynopsisThe potential for reunification of the two Koreas, whether in the short or long term, argues for a comprehensive look at policy and planning issues that encompass the peninsula as a whole. This book deals with spatial policy issues in both South and North Korea in a broad and non-political way.Trade ReviewChristine Bae and Harry Richardson make an appropriate and significant contribution to understanding the Korean peninsula by dealing with the broader issues there, including reunification and hot spatial policy issues raised in South Korea. . . the contents of the book as a whole are fascinating and insightful. I see it as very helpful to an understanding of spatial policy and planning in the Korean peninsula by both international and Korean readers, and by both academic scholars and general readers. - --Sam Ock Park, Journal of Regional ScienceTable of ContentsContents: Preface PART I: ISSUES AND TRENDS 1. Introduction Chang-Hee Christine Bae and Harry W. Richardson 2. Re-inventing Korea Eric J. Heikkila 3. Demography and Urbanization Chang-Hee Christine Bae and Harry W. Richardson 4. Urban Issues in the Capital Region and South Korea Myung-Jin Jun 5. Seoul Harry W. Richardson and Chang-Hee Christine Bae 6. Quality of Life and Liveable Cities Chang-Hee Christine Bae and Harry W. Richardson PART II: REGIONAL POLICIES IN SOUTH KOREA 7. Greenbelt Policy Chang-Hee Christine Bae, Myung-Jin Jun and Harry W. Richardson 8. Balanced National Development Harry W. Richardson 9. PCRD (Presidential Commission on Regional Development) and the New Regional Policy Harry W. Richardson PART III: NORTH KOREA 10. DPRK Statistics: Availability and Reliability Suk Lee 11. The Role of Markets in North Korea Curtis Melvin 12. Lifting the North Korean Economy Won Bae Kim 13. A Global Business Strategy for North Korea Harry W. Richardson and Chang-Hee Christine Bae PART IV: REUNIFICATION 14. Economic Integration Strategies for Korean Reunification: Lessons from Recent History Jiyoung Park 15. A Spatial Strategy for Korean Reunification Won Bae Kim and Harry W. Richardson 16. Options for the Capital of a Reunified Korea Harry W. Richardson and Chang-Hee Christine Bae References Index

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Book SynopsisTraces the Russian veneration of St Catherine of Alexandria from its beginnings in Kievan times through the onset of female rulership in the 18th century. This book offers insights for readers interested in saints' cults, the ritualization of power, and the relationship between gender and religion.Trade ReviewA delightful book. It adds an important perspective on the problem of female rule in Russia....and reveals the enduring importance of religious symbolism and discourse at Peter the Great's court. -- Nancy Shields Kollmann, Stanford UniversityMarker not only focuses new attention upon the understudied and disregarded Catherine I, but in so doing opens wide an innovative approach to the entire issue of "female rule" in eighteenth-century Russia. -- Daniel Kaiser, Grinnell CollegeTable of ContentsTable of Contents Illustrations Preface 1. The Problem of Female Rule Part I: The Saint 2. Vitae: The Lives of St. Catherine 3. The Terem Chapel and the Romanov Women 4. Monasteries 5. Dimitrii Rostovskii and the Militant Bride of Christ Part II: The Tsaritsa 6. The Order of St. Catherine 7. The Saint's Living Image 8. The Archbishop and the Empress: The Coronation of 1724 9. Sacralizing Female Rule Epilogue Notes Works Cited Index Shopping Cart Operations

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Book SynopsisIllustrating the development of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and changes it has generated in the economy, society and culture, this expansive book continues the debate concerning the digital revolution and the rise of the algorithmic society.Trade Review‘There is a fantasy that AI will decide the future on its own. This book shows us that, on the contrary, it is up to us to create meaning and value through these new technologies. Luciana Lazzeretti allows us to measure these challenges and the renewed importance of culture for the development of cities and territories. An important contribution for those who think about innovation today.’ -- Olivier Crevoisier, University of Neuchâtel, Switzerland‘Lazzeretti describes an unbrave new world where metrics run wild and humans have a hard time imposing a logic of “responsible innovations.” To overcome the tyranny of data-driven decisions, she urges a return to narrative, craftsmanship, and trust – a sane, creative plea to protect memory and diversity while nurturing economic growth.’ -- Sharon Zukin, Brooklyn College and City University Graduate Center, New York, US and author of The Innovation Complex: Cities, Tech, and the New Economy‘This important book demystifies: artificial intelligence (AI), algorithms, digital “learning” and “big data”, their malign designs and benign uses. Museums suffer attacks, so high security demands toughened glass and high hanging for masterpieces. But digital reproduction returns their original colours, durability and accessibility. This take on “algorithmic society” is valuable, useful and thought-provoking in equal measure.’ -- Philip Cooke, The Mohn Center of Innovation and Regional Development, Bergen, NorwayTable of ContentsContents: 1. Introduction to The Rise of Algorithmic Society and the Strategic Role of Arts and Culture 2. The artificial intelligence ecosystem 3. The algorithmic society: a narrative of the past 4. Technology and culture in digital transformation: a narrative of the future References Index

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Book SynopsisIntroducing the founding principles of the novel paradigm: Culture Based Development (CBD), Annie Tubadji presents a structured explanation of why people love and hate; why people act in the way that they do; and how this ultimately impacts the entire economy.

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Book SynopsisThe Idea of Latin America is a geo-political manifesto which insists on the need to leave behind an idea which belonged to the nation-building mentality of nineteenth-century Europe. Charts the history of the concept of Latin America from its emergence in Europe in the second half of the nineteenth century through various permutations to the present day. Asks what is at stake in the survival of an idea which subdivides the Americas. Reinstates the indigenous peoples and migrations excluded by the image of a homogenous Latin America with defined borders. Insists on the pressing need to leave behind an idea which belonged to the nation-building mentality of nineteenth-century Europe. Trade ReviewWinner of the 2006 Frantz Fanon Prize for Outstanding Work in or on the Caribbean Thought in the English Language "What's in a name? This vigorous, politically engaged essay reveals the 'colonial matrix of power' behind the invention of the term Latin America. A timely and significant contribution to de-colonial theory and to debates about new social movements in the Americas."—John King, Warwick University "In this gilded age of hyper-theory, and the next big paradigm that supersedes the latest, and the anxiety of not having a paradigm; in this age of theory hyper-inflation, and the furor over the latest missive from the 'great masters,' it is mentally refreshing to read a major work that is not burdened by obsequiousness toward the intellectual fashions of the EuroAmerican dominated market place of ideas, and that without great fanfare manages to turn on their head all our assumptions about our place on the map of history and reason. Walter Mignolo's The Idea of Latin America has elegantly achieved what great manifestos generally accomplish. It has announced the obsolescence of entrenched ways of thinking; it has given us new conceptual and historical narratives; and it has opened up an effaced, ignored, and derogated archive. What is announced in this book is not a new paradigm, but the existence of a type of thinking that has been producing new epistemic sites and weaving counter-narratives that both challenge the claim to universality of EuroAmerican theorizing and that nonetheless explain its origins, political economy, resilience and insidiousness. We simply will not be able to see 'America' and 'Latin America' in the same way after this book. Brilliantly Mignolo offers this new optics and geopolitics of knowledge by rejecting the epistemic-historical-onto-theological blackmail imposed by EuroAmerican hyper-theory: either Orientalism or Occidentalism. Beyond this imperial Manicheanism of the new, latest, improved Euro-American paradigm, beyond either you are for us (Eurocentrism), or you are against us (Thirdworldism), there is a way of thinking that looks at the geography of reason transversally, across and sideways, and not in terms of time-tables and invidious hierarchies, which allows to think many worlds co-existing in empathic solidarity. On the shelf of those works one thinks with in order to think beyond, where one finds the books of Fanon, Said, C.R. L. James, Shiva, and Retamar, one will now have to put those of Walter Mignolo."—Eduardo Mendieta, Stony Brook UniversityTable of ContentsAcknowledgments. Preface: Uncoupling the Name and the Reference. 1 The Americas, Christian Expansion, and the Modern/Colonial Foundation of Racism. 2 “Latin” America and the First Reordering of the Modern/Colonial World. 3 After “Latin” America: The Colonial Wound and the Geo-Political/Body-Political Shift. Postface: After “America”. Notes. Index

