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Book SynopsisThe Cooper River Bridge opened in 1929, and for the first time connected Charleston directly to the north. This volume is a complete history of the bridge, exploring how early 20th-century Charleston helped shape the bridge, and how the bridge subsequently shaped the city.

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Book SynopsisSaints and Their Cults in the Atlantic World traces the changing significance of a dozen saints and holy sites from the fourth century to the twentieth and from Africa, Sicily, Wales, and Iceland to Canada, Boston, Mexico, Brazil, and the Caribbean. Scholars representing the fields of history, art history, religious studies, and communications contribute their perspectives in this interdisciplinary collection, also notable as the first English language study of many of the saints treated in the volume. Several chapters chart the changing images and meanings of holy people as their veneration traveled from the Old World to the New; others describe sites and devotions that developed in the Americas. The ways that a group feels connected to the holy figure by ethnicity or regionalism proves to be a critical factor in a saint's reception, and many contributors discuss the tensions that develop between ecclesiastical authorities and communities of devotees. Exploring the fluid boundaries between pilgrimage and tourism, ritual and knowledge, articles assess the importance of place in saint veneration and shed new light on the relationship between a saint's popularity and his or her association with holy relics, healing waters, and keepsakes purchased at a pilgrimage site. In addition to St. Benedict the Moor, medieval Irish pilgrimage art, and Ponce de Leon's ""Fountain of Youth"", the authors discuss figures such as the Holy Child of Atocha, St. Winefride of Wales, Father Patrick Power, St. Amico of Italy and Louisiana, Our Lady of Prompt Succor, and the Icelandic bishop Gumundr Arason.

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Book SynopsisThis Companion explores the history, doctrines, divisions, and contemporary condition of Judaism. Surveys those issues most relevant to Judaic life today: ethics, feminism, politics, and constructive theology Explores the definition of Judaism and its formative history Makes sense of the diverse data of an ancient and enduring faith Trade Review‘The Blackwell Companion to Judaism is a formidable attempt, in a series of learned and elegant essays, to tackle the many questions concerning Judaism. The organization is commendably lucid. The style throughout is accessible to a wide readership, without sacrifice to standards of accuracy and analysis.’ —Times Literary Supplement ‘Where the Companion scores highly over other similar works is that the editors have been able to elicit contributions that contain the latest scholarship or position on each subject, so that the contemporaneity and the quality of each is perfectly dovetailed. This will be the benchmark by which future examples of the genre will be measured.’ —The Expository Times ‘I am excited at the prospect of the publication of this book, in that it promises to display the lifelong fruits of research and mature insights of a master scholar on Judaism.’ —Kenneth Hart Green, University of Toronto "[T]he contributors place Judaism in historical context, elaborate on its principal doctrines, introduce forms of modern and contemporary Judaism, and shed light on special topics in understanding contemporary Judaism, such as ethics, women theopolitical aspects, secular forms of Jewishness, and Zionism." —Journal of Contemporary Religion "Comparative, comprehensive and highly readable, Matthewes' book provides an overview of religious ethics in three traditions without sacrificing the specificity of each ethical system. The author effortlessly enlightens the reader as to how Judaism, Christianity and Islam deals with highly relevant topics such as family, love, sexuality, lying, war, capital punishment and many more themes in a provocative and graceful manner." —Ebrahim Moosa, Duke UniversityTable of ContentsContributors viii Preface xii Part I: The History of Judaism 1 1 Defining Judaism 3 Jacob Neusner 2. The Religious World of Ancient Israel to 586 BCE 20 Marvin A. Sweeney 3. Judaism and the Hebrew Scriptures 37 Philip R. Davies 4. Second Temple Judaism 58 Frederick J. Murphy 5. The Formation of Rabbinic Judaism, 70-640 C.E 78 Guenter Stemberger 6. The Canon of Rabbinic Judaism 93 Jacob Neusner 7. Judaism and Christianity in the Formative Age 112 Bruce D. Chilton 8. Judaism in the Muslim world 131 Sara Reguer 9. Judaism in Christendom 142 David R. Carr 10. Philosophy in Judaism: Two Stances 162 Daniel Breslauer 11. Jewish Piety 181 Tzvee Zahavy Part II: The Principal Doctrines of Judaism 191 12. The Doctrine of Torah 193 Jacob Neusner 13. The Doctrine of God 212 Alan J. Avery-Peck 14. The Doctrine of Israel 230 Jacob Neusner 15. The Doctrine of the Messiah 247 William Scott Green and Jed Silverstein 16. The Doctrine of Hebrew Language Usage 268 David Aaron Part III: Modern and Contemporary Judaisms 289 17. Reform Judaism 291 Dana Evan Kaplan 18. Orthodox Judaism 311 Benjamin Brown 19. Conservative Judaism: The Struggle Between Ideology and Popularity 334 Daniel Gordis 20. New Age Judaism 354 Jeffrey K. Salkin Part IV: Special Topics in Understanding Judaism 371 21. Ethics of Judaism 373 Elliot N. Dorff 22. Women in Contemporary Judaism 393 Judith R. Baskin 23. Judaism as a Theopolitical Phenomenon 415 Daniel J. Elazar 24. Contemporary Jewish Theology 441 Neil Gillman 25. Secular Forms of Jewishness 464 Paul Mendes-Flohr 26. Judaism and Zionism 477 Yosef Gorney 27. The "Return" to Traditional Judaism at the End of the Twentieth Century: Cross Cultural Comparisons 495 M. Herbert Danzger Abbreviations 512 Index 515

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Book SynopsisIn this book, author Rosalie Schwartz uses the 1933 RKO-Radio Pictures production Flying Down to Rio to examine the interplay of technology and popular culture that shaped a distinctive twentieth-century sensibility. The musical comedy connected airplanes, movies, and tourism, ending spectacularly with chorus girls dancing on the wings of airplanes high above Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The Hollywood fantasy capped three decades during which airplanes and movies engendered new expectations and redefined people's sense of well-being, their personal satisfactions, and their interpersonal relations. Wilbur and Orville Wright flew their airplane in 1903, at the same time that film-makers began to project edited, filmed stories onto large screens. Spectators found entertainment value in both airplane competitions and motion pictures, and movie producers brought the thrill of aviators' antics to a rapidly expanding audience. Meanwhile, air shows and competitions attracted large crowds of tourists. Mass tourism grew as a leisure-time activity, stimulated in part by travelogues and feature films. By 1930, the businessmen who envisioned transporting tourists to their destinations by airplane struggled to overcome the movie-exaggerated association of flight with danger. Schwartz weaves these threads into a story of human daring and persistence, political intrigue, and international competition. From Wilbur and Orville to Fred and Ginger, Schwartz's narrative follows the fortunes of aviation and movie pioneers and the foundations and growth of Pan American Airways and RKO-Radio Pictures, the two companies that came together in Flying Down to Rio. By the end of the twentieth century, aviation, movies, and mass tourism had become powerful global industries, contributing to an internationally connected, entertainment-oriented culture. What was once unthinkable had now become expected.

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Book SynopsisIn this book, author Rosalie Schwartz uses the 1933 RKO-Radio Pictures production Flying Down to Rio to examine the interplay of technology and popular culture that shaped a distinctive twentieth-century sensibility. The musical comedy connected airplanes, movies, and tourism, ending spectacularly with chorus girls dancing on the wings of airplanes high above Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The Hollywood fantasy capped three decades during which airplanes and movies engendered new expectations and redefined people's sense of well-being, their personal satisfactions, and their interpersonal relations. Wilbur and Orville Wright flew their airplane in 1903, at the same time that film-makers began to project edited, filmed stories onto large screens. Spectators found entertainment value in both airplane competitions and motion pictures, and movie producers brought the thrill of aviators' antics to a rapidly expanding audience. Meanwhile, air shows and competitions attracted large crowds of tourists. Mass tourism grew as a leisure-time activity, stimulated in part by travelogues and feature films. By 1930, the businessmen who envisioned transporting tourists to their destinations by airplane struggled to overcome the movie-exaggerated association of flight with danger. Schwartz weaves these threads into a story of human daring and persistence, political intrigue, and international competition. From Wilbur and Orville to Fred and Ginger, Schwartz's narrative follows the fortunes of aviation and movie pioneers and the foundations and growth of Pan American Airways and RKO-Radio Pictures, the two companies that came together in Flying Down to Rio. By the end of the twentieth century, aviation, movies, and mass tourism had become powerful global industries, contributing to an internationally connected, entertainment-oriented culture. What was once unthinkable had now become expected.

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Book SynopsisKeepers of the Game celebrates the last generation of baseball writers whose careers were rooted in Teletype machines, train travel and ten-team leagues and who wielded an influence and power within the game that are unthinkable today.

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Book SynopsisThrough the lens of children's literature, explores the largely untold story of secular Yiddish schools in America

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Book SynopsisThe Ohio State Buckeyes have been a national story for decades, with numerous national championships and National Football League draftees to their credit. With such a successful history, it's no wonder that the passion for Ohio State football has reached a level of devotion that has religious overtones.

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Book SynopsisSince the founding of professional baseball, few teams have risen above years of mediocrity only to see their fortunes interrupted by war and tragedy. In the early twentieth century, one team rallied to claim first place and then won a world's championship in a most spectacular style that has yet to be replicated.

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Book SynopsisFor many football fans, the National Football League (NFL) season of 1970 was a landmark year in the history of the game. The NFL and American Football League finally began playing as a merged leaguea league that featured such legendary figures as George Blanda, Tom Dempsey, Vince Lombardi, George Allen, Sid Gillman, Lamar Hunt, and Al Davis.

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Book SynopsisThe concept of ethnicity, once in vogue, has largely gone out of fashion among twenty-first-century social scientists, now replaced by models of assimilation defined in terms of the construction of whiteness and white supremacy. Beyond Whiteness: Revisiting Jews in Ethnic America explores the benefits of reconfiguring the ethnic concept as a tool to analyze the experiences of twentieth-century American Jews—not only in relation to other "white" groups of European descent, but also African Americans and Asian Americans, among others. The essays presented here, ranging from comparative studies of Jews and Asians as "model minorities" to the examination of postethnic "Jews of color," demonstrate that expanding ethnicity beyond the traditional Eurocentric frame can yield fresh insights into the character of Jewish life in the modern United States.

