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LUP - University of Michigan Press The Battles of Armageddon Megiddo and the
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The University of Michigan Press Modern China and Opium
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The University of Michigan Press Distrusting Democrats Outcomes of Participatory
Book SynopsisDoes participation lead citizens of democracies to invest or disinvest in democracy? How does mass participation affect political culture in countries undergoing political transition? This book examines the consequences of citizen involvement in Uganda, one among a number of countries employing the participatory model of constitutional reform.
£23.70
The University of Michigan Press Passing Illusions Jewish Visibility in Weimar
Book SynopsisTrade ReviewA powerful and original work of scholarship . . . Wallach brings a fresh theoretical perspective to the study of early twentieth-century German-Jewish history and culture, drawing her concept of passing from African-American and LGBT Studies and paying systematic attention to the category of gender throughout."" - Jonathan Hess, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill""Wallach's superbly researched study convincingly shows that German Jews of this era not only had the ability to pass or not-pass as Jewish, but also had ample reasons for taking advantage of this powerful assimilation strategy. One of its great strengths is the author's careful attention to detail about how the need for Jews to pass or not-pass varied according to time, place, and gender."" - Lisa Silverman, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
£65.50
The University of Michigan Press The Burden of the Past
Book SynopsisUtilizing Japanese and South Korean newspaper databases to review discussion of the two countries' disputed historical perceptions from the end of World War II to the present, this book provides readers with the historical framework and the major players involved, offering much-needed clarity on polarizing issues.
£57.90
The University of Michigan Press Developing States Shaping Citizenship
Book SynopsisArgues that the quality of citizens' interactions with the government through service provision sends them important signals about what they can hope to gain from political action. These interactions influence not only formal political behaviours, but also collective behaviour, political engagement, and subversive behaviours like tax evasion.
£61.70
LUP - University of Michigan Press The Postcolonial Animal
Book SynopsisArgues for an innovative and overdue posthuman reading of African postcolonial literature
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The University of Michigan Press Performance Constellations Networks of Protest
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The University of Michigan Press Transgenerational Media Industries
Book SynopsisMedia industry strategies of production and consumption transform the boundaries between adulthood and childhood while reinforcing social norms, reproductive ideals, and labor hierarchies.
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The University of Michigan Press Putting Federalism in Its Place The Territorial
Book SynopsisWhat does federalism do to welfare states? This book argues for an approach methodologically focused on configurations of variables within cases rather than a fruitless attempt to isolate the effect of federalism; and one that is engaged with identifying key elements in configurations as well as with when and how their interactions matter.Table of Contents List of Illustrations Acknowledgments Chapter 1: Why should we care about federalism? Chapter 2: Federalism, Territorial Politics, and Identities Chapter 3: Interests, nationalism, regionalism, and jurisdictionalism Chapter 4: How policies and legacies matter Chapter 5: Federalism, institutions, and parties Chapter Six: How to analyze federalism Bibliography
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The University of Michigan Press The Politics of Bad Governance in Contemporary
Book SynopsisHuman history is in reality a history of corrupt governmentsTable of Contents List of Figures List of Tables Preface and Acknowledgements Chapter 1. The Politics of Bad Governance – A Framework for Analysis Chapter 2. Post-Soviet Bad Governance: A Vicious Circle? Chapter 3. Authoritarian Modernization: Illusions and Temptations Chapter 4. Opportunities and Constraints: Policy Reforms in the 2000s Chapter 5. The Technocratic Traps of Policy Reforms Chapter 6. Success Stories amid Bad Governance Chapter 7. The Politics of Bad Governance: Russia in Comparative Perspective References
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The University of Michigan Press The Disabled Child
