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Book SynopsisA visual investigation of the author's family history, The Longest Way Round is a construct of historical images woven together with new photographs. Uncovering a treasure trove of archive material not intended for the family album, Dorley-Brown's book presents a multi-layered alternative narrative for the course of events that shaped the late 20th century. Two Londoners born in 1920 embark on a series of journeys shaped by war, romance, and subsequent settlement in a seaside paradise. Unable and unwilling to recall their most traumatic experiences for their five children, a box of photographs, film negatives and letters was bequeathed to the youngest child ? a photographer. He attempts to form a new narrative with the archive, integrating his own pictures made in the UK and on travels through Europe that follow in the footsteps of his mother and father. During World War II Dorley-Brown's parents Peter and Brenda were not yet married, but had known each other as childhood friends. A

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Book SynopsisTable of ContentsIntroduction 1. 'We Take the Very Unpopular Position of Giving Unconditional Support’: The Revolutionary Communist Party, the Labour movement, and Irish Republicanism, 1981-1986 2. ‘Fight Back with the Party of the Future’: Anti-Racism, Anti-Apartheid, and the Miners’ Strike, 1983-1986 3. Challenging ‘The State’s Repressive Apparatus’ and ‘Modern Malthusians’: AIDS, Moral Authoritarianism, and Environmentalism, 1986-1989 4. ‘The Empire Strikes Back’: The Collapse of the USSR, the Gulf War, Yugoslavia, and Ireland, 1989-1997 5. ‘Class Politics Cannot be Rebuilt, Regenerated or Rescued’: Reorientation, Dissolving the RCP, and Renewal, 1994-2000 6. ‘Encouraging the Unsayable to be said’ and the ‘Edgeless Blancmange of Modern Politics’: The Academy of Ideas and Spiked, 2000-2010 7. ‘We Need More Courage’: Condemning Censorship and Critiquing Identity Politics, 2010-2016 8. ‘Democracy: The Unfinished Revolution’: Brexit, Covid-19, and Black Lives Matter, 2016-2020 Conclusion Bibliography Index

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Book Synopsis'An extraordinary book . . . vivid and heart-breaking'The Jewish ChronicleThrough the discovery of a precious friendship album which belonged to 12-year-old Alie, a Jewish schoolgirl in Amsterdam, Claudia Carli has traced and preserved the lives of an entire class of girls, most of whom did not survive the War. Alie and her friends are brought touchingly and vividly to life, along with their writings, in this extraordinary book. Their everyday hopes, pleasures and longings are offset by the constant fear of a knock on the door, a missing friend from class, a family member taken away. Alie and her mother were to die in Sobibor in 1943. Alie's sister Gretha survived Auschwitz and kept her promise to her sister to preserve the friendship album so long as she hoped to live. This book will sit alongside Anne Frank's diary and The Cutout Girl as a unique window into occupied Amsterdam and the girls who will now never be forgotten.Trade Review'An extraordinary book ... vivid and heart-breaking' * The Jewish Chronicle *

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Book SynopsisJohn Robb talks to many of those who cultivated the punk movement, weaving together their accounts to create a raw and unprecedented oral history of UK punk.

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Book SynopsisAfter a decade away from her ancestral family village, during which she became a writer and literary scholar in Beijing, Liang Hong started visiting her rural hometown in landlocked Hebei province. What she found was an extended family torn apart by the seismic changes in Chinese society, and a village hollowed-out by emigration, neglect, and environmental despoliation. Combining family memoir, literary observation, and social commentary, Liang's by turns moving and shocking account became a bestselling book in China and brought her fame. Across China, many saw in Liang's remarkable and vivid interviews with family members and childhood acquaintances a mirror of their own families, and her observations about the way the greatest rural-to-urban migration of modern times has twisted the country resonated deeply. China in One Village tells the story of contemporary China through one clear-eyed observer, one family, and one village.Trade ReviewAn engaging read, with lively first-person narratives . it is in these stories that the universality of people's hopes, fears and frustrations really shines through. * New Internationalist *A lucid, accessible account of rural Chinese life, its stories worth far more than the statistics usually invoked in accounts of the pro­found change that has swept China. -- Jonathan Chatwin * South China Morning Post *A true literary sensation ... [Liang] pulls no punches. -- Ian Johnson * New York Times *Stunningly insightful ... What makes Liang's study so compelling is the way in which it offers a glimpse of a world in which personal problems ... exist on the same level as broader social and political problems -- Mark Rappolt * ArtReview *Overburdened grandparents, children who don't see their parents, workers straining to make a living in unwelcoming cities: Liang Hong's book, "China in One Village" (tr. Emily Goedde), gives a platform for these voices from the countryside. -- Mike Cormack * SupChina *The immediacy of China in One Village brings to life how China is changing in a way that more academic works cannot do. * rs21 *Fair-minded and sanguine ... one of the clearest narrative accounts of China's countryside available in English. -- Amy Hawkins * Times Literary Supplement *

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Book SynopsisThe country is bankrupt, the gap between rich and poor is widening, the church has retreated from the inner cities, and even in the more affluent suburbs, many young people see the church as irrelevant - out of touch.

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Book SynopsisAn introduction about the Women's Land Army in the First and Second World Wars is followed by reminiscences, recorded recently by the editor, of ten ex-Land Girls. It is co-published by NMS Enterprises Limited - Publishing and the European Ethnological Research Centre (EERC) an independent unit within Celtic & Scottish Studies at the University of Edinburgh.Trade Review' ... The text combines first hand accounts with interviews held with the editor. The collection vividly brings to life the girls' personal experiences and highlights their daily work ... They also recalled their social lives, whist drives and dances ... The centre of the book has a lovely photographic section.' Scottish Farmer ' ... The introduction to the book draws together many of the key issues faced by the women ... A good amount of background material is provided, making it easy to picture the young women and their lives during the war. Were this not sufficient, two dozen images are also included from the Land Girls' own photograph collections showing them at work and relaxing in their off hours. ... an entertaining and information read that will appeal to a wide audience.' History Scotland 'National Museums Scotland have a happy knack of publishing books on subjects that have probably never crossed your mind before, yet which turn out to be captivating and thought provoking. Scotland's Land Girls: Breeches, Bombers and Backaches, to give its full title, fits this pattern very well indeed.' Undiscovered Scotland (website) ' ... I found this book totally absorbing. The ladies' reminiscences reveal a great deal of information about an aspect of the war effort which is often overlooked.' Scottish Home and County ' ... full of lively accounts of working and living on farms and how the experience shaped the girls' subsequent lives. ...' Ayrshire Notes ' ... Edwards has undertaken an important role in preserving the history and experiences of these women and their vital part in the war effort.' Northern ScotlandTable of ContentsAcknowledgements List of illustrations Editorial Note Foreword SCOTLAND'S LAND GIRLS Introduction Written Recollections Spoken Memories Notes Glossary

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Book SynopsisWhithorn: An Economy of People is an exploration of a unique face-to-face society in Galloway in the south west of Scotland. It paints a picture of a largely cashless economy based on trust, frugality and the skilled labour and strategies of its residents to remain independent of the rest of the world while keeping closely connected to each other. Between 2012 and 2013 Julia Muir Watt interviewed twenty-nine individuals from Whithorn and the Machars about their memories. From those interviewed we learn what it was like to grow up, to go to school, and to work and to play in Whithorn in the twentieth century, before and after the Second World War. A great strength of oral history is that it can provide a direct insight into a lived life. In this collection, we have many such insights into life in and around the burgh of Whithorn. In telling of their experiences, those interviewed also provide an understanding into what it felt like to live those lives. Co-published with the European Ethnological Research Centre based on the research undertaken by them in their programme Dumfries and Galloway:A Regional Ethnology – part of a wider research programme the Regional Ethnology of Scotland Project (RESP).Trade Review' … presents a fascinating picture of life in a particular part of Scotland, and the transcripts and extracts from oral testimonies included offer insight into a number of themes and issues about the experiences of the inhabitants of the area, relevant to a range of existing academic work … a welcome addition to the body of research examining 20th-century Scotland.' Scottish ArchivesTable of ContentsWhithorn Manse by Alistair Reid Acknowledgements Preface Editorial note Lost of Illustrations Introduction WHITHORN: AN ECONOMY OF PEOPLE, 1920-1960 1. Leaving and Returning: Nostalgia of the Writers 2. Outside-In: the Rural Town 3. Outside: the Farms 4. Work and rest: The Timing of Pleasures 5. Up and Down: Wealth and Poverty 6. Here and There 7. Here and Hereafter 8. Incursion and Dispersion: Second World War Index

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Book SynopsisChapter 1. Indians in South Africa: an overview of emerging soundscapes.- Chapter 2. Creative Adaptation under Apartheid: Music and Politics.- Chapter 3. Assembling a repertoire: in search of teachers, crafting genres.- Chapter 4. Gender and Music: the case of Indian women performers in South Africa.- Chapter 5. Sonic modernities: the politics and aesthetics of trans-national music in the diaspora during and after apartheid.