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Book SynopsisA geo-political manifesto which questions the idea of Latinity as a sole name for the South American subcontinent. Charts the history of the concept of Latinity from its emergence in Europe under France's leadership through to the present day.Trade ReviewWinner of the 2006 Frantz Fanon Prize for Outstanding Work in or on the Caribbean Thought in the English Language "What's in a name? This vigorous, politically engaged essay reveals the 'colonial matrix of power' behind the invention of the term Latin America. A timely and significant contribution to de-colonial theory and to debates about new social movements in the Americas."—John King, Warwick University "In this gilded age of hyper-theory, and the next big paradigm that supersedes the latest, and the anxiety of not having a paradigm; in this age of theory hyper-inflation, and the furor over the latest missive from the 'great masters,' it is mentally refreshing to read a major work that is not burdened by obsequiousness toward the intellectual fashions of the EuroAmerican dominated market place of ideas, and that without great fanfare manages to turn on their head all our assumptions about our place on the map of history and reason. Walter Mignolo's The Idea of Latin America has elegantly achieved what great manifestos generally accomplish. It has announced the obsolescence of entrenched ways of thinking; it has given us new conceptual and historical narratives; and it has opened up an effaced, ignored, and derogated archive. What is announced in this book is not a new paradigm, but the existence of a type of thinking that has been producing new epistemic sites and weaving counter-narratives that both challenge the claim to universality of EuroAmerican theorizing and that nonetheless explain its origins, political economy, resilience and insidiousness. We simply will not be able to see 'America' and 'Latin America' in the same way after this book. Brilliantly Mignolo offers this new optics and geopolitics of knowledge by rejecting the epistemic-historical-onto-theological blackmail imposed by EuroAmerican hyper-theory: either Orientalism or Occidentalism. Beyond this imperial Manicheanism of the new, latest, improved Euro-American paradigm, beyond either you are for us (Eurocentrism), or you are against us (Thirdworldism), there is a way of thinking that looks at the geography of reason transversally, across and sideways, and not in terms of time-tables and invidious hierarchies, which allows to think many worlds co-existing in empathic solidarity. On the shelf of those works one thinks with in order to think beyond, where one finds the books of Fanon, Said, C.R. L. James, Shiva, and Retamar, one will now have to put those of Walter Mignolo."—Eduardo Mendieta, Stony Brook UniversityTable of ContentsAcknowledgments. Preface: Uncoupling the Name and the Reference. 1 The Americas, Christian Expansion, and the Modern/Colonial Foundation of Racism. 2 “Latin” America and the First Reordering of the Modern/Colonial World. 3 After “Latin” America: The Colonial Wound and the Geo-Political/Body-Political Shift. Postface: After “America”. Notes. Index

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Book SynopsisIn this major intervention into the 'Asian Century', Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak challenges the reader to re-think Asia, in its political and cultural complexity, in the global South and in the metropole.Trade Review“Other Asias is an eloquent plea for a pedagogy of continental scope that does not evade or erode the singular, ‘textured’ life, thought and work of geographical regions and political minorities. The exemplary courage and extraordinary imagination that have distinguished Spivak's work are now engaged in rich reflections on the political art of humanistic education.” Homi K. Bhabha, Harvard University “This deeply passionate, ethical, and political book tells us that we must pluralize Asia because it is only in a pluralized world that we can imagine a more just one.” Eduardo Cadava, Princeton University “Spivak’s postcolonial perspective here offers an incomparable understanding of Asia in its multiplicity of differences, a tour-de-force from one of our era’s most brilliant engaged and critical thinkers.” Robert J. C. Young, New York University Table of ContentsAcknowledgments. Foreword. 1. Righting Wrongs – 2002: Accessing Democracy among the Aboriginals. 2. Responsibility – 1992: Testing Theory in the Plains. 3. 1994: Will Postcolonialism Travel?. 4. 1996: Foucault and Najibullah. 5. Megacity – 1997: Testing Theory in Cities. 6. Moving Devi – 1997: The Non-Resident and the Expatriate. 7. Our Asias – 2001: How to Be a Continentalist. Position without Identity –2004: An Interview with Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak by Yan Hairong. Notes. Index

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Book SynopsisA Companion to the History of the Middle East offers a fresh account of the multifaceted and multi-layered history of this region. * A fresh account of the multifaceted and multi-layered history of the Middle East. * Comprises 26 newly-commissioned essays by leading international scholars.Trade Review?Conceived with the most recent scholarly efforts in mind this Companion to the History of the Middle East includes a balanced collection of essays on subjects from the early Islamic to the contemporary periods covering the Arab World, Iran, Turkey and Israel.? (Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies , May 2009) "Youssef M. Choueiri is to be admired for assembling a group of contributors with genuine expertise in their respective fields and producing a lively and interesting collection of essays dealing with Middle East history from the rise of Islam to the present. General readers will be provided with a stimulating introduction to some key issues in Middle East history." History "Few books could cover the range of topics presented here and even fewer shed so much light on the complexities associated with the birth of the modern Middle East. One can almost feel the wisdom of the contributing authors, and must acknowledge the success of Youssef Choueiri's strategy of making this much more than a history book." Journal of Islamic Studies "[A] worthy volume. It is recommended for both specialist collections ... as well as for its natural home, the academic library." Reference ReviewsTable of ContentsList of Illustrations viii List of Maps ix List of Tables x Notes on Contributors xi Preface and Acknowledgments xv Introduction 1Youssef M. Choueiri PART I THE FORMATIVE PERIOD OF ISLAM 1 The Rise of Islam 9Gerald R. Hawting 2 The Islamic Conquests 28Fred M. Donner 3 The Caliphate 52Hugh Kennedy PART II CULTURAL TRADITIONS AND SOCIAL STRUCTURE 4 The "Ulama" : Status and Function 71Zouhair Ghazzal 5 Shi'ism 87Robert Gleave 6 Historiography of Sufi Studies in the West 106Alexander Knysh PART III IMPERIAL STRUCTURES AND DYNASTIC RULE 7 Military Patronage States and the Political Economy of the Frontier, 1000–1250 135Michael Chamberlain 8 The Mamluk Institution 154P. M. Holt 9 North Africa: State and Society, 1056–1659 170Michael Brett PART IV A NEW MIDDLE EASTERN SYSTEM 10 Ottomans and Safavids: States, Statecraft, and Societies, 1500–1800 191Metin Kunt 11 Urban Life and Middle Eastern Cities: The Traditional Arab City 207André Raymond (translated James McDougall) PART V THE MIDDLE EAST AND THE NEW WORLD ORDER 12 A Different Balance of Power: Europe and the Middle East in the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries 229Abdul-Karim Rafeq 13 Colonialism, the Ottomans, the Qajars, and the Struggle for Independence: The Arab World, Turkey, and Iran 248Peter Sluglett PART VI INDEPENDENCE AND NATION BUILDING 14 Zionism and the Palestine Question 269Emma C. Murphy 15 Nationalisms in the Middle East: The Case of Pan-Arabism 291Youssef M. Choueiri 16 Turkish and Iranian Nationalisms 313Ioannis N. Grigoriadis and Ali M. Ansari 17 Political Parties and Trade Unions 334Raymond Hinnebusch 18 Political Life and the Military 355Gareth Stansfield 19 Political Economy: From Modernization to Globalization 372Simon Murden PART VII MODERN ISSUES AND CONTEMPORARY CHALLENGES 20 Islamic Urbanism, Urbanites, and the Middle Eastern City 393Michael E. Bonine 21 Oil and Development 407Paul Stevens 22 Modernizing Women in the Middle East 425Valentine M. Moghadam 23 Politics and Religion 444Beverley Milton-Edwards 24 Ethnonational Minorities in the Middle East: Berbers, Kurds, and Palestinians 462Lise Storm 25 Civil Society in the Middle East 486Tim Niblock 26 The States-system in the Middle East: Origins, Development, and Prospects 504Simon Bromley Bibliography 534 Index 582