Book SynopsisTracks the narratives that have emerged from the community of parent-memoirists who, since the 1980s, have written in resistance of their children’s exclusion from culture. Apgar demonstrates that in the process of telling these stories parental memoirists write their children into dominant cultural narratives about gender, race, and class.Trade Review“The Disabled Child is beautifully written, compelling, and greatly needed. This book is a tour de force, a thorough, in-depth, far-ranging account of the complex topic of parents’ memoirs about their children’s disabilities. Through an exploration of a great variety of autobiographies and memoirs, Amanda Apgar asks how people narrate or fail to narrate the normalcy of their children with disabilities. The book offers an important challenge to normative understandings of what it means to be a person.”— Amy Shuman, The Ohio State University“The Disabled Child challenges and disrupts dominant assumptions about disability and invites new ways of thinking about the nature of belongingness and normalcy. It makes a valuable contribution as a text for scholarly research in disability studies and coursework for in-service professionals.”—Priya Lalvani, Montclair State UniversityTable of Contents Acknowledgements Introduction Chapter 1: Towards a Narrative Theory of Childhood Development Chapter 2: Settler Colonialism, Anti-Blackness, and the Narrative of Overcoming Chapter 3: A Better Future Chapter 4: Gender Normal Future Chapter 5: “There is no narrative”; Childhood Disability, Queerness, and “No Future” Conclusion: Nothing About Them, Without Us Bibliography
£54.10
John Wiley & Sons What Music Did The Story of Numerocracy in the West
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£76.90
LUP - University of Michigan Press Alcohol Science and Society Revisited
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LUP - University of Michigan Press The Daughters Dilemma Family Process and the NineteenthCentury Domestic Novel
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The University of Michigan Press Distributive Justice and Economic Development
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The University of Michigan Press Development in Multiple Dimensions Social Power
Book SynopsisWhy do some states provide infrastructure and social services to their citizens, and others do not? In Development in Multiple Dimensions, Alexander Lee examines the origins of success and failure in the public services of developing countries.Trade ReviewIn recent years there has been considerable interest in the diverging development trajectories of Indian states. Some states provide excellent roads, while others invest in education. Why do they provide such different public services or none at all? Unpacking the term development and looking at how power-dynamics differ across states, this book provides a compelling explanation for why such divergence takes place."" - Francesca Refsum Jensenius, University of Oslo
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The University of Michigan Press Spectral Characters
Book SynopsisTheatre's materiality and reliance on human actors has traditionally put it at odds with modernist principles of aesthetic autonomy and depersonalization. Spectral Characters argues that modern dramatists in fact emphasized the extent to which humans are fictional, made and changed by costumes, settings, props, and spoken dialogue.Trade ReviewAimed at scholars of theatre and of comparative literature, Spectral Characters convincingly argues that the modern stage, through its roots in nineteenth-century melodrama, inherited a number of features related to the supernatural that deeply influenced the making of character in this period." - Giuliano D'Amico, Centre for Ibsen Studies, University of Oslo"Spectral Characters offers a fresh way to think about realism and modernism, about literary and dramatic character, and about the relationship between narration and performance. It both situates those aesthetic concerns within the ideas of the authors' day and relates them to present-day theories that are shaping scholarship across the humanities and social sciences." - Sharon Marcus, Columbia University
£56.95
LUP - University of Michigan Press The Discovery of the Fact
Book SynopsisDraws on expertise from lawyers, historians of philosophy, and scholars of classical studies and ancient history, to investigate, historically and comparatively, the relationship between the law, legal institutions, and the boundaries of knowledge in classical Greece and Rome.
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The University of Michigan Press Lawyers Beyond Borders Advancing International
Book SynopsisA book about agency. About how, in the face of powerful interests and seemingly insurmountable obstacles - political, psychological, economic, geographical, and physical - a small group of lawyers and survivors navigated a terrain of daunting barriers to begin building, case-by-case, new pathways to justice for those who otherwise would have none.Table of Contents Foreword Preface Acknowledgments Chapter One – Lawyers Beyond Borders: Introduction and Overview Chapter Two – The Seeds of a Rights Revolution Chapter Three – Litigation as Recovery: The Birth of the CJA Chapter Four – The Burmese Connection Chapter Five – Rights and Redress in a “War on Terror” Chapter Six – Private Military Profits and the Search for Justice Chapter Seven – The New Impunity Chapter Eight – The Globalization of Justice Chapter Nine – European Collaborations for Justice in Syria Chapter Ten – Re-trauma and Resilience: The Dynamics of Clients and Counsel Chapter Eleven – The Making, Unmaking, and Remaking of a Rights Revolution Acknowledgments Bibliography
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The University of Michigan Press Aid Imperium United States Foreign Policy and
Book SynopsisDeploying global numerical data on US foreign aid and comparative historical analysis of America's post-Cold War foreign policies in Southeast Asia, this book provides the most comprehensive explanation that links US strategic assistance to physical integrity rights outcomes in recipient countries.Table of Contents 1. Acknowledgements 2. List of Figures 3. List of Tables 4. Abbreviations 5. Introduction 6. United States Aid Imperium and Human Rights 7. Human Rights Renaissance in the Philippines, 1990s 8. From the War on Terror to the Crisis in Arroyo's Strong Republic 9. Overcoming the Human Rights Crisis: Reforms under Obama and Aquino 10. Human Rights Renaissance in Thailand, 1990s 11. From the War on Terror to Thaksin's War on Drugs and Dark Influences 12. Conclusion 13. Appendix 14. Bibliography 15. About the Author
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The University of Michigan Press Diaphanous Bodies
Book SynopsisThrough the work of Joyce, Beckett, Egerton, and Bowen, Colangelo examines ability, as a category of embodiment and embodied experience, and in the process opens up a new area of inquiry in the growing field of literary disability studies.Table of Contents Acknowledgements Abbreviations Introduction: Tempestuously Able Bodied Clear Indistinct Ideas: Narrative, Sensation, and the Diaphanous Body in Joyce's Ulysses Indolesco Ergo Sum: Language, Compulsion, and Beckett's Existential Pains Abling Self and Other: Self-Sufficiency and Gender in George Egerton Unhoused Capacities: Elizabeth Bowen's Colonial Agency Conclusion: COVID-19 and the Plagues of Absence Bibliography
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The University of Michigan Press Bound Together The Secularization of Turkeys
Book SynopsisTakes a new look at twentieth-century Turkey, asking whether its current condition was inevitable; what it will take for Turkish women and men to regain their lost freedoms; and what the Turkish case means for the prospects of freedom and democracy elsewhere.Table of Contents Preface Introduction Chapter 1. The Cases: Poetic and Novelistic Secularization in Comparison Chapter 2. From Depth to Inclusiveness: The Westphalia Moment Chapter 3. From Inclusiveness to Autonomy: The State Moment Chapter 4. From Autonomy to Interaction: The Moment of Contact Conclusion: The Hour of Civic Engagement Afterword: The Promise of Inclusive Secularization in the Age of Erdogan Appendix 1. Chronology Appendix 2. Glossary of Writers, Movements, and Publications Appendix 3. Methodological Note Bibliography
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The University of Michigan Press The Names of Minimalism Authorship Art Music and
Book SynopsisMinimalism stands as the key representative of 1960s radicalism in art music histories - but always as a failed project. In The Names of Minimalism, Patrick Nickleson holds in buzzing tension collaborative composers in the period of their collaboration, as well as the musicological policing of authorship in the wake of their eventual disputes.Table of Contents Acknowledgments Introduction. “La Monte Young Does Not Understand ‘His’ Work.” Chapter 1. Policing Process Chapter 2. Writing Minimalism: The Theatre of Eternal Music and the Historiography of Drones Chapter 3. The Lessons of Minimalism: The Big Four and the Pedagogic Myth Chapter 4. Indistinct Minimalisms: Punk, No Wave, and the Death of Minimalism Conclusion. The Names of Minimalism Works Cited
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Dover Publications Inc. Picasso 16 Art Stickers
Book SynopsisFrom the most renowned and influential artist of the 20th century excellent reproductions of The Dream, The Bathers, Woman with a Flower, 13 other masterpieces.
£6.24
Dover Publications Inc. Glitter OldTime Cats and Kittens Stickers Dover
Book SynopsisAdorable felines â shown alone, in costumes, and in a variety of winsome poses â will steal your heart away. 16 stickers.
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Dover Publications Inc. Elegant Medieval IronOn Transfer Patterns
Book SynopsisArtists and crafters seeking unusual and distinctive motifs will find a wealth of options in this treasury of iron-on transfer patterns based on medieval art. More than 150 decorative designs include adaptations of ancient original designs as well as new motifs inspired by movies and television shows such as Camelot and Game of Thrones.These designs include dragons, gargoyles, and other mythological creatures as well as whimsical animals, birds, faces, and other motifs. Ideal for use in an immense variety of arts and crafts projects ― from needlework and fabric painting to leathercraft and woodburning ― the patterns come with complete instructions for applying to cloth, wood, and other ink-absorbing surfaces.
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Dover Publications Inc. The Banjo Lesson Notebook
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Thames & Hudson Ltd Shakespeare Cats
Book SynopsisIn 32 entrancing paintings, Susan Herbert opens up an unsuspecting world of Shakespeare interpreted by cats with all their winning ways. This imaginative artist presents an array of well-known characters in the great Shakespearean plays, from the tragic Romeo and Juliet to the mischevious Titania.
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Thames & Hudson Ltd The British Museum Puzzle Book
Book SynopsisSolve intriguing and challenging puzzles based on the world-renowned British Museum collection. The Rosetta Stone, Egyptian hieroglyphs, Assyrian reliefs, the Lewis Chessmen: many mysteries of the past are found within the walls of the British Museum, home to some of the most magnificent treasures in the world. Now you can learn more about its famous artefacts as you work your way through this beautifully designed, generously illustrated puzzle book. Created by the internationally renowned puzzle expert Dr Gareth Moore, this enticing mix of general knowledge, brainteasers, word games, crosswords and decipherment challenges offers a wealth of insight into the Museumâs widely varied collection. The puzzles are arranged in six thematic sections: the British Museum, Everyday Living, Bestiary, Myth and Magic, the Written Word, and Treasure. Additional facts about the Museum and its objects are provided throughout the book, affording readers a wider understanding of the role of the M
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Thames & Hudson Ltd Dogs and Chairs
Book SynopsisWhat does Alvar Aalto's 1 Paimio have in common with a Doberman Pinscher, Le Corbusier's LC4 with a Spanish Greyhound, or Philippe Starck's Costes Chair with a Fox Terrier? The author draws parallels between nearly twenty-five dogs and designer chairs in this fun and stylish book that matches iconic chairs with their corresponding breed of dog.Trade Review'Totally adorable' - InStyle'We just can’t resist!' - Elle DecorationTable of ContentsIntroduction • 24 pairings
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Thames & Hudson Ltd The Pocket Square
Book SynopsisHandkerchief, pochette, fazelleto, panuelo, mouchoir de poche, tenugui, hankachi or hank. They all mean one thing. A small innocent square of fabric. Place one in a jacket pocket however, and it transforms into a pocket square. This guide features 22 pocket square folds, for linen, cotton and silk, from the simple to the flamboyant 'Bouquet' fold.Trade Review'Gives a history of the handkerchief as a fashion item and advice on how to wear each style … If you ever wondered how to do the “Presidential” fold, here at last is your answer' - The TimesTable of ContentsThe Pocket Square • The Folds: The TV; The Presidential; The Peak; The Two Point; The Tulip; The Four Point; The Cruiseliner; The Cagney; Four of a Kind; Diamonds are Forever; The Croissant; The Tail Fin; The Diagonal Shell; The Windsor Puff; The Cooper Puff; The Guido Puff; The Fred Astaire; The Rolled Puff; The Dunaway; The Bouquet; The Carrot; The Vesper • How to Wear a Square • Etiquette
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University of California Press Person and Myth
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University of California Press Maiden Voyage
Book SynopsisAfter centuries of virtual isolation, during which time international sea travel was forbidden outside of Japan's immediate fishing shores, Japanese shogunal authorities in 1862 made the unprecedented decision to launch an official delegation to China by sea. This title deals with this topic.Trade Review"Fogel's masterful scholarship provides insight into the historian's craft as he tracks evidence, openly interrogates documents, and asks questions that may not be directly answerable but can be puzzled out." -- Catherine L. Phipps Cross-Currents: East Asian History and Culture Review "Thoroughly researched and engagingly written." -- Matthew D. Johnson H-Net "This informative and incredibly well researched book is a pleasure to read." -- Robert Hellyer American Historical ReviewTable of ContentsList of Illustrations Introduction: Situating 1862 in History and Shanghai in 1862 1. The Armistice, Shanghai, and the Facilitator 2. Japanese Plans and the Scene in Nagasaki 3. Getting to Nagasaki, Loading Cargo, and the Voyage to Shanghai 4. Coming to Terms with the City of Shanghai and Its Inhabitants 5. Westerners in Shanghai: The Chinese Malaise 6. Opium, Christianity, and the Taipings 7. Dealings with the Chinese Authorities 8. Preparing for the Trip Home 9. Subsequent Missions to China in the Late Edo Period 10. The Senzaimaru in Fiction and Film Conclusion: The Senzaimaru in History Appendix: Japanese and Chinese Texts Notes Glossary Bibliography Index
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University of California Press God in the Tumult of the Global Square
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University of California Press The Streets Are Talking to Me Affective Fragments in Sisis Egypt
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University of California Press Evolution of a Movement
Book SynopsisDespite living and working in California, one of the county's most environmentally progressive states, environmental justice activists have spent decades fighting for clean air to breathe, clean water to drink, and safe, healthy communities. Evolution of a Movement tells their storyfrom the often-raucous protests of the 1980s and 1990s to activists' growing presence inside the halls of the state capitol in the 2000s and 2010s. Tracy E. Perkins traces how shifting political contexts combined with activists' own efforts to institutionalize their work within nonprofits and state structures. By revealing these struggles and transformations, Perkins offers a new lens for understanding environmental justice activism in California. Drawing on case studies and 125 interviews with activists from Sacramento to the California-Mexico border, Perkins explores the successes and failures of the environmental justice movement in California. She shows why some activists have moved away from the disrTrade Review"Evolution of a Movement is a well-researched, well-written treatment of the arc of California environmental justice…a fresh addition to the literature." * Mobilization *Table of ContentsContents List of Illustrations Preface Acknowledgments Introduction: Environmental Justice Activism Then and Now 1. Emergence of the Disruptive Environmental Justice Movement 2. The Institutionalization of the Environmental Justice Movement 3. Explaining the Changes in Environmental Justice Activism 4. Kettleman City: Case Study of Community Activism in Changing Times 5. California Climate Change Bill AB 32: Case Study of Policy Advocacy Conclusion: Dilemmas of Contemporary Environmental Justice Activism Appendix: Arguments for and against the Environmental Justice Lawsuit Brought against the California Air Resources Board Notes Bibliography Index
£18.75
University of California Press Beverly McIver
Book SynopsisThis survey exhibition captures the arc and continued ascent of contemporary artist Beverly McIver. This exhibition catalog accompanies a survey exhibition of contemporary artist and painter Beverly McIver. Curated by Kim Boganey, this exhibition represents the diversity of McIver's thematic approach to painting over her career. From early self-portraits in clown makeup to more recent works featuring her father, dolls, Beverly's experiences during COVID-19 and portraits of others, Full Circle illuminates the arc of Beverly McIver's artistic career while also touching on her personal journey. McIver's self-portraits explore expressions of individuality, stereotypes, and ways of masking identity; portraits of family provide glimpses into intimate moments, in good times as well as in illness and death. The show includes McIver's portraits of other artists and notable figures, recent work resulting from a year in Rome with American Academy's Rome Prize, and new work in which McIver expTable of ContentsContents Director’s Foreword Jennifer McCabe Acknowledgments Kim Boganey A Conversation with Beverly McIver Kim Boganey Pigments and Personas Richard J. Powell PLATES Exhibition Checklist Selected Biography and Bibliography Index
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University of California Press Thats Not Funny How the Right Makes Comedy Work
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Melbourne University Press Accidental Feminists
Book SynopsisWestern women over fifty are a revolutionary generation. They are the first in history to have been in paid work for most of their lives. The power and freedom of this financial independence is unprecedented. But this financial transformation is not equally enjoyed. Jane Caro investigates what predisposes some women to succeed and others to fall.
£999.99
Melbourne University Publishing The First World War the Universities and the
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Melbourne University Publishing JB Chifley An Ardent Internationalist
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Melbourne University Press Aspiration and Anxiety Asian Migrants and
Book SynopsisWhile the hard work of Asian migrants has been praised, their achievements have ignited fierce debates. What is missing in these debates is an understanding of what drives Asian migrant parents' approaches to education. This book explores how aspirations for their children's future reinforce anxieties about being newcomers in an unequal society.
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Melbourne University Publishing On Artists
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Melbourne University Publishing Not Completely Divorced Muslim Women in
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Melbourne University Press Novel Politics Studies in Australian Political
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Melbourne University Press Novel Politics Studies in Australian Political
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Melbourne University Publishing Proximity and Distance Space Time and World War
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