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Book SynopsisThe focus of this book extends the discourse on student engagement beyond prescriptive definitions and includes substantive ethical and political issues relating to this concept. As such, this collection includes voices of educational theorists, practitioners, and students. It provides a counter discourse to the current dialogue on student engagement in educational theory and practice which equate it primarily with behavioural and attitudinal characteristics including student compliance and qualities of teaching or teachers. In this collection, engagement is not viewed simply as a matter of techniques, strategies or behaviours. Rather, the understandings of student engagement presented, while distinct from each other, are imbued with a common vision of education for democratic transformation or reconstruction as operational for and in democratic communities. Contributors to this volume examine issues of the purpose of student engagement, and the question of the criteria, standards, and norms which are used to determine the quality and degree of engagement, and ultimately whether or not all forms of student engagement are equally worthwhile. This collection is intended for use in teacher and administrator preparation programs as well as school and district professional development initiatives.

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Book SynopsisTraditionally, American educators and communities have looked to Europe and Asia for ideas for rethinking and reforming education for America’s diverse children. This book, Contemporary Voices from the Margin: African Educators on African and American Education, brings together new voices of diverse African-born teacher educators and Africanist scholars who share personal experiences as well as research based perspectives about education in Africa and America that will be valuable to rethinking and reforming education for America’s struggling schools. The book is a comprehensive work of experienced educators and scholars in the field of teacher education and African Studies. The editors of the book invited a diverse group of African-born teacher educators and scholars from different countries of Africa who teach in the U.S. The contributors share a common African experience, but they are geographically diverse in countries of origin and research. Their knowledge about African communal living as well as colonial powers and imperialism as they operated in various African countries enables them to compare and contrast various educational models and practices, including traditional ones. They are also diverse in their fields of specialisation but have expertise in multicultural education, urban education, and culturally responsive pedagogy that have become the focus of U.S. discourses in public education and teacher preparation programs. Given that these scholars were born or socialised, and educated in, as well as, taught schools and colleges in their respective African countries before settling in the United States, they bring a wealth of experience and insights into what it means to successfully educate children and youth. The book is divided into three parts. Part 1 examines African processes and practices of education, both formal and informal, as contributing authors share perspectives about African indigenous education including cultural socialisation and formal western-type education and organisation of schools. Part 2 focuses on patterns and structures of formal, western-type education in selected African countries. Part 3 explores cross-cultural perspectives on American education. The contributors provide chapters of stimulating and rich perspectives that will engage the discourse on rethinking and reforming education and schooling for America’s diverse students. CONTENTS Introduction: Voices and Insights on Contemporary Education, Omiunota N. Ukpokodu and Peter Ukpokodu. African Indigenous Education: Formal and Informal, Peter Ukpokodu. African Education Through the Arts, Akosua O. Addo. African Traditional Education and Citizenship Development, Lewis Asimeng-Boahene. Islamic Cultural Socialization and Education in Nigeria, Omiunota N. Ukpokodu and Beverly Mack. Children and Cultural Socialisation Across Two Nations (Kenya and the U.S.), Lydiah Nganga. Perspectives on K–12 Learning and Teacher Preparation in East Africa, Teresa A. Wasonga. Harambee Populism, Social Change, and Modern Education in Kenya, Alfred T. Kisubi. Perspectives on Public Education in Kenya and the U.S., Lydiah Nganga and John Kambutu. Disability Within the African Culture, Michael Eskay. Cultural Socialization and Primary Educational Perspectives in Three East African Countries, Mary Oling-Sisay. Transformative Leadership at the Starehe Boys’ Centre and School in Kenya, Peter O. Ojiambo. Educational Transformation in South Africa, Peter Ukpokodu and Omiunota N. Ukpokodu. A Comparative Study of U.S. Inner-City and Kenyan Rural and Slum Schools, Alfred Taligoola Kisubi. African-Born Teachers’ Perspectives about American Urban Education, Omiunota N. Ukpokodu. Seeing, Teaching, and Leading in an American Urban Public School, Martin Ngom. Preparing Teachers for Diversity Education in a “Lily-White” Community, John Kambutu and Lydiah Nganga. About the Contributors.

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Book SynopsisTraditionally, American educators and communities have looked to Europe and Asia for ideas for rethinking and reforming education for America’s diverse children. This book, Contemporary Voices from the Margin: African Educators on African and American Education, brings together new voices of diverse African-born teacher educators and Africanist scholars who share personal experiences as well as research based perspectives about education in Africa and America that will be valuable to rethinking and reforming education for America’s struggling schools. The book is a comprehensive work of experienced educators and scholars in the field of teacher education and African Studies. The editors of the book invited a diverse group of African-born teacher educators and scholars from different countries of Africa who teach in the U.S. The contributors share a common African experience, but they are geographically diverse in countries of origin and research. Their knowledge about African communal living as well as colonial powers and imperialism as they operated in various African countries enables them to compare and contrast various educational models and practices, including traditional ones. They are also diverse in their fields of specialisation but have expertise in multicultural education, urban education, and culturally responsive pedagogy that have become the focus of U.S. discourses in public education and teacher preparation programs. Given that these scholars were born or socialised, and educated in, as well as, taught schools and colleges in their respective African countries before settling in the United States, they bring a wealth of experience and insights into what it means to successfully educate children and youth. The book is divided into three parts. Part 1 examines African processes and practices of education, both formal and informal, as contributing authors share perspectives about African indigenous education including cultural socialisation and formal western-type education and organisation of schools. Part 2 focuses on patterns and structures of formal, western-type education in selected African countries. Part 3 explores cross-cultural perspectives on American education. The contributors provide chapters of stimulating and rich perspectives that will engage the discourse on rethinking and reforming education and schooling for America’s diverse students. CONTENTS Introduction: Voices and Insights on Contemporary Education, Omiunota N. Ukpokodu and Peter Ukpokodu. African Indigenous Education: Formal and Informal, Peter Ukpokodu. African Education Through the Arts, Akosua O. Addo. African Traditional Education and Citizenship Development, Lewis Asimeng-Boahene. Islamic Cultural Socialization and Education in Nigeria, Omiunota N. Ukpokodu and Beverly Mack. Children and Cultural Socialisation Across Two Nations (Kenya and the U.S.), Lydiah Nganga. Perspectives on K–12 Learning and Teacher Preparation in East Africa, Teresa A. Wasonga. Harambee Populism, Social Change, and Modern Education in Kenya, Alfred T. Kisubi. Perspectives on Public Education in Kenya and the U.S., Lydiah Nganga and John Kambutu. Disability Within the African Culture, Michael Eskay. Cultural Socialization and Primary Educational Perspectives in Three East African Countries, Mary Oling-Sisay. Transformative Leadership at the Starehe Boys’ Centre and School in Kenya, Peter O. Ojiambo. Educational Transformation in South Africa, Peter Ukpokodu and Omiunota N. Ukpokodu. A Comparative Study of U.S. Inner-City and Kenyan Rural and Slum Schools, Alfred Taligoola Kisubi. African-Born Teachers’ Perspectives about American Urban Education, Omiunota N. Ukpokodu. Seeing, Teaching, and Leading in an American Urban Public School, Martin Ngom. Preparing Teachers for Diversity Education in a “Lily-White” Community, John Kambutu and Lydiah Nganga. About the Contributors.

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Book SynopsisThe Declaration of Independence proclaimed freedom for Americans from the domination of Great Britain, yet for millions of African Americas caught up in a brutal system of racially based slavery, freedom would be denied for ninety additional years until the ratification of the Thirteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. Freedom’s Delay: America’s Struggle for Emancipation, 1776–1865 probes the slow, painful, yet ultimately successful crusade to end slavery throughout the nation, North and South.This work fills an important gap in the literature of slavery’s demise. Unlike other authors who focus largely on specific time periods or regional areas, Allen Carden presents a thematically structured national synthesis of emancipation. Freedom’s Delay offers a comprehensive and unique overview of the process of manumission commencing in 1776 when slavery was a national institution, not just the southern experience known historically by most Americans. In this volume, the entire country is examined, and major emancipatory efforts—political, literary, legal, moral, and social—made by black and white, free and enslaved individuals are documented over the years from independence through the ratification of the Thirteenth Amendment.Freedom’s Delay dispels many of the myths about slavery and abolition, including that racial servitude was of little consequence in the North, and, where it did exist, it ended quickly and easily; that abolition was a white man’s cause and blacks were passive recipients of liberty; that the South seceded primarily to protect states’ rights, not slavery; and that the North fought the Civil War primarily to end the subjugation of African Americans. By putting these misunderstandings aside, this book reveals what actually transpired in the fight for human rights during this critical era. Carden’s inclusion of a cogent preface and epilogue assures that Freedom’s Delay will find a significant place in the literature of American slavery and freedom.With a compelling preface and epilogue, notes, illustrations and tables, and a detailed bibliography, this volume will be of great value not only in courses on American history and African American history but also to the general reading public.

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Book SynopsisStrategically located at the western edge of the Atlantic World, the French post of Natchitoches thrived during the eighteenth century as a trade hub between the well-supplied settlers and the isolated Spaniards and Indians of Texas. Its critical economic and diplomatic role made it the most important community on the Louisiana-Texas frontier during the colonial era.Despite the community’s critical role under French and then Spanish rule, Colonial Natchitoches is the first thorough study of its society and economy. Founded in 1714, four years before New Orleans, Natchitoches developed a creole (American-born of French descent) society that dominated the Louisiana-Texas frontier.H. Sophie Burton and F. Todd Smith carefully demonstrate not only the persistence of this creole dominance but also how it was maintained. They examine, as well, the other ethnic cultures present in the town and relations with Indians in the surrounding area.Through statistical analyses of birth and baptismal records, census figures, and appropriate French and Spanish archives, Burton and Smith reach surprising conclusions about the nature of society and commerce in colonial Natchitoches.

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Book SynopsisPresented here for the first time is the history of Boston’s evolution as a center of American money management from early settlement to the twenty-first century. Within a few decades after the Revolution, Bostonians built up an impressive mercantile and industrial economy, and used wealth accrued from the China trade, New England mills, and other ventures to establish the most important stock exchange in America. They also created the “Boston trustee,” a unique professional who managed private fortunes over generations. During the late nineteenth century, Boston financial institutions were renowned as bastions of stability and conservatism in an era of recurrent economic panics and frequent failures.It was not until the twentieth century that Boston became better known for its role in investment management. In 1924, local financiers created the first mutual fund, an innovation almost a century in the making. After World War II, Boston originated venture capital with the founding of American Research & Development. This was soon followed by the development of private equity, the growth of the mutual fund industry, the pension “revolution” that changed and strengthened money management, the evolution in management of institutional endowments, and the rise of new family offices and hedge funds. The contributions of fiduciaries and investment managers have played an important part in the rise of the “New Boston” and made the city one of the most vibrant financial capitals in the world.