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Book SynopsisAmerican Studies is a vigorous, bold account of the changes in the field of American Studies over the last thirty-five years. Through this set of carefully selected key essays by an editorial board of expert scholars, the book demonstrates how changes in the field have produced new genealogies that tell different histories of both America and the study of America. Charts the evolution of American Studies from the end of World War II to the present day by showcasing the best scholarship in this field An introductory essay by the distinguished editorial board highlights developments in the field and places each essay in its historical and theoretical context Explores topics such as American politics, history, culture, race, gender and working life Shows how changing perspectives have enabled older concepts to emerge in a different context Table of ContentsNotes on the Editors x Acknowledgments to Sources xi Introduction 1 Part I Empire, Nation, Diaspora 7 Introduction 7 1 Rethinking Race and Nation 9Nikhil Pal Singh 2 Manifest Domesticity 17Amy Kaplan 3 Nuestra América’s Borders: Remapping American Cultural Studies 26José David Saldívar 4 The Practice of Diaspora 33Brent Hayes Edwards 5 Removal 41Tiya Miles 6 Redefining Security: Okinawa Women’s Resistance to US Militarism 49Yoko Fukumura and Martha Matsuoka Part II States, Citizenship, Rights 57 Introduction 57 7 Liberty’s Empire 59Laura Doyle 8 The Johnson-Reed Act of 1924 and the Reconstruction of Race in Immigration Law 69Mae M. Ngai 9 The Citizen and the Terrorist 78Leti Volpp 10 Race, Gender, and the Privileges of Property 89Peggy Pascoe 11 Racing Religion 99Moustafa Bayoumi 12 The Intimate Public Sphere 109Lauren Berlant 13 Democratic Passions: Reconstructing Individual Agency 119Christopher Newfield Part III Reproduction of Work 133 Introduction 133 14 Domestic Life in the Diggings 135Susan Lee Johnson 15 “Women’s Sweat”: Gender and Agricultural Labor in the Atlantic World 145Jennifer L. Morgan 16 Fashioning Political Subjectivities: The 1909 Shirtwaist Strike and the “Rational Girl Striker” 155Nan Enstad 17 The Age of the CIO 166Michael Denning 18 Work, Immigration, Gender: New Subjects of Cultural Politics 177Lisa Lowe 19 Global Cities and Survival Circuits 185Saskia Sassen Part IV Religion, Spirituality, and Alternate Ways of Being in the United States 195 Introduction 195 20 Snakes Alive: Religious Studies between Heaven and Earth 199Robert A. Orsi 21 From Demon Possession to Magic Show: Ventriloquism, Religion, and the Enlightenment 213Leigh Eric Schmidt 22 Rethinking Vernacular Culture: Black Religion and Race Records in the 1920s and 1930s 225Evelyn Brooks Higginbotham 23 The Madonna of 115th Street Revisited: Vodou and Haitian Catholicism in the Age of Transnationalism 233Elizabeth McAlister 24 The Good Fight: Israel after Vietnam, 1972–80 246Melani McAlister 25 Getting Religion 260Janet R. Jakobsen and Ann Pellegrini Part V Performances and Practices 269 Introduction 269 26 The Origins of Mass Culture 271Richard M. Ohmann 27 The Riddle of the Zoot: Malcolm Little and Black Cultural Politics during World War II 280Robin D. G. Kelley 28 Mardi Gras Indians: Carnival and Counter-Narrative in Black New Orleans 290George Lipsitz 29 To Be Young, Brown, and Hip: Race, Gender, and Sexuality in Indian American Youth Culture 299Sunaina Marr Maira 30 Teatro Viva! Latino Performance and the Politics of AIDS in Los Angeles 307David Román 31 Waiting for Godzilla: Toward a Globalist Theme Park 315Takayuki Tatsumi 32 Hollywood’s Hot Voodoo 319Eva Cherniavsky Part VI Body-Talk 327 Introduction 327 33 Turning People into Products 329Walter Johnson 34 Redressing the Pained Body: Toward a Theory of Practice 338Saidiya V. Hartman 35 Between “Oriental Depravity” and “Natural Degenerates”: Spatial Borderlands and the Making of Ordinary Americans 346Nayan Shah 36 The Rule of Normalcy: Politics and Disability in the USA [United States of Ability] 357Lennard J. Davis 37 The Patient’s Body 365Virginia L. Blum 38 Queer Cyborgs and New Mutants: Race, Sexuality, and Prosthetic Sociality in Digital Space 372Mimi Nguyen Part VII Mediating Technologies 385 Introduction 385 39 Two Spinning Wheels in an Old Log House 387Laurel Thatcher Ulrich 40 The Cultural Mediation of the Print Medium 397Michael Warner 41 Likeness as Identity: Reflections on the Daguerrean Mystique 405Alan Trachtenberg 42 “I Want to Ride in Geronimo’s Cadillac” 413Philip Deloria 43 Reading the “Book of Life”: DNA and the Meanings of Identity 424Sarah E. Chinn 44 Television and the Politics of Difference 433Herman S. Gray Part VIII Sites, Space, and Land 443 Introduction 443 45 Where is Guantánamo? 445Amy Kaplan 46 Knowing Nature through Labor: Energy, Salmon Society on the Columbia 458Richard White 47 Rethinking Environmental Racism: White Privilege and Urban Development in Southern California 465Laura Pulido 48 Commerce: Reconfiguring Community Marketplaces 476Lizabeth Cohen 49 The Prison Fix 486Ruth Wilson Gilmore 50 The Globalization of Latin America: Miami 493George Yúdice 51 Do You Know What it Means to Miss New Orleans? Katrina, Trap Economics, and the Rebirth of the Blues 506Clyde Woods Part IX Memory and Re-Memory 515 Introduction 515 52 Not only the Footprints but the Water Too and What is Down There 517Avery Gordon 53 The Lost Cause and Causes Not Lost 528David Blight 54 The Wall and the Screen Memory: The Vietnam Veterans Memorial 540Marita Sturken 55 The Patriot Acts 550Donald E. Pease 56 Silencing the Past: Power and the Production of History 558Michel-Rolph Trouillot Part X Internationalization and Knowledge Production about American Studies 567 Introduction 567 57 Spectres of Comparison: American Studies and the United States of the West 569Liam Kennedy 58 Romancing the Future: Internationalization as Symptom and Wish 578Robyn Wiegman 59 Outside Where? Comparing Notes on Comparative American Studies and American Comparative Studies 588Donatella Izzo Index 605

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Book SynopsisExplores the 'visual' in defining the kaleidoscope of American experience and American identity in the 20th century. This book covers important topics in American history: nationhood, class, politics of identity, and the visual mapping of 'others'.Trade Review“This collection is an invigorating, even stunning, revelation. I left it feeling as if I had learned a new language. Congratulations to Ardis Cameron for the creative insight with which she has woven together an argument for the indispensable value of ‘looking’ into the past.” Alice Kessler-Harris, Columbia University “This book illuminates the role of the visual in constructions of American national identity. Most impressive is the demonstration that vision itself is not transparent, but an instrument that shapes, even as it is shaped by, relations of power.” Joan W. Scott, Institute for Advanced StudyTable of ContentsAcknowledgments. Introduction (Ardis Cameron). Suggested Readings. PART I: 1860-1900. Modern Types. 1. Sleuthing Towards America: Visual Detection in Everyday Life (Ardis Cameron). 2. Cartes de Visite Portrait Photographs and the Culture of Class Formation (Andrea L. Volpe). Suggested Readings. PART II: 1900-1940. The Embodied Nation: Race, Gender, and the Politics of the Camera. 3. Photographing the "American Negro": Nation, Race, and Photography at the Paris Exposition of 1900 (Shawn Michelle Smith). 4. Techniques of the Imaginary Nation: Engendering Family Photography (Laura Wexler). "The Eye of Power": Cross-Class Looking. 5. Private Eyes, Public Women: Images of Class and Sex in the Urban South, Atlanta, Georgia, 1913-1915 (Jacquelyn Dowd Hall). 6. Margaret Bourke-White’s Red Coat; or, Slumming in the Thirties (Paula Rabinowitz). Suggested Readings. PART III: 1940-2000. Home and Nation: Imaging the "All-American" Family. 7. "The Kind of People Who Make Good Americans": Nationalism and Life’s Family Ideal (Wendy Kozol). 8. Visua Culture and Working-Class Community: Photography and the Organizing of the Steelworkers’ Union in Chicago (Larry Peterson). 9. Sit-coms and Suburbs: Positioning the 1950s Homemaker (Mary Beth Haralovich). The Eye of Difference: The Politics of Appearance. 10. The Zoot-Suit and Style Warfare (Stuart Cosgrove). 11. Looking Jewish, Seeing Jews (Matthew Frye Jacobson). Troubling Sights (Sites): Visual Maps and America’s "Others". 12. The Photograph as an Intersection of Gazes (Catherine A. Lutz and Jane L. Collins). 13. When Strangers Bring Cameras: The Poetics and Politics of Othered Places (Ardis Cameron). Suggested Readings. Appendix A: "Reading the Visual Record" (Elspeth H. Brown). Appendix B: List of Visual Archives (Ardis Cameron). Index.

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Book SynopsisVietnamese diasporic relations affect—and are directly affected by—events in Viet Nam. In Transnationalizing Viet Nam, Kieu-Linh Caroline Valverde explores these connections, providing a nuanced understanding of this globalized community. Valverde draws on 250 interviews and almost two decades of research to show the complex relationship between Vietnamese in the diaspora and those back at the homeland.In the series Asian American History and Culture, edited by Sucheng Chan, David Palumbo-Liu, Michael Omi, K. Scott Wong, and Linda Trinh VõTrade Review“It serves as an invaluable resource for students and researchers interested in understanding the Vietnamese American community.... [A]n important foundation for the study of Vietnamese diaspora.”—AmerasiaTable of ContentsPreface Acknowledgments 1 Transnationalizing Viet Nam 2 Popular Music: Sounds of Home Resistance and Change 3 Social Transformations from Virtual Communities 4 Defying and Redefining Vietnamese Diasporic Art and Media as Seen through Chau Huynh's Creations 5 Whose Community Is It Anyway? Overseas Vietnamese Negotiating Their Cultural and Political Identity: The Case of Vice-Mayor Madison Nguyen 6 Vietnamese Diaspora Revisited Notes References Index

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Book SynopsisWeaves together the diverse voices of kids and working artists with play scholarship.Table of ContentsIntroduction Part I: Erasing Children’s Expressivity Chapter 1 • “We Don’t Have It” Chapter 2 • Before and After Part II: Master Players Interlude A Chapter 3 • Chalk Interlude B Chapter 4 • Ball Interlude C Chapter 5 • Rope Interlude D Part III: Balancing Acts Chapter 6 • “We Invented It”/“We Taught Them” Chapter 7 • The Paintlore of Children Chapter 8 • Art Advocacy/Play Advocacy Conclusion: The Practice of Invention Acknowledgments Notes References Index

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Book SynopsisRestores black women to their rightful place in American and black history and demonstrates their faith in themselves, their race, and their God.Trade Review“Bettye Collier-Thomas tells the untold stories of scores of religious and politically active black women, their organizations, informal gatherings and intellectual movements. For readers who imagine that the religious and political activism of Sojourner Truth, Mary McLeod Bethune and Rosa Parks is exceptional, [this] book will be a revelation.”—The New York Times Book Review