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Book SynopsisThis book tells the story of how American journalists have covered China—from the civil war of the 1940s through the COVID-19 pandemic—in their own words. Mike Chinoy assembles a remarkable collection of personal accounts from eminent journalists.Trade ReviewThe China beat is one of the toughest in journalism—and one of the most important. In Assignment China, Mike Chinoy, CNN's longtime Beijing bureau chief, has created a remarkable oral history of multiple generations of China correspondents, providing insight beyond the headlines and introducing readers to some of the committed, compassionate and colorful people who covered China for the American media from 1945 to the present day. Essential reading for understanding modern China and the history of journalism. -- Tom Johnson, former publisher of the Los Angeles Times and former CEO of CNNBy collecting the thoughts and observations of dozens of prominent journalists who have covered China for more than half a century, we get a broader and richer view of modern China and even some of the difficulties they faced in getting their stories out to the world, rather than through the eyes of just one reporter. And by arranging the insights of the journalists around specific events—whether the Cultural Revolution, ping pong diplomacy, Nixon’s trip to China, Tiananmen Square, China’s economic and social transformation—Chinoy made me feel privileged, as if I was listening in on a gathering of esteemed journalists providing their different and unique perspectives and interpretations. -- Gary Locke, former United States Ambassador to ChinaChina may be one of the most fascinating countries in the world, with 1.4 billion people, and a long, rich and consequential history. But the fact it’s also one of the most closed societies on earth, makes it almost impossible to know the truth of what’s happening there. Mike Chinoy brings us closer to penetrating that wall of secrecy with his brilliant idea of interviewing almost all (?) of the U.S. journalists who’ve covered China over the past 75 years, publishing their observations and their tales of struggle with China’s leaders to win access. This is riveting reading for anyone who wants to understand China, or cares about how great reporters do their work. -- Judy Woodruff, PBS NewsHourA rare and fascinating assemblage of first-hand accounts from decades of American journalists in China. Assignment China fills a gap in the literature on Sino-American relations and it opens a window into how Americans have formed their perceptions of China. -- David Shambaugh, George Washington UniversityMike Chinoy weaves together fascinating vignettes of the drama of changing China from the journalists experiencing them first hand. I started reading and couldn’t put it down. -- Susan Shirk, University of California, San DiegoA terrific document and a fun read. -- Matt Pottinger, China-based reporter (1998-2005) and former Deputy National Security AdvisorAssignment China is an engaging way to view the changing and evolving relationship between the United States and China...a real treat to read. * Middle East Monitor *Mike Chinoy is a pioneering broadcaster who opened CNN's first Beijing bureau in 1987. This book is based on his documentary of the same name. In each, correspondents talk about the challenges of covering China as outsiders. For those not old enough to remember, Chinoy comes from a time when journalism was considered a craft, guided by ethics—when journalists didn't have agendas. A must read for serious journalists and would-be international reporters—plus anyone who wants to understand China's contemporary history. -- Lisa Napoli, author of Up All Night: Ted Turner, CNN, and the Birth of 24-Hour News and Susan, Linda, Nina & Cokie: The Extraordinary Story of the Founding Mothers of NPRAssignment China gives readers unforgettable behind-the-scenes insights on the challenges and choices faced by journalists covering the biggest story of the past 45 years—the rise of China to the world's center stage. Organized chronologically, author Mike Chinoy is the guide who provides the context for the recollections of the reporters who faced threats, intimidation, and the risk of expulsion to cover Tian'anmen, SARS, COVID-19, and the dramatic changes in the lives of the Chinese people. I couldn't put it down. -- John Holden, former President of the National Committee on U.S.-China RelationsChinoy looks at China since the 1949 revolution and how its journey has been covered by the U.S. media correspondents who had been assigned there. Moments of insight and courage are discussed, along with the painstaking everyday challenge of trying to report the news from this massive, complicated, and secretive country. A fascinating read for China hands and those who want to understand the profession of journalism. -- Frank Lavin, former U.S. ambassador to SIngaporeOffers fascinating accounts of U.S. reporters covering one of journalism's key international beats over the course of close to a century. * Studies in Intelligence *Assignment China is packed full of such wonderful anecdotes, all delivered in conversational speech of reporters on the scene, state department officials and Chinese government personnel. I found myself tearing through the pages. For the modern China bookshelf, this is absolutely required reading. But even for casual news watchers, it’s a highly accessible and utterly engrossing history. -- David Frazier * Taipei Times *A rich story of how correspondents collected and transmitted news and their dealings with the PRC authorities at both national and local levels. * China Quarterly *Table of ContentsAcknowledgmentsCast of CharactersIntroduction1. The Chinese Civil War2. China Watching3. “A Struggle of Sea Monsters”4. The Week That Changed the World5. End of an Era6. Opening Up7. “You Were Writing What We Were Thinking”8. Testing the Limits9. Beijing Spring10. The Crackdown in Tiananmen Square11. Aftermath12. A Tale of Two Chinas13. The New Millennium14. Tremors15. Contradictions16. The Turning Point17. Poison18. Follow the Money19. The Surveillance State20. Emperor for Life21. “Reeducation” in Xinjiang22. “I Started to Cry”23. Epidemic24. Expulsion25. The Door ClosesNotesSuggested ReadingIndex

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Book SynopsisThis text shows how the shamans, during their night-long performances, create the worlds of words in which shamans exist. It analyzes texts that the shamans use to diagnose and treat afflictions that trouble their clients.

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Book SynopsisFran Leeper Buss, a former welfare recipient who became a pioneer in the field of oral history, has for forty years dedicated herself to the goal of collecting the stories of marginal and working-class US women. Memory, Meaning, and Resistance is based on over 100 oral histories gathered from women from a variety of racial, ethnic, and geographical backgrounds.Trade ReviewThe analysis is methodologically rich yet manages to capture the harsh realities of poverty, sexism, and racism, and the resilience of the activists. The book also sheds light on the role of spirituality in the lives of poor and working class women… An excellent resource for training graduate students to collect oral histories in a more intersectional, postmodern way. In short, we need this book.' - Mary Margaret Fonow, Arizona State University