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Book SynopsisSince the early 1950s, local and regional historical societies have been an important part of the American Jewish landscape, providing community outreach, housing archives, fostering research, and publishing historical studies. This book charts the development, undertakings, successes, shortcomings, and possible future of local and regional Jewish historical societies in the United States. The lead chapter, by Joel Gereboff, explores the challenges of constructing and presenting Jewish history and what disparities exist between amateur historians and professionals in regards to standards, tools, methods, analysis, and contextualization. Following an overview of key players, major themes, representative organizations, and recurring critiques, the chapter proposes ways to address the essential question: Can Jewish history on the local and regional levels be more inclusive, better integrated with broader trends of Jewish and general history, and improved according to scholarly norms and expectations of social history? Following this are six chapters by leaders of local and regional Jewish historical societies: George M. Goodwin of the Rhode Island Jewish Historical Association; Jonathan L. Friedmann of the Western States Jewish History Association; Mark K. Bauman of the Southern Jewish Historical Society; Catherine Cangany of the Jewish Historical Society of Michigan; Jeanne Abrams of the Rocky Mountain Jewish Historical Society; and Lawrence Bell of the Arizona Jewish Historical Society. The selected societies cover major regions of the country—Northeast, Midwest, South, Southwest, and West—and, as such, are representative of the broader phenomenon of American Jewish historical societies. These chapters are followed by a chronologically arranged appendix listing American Jewish historical societies, their mission statements, and their publications. Historical grounding is imperative for an understanding of community and self. Equally essential is the type of information that makes up that history, as well as how that information is recounted and interpreted. No individual or community exists in isolation; human history is complex, multilayered, and interwoven. While all history may be local, it does not exist in a vacuum—this volume illuminates that concept and situates it within the Jewish historical landscape. Trade ReviewThe case studies in this book cover a range of Jewish historical societies with different organizational histories, priorities, and institutional affiliations. They demonstrate a variety of approaches to the tensions, laid out so expertly by Gereboff and Friedmann, between critical assessment and communal celebration. Together with the very useful listing of all of the (known) Jewish historical societies and their missions in the appendix, the essays in this volume provide an interesting, well-documented, and thoughtful discussion of these significant but understudied societies." —Ellen Eisenberg, co-author of Jews of the Pacific Coast: Reinventing Community on America’s Edge

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Book SynopsisThe role of women artists, collectors, archaeologists, and architects in Asian art historyFilled with exquisite color illustrations, this volume examines an underserved aspect of Asian art history by discussing women artists, collectors, archaeologists, and architects. The essays in Women across Asian Art cover a wide geographical area, from Japan to Pakistan, as they draw attention to people whose efforts have largely been left out of scholarship.The volume begins by looking at iconography representing the goddess Marīcī in Chinese art as well as ancient Chinese characters related to gender roles during the Shang dynasty. Contributors then discuss topics including women’s participation as hangeul (Korean alphabet) calligraphers, artists in Japanese Saison culture, and early archaeologists in China. Shedding light on individuals such as poet and painter Luo Qilan, collector Brenda Zara Seligman, architect Lin Huiyin, neo-miniaturist Saira Wasim, painter Tseng Yuho, and sculptor Tayeba Begum Lipi, these essays represent a broad range of contributions from pioneers in their respective fields to current-day activists.Using primary sources, museum collections, and archival material, the contributors—curators and independent scholars—investigate their collections and fields with new strategies and present original research. As museums are intentionally turning their attention to overlooked narratives of women, this volume continues the important work of uncovering their stories in Asian art history.A volume in the David A. Cofrin Asian Art Manuscript Series, edited by Allysa B. Peyton

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Book SynopsisThis groundbreaking anthology addresses the history and challenges of using “antisemitism” and related terms as tools for historical analysis and public discourse. Drawing together seventeen chapters by prominent scholars from Europe, Israel, and the United States, the volume encourages readers to rethink assumptions regarding the nature and meaning of Jewish history and the history of relations between Jews and non-Jews.The book begins with a revised and updated version of David Engel’s seminal essay “Away from a Definition of Antisemitism.” Subsequent contributions by renowned specialists in ancient, medieval, and modern history, religious studies, and other fields explore the various and changing definitions and uses of the term “antisemitism” in a range of contexts, including ancient Rome and Greece, the Byzantine Empire, medieval Europe, early modern and modern Europe, North America, and the United Kingdom. The volume also includes a section that focuses on the Second World War, including the Holocaust and its memory. Engel offers a contemporary response to conclude the book.First published in Hebrew in 2020 as a special issue of the journal Zion: A Quarterly for Research in Jewish History in cooperation with the Zalman Shazar Center in Jerusalem, this compelling collection has already had an impact on the study of antisemitism in Israel. It is certain to become a critical resource for scholars, policymakers, and journalists researching antisemitism, Holocaust studies, and related fields.Trade Review“Ury and Miron’s volume makes a stimulating and fair-minded contribution to historiographical, theoretical, and contemporary political discussions and debates about antisemitism as a historical phenomenon and analytical category. Each essay is illuminating in its own right and as part of the whole. A rare achievement!” -- Alexandra Garbarini, Williams College“What’s in a name? This volume analyzes and deconstructs the numerous meanings of the portmanteau ‘antisemitism,’ from adjective to tool, from history to political anthropology, since antiquity through the Holocaust to present-day America. The writers challenge our use of language and concepts as way of understanding the difficulties of connecting the word to concrete historical events.” -- Sylvie Anne Goldberg, L’École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales“A timely debate about meaning and intention in the application of a loaded term and an insightful reflection on the connection between historical events, feelings, and discourse.” -- Orit Rozin, Tel Aviv University“Antisemitism and the Politics of History probes key ethical, political, methodological, and intellectual issues surrounding the study of antisemitism with chronological and disciplinary breadth. It seeks to answer thought-provoking questions and features established, prominent scholars alongside a new generation of researchers, thus offering a variety of voices grappling with fundamental assumptions concerning antisemitism as a concept and a historical phenomenon.” -- Magda Teter, Fordham University“Antisemitism and the Politics of History makes an essential contribution to rethinking ‘antisemitism.’ Launched by David Engel’s prod to scholars to avoid using the term ‘antisemitism’ since it often obscures more than it reveals, this set of essays interrogates the truisms, assumptions, and conventions widespread in both the academic study and popular understanding of antisemitism. Ranging across empirical analyses from the ancient world to the present, discussed alongside cutting-edge theory, a host of assumptions are interrogated so that readers are treated to new insights and new possibilities in how to think about how we think about ‘antisemitism.’” -- Jonathan Judaken, Washington University in St. LouisTable of ContentsPart I: INTRODUCTORY CONSIDERATIONS 1) Scott Ury and Guy Miron: Antisemitism: On the Meanings and Uses of a Contested Term 2) David Engel: Thinking about “Antisemitism” Part II: METHODOLOGICAL EXPLORATIONS 3) Amos Morris-Reich: History and Noise 4) Susannah Heschel: Erotohistoriography: Sensory and Emotional Dimensions of Antisemitism 5) Stefanie Schüler-Springorum: Toward Entanglement Part III: PREMODERN CONTEXTUALIZATIONS 6) Adi Ophir and Ishay Rosen-Zvi: Separatism, Judeophobia, and the Birth of the Goy: On the Chickens and the Egg 7) Youval Rotman: Antisemitism and Islamophobia: A Medieval Comparison 8) Tzafrir Barzilay: The Term “Antisemitism” as a Category for the Study of Medieval Jewish History Part IV: MODERN CONTESTATIONS 9) Ofri Ilany: Feverish Preference: Philosemitism, Anti-antisemitism and Their Critics 10) Gershon Bacon: Cautious Use of the Term “Antisemitism” for Lack of an Alternative: Interwar Poland as a Case Study 11) Eli Lederhendler: America and the Keyword Battle Over “Antisemitism” 12) Arie M. Dubnov: “Fog in Channel – Continent Cut Off” Remarks on Antisemitism, Pride, and Prejudice in Britain 13) David Feldman: A Retreat from Universalism: Opposing and Defining Antisemitism and Islamophobia in Britain, ca. 1990–2018 Part V: POST-HOLOCAUST RUMINATIONS 14) Havi Dreifuss: In Defense of the Concept of “Antisemitism” in Holocaust Studies 15) Amos Goldberg and Raz Segal: “Antisemitism” as a Question in Holocaust Studies 16) Karma Ben-Johanan: Is Christian Antisemitism Possible? A History of an Intra-Catholic Debate (1965–2000) VI: CONCLUDING EXPLANATIONS 17) David Engel, Can the Circle Be Broken?

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Book SynopsisDynastic marriages mattered in early modern Europe: the creation of alliances and the outbreak of wars were tied to continental dynastic politics. Dynastic marriages mattered in early modern Europe. The creation of alliances and the outbreak of wars were tied to continental dynastic politics. This book combines cultural definitions of politics with a wider exploration of institutional, military, diplomatic and economic concerns with a view to providing a more comprehensive understanding of dynastic marriage negotiations. It covers a period from the signing of the Treaty of London in 1604 until afterthe Anglo-French and Anglo-Spanish peace treaties (1629-30). Stuart Marriage Diplomacy explores how the search for a bride for Princes Henry and Charles started a long process of protracted consultations between the key players of Europe: Spain, Italy, France, Rome, Brussels and the United Provinces. It shows the interconnections between these courts, thus advancing a 'continental turn' in the analysis of Stuart politics in the early seventeenth century, and considers how reason of state was often considered as more crucial than religion or economic concerns in the outcome of the Stuart-Habsburg and Stuart-Bourbon marriage negotiations. It also reveals the extent to which the interactions between Europe and non-European actors in both the Atlantic and the East contributed to a redefinition of European identity. It will engage not only scholars and students of early modern Europe but, more generally,those interested in the history of European courts and royalty. VALENTINA CALDARI is Departmental Lecturer in Early Modern History at Balliol College, University of Oxford. SARA J. WOLFSON is Senior Lecturer in Early Modern History at Canterbury Christ Church University. CONTRIBUTORS: Paul Arblaster, Valentina Caldari, David Coast, Thomas Cogswell, Robert Cross, Andrea De Meo, Kelsey Flynn, Rubén González Cuerva, Melinda J. Gough, Helmer Helmers, José Eloy Hortal Muñoz, Adam Marks, Steve Murdoch, Michael Questier, Manuel Rivero, Porfirio Sanz Camañes, Edmond Smith, R. Malcolm Smuts, Peter H. Wilson, Sara J. WolfsonTrade Review[T]here is an impressive range of expertise on display within this volume. This book will be of interest to both students and scholars of early Stuart Britain and early modern Europe more generally. * RENAISSANCE QUARTERLY *This is a fine collection of scholarly and well-written essays. * JOURNAL OF BRITISH STUDIES *It combines many different approaches from international scholarship and succeeds in its ambition to fill some obvious gaps in the literature. * ROYAL STUDIES JOURNAL *Table of ContentsIntroduction - Valentina Caldari and Michael Questier and Sara J. Wolfson The French Match and Court Politics - R Malcolm Smuts What Can Be Fuller of Wonder? Buckingham and the Revenge of the Hispanophiles in 1626 - Thomas Cogswell Practical Proselytizing: The Impact of Counter-Reformation Catholicism at the Caroline Court, 1625-26 - Sara J. Wolfson 'The onely soveraigne medecine': Religious Politics and Political Culture in the British-Spanish Match, 1596-1625 - Robert Cross James I and the Dissolution of the 1621 Parliament through Spanish Eyes - Valentina Caldari War, Diplomacy and Stability in the North of Europe in the Early Seventeenth Century - Porfirio Sanz Camañes The Atlantic Politics of Early Stuart Diplomacy - Kelsey Flynn Mercantile Diplomacy: Corporations, States and International Negotiation - Edmond Smith The Stuart, the Palatinate, and the Thirty Years' War - Peter H. Wilson Marital Problems? Stuart Alliances, Scottish Politics and the Protestant North 1603-41 - Steve Murdoch Recognizing Friends from Foes: Stuart Politics, English Military Networks and their Alliances with Denmark and the Palatinate - Adam Marks Secrecy, Counsel and Public Opinion during the Spanish and French Matches - David Coast The Spanish Match and Anglo-Dutch Publicity - Helmer Helmers Whereof the world now stands in admiration: Reporting on the Spanish Match from the Habsburg Netherlands - Paul Arblaster A Peace in Context: Spanish Change in Italian Affairs - Manuel Rivero Rodriguez The Court of Brussels: From Hostility to 'good vicinity' (1585-1604) - José Eloy Hortal Muñoz The Austrian Match: The Dynastic Alternative of the Habsburgs and European Politics - Rubén González Cuerva Dynastic Marriage, Diplomatic Ceremonial, and the Treaties of London (1604-05) and Antwerp (1609) - Melinda J. Gough Spanish Architecture in Early Stuart London: Foreign Policy and Architectural Style in Inigo Jones's Queen's Chapel at St. James's - Andrea De Meo Arbore Bibliography

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Book SynopsisThe People's Porn is the first history of American handmade and homemade pornography, which offers the back story to the explosion of amateur pornography on the Internet. In doing so, it is a much-needed counterweight to the ahistorical and ideological arguments that dominate most discussions about pornography. Critics focus on mass-produced materials and make claims about pornography as plasticized or commodified. In contrast, this book looks at what people made rather than what they bought, revealing how people thought about sexuality for themselves. Whalers and craftsmen, prisoners and activists, African Americans and feminists, all made their own pornography. The People's Porn challenges preconceptions as it tells a new and fascinating story about American sexual history.Trade Review"Sigel’s great subject is the way consumerism eradicates the creative libido. Her book, for all its alarming examples, is convincing in its argument that homemade porn is a valuable anthropological indicator of sexuality that speaks to the era and place in which it was made. Her reader will certainly look at rude phalluses scraffitoed on subway seats with softer eyes. Behold, before me! A radical, unquenchable expression of the irrepressibly horny human spirit." * New York Review of Books *"Perhaps unsurprisingly for a book of this nature, the accompanying photographs are just as compelling as the text itself, if not more so. There are 97 of them, and they are frequently hilarious. . . . Sigel is a companionable guide . . . with occasional flashes of wit and bawdy remarks." * Los Angeles Review of Books *"Sigel’s The People’s Porn attempts the ambitious, unglamorous, but fascinating work of drawing together for the firs time an archive of handmade erotic objects made over two centuries of American history. From erotic scrimshaw made by nineteenth-century sailors to amateur polaroids, it charts a course through the ways in which apparently ‘ordinary’ men and women represented sex in all its variety—cis and trans, straight and queer, in couples or groups, with people or animals and somewhere in between—via prison pornography, pop-up erections, masturbating Santas, and feminist embroidery. In doing so, it tells a story of hidden desire that has often been overlooked . . . The People’s Porn is at its most illuminating when exploring the place of sex in shared cultures of humor and conviviality, showing that pornography was as much about male (and sometimes female) bonding as it was about private fantasy." * History Today *"Sigel’s research glimpses into the history of sexuality in America through handmade pornographic objects, asking what handmade 'trashy' sex objects reveal about our culture and its historical expressions of sexuality. The People’s Porn provides timelines and contexts showing that, no matter what obscenity laws our nation puts in place, individuals have always expressed their sexuality through art and crafts." * Full Stop *"In The People's Porn, Sigel explores the history of handmade smut. . . . Is that a doctored coin in your pocket, or are you just happy to see me?" * Chicago Magazine *"Sigel has opened the drawer for good with her new book, The People’s Porn, where the historian speaks to the prolific creation of pornography and our unique culture that both harbors and represses it." * Antiques and the Arts Weekly *"Flipping through The People’s Porn, you will see some amazing things. . . . The contrast between these objects—ridiculous, funny, sexy, disturbing—and our idea of what old porn might have been like—sepia, staid—is Sigel’s point. . . . I appreciated the historian’s commitment to letting us know why the groups of objects she analyzes have survived to the present and explaining why the archive of handmade porn is so small. . . . When private pornography goes public, she writes, there’s always a risk." * SLATE *"Masturbation is the only sex act that’s both universal and forbidden. Universal in that everyone does it—unless they exercise peculiar restraint or are lying—but forbidden in that it’s taboo to practice in public and an untouchable topic in polite conversation. . . . The Peoples’ Porn reveals one of America’s bigger hypocrisies, simultaneously producing and consuming scads of soft- to hardcore filth while demonizing and concealing it. As Sigel, among others, points out, porn has the strange power to unite the puritanical right, anti-porn feminists, and vanilla-sex moderates against its supposed society-destroying effects. However, when self-produced, imaginary, and created of one’s own free will for one’s own use, those arguments become as ephemeral and insubstantial as the homemade pornography they critique. A masturbatory activity, to be sure." * Third Coast Review *"Sigel effectively refutes several misconceptions about pornography. First, despite commercial pornography’s extensive reach and impact, much of pornography is 'small business' and not industrialized. Given that, historically, both production and distribution of pornography were limited, pornography for most of its history has been amateur and homemade, both past and present. Second, although the rise of amateur pornography is commonly attributed to the rise of the internet and the spread of more affordable technology in the last twenty years, its contemporary history dates back at least to the early nineteenth century, primarily in the form of homemade pornography. Although studying pornography from the past can be challenging because much has been destroyed by 'anti-porn crusaders,' with close to one hundred pictures, this book clearly illustrates that amateur pornography existed as drawings on scrimshaw teeth, carved compass cases, and coffin figures, among many other forms. These handmade and homemade pornographic objects that escaped destruction reveal the history of amateur pornography in the United States, which showcases consumers’ pursuit of something real, even if the notion of authentic sex and sexuality in itself may be nebulous. Recommended." * Choice *“Sigel fearlessly explores popular erotica, an unknown country where few scholars dare to venture. Her latest book is a fascinating feat of historical archaeology, uncovering rare sexual artefacts and perceptively revealing their significance. She proves that pornography is not always ‘commercialized’: it can often be a lively folk art produced by ordinary men and, yes, women.” -- Jonathan Rose, William R. Kenan Professor of History, Drew University, and author of “The Intellectual Life of the British Working Classes”“A magnificent and highly original book that convincingly argues homemade and handmade ‘porn’ objects can tell us important things about history and about sexuality. The People's Porn will be indispensable to anyone with an interest in the continuing debates about the relations between sex, media, and culture.” -- Feona Attwood, author of “Sex Media” and coeditor of “Porn Studies”“From the delicately obscene anonymous scrimshaw carvings of the early nineteenth century to the primitively obscene imaginings of the prolific Henry Darger in the twentieth century, to the contemporary obscene repurposing of the anatomy of Barbie Dolls, The People’s Porn refutes the overblown truism that commercial pornography has been the only game in town.” -- Linda Williams, Professor Emerita of Film, Media, and Rhetoric at the University of California, Berkeley, and author of “Screening Sex and Hard Core: Power, Pleasure and the ‘Frenzy of the Visible’”

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Book SynopsisAn Inky Business is a book about the making and printing of news. It is a history of ink, paper, printing press and type, and of those who made and read newspapers in Britain, continental Europe and America from the British Civil Wars to the Battle of Gettysburg in the United States nearly 200 years later. But it is also an account of what news was and how the idea of news became central to public life. Newspapers ranged from purveyors of high seriousness to carriers of scurrilous gossip. Our current obsession with 'fake news', the worrying revelations or hints about how money, power and technology shapes and controls the press and flows of what is believed to be genuine information, has dark early-modern echoes.Trade Review'Matt Shaw's An Inky Business is a vivid and incisive account of the origins of newspapers and their extraordinary role in the transformation of society over 200 years. With the very concept of news under threat, this book could not be more timely.'-Paul Lay, editor of History Today and author of Providence Lost: The Rise and Fall of Cromwell's Protectorate (2020)

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Book SynopsisThe midlife crisis has become a cliché in modern society. Since the mid-twentieth century, the term has been used to explain infidelity in middle-aged men, disillusionment with personal achievements, the pain and sadness associated with separation and divorce, and the fear of approaching death. This book provides a meticulously researched account of the social and cultural conditions in which middle-aged men and women began to re-evaluate their hopes and dreams, reassess their relationships, and seek new forms of identity and fresh pathways to self-satisfaction. Drawing on a rich seam of literary, medical, media and cinematic sources, as well as personal accounts, it explores how the crises of middle-aged men and women were shaped by increased life expectancy, changing family structures, shifting patterns of work, and the rise of individualism.Trade Review"Medical historian Jackson examines in this thought-provoking scholarly study the social and cultural factors that made the midlife crisis 'a key feature of private lives and public debate in the mid-twentieth century. . . . Jackson’s expansive range and nuanced readings of popular culture more than make his case. This is a pinpoint dissection of an influential if slippery concept." * Publishers Weekly *“In what will surely be recognized as the classic account of how the midlife crisis became the lens through which we perceive and experience middle age, Jackson uncovers the cultural, demographic, economic, and social scientific factors that led us to see midlife as a uniquely problematic life stage. Whether you consider midlife as a point at which discontented women and men compulsively seek to preserve their youthful dreams and vitality or as an opportunity for reinvention and renewal, Broken Dreams will prompt you to view middle age in a fresh light: as a stage that is perhaps life’s most complex and challenging.” -- Steven Mintz, Professor of History, University of Texas at Austin, author of "The Prime of Life: A History of Modern Adulthood"“Synthesizing his account from a wide variety of source materials, Jackson demonstrates convincingly that even though midlife itself resists neat definition, it nevertheless transcended biomedical, social, and cultural domains from the early twentieth century onwards. Covering a diverse range of themes, but focusing particularly on gender, this important book will serve as a touchstone for all historians concerned with ageing, family, sex, and the life course.” -- James F. Stark, Professor of Medical Humanities, University of Leeds, author of “The Cult of Youth: Anti-Ageing in Modern Britain”

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Book SynopsisIf you squeeze the trigger of a Kalashnikov a bullet is kicked up the barrel by an archaic chemical explosion that would have been quite familiar to Oliver Cromwell or General Custer. The gun, antique, yet contemporary, still dominates the world. Political and international structures and consumer culture have been moulded by research that firearms have provoked; the new science of Galileo and Newton owed much to the Renaissance study of ballistics as well as more recent mass production and artificial intelligence. This book follows the history of the gun from the first cannons, to modern gunnery, to Star Wars and the yet to be realised electrical futures of rays and beams.Trade Review‘This is a brilliant book about guns which isn't about guns. Instead, it's about progress, intellectual and industrial, seen from a wholly original and convincing new perspective. Full of surprises, unexpected connections and portraits of remarkable figures from our recent history, I can recommend it without reservation.’ – Andrew Marr ‘Son of a gun! Andrew Nahum is no flash in the pan. But if I called him a hot shot, he would go ballistic. Indeed, the everyday prevalence of firearm metaphors reveals the deep resonance the gun has in culture. Nahum is a distinguished historian of science and technology, and he has written Paths of Fire with a nice combination of cool authority and gentle wit. It is a completely original study. Who cannot be engrossed by connecting Buffalo Bill to cybernetics, via Mikhail Kalashnikov?’ – Stephen Bayley

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Book SynopsisThis book presents two systems of censorship and literary promotion, revealing how literature can be molded to support authoritarian regimes. The issue is complex in that at a descriptive level the strategies and methods "new states" use to control communication through the written word can be judged by how and when formal decrees were issued, and how publishing media, whether in the form of publishing companies or at the individual level, engaged with political overseers. But equally, literature was a means of resistance against an authoritarian regime, not only for writers but for readers as well. From the point of view of historical memory and intellectual history, stories of "people without history" and the production of their texts through the literary "underground" can be constructed from subsequent testimony: from books sold in secret, to the writings of women in jail, to books that were written but never published or distributed in any way, and to myriad compelling circumstances resulting from living under fascist authority. A parallel study on two fascist movements provides a unique viewpoint at literary, social and political levels. Comparative analysis of literary censorship/literary reward allows an understanding of the balance between dictatorship, official policy, and what literary acts were deemed acceptable. The regime need to control its population is revealed in the ways that a particular type of literature was encouraged; in the engagement of propoganda promotion; and in the setting up of institutions to gain international acceptance of the regime. The work is an important contribution to the history of twentieth-century authoritarianism and the development fascist ideas.

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Book SynopsisThis is a study of the relations between Britain and Chile during the Spanish American independence era (1806–1831). These relations were characterised by a dynamic, unpredictable, and changing nature, imperialism being only one and not the exclusive way to define them. The book explores how Britons and Chileans perceived each other from the perspective of cultural history, considering the consequences of these ‘cultural encounters’ for the subsequent nation–state building process in Chile. From 1806 to 1831 both British and Chilean ‘state’ and ‘non–state’ actors interacted across several different ‘contact zones’, and thereby configured this relationship in multiple ways. Although the extensive presence of ‘non–state’ actors (missionaries, seamen, educators and merchants) was a manifestation of the ‘expansion’ of British interests to Chile, they were not necessarily an expression of any British imperial policy. There were multiple attitudes, perceptions, representations and discourses by Chileans on the role played by Britain in the world, which changed depending on the circumstances. Likewise, for Britons, Chile was represented in multiple ways, the image of Chile acting as a pathway to other markets and destinations being the most remarkable. All these had repercussions in the early nation–building process in Chile.Trade Review'Contacts, Collisions and Relationships is an original and necessary contribution to the understanding of the passage from a colonial regime to a Republican system from the perspective of cultural and political history.'Juan Luis Ossa, Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez‘In this period, British strategic planners sought ties between South America and the British East India Company, an avid purchaser of the American silver used in trade with China. Chile was thus seen as a potential component of the global mercantile empire linking Britain and India.' David Rock, Hispanic American Historical ReviewTable of ContentsAcknowledgementsAbbreviationsPrologueIntroductionChapter 1: Invasions, Negotiations and Conspiracies: British–Chilean Relations in an Era of Change, 1806–1817Chapter 2: Cultural Encounters Offshore: Britons and Chileans in the Navy of Chile, 1817-1823Chapter 3: Bibles, Schools and Citizens: British Protestant Missionaries and Educators in Chile, 1817–1831Chapter 4: British Merchants, Private Interests and the Fostering of Free Trade in Chile, 1811–1831Chapter 5: Beyond Diplomacy: The Cultural Significance of British Recognition of Chile’s Independence, 1817-1831ConclusionBibliography

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Book SynopsisWhat value do we place on our cultural heritage, and to what extent should we preserve historic and culturally important sites and artefacts from the ravages of weather, pollution, development and use by the general public? This innovative book attempts to answer these important questions by exploring how non-market valuation techniques - used extensively in environmental economics - can be applied to cultural heritage.The book includes twelve comprehensive case studies that estimate public values for a diverse set of cultural goods, including English cathedrals, Bulgarian monasteries, rock paintings in Canada, statues in the US, and a medieval city in Africa. The authors demonstrate the potential utility of these techniques, and highlight the important social values that cultural heritage can generate. Given limited resources, such studies can help set priorities and aid the decision making process in terms of their preservation, restoration and use. The authors conclude by reviewing the majority of cultural valuation studies done to date, and draw some general conclusions about the results achieved and the potential benefits, as well as the limitations, of valuing these types of goods.This highly original book will be of great use and interest to academics in the fields of environmental, resource, and cultural economics, as well as NGOs and policymakers involved in cultural heritage at the national, international and global level.Trade Review'Navrud and Ready have assembled a series of case studies that embody the state-of-the-art in nonmarket valuation of cultural heritage. . . . this volume represents the forays of economists skilled in environmental arenas into cultural matters. They bring a well-developed toolkit, and this book demonstrates the resulting research. . . . this volume's high-quality case studies enrich a growing empirical literature on cultural heritage values.'Table of ContentsContents Preface PART I INTRODUCTION 1 Why value cultural heritage? Richard C. Ready and Ståle Navrud 2 Methods for valuing cultural heritage Richard C. Ready and Ståle Navrud PART II CASE STUDIES 3 Social costs and benefits of preserving and restoring the Nidaros Cathedral Ståle Navrud and Jon Strand 4 Northumbria: castles, cathedrals and towns Guy Garrod and Kenneth G. Willis 5 Valuing the impacts of air pollution on Lincoln Cathedral Marilena Pollicino and David Maddison 6 Preserving cultural heritage in transition economies: a contingent valuation study of Bulgarian monasteries Susana Mourato, Andreas Kontoleon and Alexi Danchev 7 Valuing different road options for Stonehenge David Maddisson and Susana Mourato 8 The contribution of aboriginal rock paintings to wilderness recreation values in North America Peter Boxall, Jeffrey Englin and Wiktor Adamowicz 9 Economic benefits to foreigners visiting Morocco accruing from the rehabilitation of the Fes Medina Richard T. Carson, Robert C. Mitchell and Michael B. Conaway 10 Component and temporal value reliability in cultural goods: the case of Roman Imperial remains near Naples Patrizia Riganti and Kenneth G. Willis 11 Valuing reduced acid deposition injuries to cultural resources: marble monuments in Washington, D.C. Edward R. Morey, Kathleen Greer Rossmann, Lauraine G. Chestnut and Shannon Ragland 12 Valuing cultural services in Italian museums: a contingent valuation study Marina Bravi, Riccardo Scarpa and Gemma Sirchia 13 A contingent valuation study of the Royal Theatre in Copenhagen Trine Bille 14 Individual preferences and allocation mechanisms for a cultural public good: “Napoli Musei Aperti” Walter Santagata and Giovanni Signorello PART III REVIEW OF STUDIES 15 Review of existing studies, their policy use and future research needs David Pearce, Susana Mourato, Ståle Navrud and Richard C. Ready Index

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Book SynopsisThis is a unique, comprehensive and international history of the post Keynesian approach to economics since 1936. The author locates the origins of post Keynesian economics in the conflicting initial interpretations of Keynes's General Theory and in the complementary work of Michal Kalecki. The book begins by focusing on Cambridge Growth, Distribution and Capital theory and early post Keynesian thought in the US. The failure of post Keynesian theory to supplant the neo-classical paradigm in the 1970s is also discussed, along with an overview of post Keynesian thinking in other countries. The book then deals with the search for coherence between various strands of post Keynesian thought and other schools of economic thought. The author concludes by assessing the progress made by post Keynesian economics since 1936 and considers several possible alternative futures for the post Keynesians.Historians of economic thought as well as post Keynesian and other heterodox economists will warmly welcome A History of Post Keynesian Economics.Trade Review‘A History of Post Keynesian Economics Since 1936 offers a thoughtful and readable account of the debates following the publication of Keynes's General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money. It provides a topical narrative that incorporates the national origins of the participants. . . [King's] volume deserves shelf space in the personal libraries of heterodox economists of all persuasions and, hopefully, will also be read by more than a few neoclassicals.' -- Ingrid Rima, Eastern Economic Journal'This is an important and well-written book, particularly for those who believe that the economy should be studied within a social, historical and political framework. John King is to be commended for preserving the history of this movement.' -- Peter Kriesler, Australian Journal of Political Science'. . . the volume is a fine book about the evolution of PKE. It is well written and very informative. . . This book is a wonderful attempt to elucidate the work of several generations of dissenting economists who have laboured hard on developing and extending the original theoretical insights of Keynes.' -- Giuseppe Fontana, History of Economic Ideas'One cannot help having high expectations about a book on the history of Post Keynesian economics (PKE) written by John E. King. . . And indeed, the reader will not be disappointed. The book will undoubtedly become the standard history of PKE. Written with a rich and intimate knowledge of the debates and their participants, the book swiftly takes the reader through decades of debate and tours various areas of PK research.' -- Engelbert Stockhammer, Intervention'King's book does not just provide an excellent history of post Keynesian economics, warts and all; it also shows that there is a future to work for. His book belongs on the bookshelves of all post Keynesian and all heterodox economists, without exception.' -- Frederic S. Lee, Journal of the History of Economic Thought'John E. King provides students and young scholars with a book that will answer most of their questions concerning the emergence, the strengthening and the spreading of post Keynesianism all around the world. This innovative work is very valuable for its historical perspective.' -- Eric Tymoigne, Oeconomicus'King provides an accessible and comprehensive history of post Keynesian (PK) thought since publication of J.M. Keynes's General Theory. . . . the book will make an excellent text in graduate-level theory courses. Further, the depth and clarity of the analysis makes this essential reading even for those quite familiar with the PK approach. . . . an excellent book loaded with insightful analysis and citations to most of the relevant literature.' -- L. Randall Wray, Journal of Economic Literature'Displaying scholarship of the highest calibre, King provides a broad and comprehensive history of post Keynesian economics from The General Theory up to the present day . . . The book is well written and contains many good anecdotes and tidbits. It will prove to be the standard history of post Keynesian economics for many years to come, thus making it an invaluable and indispensable reference source. Very highly recommended for all academic collections, lower-division undergraduate through faculty.' -- Steve Pressman, Choice'A thorough, thoughtful, issue-related history such as this is just the thing to contribute to the growing maturity of post Keynesian economics, clarifying where we have got to now, and indicating how the approach might develop in the future. By making sense of the twists and turns of post Keynesian thought, John King provides a sense of coherence out of a complex process.' -- Sheila C. Dow, University of Stirling, UK'This book provides a thorough account of the evolution of post Keynesian economics from its origins in interpretations of the General Theory in the late 1930s through to the present day. During this period the character of post Keynesian economics has changed from denoting the ideas of a small number of interpreters of Keynes to a more organised dissenting group spread across several continents. John King's book will interest anyone who wants to understand this transition or who has an interest in the more general question of how and why heterodox traditions have been established in economics.' -- Roger E. Backhouse, University of Birmingham, UKTable of ContentsContents: Introduction 1. First Reactions to The General Theory 2. An Economist from Poland 3. Generalizing The General Theory 4. Those Cambridge Controversies 5. Outside Cambridge: The First US Post Keynesians 6. Against the Mainstream: Post Keynesian Economics in the 1970s 7. Economic Heresy Around the World 8. Money and the Monetarists 9. Uncertainty, Expectations and Method 10. Keynes, Kalecki, Sraffa: Coherence? 11. Post Keynesians and Other Deviants 12. A Promise that Bounced? References Index

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Book SynopsisThis is an authoritative collection of previously published articles on important aspects of the 'automobile age'.The volume has been divided into five areas of interest. Part I focuses on supply side issues related to the car industry, technological change in the transport sector and future developments of automobile technology. Parts II, III and IV deal with the demand for automobile transport within the overall transport system. The final section deals with private and social costs, externalities such as accidents, congestion and pollution, and policy interventions.Rapidly growing car ownership has brought about a remarkable increase in mobility. The mobility and travel choices need to be analysed within complex networks. The strong mutual interactions between transport and spatial developments have led to an intense debate on 'car dependence' and related spatial systems analyses.This collection will be an invaluable source of reference to students, teachers and researchers in the field of transport studies and the history of the car industry.Trade Review'The book succeeds very well in its objective of collecting renowned articles on different automobile-related topics. The approach of mixing old and new material; spanning four decades (1961-2000), is well thought-out, because some of the important basic works are somewhat older and too often the wheel is reinvented. Moreover, the structure is logical and clear.' -- Pascal Lammar, International Journal of Environment and PollutionTable of ContentsContents: Acknowledgements Introduction: Perspectives on the Automobile Lars Lundqvist, Kenneth Button and Peter Nijkamp PART I INDUSTRY, TECHNOLOGY AND SYSTEM PERSPECTIVES 1. Alan Altshuler, Martin Anderson, Daniel Jones, Daniel Roos and James Womack (1984), ‘The Automobile and Its Industry Under Siege’ and ‘A Century of Transformations’ 2. James J. Flink (1988), ‘Epilogue: The Future of the Automobile’ 3. Nebojsa Nakicenovic (1986), ‘The Automobile Road to Technical Change: Diffusion of the Automobile as a Process of Technological Substitution’ 4. Ambuj D. Sagar (1995), ‘Automobiles and Global Warming: Alternative Fuels and Other Options for Carbon Dioxide Emissions Reduction’ 5. William F. Powers and Paul R. Nicastri (2000), ‘Automotive Vehicle Control Challenges in the 21st Century’ PART II MOBILITY AND CAR OWNERSHIP PERSPECTIVES 6. T. Hägerstrand (1987), ‘Human Interaction and Spatial Mobility: Retrospect and Prospect’ 7. P.M. Jones (1987), ‘Mobility and the Individual in Western Industrial Society’ 8. Melvin M. Webber (1992), ‘The Joys of Automobility’ 9. Andreas Schafer and David G. Victor (2000), ‘The Future Mobility of the World Population’ 10. Jan Owen Jansson (1989), ‘Car Demand Modelling and Forecasting. A New Approach’ 11. Kenneth Button, Ndoh Ngoe and John Hine (1993), ‘Modelling Vehicle Ownership and Use in Low Income Countries’ PART III ANALYSING THE AUTOMOBILE IN NETWORKS: TRAVEL CHOICE PERSPECTIVES 12. Robert B. Dial (1971), ‘A Probabilistic Multipath Traffic Assignment Model Which Obviates Path Enumeration’ 13. Larry J. LeBlanc, Edward K. Morlok and William P. Pierskalla (1975), ‘An Efficient Approach to Solving the Road Network Equilibrium Traffic Assignment Problem’ 14. Terry L. Friesz (1985), ‘Transportation Network Equilibrium, Design and Aggregation: Key Developments and Research Opportunities’ 15. David E. Boyce, Larry J. LeBlanc and Kyung S. Chon (1988), ‘Network Equilibrium Models of Urban Location and Travel Choices: A Retrospective Survey’ 16. K. Nabil Ali Safwat and Thomas L. Magnanti (1988), ‘A Combined Trip Generation, Trip Distribution, Modal Split, and Trip Assignment Model’ 17. David Bernstein and Terry L. Friesz (1998), ‘Infinite Dimensional Formulations of Some Dynamic Traffic Assignment Models’ PART IV THE AUTOMOBILE AND SPATIAL DEVELOPMENT PERSPECTIVES 18. Edwin S. Mills (1972), ‘Markets and Efficient Resource Allocation in Urban Areas’ 19. P. Hall (1985), ‘Urban Transportation: Paradoxes for the 1980s’ 20. Jeffrey R. Kenworthy and Felix B. Laube (1999), ‘Patterns of Automobile Dependence in Cities: An International Overview of Key Physical and Economic Dimensions with Some Implications for Urban Policy’ 21. Michael Wegener (1996), ‘Reduction of CO2 Emissions of Transport by Reorganisation of Urban Activities’ 22. Robert A. Johnston and Tomas de la Barra (2000), ‘Comprehensive Regional Modeling for Long-range Planning: Linking Integrated Urban Models and Geographic Information Systems’ 23. Marlon G. Boarnet and Sharon Sarmiento (1998), ‘Can Land-use Policy Really Affect Travel Behaviour? A Study of the Link Between Non-work Travel and Land-use Characteristics’ PART V COSTS, EXTERNALITIES AND POLICY PERSPECTIVES 24. A.A. Walters (1961), ‘The Theory and Measurement of Private and Social Cost of Highway Congestion’ 25. William S. Vickrey (1963), ‘Pricing in Urban and Suburban Transport’ 26. Mark A. Delucchi (2000), ‘Environmental Externalities of Motor-Vehicle Use in the US’ 27. Mark K. Dreyfus and W. Kip Viscusi (1995), ‘Rates of Time Preference and Consumer Valuations of Automobile Safety and Fuel Efficiency’ 28. Kenneth A. Small (1997), ‘Economics and Urban Transportation Policy in the United States’ 29. Peter Jones and Arild Hervik (1992), ‘Restraining Car Traffic in European Cities: An Emerging Role for Road Pricing’ 30. Peter Nijkamp (1994), ‘Roads Toward Environmentally Sustainable Transport’ 31. Inge Mayeres (2000), ‘The Efficiency Effects of Transport Policies in the Presence of Externalities and Distortionary Taxes’ Name Index

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Book SynopsisInnovation in the Pharmaceutical Industry traces the discovery and development of drugs in Japan and the UK both historically and sociologically. It includes sixteen case studies of major pharmaceutical developments in the twentieth century, encompassing, amongst others, beta-blockers, beta-stimulants, inhaled steroids and histamine H2-antagonists.The book illustrates that the four stages of drug development - namely compound, application, organisational authorisation and market - are interactively shaped by heterogeneous actors and institutions. The book also identifies three different types of pharmaceutical development - paradigmatic innovation, application innovation and modification-based innovation, all with distinguishable features in the drug development process. Finally, several historical, structural and cultural factors influencing the shaping of medicines are revealed by the comparison between British and Japanese drug innovation.Addressing a number of practical implications for the promotion of the pharmaceutical industry, this book will be of enormous interest to students, researchers and academics specialising in science and technology, and the management of technology and innovation. Practitioners, managers, and policy planners within the pharmaceutical industry will also deem this book invaluable.Trade Review'. . . this book represents a welcome addition to the small number of works on innovation in the pharmaceutical industry. The case studies give a valuable insight into the innovation process and together with the extensive bibliography will form a valuable aid to researchers specialising in this field.' -- Brian Higginson, R&D Management'. . . Hara has provided us with a series of extremely important case studies. His research will be appreciated by the many economists, historians, sociologists, and management scholars who are trying to make sense out of the development of the modern pharmaceutical industry and its role in the third industrial revolution of our time.' -- Louis Galambos, Bulletin of the History of Medicine'It is an innovative book in a variety of ways. Only a small amount of literature of the social studies of technology has dealt with innovation in pharmaceuticals. In part, this is because pharmaceutical companies are naturally wary of allowing outside researchers too close to their innovation processes: it is an information-sensitive business. So one of the great strengths of Hara's book is the access he has achieved. It is also innovative in its consideration of the pharmaceutical industry in Japan, but such is the dearth of material of this kind on pharmaceuticals that even the discussion of the UK cases is largely novel.' -- Donald MacKenzie, University of Edinburgh, UKTable of ContentsContents: 1. Introduction 2. Technological Change and the Pharmaceutical Industry 3. Cardiovascular Drugs 4. Anti-Asthmatic Drugs 5. Histamine H2 Antagonists 6. LHRH Analogues 7. Three Case Studies of Pharmaceutical Innovation in Japan 8. The Process of Drug Discovery and Development 9. Conclusion Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisThis is a unique, comprehensive and international history of the post Keynesian approach to economics since 1936. The author locates the origins of post Keynesian economics in the conflicting initial interpretations of Keynes's General Theory and in the complementary work of Michal Kalecki. The book begins by focusing on Cambridge Growth, Distribution and Capital theory and early post Keynesian thought in the US. The failure of post Keynesian theory to supplant the neo-classical paradigm in the 1970s is also discussed, along with an overview of post Keynesian thinking in other countries. The book then deals with the search for coherence between various strands of post Keynesian thought and other schools of economic thought. The author concludes by assessing the progress made by post Keynesian economics since 1936 and considers several possible alternative futures for the post Keynesians.Historians of economic thought as well as post Keynesian and other heterodox economists will warmly welcome A History of Post Keynesian Economics.Trade Review‘A History of Post Keynesian Economics Since 1936 offers a thoughtful and readable account of the debates following the publication of Keynes's General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money. It provides a topical narrative that incorporates the national origins of the participants. . . [King's] volume deserves shelf space in the personal libraries of heterodox economists of all persuasions and, hopefully, will also be read by more than a few neoclassicals.' -- Ingrid Rima, Eastern Economic Journal'This is an important and well-written book, particularly for those who believe that the economy should be studied within a social, historical and political framework. John King is to be commended for preserving the history of this movement.' -- Peter Kriesler, Australian Journal of Political Science'. . . the volume is a fine book about the evolution of PKE. It is well written and very informative. . . This book is a wonderful attempt to elucidate the work of several generations of dissenting economists who have laboured hard on developing and extending the original theoretical insights of Keynes.' -- Giuseppe Fontana, History of Economic Ideas'One cannot help having high expectations about a book on the history of Post Keynesian economics (PKE) written by John E. King. . . And indeed, the reader will not be disappointed. The book will undoubtedly become the standard history of PKE. Written with a rich and intimate knowledge of the debates and their participants, the book swiftly takes the reader through decades of debate and tours various areas of PK research.' -- Engelbert Stockhammer, Intervention'King's book does not just provide an excellent history of post Keynesian economics, warts and all; it also shows that there is a future to work for. His book belongs on the bookshelves of all post Keynesian and all heterodox economists, without exception.' -- Frederic S. Lee, Journal of the History of Economic Thought'John E. King provides students and young scholars with a book that will answer most of their questions concerning the emergence, the strengthening and the spreading of post Keynesianism all around the world. This innovative work is very valuable for its historical perspective.' -- Eric Tymoigne, Oeconomicus'King provides an accessible and comprehensive history of post Keynesian (PK) thought since publication of J.M. Keynes's General Theory. . . . the book will make an excellent text in graduate-level theory courses. Further, the depth and clarity of the analysis makes this essential reading even for those quite familiar with the PK approach. . . . an excellent book loaded with insightful analysis and citations to most of the relevant literature.' -- L. Randall Wray, Journal of Economic Literature'Displaying scholarship of the highest calibre, King provides a broad and comprehensive history of post Keynesian economics from The General Theory up to the present day . . . The book is well written and contains many good anecdotes and tidbits. It will prove to be the standard history of post Keynesian economics for many years to come, thus making it an invaluable and indispensable reference source. Very highly recommended for all academic collections, lower-division undergraduate through faculty.' -- Steve Pressman, Choice'A thorough, thoughtful, issue-related history such as this is just the thing to contribute to the growing maturity of post Keynesian economics, clarifying where we have got to now, and indicating how the approach might develop in the future. By making sense of the twists and turns of post Keynesian thought, John King provides a sense of coherence out of a complex process.' -- Sheila C. Dow, University of Stirling, UK'This book provides a thorough account of the evolution of post Keynesian economics from its origins in interpretations of the General Theory in the late 1930s through to the present day. During this period the character of post Keynesian economics has changed from denoting the ideas of a small number of interpreters of Keynes to a more organised dissenting group spread across several continents. John King's book will interest anyone who wants to understand this transition or who has an interest in the more general question of how and why heterodox traditions have been established in economics.' -- Roger E. Backhouse, University of Birmingham, UKTable of ContentsContents: Introduction 1. First Reactions to The General Theory 2. An Economist from Poland 3. Generalizing The General Theory 4. Those Cambridge Controversies 5. Outside Cambridge: The First US Post Keynesians 6. Against the Mainstream: Post Keynesian Economics in the 1970s 7. Economic Heresy Around the World 8. Money and the Monetarists 9. Uncertainty, Expectations and Method 10. Keynes, Kalecki, Sraffa: Coherence? 11. Post Keynesians and Other Deviants 12. A Promise that Bounced? References Index

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Book SynopsisThis book provides the reader with a critical insight into the history and theory of copyright within contemporary legal and cultural discourse. It exposes as myth the orthodox history of the development of copyright law in eighteenth-century Britain and explores the way in which that myth became entrenched throughout the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. To this historical analysis are added two theoretical approaches to copyright not otherwise found in mainstream contemporary texts. Rethinking Copyright introduces the reader to copyright through the prism of the public domain before turning to the question as to how best to locate copyright within the parameters of traditional property discourse. Moreover, underpinning these various historical and theoretical strands, the book explores the constitutive power of legal writing and the place of rhetoric in framing and determining contemporary copyright policy and discourse.Ronan Deazley's book will be of interest to academics and practitioners of law and intellectual property. The work should also be of interest to those working in alternate disciplines such as literary and cultural theorists and bibliographersTrade Review‘Rethinking Copyright is a small gem for an audience broader than copyright and intellectual property scholars, and well worth acquiring by a variety of general, corporate, law and academic libraries.' -- Laurence Seidenberg, International Journal of Legal Information'This excellent book raises again the controversial issue of whether we can learn anything - and, if so, what - from revisiting our past.' -- Jeremy Phillips, ipkat.com'All histories are about the present, not the past. Histories of copyright are no different: the pitched battles today over the nature of copyright frequently re-create a mythical past to shore up support for a partisan present. Deazley's Rethinking Copyright is a must have book for those who care about getting things right. Rethinking Copyright carefully reviews the critical formative years of statutory copyright (1710-1912), and then masterfully ties this foundational period to the current culture wars. It is a tour de force to be savored and returned to over and over again.' -- William Patry, Senior Copyright Counsel, Google Inc., US'Two books in one, the first half of this manifesto offers a contrarian account of eighteenth and nineteenth-century English copyright history; the second contributes to the burgeoning rhetoric of the public domain in contemporary copyright scholarship. Deazley contends that, contrary to the common wisdom, common law copyright never existed in the eighteenth-century, but was a concerted creation of nineteenth-century treatise writers. He may not convince us that common law copyright was a myth, but he does compellingly demonstrate that, like the mythical giant Antaeus, whenever common law copyright seemed beaten down to the ground, it rose again with renewed force. He also persuades us that it may be a Herculean task to strangle the life out of the impulse, historical or otherwise, to believe that authors' labors justify the contemporary default setting of the positive law in favor of proprietary rights. The second half, calling for reconceptualization of copyright as a derogation from the "public's freedom to engage with" works of authorship will surely provoke disagreement from many readers knowledgeable about copyright, but Deazley is an apt expositor of this increasingly popular trend in the legal academy.' -- Jane C. Ginsburg, Columbia University, School of Law, USTable of ContentsContents: Introduction 1. History I: 1710–1774 2. History II: 1774–1854 3. History III: 1854–1912 4. Theory I: What Copyright Isn’t. . . or, Conceiving the Public Domain 5. Theory II: What is Copyright?. . . or, The Case for Intellectual Property Freedoms and Privileges (And in That Order) 6. Conclusion References Index

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Book SynopsisThis thorough and compelling book offers a long-run perspective on the European economy from 1500 to the present day, and compares Europe's position of world dominance in the nineteenth century with its vacillating fortunes in the twentieth century. Europe is set specifically within an international context to illustrate how it influenced the rest of the world and how in turn the latter helped to shape the pattern of European development. The authors explain why Europe overtook the formerly advanced Eastern civilizations and how this resulted in the growing inequality among the nations of the world which is such a marked feature in the present day. They then trace the development of the European economy within the context of the international economy and analyse the reasons for its rise to world dominance in the nineteenth century and then its collapse and revival in the twentieth century.Europe in the International Economy 1500 to 2000 will be of interest to students and scholars of economic history and international economics.Trade Review'Overall this is a very good book that provides up-to-date assessments of Europe and the world-economy from early plunder of the Americas to EU negotiations in the WTO.'Table of ContentsContents: Preface Introduction: Europe in the International Economy 1500 to 2000 1. The Rise of the European Economy 1500–2000 2. The Europeanization of the International Economy 1800–1870 3. The Zenith of European Power 1870–1918 4. The Disintegration of Europe 1918–1945 5. Cold War and Common Market: Europe 1945–1973 6. Europe at the Crossroads 1974–2000 Index

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Book SynopsisLast Landscapes is an exploration of the cult and celebration of death, loss and memory. It traces the history and design of burial places throughout Europe and the USA, ranging from the picturesque tradition of the village churchyard to tightly packed cities of the dead', such as the Jewish Cemetery in Prague and Pere Lachaise in Paris. Other landscapes that feature in this book include the war cemeteries of northern France, Viking burial islands in central Sweden, Etruscan tombs and early Christian catacombs in Italy, the 17th-century Portuguese Jewish cemetery 'Beth Haim' at Ouderkerk in the Netherlands, Forest Lawns in California, Derek Jarman's garden in Kent and the Stockholm Woodland Cemetery. It is a fact that architecture began with the tomb', yet, as Ken Worpole shows us in Last Landscapes, many historic cemeteries have been demolished or abandoned in recent times (notably the case with Jewish cemeteries in Eastern Europe), and there has been an increasing loss of inscription and memorialization in the modern urban cemetery. Too often cemeteries today are both poorly designed and physically and culturally marginalized. Worse, cremation denies a full architectural response to the mystery and solemnity of death. The author explores how modes of disposal burial, cremation, inhumation in mausoleums and wall tombs vary across Europe and North America, according to religious and other cultural influences. And Last Landscapes raises profound questions as to how, in an age of mass cremation, architects and landscape designers might create meaningful structures and settings in the absence of a body, since for most of history the human body itself has provided the fundamental structural scale. This evocative book also contemplates other forms of memorialization within modern societies, from sculptures to parks, most notably the extraordinary Duisberg Park, set in a former giant steelworks in Germany's Ruhr Valley.Trade Review'One of the most thought-provoking books of the year.' - The Independent 'A richly humane and engrossing book ... a work that is warm, compassionate, intelligent and thought-provoking.' - Building Design 'A remarkably beautiful book ... As a long-time professor of worship, I spent many years talking with seminarians and pastors about theological and liturgical aspects of rites related to death. Last Landscapes shows that such conversations would be enriched if they were to address topics that Worpole discusses with such sensitivity and insight.' - Anglican Theological Review 'Reading this book is a pleasure. The book is beautifully illustrated with photography by Larraine Worpole ... It spends time with architectural and landscape history, makes tracks through sociology and economics, ponders theological and philosophical positions, and lingers before some remarkable aesthetic achievements.' - The Twentieth Century Society Journal

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Book SynopsisUnlike land and maritime military warfare, which has evolved over thousands of years, the history of war in the air is as short as it has been spectacular: only 100 years have passed since the first flight in a powered aircraft. Despite its brief history, however, military air power is not an insignificant part of the modern military machine: on the contrary, it has played a strikingly prominent role in recent conflicts and humanitarian relief operations, and is likely to take the leading position in many future ones. In the decades since World War II, the skies, and increasingly space, have acquired ever more importance as the ultimate 'high ground'. In "Sky Wars", David Gates examines the history of military aerospace power, discussing technical developments between both World Wars and the use of air power in specific wars in the latter part of the twentieth century, including the recent conflict with Iraq. At the same time he analyses the military and civil applications of airpower in the contemporary world, some of which have led to scientific and technical advances of great benefit to humanity. As well as looking at the ways in which developments in air power, military prowess and space exploration have had a major impact on our daily lives, he highlights more contentious issues, for example the so-called 'CNN factor', whereby the increasing capacity for journalistic intrusion into ongoing military operations compels armed forces to be much more sensitive to public opinion.Trade Review'Sky Wars provides an ideal review of the first 100 years of military aerospace power, giving the enthusiast a fuller understanding of the philosophy behind today's major air forces.' - Aeroplane 'The author has skillfully interwoven the history with his own thoughts on the subject and comes up with fascinating theories on how events could have had different outcomes if other avenues had been explored.' - Aviation News 'In this brief centennial overview, Gates juxtaposes air power's technological sophistication with the often inappropriate political and military strategies that have governed its use. Figuring prominently are treatments of strategic bombing theory from Douhet to LeMay, the strategic failure of Hitler's V weapons, Vietnam era technocentric myopia, and observations on military technology's globalizing cultural influences. Less typical of one-volume aviation histories is the cataloging of a first-rate air arm's weaknesses and the unsupportable political expense they can incur ... Recommended.' - Choice

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Book SynopsisFeaturing over one hundred of Jessamine Spear Johnson's photographs, this volume is the first publication to showcase her work in detail. Essays and captions by granddaughter Tempe Javitz, along with an intro by historian Mary Murphy, situate Johnson's life and career in relation to broader shifts in ranching, tourism, and photography.

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Book SynopsisHasidism, a Jewish religious movement that originated in Poland in the eighteenth century, today counts over 700,000 adherents, primarily in the U.S., Israel, and the UK. Popular and scholarly interest in Hasidic Judaism and Hasidic Jews is growing, but there is no textbook dedicated to research methods in the field, nor sources for the history of Hasidism have been properly recognized. Studying Hasidism, edited by Marcin Wodziński, an internationally recognized historian of Hasidism, aims to remedy this gap. The work’s thirteen chapters each draws upon a set of different sources, many of them previously untapped, including folklore, music, big data, and material culture to demonstrate what is still to be achieved in the study of Hasidism. Ultimately, this textbook presents research methods that can decentralize the role community leaders play in the current literature and reclaim the everyday lives of Hasidic Jews.Trade Review"Impressive..readers will learn new things about Hasidism even while their horizons broaden to see new ways of thinking about sources." -- Naomi Seidman * author of The Marriage Plot or, How Jews Fell in Love with Love, and with Literature *"The contributors to Studying Hasidism are the academic equivalent of an all-star team while the topics covered are the wish-list of anyone interested in Hasidism. Up to date, original and comprehensive–there is nothing like it." -- Shaul Stampfer * author of Lithuanian Yeshivas of the Nineteenth Century: Creating a Tradition of Learning *"Marcin Wodzinski has assembled eleven respected scholars for this work on Hasidism. Much more than an excellent textbook, it focuses on a wide range of important issues not generally emphasized in histories of this pious movement whose membership even now amounts to nearly a million people, roughly seven percent of the world’s Jewish population. Intellectually challenging and engagingly written, the book should appeal to everyone interested in the history of modern Jewry." -- Abraham Ascher * Distinguished Professor of History Emeritus, Graduate Center, City University of New York *"Comprised of thirteen erudite and informative articles by experts in Hasidic culture and customs, Studying Hasidism: Sources, Methods, Perspectives is an extraordinary, unique, and impressively informative contribution to the growing library of Hasidic literature and an invaluable addition to personal, community, and academic library Judaic Studies collections." * Midwest Book Review *"Studying Hasidism is certainly a valuable tool for both scholars and advanced students of Hasidism. It goes beyond the editor’s previous works in not only laying out a vision of what direction the historical analysis of Hasidism can take, by actually providing systematic tools with which to do so." * Tradition *Table of ContentsTable of Contents List of Figures and Tables Acknowledgments Note on Transcription and Place Names Introduction by Marcin Wodziński 1. Homilies by Gadi Sagiv 2. Halakhah by Levi Cooper 3. Stories by Uriel Gellman 4. Mitnagedim by Uriel Gellman 5. Maskilim by Jonatan Meir 6. Ego-documents by Marcin Wodziński 7. Folk narratives by Galit Hasan-Rokem and Shaul Magid 8. Archives by Yohanan Petrovsky Shtern 9. Press by David Assaf 10. Iconography by Maya Balakirsky-Katz 11. Music by Edwin Seroussi 12. Material culture by Vladimir Levin 13. Big data by Marcin Wodziński Note About the Authors Index

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Book SynopsisThis book presents an original interpretation of the building history of London in terms of its evolving political economy. Each of the seven ages of the city from the Roman to the modern, are portrayed through their monumental buildings, concentrating in particular on their symbolic purpose as expressions of the status and authority of those who built them. The concluding synthesis explores how these successive layers of building can be seen to be a product of the evolving class structure, the changing distribution of wealth, and the shifting struggle for political power within the city and the nation. Although the focus is on London, the analysis is applicable to any urbanized economy at any stage of development. This book offers unique insight into London as a landscape of power and as a city that has assumed a succession of identities over the last two millennia. It will be relevant to students and researchers interested in urban economy, economic history, and the political economy.Table of Contents1. Hegemonic Building.- 2. Roman Colony.- 3. Feudal Bastion.- 4. Merchant Exchange.- 5. Dynastic Seat.- 6. Aristocratic Playground.- 7. Imperial Capital.- 8. Global City.- 9. Reconstructing London.

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Book SynopsisAlles Wissenswerte zur Geschichte der Griechen und Römer. Vom Alten Orient bis zur Spätantike zeichnet das anschaulich aufbereitete Studienbuch die politischen, gesellschaftlichen, rechtlichen, wirtschaftlichen und kulturellen Entwicklungen nach. Die Beziehungen der Griechen zum Vorderen Orient und zu Ägypten, die Rolle der Etrusker, der Phönizier und Karthagos erhalten besondere Aufmerksamkeit. Im Text sind die Nummern des ergänzenden Quellenbandes verzeichnet für eine optimale parallele Benutzung. Abgerundet wird das Werk durch den aktuellen und umfangreichen Anhang, unter anderen mit Zeittafel, Angaben zu Maßen, Geldsystemen und zum Geldwert, mit Quelleneditionen, Abkürzungen, Bibliografie, Glossar, Stammtafeln, Karten und einer Aufstellung römischer Kaiser.Table of ContentsEinleitung.- Die Dark Ages und das archaische Griechenland.- Die griechische Staatenwelt in klassischer Zeit (500-336 v.Chr.).- Hellenismus (336-30 v.Chr.).- Rom von den Anfängen bis zum Ende der Republik (6. Jh. bis 30 v.Chr.).- Die römische Kaiserzeit (30 v.Chr. - 284 n.Chr.).- Die Spätantike (284-565 n.Chr.).- Anhang

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