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Book SynopsisShould the surprisingly successful outcomes achieved by outsider candidates in Philadelphia elections be interpreted as representing fundamental changes in the local political environment, or simply as one-off victories, based largely on serendipitous circumstances that advanced individual political careers? John Kromer's insightful Philadelphia Battlefields considers key local campaigns undertaken from 1951 to 2019 that were extraordinarily successful despite the opposition of the city's political establishment.Kromer draws on election data and data-mapping tools that explain these upset elections as well as the social, economic, and demographic trends that influenced them to tell the story of why these campaign strategies were successful. He deftly analyzes urban political dynamics through case studies of newcomer Rebecca Rhynhart's landslide victory over a veteran incumbent for Philadelphia City Controller; activist Chaka Fattah's effective use of grassroots organizing skills to winTrade Review“‘All politics is local,’ Tip O’Neill famously said, and I can think of no better guide to the local politics of Philadelphia than John Kromer. In Philadelphia Battlefields,he takes us through a series of ‘disruptive campaigns’ and makes a compelling case for what they can teach us today. Kromer balances details that will appeal to political junkies with the wisdom that he has accumulated over the years as one of the city’s most distinguished public servants. And his message is clear: politics in Philadelphia will only be as effective as you and I are committed to making it.”—Steven Conn, W. E. Smith Professor of History, Miami University, and author of Metropolitan Philadelphia: Living with the Presence of the Past"Kromer’s analysis of Philadelphia’s political and electoral dynamics is impressive. There has been much written and said on the surface about successful and unsuccessful political campaigns by insurgent candidates since the 1950s, but Kromer’s linkage of mobilization strategies and activism to the electoral process is new and engaging. The rigor of his analysis of voting data, coupled with his own insights, brings a needed richness to the story. Philadelphia Battlefields should inspire citizens to be more politically aware and engaged in their local and state elections as well as at the grassroots level.”—David L. Cohen, Senior Executive Vice President, Comcast Corporation

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Book SynopsisReforming Philadelphia examines the cyclical efforts of insurgents to change the city’s government over nearly 350 years. Political scientist Richardson Dilworth tracks reformers as they create a new purpose for the city or reshape the government to reflect emerging ideas. Some wish to thwart the “corrupt machine,” while others seek to gain control of the government via elections. These actors formed coalitions and organizations that disrupted the status quo in the hope of transforming the city (and perhaps also enriching themselves).Dilworth addresses Philadelphia’s early development through the present day, including momentous changes from its new city charter in 1885 and the Republican machine that emerged around the same time to its transformation to a Democratic stronghold in the 1950s, when the city also experienced a racial transition. Focusing primarily on the twentieth and twenty-first centuries, Dilworth evaluates the terms of Mayors FTrade Review“In this elegant book, Richardson Dilworth combines a historian’s attention to detail with a political scientist’s concern for how and why it matters. Reforming Philadelphia, 1682–2022 offers not only a compelling account of one city’s rich political history but also a convincing argument about the enduring power of institutions in urban politics.” —Thomas J. Sugrue, Professor of History and Social and Cultural Analysis at New York University, and author of The Origins of the Urban Crisis: Race and Inequality in Postwar Detroit“Reforming Philadelphia, 1682–2022 is an essential book for anyone wanting to learn more about Philadelphia politics while also developing a deep understanding of its history. Richardson Dilworth provides useful ways of thinking about Philadelphia politics that probably haven’t occurred to many politicians. As a reform mayor myself, I now have a better appreciation of how I fit into Philadelphia’s political past and future.”—Michael A. Nutter, Ninety-Eighth Mayor of Philadelphia"[A] clear, concise, and accessible introduction to the evolution of Philadelphia’s municipal politics over the course of its 340-year history.... [Dilworth] offers valuable insights into the structural conditions that led to significant changes in Philadelphia city government. His contributions to our understanding of the city’s political culture as well as the broader understanding of urban politics in the United States should receive a wide readership among political scientists, historians, and all others interested in Philadelphia and urban political development."—Journal of Urban Affairs"Reforming Philadelphia examines the efforts of reformers to change the city’s government over nearly 350 years. Dilworth, whose grandfather served as a 'reform' mayor of Philadelphia from 1956 to 1962, tracks efforts to revamp the city’s government to reflect reform ideas of the day.... Dilworth's book explains the city's evolution and offers a framework for evaluating other cities. Summing Up: Recommended."—Choice

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Book SynopsisThis interdisciplinary work connects the transformation of India's labour market with changes in health and health problems to offer an analysis that is unprecedented in scope and depth.Trade Review"Issues such as work-related stress and its impact on health are increasingly a concern for countries such as India. This book will help raise awareness, encourage further research and promote good practice." Aditya Jain, University of NottinghamTable of ContentsIntroduction: Work, stress and health in India ~ Martin Hyde, Holendro Singh Chungkham, Laishram Ladusingh Work, stress and health: Theories and models ~ Linda Magnusson-Hansson, Martin Hyde, Holendro Singh Chungkham & Hugo Westerlund Work environment, health and the international development agenda ~ Martin Hyde and Tores Theorell Employment trends in India: Some issues for investigation ~ A.V.Jose Rural-urban and gender differences in time spent in unpaid household work in India ~ Laishram Ladusingh Activity status, morbidity patterns and hospitalisation in India ~ Harihar Sahoo Occupational class and chronic diseases in India ~ Sanjay K. Mohanty and Anshul Kastor Stress and health among the Indian police ~ Vaijayanthee Kumar and T.J. Kamalanabhan Health status and lifestyle of the Oraon tea garden labourers of Jalpaiguri district, West Bengal ~ Subrata K. Roy and Tanaya Kundu Chowdhury The role of work-family support factors in helping individuals achieve work-family balance in India ~ Sarlaksha Ganesh and M.P.Ganesh Working conditions, health and well-being among the scavenger community ~ Vimal Kumar Lessons and future research directions from work environment research in India ~ Martin Hyde, Holendro Singh Chungkham, Laishram Ladusingh

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Book SynopsisBetween 2010 and 2025, most of the countries of Latin America will commemorate two centuries of independence, and Latin Americans have much to celebrate at this milestone. Most countries have enjoyed periods of sustained growth, while inequality is showing modest declines and the middle class is expanding. Dictatorships have been left behind, and all major political actors seem to have accepted the democratic process and the rule of law. Latin Americans have entered the digital world, routinely using the Internet and social media.These new realities in Latin America call for a new introduction to its history and culture, which Latin America at 200 amply provides. Taking a reader-friendly approach that focuses on the big picture and uses concrete examples, Phillip Berryman highlights what Latin Americans are doing to overcome extreme poverty and underdevelopment. He starts with issues facing cities, then considers agriculture and farming, business, the environment, ineqTable of Contents Acknowledgments Introduction. Entering a Third Century Part I. Society Chapter 1. Lands and Peoples: The Constraints and Opportunities of Geography and Demography Chapter 2. Confronting Urban Challenges Chapter 3. Agriculture in Transition: Food and Farmers Chapter 4. Corner Stores and Multilatinas: Business, Industry, and Labor in a Globalized World Chapter 5. Growth with Sustainability: Meeting the New Environmental Challenge Chapter 6. Highly Unequal—and Middle Class? Chapter 7. Overcoming Legacies of Conquest and Slavery: Indigenous Peoples and Afro-descendants Chapter 8. Machismo Contested: Changing Gender Roles and Expectations Chapter 9. A Changing Religious Landscape Part II. History Chapter 10. Conquest and Colonial Order Chapter 11. Forging New Nations Chapter 12. The Zigzag Path to Democracy and Development Part III. Economic and Political Challenges of the Present Chapter 13. Toward Twenty-First-Century Economies Chapter 14. Making Democracy Work: Politics and the State Chapter 15. Toward Rule of Law: Combating Crime and Corruption Chapter 16. Bodies and Minds: Achievements and Obstacles in Health and Education Chapter 17. Goods and People Crossing Borders: Dimensions of Globalization Conclusion. Hopes and Tasks of the Bicentennial Generation Notes References Index

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Book SynopsisThe Hizmet (Service) Movement of Fethullah Gulen is Turkey's most influential Islamic identity community. Drawing on 14 months of ethnographic fieldwork in Turkey and the US, the author examines the Gulen Movement's role in Turkey's recent rise, as well as its strategic relationship with Turkey's Justice and Development Party-led government.Trade Review"[T]here's...much to learn from this book about the enigmatic Gülen and his enigmatic movement." -- William Armstrong * Hurriyet Daily News *"A helpful and detailed account of a movement that is defined, if such a thing is possible, by obfuscation" -- Christopher de Bellaigue * The New York Review of Books *"Dr. Hendrick's study is revealing and topical, and provides an objective, critical and balanced assessment of the Gülen movement. Together with Berna Turam's earlier study of the same movement, it distinguishes itself as one of the very few studies of this topic that meets the strictures of nonpartisan academic scholarship." -- Elisabeth Ozdalga * Contemporary Islam *"Essential reading for anyone interested in current political, economic, and religious trends in modern Turkey. This work is by far the best study to date of one of the most important and interesting Islamic movements of our times. A fascinating book." -- Nancy Gallagher,University of California Santa Barbara"Hendrick deserves to be commended for analyzing the Gülen movement in a comprehensive fashion. The book, written in an engaging style, covers diverse issues, ranging from the movement's role in changing the balance of power in the Turkish media to its critics in the American charter school system. This timely book is a welcome addition to the growing literature on the Gülen movement." -- Ahmet T. Kuru * Middle East Journal *"In a groundbreaking study, Joshua Hendrick provides us with the first comprehensive and dispassionate analysis of the worldwide Gülen movement. Theoretically sophisticated and brimming with unprecedented empirical insight, this volume will be essential reading for students and researchers in contemporary Islamic Studies as well as those seeking to understand the changing nature of social movements under globalization." -- Peter Mandaville,author of Global Political Islam"In this path-breaking ethnography of a modern Islamic movement that is educating millions of students across the globe, Hendrick brilliantly explains the strategies of the Gülenphenomena as an intersection of the spiritual and market-driven needs of his followers. This a definitive study of how Muslim modernity is practiced among aspiring Muslim middle classes, an exceptional achievement because Hendrick avoids the twin pitfalls of demonization and cooption. It will become a classic." -- Paul M. Lubeck,Johns Hopkins University-School of Advanced International Studies"Dr. Hendricks study is revealing and topical, and provides an objective, critical and balanced assessment of the Gülen movement Based as it is on thorough information and colorful descriptions, it is an easy read and thus also speaks to a wider audience inside and outside of academia." * Contemporary Islam *"A valuable study of the Gülen movement, originating in Turkey but spanning theworld, illustrates how it was born out of the social and political climate of modern Turkey but how it integrated Islam and neoliberal globalization to create an ambiguous empire of 'market Islam' including schools, media, and manufacturing." * Anthropology Review Database *"As Joshua Hendrick reminds us in the introduction of his informative new book, in a 2008 online poll Fethullah Gülen was named the most influential public intellectual in the world, despite the fact that most people have never heard of him. Of course, the victory might be the result of dedicated followers voting for him, yet his surprise appearance at the top ofor even onthe list calls for some more exploration of precisely what Gülen and his minions are up to and how a major movement emerged in Turkey and spread around the world. This is precisely what Hendrick give us in the study. [] [A]nthropologists should be grateful to Hendrick for the valuable research and should extend these analyses with further studies of the GM and of other modern social movements, including & Islamic or & Islamist ones, to discover how they blend religion or other aspects of & culture or & tradition with modern capitalist and technological techniques and practices." * Anthropology Review Database *"In light of the political crisis Turkey has been going through in the past year, the publication of Hendricks Gülen could not be timelier. This book examines one of the most controversial figures in the modern Turkish political history, Fethullah Gülen, and his cemaat (community); a well-organized network overseeing schools and educational institutions in more than 100 countries and controlling a global, multi-million dollar operation of & Islamic economy. Hendricks political ethnography provides an outstanding analysis." * Mobilization *"Hendricks work is an important contribution to understanding the ongoing interactions between the contradictory dimensions of globalization and the presence and rise of Islamic movements." * Historian *"This new book is a thoughtful and thorough examination of the formation and expansion of the Gülen movement. In presenting an original account of how this religious social movement was established, the author offers an insightful discussion Gülens origins and workings by focusing on its engagement with capitalism, science, technology, education, and secularism." * The Historian *Table of ContentsContentsAcknowledgments ixNote on Turkish Transliteration xiiiList of Abbreviations xvIntroduction: The World's Most Influential 1Public Intellectual1 Approaching Muslim Politics in Turkey 112 The Political Economy of Muslim Politics in Turkey 353 An Ambiguous Leader 564 Community 895 Education 1236 Degirmenin suyu nereden geliyor? (Where does the 144water for the mill come from?)7 Manufacturing Consent 1748 Strategic Ambiguity and Its Discontents (i.e., the 206Gulen Movement in the United States)Conclusion: The Marketization of Muslim 233Politics in TurkeyNotes 243Bibliography 257Index 271About the Author 276

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Book SynopsisA volume that provides a basic introduction to the study of religion and theology in the Latino/a, Black, and Latin American contexts. It also shows how theology can be reframed to better speak to the concerns of both religious studies and the real people the theologians' work is meant to represent.Trade Review"Franklin has penned a valuable book that examines the changing context of youth activism in the post-civil rights era...The book closes by explaining how the issues of today are linked to the past, with particular attention to juvenile justice and the labor movement. This is extraordinarily difficult to do, and the author does it withgreat ease . . . A progressive and valuable book." * Choice *"Thoroughly interrogates methodological presuppositions in contemporary studies of theology and religion. I strongly recommend this book to scholars from either discipline who desire to honestly appraise how we investigate our subjects and what we intend to accomplish in our work." -- Timothy Matovina,University of Notre Dame"Gonzalezs work is provocative. Her introduction to Latin American, Black, and Latino/a liberation theologies is sharply critical." * Modern Theology *"A great resource for introducing the interdisciplinary study of religion in the Americas, with a focus on the relevance of the reflected faith experience and religious practices of marginalized populations for the academic study of religion. Presenting a hemispheric landscape, this book argues for constructive relationships and collaborative methodologies between theology and religious studies in the interest of both engaging todays lived religion and affirming the necessity of Liberation Theologies in todays world." -- Maria Pilar Aquino,University of San DiegoTable of ContentsAcknowledgments IntroductionLatin American Liberation TheologyBlack Liberation Theology Latino/a Theology: To Liberate or Not to Liberate?African Diaspora ReligionConclusion NotesBibliography Index About the Author

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Book SynopsisHaven of Liberty chronicles the arrival of the first Jews to New York in 1654 and highlights the role of republicanism in shaping their identity and institutions. Rock follows the Jews of NewYork through the Dutch and British colonial eras, the American Revolution and early republic, and the antebellum years, ending with a path-breaking account of their outlook and behavior during the Civil War. Overcoming significant barriers, these courageous men and women laid the foundations for one of the world's foremost Jewish cities.Trade Review[] Haven of Libertyis an expertly researched book written in fluid and engaging prose. It also includes a stunning visual essay by Diana L. Linden on the material culture of the citys early Jewish community with thirty-two images. Rocks book is highly recommended reading, not just for students of modern Jewish history, but for all scholars interested in religions role in the development of American culture. * Journal of the Early Republic *"This bold, well-researched and beautifully-illustrated history of New York's Jews (1654-1865) introduces the theme of republicanism into American Jewish history, and properly contextualizes Jews within the larger history of the metropolis. A remarkable accomplishment, Haven of Liberty will stand for years to come as the definitive history of New York City's early Jewish community. -- Jonathan D. Sarna,Joseph H. & Belle R. Braun Professor of American Jewish History, Brandeis University

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Book SynopsisExamines the coded language of the Republican PartyIn The Wrongs of the Right, Matthew W. Hughey and Gregory S. Parks set postracial claims into relief against a background of pre- and post-election racial animus directed at President Obama, his administration, and African Americans. They show how the political Right deploys racial fears, coded language and implicit bias to express and build opposition to the Obama administration. Racial meanings are reservoirs rich in political currency, and the race card remains a potent resource for othering the first black president in a context rife with Nativism, xenophobia, white racial fatigue, and serious racial inequality.Trade ReviewA valuable contribution in understanding the implications and interplay of race and politics in contemporary America. The presidency of Americas first African-American president is historic, with deep implications, and has taken some turns which reflect, not always well, on America dealing with its enduring issues of race. . . . Powerful and well done. -- John Dombrink,University of California, IrvineCovers very timely and important issues regarding racial and electoral politics in America. . . . Commentators and pundits whose job it is to make sense of contemporary politics and interested citizens will all want a book like this. It is scholarly and rigorous but very readable for a lay audience. In my mind, all books should try to attain this balance. -- Melanye Price,Rutgers UniversityThis exhaustive assessment of the political Rights exploitation of entrenched racial bias in the U.S. is essential reading for students and scholars of the presidency. The Wrongs of the Right blends convincing data with real world examples, and is suitable for both undergraduate and graduate courses. -- Caroline Heldman,Occidental CollegeHughey and Parks attempt to demonstrate that in a supposedly 'post-racial' society, our politics are permeated in both conscious and unconscious ways by the message that only whiteness equates to authentic Americanism . . . [I]t is hard to argue with most of what the authors have to say. * Library Journal *The book provides a succinct summary of the historic ebb and flow of racism in US politics. The authors reveal the use of race as a political incendiary by the two primary parties and clearly illustrate the use of the four premises, previously mentioned, as they relate to the discourse surrounding President Obamas campaign, election, and tenure.Summing Up: Highly Recommended. * Choice *Table of ContentsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction1. The Grand Old Party and African Americans: A Brief Historical Overview2. Unsweet Tea and Labor Pains: The Tea Party, Birthers, and Obama3. A Fox in the Idiot Box: Right-Wing Talking Heads4. Political Party, Campaign Strategy, and Racial Messaging5. The Social Science of Political Ideology and Racial Attitudes6. Unconscious Race Bias and the Right: Its Meaning for Law in the Age of ObamaConclusionNotesIndexAbout the Authors

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

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Book SynopsisA provocative, and timely, solution for ridding America of the traces of Jim Crow policies to create a truly post-racial landscapeWhen America inaugurated its first African American president, in 2009, many wondered if the country had finally become a post-racial society. Was this the dawning of a new era, in which America, a nation nearly severed in half by slavery, and whose racial fault lines are arguably among its most enduring traits, would at last move beyond race with the election of Barack Hussein Obama?In Ghosts of Jim Crow, F. Michael Higginbotham convincingly argues that America remains far away from that imagined utopia. Indeed, the shadows of Jim Crow era laws and attitudes continue to perpetuate insidious, systemic prejudice and racism in the 21st century. Higginbotham's extensive research demonstrates how laws and actions have been used to maintain a racial paradigm of hierarchy and separationboth historically, in the era of lynch mobs and segregation, and todaylegally, Trade Review"The book largely succeeds in proving that a longstanding racial paradigm continues to prevent equal opportunities for blacks and other people of color in this countryand demonstrating how this paradigm has survived through almost four centuries based on different means of oppression. Higginbotham liberally cites statistics and court cases, making the book an excellent addition as required reading for a university course." * California Lawyer *"A vision of enhancing racial equalityor simply lessening racial inequalityin America. By African-American legal scholar Higginbothams account, it wasnt until he entered a well-heeled private school that he encountered the N-word thrown his way. When it was, a white coach cracked down hard, issuing a zero tolerance policy for racial epithets. No more such epithets were forthcoming, though not necessarily out of any inborn kindness on the part of the man who cast that first stone. The takeaway for Higginbotham: Civil rights movements on the part of the oppressed are well and good, but whites needed to stand up against racism in order for it to cease. Things are better in some respects than in the 1960s, but, writes the author, the formula has changed. Blacksand, to a greater or lesser extent, other nonwhite ethnic groupsare no longer judged and discriminated against strictly on the basis of race, but also on factors of class, education, income and access to political power, among others. For example, regarding sports: Recruited black players could play in games, but & walk-on black players could not. Against such broadband exclusion, Higginbotham mounts a spirited defense of affirmative action policies that is backed by good case law and by common senseor at least a sense of fair play, for, as he notes, few complain about legacy students getting into a particular college, but people certainly do complain when the numbers of blackor Asian or Hispanicstudents go up, particularly if there is a perception that they are somehow undeserving. America may be trending toward justice, but that trend is slow. Otherwise, Higginbotham asks elsewhere in this searching argument, why is there a disproportionate number of homeless blacks? A book worthy of a wide audience and wide discussion." * Kirkus Reviews *"Higginbotham's extensive research demonstrates how laws and actions have been used to maintain a racial paradigm of hierarchy and separation - both historically, in the era of lynch mobs and segregation, and today - legally, economically, educationally, and socially....Using history as a roadmap, Higginbotham arrives at provocative solution for ridding the nation of Jim Crow's ghost, suggesting that legal and political reform can successfully create a post-racial America, but only if it inspires whites and blacks to significantly alter behavior and attitudes of race-based superiority and victimization. He argues that America will never achieve its full potential unless it truly enters a post-racial era, and believes that time is of the essence as competition increases globally." * Philadelphia Tribune,Bobbi Booker *"Ghosts of Jim Crowmakes the historical connection between white racism and the law for the continuity in anti-black discrimination. F. Michael Higginbotham contends that the legal construction of race, segregation, and white racial privilege created the template for institutional racism." * Journal of African American History *"I suggest this book for everyone. It was interesting to see how the ghosts of Jim Crow are still lurking where they really shouldn't be." * Goodreads,Patrice Hoffman *"Ghosts of Jim Crow is an important work at a crucial time for our nation. Higginbotham offers scholarly insight into how America's race problem was created with a compelling prescription for its elimination." -- Benjamin Todd Jealous,President & CEO of the NAACP"Ghosts of Jim Crowclearly understands that the most effective approach will dismantle both the cultural underpinnings of white superiority and black inferiority as well as the legal and structural cornerstones of racial inequality. If we are going to become 'one nation, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all,' and free ourselves of the ghosts of Jim Crow, we will need our common paths illumined by Higginbotham's capacious wisdom and compassion." -- Alex Mikulich * National Catholic Reporter *"In Ghosts of Jim Crow, Higginbotham provides a thoughtful and perceptive discussion on the role of race in America today. His keen legal analysis and compelling narrative has resulted in a fascinating examination of how far we have come as a nation, but more importantly, of how far we have to go." -- Barbara A. Mikulski,U.S. Senator for Maryland"Rarely do Americans have the chance to speak freely about race to people beyond their own group. Higginbothams analysis provides a clear understanding of what it will mean to have a truly post-racial society in America, and what Americans of all races will need to do to bring about such a society. Ghosts of Jim Crow also provides an excellent foundation for robust dialogue among Americans about issues involving race and racism, from notions about racial superiority and inferiority to the unfortunate, continuing separation of the races, and victimization of African Americans. Higginbothams work reflects a level of honesty one rarely encounters because it challenges Americans, regardless of point of view, to look in the mirror and think about preconceived notions." -- Freeman A. Hrabowski, III,President, University of Maryland, Baltimore County"Using the fiftieth anniversary of the 1954 Brown decision as his focus, legal-scholar Higginbotham addresses the legacy of Americas racial past and its impact on race equity today. What he wants is a new conversation on race that acknowledges the old paradigm of whites at the top and blacks at the bottom of a racial hierarchy, a model that continues to this day. Higginbotham reviews the history of slavery and Jim Crowlegalized segregation and its contemporary adaptations, with the objective of dismantling the old model that is manifested in significant black separation. He focuses on false notions of white superiority, black separation and white isolation, and black victimization. Changes in the law now place proof of disparate impact over proof of intent and go beyond the employment arena, but Higginbotham argues that we must consider our racial history and legal practices that continue to reduce racial inequality. If the courts and the nation as a whole valued racial diversity as a compelling state interest, affirmative action would be seen as an active tool to reduce racial isolation, which undercuts the pursuit of racial equity." -- Vernon Ford * Booklist Online *Table of ContentsPart I: Creating the Paradigm: Racial Hierarchy1. Constructing Racial Categories from the Nation's Founding to the Civil War 2. Maintaining White Dominance during Reconstruction3. Preventing Black Excellence between Plessy and BrownPart II: Sustaining the Paradigm: White Isolation and Black Separation and Subordination4. Maintaining Racial Segregation in Schools and Neighborhoods from Brown to the 21st Century 5. Victimizing Blacks in the 21st Century Part III: Ending the Paradigm: Building a Post-Racial America6. Black Empowerment and Self-Help7. Integration and Equality

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Book SynopsisDrawing on historical and ethnographic sources, this volume provides a basic introduction to the study of religion and theology in the Latino/a, Black, and Latin American contexts, and then shows how theology can be reframed to better speak to the concerns of both religious studies and the real people the theologians' work is meant to represent.Trade Review"Franklin has penned a valuable book that examines the changing context of youth activism in the post-civil rights era...The book closes by explaining how the issues of today are linked to the past, with particular attention to juvenile justice and the labor movement. This is extraordinarily difficult to do, and the author does it withgreat ease . . . A progressive and valuable book." * Choice *"Thoroughly interrogates methodological presuppositions in contemporary studies of theology and religion. I strongly recommend this book to scholars from either discipline who desire to honestly appraise how we investigate our subjects and what we intend to accomplish in our work." -- Timothy Matovina,University of Notre Dame"Gonzalezs work is provocative. Her introduction to Latin American, Black, and Latino/a liberation theologies is sharply critical." * Modern Theology *"A great resource for introducing the interdisciplinary study of religion in the Americas, with a focus on the relevance of the reflected faith experience and religious practices of marginalized populations for the academic study of religion. Presenting a hemispheric landscape, this book argues for constructive relationships and collaborative methodologies between theology and religious studies in the interest of both engaging todays lived religion and affirming the necessity of Liberation Theologies in todays world." -- Maria Pilar Aquino,University of San DiegoTable of ContentsAcknowledgments IntroductionLatin American Liberation TheologyBlack Liberation Theology Latino/a Theology: To Liberate or Not to Liberate?African Diaspora ReligionConclusion NotesBibliography Index About the Author

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Book SynopsisWinner of the 2014 Bonnie Ritter Book AwardWinner of the 2013 James W. Carey Media Research AwardAs unprecedented waves of young, rural women journey to cities in China, not only to work, but also to see the world and gain some autonomy, they regularly face significant institutional obstacles as well as deep-seated anti-rural prejudices. Based on immersive fieldwork, Cara Wallis provides an intimate portrait of the social, cultural, and economic implications of mobile communication for a group of young women engaged in unskilled service work in Beijing, where they live and work for indefinite periods of time.While simultaneously situating her work within the fields of feminist studies, technology studies, and communication theory, Wallis explores the way in which the cell phone has been integrated into the transforming social structures and practices of contemporary China, and the ways in which mobile technology enables rural young wTrade ReviewInTechnomobility in China, Wallis brings the story of young female migrant labourers to public attention. Their aspirations and the different strategies they use to & get by in the city cuts through the stereotype that they are passive vessels waiting for instruction. The thick descriptions accompanying Wallis arguments of the ideological, social and economic barriers that tend to limit the success of migrant workers efforts drive this point home: these barriers are neither necessary nor deterministic. Perhaps, just as Wallis gave back to the community while conducting her ethnography, her book will contribute to the improvement of the social and political conditions migrant labourers face. * Pacific Affairs *Wallis decision to study mobile phone use among the worlds largest migrant population possesses a natural affinity, which seems destined from the outset to deliver noteworthy findings. The resultant volume is made all the more remarkable owing to the surprising discovery that her participants young rural migrant women working in Beijings service sector are in fact defined by their experience of numerous forms of immobility. * Social Anthropology *An interesting, well-researched, and well-supported study. -- A. Heaphy * Choice *Cara Wallis has contributed a significant and unique piece of scholarship that enriches, sharpens, and humanizes our understanding of the techno-social and cultural transformations of our era and the concomitant grand narratives of Chinas rise and its attainment of globalized modernity. The work is not only highly sophisticated in its theoretical conceptualization, but also extremely rich in its empirical description. The analysis is careful, nuanced and always well-contextualized. This is a superb, insightful, and self-reflexive piece of scholarship. -- Yuezhi Zhao,Professor and Canada Research Chair in Political Economy of Global Communication, Simon Fraser UniveAn ethnographically rich and empathetic portrayal of the intricacies of life among young female migrants navigating the experience of & immobile mobility. Bringing together the best of cultural studies, communication and feminist scholarship, Wallis theoretically sophisticated ethnography is a welcome and valuable addition to our understanding of communication, mobility and contemporary China. -- Heather A. Horst,Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, and co-author of The Cell PhoneCara Wallis is the perfect observer to help us understand mobile phone use among young Chinese working class women, dagongmei, who live and work in the major cities far away from their rural homes. Through rigorous field work, excellent access, and a sensitive ear, she offers unique insight into how mobile phones both liberate and subjugate these young women. This supple and theoretically grounded work demands our attention. -- Rich Ling,author of The Mobile Connection: The Cell Phone's Impact on SocietyTable of Contents1. Market Reforms, Global Linkages, and (Dis)continuity in Post-Socialist China 2. "My First Big Urban Purchase": Mobile Technologies and Modern Subjectivity3. Navigating Mobile Networks of Sociality and Intimacy 4. Picturing the Self, Imagining the World 5. Mobile Communication and Labor Politics

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Book SynopsisThe first collection to consider the fraught itineraries of Asian American immigrant histories and how they are inscribed in the production and dissemination of ideas about Asian American foodways.Trade ReviewFeaturing 20 essays, this volume connects Asian food to larger social, economic, political, and historical contexts in the US....The essays in this volume not only constitute the first academic book on the topic with such comprehensiveness, but also investigate the social hierarchy that exists around race, gender, sex, class, and ethnicity. -- Y. Kiuchi * CHOICE *Full of provocation and insight, this collection productively investigates the complicated and often racialized relationships between consumer, producer, and nation. Foundational in its interdisciplinary, transnational critique of cuisine-driven multiculturalism, Eating Asian Americaskillfully navigates the vexed terrain of food politics. -- Cathy J. Schlund-Vials,author of War, Genocide, and Justice: Cambodian American Memory WorkThe essays themselves are readable and concise. Each scholar... [is] successful in reaching a very large audience, from Asian American scholars to those simply interested in food histories and identities. -- Christopher Patterson * The International Examiner *[Manalansan] coedits the interdisciplinary collection of essays exploring the ways in which eating and culinary practices reflect and reinforce class, racial, and gender inequalities among Asian-American immigrants. * Rochester Review *Eating Asian Americadoes an excellent job of introducing the Asian/Asian American perspective to the discipline of food studies. This book is a highly useful, and much needed addition to food studies. It is a significant addition to the growing conversation about American foodways; as such, it is important that this booknot be considered to explore a niche topic. * Graduate Journal of Food Studies *Thisbook transforms the study of Asian American food from an idiosyncratic, crowd-pleasing set of narratives that map discrete social histories into a key subfield for the discipline. * American Quarterly *Table of ContentsList of Figures and Maps Acknowledgments An Alimentary Introduction Part I 1. Cambodian Donut Shops and the Negotiation of Identity in Los Angeles 2. Tasting America 3. A Life Cooking for Others 4. Learning from Los Kogi Angeles 5. The Significance of Hawai'i Regional Cuisine in Postcolonial Hawai'i Part II 6. Incarceration, Cafeteria Style 7. As American as Jackrabbit Adobo 8. Lechon with Heinz, Lea & Perrins with Adobo 9. "Oriental Cookery" 10. Gannenshoyu or First-Year Soy Sauce? Kikkoman Soy Sauce and the Corporate Forgetting of the Early Japanese American ConsumerPart III 11. Twenty-First-Century Food Trucks 12. Samsa on Sheepshead Bay 13. Apple Pie and Makizushi 14. Giving Credit Where It Is Due 15. Beyond AuthenticityPart IV 16. Acting Asian American, Eating Asian American 17. Devouring Hawai'i 18. "Love Is Not a Bowl of Quinces" 19. The Globe at the Table 20. Perfection on a PlateBibliography ContributorsIndex

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Book SynopsisAn essential resource for understanding the complex history of Mexican Americans and racial classification in the United States Manifest Destinies tells the story of the original Mexican Americansthe people living in northern Mexico in 1846 during the onset of the Mexican American War. The war abruptly came to an end two years later, and 115,000 Mexicans became American citizens overnight. Yet their status as full-fledged Americans was tenuous at best. Due to a variety of legal and political maneuvers, Mexican Americans were largely confined to a second class status. How did this categorization occur, and what are the implications for modern Mexican Americans?Manifest Destinies fills a gap in American racial history by linking westward expansion to slavery and the Civil War. In so doing, Laura E Gómez demonstrates how white supremacy structured a racial hierarchy in which Mexican Americans were situated relative to Native Americans and African Americans alike. Steeped in conversations Trade Review"In a wonderfully rendered account of New Mexicos early history, Laura Gómez offers an original interpretation of colonialism and a distinctive portrayal of how racism works. The particulars of 19th century New Mexico illuminate everything from Donald Trumps White Nationalism to Barack Obamas record-shattering deportation numbers. Gómez manages, at once, to explore subtle variations and contradictions within racial categories without obscuring the murderous hate at the heart of the racism that still centrally defines life in the United States." -- Gerald P. López,author of Rebellious Lawyering: One Chicano’s Vision of Progressive Law Practice"Laura Gómezs Manifest Destinies: The Making of the Mexican American Race is an important study that has changed our notions of Latinos in the United States, firmly placing them within its racial tapestry. Given the continued growth of this group and its participation in the political life of the nation (e.g. the Castro Brothers, Marco Rubio, and Ted Cruz), this second edition allows us to ponder the prospects of Mexican Americans and other Latinos and thus is both timely and necessary." -- Ernesto Chávez,author of The US War with Mexico: A Brief History with Documents"Manifest Destinies is as compelling now as it was in its first edition a decade ago and if anything even more timely. Expertly combining critical race theory, sociology, politics, ethnic studies, and military history, Gómezdramatizes both the peculiarities of the New Mexican case and its deep importance to understanding the nations racial history." -- David Roediger ,author of How Race Survived U.S. History"Adding significant evidence since the first edition, Gomez makes a convincing argument about the influence of annexation on the invention of the Mexican race. She demonstrates how the social and legal construction of the Mexican race are inextricably tied to westward expansion and the ideology of manifest destiny." -- Sociological Inquiry

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Book SynopsisAn essential resource for understanding the complex history of Mexican Americans and racial classification in the United States Manifest Destinies tells the story of the original Mexican Americansthe people living in northern Mexico in 1846 during the onset of the Mexican American War. The war abruptly came to an end two years later, and 115,000 Mexicans became American citizens overnight. Yet their status as full-fledged Americans was tenuous at best. Due to a variety of legal and political maneuvers, Mexican Americans were largely confined to a second class status. How did this categorization occur, and what are the implications for modern Mexican Americans?Manifest Destinies fills a gap in American racial history by linking westward expansion to slavery and the Civil War. In so doing, Laura E Gómez demonstrates how white supremacy structured a racial hierarchy in which Mexican Americans were situated relative to Native Americans and African Americans alike. Steeped in conversations Trade Review"In a wonderfully rendered account of New Mexicos early history, Laura Gómez offers an original interpretation of colonialism and a distinctive portrayal of how racism works. The particulars of 19th century New Mexico illuminate everything from Donald Trumps White Nationalism to Barack Obamas record-shattering deportation numbers. Gómez manages, at once, to explore subtle variations and contradictions within racial categories without obscuring the murderous hate at the heart of the racism that still centrally defines life in the United States." -- Gerald P. López,author of Rebellious Lawyering: One Chicano’s Vision of Progressive Law Practice"Laura Gómezs Manifest Destinies: The Making of the Mexican American Race is an important study that has changed our notions of Latinos in the United States, firmly placing them within its racial tapestry. Given the continued growth of this group and its participation in the political life of the nation (e.g. the Castro Brothers, Marco Rubio, and Ted Cruz), this second edition allows us to ponder the prospects of Mexican Americans and other Latinos and thus is both timely and necessary." -- Ernesto Chávez,author of The US War with Mexico: A Brief History with Documents"Manifest Destinies is as compelling now as it was in its first edition a decade ago and if anything even more timely. Expertly combining critical race theory, sociology, politics, ethnic studies, and military history, Gómezdramatizes both the peculiarities of the New Mexican case and its deep importance to understanding the nations racial history." -- David Roediger ,author of How Race Survived U.S. History"Adding significant evidence since the first edition, Gomez makes a convincing argument about the influence of annexation on the invention of the Mexican race. She demonstrates how the social and legal construction of the Mexican race are inextricably tied to westward expansion and the ideology of manifest destiny." -- Sociological Inquiry

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Book SynopsisReflections on Stalinism distills decades of historical thought and research, bringing together twelve senior scholars of Soviet history who began their careers during the Cold War to examine their views of Stalinism. They present insights into the role of personality in statecraft, the social underpinnings of dictatorship and state terrorism, historians'' attachments to their subjects, historical causality, the applicability of Marxist categories to Soviet history, the relationship of Soviet history to post-Soviet Russia, and more. Essays address the transformation of a peasant country into a superpower and the causes and scale of domestic bloodshed. Reflections on Stalinism ultimately tackles an age-old question: Do powerful people make history or are they the product of it?

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Book SynopsisIn Inadvertent Expansion, Nicholas D. Anderson investigates a surprisingly common yet overlooked phenomenon in the history of great power politics: territorial expansion that was neither intended nor initially authorized by state leaders. Territorial expansion is typically understood as a centrally driven and often strategic activity. But as Anderson shows, nearly a quarter of great power coercive territorial acquisitions since the nineteenth century have in fact been instances of what he calls inadvertent expansion. A two-step process, inadvertent expansion first involves agents on the periphery of a state or empire acquiring territory without the authorization or knowledge of higher-ups. Leaders in the capital must then decide whether to accept or reject the already-acquired territory. Through cases ranging from those of the United States in Florida and Texas to Japan in Manchuria and Germany in East Africa, Anderson shows that inadvertent expansion is rooted in a principal-agent p

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Book SynopsisBringing together an international team of contributors, this volume draws on international political theory and intellectual history to rethink the problem of a pluralistic world order. Inspired by the work of international political theorist Nicholas Rengger, the book focuses on three main areas of Rengger’s contribution to the political theory of international relations: his Augustine-inspired idea of an ‘Anti-Pelagian Imagination’; his Oakeshottian argument for a pluralist ‘conversation of mankind’; and his ruminations on war as the uncivil condition in world politics. Through a critical engagement with his work, the book illuminates the promises and limitations of civility as a sceptical, non-utopian, anti-perfectionist approach to theorizing world order that transcends both realist pessimism and liberal utopianism.Table of Contents1. Rengger’s anti-Pelagianism: international political theory as civil conversation – Vassilios Paipais Part 1: Anti-Pelagianism and the Civil Condition in World Politics 2. Revisiting Rengger’s Anti-Pelagianism – Noel O’Sullivan and Sophia Dingli 3. Poetics and Politics: Rengger, Weber, and the Virtuosi of Religion – John-Harmen Valk 4. ‘Keep your mind in hell, and despair not’: Gillian Rose’s anti-Pelagianism – Kate Schick Part 2: Challenging the Anti-Pelagian Imagination 5. ‘A Dangerous Place to Be’? Nicholas J. Rengger, the English School, and International Disorder – Ian Hall 6. Rengger’s War on Teleocracy – Chris Brown 7. Conservatism, Civility, and the Challenges of International Political Theory – Michael Williams Part 3: The Uncivil Condition in Word Politics 8. Rengger the Reluctant Rule Follower – Anthony Lang Jr. 9. Rengger and the ‘Business of War’ – Caroline Kennedy-Pipe 10. Just War as Tradition in a Civil International Order – Valerie Morkevičius Afterword 11. Rengger, History, and the Future of International Relations – Richard Whatmore

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Book SynopsisThe University of the Witwatersrand a mere ten years old when, in 1932, these ten lectures were delivered under the auspices of the University Philosophical Society. They portrayed the ideas of the university’s leading academics of the day, and the programme of lectures reveals a studied effort to introduce an element of bipartisan political representation between English and Afrikaner in South Africa by including Wits’ first principal, Jan Hofmeyr, and politician, D.F. Malan, as discussion chairs. As Saul Dubow explains in his new introduction to this re-issue of the lectures, Our Changing World-View was an occasion for Wits’ leading faculty members to position the young university as a mature institution with a leadership role in public affairs. Above all, it was a means to project the university as a research as well as a teaching institution, led by a vigorous and ambitious cohort of liberal-minded intellectuals. That all were male and white will be immediately apparent to readers of this reissued volume. Ranging from economics, psychology, a spurious rebuttal of evolution to a substantial revisionist history and the perils of the ‘machine age’, this book is a sombre reflection of intellectual history and the academy’s role in promulgating political and social divisions in South Africa.Table of Contents Introduction – Saul Dubow Preface – H. R. Raikes Chapter 1 Some Recent Scientific Advances in their Bearing on Philosophy – Lieut.-General the Right Honourable J. C. Smuts Chapter 2 The Material World—Yesterday and Today – Professor J. P. Dalton Chapter 3 Evolution—Design or Accident? – Dr. Robert Broom Chapter 4 Man at the Crossroads – Professor John F. V. Phillips Chapter 5 Psychology in Perspective – Mr. I. D. MacCrone Chapter 6 Literature in the Machine Age – Professor J. Y. T. Greig Chapter 7 The Holistic Attitude in Education – Professor T. J. Haarhoff Chapter 8 Our Changing Economic World – Professor C. S. Richards Chapter 9 Africa in the Re-Making – Professor S. H. Frankel Chapter 10 Old Truths and New Discoveries – Professor R. F. Alfred Hoernlé

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Book SynopsisDigitizing Enlightenment explores how a set of inter-related digital projects are transforming our vision of the Enlightenment. The featured projects are some of the best known, well-funded and longest established research initiatives in the emerging area of ‘digital humanities’, a field that has, particularly since 2010, been attracting a rising tide of interest from professional academics, the media, funding councils, and the general public worldwide. Advocates and practitioners of the digital humanities argue that computational methods can fundamentally transform our ability to answer some of the ‘big questions’ that drive humanities research, allowing us to see patterns and relationships that were hitherto hard to discern, and to pinpoint, visualise, and analyse relevant data in efficient and powerful new ways. In the book’s opening section, leading scholars outline their own projects’ institutional and intellectual histories, the techniques and methodologies they specifically developed, the sometimes-painful lessons learned in the process, future trajectories for their research, and how their findings are revising previous understandings. A second section features chapters from early career scholars working at the intersection of digital methods and Enlightenment studies, an intellectual space largely forged by the projects featured in part one. Highlighting current and future research methods and directions for digital eighteenth-century studies, the book offers a monument to the current state of digital work, an overview of current findings, and a vision statement for future research. Featuring contributions from Keith Michael Baker, Elizabeth Andrews Bond, Robert M. Bond, Simon Burrows, Catherine Nicole Coleman, Melanie Conroy, Charles Cooney, Nicholas Cronk, Dan Edelstein, Chloe Summers Edmondson, the late Richard Frautschi, Clovis Gladstone, Howard Hotson, Angus Martin, Katherine McDonough, Alicia C. Montoya, Robert Morrissey, Laure Philip, Jeffrey S. Ravel, Glenn Roe, and Sean Takats.Trade Review'Anyone embarking on a DH project, be it large- or small-scale, would do well to read this volume carefully before they begin.'Hélène E. Bilis, Wellesley CollegeReviews'It is clear that anyone embarking on a DH [digital humanities] project, be it large- or small-scale, would do well to read this volume carefully before they begin.'Hélène E. Bilis, H-France ReviewTable of ContentsList of figures and tablesKeith Michael BakerPrefaceSimon Burrows and Glenn RoeIntroduction: Digitizing Enlightenment I. Digital projects, past and present Robert Morrissey and Glenn RoeThe ARTFL Encyclopédie and the aesthetics of abundance Nicholas CronkElectronic Enlightenment: recreating the Republic of Letters Dan EdelsteinMapping the Republic of Letters: history of a digital humanities projectHoward HotsonCultures of Knowledge in transition: Early Modern Letters Online as an experiment in collaboration, 2009-2018 Jeffrey S. RavelThe Comédie-Française Registers Project: questions of audience Angus Martin and the late Richard FrautschiTowards a new bibliography of eighteenth-century French fiction Simon BurrowsThe FBTEE revolution: mapping the Ancien Régime book trade and the future of historical bibliometric research Alicia C. MontoyaShifting perspectives and moving targets: from conceptual vistas to bits of data in the first yearof the MEDIATE project II. Digital methods and innovationsCatherine Nicole ColemanSeeking the eye of history: the design of digital tools for Enlightenment studies Elizabeth Andrews Bond and Robert M. BondTopic modelling the French pre-Revolutionary press Katherine McDonoughPutting the eighteenth century on the map: French geospatial data for digital humanities researchLaure PhilipThe illegal book trade revisited: an insight into database protocols and pitfalls Melanie Conroy and Chloe Summers EdmondsonThe empire of letters: Enlightenment-era French salons Clovis Gladstone and Charles CooneyOpening new paths for scholarship: algorithms to track text reuse in Eighteenth Century Collections Online Sean TakatsConclusion: beyond digitizing Enlightenment Bibliography Index of persons Index of titles General index

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Book SynopsisEmphasising the Q in qualitative comparative analysis (QCA), Roel Rutten presents QCA as a thoroughly qualitative method to help researchers learn from cases. He highlights that while Boolean expressions describing cross-case patterns are QCAâs most conspicuous element, they do not amount to causal explanations.

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Book SynopsisDarlington from Anglo-Saxon settlement to thriving town, via the middle ages and the coming of the railway.It is exactly a thousand years since Darlington first appeared in written records. During the following millennium, the small Anglo-Saxon settlement grew into today's thriving town, its history now generally linked in the public mind with entrepreneurial Quakers and the birth of railways. But as this book shows, Darlington's history encompasses many more diverse aspects in the change from medieval village to modern town. Through a survey of its physical development, the book describes how the town flourished in the middle ages; was largely destroyed by fire in 1585; and grew again in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, before the coming of the railway in the mid-1800s reinforced its prosperity. Its story is taken up to the present day, showing how Darlington is characterised by residential suburbs, with a town centre where Victorian and eighteenth-century buildings populate the original medieval streets. Dr GILL COOKSON is the County Editor for the Victoria County History of Durham.

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