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Book SynopsisThrough a collection of interviews with elderly Armenians who survived the conflict, this study describes the genocidal campaign mounted by the Turks between 1915 and 1923, during which over 1 million Armenians died. Interviewees describe the break-up of their homes and post-war life in orphanages.Table of ContentsList of Illustrations Acknowledgments Introduction 1 PART I: HISTORICAL BACKGROUND 1. Remembrances of a Forgotten Genocide 2. The Historical and Political Context of the Genocide PART II: SURVIVOR ACCOUNTS 3. Life and Politics Before the Deportations 4. The Deportation Marches 5. The Experience of Women and Children 6. Orphanage Life and Family Reunions 7. Emigration and Resettlement PART III: ANALYSIS 8. Survivor Responses to the Genocide 9. Moral Reflections on the Genocide Appendix A: Methodology Appendix B: Interview Guide Appendix C: Survivors Interviewed Notes Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisThe Japanese invasion of Shanghai in 1937 led 30 million Chinese to flee their homes in terror, and live—in the words of artist and writer Feng Zikai—“in a sea of bitterness” as refugees. Keith Schoppa paints a comprehensive picture of the refugee experience in one province, Zhejiang, where the Japanese launched notorious campaigns.Trade ReviewMakes a signal contribution to the understanding of warfare in China by examining the refugee experience comprehensively. The great strength of this book is that it focuses on an entire province, one whose history and geography the author knows intimately. Schoppa takes an important step towards fulfilling the call, made by the eminent historian Parks Coble, for scholars to explore more deeply the traumatic effects of this war on civilians. -- Rebecca Nedostup, author of Superstitious RegimesA stunning account of the horrific experiences of Chinese refugees during the Sino-Japanese War of 1937-45. Focusing on people's actual sentiments rather than state-generated propaganda, Schoppa finds that personal concerns, not the interests of the nation, were uppermost in the minds of refugees. He also shows that refugee strategies were profoundly shaped by the preeminent importance in Chinese culture of native place and the complex networks of human connections associated with it. In the brutal caldron of war, local attachments, which were concrete, trumped more abstract national ones. -- Paul A. Cohen, author of Speaking to HistoryJapan's "Rape of Nanking" is infamous. Less well known are the massacres at Qiaosi and countless other places. In a moving, relentless narrative, Keith Schoppa shows how Japanese bombing, arson, rape, pillage and murder in the first years of war unleashed a "tsunami of refugees" across China. Rulers and ruled, teachers and students, merchants and customers, farmers and artisans went on the run. This is the story of how they lived, coped, resisted, remembered or died in one Chinese province. Schoppa takes us back to "a world where ghosts wailed," when local, national and global destinies were sorted out. This is a masterful and sobering history. -- William C. Kirby, editor of The People's Republic of China at 60The brutal Japanese invasion of China in 1937 forced more than 30 million Chinese to flee their homes and subsist in regions of their country unfamiliar to them as refugees until the end of World War II. Schoppa retraces the stories of these refugees, produced from oral histories, journals, and memoirs chronicling a turbulent period in one particular province--Zhejiang, on the central Chinese coast. The terrorizing offensives of mass murder, rape, and germ warfare launched by the Japanese militarists brought about the most demoralizing sense of political, cultural, and psychological dislocation in Chinese history...A moving narrative for serious readers in Chinese or Japanese history and in the history of 20th-century warfare in East Asia. -- Allan Cho * Library Journal *Schoppa relies primarily on the direct accounts of diarists to illustrate the confusion and emotional distress that accompanied the physical hardships of being without a home during wartime--particularly for a culture that places such a high value on the concept of home. The era Schoppa revisits in this book is a dark one--as one refugee says, the loss of his home in the war thrust him into a "sea of bitterness"--but with measured analysis and an arsenal of facts, he sheds light on the war's forgotten refugees. * Publishers Weekly *

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Book SynopsisOral testimonies from the creative, violent and ground-shaking events in France, May '68.Trade Review'These powerful and moving testimonies create an eye-opening account of the inspiring events of May '68, which are more relevant for today's activists than ever before' -- Paul MasonTable of ContentsAcknowledgements Abbreviations Timeline of Events in 1968 1. Introduction: May ’68 Revisited 2. Veterans in the Struggle Jean-Jacques Lebel Alain Krivine Prisca Bachelet Henri Simon 3. Students in Paris Suzanne Borde Isabelle Saint-Saëns Sonia Fayman Jean-Pierre Fournier Pauline Steiner Pierre Mercier 4. May Outside Paris Jacques Wajnsztejn (Lyon) Joseph Potiron (La Chapelle-sur-Erdre) Guy Texier (Saint-Nazaire), Bernard Vauselle (Saint-Nazaire), Dominique Barbe (Nantes) Myriam Chédotal (Saint-Nazaire), Eliane Paul-Di Vicenzo (Nantes) Jean-Michel Rabaté (Bordeaux) José and Hélène Chatroussat (Rouen) 5. May and Film Michel Andrieu Pascal Aubier and Bernard Eisenschitz 6. Some Anarchists Daniel Pinos Wally Rosell Thierry Porré About the Author

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Book SynopsisA vivid collection of texts from the movements and uprisings of the 'long 1968'.Trade Review'This extraordinary collection brings together the great manifestos, political programmes, and other original writings that inspired - and were inspired by - the movements and uprisings of 1968... indispensable for anyone interested in the global upheavals of that annus mirabilis' -- Jeff Goodwin, NYU, editor of The Social Movements Reader and author of No Other Way Out: States and Revolutionary Movements, 1945-1991'Read Voices of 1968 to understand how, why and where deeply rooted activist currents coalesced into a global uprising that changed the world. Here are the transnational threads of hope and possibility desperately needed in an era of neoliberalism' -- Robyn C. Spencer, CUNY, author of The Revolution Has Come: Black Power, Gender, and the Black Panther Party'The many revolts and uprisings of 1968 have frequently been told through narratives which have depoliticised them. This valuable collection of original documents and writings reasserts the diverse forms of radicalism and struggles for radical change in this pivotal year. It's a significant resource for hope and struggle' -- David Featherstone, School of Geographical and Earth Sciences, University of Glasgow, and author of Solidarity: Hidden Histories and Geographies of Internationalism'Here are voices from the marvellous year of 1968, as they spoke then. Some speak to projects we still struggle to realise half a century later. If a few are slightly mad, most are empowering, we know them as our own. We are their inheritor' -- Colin Barker, Senior Lecturer Emeritus, Manchester Metropolitan University, editor of Revolutionary Rehearsals and author of Festival of the Oppressed'This is a direly needed document collection of great value. To the best of my knowledge, this is the most comprehensive such publication on global 1968 in any Western language' -- Gerd-Rainer Horn, author of The Spirit of '68: Rebellion in Western Europe and North America, 1956-76'These revolutionary texts, many translated into English for the first time, contribute to challenge the whitewashing of this extraordinary year of anti-imperialist, anti-capitalist, antiracist, feminist and LGBT struggles' -- Françoise Vergès, Chair Global South(s), Maison des sciences de l'homme, Paris'An invaluable collection of original material from this most epic of years ranging right across Europe and the USA for its sources' -- Philosophy FootballTable of ContentsAcknowledgements What Was 1968? by Salar Mohandesi, Bjarke Skærlund Risager, and Laurence Cox 1. United States Paul Potter: The Incredible War (1965) General Gordon Baker, Jr.: Letter to Draft Board 100, Wayne County, Detroit, Michigan (1965) The Diggers: Trip Without a Ticket (1967) Tom Hayden: Two, Three, Many Columbias (1968) Redstockings Manifesto (1969) The Black Panther Party and Young Patriots Organization: Right On! (1969) Young Lords Party: 13-Point Program and Platform (1970) 2. Canada Front de Libération du Québec: Message of the FLQ to the Nation (1963) Charles Gagnon and Pierre Vallières: Letter to Stokely Carmichael (1968) Keith Byrne, Rosie Douglas, and Elder Thébaud: Black Writers Congress: The Organizers Talk … (1968) Native Alliance for Red Power: Eight-Point Program (1969) Workers’ Unity: Salt of the Earth … Two for the Price of One (1971) Corporation des Enseignants du Québec: Phase One (1971) Vancouver Women’s Caucus: Lesbians Belong in the Women’s Movement (1972) 3. Mexico National Strike Council: List of Demands (1968) National Strike Council: For a Worker/Peasant/Student Alliance (1968) Gilberto Guevara Niebla, Ana Ignacia Rodríguez, and María Alice Martínez Medrano: Eyewitness Accounts (1971) Jaime Sabines: Tlatelolco, 68 (1972) Party of the Poor: First Principles (1972) First Indigenous Congress: Resolutions (1974) La Revuelta: Editorial (1976) 4. Japan Akiyama Katsuyuki: To the Fighting Students and Workers of All Japan and the Whole World (1967) Iwadare Hiroshi: Without Warning, Riot Police Beat Citizens As Well: Dispatch from Our Reporter Inside the Maelstrom (1968)Council on Armed Revolution, Red Army Faction, Communist League: Declaration of War (1969) AMPO Interviews Makoto Oda (1969) Tanaka Mitsu: Liberation from the Toilet (1970) Ui Jun: Pollution and Residents Struggle (1974) 5. West Germany Students’ Trade Union Working Group, SDS Munich, Liberal Students Association Munich, Social Democratic Higher Education Association Munich: Murder (1967) Rudi Dutschke and Hans-Jürgen Krahl: Self-Denial Requires a Guerrilla Mindset (1967) Kommune I: Consumer, Why are you Burning? (1967) H. Heinemann: Observations on the Tactics and Deployment of West Berlin’s Fascistoid Press (1967) Women’s Liberation Action Council/Helke Sander: Speech to the twenty-third SDS Delegate Conference (1968) Wimmin’s Council of the Frankfurt Group: Statement of Accounts (1968) Red Army Faction: Build the Red Army (1970) Walter Mossmann: Watch on the Rhine (1974) 6. Denmark Ole Grünbaum: Emigrate (1968) Erland Kolding Nielsen: Democracy or Student Rule? (1968) Lisbeth Dehn Holgersen, Åse Lading, Ninon Schloss and Marie-Louise Svane: Something is Happening, But You Don’t Know What It Is, Do You, Mr. Jones? (1970) Jacob Ludvigsen: The Military’s “Forbidden City” on Christianshavn was Quietly Taken by Ordinary Civilians (1971) Aqqaluk Lynge: Will We be Squeezed to Death in Your Bosom, Mother Denmark: The Fourth World and the “Rabid” Greenlanders (1975) 7. France La Jeunesse Communiste Révolutionnaire: February 21: A Tribute to Vietnamese Heroism (1968) Action: Why We Are Fighting (1968) Fredy Perlman: Liberated Censier: A Revolutionary Base (1968) Slogans (1968) Alsthom Workers on Self-Management (1968) Le Groupe d’Information sur les Prisons: Manifesto (1971) Manifesto of the 343 Women (1971) Moktar: “Everytime We Advance the Liberation of the Arab People, We Also Advance the French Revolution” (1971) 8. Italy Occupiers of the Sapienza University: The Sapienza Theses (1967) Movement for a Negative University/Renato Curcio: Manifesto for a Negative University (1967) The Struggle Continues (1968) Potere Operaio: The Lessons of the Revolt in France (1968) Lucio Magri: One Year Later: Prague Stands Alone (1969) Workers’ Committee of Porto Marghera: As We Work, We Workers Produce Capital: How We Reproduce Capital’s Rule Over Ourselves (1970) Red Brigade: Communiqué no. 3 (1970) Padua Women’s Struggle Movement/Mariarosa Dalla Costa: First Document (1971) 9. Britain Why Vietnam Solidarity? Policy Statement by the International Council of the Vietnam Solidarity Campaign (1966) Dave Slaney: The Occupation of LSE (1968) J.W.: Network: or How We Beat the Gallery System (1969) International Times: “People Round about Living in Fear” (1970) Black Women’s Action Committee: The Oppressed of the Oppressed (1971) Gay Liberation Front: Manifesto (1971) 10. Northern Ireland Campaign for Social Justice: Londonderry: One Man, No Vote (1965) Derry Housing Action Committee: ’68 DHAC ’69 (1969) Russell Kerr, John Ryan and Anne Kerr: Three Eyewitnesses Report on Londonderry (1968) Bowes Egan and Vincent McCormack: Burntollet (1969) “A Republican in the Civil Rights Movement” (pseudonym): Britain and the Barricade (1969) People’s Democracy/Eilish McDermott: Speech to the National Association for Irish Justice (1969) 11. Yugoslavia Ivica Percl: Honored Professor (1968) Resolution of the Student Demonstration (1968) Letter from Students to Workers (1968) Political Action Program (1968) Proclamation of the Revolutionary Students of the Socialist University “Seven Secretaries of the Young Communist League of Yugoslavia” (1968) D. Plamenic: Discussion held by the General Assembly of the Philosophy and Sociology Faculty (1968) 12. Czechoslovakia Action Program of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia (1968) Milan Hauner: Rudi Dutschke in Recovery (1968) Ludvík Vaculík: Two Thousand Words that Belong to Workers, Farmers, Officials, Scientists, Artists, and Everybody (1968) Extraordinary Congress of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia: Proclamation Adopted at the Opening of the Congress (1968) Information from the Local Councils of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia, the Municipality, and the National Front to the Citizens of the Town (1968) Aktual/Milan Knížák: Russians, Go Home! (1968) Workers’ Councils: The Guarantee of Democratic Administration and Managerial Activity (1969) A Letter from Jan Palach addressed to the Union of Czechoslovak Writers (1969)

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Book SynopsisBalancing art, social theory, and history and drawing from family records, oral histories, and photographs rescued from New Orleans in the wake of Hurricane Katrina, Arthe Anthony gives us a rich look at the cultural landscape of New Orleans nearly a century ago.Trade Review“Fascinating.”—LA Weekly“[An] alluring book.”—New Orleans Magazine“Anthony delivers a warm and detailed portrait of Collins and some facets of New Orleans’ rich and richly complicated culture in the early 20th century.”—Gambit“Readers will appreciate amusing and emotional anecdotes while also gaining a strong sense of what New Orleans was like in those 20th-century decades for Creoles and others of African heritage.”—Library Journal

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Book SynopsisDuring the wave of mass arrests, torture, and executions that followed Pinochet’s coup, people began fleeing Chile. Out of their anguish and anger come these moving and powerful testimonies of their fractured lives.Trade ReviewA compelling and moving account."—Marjorie Agosín, author of Tapestries of Hope, Threads of Love: The Arpillera Movement in Chile, 1974-1994Table of Contents Introduction Translator's Introduction Acknowledgments Chapter One. The Diaspora in Context: Chilean Politics, 1970-1994 Chapter Two. Prelude to Exile: The Military Coup Chapter Three. Paths to Exile Chapter Four. Resistance and Exile Chapter Five. The Diaspora: Exile on Four Continents Chapter Six. The Diaspora: Exile in Western Europe Chapter Seven. Political Life in Exile: Fighting the Dictatorship from Afar Chapter Eight. Exilesʼ Return, 1978-1988: Struggle on Many Fronts Chapter Nine. Return to a New Exile, 1988-1994 Selected Bibliography List of Interviews Index

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Book SynopsisBy putting past and present scholarship into dialogue with each other, this book addresses accomplishments in Canadian women's and gender history, as well as ongoing silences and absences.Trade Review"Anyone engaging in women’s, gender, or feminist history in Canada today will benefit from the book’s thorough consideration of how the field of women’s history, understood broadly, was built, its historiographical trends, and the collaborative effort of historians to de-marginalize women and bring their experiences to the forefront of historical study. The excellent contributions in this book remind us yet again that though the field is rich and deep, much work remains to be done." -- Rebecca Beausaert, University of Guelph * Histoire sociale / Social History *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments 1. Introduction: Feminist Conversations Nancy Janovicek, University of Calgary and Carmen Nielson, Mount Royal University 2. Our Historiographical Moment: A Conversation about Indigenous Women’s History in Canada in the Early Twenty-First Century Mary Jane Logan McCallum, University of Winnipeg and Susan M. Hill, University of Toronto 3. Writing Black Canadian Women’s History: Where We Have Been and Where We Are Going Karen Flynn, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and Funké Aladejebi, University of New Brunswick 4. Quebec Nationalism and the History of Women and Gender Denyse Baillargeon, Université de Montréal 5. Class, Race, and Gender Roles in Early British North America Katherine M.J. McKenna, Western University 6. Performative (Ir)rationality: Rethinking Agency in Canadian Histories of Gender, Religion, Reason, and Beyond Beth A. Robertson, Carleton University 7. Home Fronts and Front Lines: A Gendered History of War and Peace Tarah Brookfield, Wilfrid Laurier University and Sarah Glassford, University of Ottawa 8. Historical Feminisms in Canada to 1940: Further Reflections on the So-Called First Wave Nancy Forestell, St. Francis Xavier University 9. Never Done: Feminists Reinterpret Their Own History Joan Sangster, Trent University 10. Beyond Sisters or Strangers: Feminist Immigrant Women’s History and Rewriting Canadian History Marlene Epp, University of Waterloo and Franca Iacovetta, University of Toronto 11. Primal Urge/National Force: Sex, Sexuality, and National History Heather Stanley, Vancouver Island University 12. Challenging Work: Feminist Scholarship on Women, Gender, and Work in Canadian History Lisa Pasolli, Queen’s University and Julia Smith, University of Alberta 13. Realizing Reproductive Justice in Canadian History Shannon Stettner, University of Waterloo, Kristin Burnett, Lakehead University, and Lori Chambers, Lakehead University List of Contributors Index

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Book SynopsisMonique Moultrie collects oral histories of Black lesbian religious leaders in the United States to show how their authenticity, social justice awareness, spirituality, and collaborative leadership make them models of womanist ethical leadership.Table of ContentsAcknowledgments ix Introduction. That Their Living Will Not Be in Vain 1 1. Shattering Stain-Glassed Ceilings: African American Queer Storytelling 17 2. Going to Hell for My Authenticity: Existence as Resistance 38 3. Justice Is Spiritual: Interrogating Spiritual Activism 68 4. Mighty Causes Are Calling Us: Expanding Womanist Spiritualities 103 5. Doing the Work Their Souls Must Have: Cultivating Womanist Ethical Leadership 126 Conclusion. Leading from the Margins 168 Epilogue. Online Archives 182 Appendix: Interview Guide 187 Interview Guide 187 Notes 189 Bibliography 203 Index 217

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Book SynopsisIn this important new book, Paul T. Phillips argues that most professional historians aside from a relatively small number devoted to theory and methodology have concerned themselves with particular, specialized areas of research, thereby ignoring the fundamental questions of truth, morality, and meaning. This is less so in the thriving general community of history enthusiasts beyond academia, and may explain, in part at least, history’s sharp decline as a subject of choice by students in recent years. Phillips sees great dangers resulting from the thinking of extreme relativists and postmodernists on the futility of attaining historical truth, especially in the age of post-truth. He also believes that moral judgment and the search for meaning in history should be considered part of the discipline’s mandate. In each section of this study, Phillips outlines the nature of individual issues and past efforts to address them, including approaches derived from otherTrade Review"Phillips's book is not a thundering polemic but, rather, a quiet, reasoned meditation. [...] The author is generally an erudite guide, and he packs a great many observations as to the history and philosophy of history into 134 pages of text." -- Alan MacHeachern, Western University * University of Toronto Quarterly *Table of ContentsPreface Introduction 1. Truth 2. Morality 3. Meaning 4. History Beyond the Academy Conclusion Notes Index

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Book SynopsisIn the mid- to late-1930s, while he was a student at the Gregorian University in Rome, Bernard Lonergan wrote a series of eight essays on the philosophy and theology of history. These essays foreshadow a number of the major themes in his life’s work. The significance of these essays is enormous, not only for an understanding of the later trajectory of Lonergan’s own work but also for the development of a contemporary systematic theology. In an important entry from 1965 in his archival papers, Lonergan wrote that the mediated object of systematics is Geschichte or the history that is lived and written about. In the same entry, he stated that the doctrines that this systematic theology would attempt to understand are focused on redemption. The seeds of such a theology are planted in the current volume, where the formulae that are so pronounced in his later work first appear. Students of Lonergan’s work will find their understanding of his philosophy Table of ContentsGeneral Editors’ Preface Robert M. Doran 1. Essay in Fundamental Sociology: Philosophy of History 2. Pantōn Anakephalaiōsis: A Theory of Human Solidarity 3. Pantōn Anakephalaiōsis (2) 4. Sketch for a Metaphysic of Human Solidarity 5. A Theory of History 6. Outline of an Analytic Concept of History 7. Analytic Concept of History, in Blurred Outline 8. Analytic Concept of History Latin and Greek Words and Phrases

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Book SynopsisIn this important new book, Paul T. Phillips argues that most professional historians aside from a relatively small number devoted to theory and methodology have concerned themselves with particular, specialized areas of research, thereby ignoring the fundamental questions of truth, morality, and meaning. This is less so in the thriving general community of history enthusiasts beyond academia, and may explain, in part at least, history’s sharp decline as a subject of choice by students in recent years. Phillips sees great dangers resulting from the thinking of extreme relativists and postmodernists on the futility of attaining historical truth, especially in the age of post-truth. He also believes that moral judgment and the search for meaning in history should be considered part of the discipline’s mandate. In each section of this study, Phillips outlines the nature of individual issues and past efforts to address them, including approaches derived from otherTrade Review"Phillips's book is not a thundering polemic but, rather, a quiet, reasoned meditation. [...] The author is generally an erudite guide, and he packs a great many observations as to the history and philosophy of history into 134 pages of text." -- Alan MacHeachern, Western University * University of Toronto Quarterly *Table of ContentsPreface Introduction 1. Truth 2. Morality 3. Meaning 4. History Beyond the Academy Conclusion Notes Index

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Book SynopsisHistory students read a lot. They read primary sources. They read specialized articles and monographs. They sometimes read popular histories. And they read textbooks. Yet students are beginners, and as beginners they need to learn the differences among various kinds of readings – their natures, their challenges, and the unique expectations one needs to bring to each of them.Reading History is a practical guide to help students read better. Uniquely designed with the author’s engaging explanations in the margins, the book describes primary sources across various genres, including documents of practice, treatises, and literary works, as well as secondary sources such as textbooks, articles, and monographs. An appendix contains tips and questions for reading primary or secondary sources.Full of practical advice and hands-on training that allows students to be successful, Reading History will cultivate a wider appreciation for the discipline of Table of ContentsPreface Figures and Table Part I: Introduction 1. Introduction Part II: Primary Sources 2. From Manuscript to Edition 2.1 Editing 2.2 Kinds of Editions: Print and Online 2.3 Translations 3. Primary Source Basics and Two Documents of Practice 3.1 Questions about the Source 3.2 Drawing Historical Conclusions: Questions about the World beyond the Source 3.3 Reading against the Larger Historical Context 3.4 Documents of Practice 4. Narrative Sources and Cognate Sources 5. Literary Sources and Treatises 5.1 Literary Sources 5.2 Treatises 6. Material Evidence and Comparing Sources 6.1 Introduction 6.2 Art 6.3 Archaeological Evidence Part III: Secondary Sources 7. Historians Presenting Original Research: Monographs and Articles 8. Textbooks and Popular History 8.1 Textbooks 8.2 Popular History 8.3 Online Secondary Sources Part IV: Other Matters 9. Counting: Primary Sources and Secondary Sources 10. What Is in It for You? Appendix: Questions and Tips Suggestions for Further Reading

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Book SynopsisIn the mid- to late-1930s, while he was a student at the Gregorian University in Rome, Bernard Lonergan wrote a series of eight essays on the philosophy and theology of history. These essays foreshadow a number of the major themes in his life’s work. The significance of these essays is enormous, not only for an understanding of the later trajectory of Lonergan’s own work but also for the development of a contemporary systematic theology. In an important entry from 1965 in his archival papers, Lonergan wrote that the mediated object of systematics is Geschichte or the history that is lived and written about. In the same entry, he stated that the doctrines that this systematic theology would attempt to understand are focused on redemption. The seeds of such a theology are planted in the current volume, where the formulae that are so pronounced in his later work first appear. Students of Lonergan’s work will find their understanding of his philosophy Table of ContentsGeneral Editors’ Preface Robert M. Doran 1. Essay in Fundamental Sociology: Philosophy of History 2. Pantōn Anakephalaiōsis: A Theory of Human Solidarity 3. Pantōn Anakephalaiōsis (2) 4. Sketch for a Metaphysic of Human Solidarity 5. A Theory of History 6. Outline of an Analytic Concept of History 7. Analytic Concept of History, in Blurred Outline 8. Analytic Concept of History Latin and Greek Words and Phrases

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Book SynopsisThis is an unusual book in that it is an important contribution to social psychology and also an absorbing story of four strange years in a German prison camp of World War I. Four thousand men and boys from the most varied walks of life—professors, seamen, jockeys, schoolboys, bank directors, musicians, clerks, scientists—were taken from civilian life and placed in Ruhleben on the outbreak of war; no activities were prescribed for them, no direction was given to their communal life. In the event, this miscellaneous group of people, closed off from the world, create d their own society. This book is the story of how they did it and what the society they made was like; much more than this, the camp provides a gifted and sympathetic social psychologist with a rare opportunity for study and analysis of an important if inadvertent social experiment. The time elapsed between the event itself and the completion of the book may in one way be regretted; it did, however, allow t

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Book SynopsisThe Fall of a Carolingian Kingdom investigates how the first royal divorce scandal led to the collapse of a kingdom, changing the fate of medieval Europe. Through a set of annotated translations of key contemporary sources, the book presents the downfall of the Frankish kingdom of Lotharingia as a case study in early medieval politics, equipping readers to develop their own independent interpretations. The book tracks the twists and turns of the scandal as it unfolded over a crucial decade and a half in the ninth century. Drawing on primary sources such as letters, material culture, and secret treaties, The Fall of a Carolingian Kingdom offers readers a sharply defined window into one of the most dramatic episodes in Carolingian history, rich with insights on the workings of early medieval society.Table of ContentsList of Figures Abbreviations Key Individuals Introduction 1. King Lothar II Grants Winebert an Immunity, November 856 2. A Coin of King Lothar II (Undated) 3. The Quierzy Letter, November 858 4. The Remiremont Liber Memorialis “Royal Entry,” December 861 5. The Council of Aachen, 29 April 862 6. The Summit at Savonnières, November 862 7. Bishop Adventius Writes to Archbishop Theutgaud, Early 863 8. King Lothar II Grants a Church to the Convent of St-Pierre in Lyon, 18 May 863 9. Bishop Adventius Reforms the Monastery of Gorze, June 863 10. Eberhard and Gisela Make a Will, c. 863 11. Bishop Adventius Writes to Pope Nicholas, Early 864 12. The Bishops of Lotharingia Write to the West Frankish Bishops, c. 865 13. King Lothar II Grants Queen Theutberga Lands, 17 January 866 14. Pope Nicholas Writes about Waldrada to the Bishops of Gaul, Germany, and Italy, 13 June 866 15. Queen Ermentrude’s Coronation, 25 August 866 16. Pope Nicholas I Writes to King Charles the Bald, 25 January 867 17. Bishop Adventius Organizes Prayers against the Northmen, Summer 867 18. The Metz Oath, c. 868 19. King Lothar II Writes to Archbishop Ado of Vienne, July 869 20. Pope Hadrian II Writes to the Lotharingian Aristocracy, 5 September 869 21. The Sacramentary of Metz, 869 22. Emperor Louis II Writes to Emperor Basil I of Byzantium, Early 871 Conclusion Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisThis book sheds light on Irish republican prisoners during the Northern Irish Troubles and the ways in which they shaped the peace process from within the internment camps and prisons.Trade Review"Learning behind Bars is an interesting, informative and scholarly work." -- Gerry Moriarty * Irish Times *"..with its chronological panorama, and the geographical and organisational range of its interview partners, Reinisch’s book offers a valuable perspective on the experiences of republican prisoners at the periphery of the movement… his book is of undoubted value for scholars of the Northern Ireland conflict and, more broadly, for analysts of incarceration and the internal dynamics of militant social movements." -- Jack Hepworth, St Catherine’s College, Oxford * Oral History Journal *"This is an important account of the role of the Irish Republican Army (IRA) prisoners who were imprisoned on both sides of the Irish border who were instrumental in starting the critical debate that ultimately contributed to resolving the Northern Ireland conflict through the 1994 Provisional (IRA) ceasefire and the Good Friday Agreement of 1998." -- Joshua Sinai * Perspectives on Terrorism *"Drawing on the experience of learners and employing a framework which enables generalisations to be made from the particularities of Ireland, Dieter Reinisch makes a powerful case for the value of education in prisons for prisoners, prisons, and the wider society." -- Daniel Weinbren, Open University * Journal of Prison Education and Reentry *Table of ContentsIllustrations Preface Abbreviations Introduction 1. The Irish Prison Arena: Republican Prisoners and the Northern Ireland Conflict 2. “Portlaoise is an example for this”: Portlaoise Prison Protests, 1973–7 3. “No prisoner has the right to advance the education of another”: Education in Portlaoise Prison 4. The Harvey/McCaughey/Smith Cumann: Sinn Féin in Portlaoise Prison, 1978–86 5. “He was just rhyming off pages of it”: Internment and the Brownie Papers, 1971–7 6. Marxist Esperanto and Socialism in Cell 26: Reading, Thinking, and Writing in the H-Blocks, 1983–9 7. “It's only when you look back …”: The Fall of the Berlin Wall and the Peace Process in the 1990s Conclusion: An Irish Century of Camps Interview Partners Notes Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisFew cultural activities speak more powerfully to international histories of the modern world than football. In the late nineteenth century, this cheap and simple sport emerged as a major legacy of Britain’s formal and informal empires and spread quickly across Europe, South America, and Africa. Today, football (known to many as soccer) is arguably the world’s most popular pastime, an activity played and watched by millions of people around the globe. Contested Fields introduces readers to key aspects of the global game, synthesizing research on football’s transnational role in reflecting and shaping political, socio-economic, and cultural developments over the past 150 years. Each chapter uses case studies and cutting-edge scholarship to analyze an important element of football’s international story: migration, money, competition, gender, race, space, spectatorship, and confrontation. Table of ContentsList of Illustrations Acknowledgements List of Abbreviations Modern Football: A Timeline 1. Introduction 2. Migrations 3. Money 4. Competitions 5. Gender 6. Race 7. Spaces 8. Spectators 9. Confrontations 10. Conclusion Appendix: FIFA Member Associations Select Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisFew cultural activities speak more powerfully to international histories of the modern world than football. In the late nineteenth century, this cheap and simple sport emerged as a major legacy of Britain’s formal and informal empires and spread quickly across Europe, South America, and Africa. Today, football (known to many as soccer) is arguably the world’s most popular pastime, an activity played and watched by millions of people around the globe. Contested Fields introduces readers to key aspects of the global game, synthesizing research on football’s transnational role in reflecting and shaping political, socio-economic, and cultural developments over the past 150 years. Each chapter uses case studies and cutting-edge scholarship to analyze an important element of football’s international story: migration, money, competition, gender, race, space, spectatorship, and confrontation. Table of ContentsList of Illustrations Acknowledgements List of Abbreviations Modern Football: A Timeline 1. Introduction 2. Migrations 3. Money 4. Competitions 5. Gender 6. Race 7. Spaces 8. Spectators 9. Confrontations 10. Conclusion Appendix: FIFA Member Associations Select Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisThis bilingual volume focuses on the teachings, experiences, and practical wisdom of expert Native orators as they instruct a younger generation about their place in the world. In carefully crafted presentations, Yup'ik elders speak about their ""rules for right living"" - values, beliefs, and practices - which illuminate the enduring and still-relevant foundations of their culture today.Trade Review“Significant and timely. . . . Wise Words of the Yup’ik People and Yup’ik Words of Wisdom together honor the richness of oral tradition among Alaska Natives while addressing a broader audience of the next generation of Yup’ik people, scholars of various disciplines, and policymakers alike.”—Andrea D. Robertson, Pacific Northwest Quarterly “[Yup’ik Words of Wisdom] will prove to be a valuable record of Yup’ik tradition and knowledge not only for young people who might want to spend a few minutes reading, but also for scholars of oral history in the future.”—Polar Record “Valuable. . . . These texts are important vehicles for both the preservation and use of Yup’ik traditional knowledge for self-determination.”—CHOICETable of ContentsIntroduction to the New Bison Books Edition Acknowledgments Introduction Yup’ik Transcription and Translation List of Yup’ik Contributors1. Tegganret Qalartellruut Ayagyuat-llu Niicugniluteng Elders Spoke and Young People Listened2. Umyuaq Tuknilria A Powerful Mind3. Qanruyutet-gguq Egelrutaakut They Say the Qanruyutet Guide Our Lives4. Angayuqat Mikelnguut-llu Parents and Children5. Angutet Arnat-llu Men and Women6. Ilameggnek Tukuulriit Those Who Are Rich in Relatives7. Tuqluucaraq The Way of Addressing One’s Relatives8. Eyagyarat Abstinence Practices9. Tuarpiaq Yuuyaraat Yupiit Teguq’aqsi Catching the Yup’ik Way of Life GlossaryTuqluutet: Yup’ik Kinship and Relational Terms

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Book SynopsisThis bilingual volume focuses on the teachings, experiences, and practical wisdom of expert Native orators as they instruct a younger generation about their place in the world. In carefully crafted presentations, Yup'ik elders speak about their ""rules for right living"" - values, beliefs, and practices - which illuminate the enduring and still-relevant foundations of their culture today.Trade Review“Significant and timely. . . . Wise Words of the Yup’ik People and Yup’ik Words of Wisdom together honor the richness of oral tradition among Alaska Natives while addressing a broader audience of the next generation of Yup’ik people, scholars of various disciplines, and policymakers alike.”—Andrea D. Robertson, Pacific Northwest Quarterly “[Yup’ik Words of Wisdom] will prove to be a valuable record of Yup’ik tradition and knowledge not only for young people who might want to spend a few minutes reading, but also for scholars of oral history in the future.”—Polar Record “Valuable. . . . These texts are important vehicles for both the preservation and use of Yup’ik traditional knowledge for self-determination.”—CHOICETable of ContentsIntroduction to the New Bison Books Edition Acknowledgments Introduction Yup’ik Transcription and Translation List of Yup’ik Contributors1. Tegganret Qalartellruut Ayagyuat-llu Niicugniluteng Elders Spoke and Young People Listened2. Umyuaq Tuknilria A Powerful Mind3. Qanruyutet-gguq Egelrutaakut They Say the Qanruyutet Guide Our Lives4. Angayuqat Mikelnguut-llu Parents and Children5. Angutet Arnat-llu Men and Women6. Ilameggnek Tukuulriit Those Who Are Rich in Relatives7. Tuqluucaraq The Way of Addressing One’s Relatives8. Eyagyarat Abstinence Practices9. Tuarpiaq Yuuyaraat Yupiit Teguq’aqsi Catching the Yup’ik Way of Life GlossaryTuqluutet: Yup’ik Kinship and Relational Terms

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Book SynopsisThe banjo has been emblematic of the southern Appalachian Mountains since the late twentieth century. Making Music takes a close look at the instrument and banjo players in Haywood County, North Carolina, and presents the oral histories of thirty-two banjo players.

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Book SynopsisThis book offers an oral history of musical genres from the Palmetto state musicians who helped define the sounds.From Jabbo Smith, Dizzy Gillespie, and Drink Small to Johnny Helms, Dick Goodwin, and Chris Potter, South Carolina has been home to an impressive number of well-known jazz and blues musicians. Through richly detailed interviews with 19 South Carolina musicians, Franklin presents an oral history of the tradition and influence of jazz and the blues in the Palmetto State.Franklin takes as his subjects a range of musicians born between 1905 and 1971, representing every decade in between, to trace the progression of these musical genres from Tommy Benford's and Jabbo Smith's first recording sessions in the summer of 1926 to the present day. Diverse not only in age but also in race, gender, instruments, and style, these musicians exemplify the breadth of jazz and blues performers from South Carolina.In their own colorful words, the performers recall their love affairs with the distinctive sounds of jazz and blues, indoctrinations into the musical word, early gigs, life on the tour bus, fans, drugs, military service, amateur night at the Apollo Theater, and influential friendships with other well-known musicians. As the story of South Carolina musical scene is tightly interwoven with that of the nation, these narratives also include appearances by Tony Bennett, Miles Davis, Count Basie, Herman Lubinsky, Helen Merrill, Pharoah Sanders, Sister Rosetta Tharpe, and other significant musicians.

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Book SynopsisBringing the Legends home Legends of the Capilano updates E. Pauline Johnson’s 1911 classic Legends of Vancouver, restoring Johnson’s intended title for the first time. This new edition celebrates the storytelling abilities of Johnson’s Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish) collaborators, Joe and Mary Capilano, and supplements the original fifteen legends with five additional stories narrated solely or in part by Mary Capilano, highlighting her previously overlooked contributions to the book. Alongside photographs and biographical entries for E. Pauline Johnson, Joe Capilano, and Mary Capilano, editor Alix Shield provides a detailed publishing history of Legends since its first appearance in 1911. Interviews with literary scholar Rick Monture (Mohawk) and archaeologist Rudy Reimer (Skwxwú7mesh) further considers the legacy of Legends in both scholars’ home communities. Compiled in consultation with the Mathias family, the direct descendants of Joe and Mary Capilano and members of the Skwxwú7mesh Nation, this edition reframes, reconnects, and reclaims the stewardship of these stories.Table of Contents Foreward Author's Foreward to the 1911 Edition Introduction E. Pauline Johnson (Tekahionwake) Chief Joe Capilano (Sahp-luk) Mary Capilano (Lixwelut) From London (1906) to Vancouver (1909) "Periodicals First": Mother's Magazine and the Vancouver Daily Province The Publications of Legends (and Recovering Mary Capilano's Narrative Voice) Legends of Vancouver, or Legends of the Capilano? Legends of Vancouver: An Overview of Key Editions (1911-2013) Johnson's Final Will & Other Adaptations of Legends Legends of the Capilano: A Collaborative Approach Legends of the Capilano The Two Sisters The Siwash Rock The Recluse The Lost Salmon Run The Deep Waters The Sea-Serpent The Lost Island Point Grey The Tulameen Trail The Grey Archway Deadman's Island A Squamish Legend of Napoleon The Lure in Stanley Park Deer Lake A Royal Mohawk Chief Stories of Mary Agnes Capilano The Legend of the Two Sisters The Legend of the Squamish Twins The Legend of the Seven Swans The Legend of Lillooet Falls The Legend of the Ice Babies

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Book SynopsisWood Buffalo National Park is located in the heart of Dénesųłıuné homelands, where Dené people have lived from time immemorial. Central to the creation, expansion, and management of this park, Canada 's largest at nearly 45, 000 square kilometers, was the eviction of Dénesųłıuné people from their home, the forced separation of Dené families, and restriction of their Treaty rights. Remembering Our Relations tells the history of Wood Buffalo National Park from a Dené perspective and within the context of Treaty 8. Oral history and testimony from Dené Elders, knowledge-holders, leaders, and community members place Dénesųłıuné voices first. With supporting archival research, this book demonstrates how the founding, expansion, and management of Wood Buffalo National Park fits into a wider pattern of promises broken by settler colonial governments managing land use throughout the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. By prioritizing Dénesųłıuné histories Remembering Our Relations deliberately challenges how Dené experiences have been erased, and how this erasure has been used to justify violence against Dénesųłıuné homelands and people. Amplifying the voices and lives of the past, present, and future, Remembering Our Relations is a crucial step in the journey for healing and justice Dénesųłıuné peoples have been pursuing for over a century.

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Book SynopsisSinging the Law is about the legal lives and afterlives of oral cultures in East Africa, particularly as they appear within the pages of written literatures during the colonial and postcolonial periods. In examining these cultures, this book begins with an analysis of the cultural narratives of time and modernity that formed the foundations of British colonial law. Recognizing the contradictory nature of these narratives (i.e., both promoting and retreating from the Euro-centric ideal of temporal progress) enables us to make sense of the many representations of and experiments with non-linear, open-ended, and otherwise experimental temporalities that we find in works of East African literature that take colonial law as a subject or point of critique. Many of these works, furthermore, consciously appropriate orature as an expressive form with legal authority. This affords them the capacity to challenge the narrative foundations of colonial law and its postcolonial residues and offer alternative models of temporality and modernity that give rise, in turn, to alternative forms of legality. East Africa’s “oral jurisprudence” ultimately has implications not only for our understanding of law and literature in colonial and postcolonial contexts, but more broadly for our understanding of how the global south has shaped modern law as we know and experience it today.Trade ReviewReviews'Singing the Law is an exemplary contribution to the burgeoning field of postcolonial literature and law scholarship. Leman makes a compelling case for why we should pay attention to the relationship between a specific literary form—memoir, drama, dictator fiction, dialogical epic poetry—and oral and written law.'Anne W. Gulick, University of South CarolinaTable of ContentsIntroductionTemp/orality in Law and East African LiteratureChapter 1Catching History by the Tail: Colonial Non-Fiction, Aristocratic Atavism, and the Crisis of Modernity in KenyaChapter 2A Song Whose Time Has Come: Northern Uganda, Apocalyptic Futures, and the Oral Jurisprudence of Okot p’BitekChapter 3Between Formal and Infinite Time: Labor Law and Revolutionary Futures in Kenyan Popular PerformanceChapter 4Time Heals All Regimes: Temporality, Somali Oral Law, and the Illegality of African DictatorshipsConclusionTemp/orality and Law in the End TimesBibliography

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Book SynopsisThis is a wide-ranging analysis of the internal dynamics of Irish republicanism between the outbreak of ‘the Troubles’ in 1969 and the Good Friday Agreement of 1998. Engaging a vast array of hitherto unused primary sources alongside original and re-used oral history interviews, ‘The Age-Old Struggle’ draws upon the words and writings of more than 250 Irish republicans. This book scrutinises the movement's historical and contemporary complexity, the variety of influences within Irish republicanism, and divergent republican responses at pivotal moments in the conflict. Yet it also assesses the centripetal forces which connected republican organisations through decades of struggle.Across five thematic chapters, ‘The Age-Old Struggle’ offers new insights into republicanism’s multi-layered interactions with the global ’68, tactical and strategic change, revolutionary socialism, feminism, and religion. Drawing on political periodicals, ephemera, and interviews with activists throughout the ranks of several republican groups, the book roots its analysis in republicanism’s temporal and spatial complexity. It contends that the cultural significance of place, interactions with class and revolutionary politics, and shifting intra-movement networks are essential to understanding the movement’s dynamics since 1969.Trade Review'Jack Hepworth has produced one of the great books on Provisional Irish republicanism. Forensically researched, it provides unique and fresh insights into how rank-and-file volunteers responded to seismic events in local, national and international politics from the start of the Troubles to the signing of the Good Friday Agreement.'Dr Paddy Hoey, Edge Hill University'This book is a fresh and significant addition to the literature on modern Irish republicanism. Hepworth illustrates the diversity of ideas within the republican movement by discussing the influence of feminism, socialism and religion, while also noting the impact of global events on activists. An important and nuanced book.'Dr Brian Hanley, Trinity College DublinTable of Contents‘The Age-Old Struggle’: Introduction1. The Global ’68 and its Afterlives2. Shifting Strategies3. ‘We Believed We Were on the Verge of World Revolution’: Irish Republicanism and the Revolutionary Left4. Feminism and Women’s Activism5. Catholicism‘The Age-Old Struggle’: Conclusion

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Book SynopsisSinging the Law is about the legal lives and afterlives of oral cultures in East Africa, particularly as they appear within the pages of written literatures during the colonial and postcolonial periods. In examining these cultures, this book begins with an analysis of the cultural narratives of time and modernity that formed the foundations of British colonial law. Recognizing the contradictory nature of these narratives (i.e., both promoting and retreating from the Euro-centric ideal of temporal progress) enables us to make sense of the many representations of and experiments with non-linear, open-ended, and otherwise experimental temporalities that we find in works of East African literature that take colonial law as a subject or point of critique. Many of these works, furthermore, consciously appropriate orature as an expressive form with legal authority. This affords them the capacity to challenge the narrative foundations of colonial law and its postcolonial residues and offer alternative models of temporality and modernity that give rise, in turn, to alternative forms of legality. East Africa’s “oral jurisprudence” ultimately has implications not only for our understanding of law and literature in colonial and postcolonial contexts, but more broadly for our understanding of how the global south has shaped modern law as we know and experience it today.Trade ReviewReviews'Singing the Law is an exemplary contribution to the burgeoning field of postcolonial literature and law scholarship. Leman makes a compelling case for why we should pay attention to the relationship between a specific literary form—memoir, drama, dictator fiction, dialogical epic poetry—and oral and written law.'Anne W. Gulick, University of South CarolinaTable of ContentsIntroductionTemp/orality in Law and East African LiteratureChapter 1Catching History by the Tail: Colonial Non-Fiction, Aristocratic Atavism, and the Crisis of Modernity in KenyaChapter 2A Song Whose Time Has Come: Northern Uganda, Apocalyptic Futures, and the Oral Jurisprudence of Okot p’BitekChapter 3Between Formal and Infinite Time: Labor Law and Revolutionary Futures in Kenyan Popular PerformanceChapter 4Time Heals All Regimes: Temporality, Somali Oral Law, and the Illegality of African DictatorshipsConclusionTemp/orality and Law in the End TimesBibliography

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Book SynopsisAn Open Access edition of this book is available on the Liverpool University Press website and the OAPEN library. Steel City Readers* makes available, and interprets in detail, a large body of new evidence about past cultures and communities of reading. Its distinctive method is to listen to readers' own voices, rather than theorising about them as an undifferentiated group. Its cogent and engaging structure traces reading journeys from childhood into education and adulthood, and attends to settings from home to school to library. It has a distinctive focus on reading for pleasure and its framework of argument situates that type of reading in relation to dimensions of gender and class. It is grounded in place, and particularly in the context of a specific industrial city: Sheffield. The men and women featured in the book, coming to adulthood in the 1930s and 1940s, rarely regarded reading as a means of self-improvement. It was more usually a compulsive and intensely pleasurable private activity.Trade Review\‘This is a fascinating and important study. It will be a rich and rare resource. Mary Grover has done a superb job illuminating the meaning of reading in individual lives as well as giving us insights into the local and national contexts.\’ - Alison Light, author of Common People: The History of an English Family ‘Steel City Readers provides an excellent opportunity to appreciate the power of reading and the changes reading for pleasure brings to a community and its literary legacies.’ - The Sheffield TelegraphTable of ContentsIntroduction: Reading, ