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Penn State University The Womans Messenger Evangelical Literature and the Missionary Movement in Republican China
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Penn State University The Criminal Case of Juana Aguilar Adjudicating Gender in Colonial Central America
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Penn State University Graphic Medicine Manifesto
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SPCK Publishing Common Worship Lectionary 2019
Book SynopsisThe SPCK Lectionary provides a completely redesigned and clearly laid-out presentation of the Common Worship calendar and lectionary, with BCP readings on the same page. Sundays and major festivals are covered, as well as weekday
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SPCK Publishing Spirit Stationery Hardback A5 Notebook
Book SynopsisIn hardback covers with gold foil, rounded corners and a ribbon marker, these colourful notebooks are ready to be filled with your creativeness.
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SPCK Publishing Church Pocket Book and Diary 2022 Softtone Yellow
Book SynopsisLaid out week to view and complete with lectionary readings, the Church Pocket Book and Diary 2022 is the ideal church diary for clergy and churchgoers in the UK.
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SPCK Publishing Saturated with God
Book SynopsisExploring the profound images of water in scripture, this book stirs up the call on every Christian to more closely follow Jesus and readies us to thirst for spiritual revival in our day.Trade Review"Malcolm has lived for, prayed for, worked for, and looked for revival for over thirty years. This book is the fruit of his quest and it is both kindling and spark to ignite the fire of revival in your heart, your church, your community and your nation. The most exciting book on renewal in a generation." -- Simon Ponsonby, St Aldate's, Oxford"Malcolm Macdonald masterfully draws God's living water from our ancient wells. Not just to give his readers a quick drink, but with his charism as a giant of faith, to raise our ambition. What does it mean to be 'saturated by God' in a way that transforms lives, churches, communities and society? I loved it!" -- Jill Duff, Bishop of Lancaster"A realistic assessment of where we are and a hopeful portrayal of where we could be. We are praying with Malcolm for the move of God he writes about so clearly here. Might we see floods of revival again." -- Gavin and Anne Calver, CEO, Evangelical Alliance and Unleashed Overseer"We are taught to have ears to hear what the Spirit is saying to the churches. Malcolm Macdonald has done that and captured it wonderfully in this book. It is a word for our time as he calls us back to the Church's roots in the presence and power of the Holy Spirit and encourages us to prepare for the revival future God has for us. Sharp analysis of the state of the Church today deeply convicted me about the poverty of my life in God and yet I was filled with hope as I read of past revivals. This book invites us to believe for more of God." -- Revd Canon John McGinley, Leader of Myriad"Saturated with God echoes the cry of many hearts in the church today; 'there must be more than this'. In a world that has experienced global chaos and trauma over the last few years, this book provides fresh hope and life for those seeking more. Malcolm provides for us a clear guide to going deeper into both God's presence and God's power; one that he has consistently modelled personally in his own life and ministry. I highly recommend it." -- Nicola Neal, CEO, Every Life
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SPCK Normal Imperfect Heroes
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SPCK Giver of Life
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SPCK NLT Holy Bible
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SPCK Faith Habits and How to Form Them
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University of Texas Press The Book of Dede Korkut
Book SynopsisThe first English translation of the national epic of Turkey, which is the heritage of the ancient Oghuz Turks and was composed as they migrated westward from their homeland in Central Asia to the Middle East, eventually to settle in Anatolia.Trade Review...Dede Korkut stands as a masterwork of [tenth-century] Turkish literature—and perhaps as one of the world’s most impressive national epics.... with its action-packed narrative in prose and verse, [it] unfurls a fascinating panorama of Turkish tribal and feudal life—warfare, hunts, festivities, plunders, preternatural phenomena, heroics and love. The socio-political characteristics, cultural values, morals and manners as well as ethnographic features it embodies make the epic a rich source for historians, folklorists and anthropologists. * Middle East Journal *The Book of Dede Korkut has been called the Iliad of the Turks.... the stories of Dede Korkut represent and embody the epic élan of a nation’s literary imagination... an excellent translation in English.... smooth, highly readable, enlightening. * Books Abroad *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction Prologue Legend I: The Story of Bugach Khan, Son of Dirse Khan Legend II: The Sack of the House of Salur Kazan Legend III: The Story of Bamsi Beyrek, Son of Kam Büre Legend IV: The Story of the Capture of Uruz Bey, Son of Kazan Bey Legend V: The Story of Delü Dumrul, Son of Duha Koja Legend VI: The Story of Kan Turali, Son of Kanli Koja Legend VII: The Story of Yigenek, Son of Kazilik Koja Legend VIII: The Story of Basat, Killer of the One-Eyed Giant Legend IX: The Story of Emren, Son of Begil Legend X: The Story of Seghrek, Son of Ushun Koja Legend XI: The Story of Salur Kazan’s Captivity and His Rescue by His Son Uruz Legend XII: The Story of the Revolt of the Outer Oghuz against the Inner Oghuz and of the Death of Beyrek Notes Bibliography
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University of Texas Press Cooperation and Community Economy and Society in
Book SynopsisThis book examines the ways in which the people of an Oaxacan village practice traditional cooperative and reciprocal relationships.Trade Review"This is a clearly argued, well-documented ethnography of social cooperation in the face of economic and social change in [a] Zapotec town." --John M. Watanabe, author of Maya Saints and Souls in a Changing WorldTable of Contents List of Illustrations List of Abbreviations Preface Introduction: Cooperation in Context: A Framework for Analysis Chapter One: Four Eras, One Village: Geography and History in Santa Ana del Valle Chapter Two: Economy and the Structure of lroduction in Santa Ana del Valle Chapter Three: Patterns of Cooperation in the Santañero Household Chapter Four: Guelaguetza and Compadrazgo: Interhousehold Cooperation in Santa Ana Chapter Five: Cooperation and Community: Tequio, Cooperación, and Servicio Chapter Six: Cooperation, the Politics of Leadership, and Civil Society Conclusions: Santa Ana in the World and Cooperation in Southern Mexico Notes References Cited Index
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University of Texas Press The Hidden History of Capoeira A Collision of
Book SynopsisA richly researched historical and cultural study of capoeira, the Brazilian martial art/dance that is spreading around the world.Table of Contents List of Abbreviations Foreword Acknowledgments Introduction Chapter 1. A Rio de Janeiro Slave Game Chapter 2. The Battle and the Game (1840s-1870s) Chapter 3. Patrons and Oppressors (1870s-1930s) Chapter 4. New Center, New Style: Capoeira Regional and Capoeira Angola in Twentieth-Century Bahia Chapter 5. The Game of Life: Battle of Cultures Epilogue Notes Glossary Bibliography Index
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MU - University of Texas Press Spanish Central America
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University of Texas Press Heraldry for the Dead Memory Identity and the
Book SynopsisA groundbreaking interpretation of the engraved stone plaques found in southwestern Portugal and Spain, with important implications for anthropological thought on the origins of writing and recording systems, the role of memory in the creation of social iTable of Contents Acknowledgments Introduction Chapter 1. Themes Chapter 2. Variations Chapter 3. Biographies Chapter 4. Agency and Ambiguity Chapter 5. An Iberian Writing System Chapter 6. Memory and Identity in Neolithic Iberia Notes Bibliography Illustration Credits Index
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University of Texas Press Butterflies Moths and Other Invertebrates of C A
Book SynopsisA guide to more than one hundred tropical butterflies, moths, and other invertebrates, illustrated with striking color photographs taken in the wild.Table of Contents Foreword by Dr. Daniel H. Janzen Preface Acknowledgments Introduction Historical Perspective Research Education Preservation Conservation Nature Tourism Geography Biogeography Migratory Species Endemic Species Endemic Wildlife of the Highlands Endemic Species of the Southern Pacific Lowlands Endemic Species of Cocos Island Endemic Species and DNA Barcoding Revelations Major Biological Zones Tropical Dry Forest Southern Pacific Lowlands Central Plateau (Central Valley) Caribbean Lowlands Highlands Coastal Beaches, Islands, and Mangrove Lagoons Wildlife Overview and Species Coverage Bibliography Butterflies and Moths Species Accounts Butterflies Swallowtail Family (Papilionidae) Gossamer-winged Butterfly Family (Lycaenidae) Brush-footed Butterfly Family (Nymphalidae) Moths Flannel Moth Family (Megalopygidae) Castniid Moth Family (Castniidae) Giant Silkworm Moth Family (Saturniidae) Sphinx Moth Family (Sphingidae) Uraniid Moth Family (Uraniidae) Noctuid Moth Family (Noctuidae) Arctiid Moth Family (Arctiidae) Other Invertebrates Species Accounts Order Odonata Giant Damselfly Family (Pseudostigmatidae) Order Orthoptera Grasshopper Family (Acrididae) Katydid Family (Tettigoniidae) Order Dictyoptera Mantis Family (Mantidae) Order Isoptera Termite Family (Termitidae) Order Homoptera Lantern Bug Family (Fulgoridae) Order Megaloptera Dobson Fly Family (Corydalidae) Order Coleoptera Long-horned Beetle Family (Cerambycidae) Scarab Beetle Family (Scarabaeidae) Order Hymenoptera Bee Family (Apidae) Ant Family (Formicidae) Order Araneae Orb-weaver Spider Family (Tetragnathidae) Order Polydesmida Millipede Family (Platyrhacidae) Order Decapoda Rock Runner Crab Family (Grapsidae) Land Crab Family (Gecarcinidae) Glossary Bibliography Appendices Appendix A. Costa Rica Conservation Organizations Appendix B. Wildlife Tourism Sites and Field Stations of Costa Rica Appendix C. Costa Rica Trip Preparation Checklist Appendix D. Travel Tips for a Successful Wildlife Viewing Trip in Costa Rica About the Author Index
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University of Texas Press Popular Tyranny Sovereignty and Its Discontents
Book SynopsisThis collection of essays examines the extraordinary role that the concept of tyranny played in the cultural and political imagination of Archaic and Classical Greece through the interdisciplinary perspectives provided by internationally known archaeologiTrade ReviewThe book is extremely successful in guiding the reader, who is not expected to be a classicist or ancient historian, through the paradoxes of the ideology of tyranny in classical Athens. [...] On the whole, this is a very stimulating volume, offering food for thought to historians, ancient and modern, and to anybody interested in political theory as well. * The Historian *This is a fascinating book, and should be an excellent stimulus for further discussion. * Journal of Hellenic Studies *Table of Contents Acknowledgments Introduction (Kathryn A. Morgan) Imaginary Kings: Alternatives to Monarchy in Early Greece (Sarah Morris) Form and Content: The Question of Tyranny in Herodotus (Carolyn Dewald) Stick and Glue: The Function of Tyranny in Fifth-Century Athenian Democracy (Kurt A. Raaflaub) Tragic Tyranny (Richard Seaford) Dêmos Tyrannos: Wealth, Power, and Economic Patronage (Lisa Kallet) Demos, Demagogue, Tyrant in Attic Old Comedy (Jeffrey Henderson) The Tyranny of the Audience in Plato and Isocrates (Kathryn A. Morgan) Tyrant-killing as Therapeutic Stasis: A Political Debate in Images and Texts (Josiah Ober) Changing the Discourse (Robin Osborne) Conclusion (Kathryn A. Morgan) Bibliography Notes on Contributors Index
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University of Texas Press Sexual Textualities Essays on Queering Latin
Book SynopsisA queer reading of literary and cultural aspects of Latin American texts.Trade Review"Sexual Textualities is indeed a significant contribution to Latin American queer studies...I commend David William Foster for his tenacious effort to further this field of study, which he has almost single-handedly championed."oCarlos A. Rodriguez-Matos, Associate Professor of Modern Languages,Seton Hall UniversityTable of Contents Acknowledgments Preface One. Agenda and Canon: Some Necessary Priorities Two. Evita Perón, Juan José Sebreli, and Gender Three. The Case for Feminine Pornography in Latin America Four. Queering the Patriarchy in Hermosillo’s Doña Herlinda y su hijo Five. Homoerotic Writing and Chicano Authors Six. Montes Huidobro’s Exilio and the Representation of Gay Identity Seven. The Representation of the Body in the Poetry of Alejandra Pizarnik Eight. The Crisis of Masculinity in Argentine Fiction, 1940–1960 Notes References Index
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University of Texas Press With This Night
Book SynopsisThe first English translation of the final and most powerful book of poetry by the beloved, award-winning Israeli poet, Leah Goldberg.Trade Review"Annie Kantar's versions of Leah Goldberg's late poems bring into English Goldberg's signature combination of resonant clarity and crystalline musicality, and the result is a marvelous translation of what is arguably Goldberg's most powerful book. With This Night lets the English reader eavesdrop on modern Hebrew poetry in one of its finest hours." Peter Cole, 2007 MacArthur Fellow and author of The Dream of the Poem
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University of Texas Press Portuguese
Book SynopsisA boon for students and instructors of the language, culture, and literature of the Portuguese-speaking world, this language resource manual delves beyond the realm of traditional language textbooks.Trade Review"This book provides an incredible wealth of information, including details and examples not found elsewhere. A worthy project." John Jensen Professor of Modern Languages, Florida International UniversityTable of Contents The Portuguese-Speaking World Preface and Acknowledgements Abbreviations, Symbols, and Diacritical Marks Phonetic Symbols Linguistic and Grammatical Terms in English and Portuguese Definitions of Linguistic and Grammatical Terms Orthographic Reforms Sound System Oral Vowels Oral Diphthongs Nasal Vowels Nasal Diphthongs Portuguese and Corresponding Spanish Vowels and Diphthongs Consonants Writing System and Accentuation Alphabet Letters Used to Transcribe Portuguese Sounds Capitalization Punctuation Marks and Commonly Used Typographic Symbols Diacritical Marks Syllables and Word Division Stress and Accentuation Words Stressed on the Second-to-Last Syllable (Proparoxytones) Words Stressed on the Next-to-Last Syllable (Paroxytones) Words Stressed on the Last Syllable (Oxytones) Portuguese, Spanish, and English Cognates Cognates Portuguese and Corresponding Spanish and English Sounds and Letters Portuguese and Corresponding Spanish Sounds and Letters Portuguese and Corresponding Spanish and English Prefixes Portuguese and Corresponding Spanish and English Suffixes Differences in Stress between Portuguese and Spanish Cognates True, Partial, and False Cognates Grammatical Categories Articles Definite and Indefinite Articles Contractions of Prepositions with Articles Nouns and Adjectives Adjectives Plural of Nouns and Adjectives Gender of Nouns and Adjectives Differences in Gender between Portuguese and Spanish Noun Cognates Placement of Adjectives with Nouns Diminutives and Augmentatives Numbers and Numerals Adverbs Comparatives and Superlatives Comparisons of Equality Comparisons of Superiority and Inferiority Relative Superlatives Absolute Superlatives Personal Pronouns Subject Pronouns Forms of Address Prepositional Pronouns and Contractions with Prepositions Direct Object Pronouns Indirect Object Pronouns Placement of Object Pronouns Reflexive Pronouns and Verbs Possessive Adjectives and Pronouns Demonstrative Adjectives and Pronouns Contractions of Prepositions with Demonstratives Relative Words Interrogative Words Affirmative, Negative, and Indefinite Words Prepositions Verbs and Corresponding Prepositions Conjunctions Verbs Impersonal and Personal Infinitive Past Participle and Compound Tenses and Forms Passive Voice Indicative Mood Present Tense Forms Uses Present Perfect Tense Imperfect (Preterite Imperfect) Tense Forms Uses Preterite (Preterite Perfect) Tense Forms Uses Preterite versus Imperfect Simple and Compound Past Perfect (Pluperfect) Tense Future Tense Future Perfect Tense Conditional Tense Conditional Perfect Tense Subjunctive Mood Present Tense Present Perfect Tense Past (Imperfect) Tense Past Perfect (Pluperfect) Tense Future Tense Future Perfect Tense Subjunctive in Subordinate Clauses Subjunctive in Noun Clauses Subjunctive in Adjective Clauses Subjunctive in Adverb Clauses Subjunctive in Conditional Sentences Subjunctive in Common Expressions Present Participle and Progressive Tenses and Forms Imperative Mood Impersonal Verbs and Expressions Verbs That Take an Indirect Object without a Direct Object Ser versus Estar Ficar Ter and Haver Haver and Fazer in Expressions of Time Acabar Saber versus Conhecer Verb and Other Grammar Charts Regular Verbs: Derivation of Tenses and Forms Regular Verbs Irregular Verbs Verb Tenses and Forms Present Indicative Imperfect (Preterite Imperfect) Indicative Preterite (Preterite Perfect) Indicative Simple Past Perfect (Pluperfect) Indicative Future Indicative Conditional Present Subjunctive Past (Imperfect) Subjunctive Future Subjunctive Personal Infinitive Past Participle Compound Tenses Present Participle and Progressive Tenses Imperative (Command Forms) Verbs and Expressions That Require the Subjunctive Personal Pronouns and Possessives Contractions of Direct with Indirect Object Pronouns Demonstrative Adjectives and Pronouns, and Contractions Contractions of Prepositions Relative Words Interrogative Words Affirmative and Negative Words Indefinite Words Irregular Comparatives and Relative Superlatives "Synthetic" Absolute Superlative Adjectives Adverbs and Adverb Phrases Prepositions Verb List Works Consulted Reference Works Textbooks Index of Topics Index of Portuguese Words and Phrases
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University of Texas Press The Men of Cajamarca A Social and Biographical
Book SynopsisA study of a group of earlier Spaniards in America.Table of Contents Preface Abbreviations Part I. Social Phenomena 1. Narrative Preliminaries: Cajamarca and Other Episodes in the Conquest of Peru 2. Before the Event: Backgrounds, Characteristics, and Types 3. After the Event: Life Patterns of Repatriates and Settlers 4. Organization, Politics, and Faction 5. The Roll of Cajamarca 6. Some General Reflections Part II. The Men 7. Leaders 8. Hidalgos 9. Clerks 10. Men of Affairs 11. Marginal Hidalgos and Solid Commoners 12. Artisans 13. Men from the Sea 14. Lower Plebeians 15. The Obscure 16. Auxiliaries Appendix I. A Letter from Cajamarca Appendix II. Mistakes, Lies, and Legends: Men Who Were Not at Cajamarca Bibliography Index
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University of Texas Press On the Plaza
Book SynopsisHow culture acts to shape public spaces and how the physical form of the plaza encodes the social, political, and economic relations within the city.Trade Review"This is one of the best accounts of a place's history and meaning I have ever read. Low's work should be widely used in courses in architecture, urban design, planning, landscape architecture, and historic preservation, as well as Latin American studies and anthropology. What a wonderful book!" Dolores Hayden, Professor of Architecture, Urbanism, and American Studies, Yale University "Combining ethnography, history, and spatial theory, this interdisciplinary book brings the Latin American plaza to life as a spatial expression of culture and politics. A paean to the plaza as democratic public space, it is as absorbing as it is unconventional." Neil Smith, Department of Geography and Center for the Critical Analysis of Contemporary Culture, Rutgers UniversityTable of Contents List of Illustrations Preface Acknowledgments Part I: Introduction Chapter One: Notes from the Field: A Personal Account Chapter Two: Public Space and Culture: The Case of the Latin American Plaza Part II: Histories Chapter Three: The History of the Plaza in San José, Costa Rica: The Political Symbolism of Public Space Chapter Four: The European History of the Plaza: Power Relations and Architectural Interpretation Chapter Five: The Indigenous History of the Plaza: The Contested Terrain of Architectural Representations Part III: Ethnographies Chapter Six: Spatializing Culture: The Social Production and Social Construction of Public Space Chapter Seven: Constructing Difference: The Social and Spatial Boundaries of Everyday Life Chapter Eight: Public Space and Protest: The Plaza as Art and Commodity Part IV: Conversations Chapter Nine: The Park and the Plaza in Costa Rican Literature: Imagined Places Chapter Ten: Conversations on the Plaza: Remembered Places Chapter Eleven: Public Space, Politics, and Democracy Appendix: Recent Costa Rican Presidents and Their Terms Bibliography Index
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University of Texas Press Complete Works and Other Stories
Book SynopsisThese translations of short stories reveal Monterroso as a foundational author of the new Latin American narrative.Trade ReviewSophisticated wit and playful surrealist fantasy dominate these ingenious and gently mocking tales, by a Guatemalan-born soul mate to the late Jorge Luis Borges. This first English translation of Monterroso’s work offers the contents of his two published collections, Complete Works and Other Stories (1959) and Perpetual Motion (1972). They’re a monument, if that isn’t the wrong word, to this entertaining author’s trademark ‘concision and wit.’ * Kirkus Reviews *Table of Contents Before and After Augusto Monterroso by Will H. Corral Complete Works (And Other Stories) Mister Taylor One Out of Three Finished Symphony First Lady The Eclipse Diogenes Too The Dinosaur Leopoldo (His Labors) The Concert The Centennial I Don’t Want to Deceive You Cow Complete Works Perpetual Motion Flies Perpetual Motion It’s All the Same Regarding Attributions Homage to Masoch The World The Brain Drain The Endymion Report I Know You, Mask The Advantages and Disadvantages of Jorge Luis Borges Fecundity You Tell Sarabia That I Said He Should Hire Her and Place Her Here or Wherever, That I’ll Explain Later Homo Scriptor Under Other Wreckage How to Stop Being a Monkey How I Got Rid of Five Hundred Books The Maids Solemnity and Eccentricity Winning the Street Humor Paradise It May Be True Living Together Height and Poetry Christmas. New Year’s. Whatever Choose One Ever-Present Danger The Outdoor Poet Tender Rose Brevity Errata and Final Notice
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University of Texas Press Inanna Lady of Largest Heart
Book SynopsisThe earliest known author of written literature was a woman named Enheduanna, who lived in ancient Mesopotamia around 2300 BCE. High Priestess to the moon god Nanna, Enheduanna came to venerate the goddess Inanna above all gods in the Sumerian pantheon. The hymns she wrote to Inanna constitute the earliest written portrayal of an ancient goddess. In their celebration of Enheduanna''s relationship with Inanna, they also represent the first existing account of an individual''s consciousness of her inner life.This book provides the complete texts of Enheduanna''s hymns to Inanna, skillfully and beautifully rendered by Betty De Shong Meador, who also discusses how the poems reflect Enheduanna''s own spiritual and psychological liberation from being an obedient daughter in the shadow of her ruler father. Meador frames the poems with background information on the religious and cultural systems of ancient Mesopotamia and the known facts of Enheduanna''s life. With this information, Trade Review"That these poems deal immediately with the very popular 'goddess literature' and with an individual woman in a most important historical situation should give this work widespread appeal." John Maier, SUNY College at Brockport, cotranslator of the Epic of Gilgamesh "The Epic of Gilgamesh is well-known as the earliest extant work of literature, but try the Bronze Age poems if Inanna. Written around 2,300BC, they contain fabulous lines: "Lady of blazing dominion, clad in dread. Riding on red fire-power." Stand in the Middle East today and you can feel the heat of the great goddess coming at you." - Bettany Hughes, The Week, May 12th 2012Table of Contents Foreword by Judy Grahn Acknowledgments Part I. The Cultural and Historical Context 1. Introduction: "Through the Gate of Wonder": An early cuneiform sign of the goddess Inanna appears in the author's dream 2. "Great Lady Inanna":Paradoxical goddess encompasses heaven, earth, and the underworld 3. "The Robes of the Old, Old Gods": Ancient mythologems: Neolithic Mesopotamian parallels to Inanna's iconography 4. Unearthing Enheduanna: Leonard Woolley's excavations at Ur identify the high priestess Enheduanna 5. Enheduanna's Life Story: Sargon's daughter Enheduanna matures in an era of new consciousness of the individual 6. The High Priestess at Ur: Enheduanna manages the extensive temple estate and directs ritual tending of moon goddess and god from her quarters, the house of women, the gipar. 7. The Poems and Hymns of Enheduanna: The first literary texts disclose the emotion and imagery of the poet and the systematic theology of the priestess Part II. The Three Inanna Poems: Introduction 8. The First Poem: Inanna and Ebih Introduction Inanna and Ebih: Text of the Poem "Terror Folds in Her Robes": Inanna, the force of nature, combats a mountain paradise "I Will Not Go There With You": The sky god An deserts Inanna "Fury Overturns Her Heart": Inanna assumes her full stature and autonomy "Because You Puff Yourself Up": Parallels between Ebih and the creation story in Genesis 9. The Second Poem: Lady of Largest Heart Introduction Lady of Largest Heart: Text of the Poem "Eldest Daughter of the Moon": The paradox of dark and light "The Carved-Out Ground Plan of Heaven and Earth": Inanna's world without illusion "Look at Your Tormenting Emotions": Primary emotions and the goddess Four Spiritual paths Warrior: Creative autonomy and senseless destruction Priestess: Lunar spirituality and the internal sanctuary Lover: Sexuality, sacred marriage, and the swelling of desire Androgyne: Gender crossing and gender ambiguity 10. The Third Poem: The Exaltation of Inanna Introduction The Exaltation of Inanna: Text of the Poem "He Robbed Me of the True Crown" Enheduanna's expulsion: portents of things to come "Rekindle Your Holy Heart" Woman's self-love and the goddess "Proclaim!" Legacy of a woman's voice Bibliography Notes Captions for Illustrations
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University of Texas Press El derecho en espa241ol terminolog237a y
Book SynopsisThe only book of its kind on the market, this monolingual Spanish textbook trains intermediate-level Spanish speakers (either in the classroom or for self-study) in legal terminology and the contexts in which it is used in Latin America and Spain.Trade Review"El derecho en español, as a workbook, could serve as a good source of exercises geared toward bilingual attorneys and other professionals in need of a better grasp of the legal systems in place throughout Spanish-speaking jurisdictions." * The Interpreter and Translator Trainer *Table of ContentsPrefacio, Profesor Alejandro M. GarroPrólogo y agradecimientosIntroducción: Cómo usar este libro1. En la universidad y en la profesión legal2. Derecho constitucional3. Derecho contractual4. Derecho bancario5. Derecho penal6. Derecho de familia7. Extranjería8. Derechos humanos9. Litigación y arbitraje internacional10. Cine jurídicoAnexo: Respuestas
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University of Texas Press Experimental Latin American Cinema History and
Book SynopsisThis groundbreaking exploration of experimental Latin American film applies Deleuzian theories of cinema in a comparative approach to examine multiple genres and works from the most important national cinematic traditionsTrade ReviewClearly organized and thoroughly researched, the book boasts a useful scholarly apparatus. * Choice *Table of Contents Acknowledgments Introduction. Mise-en-Scène, a Seemingly International Staging Part 1. A Neonoir Skew to the Action-Image Chapter 1. A Shimmering Suture: Fabián Bielinsky's Epileptic El aura Chapter 2. Slippery Criminal Pleasures: Intermediality and Voyeurism in Jorge Furtado's O homem que copiava Chapter 3. Endless Quest: Chasing Sex, Lies, and Money at the Gates of Hell in Heitor Dhalia's O cheiro do ralo Part 2. Road Movies Chapter 4. The Paradoxical Effect of the Documentary: Walter Salles's Central do Brasil Chapter 5. Twin Piques: The Double Discourse of Carlos Sorín's El camino de San Diego Chapter 6. Orphans' Solidarity: María Victoria Menis's El cielito Part 3. Drama Chapter 7. Sculpting Time: Inés de Oliveira Cézar's Como pasan las horas Chapter 8. The Past Engulfs the Present: Josué Méndez's Días de Santiago Part 4. Experimental Auteurism Chapter 9. Whether or Not to End One's Life: Carlos Reygadas's Japón Chapter 10. Crime and Self-Inflicted Punishment: Carlos Reygadas's Batalla en el cielo Part 5. Experimental Auteurism and Intertextuality Chapter 11. The Miracle of Female Bonding in Patriarchal Society: Carlos Reygadas's Stellet licht (2008) Chapter 12. Cyclical Scapegoating: Inés de Oliveira Cézar's Extranjera Chapter 13. The Irrevocable Nature of Curses: Inés de Oliveira Cézar's El recuento de los daños Chapter 14. Splintered Mirrors, Echoes, and Reverberations: Fernando Pérez Valdés's Madrigal Part 6. Experimental Pseudo-Documentary Chapter 15. Room with a View: Fernando Pérez Valdés's Suite Habana Chapter 16. Life Is and Is Not: Paz Encina's Hamaca paraguaya Conclusion: Possible Futures Notes Bibliography Index
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University of Texas Press The CIA in Hollywood How the Agency Shapes Film
Book SynopsisWith new chapters covering Zero Dark Thirty, Homeland, and Argo, this critically acclaimed book interrogates the nature and extent of the CIA’s influence on film and television.Table of Contents Acknowledgments Introduction Chapter One. Rogues, Assassins, and Buffoons: Representations of the CIA in Film and Television Chapter Two. Opening the Doors: Why and How the CIA Works with Hollywood Chapter Three. Necessary and Competent: The CIA in The Agency and In the Company of Spies Chapter Four. The Chase Brandon Years Chapter Five. The Legal and Ethical Implications of the CIA in Hollywood Chapter Six. The Last People We Want in Hollywood: The Retired CIA Officer and the Hollywood Docudrama Chapter Seven. Argo’s Tony Mendez: The First Retiree the CIA Wants in Hollywood Chapter Eight. Relaxing the Rules: Zero Dark Thirty, Homeland, and the Move toward Nuance Conclusion Notes Bibliography Index
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University of Texas Press San Jos233 de Gracia Mexican Village in
Book SynopsisThe history of a small town in Mexico.Table of Contents Abbreviations Prologue. A Delimitation and Justification of the Subject Some Remarks on Method Self-Defense, Self-Criticism, and Aims Note concerning the Second Edition Three Beginnings The Mountain Landscape An Early History of Construction and Destruction A Society of Cowboys Part One. Half a Century in Search of Communion 1.The Ranchos (1861-1882) The Subdivision and Sale of the Cojumatlán Hacienda Economics of the Ranchos Ranching Society Religion, Games, and Insecurity 2.The Town (1883-1900) The Generation of the Snowstorm The Founding of San José de Gracia The Great Fright of 1900 3. The Ranchos and the Town (1901-1910) The Business World and Social Life Amusements and Religious Dutiesin Padre Othón's Small World Winds from the Outside World All in All, Half a Century of Peaceful and Orderly Progress Part Two. Thirty Years of Suffering 4. The Mexican Revolution (1910-1924) The Madero Revolution The Agents of Revolution in San José The Puntada Gang, José Inés Chivez Garcia, and the Spanish Influenza Gathering Clouds 5. The Cristero Revolution (1925-1932) A Few Months Before The Uprising After Tizapin San José de Gracia Lifts Its Head Again 6. The Agrarian Revolution (1933-1943) The Petitioners, the Petitioned, and the Apportioners of Land The Origin of Nine Ejidos Padre Federico Returns and President Cárdenas Comes to Call Incipit Vita Nova Thirty Years of Turmoil: Statistics and Concepts Part Three. Twenty-five Years of Change 7. Withdrawal and Expansion (1943-1956) At the Mercy of the Outside World The Symptoms of Transformation Seasonal Migration to the United States The Permanent Move to Mexico City 8. From Yesterday to Today (1957-1967) Priority of the Economic Factor Health, Water, Electricity, Education, Telephones, and Television Two Hundred Words More about Change New Aspects of the Landscape and the Town 9. The Upper Crust The Rich and the Middle-Income Group Politics from the Top Down, and Vice Versa Religion and Some of Its Environs Pleasurable Occasions and a Digression concerning Happiness 10. The Underdogs Small Landowners and Men Who Work for Other Men The Woman Produces Children, Meals, and Art Today Many Youngsters Go to School Human Pests and Other Sources of Annoyance Three Conclusions Timeless Things Sayings of Yesterday and Today A Small Epilogue and a Postscript Glossary Works Cited
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University of Washington Press Vascular Plants of the Pacific Northwest Volume
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University of Washington Press Reporting for China How Chinese Correspondents
Book SynopsisTrade Review"Reporting for China is a fascinating and imaginatively conceived study of Chinese correspondents who work abroad. . . . Readers beleaguered by recent US sparring over fake news and alternative facts will find in this study a refreshingly concrete exploration of the tension, unblinkingly relayed by Nyíri. . . . The book offers, in a very accessible style, a nuanced and vivid account of a domain that has long been subject to overly facile assumptions about what freedom of speech actually entails and how it comes to be curtailed." -- Louisa Schein * American Ethnologist *"As the pioneering work in this field, Nyiri’s vibrant and important book opens up a lot of new questions about China’s global media expansion and soft power attempts. It spearheads an exciting new direction in the analysis of Chinese media and cultural studies." -- Maria Repnikova * China Review International: A Journal of Reviews of Scholarly Literature in Chinese Studies *"The first extensive, systematic study of Chinese journalists who work as foreign correspondents for Chinese audiences. . . . A must-read for those interested in the machinations of Chinese politics and the Chinese state. . . . A fine example of how anthropologists study the media . . . valuable not just for anthropologists but also for scholars and students in the fields of media, communications, and journalism." -- Wanning Sun * The China Journal *"This is an original, nuanced, and informative study that deserves a wide audience." * Pacific Affairs *"Reporting for China: How Chinese Correspondents Work with the World is a fascinating account of the expanding ways the Chinese are engaging with the world. . . . [and] is successful not only in revealing the hidden dynamics and tensions that compel Chinese foreign correspondents to report the way they do, but also in shedding light on the Chinese government’s intentions and influence as these pertain to the news media." * Anthropology of Work Review *Table of ContentsIntroduction: China and the World 1. The Worldwide Expansion of China’s Media 2. How Stories are Made 3. How Correspondents Work 4. Finding the “China Peg” Epilogue: Cosmopolitan Professionals in the Service of the Nation
£29.66
University of Washington Press Bike Battles A History of Sharing the American
Book SynopsisTrade Review"Carefully researched, thoroughly documented, and very engaging, this is a book that everyone who travels needs to read and understand." * Choice *"Bike Battles is an enjoyable read that highlights important historical conflicts that shaped our current roadways. It is accessible and appropriate for any undergraduate class or person interested in bicycling." -- Lindsay Parks Pieper * Sports in American History *"A measure of any book is whether it makes you think beyond its pages, and Bike Battles did just that for me. My dad used to tell me that if I got only one thing out of a book — an interesting fact, a point of view I hadn’t previously considered, something helpful to my life or just entertainment — the book was worth its cover price. By that standard Bike Battles is a bargain. It allowed me to see the last 150 years of riding in America like a mosaic on the wall. I won’t look at parked cars the same way again. The book ought to give today’s bicycle advocates a sense of their place in history and make them proud to continue the battle." -- Grant Petersen * Wall Street Journal *"The book provides in scholarly and very readable style an analysis of cycling as it serves as a locus of conflict over the use and ownership of public commons. . . . Although bikes are the primary material theme of the book, they are a means to illustrate larger social, cultural, and political processes." -- Peter Cox * Journal of Transport History *"These colorful references, coupled with Longhurst's light and natural writing style, make Bike Battles easy to read." -- Amy Goetzman * MinnPost *"Longhurst’s accounts build on a truly innovative use of multiple sources, from legal texts, design manuals, and newspaper articles to sitcoms and traffic education films. These chapters are pleasant reads and convincing narratives. . . . In going beyond the present, this book helps us understand why motorists so often consider the road as their birthright. It is not because of an oft-claimed American love affair with the car, Longhurst asserts, but because of those multiple lost bike battles during the past hundred years." -- Martin Emanuel * Transfers *"In six chapters, [Longhurst] traces the history of what is essentially road-sharing: first horses and carts mixed with pedestrians; then trolleys and buses; then, after WWII, an overwhelming shift, funded by federal highway dollars, to the primacy of the car." * Seattle Weekly *"An excellent, enlightening new book." -- Knute Berger * Seattle Magazine *"Longhurst tackles this debate between bike riders, motorists, and pedestrians by exploring the different mediums Americans have used to create opinions on the bicycle, such as: popular songs, advertising, films, newspapers, and television." * Momentum Magazine (2015 Best New Bike Book) *"Longhurst has provided an accessible and highly readable story of the bicycle. . . . [He] has taken us on a legal and cultural ramble on the American road as well as given us a useful model of engaged and responsible urban history scholarship." -- Joshua Lupkin * Journal of American History *"Reading Bike Battles is like riding down a smooth path with some unexpected sightseeing along the way. The writing is accessible and fun to read. . . . Especially relevant to a generation of students who are more likely to consider forms of transportation beyond the car, this book is a promising addition to a history, urban planning, or environmental studies class." -- Margot Higgins * Environmental History *"Bike Battles provides a well-researched foundation into many of the issues of bicycle planning today, and is especially valuable by framing the battles as more than just legal rights." -- Peter Furth * Transport Reviews *"Longhurst provides general readers with a sprightly history of the political and legal battles over cycling from the late nineteenth century to the present . . . The bicyclists currently navigating traffic-choked streets, inhaling exhaust and darting between behemoth SUVs, like many other aspects of the contemporary urban landscape, Longhurst asserts, represent the legal and institutional legacy of the Gilded Age and Progressive Era." -- Bruce J. Schulman * Reviews in American History *"You should absolutely buy and hold [Bike Battles] up as a righteous rebuke the next time someone complains that ‘the war on cars is real.’ Longhurst maps out the perfect storm of American consumer trends, policy decisions, and historical events that led to that car cutting you off downtown just now." -- Megan Burbank * Portland Mercury *"Tells the fascinating story of the legal and political battles over bicycles on the road. . . . Longhurst’s timely study shows that the arguments over bikes and road space are not new and also holds lessons for present-day bicycle advocates who would be wise to avoid the mistakes that scuttled earlier efforts to build bike infrastructure in US cities . . . will be of great interest to anyone interested in the history of bike policy and roads in the US." -- John Lloyd * Boy on a Bike! blog *"Intelligent, relevant and enlightening, Bike Battles is what all history should be. The reader needn’t be a policy wonk or a cycling enthusiast to appreciate the lessons, and its array of old photographs and sketches (bike commuters in 1902, “high riders” in Boston in 1880) are delightful. All in all, it’s a worthy ride." -- Jennifer Graham * The Hippo *"His book, while academically rigorous, is easily accessible to the general public. In fact, I found it a page-turner as would any one who rides a bike on the streets of any American city or rural place." -- Dave Cieslewicz * Isthmus *"In six chapters, [Longhurst] traces the history of what is essentially road-sharing: first horses and carts mixed with pedestrians; then trolleys and buses; then, after WWII, an overwhelming shift, funded by federal highway dollars, to the primacy of the car." -- Joe Garvin * City Living Seattle *Table of ContentsPreface Introduction 1. Get Out of the Road! 2. The Right Sort of People 3. The Rules of the Road 4. Victory Bike Battles 5. 1950's Syndrome 6. Bikes Are Beautiful Conclusion Acknowledgments Note on Citations and Sources Abbreviations Notes Select Bibliography Index
£26.54
University of Washington Press Emperor Hirohito and the Pacific War
Book SynopsisTrade Review"This is an eye-opening book. . . . Kawamura’s research reveals the real Hirohito." -- Geoffrey Wawro * History Book Club *"Noriko Kawamura’s Emperor Hirohito and the Pacific War provides a convincing reappraisal of Japan’s Hirohito few Westerners would recognize whenever they are reminded of Pearl Harbor and the Pacific conflict." -- Norm Haskett * The Daily Chronicles of World War II *"A well-balanced analysis of the controversial role Emperor Hirohito played during the Pacific War, drawing on previously unavailable primary sources. . . . Kawamura does a fine job of describing Emperor Hirohito’s complex positions and his historical situation." -- Takeshi Suzuki * Pacific Affairs *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction 1. The Aftermath of the Paris Peace Conference, 1919–1933 2. Crises at Home and Abroad: From the February 26 Incident to the Sino-Japanese War 3. The Road to Pearl Harbor 4. An Uneasy Commander in Chief 5. Imbroglio: Moves to End the War 6. The “Sacred Decision” to Surrender Epilogue Notes Bibliography Index
£35.89
MV - University of Washington Press Mediating Islam
Book SynopsisTrade Review"A richly-layered overview of the journalistic landscape in Malaysia and Indonesia." -- Peter Gordon * Asian Review of Books *"Steele’s study is well situated within the literature on Islam and politics in Southeast Asia. It provides an important corrective not only to simplistic assumptions that Islam cannot allow for free expression, balance, or critique but also to superficial understandings of how religious values shape people’s public activities." * Kyoto Review of Southeast Asia *"Steele’s book presents a landmark work, setting the stage for more nuanced engagements with contemporary Muslim practices of journalism in a world of contested religious ideals, social values, and political projects." * Journal of Islamic Studies *"Janet Steele’s book really is an eye-opener for anybody interested in comparative perspectives on journalism ethics. She skillfully deconstructs any possible assumption that ethical reflections in modern media organization is a privilege of the West." * Journalism and Mass Communication Quarterly *"Janet Steele’s new book on Islam and journalism in Southeast Asia is a refreshing tour de force of qualitative research, grounded in years of in-depth interviews and participant observation at five influential print publications. . . . this is an extremely important book that sets new standards for qualitative research on the internal workings of newsrooms, and the world views that prevail there." * Journal of Press Politics *
£27.99
University of Washington Press Transforming Monkey
Book SynopsisAble to shape-shift and ride the clouds, wielding a magic cudgel and playing tricks, Sun Wukong (aka Monkey or the Monkey King) first attained superstar status as the protagonist of the sixteenth-century novel Journey to the West (Xiyou ji) and lives on in literature and popular culture internationally. In this far-ranging study Hongmei Sun discusses the thousand-year evolution of this figure in imperial China and multimedia adaptations in Republican, Maoist, and post-socialist China and the United States, including the film Princess Iron Fan (1941), Maoist revolutionary operas, online creative writings influenced by Hong Kong film A Chinese Odyssey (1995), and Gene Luen Yang's graphic novel American Born Chinese. At the intersection of Chinese studies, Asian American studies, film studies, and translation and adaptation studies, Transforming Monkey provides a renewed understanding of the Monkey King character as a rebel and trickster, and demonstrates his impact on the Chinese self-Trade Review"Sun’s well-executed book deserves the attention not only of the fans of the Monkey King, but also of those interested in the broad questions of the techniques, the status, and the implications of adaptation, rewriting, and representation more generally." * Journal of Asian Studies *"A delightful work of literary history with the advantage of incorporating several media. . . . Sun’s study deploys the Monkey King to bridge the gap between classical and modern/contemporary literature in a way that allows students of traditional Chinese and modern popular literature and media to connect." * China Review International: A Journal of Reviews of Scholarly Literature in Chinese Studies *"[R]ecommend[ed]... as a contribution to the scholarly literature on European–Asian cultural interaction in an important period of modern history." * Asian Studies Review *
£110.48
University of Washington Press The Behavior and Ecology of Pacific Salmon and
Book SynopsisTrade Review"There is no one better to synthesize more than a century of research on behavior and ecology of Pacific salmon and trout. Quinn has marshalled his extensive experience in conducting salmon and trout research from Alaska to New Zealand to produce a technically comprehensive, highly readable, and beautifully illustrated volume as befits these noble fishes." * Quarterly Review of Biology *"The Behavior and Ecology of Pacific Salmon and Trout has rightly been described as a classic... It shows us exactly how in the right hands a huge volume of detailed and complex research can be presented in a manner that is highly authoritative and at the same time highly engaging." * Environmental Biology of Fishes *
£51.30
University of Washington Press HighTech Housewives
Book SynopsisTrade Review"Bhatt’s ethnographic study illustrates in detail the lived reality of the men, women and children who make up this population of transmigrants – moving from India to the US, back to India and oftentimes back again to the States. Whilst focusing on the gendered dimension of these movements, the book presents a broader context of how personal and professional expectations and aspirations are affected by legal frameworks, family demands and considerations about future migrations. . . . [a] rich empiracal work." * Ethnic and Racial Studies (ERS) *"An intimate look into the world of IT sector workers from India who live and work in places like Redmond, Bellevue, Kirkland and Seattle . . . highlights the calculated decisions many of these young families make to ensure their own financial stability and maintain connections with both U.S. and India." * International Examiner *"intimate look into the world of IT sector workers from India who live and work in places like Redmond, Bellevue, Kirkland and Seattle in Washington state." * International Examiner *
£110.48
University of Washington Press Molecular Feminisms
Book SynopsisTrade Review"A timely and welcome intervention is Deboleena Roy's book, Molecular Feminisms: Biology, Becomings, and Life in the Lab. Thinking about the connections and potential created between molecular biology and feminism, and philosophy and science, Roy thinks with philosophy [and] situates her work, which she names molecular feminisms, in the ontological and ethical reorientations made possible by thinking matter, ethics, and knowledge-making practices together." * Hypatia Reviews Online *
£29.66
University of Washington Press Woke Gaming
Book SynopsisTrade Review"This eye-opening collection of essays serves to remind readers of the power and potential of games as a catalyst for change... Woke Gaming seeks to push readers to recognise persistent inequalities, as well as those who struggle for change within both our virtual worlds and in our everyday communities." -- Tola Onanuga * The Guardian *"Gray and Leonard have assembled a courageous chorus of voices that challenge an industry emblematic of some of the most insidiously oppressive structures in American society... A must-read for scholars and students in fandom studies, popular culture and media studies, critical and cultural studies, communication, and sociology... Highly recommended." * Choice *
£29.66
University of Washington Press The New Way
Book SynopsisTrade Review"In her fine-grained analysis of local realities and the globalization of religion, Tâm Ngô has delivered an important contribution to Hmong and Vietnamese studies, the study of religion, Southeast Asian ethnography, and globalized evangelical Protestantism." -- Pascal Bourdeaux * Cross-Currents: East Asian History and Culture Review *"Not only is the book remarkable for its collection and use of hard-to-get data from a wide array of sources in Vietnam and abroad, including extended periods of fieldwork in a Hmong village, but also for the story it recounts of conversion not by mission on the ground but via broadcast from the air." -- Nick Cheesman * New Books in Southeast Asian Studies (NBN) *"This book on the conversion of the Vietnamese Hmong is important because, to an extent, the history of modern Vietnam is a history of contending with Christianity. . . . Ngô argues that beginning in the 1980s the Vietnamese Hmong, disillusioned by broken promises and oppressive developmental policies, have seized Protestantism as a route to empowerment and modernity." -- Mai Na M. Lee * Pacific Affairs *"Represents a great achievement as the summation of extensive independent fieldwork on a topic that is essentially the convergence of three 'politically sensitive' topics in Vietnam: religious change, ethnic politics, and transnational groups. Ngô has become the first academic to publish English-language research about this topic based on ethnographic methods, which is no mean feat given the government restrictions placed on academic research in upland Vietnam." -- Seb Rumsby * Southeast Asian Studies *
£27.99
University of Washington Press Jade Mountains and Cinnabar Pools The History of
Book SynopsisTrade Review"Focusing exclusively on premodern travel literature written in classical Chinese, Hargett (Univ. at Albany, SUNY) adroitly traces the development of this literary genre in China from the Six Dynasties through the late Ming. . . . Readers will enjoy the fine balance between the author’s analysis and his translation of excerpts from representative travel essays. . . . Highly recommended." * Choice *"This long-awaited, first book-length literary history of imperial Chinese travel prose in English is an impeccably researched guide to the Chinese literature of “movement across the planet’s surface.” Jade Mountains and Cinnabar Pools is eminently readable, with little exoteric or specialist vocabulary. While written primarily for those interested in China studies, it is certainly accessible to the general reader or to the enthusiast of Western travel literature." * Chinese Literature: Essays, Articles, Reviews *"This book will be welcomed by specialists and should be mandatory reading in a variety of disciplines. Its accessibility will also make it useful in the classroom for teachers at the undergraduate and graduate levels. As the culmination of a sinological career devoted to the translation and study of travel writing, Jade Mountains & Cinnabar Pools is an invaluable contribution to students and scholars in an array offields." * Journal of Asian Studies *"Jade Mountains and Cinnabar Pools succeeds in sweeping the armchair traveler along on a journey through both time and space, along a river journey with Fan Chengda and Lu You, and even beyond the confines of China with Faxian and Xuanzang, to landscapes and travel accounts heretofore unexplored." * Chinese Literature: Essays, Articles, Reviews (CLEAR) *"Jade Mountains and Cinnabar Pools offers the first book-length, comprehensive genre study and history of Chinese youji游記, or travel literature in English language." * Monumenta Serica *"[P]rovides a refreshing analysis of the fledgling field of studies in Chinese travel literature." * IIAS Newsletter (International Institute for Asian Studies) *
£27.99
University of Washington Press Fire
Book SynopsisTrade Review"Stephen J. Pyne writes about fire as if he were on fire, with searing, consuming heat and light. When he looks at fire he sees not biological catastrophe but social illumination and natural renewal." * Seattle Times *"Fire: A Brief History packs into one slender volume a sweeping tale of fire, and man's interactions with fire, from prehistory to the dawn of the twenty-first century. Pyne's perceptive words and tightly organized sentences allow him to suggest many thought-provoking ideas and to bring to his audience a fascinating story of fire's role in shaping our world." * H-Net Reviews *"No one is better qualified to teach us about fire’s history, fire’s crucial role in shaping landscapes, than Stephen Pyne. His discussions of forestry, land-management elitism, pastoral incendiarism, nature reserves, the conservation movement and the ecology of disturbance are profoundly valuable." * New York Times *"Pyne is the world’s leading authority on the history of fire, and his erudition is phenomenal. He offers us a broad panorama of ecological and human history in a framework of geology and geography. He shows what a great impact fire has had in shaping landscapes, flora, and fauna all over the world, and how in the late Pleistocene humans have, as it were, joined forces with fire by learning to manipulate it." * Science *"An excellent overview of why the history of humanity cannot be told without the history of fire. . . . An excellent book and strongly recommended for all audiences, especially those with interests in anthropology, geography, history, natural sciences, or the humanities." * Choice *
£25.32
University of Washington Press History and Collective Memory in South Asia
Book SynopsisTrade Review"Guha’s expertise in early modern Indian history allows him to explore “social structure and historical narration in western India” in great depth." * Journal of Asian Studies *"Guha brings together sources from a range of languages and regions toprovide the rst intellectual history of the ways in which socially recognized historicalmemory has been made across the subcontinent. This thoughtful study contributes todebates beyond the eld of history that complicate the understanding of objectivityand documentation in a seemingly post-truth world." * New Books in South Asian Studies *"Guha’s book comes at a time when the authority of specialist historians is increasingly under challenge, while the gap between academic and public history seems larger and more in open conflict than ever. Through meticulous presentation of how the practice of history writing is shaped by the social-political context of the recording agents, Guha problematises the view that history writing can be seen as an autonomous cognitive practice of a specialised group." * South Asia Research *"[D]evelops important arguments about the public significance of historical knowledge and the essential role of historians in public life." * History and Theory *"[O]ffers the most recent reflection on historiography, history, and memory by a leader in the discipline of South Asian history. Given publications spanning a range of topics in South Asian history, such as caste in social and cultural history, environmental history, health and population history, and agrarian history, Guha gives a veteran practitioner’s perspective on history and memory in South Asian history." * South Asian History and Culture *"[A] welcome addition to the burgeoning scholarship around the practices of history writing in India and its relationship with the public sphere." * Contemporary South Asia *"[E]xtraordinary scholarship." * H-Asia (H-Net) *
£27.99
University of Washington Press Greening East Asia
Book SynopsisTrade Review"[W]ill be of interest to scholars and policy makers of East Asia who are interested in theoretical frameworks to explicate the transitions in this part of the world." * Journal of Chinese Political Science *"[A] timely effort to integrate our understanding of environmental action in four major countries of East Asia. This book steps beyond the democracy/autocracy binary to point out the many ways that they have followed a similar development pathway, just at different times. This volume offers three commonalities" * China Quarterly *"[A] truly interdisciplinary endeavour that contributes to environmental and Asian studies. Given the relative paucity of edited materials that explicitly apply a comparative lens to East Asia’s environment, this is a much-welcomed scholarly intervention. Besides the impressive breadth of topics, this brilliantly edited collection ensures that the chapters are not only in conversation with each other, but also consistently engaged with the eco-developmentalism concept. Such strong cohesion enhances a reader’s sense of being able to piece together a fascinating yet complex picture of environmental governance and advocacy in East Asia." * Pacific Affairs *"[A] highly readable volume…Given its relevance to the ongoing climate emergency, this book should interest scholars, activists, and policy makers of the region and beyond." * Pacific Affairs *
£33.98
University of Washington Press Building Reuse
Book SynopsisTrade Review"Whether you are new to sustainability as a counterpart to historic preservation or a seasoned professional who knows LEED backward and forward, there is much inspiration to be found in Building Reuse." * Washington Trust for Historic Preservation *
£38.30
University of Washington Press Herring and People of the North Pacific
Book SynopsisTrade Review"This is an exceptionally interesting, carefully written, and well-reasoned examination of the role the Pacific herring (Clupea pallasii) has played in the history and culture of the peoples of the Alexander Archipelago of southeastern Alaska." * Choice *"[A]n interesting read: a current fishing issue with a historic and anthropologic context, well documented and annotated, with references, photographs, charts, and a timeline of the Southeast herring fishery." * Alaska History *"A profoundly hopeful work. If it is taken seriously in high places, it will save the herring and the Tlingit fishery. It is such a stunningly well-done, scholarly, tightly argued work that it will be impossible to dismiss." * Ethnobiology Letters *"The critical element and clear strength of the book is that it is not just a chronicle of herring decline or diagnosis of what has gone wrong. Rather, it provides a way forward from the profoundly alarming situation we are confronted with. The authors’ way forward is a call to draw on traditional and local knowledge concerning sustainable harvesting practices and managerial strategies...[T]his volume offers the kind of rich, compelling and well-argued study that has significant potential to fuel transformational change." * Journal of Island and Coastal Archaeology *"Integration of Indigenous knowledge into understanding and management of natural resources and the ecosystems they belong to has been a desired goal of anthropology for decades. Likewise, the use of archaeological data to provide deep diachronic perspective in studies of historical ecology is a growing objective/rational for the pursuit of archaeological research. This book, which considers the past, present, and future of an often-overlooked, but critical keystone species, Pacific herring (Clupea pallasii), represents a timely and impressive step toward attainment of those goals." * Journal of Anthropological Research *
£31.38
University of Washington Press Pushed Out Contested Development and Rural
Book SynopsisTrade Review"The book...combines narrative storytelling, historical research and sociological theory to paint a complete and compelling picture." * Sandpoint Reader *"In clean and engaging prose, Pilgeram describes the heartache of a disenfranchised population, while also delivering a tough scholarly analysis." * Bookmonger *"Through extensive interviews and archival work, this sociological study draws on the descriptive power of ethnographic writing to trace the path of rural development in an engaging and accessible book." * Choice *"[I]t speaks to urgent changes in the contemporary West...the book's closing reminder that we can imagine, and enact, different futures is a hopeful and necessary one." * Western American Literature *"Pilgeram’s work constitutes an excellent intervention into the problems associated with rural gentrification." * Contemporary Sociology *"Pilgeram's book is a thoroughly engaging, well researched, and important exploration of a type of gentrification often ignored and misunderstood in the broader social discussion of displacement." * Growth and Change *
£29.66
University of Washington Press Mapping Water in Dominica
Book SynopsisTrade Review"This book is an excellent example of the application of archaeological research to a larger anthropological problem, in this case the anthropology of slavery and plantation economies in the Caribbean." * Choice *"This is a well-written book that has the added advantage of demonstrating the value of archaeology for the study of history, environmental history not least." * H-Net *"In this fine study of colonial Dominica, Mark W. Hauser brings together the history of slavery, the environment, and the growing field of histories of water. His interdisciplinary approach unveils new perspectives on known events and provides fresh insights into largely forgotten histories." * The Middle Ground Journal *
£27.99
