Media studies Books
Harvard University Press HyperCities
Book SynopsisMore than a physical space, a hypercity is a real city overlaid with information networks that document the past, catalyze the present, and project future possibilities. Hypercities are always under construction. HyperCities puts digital humanities theory into practice to chart the proliferating cultural records of places around the world.Trade ReviewA provocative overview and theoretical explication of ‘thick mapping’ projects that show enormous potential for complex, multilayered, multidimensional explorations of urban areas. HyperCities is an important book that makes signal contributions to the digital humanities. -- Matthew K. Gold, Associate Professor of English and Digital Humanities, Graduate Center, City University of New York
£23.36
Harvard University Press Feminist in a Software Lab
Book SynopsisTara McPherson asks what might it mean to designfrom conceptiondigital tools and applications that emerge from contextual concerns of cultural theory and from a feminist concern for difference. This question leads to the Vectors Lab, which for a dozen years has experimented with digital scholarship at the intersection of theory and praxis.Trade ReviewTara McPherson’s digital work is a model of intelligent design in a crazed world; her projects are bold and innovative. This is a fascinating account of the emancipatory drive she invests into those projects and an even bolder look at the genealogy of computing from the 1960s. She seeks to link the abstract universe of software design with ongoing ideologies of race and gender, and suggests even the algorithm is not immune from its cultural context. A must-read in every way. -- Daniel Herwitz, University of MichiganA beautifully nuanced and wide-ranging elaboration of the creative energy and possibilities that reverberate from the messy entanglements of the humanities, computational technologies, digital aesthetics, cultural histories, and feminist theory. McPherson does what few can: she moves into the messiness, not to settle the matter, but rather to expand our thinking about how to understand what matters. There is no one better at navigating the span between critical modes of theoretical inquiry and the creative cultural production of digital tools. -- Anne Balsamo, The New SchoolTara McPherson has been at the heart of the digital humanities for the last decade as a much-admired critical scholar and tool-maker. This book is a letter from the trenches of that discipline as well as an impassioned and sophisticated argument for why digital humanists must concern themselves with both praxis and theory. This book radicalizes the digital humanities, persuasively arguing for the centrality of difference in parts of the field that ignore it. Richly illustrated with digital scholarly projects on race, gender, and social justice that her lab helped to build, as well as a retelling of the history of code and computing using a feminist lens, this book is deeply generous and generative. -- Lisa Nakamura, University of Michigan
£32.26
Harvard University Press The End of Forgetting
Book SynopsisThanks to Facebook and Instagram, our younger selves have been captured and preserved online. But what happens, Kate Eichhorn asks, when we can't leave our most embarrassing moments behind? Rather than a childhood cut short by a loss of innocence, the real crisis of the digital age may be the specter of a childhood that can never be forgotten.Trade ReviewWell-written, well-researched, and insightful. The End of Forgetting will contribute to our growing discussion on the role and place of social media in everyday life, and the impact that new media practices have on our understanding of identity, childhood, and the process of becoming an adult. -- Mark Nunes, author of Cyberspaces of Everyday LifeAn elegantly written book on a timely and very important topic. Eichhorn blends stories, facts, and research to portray the role digital and social media play in young people’s self-conceptions, identity development, and public image, and reveals why it is important to protect young people’s ability to forget parts of the past. -- Simon Nørby, Aarhus UniversityA necessary, original, and unexpected perspective on the impact of digital technologies on children today. -- Marcus Boon, York UniversityGrowing up online, Eichhorn worries, might impede our ability to edit memories, cull what needs to be culled, and move on. * New Yorker *An important manual for anyone who regularly posts on social media. It outlines the dangers that platforms pose, makes a great case for more cautious posting, and advocates for increasing pressure on the tech companies that hold our data. -- Sarah Manavis * New Statesman *Eichhorn’s work needs to be included in public discourse about how we make meaning of self and others in digital spaces. We are still in the midst of making sense of the impact of social media on how we record our lives and, by so doing, how we unavoidably carry our digital history forward. The End of Forgetting reminds readers that sampling experiences and trying out different personalities, sometimes in error, is part of the human condition. The degree to which we should forgive others, or hold them responsible, remains a pressing but unacknowledged ethical concern. -- Linda Levitt * PopMatters *
£17.95
Harvard University Press The Right of Publicity Privacy Reimagined for a
Book SynopsisFrom athletes to victims of revenge porn, people have been transformed into intellectual property. Who controls one's identity? Jennifer Rothman uses the right of publicity a little-known law to answer this question. By tracing the right's origins to privacy laws in the 1800s, she finds a way to reclaim privacy for a public world.Trade ReviewA fascinating read for anyone who is interested in the nuts and bolts of right of publicity law and how the doctrine evolved to where it is today. It also will serve as a valuable resource for litigators looking for guidance on how to reconcile the seemingly contradictory precedent in a way that is understandable…This book will quickly become one of the most cited sources by litigants and courts grappling with right of publicity issues. -- Stephanie S. Abrutyn * Communications Lawyer *An unquestionably important book. Masterfully researched and deftly crafted, it is probably the best single source for gaining a deep understanding of the doctrine’s history, context, and politics… Deserves a place among the must-reads of American right of publicity law. -- Eric E. Johnson * IP Law Book Review *A formidable book that maps out the contours of the publicity right in an appealing and timely way. -- Eleanor Wilson * Journal of Intellectual Property Law and Practice *Rothman’s important book is an excellent contribution to the field, one that will hopefully provoke courts and legislatures to rethink their headlong expansion of the right of publicity. It should be required reading for anyone dealing with the right of publicity. -- Mark Lemley * Michigan Law Review *Rothman provides a complete legal and cultural history of the right of publicity, tracing its development from the late 1800s to its modern-day expansion as a transferable right of property. Fascinating details of the individuals behind the cases, including celebrities and private citizens, inform how the law’s current contours have been shaped…Indispensable. -- Rachel Bridgewater * Library Journal *This is the definitive biography of the right of publicity, whose boundaries have exploded in recent years. Jennifer Rothman tells the story with zest, explaining how we should restructure this right in our fame-obsessed age. -- Jack M. Balkin, Yale Law SchoolThe book is a fascinating read for anyone interested in gaining a better understanding of the nuts and bolts of right of publicity law and how the doctrine evolved to where it is today. Rothman concisely connects the dots among seemingly irreconcilable court decisions while debunking myths about the early case-law. -- Stephanie Abrutyn, Senior Vice President and Chief Counsel, Litigation at HBORothman makes a crucial argument that goes to the heart of the current legal doctrine. -- Jessica Litman, author of Digital CopyrightJennifer Rothman has written an important, informative study of the right of publicity as it has developed in the United States and its connections to a robust privacy right. By reexamining the past, she has elaborated principles that will be useful in defining both publicity and privacy rights for the digital age. -- Rebecca Tushnet, Harvard Law School
£31.41
Princeton University Press Closing the Shop
Book SynopsisHow is the relationship between the Japanese state and Japanese society mediated by the press? Does the pervasive system of press clubs, and the regulations underlying them, alter or even censor the way news is reported in Japan? This book presents an overview of the relationship between the press, politics, and the public.Trade Review"This excellent book lays bare the mechanisms of the information catels in Japan that prop up the state, insulate the elite from sustained critical oversight and rob the polity of the journalistic integrity necessary for the maintenance of democracy. Its a daunting agenda, and it is a tribute to author Laura Anne Freeman that she carries it off and in the process makes a significant contribution to our understanding of contemporary Japan."--Jeff Kingston, The Japan Times "Closing the Shop helps explain one of the central paradoxes of Japanese politics, that the Liberal Democratic Party managed to hold onto power for four decades, despite widespread corruption... Both the careful empirical study and the theory in Closing the Shop make an important contribution to our understanding of Japanese politics."--Mark Tilton, Journal of Asian Studies "Closing the Shop is clearly written and organized, free of jargon, and accessible to readers from a range of fields. It is also a fascinating read."--Christina L. Ahmadjian, Contemporary Sociology "An important and valuable contribution to the academic literature about Japan, Freeman's study provides the reader with a thorough analysis of the relationship between the news media and state institutions in Japan... Laurie Freeman's book is a wonderful study of an important and often overlooked feature of Japanese politics. It deserves a wide readership."--Verena Blechinger, Monumenta NipponicaTable of ContentsList of Tables and Figures xi Preface xii One Bringing in the Media 3 Two Press, Politics, and the Public in Historical Perspective 23 Three Japan's Information Cartels: Part I. Competition and the Closed Shop 62 Four Japan's Information Cartels: Part II. Structuring Relations Through Rules and Sanctions 102 Five Expanding the Web: The Role of Kyokai and Keiretsu 142 Six Why Information Cartels Matter 160 Appendices A. Regulations for the Diet Press Club 181 B. Kitami Administration of Justice Press Club Agreement 187 C. Chronology of Agreements between the Imperial Household Agency and the Magazine Kisha Club 191 D. A Comparison with the British Lobby 194 Notes 199 Bibliograpby 229 Index 247
£78.20
Princeton University Press Congress the Press and Political Accountability
Book SynopsisCongress, the Press, and Political Accountability is the first large-scale examination of how local media outlets cover members of the United States Congress. Douglas Arnold asks: do local newspapers provide the information citizens need in order to hold representatives accountable for their actions in office? In contrast with previous studies, which largely focused on the campaign period, he tests various hypotheses about the causes and consequences of media coverage by exploring coverage during an entire congressional session. Using three samples of local newspapers from across the country, Arnold analyzes all coverage over a two-year period--every news story, editorial, opinion column, letter, and list. First he investigates how twenty-five newspapers covered twenty-five local representatives; and next, how competing newspapers in six cities covered their corresponding legislators. Examination of an even larger sample, sixty-seven newspapers and 187 representaTrade ReviewOne of Choice's Outstanding Academic Titles for 2005 "Arnold here does it all: he identifies important research questions, conducts extensive research to answer them, and interprets data carefully. This sophisticated and thoughtful study is the best yet of Congress and the press."--Choice "Arnold sets an ambitious goal: 'This book is the first large-scale study of how local media outlets cover members of Congress.' His ultimate success exemplifies how content analysis can illuminate a subject with empirical and systematic findings... This exploration constitutes a significant contribution to our understanding of Congress and the news media... [The book] has a timeless feel ... [which] seems to guarantee that readers will be learning from this book well into the future."--Robert Klotz, Perspectives on PoliticsTable of ContentsList of Tables and Figures ix Acknowledgments xi 1. Legislators, Journalists, and Citizens 1 2. Explaining the Volume of Newspaper Coverage 29 3. How Newspapers Cover Legislators 64 4. Legislators as Position Takers 92 5. Legislators as Policy Makers 125 6. Legislators as Candidates 156 7. How Newspapers Differ 194 8. Effects of Newspaper Coverage on Citizens 221 9. The Press and Political Accountability 244 References 265 Index 273
£31.50
Princeton University Press Shakespeare and Elizabeth The Meeting of Two
Book SynopsisDid William Shakespeare ever meet Queen Elizabeth I? This title explores the history of invented encounters between the poet and the Queen, and examines how and why the mythology of these two charismatic and enduring cultural icons has been intertwined in British and American culture.Trade Review"The sweep of Hackett's narrative is impressive and includes the visual arts as well as literary adaptations. It is replete with local gems, the author excelling at close literary readings... At its best this attractive, searching book brings to mind Samuel Schoenbaum's Shakespeare's Lives."--Rene Weis, Around the Globe "[An] engaging, clearheaded study."--Choice "This is a scholarly yet wonderfully entertaining book about a modern myth: the belief that Queen Elizabeth I and William Shakespeare met, talked and admired each other... Helen Hackett provides a witty survey of the extraordinary variety of ways in which this curious supposition has been reiterated and elaborated in the cultural artefacts of the last 200 years. Not just in works of biography and history, but in novels, paintings, plays, films, and book illustrations, the encounter between man and woman who have come, with hindsight, so be seen as the two greatest figures of the Elizabethan age has been depicted again and again... Sharp, learned, lively and amusing, this is an illuminating and engaging study. It is not easy nowadays to write a book about Shakespeare which is both fresh and substantial. Helen Hackett has done so."--Nicholas Shrimpton, The Brown Book "[Shakespeare and Elizabeth] is charming, thought provoking, and richly informative about the way cultures and myths interact to shape national identities and ideals."--Helen Heightsman Gordon, Journal of Social and Psychological Sciences "[Helen Hackett] manages her material with considerable engagement and lucidity in a book that is original, striking, and highly recommended."--Studies in English Literature 1500-1900 "There have been plenty of Shakespeare forgeries in the past--anyone looking for a laugh should dig up a copy of the Ireland Shakespeare forgeries, which include a series of manuscript poems and letters supposedly written by Shakespeare, along with Shakespeare's 'own' print editions of his own plays... Ireland even introduced a letter from Elizabeth I confirming a close relationship between the two icons, a mythic element of the Shakespeare brand brilliantly explored by Helen Hackett in a recent book, Shakespeare and Elizabeth."--Kate Maltby, Spectator.co.ukTable of ContentsList of Illustrations ix Acknowledgments xi A Note on the Text xiii Introduction 1 Chapter 1: Lives and Legends in the Eighteenth Century 21 Chapter 2: Facts and Fictions in Nineteenth-Century Britain 46 Chapter 3: Shakespeare and Elizabeth Arrive in America 95 Chapter 4: Criticism and Interpretation: Elizabeth as the Key to Shakespeare 112 Chapter 5: New Intimacies: Elizabeth in the Shakespeare Authorship Controversy 152 Chapter 6: Twentieth-Century Fictions: Shakespeare and Elizabeth Meet Modernism and Postmodernism 179 Epilogue: Shakespeare and Elizabeth in the Twenty-fi rst Century 227 Notes 245 Bibliography 269 Index 291
£43.20
Princeton University Press A Short History of Celebrity
Book SynopsisA history of celebrity from Byron to BeckhamLove it or hate it, celebrity is one of the dominant features of modern lifeand one of the least understood. Fred Inglis sets out to correct this problem in this entertaining and enlightening social history of modern celebrity, from eighteenth-century London to today''s Hollywood. Vividly written and brimming with fascinating stories of figures whose lives mark important moments in the history of celebrity, this book explains how fame has changed over the past two-and-a-half centuries.Starting with the first modern celebrities in mid-eighteenth-century London, including Samuel Johnson and the Prince Regent, the book traces the changing nature of celebrity and celebrities through the age of the Romantic hero, the European fin de siècle, and the Gilded Age in New York and Chicago. In the twentieth century, the book covers the Jazz Age, the rise of political celebrities such as Mussolini, Hitler, and Stalin, and the democratization of celebrity in the postwar decades, as actors, rock stars, and sports heroes became the leading celebrities.Arguing that celebrity is a mirror reflecting some of the worst as well as some of the best aspects of modern history itself, Inglis considers how the lives of the rich and famous provide not only entertainment but also social cohesion and, like morality plays, examples of whatand what notto do.This book will interest anyone who is curious about the history that lies behind one of the great preoccupations of our lives.Trade Review"Inglis's treatment is whimsical rather than exhaustive. Alert to the cultural value of iconic figures from Lord Byron to Eric Clapton, he also offers a stimulating assessment of how celebrity has, historically, involved fluctuating proportions of knowability and remoteness."--New Yorker "The purpose of A Short History of Celebrity, Fred Inglis' brief, energetic, stimulating screed, is to tell us that, although we think we live in the age of celebrity, it's been quite a while in coming."--Martin Rubin, Los Angeles Times "Inglis is more even-handed than many of his colleagues, and sager too, able to see beyond the ephemera of the moment to take a more expansive view. He asks not simply what the culture of celebrity means today, but where it came from."--Darrin M. McMahon, Wall Street Journal "In his thoughtful survey of pop culture since the dawn of modernity, Fred Inglis argues that mass obsession with the lives (and deaths) of the rich and famous didn't just pop up out of the blue... In an attempt to give some depth to all the shallowness, Inglis, the author of 20 books including a biography of the late cultural anthropologist Clifford Geertz, goes in search of origins."--Joshua Kendall, Boston Globe "With scholarly dexterity ... Inglis describes the manipulation of political celebrities by the likes of Hitler and Stalin, followed by the postwar democratization of fame, as movie stars, sports heroes, and rock guitarists became leading celebrities. Through it all, Inglis argues the lucrative exploitation of the lives of the rich and famous has entailed an appeal to what audiences think of themselves--for better and for worse... The Bottom Line: The development of the fame business comes into clearer focus as a result of Inglis' sophisticated perspective. Four stars out of five."--Paul M. Barrett, Bloomberg Businessweek "From the glamour of John F. Kennedy's 'Camelot' to Ronald Reagan's rise from B movies and Barack Obama's election campaign, celebrity makes power, money and the world go around. At long last, we have a decent book that goes some way to explain how it got this way."--Mark Beech, Bloomberg "Byron was one of the first products of the alloy of glamour and publicity that we refer to as celebrity. In his new book, A Short History of Celebrity, Fred Inglis traces the phenomenon back to late 18th-century London. It was there, he argues, with its convergence of theatre and journalism and new opportunities to shop, that celebrity began."--Aditya Chakrabortty, The Guardian "Fred Inglis has added his learned, sometimes curmudgeonly, often rhapsodic voice to the chorus, with a book that locates the origins of celebrity culture in the 18th century... This emphasis on the history of emotion is what distinguishes Inglis's book from the other accounts of celebrity, making it more than just a great hall of historical fame. Inglis sees these emotional shifts as working concurrently with changing social forces that turned life itself into a spectator sport."--Lara Feigel, The Observer "[A]n intriguing reflection on how the phenomenon of celebrity shapes our perception of ourselves and our satisfaction with our own images... [Inglis] has crafted a playful but serious essay that delivers telling judgment on an important matter. It deserves a large and broad reading audience."--David Keymer, Library Journal "Inglis is a magnificently erudite writer who lingers over his subject as though it were a good cigar."--Frances Wilson, Literary Review "[A] very interesting book... What makes his 'short history' so compelling is how Inglis combines an eye for captivating detail (the actor David Garrick being forced to kneel by a 'jeering audience'), the illuminating comparison (Sarah Bernhardt versus Lola Montez, Hitler versus Edward VIII), and the synoptic view ('A Very Short History of the Feelings')... It not only surveys an extraordinary range of persons, their acts and their import in a sophisticated way, but it induces further thought about the ambivalent powers of celebrity."--Justin Clemens, Sydney Morning Herald "A Short History of Celebrity is an excellent book. The prose is fabulous, and Inglis is brimming with insight and humor. Moreover, one can't help being drawn into tales of the rich and fabulous. However we may flatter ourselves, the stars are just not like us."--Alex Prescott-Couch, Berlin Review of Books "In his smartly written and engaging book, cultural historian Inglis successfully tackles a potentially cumbersome topic with the brevity promised in the title... Erudite and entertaining."--Choice "[C]harming."--Cleveland Plain Dealer "His transatlantic argument weaves dozens of celebrity case studies into a compelling macro-narrative that artfully balances historical anecdote, cultural theory, histories of ideas, and rhetorical inquires. The result is a thoroughly readable and fascinating exposition of how celebrity identities have enthralled, defined, and reprised western cultures since the middle of the eighteenth century."--Brian Bates, Restoration and Eighteenth-Century Theatre "Without doubt Inglis writes an original reference work that provides both a framework of analysis and a comprehensive inventory of illustrations, pointing to the centrality of celebrity to American life."--Adriana Neagu, American British and Canadian StudiesTable of ContentsAcknowledgements ix Part I: Fame and Feeling Chapter 1: The Performance of Celebrity 3 Chapter 2: A Very Short History of the Feelings 19 Part II: The Rise of Celebrity: A Three-Part Invention Chapter 3: The London-Brighton Road, 1760-1820 37 Chapter 4: Paris: Haute Couture and the Painting of Modern Life 74 Chapter 5: New York and Chicago: Robber Barons and the Gossip Column, 1880-1910 108 Part III: The Past in the Present Chapter 6: The Geography of Recognition: Celebrity on Its Holidays 135 Chapter 7: The Great Dictators 158 Chapter 8: The Stars Look Down: The Democratisation of Celebrity 187 Chapter 9: From Each According to His Ability: Sport, Rock, Fashion, and the Self 217 Chapter 10: Stories We Tell Ourselves about Ourselves 247 Envoi: Cherishing Citizens 270 Notes 289 List of Illustrations 303 Index 305
£22.50
Princeton University Press A Pinnacle of Feeling American Literature and
Book SynopsisThere is no more powerful symbol in American political life than the presidency, and the image of presidential power has had no less profound an impact on American fiction. This book illuminates the fundamental concern with democratic sovereignty that informs the literary works of the twentieth century.Trade Review"McCann identifies how ambitions for the executive branch of the US government informed the 20th-century novel... Few presidents appear as literary protagonists in their own right. Instead, their position serves as an ethical benchmark--whether as an authoritarian father figure, a career goal or even the target of an assassination attempt. If this symbolic use of public office threatens to rework the presidency as a chimerical, ghostly presence in the American novel, McCann carefully rebuilds these vague impressions to illustrate how authors reimagined the issue of popular sovereignty. His key argument gains momentum by describing how the ongoing debates over the boundaries of presidential government found close literary parallels. The arguments in political science monographs and middlebrow, social forecasting non-fiction are shown as the logical counterpart to imaginative representations of government institutions."--Graham Barnfield, Times Higher Education "[T]his book stands as an inventive, somewhat original brand of literary criticism."--B. Wallenstein, Choice "It is a tribute to McCann's superb book--one of the best I have read in the past five years--that his sharp description of the Republican project is a mere side-light, not central to his concerns or his thesis. McCann's scholarship, his knowledge of American history and the debates throughout that history about presidential power, his powers of exact description, and his probing analysis of the fundamental tensions in American democracy combine to make [other's] perfectly honorable books look rather pedestrian."--John McGowan, American Literary HistoryTable of ContentsPREFACE ix INTRODUCTION: "The Executive Disease": Presidential Power and Literary Imagination 1 CHAPTER ONE: Masters of Their Constitution: Gertrude Stein and the Promise of Progressive Leadership 33 CHAPTER TWO: Governable Beasts: Hurston, Roth, and the New Deal 67 CHAPTER THREE: The Myth of the Public Interest: Pluralism and Presidentialism in the Fifties 100 CHAPTER FOUR: Come Home, America: Vietnam and the End of the Progressive Presidency 139 EPILOGUE: Philip Roth and the Waning and Waxing of Political Time 178 Notes 197 Index 243
£49.30
Princeton University Press War Stories The Causes and Consequences of
Book SynopsisHow does the American public formulate its opinions about US foreign policy and military engagement abroad? This title takes an in-depth look at media coverage, elite rhetoric, and public opinion during the Iraq war and other US conflicts abroad. It also reveals precisely what this means for the future of American foreign policy.Trade Review"In this landmark study, Baum and Groeling reveal how foreign policy messages are conveyed and undermined."--Lawrence D. Freedman, Foreign Affairs "War Stories ... makes an invaluable contribution to several literatures--politician-journalist interactions, news production, public reactions to news, foreign policymaking, and the new media. That War Stories has so much to say about so many important topics is a remarkable achievement. I learned much from this thoughtful study. It changed my thinking about a number of topics, and I recommend it to those interested in news production, communications research, public opinion, and policymaking."--Jeffrey E. Cohen, Public Opinion Quarterly "If you're studying American foreign policy, or American media, this is an essential book that will only provide detailed arguments and information backed up by a wealth of evidence. I have no doubt that researchers will also find inspiration for further studies from some of these sections."--Stefan Fergus, Civilian Reader "[S]cientific, meticulous, and nuanced."--David L. Paletz, Perspectives on PoliticsTable of ContentsList of Figures ix List of Tables xiii Preface xv Acknowledgments xvii Chapter One: News, Opinion, and Foreign Policy 1 Chapter Two: Politics across the Water's Edge 17 Chapter Three: Elite Rhetoric, Media Coverage, and Rallying'Round the Flag 46 Chapter Four: War Meets the Press: Strategic Media Bias and Elite Foreign Policy Evaluations 89 Chapter Five: Shot by the Messenger: An Experimental Examination of the Effects of Party Cues on Public Opinion Regarding National Security and War 114 Chapter Six: Tidings of Battle: Polarizing Media and Public Support for the Iraq War 149 Chapter Seven: "Reality Asserted Itself": The Elasticity of Reality and the War in Iraq 186 Chapter Eight: Barbarians inside the Gates: Partisan New Media and the Polarization of American Political Discourse 230 Chapter Nine: Back to the Future: Foreign Policy in the Second Era of the Partisan Press 284 References 297 Index 315
£31.50
Princeton University Press Noir Urbanisms Dystopic Images of the Modern
Book SynopsisDystopic imagery has figured prominently in modern depictions of the urban landscape. The city is often portrayed as a terrifying world of darkness, crisis, and catastrophe. This book traces the history of the modern city through its critical representations in art, cinema, print journalism, literature, sociology, and architecture.Trade Review"Noir Urbanisms deserves to be widely read and debated. In describing why inequalities or disasters have occurred, this becomes a lesson for the architects and urban designers master-planning cities of the future."--Esme Fieldhouse, Blueprint MagazineTable of ContentsIntroduction: Imaging the Modern City, Darkly by Gyan Prakash 1 MODERNISM AND URBAN DYSTOPIA Chapter 1: The Phantasm of the Apocalypse: Metropolis and Weimar Modernity by Anton Kaes 17 Chapter 2: Sounds Like Hell: Beyond Dystopian Noise by James Donald 31 Chapter 3: Tlatelolco: Mexico City's Urban Dystopia by Ruben Gallo 53 THE AESTHETICS OF THE DARK CITY Chapter 4: A Regional Geography of Film Noir:Urban Dystopias On- and Offscreen by Mark Shiel 75 Chapter 5: Oh No, There Goes Tokyo: Recreational Apocalypse and the City in Postwar Japanese Popular Culture by William M. Tsutsui 104 Chapter 6: Postsocialist Urban Dystopia? by Li Zhang 127 Chapter 7: Friction, Collision, and the Grotesque: The Dystopic Fragments of Bombay Cinema by Ranjani Mazumdar 150 IMAGING URBAN CRISIS Chapter 8: Topographies of Distress: Tokyo, c. 1930 by David R. Ambaras 187 Chapter 9: Living in Dystopia: Past, Present, and Future in Contemporary African Cities by Jennifer Robinson 218 Chapter 10: Imaging Urban Breakdown: Delhi in the 1990s Ravi Sundaram by 241 Contributors 261 Index 265
£27.00
Princeton University Press Why Americans Hate the Media and How It Matters
Book SynopsisAs recently as the early 1970s, the news media was one of the most respected institutions in the United States. Yet by the 1990s, this trust had all but evaporated. This book examines waning public trust in the institutional news media within the context of the American political system.Trade ReviewWinner of the 2013 Goldsmith Book Prize in Academics, Joan Shorenstein Center on the Press, Politics and Public Policy at the Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University Winner of the 2012 Donald McGannon Award for Social and Ethical Relevance in Communications Policy Research, Donald McGannon Communications Research Center Finalist for the 2012 Frank Luther Mott - Kappa Tau Alpha Journalism and Mass Communication Research Award "This book is a must-read for those who want to understand the evolution of the American press and its relationship with the public and political elites since its founding."--Kevin Arceneaux, Public Opinion Quarterly "[L]add presents a nuanced analysis of the decrease in media trust by the public and discusses its implications for politics in a democracy."--Choice "I strongly recommend Why Americans Hate the Media and How it Matters, not for an ethics class but certainly for scholars and graduate students, indeed anyone who wants to understand the vital connection between media and democracy."--John McManus, Journal of Mass Media EthicsTable of ContentsList of Illustrations ix Acknowledgments xiii Chapter 1: Why Is Everyone Mad at the Mainstream Media? 1 Chapter 2: Political Conflict with the Press in the Pre-Polling Era 10 Chapter 3: The Emergence of the Institutional News Media in an Era of Decreasing Political Polarization 39 Chapter 4: The Institutional News Media in an Era of Political Polarization and Media Fragmentation 65 Chapter 5: Sources of Antipathy toward the News Media 108 Chapter 6: News Media Trust and Political Learning 138 Chapter 7: News Media Trust and Voting 176 Chapter 8: The News Media in a Democracy 194 References 221 Index 257
£27.00
Princeton University Press Delete
Book SynopsisLooks at the phenomenon of perfect remembering in the digital age, and reveals why we must reintroduce our capacity to forget. This title traces the important role that forgetting has played throughout human history, from the ability to make sound decisions unencumbered by the past to the possibility of second chances.Trade ReviewWinner of the 2010 Marshall McLuhan Award for Outstanding Book in Media ecology, Media Ecology Association Winner of the 2010 Don K. Price Award, Science, Technology, and Environmental Politics Section of the American Political Science Association "Mayer-Schonberger deserves to be applauded and Delete deserves to be read for making us aware of the timelessness of what we created and for getting us to consider what endless accumulation might portend."--Paul Duguid, Times Literary Supplement "In Delete, Viktor Mayer-Schonberger argues that we should be less troubled by the fleetingness of our digital records than by the way they can linger."--Adam Keiper, Wall Street Journal "Mayer-Schonberger raises questions about the power of technology and how it affects our interpretation of time... He draws on a rich body of contemporary psychological theory to argue that both individuals and societies are obliged to rewrite or eliminate elements of the past that would render action in the present impossible."--Fred Turner, Nature "There is no better source for fostering an informed debate on this issue."--Science "A fascinating book."--Clive Thompson, WIRED Magazine "As its title suggests, Delete is about forgetting, more specifically about the demise of forgetting and the resulting perils... [Mayer-Schonberger] comes up with an interesting solution: expiration dates in electronic files. This would stop the files from existing forever and flooding us and the next generations with gigantic piles of mostly useless or even potentially harmful details. This proposal should not be forgotten as we navigate between the urge to record and immortalise our lives and the need to stay productive and sane."--Yadin Dudai, New Scientist "Delete is a useful recap of the various methods that are--or could be--applied to dealing with the consequences of information abundance. It also adds a thought-provoking new twist to the literature."--Richard Waters, Financial Times "Unlike so many books about the internet, which like to hit the panic button then run, Mayer-Schonberger stays around to offer a solution... Mayer-Schonberger deserves to be applauded and Delete deserves to be read for making us aware of the timelessness of what we create and for getting us to consider what endless accumulation might portend."--Paul Duguid, Times Higher Education "This book ... is laid out like an invitation to such a sparring session. There you find the detailed arguments, spread out one by one. Get ready to highlight where you agree, note contradictions and arguments not carried through to their consequential end, and make annotations where you feel a new punch. The session will be worth the effort."--Herbert Burkert, Cyberlaw "A lively, accessible argument ... that all that stored and shared data is a serious threat to life as we know it."--Jim Willse, Newark Star Ledger "A fascinating work of social and technological criticism... The book explores the ways various technologies has altered the human relationship with memory, shifting us from a society where the default was to forget (and consequently forgive) to one where it is impossible to avoid the ramifications of a permanent record."--Philip Martin, Arkansas Democrat Gazette "Mayer-Schonberger convincingly claims that our new status quo, the impossibility of forgetting, is severely misaligned to how the human brain works, and to how individuals and societies function... Can anything be done? Delete is an accessible, thoughtful and alarming attempt to start debate."--Karlin Lillington, Irish Times "To argue for more forgetting is counter-intuitive to those who value information, history and transparency, but the writer pursues it systematically and thoroughly."--Richard Thwaites, Canberra Times "Surprising and fascinating... Delete opens a highly useful debate."--Robert Fulford, National Post "Delete offers many scary examples of how the control of personal information stored in e-memory can fall into the wrong hands... Lucid, eminently readable."--Winifred Gallagher, Globe and Mail "Delete is one of a number of smart recent books that gently and eruditely warn us of the rising costs and risks of mindlessly diving into new digital environments--without, however, raising apocalyptic fears of the entire project... [Mayer-Schonberger] is a digital enthusiast with a realistic sense of how we might go very wrong by embracing powerful tools before we understand them."--Siva Vaidhyanathan, Chronicle of Higher Education "In this brief book, Mayer-Schonberger focuses on a unique feature of the digital age: contemporaries have lost the capacity to forget. Many books on privacy frequently mention, but never address in detail, the implications of an almost perfect memory system that digital technology and global networks have brought about... An interesting book, well within the reach of the intelligent reader."--Choice "Clearly the conversation has begun, and Delete is well placed to contribute."--Matthew L. Smith, Identity in the Information SocietyTable of ContentsAcknowledgments ix Chapter I: Failing to Forget the "Drunken Pirate" 1 Chapter II: The Role of Remembering and the Importance of Forgetting 16 Chapter III: The Demise of Forgetting--and Its Drivers 50 Chapter IV: Of Power and Time--Consequences of the Demise of Forgetting 92 Chapter V: Potential Responses 128 Chapter VI: Reintroducing Forgetting 169 Chapter VII: Conclusions 196 Afterword to the Paperback Edition 201 Notes 211 Bibliography 231 Index 245
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Princeton University Press Political Turbulence How Social Media Shape
Book SynopsisAs people spend increasing proportions of their daily lives using social media, such as Twitter and Facebook, they are being invited to support myriad political causes by sharing, liking, endorsing, or downloading. Chain reactions caused by these tiny acts of participation form a growing part of collective action today, from neighborhood campaignsTrade ReviewOne of The Guardian's Best Politics Books of 2016, chosen by Gaby Hinsliff "[C]ontributes an important series of creatively and rigorously researched insights into the social mechanics of Internet-based collective action, handing researchers a new toolbox of methods and techniques in the process."--Science "A comprehensive study."--Ivor Gaber, Times Higher Education "A revelatory study."--Stuart Weir, Open Democracy UK "Sheds interesting light on the year's great upheavals."--Gaby Hinsliff, Guardian Best Politics Books of 2016Table of ContentsList of Illustrations ix List of Tables xi Acknowledgements xiii Chapter 1 Collective Action Goes Digital 1 Chapter 2 Tiny Acts of Political Participation 34 Chapter 3 Turbulence 74 Chapter 4 How Social Information Changes the World 111 Chapter 5 Visibility Versus Social Information 136 Chapter 6 Personality Matters 153 Chapter 7 How It All Kicks Off 175 Chapter 8 From Political Turbulence to Chaotic Pluralism 196 Appendix 229 Notes 239 References 251 Index 271
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Princeton University Press Art Rebels
Book SynopsisTrade Review"This one is a bit of a curio for jazz followers, many of whom might be drawn to the book via the Miles Davis name on the cover"---Peter Gamble, Jazz Journal"Art Rebels is a significant achievement. It is careful, considered, reasoned, and eye-opening."---Clayton Childress, Symbolic Interaction"[T]he defamiliarization of art through these reseeings and retellings makes for a mind-changing and instructive experience." * Choice *"By examining the ineffable area linking individualism and commercialism, civic and racial consciousness, Lopes contributes a nuanced and timely account of the unlikely mix of 'tradition and the individual talent'."---Adriana-Cecilia Neagu, American British and Canadian Studies
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Princeton University Press War and Democratic Constraint
Book SynopsisWhy do some democracies reflect their citizens' foreign policy preferences better than others? What roles do the media, political parties, and the electoral system play in a democracy's decision to join or avoid a war? War and Democratic Constraint shows that the key to how a government determines foreign policy rests on the transmission and availaTrade ReviewOne of Choice's Outstanding Academic Titles for 2015 "[A] groundbreaking study."--Foreign Affairs "This scholarly book is an important contribution to the role of political communication in foreign policy making. It is strongly recommended for foreign policy and political communication scholars and democratic peace theorists."--Choice "A very thoughtful study about war initiation which can be the start for a true sociology of democratic institutions and their impact on war and peace."--Thomas Lindemann, European Review of International Studies "Why are some democracies more sensitive than others to the foreign policy preferences of citizens? The answer that the book presents to this research question is innovative, thoroughly argued and consistently backed up by solid empirical research... A seminal reading recommended for all scholars interested in the way domestic factors influence foreign policy."--Cristian Nitoiu, Political Studies ReviewTable of ContentsList of Figures and Tables ix Acknowledgments xiii Chapter 1 Introduction: Looking for Democratic Constraint 1 Why Democratic Institutions Matter 3 The Role of Political Information within Democracies 4 The Recipe for Democratic Constraint 7 Effects on What? 9 Moving Forward 11 Chapter 2 Democracies Are Not Created Equal: A Theory of Democratic Constraint 14 Information, Accountability, and Principal-Agent Problems 15 An Uninformed, Inattentive Electorate 19 Political Opposition as Whistleblowers 21 Media Institutions and the Transmission of Information 28 Hearing the Whistleblowers-The Importance of the Press 32 Bringing Together Information Generation and Transmission 37 Foreign Policy Responsiveness and International Conflict Behavior 41 Initiation and the Democratic Peace 43 Reciprocation and Audience Costs 47 Coalition Formation 49 Conclusion and Next Steps 52 Chapter 3 Democratic Constraint, the Democratic Peace, and Conflict Initiation 53 Period and Structure of Analysis 56 Measuring Conflict Initiation 58 Measuring the Extent of Opposition with Political Parties 59 Measuring Media Access 60 Measuring Press Freedom 61 Additional Controls 64 Results 67 Democratic Constraint among Democracies 71 Alternative Measures of Conflict 73 The Independent Effects of Opposition and Access 74 Conclusion 75 Appendix 1: Statistical Tables and Robustness Tests 77 Appendix 2: The Role of the Internet 81 Chapter 4 Looking for Audience Costs in All the Wrong Places: Constraint and Reciprocation 86 Research Design 88 Results 90 Unpacking Militarized Disputes 92 Compellent Threats 94 The Problem of Perception 96 Conclusion 98 Appendix: Statistical Tables and Robustness Tests 99 Chapter 5 Willing and Politically Able: Democratic Constraint and Coalition Joining 103 Iraq (2003): Operation Iraqi Freedom 104 Afghanistan (2001): Operation Enduring Freedom 121 Conclusion 129 Appendix: Statistical Tables and Robustness Tests 130 Chapter 6 Downs Meets the Press: How Party Systems Shape the News 151 Mapping News Content onto the Downsian Premise 153 Cases and Data 156 Results 159 2004 and 2009 European Election Studies (EES) 161 Conclusion 163 Appendix: Statistical Tables, Robustness Tests, and Content Analysis Codebook 164 Chapter 7 Coalition Stories: Cases from the Iraq Coalition 193 Case Selection 194 The United Kingdom 198 Spain 205 Poland 210 Germany 213 Conclusion 220 Chapter 8 Conclusion: Information, Constraint, and Democratic Foreign Policy 222 Policy Implications 223 Recipe for a Watchdog Press: Some Prescriptions for Media Ownership 226 Technological Change, the Internet, and Satellite Television 229 Moving Forward 232 References 237 Index 251
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Princeton University Press InYourFace Politics
Book SynopsisAmericans are disgusted with watching politicians screaming and yelling at one another on television. But does all the noise really make a difference? Drawing on numerous studies, Diana Mutz provides the first comprehensive look at the consequences of in-your-face politics. Her book contradicts the conventional wisdom by documenting both the benefiTrade ReviewWinner of the 2016 David O. Sears Book Award, International Society of Political Psychology Finalist for the 2015 Frank Luther Mott-Kappa Tau Alpha Journalism and Mass Communication Research Award One of Choice's Outstanding Academic Titles for 2015 "With ample humor and sufficient exposition for a lay audience, she conducts and analyzes a series of experiments carefully crafted to study how extreme close-ups and uncivil behavior in political TV affect the public discourse... An approachable yet scientifically rigorous look at what passes for political discourse in America."--Kirkus "[Mutz's] lively and lucid book sheds light on the relationship between political programming and public engagement."--- Glenn Altschuler, Huffington Post "Mutz offers an engagingly readable, data-rich work on mediated politics of a particular kind... In-Your-Face Politics is strongly recommended for college and university libraries."--Choice "This book is likely to join Mutz's previous work as an indispensable contribution to the political communication and psychology literatures... It is probably a rare thing to call an academic text entertaining, but Mutz has been among my favorite scholars to read, and this book was no exception. Balancing thoroughness with accessibility, the writing will satisfy serious academics while appealing to a more general audience. The book should serve as a model for anyone who wants to do good political science and write about it in a clear and personable manner."--Bryan T. Gervais, Public Opinion Quarterly "In In-Your-Face Politics, Diana C. Mutz's innovative approach to a controversial topic has produced a variety of fascinating insights... An exciting and impressive addition to the political television literature. Although many have ranted about political television, Professor Mutz generated the elusive evidence required to elevate our conversation. The result is a book that should be read by all serious students of political television."--Craig Allen Smith, Congress & the PresidencyTable of ContentsList of Illustrations ix List of Tables xiii Acknowledgments xv Chapter 1 What Is "In-Your-Face" Politics? 1 Part I What Difference Does It Make? The Effects of In-Your-Face Political Television 17 Chapter 2 The Consequences of In-Your-Face Politics for Arousal and Memory 19 Chapter 3 Effects on Public Perceptions of the Legitimacy of the Opposition 46 Chapter 4 The Costs of In-Your-Face Politics for Political Trust 73 Part II When Does In-Your-Face Politics Matter? 93 Chapter 5 Real-World Contexts 95 Chapter 6 Who Watches This Stuff Anyway? The Audience for In-Your-Face Politics 116 Part III Historical Implications for Political Television 151 Chapter 7 Does the Medium Matter? 153 Chapter 8 How Politics on Television Has Changed 178 Chapter 9 Making Politics Palatable: Political Television in an Era of Choice 193 Appendix A Summary of Experimental Designs 223 Appendix B Summary of Experimental Dependent Variables 225 Appendix C National Survey Questions for Orientation toward Conflict Communication Scales 230 Appendix D Coding Form for Political Television Programs 231 Appendix E Coding Instructions for Televised Conflicts 233 Notes 239 References 247 Index 257
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Princeton University Press Digital Keywords
Book SynopsisTrade Review"[A] new and revolutionary publication... Digital Keywords serves as an in-depth interrogation of the meaning and development of digitised language... Those wishing to gain a deeper understanding of the modern, digital world we all inhabit would be well advised to begin by taking a look at this book. Just as Keywords made its way firmly onto reference shelves in the 1970s, so too will Digital Keywords today."--Jade Fell, Engineering and Technology "This a good springboard to spark a discussion about the cultural and social significance of a select set of words in the context of a computer-mediated society and culture."--ChoiceTable of ContentsAcknowledgments xi Introduction, Benjamin Peters xiii 1 Activism, Guobin Yang 1 2 Algorithm, Tarleton Gillespie 18 3 Analog, Jonathan Sterne 31 4 Archive, Katherine D. Harris 45 5 Cloud, John Durham Peters 54 6 Community, Rosemary Avance 63 7 Culture, Ted Striphas 70 8 Democracy, Rasmus Kleis Nielsen 81 9 Digital, Benjamin Peters 93 10 Event, Julia Sonnevend 109 11 Flow, Sandra Braman 118 12 Forum, Hope Forsyth 132 13 Gaming, Saugata Bhaduri 140 14 Geek, Christina Dunbar-Hesterv 149 15 Hacker, Gabriella Coleman 158 16 Information, Bernard Geoghegan 173 17 Internet, Thomas Streeter 184 18 Meme, Limor Shifman 197 19 Memory, Steven Schrag 206 20 Mirror, Adam Fish 217 21 Participation, Christopher Kelty 227 22 Personalization, Stephanie Ricker Schulte 242 23 Prototype, Fred Turner 256 24 Sharing, Nicholas A. John 269 25 Surrogate, Jeffrey Drouin 278 Appendix: Over Two Hundred Digital Keywords 287 About the Contributors 291 Index 297
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Princeton University Press Mirror Mirror
Book SynopsisTrade Review"Mirror, Mirror is a short, relaxed book, for the educated lay reader... Reading him, we feel as if we were sitting in a comfortable chair, after dinner, listening to our friend Blackburn tell us not so much about politics or social history as about what lies behind them: morals--that is, what we owe to others, as opposed to what we want for ourselves... [H]is prose is clear. It is also unostentatious."--Joan Acocella, New Yorker "Blackburn writes on vanity, pride and amour proper with deep insight."--Marina Gerner, Times Literary Supplement "[A] lucid and graceful philosophical probing of self-consciousness... Simon Blackburn's Mirror, Mirror is a very fine and brilliant book, full of the sort of measured analysis and keen insight you might expect from that excellent University of Cambridge philosopher... Blackburn is not just a sure and supremely knowledgeable narrator in whom we can have utmost confidence, but one with a quirky ear, alert to the curious side note and irrefutable detail that can make his sometimes dusty discipline gleam with a new sheen and edge."--Shahidha Bari, Times Higher Education "[O]ne of the best popularisers of his discipline."--The Economist "[T]he energy of his prose is generally exhilarating, and often funny... [A]n agile, learned tour of the emotions and attitudes that human beings have towards their own and other selves. Drawing on an eclectic array of texts from literature, psychology and philosophy, Blackburn examines the ways in which a healthy self-respect, and pride in one's real achievements, can tip into vanity, envy and hubris. In doing so he puts the heat not only on the richest 1 per cent, but on us all, and all our follies."--Hannah Dawson, Prospect "Blackburn never waxes memoiristic; he uses the first person sparingly. Still, the book implies a quest, Socrates-like, for self-knowledge--by no means to be confused with what Narcissus was after."--Scott McLemee, Inside Higher Ed "Guiding us gracefully through the philosophers and writers of subjectivity ... Blackburn's book is quietly insistent on the potency of rigorous thinking about subjectivity in the face of a deluded, hubristic and dangerous narcissism... Blackburn makes his points with seriousness and severity, but also with a quietly lyrical sensitivity to the necessity of self-respect as a foundation for the respect of others... An admirable calling for philosophers, psychologists and students of myth alike."--Helen Tyson, Literary Review "Simon Blackburn explores the complex phenomena surrounding selves and self-regard, offering deep insights into notions like pride, ambition, vanity, authenticity, and much else."--newbooksinphilosophy.com "Showing the ways pride and shame work together is Blackburn at his best... This is a book by a philosopher who knows the history of ideas as well as anyone working today, written in Blackburn's witty, accessible, self-deprecating style. I recommend it with enthusiasm. With my own tendency toward misanthropy, I closed the book envying him his evident respect for and even love of other human beings."--Clancy Martin, Chronicle of Higher Education "Blackburn's grasp on the subject is impeccable and his lucid narrative is loaded with nuggets of wisdom... The book provides enough resources for self-correction, a search for true self, based on a hard process of analysis, discovery and purification."--Cover Drive Blog "Quoting Miss Piggy and Wittgenstein with equal ease, Blackburn maps the terrain of self-love in its many manifestations from self-esteem to vanity, narcissism, and beyond."--Choice "Writing in his usual witty style, Blackburn weaves together insights from Greek mythology, popular culture, literature, and the history of philosophy to develop a remarkably seamless discussion."--Lorraine Besser-Jones, Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews "Blackburn's tone is light-hearted and often entertaining, and I don't doubt the book's appeal to a generalist audience wishing to take pleasure in a well-crafted distillation of philosophical ideas of the good life."--Julie Walsh, Centre for Medical Humanities "Blackburn's wide ranging, engaging, and deeply thoughtful volume is admirable for many reasons, but above all else, one hopes, it is a tool to help liberate the human imagination."--Troy Jollimore, Philosophers' Magazine "I found Blackburn's treatment of issues surrounding self-love and self-consciousness to be engaging, readable, and thought-provoking, and the book is therefore recommended."--Philip T. Yanos, PsycCRITIQUES "Blackburn's wide-ranging, engaging, and deeply thoughtful volume is admirable for many reasons, but above all else, one hopes, it is a tool to help liberate the human imagination."--Troy Jollimore, Philosophers' MagazineTable of ContentsPreface ix Introduction 1 Chapter 1 The Self: Iris Murdoch and Uncle William 12 Chapter 2 Liriope's Son 35 Chapter 3 Worth It? 44 Chapter 4 Hubris and the Fragile Self 61 Chapter 5 Self-Esteem, Amour Propre, Pride 79 Chapter 6 Respect 109 Chapter 7 Temptation 132 Chapter 8 Integrity, Sincerity, Authenticity 163 Chapter 9 Envoi 187 Notes 191 Index 203
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Princeton University Press Visuality and Virtuality
Book SynopsisTrade Review"One of Choice Reviews' Outstanding Academic Titles of 2018"
£45.60
Princeton University Press Rediscovering the Islamic Classics How Editors
Book SynopsisTrade Review"Shortlisted for the British-Kuwait Friendship Society Book Prize in Middle Eastern Studies""Rediscovering the Islamic Classics . . . contains fascinating insights, which anyone with even a vague interest in Islam’s intellectual history will enjoy."---Usman Butt, Middle East Monitor"Rediscovering the Islamic Classics is one of the most important books that have been published in Islamic studies in recent years. It skillfully and convincingly tells the story of how the printing press transformed access to 'Islamic classics' in the nineteenth and first third of the twentieth centuries; and in doing so, it fundamentally reshapes our perspective on virtually any field of Islamic scholarship."---Johanna Pink, Die Welt des Islams"Not only a story of how Islamic classics were rediscovered, but also a story that invites us to rethink these Islamic classics and the canonizing forces (read: real people) that have shaped them and continue to do so. This story had to be told, and El Shamsy has done so in a most lucid yet entertaining way. . . . I can only recommend everyone to expose him- or herself to it."---Kristof D'hulster, Global Literary Theory"[An] engaging yet pleasantly thought-out book."---Mehraj Din, Religion & Theology
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Princeton University Press Metrics at Work
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Princeton University Press The Meaning of the Library
Book SynopsisTrade Review"[F]or both scholar and general reader, comprehensive bibliographic notes constitute a multilingual gold mine of historical resources on libraries."--Booklist "As a history and an assessment of an inestimable resource and a force for good in the world,The Meaning of the Libraryis a timely and thought-provoking compilation."--Patricia Craig, Independent "The Meaning of the Libraryis a riveting and deeply satisfying work that is bound to leave the reader not only far more aware of the sociocultural importance of the institution as a reservoir of heritage and learning, but also inspired to think of issues that lie beyond the earthly and temporal realm."--Lois C. Henderson, Bookpleasures.com "A marvelous survey of Western libraries and books from Greek and Roman times to today... It is a lovely book, handsomely designed with endnotes, author bios, bibliography, index, and an eight-page, four-color insert-illustrations of ancient and medieval book cabinets."--Wally Wood, Bookpleasures.com "These pleasant peregrinations exploring the role that libraries ... have played as preservers, proponents, and providers of culture will appeal widely to library scholars and bibliophiles."--Choice "This excellent volume, well produced and with an extensive bibliography, is not standard library history, but it is delightful reading, whether consumed as a whole or used to browse in. It should provide any library historians with new insights into their discipline and can be highly recommended."--Peter Hoare, Library & Information History "Each essay is excellently written and researched; each new perspective illuminates a different fact in great and mind-expanding detail... Bibliophiles, especially, will love [The Meaning of the Library] as it focuses attention on the deeper importance book collections hold."--Gretchen Wagner, San Francisco Book Review "A wonderfully informative, erudite and entertaining collection of essays."--Alberto Manguel, Times Literary SupplementTable of ContentsList of Illustrations ix Acknowledgments xi Introduction, Alice Crawford xiii Part 1 The Library through Time Chapter 1 Adventures in Ancient Greek and Roman Libraries, Edith Hall 1 Chapter 2 The Image of the Medieval Library, Richard Gameson 31 Chapter 3 The Renaissance Library and the Challenge of Print, Andrew Pettegree 72 Chapter 4 From Printing Shop to Bookshelves: How Books Began the Journey to Enlightenment Libraries, Robert Darnton 91 Chapter 5 "The Advantages of Literature": The Subscription Library in Georgian Britain, David Allan 103 Chapter 6 Literature and the Library in the Nineteenth Century, John Sutherland 124 Part 2 The Library in Imagination Chapter 7 The Library in Fiction, Marina Warner 153 Chapter 8 The Library in Poetry, Robert Crawford 176 Chapter 9 The Library in Film: Order and Mystery, Laura Marcus 199 Part 3 The Library Now and in the Future Chapter 10 "Casting and Gathering": Libraries, Archives, and the Modern Writer, Stephen Enniss 223 Chapter 11 Meanings of the Library Today, John P. Wilkin 236 Chapter 12 The Modern Library and Global Democracy, James H. Billington 254 Selected Bibliography 267 Contributors 281 Index 285
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Princeton University Press Political Turbulence
Book SynopsisTrade ReviewOne of The Guardian's Best Politics Books of 2016, chosen by Gaby Hinsliff "[C]ontributes an important series of creatively and rigorously researched insights into the social mechanics of Internet-based collective action, handing researchers a new toolbox of methods and techniques in the process."--Science "A comprehensive study."--Ivor Gaber, Times Higher Education "A revelatory study."--Stuart Weir, Open Democracy UK "Sheds interesting light on the year's great upheavals."--Gaby Hinsliff, Guardian Best Politics Books of 2016Table of ContentsList of Illustrations ix List of Tables xi Acknowledgements xiii Chapter 1 Collective Action Goes Digital 1 Chapter 2 Tiny Acts of Political Participation 34 Chapter 3 Turbulence 74 Chapter 4 How Social Information Changes the World 111 Chapter 5 Visibility Versus Social Information 136 Chapter 6 Personality Matters 153 Chapter 7 How It All Kicks Off 175 Chapter 8 From Political Turbulence to Chaotic Pluralism 196 Appendix 229 Notes 239 References 251 Index 271
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Princeton University Press A General Theory of Visual Culture
Book SynopsisTrade ReviewWinner of the 2012 Susanne K. Langer Award for Outstanding Scholarship in the Ecology of Symbolic Form, Media Ecology Association "Along with David Summers's Real Spaces, Whitney Davis's General Theory of Visual Culture is one of the most ambitious and potentially foundational books on art history in recent decades... As conceptual reorganization of art history's fundamental terms of engagement with objects, the book is exemplary, and it is difficult to imagine a reader who is engaged with the discipline for whom this book is optional reading."--Jim Elkins, CAA Reviews "[Q]uirky and ambitious."--Choice "Davis's project to develop a general theory of visual culture is a necessary and urgent one."--Derval Tubridy, Visual Culture "[A] magnificent book. This is an ambitious and fascinating work, one that offers a novel perspective on the intertwined projects of art history and visual culture. The sheer scope of the book and the detailed, methodical argument are simply too broad and too detailed to adequately summarize here."--Brian Kane, Art BulletinTable of Contentsllustrations xi Preface xv Part One The Successions of Visual Culture Chapter 1: Vision Has an Art History 3 Chapter 2: Vision and the Successions to Visual Culture 11 Part Two What Is Cultural about Vision? Chapter 3: What Is Formalism? 45 Chapter 4: The Stylistic Succession 75 Chapter 5: The Close Reading of Artifacts 120 Chapter 6: Successions of Pictoriality 150 Chapter 7: The Iconographic Succession 187 Chapter 8: Visuality and Pictoriality 230 Part Three: What Is Visual about Culture? Chapter 9: How Visual Culture Becomes Visible 277 Chapter 10: Visuality and the Cultural Succession 322 Notes 341 Index 375
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Princeton University Press Digital Cash
Book Synopsis"The fascinating untold story of digital cash and its creators, from experiments in the 1970s to the mania over Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies."--Provided by publisher.Trade Review"Winner of the Bronze Medal in Business Technology, Axiom Business Book Awards""Beautifully written and meticulously researched, Digital Cash manages to connect these multiple pasts to key contemporary questions of digital value, ownership, and politics."---Rachel O'Dwyer, Science"[Digital Cash is] quite a ride, from cryptographer David Chaum’s failed DigiCash initiative of 1989 through to the bitcoin saga — by way of 'a wall of lava lamps, and a tank of frozen human heads.'"---Barbara Kiser, Nature"[Brunton] brings to life the history of efforts to synthesize money out of math and electrons . . . Digital Cash is stocked with colorful characters . . . Readers may at times feel as though they were dropped without explanation into the middle of a dinner party, albeit a delightful one."---Kevin Werbach, Los Angeles Review of Books"Brunton makes a convincing argument that for all their hype, cryptocurrencies cannot — and should not — be the future of money."---Siddharth Venkataramakrishnan, Financial Times"The best book I’ve read this year."---Joe Weisenthal, Bloomberg Markets"On rare occasions a book comes along whose contents are too extraordinary to be believed. It may be the characters, the narrative or perhaps its evocative prose. . . . Digital Cash will raise as many questions as it answers. You may feel elated, amused and even depressed in turn. But like any good book it will lead you to further reading, to new ideas and eventually, perhaps, to enlightenment."---Gregory Dobbs, Good Reading"Digital Cash dives into the history and philosophy of cryptocurrency, unearthing some unforgettable characters along the way." * Happy Magazine *"Digital Cash is a good book. Even experienced denizens of the cryptocurrency space are likely to learn something from it. Brunton comes across as a thoughtful outsider, one who take bitcoin and the ideas embraced by its users quite seriously."---Sonya Mann, Reason"Brunton’s book is an important record of concepts and the players that have contributed towhat may represent a whole new phase of civilisation."---S. Ananthanarayanan, The Statesman
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Princeton University Press Megaphone Bureaucracy
Book SynopsisTrade Review"Shortlisted for the W.J.M. Mackenzie Book Prize, Political Studies Association""Grube’s contribution is to show how civil servants, in an era of bots and deliberate misinformation, can up the volume for veracity, pushing boundaries while not crossing them. It’s a message we need to hear."---Drew Fagan, Literary Review of Canada
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Princeton University Press Republic
Book SynopsisTrade Review"Listed on the 2017 War on the Rocks Holiday Reading List""I . . . found myself shocked at how relevant Sunstein's account was to my own life and the ways I seek out and encounter information, which is in a way the value of the book--it gets you to reflect on the role of your information habits on your view of the world around you. And if you want to know how important that is, well, you should read Sunstein's book."---Annie Coreno, Publishers Weekly"Sunstein argues convincingly that for deliberative democracy to work, citizens must be in a position to consider a range of options."---Angelia R. Wilson, Times Higher Education"Required reading for anyone who is concerned with the future of democracy." * The Economist *"Ripped straight from the headlines, but informed by hard data,#Republicshould command the attention of American citizens across the political spectrum."---Glenn C. Altschuler, Philadelphia Inquirer"An excellent assessment of how social psychology, technology, and politics are colliding to produce the extreme and polarized discourse that has come to dominate our contemporary political environment. Its accessible prose and clear organization make it a solid pick for political science courses as well as citizens who want to better understand how technology is changing the way we think and talk about politics in today's world."---Alex Dean, Prospect"More praise for#Republic"---Benjamin Knoll, New York Journal of Books"#Republic . . . describes how social media shapes politics and journalism. So far, it has not received as much attention as Nudge. This is a pity: the ideas in #Republic are arguably more important--and more pressing."---Gilliant Tett, Financial Times Magazine"Recent events such as the unexpected rise of Donald Trump and the growth of partisan hatred have led many people to start taking the problem of political ignorance and bias more seriously than before. [This] important new book offer[s] insightful diagnoses and potential solutions for these dangers. . . . [It makes] important points and offer[s] valuable insights, particularly when it comes to the role of the internet and social media in our political environment. . . . [It is] essential reading for anyone interested in this pressing subject."---Ilya Somin, Washington Post's Volokh Conspiracy"#Republic is a timely reminder that unfettered control over the news we choose to consume is appealing, but when it results in partisan silos and rampant fake news, it can also make a deliberative democracy difficult to achieve."---Chayenne Polimedio, Washington Monthly"A timely and persuasive argument about the risk that online media polarization poses to deliberative democracy in the United States."---Andrew W. Lang, Law Library Journal"America's leading legal academic gives us a way to address democracy's leading challenge--preserving a public informed enough to govern itself. Drawing on an incredible range of scholarship and experience, this book could not be more timely. Or urgently needed."---Lawrence Lessig, Harvard Law School
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Princeton University Press Leaks Hacks and Scandals
Book SynopsisTrade Review"Shortlisted for the ASAP Book Prize, Association for the Arts of the Present""A bold effort to redefine Arab literary and cultural studies in the contexts of social media and the digital information age . . . . . provocative and ultimately sublime."---Joel Gordon, Critical Inquiry
£78.20
Princeton University Press Leaks Hacks and Scandals
Book SynopsisTrade Review"Shortlisted for the ASAP Book Prize, Association for the Arts of the Present""A bold effort to redefine Arab literary and cultural studies in the contexts of social media and the digital information age . . . . . provocative and ultimately sublime."---Joel Gordon, Critical Inquiry
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Princeton University Press Millions Billions Zillions
Book SynopsisTrade Review"Having a healthy skepticism toward numbers and giving readers the tools to think about math more logically is the purpose of this easily read, slight book. Brian W. Kernighan adroitly distills complex issues. His tone is more that of a mellow friend breaking down a concept that flummoxes you rather than an Ivy League professor expounding on the elegance of numbers."---Jacqueline Cutler, NJ.com"Numbers, graphs and statistics can often be misleading and misrepresented. In Millions, Billions, Zillions: Defending Yourself in a World of Too Many Numbers, Kernighan provides the reader with an entertaining and useful guide to avoid becoming a victim of number abuse."---Ben Rothke, RSA Conference"I can wholeheartedly recommend reading this book, because of the infectious way the author describes his interaction with numbers."---J. Herret, International Mathematical News"This is a must-read for anyone looking to cure their “number numbness”"---Tibi Puiu, ZME Science
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Princeton University Press An Internet for the People
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Princeton University Press Overwhelmed
Book SynopsisAs Lee shows in Overwhelmed, the rapid expansion of print created new relationships between literature and information. He presents a new argument: rather than being at odds, as generations of critics have viewed them, literature and information in the 19th century were entangled in surprisingly collaborative ways.Trade Review"Lee is an unfailingly sensitive critic who in effect personalizes each of the case studies he offers. . . . But his sensitivity is tempered by a sense of humour, conveyed through anecdotes and well-placed interjections, that is charming and quite wicked."---Eleanor Lybeck, Times Higher Education"With éclat, good humor, and command of a large body of transatlantic 19th-century literature, Lee . . . invites readers to think along with him as he limns the entangled origins of information and literature in an age of textual superabundance. . . . Highly recommended"---A.C. Jenkins, Choice"Written in a lively, reflexive manner, Overwhelmed is ‘multi-scalar’ and ecumenical in approach, gliding from historical context to close readings, literary histories, distant readings and quantitative analysis, and meta-commentary on the profession. . . . Overwhelmed is a valuable resource not only for exploring cultural history or scholarly practice, but also for tracing our own reliance on information to its nineteenth-century roots."---Priyanka Anne Jacob, Review 19"This book brings together an impressive and breath-taking number of source materials, which at times can contribute to the very feeling of information overload that Lee explores so eloquently in his work. . . . This is a book that brings together scholars of the nineteenth century and digital humanities in rich and illuminating ways, and offers a wealth of exciting possibilities and provocations for the future scholarship of both fields."---Emma Curry, Dickens Quarterly"A splendid and indispensable book. . . . Lee restores for us a history we should not forget, since among its many implications and developments are the ways in which we understand the study of literature today." * New England Quarterly *"A beautifully written book. . . . [Overwhelmed] will become essential reading for anybody interested in how information was written and written about in the period."---James Mussell, Review of English Studies"A useful introduction to the study of modern information cultures and a welcome addition to a growing body of scholarship on the subject."---James Purdon, Journal of British Studies"Overwhelmed makes a convincing case for the anxieties and excitements of information overload in the nineteenth century and the implications they could hold for literature and literary knowledge."---Richard Menke, Victorian Studies
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Princeton University Press Apocalyptic Geographies
Book SynopsisTrade Review"Finalist for the Religion and the Arts Book Award, American Academy of Religion""An excellent addition to the historiography of nineteenth-century U.S. evangelical religion."---Stephanie Griswold, Nova Religio
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Princeton University Press Apocalyptic Geographies
Book SynopsisTrade Review"Finalist for the Religion and the Arts Book Award, American Academy of Religion"
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Princeton University Press Breaking the Social Media Prism
Book SynopsisTrade Review"Winner of the Science Breakthrough of the Year in Social Science, Falling Walls Foundation""A Behavioral Scientist's Notable Book""A FiveBooks Best Nonfiction Books of the Year""A Next Big Idea Club Selection""Masterful. . . . Immediately relevant. . . . Breaking the Social Media Prism answers important questions about the origins of our current political environment and suggests how existing platforms and reward systems might be redesigned to make things better. Bail’s scientific conclusions are refreshing in a space dominated by informed speculation, and the book offers hope that data-driven solutions can bring us back from the brink."---Jennifer Golbeck, Science"Smartly and engagingly challenges assumptions about how [ideological and cultural echo] chambers work."---Frank Bruni, New York Times"[Bail] draws on extensive interviews with social media users to explore the profound differences between people’s online and real-life personas, and lucidly details his own efforts to develop a new social media platform that cultivates more civil discourse. This is a persuasive and well-informed look at one of today’s most pressing social issues." * Publishers Weekly *"Every one of Bail's chapters threads together multiple lines of thought — some dating back decades or centuries — interweaving the frontiers of online social science research with the traditions they emerge from. . . . Bail's analysis of the problem of online polarization is clarifying and compelling."---Paul Rosenberg, Salon"[A] brilliant case . . . for social science research." * Library Journal *"Surprising. . . . Bail’s findings point to an interesting conclusion for the building of society: when it comes to bridging differences, in-person contact really helps."---Nathan Heller, New Yorker"Provides useful pointers for understanding online (mis)behavior." * Kirkus Reviews *"Wonderful. . . . Bail has provided social scientists, concerned citizens, and policymakers with an invaluable piece of work for understanding how social media is exacerbating our political divisions, and how we might forge a better future both online and off."---Thomas Koenig, Merion West"A really, really important book and really educational."---Sophie Roell, Five Books"Bail offers needed insights into the distortions that result when human persons are reduced to a set of data points."---Jeffrey Bilbro, New Atlantis"Bail delivers an efficient, engaging treatise on the polarizing effects of social media in the USA. . . . He expertly marshals evidence from his own research and modern computational social science to demonstrate how common narratives of social media miss the mark. . . . A thoughtful, compelling story of polarization on social media. . . .[Breaking the Social Media Prism] adds admirably to the dialog on political polarization. It synthesizes a body of research—both seminal and emerging—into a coherent picture, while making its own contributions. The prose is playfully conversational, accessible to a lay audience, and at fewer than 150 pages in the main text, refreshingly concise."---Jason Jeffrey Jones, Social Forces"Breaking The Social Media Prism challenges the accepted wisdom of echo chambers and algorithms and suggests that if we really want to solve political tribalism online the solution isn’t just some isolated thing called technology but also inside ourselves."---Samira Shackle, With Reason Podcast"A compelling story of both why social media is so addictive and how that addictiveness reverberates in the political process. . . . A fascinating book that, especially by dint of being accessible to a wide audience, has the potential to play an incredibly important role in starting to reset a lot of what has come to be accepted as received wisdom—especially around the complicated relationship between social media and political polarization—in line with what rigorous scholarly analysis has actually learned."---Joshua Tucker, American Journal of Sociology"Essential reading for many of us who are concerned with the impact of social media on civility and democracy."---Andrew Keen, Keen On podcast"Every once in a while, something comes along and causes a paradigm shift in its respective field or medium, a breakthrough that challenges prevailing narratives for explaining the world. Sometimes those breakthroughs are few and far between. For fields marked by rapid change and development, those breakthroughs can occur more frequently. In the rapidly changing field of social media and its impact on society, Chris Bail’s Breaking the Social Media Prism stands to become one of those paradigm shifts."---Austin Gravley, FaithTech"There is something for everyone in this book. . . . Drawing from rich interview data with people who use social media every day, Bail vividly depicts people’s lives and motives that result in political polarization on social media. Through engaging storytelling that puts a human face on political extremists and silent moderates on social media platforms, the book highlights the responsibility and agency of individual users to reduce political polarization on social media. Bail empowers readers and holds them accountable by shining a light on their instincts and motives that contribute to the social media’s prismatic effect."---Elizabeth Baik, New Media & Society"This misperception of reality that we see through the networks is what Bail calls 'prism' in the title of the book. 'The people who exaggerate the extremism of the other side are significantly higher among those who use the networks for information,' he explains. This causes a wrong idea of society for those who are there a lot and for those who use Twitter as an opinion thermometer. 'More pernicious is when the media uses Twitter as a display of public opinion, because it amplifies this misperception.'"---Jordi Pérez Colomé, El País"Shattering popular myths and in the process, uncovering some extraordinary revelations, Chris Bail’s enormously influential book, Breaking the Social Media Prism is a much needed antidote in, and, for bewildering times where fake news proliferates and political polarization runs amok on various social media platforms." * Blogternator *"Innovative. . . .this book will challenge many of your beliefs about the online world including that the solution is to completely disengage. . . . We suggest you read Breaking the Social Media Prism and evaluate your own online behavior and those you bump into." * Purple Principle podcast *"A very thought-provoking book, full of rich empirical evidence, a well-articulated narrative on the social media prism and it introduces potential solutions for the problems it discusses."---Xiuhua Wang, Sociology"Fascinating."---Michael Jensen, Eternity"Terrific book." * Democracy Works podcast *
£18.00
Princeton University Press The Inglorious Years
Book SynopsisTrade Review"A welcome addition to the growing literature on the digital economy and change." * Choice *"Stimulating." * Paradigm Explorer *
£27.00
Princeton University Press When Eero Met His Match
Book SynopsisTrade Review"A Fast Company Best Design Book of the Year""Hagberg’s book is bold and original, both in subject matter and structure. The author’s investment in the entanglement of love and professional drive, of language and form, does not fight for the inclusion of Aline Louchheim Saarinen in the existing canon but rather builds a new category all its own."---Mariana Janowicz, New York Review of Architecture"Hagberg gives the discreet and specialised world of the architectural publicist an aura of romance and intrigue. Though its task is confined, When Eero Met His Match is an expansive, candid, insightful and oddly sexy book. As a tribute to Louchheim, it is impressive; as a portrait of an overlooked profession, it is revealing, funny and moving."---Will Wiles, Apollo Magazine"A unique piece of media criticism. . . . [Hagberg] shines a light on the deep connection between words and visuals, media and memory, and how our experiences of the built world are filtered through the stories being told to us."---Jarrett Fuller, Fast Company"Combining biography, history, personal narrative, and cultural criticism, and sweetened with a dash of epistolary romance, When Eero Met His Match brings Louchheim — and an entire branch of architectural practice and production — out of the shadows."---Sophia Stewart, Hyperallergic"Hagberg’s exploration of their relationship foregrounds the woman whose powerful mythmaking created the lasting impression of Saarinen’s singular creative genius."---Sarah Holder, City Lab"[An] important book."---John J. Parman, Arcade Magazine"When Eero Met His Match dives into the rarely seen lives of those behind the curtain of newspaper clippings and magazine articles. Part historical account, part personal memoir, Eva Hagberg's latest book unpacks the often secret and sometimes omniscient world of architectural publicity."---Kate Mazade, Madame Architect"[An] unconventional biography. . . . the book’s true intellectual centre is the exploration of how architectural form is translated into — and shaped by — the stories we tell. . . . An accessible, elegant and exquisitely polymathic meditation on a complicated subject."---Stefan Novakovic, Azure Magazine"When Eero Met His Match is at once a personal journey for its author as it is an impeccably researched reconstruction of two important figures in modern architecture, sure to appeal to architects, students, and architectural historians alike."---Sean Ruthen, Spacing National"[An] excellent book. . . . Hagberg . . . uses When Eero Met His Match to correct the diminished role attributed to Aline in Eero's career, as portrayed in articles at the time but also in monographs published decades later."---John Hill, A Weekly Dose of Architecture Books"It is a fascinating behind-the-scenes exposé of the relationship between architectural practice and the media which exploded after the war and continues to form the basis of how architecture works today. It’s also about fame, ambition, insecurity, love and lust (it would make a terrific movie)."---Stephen Parnell, RIBA Journal
£25.20
Princeton University Press Digital Cash
Book SynopsisTrade Review"Winner of the Bronze Medal in Business Technology, Axiom Business Book Awards"
£14.24
Princeton University Press Helen of Troy in Hollywood
Book SynopsisTrade Review"Engaging."---Harry Strawson, Times Literary Supplement"An enlightening and accessible overview of the pervasive presence of Zeus’s daughter in American popular culture, ranging from silent Hollywood cinema to televised speculative fiction . . . [and] a must read for scholars of both classical reception and popular culture."---Gabrielle Stecher, Popular Culture Studies Journal"A smart exploration of how this mythic figure has been portrayed in film and television. [Blondell] has written a thematically bold book that entertainingly contemplates what Helen of Troy signifies in old and modern Hollywood productions."---Christopher Schobert, The Film Stage
£29.75
Princeton University Press Metrics at Work
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£19.00
Princeton University Press An Internet for the People
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£19.00
Princeton University Press Rediscovering the Islamic Classics
Book SynopsisTrade Review"Shortlisted for the British-Kuwait Friendship Society Book Prize in Middle Eastern Studies""Rediscovering the Islamic Classics . . . contains fascinating insights, which anyone with even a vague interest in Islam’s intellectual history will enjoy."---Usman Butt, Middle East Monitor"Rediscovering the Islamic Classics is one of the most important books that have been published in Islamic studies in recent years. It skillfully and convincingly tells the story of how the printing press transformed access to 'Islamic classics' in the nineteenth and first third of the twentieth centuries; and in doing so, it fundamentally reshapes our perspective on virtually any field of Islamic scholarship."---Johanna Pink, Die Welt des Islams"Not only a story of how Islamic classics were rediscovered, but also a story that invites us to rethink these Islamic classics and the canonizing forces (read: real people) that have shaped them and continue to do so. This story had to be told, and El Shamsy has done so in a most lucid yet entertaining way. . . . I can only recommend everyone to expose him- or herself to it."---Kristof D'hulster, Global Literary Theory"[An] engaging yet pleasantly thought-out book."---Mehraj Din, Religion & Theology
£23.75
MP-KAN Uni Press of Kansas The Media Offensive How the Press and Public
Book SynopsisOffers a new way to understand military-media relations during World War II. The press and public opinion shaped not only how the conflict was seen but also how it was fought. Alexander Lovelace demonstrates that the US military repeatedly discovered that the best effects resulted from accurate news stories.Table of Contents Series Editor's Foreword Acknowledgments Introduction Prologue: The Media and Total War 1. "You Shoot Bullets with Your Typewriters 2. "I Shall Return" 3. "Pitiless Publicity" 4. "War in a Museum" 5. The Liberation of France 6. The Press of Prestige Conclusion Notes Bibliography Index
£36.71
MP-KAN Uni Press of Kansas Lincolns Informer
Book SynopsisShows us the unlikely role of a little-known confidant and informant in the Lincoln administration’s military and political successes. A remarkable inside look at history unfolding, this book draws the first complete picture of a fascinating character writing his chapter in the story of the Civil War.Trade Review"Lincoln’s Informer is a genuine contribution to both Civil War studies and the history of nineteenth-century journalism. In the story of Charles A. Dana, Lincoln’s Informer reclaims exciting and underreported aspects of American political, literary, and military history."—Harold Holzer, winner of the Gilder-Lehrman Lincoln Prize"This highly readable, thoroughly researched account of Charles A. Dana’s role in the Civil War era is a welcome addition to the literature, for it sheds new light not only on Dana but also on such important players as Abraham Lincoln, U. S. Grant, and Horace Greeley."—Michael Burlingame, author of Abraham Lincoln: A Life"Brimming with fascinating details and drawing on an array of new sources, Lincoln’s Informer provides the definitive portrait of newspaper editor Charles A. Dana’s controversial career as an informant, investigator, and advisor for the War Department. Both on the field and in Washington, DC, Guarneri’s cogent narrative reveals how Dana’s reports on commanders, campaigns, and fraud not only earned the respect of President Lincoln and Secretary of War Edwin Stanton but also impacted vital military and political policy."—Joan Waugh, coauthor of The American War: A History of the Civil War EraCharles A. Dana, though little known today, was one of the major figures of the Civil War, an informant for Secretary of War Stanton and President Lincoln. Lincoln’s Informer is well written and full of insights for all Civil War scholars and buffs."—John F. Marszalek, executive director and managing editor of the Ulysses S. Grant Presidential Library at Mississippi State UniversityTable of Contents List of Maps and IllustrationsAcknowledgments Introduction: “The Eyes of the Government at the Front” 1. “The Responsible Editor of the Tribune” 2. “A Party against the Slave Power” 3. “Forward to Richmond!” 4. “A Printing House Divided” 5. “Several Propositions” 6. “Mr. Stanton's Spy” 7. “At the Side of the Conqueror” 8. Interlude: “Some Duty Not Yet Explained” 9. “As Fatal a Name as Bull Run” 10. “Glory to God! The Day Is Decisively Ours” 11. “Organizing Victory” 12. “A Hand on Lee’s Throat” 13. “The Deepest Shame That Has Yet Befallen Us” 14. “All the Power of the War Department” 15. “Side Politics,” Spies, and Swindlers 16. “The Rebellion Finished” 17. “Grantism” and Retreat Epilogue: Remembering (and Forgetting) the War Notes Bibliography Index
£26.06
John Wiley & Sons Inc Fight For Public Health
Book SynopsisThe work explores the field of public health advocacy from the twin perspectives of the sociology of news production and public health activism. The second section offers an A-Z of strategies for gaining media attention, with many entries illustrated by case histories. Covering theory and practice, the guide is intended for public health and community medicine workers, community health action groups, and students of mass communication, media studies or public health.
£33.20
Pluto Press Language Wars
Book SynopsisShows how the media is implicated in global terrorism, and how the language it uses has changed since 9/11.Trade Review'A finely textured wave of narration and acute analysis' -- Professor Paul James, RMIT University'An original and important contribution' -- Kirsty Best, Assistant Professor, University of OttawaTable of ContentsIntroduction 1. The Media, Political Violence and Language Wars 2. Global Culture and the New East/West Divide 3. The Meaning of 9/11 4. The Invasion of Iraq 5. Bali and the Global Jihad 6. Occupation, Violation and the New Public Sphere 7. Conclusion: Meaning and Death References Index
£26.99
Pluto Press The War Correspondent
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£20.69
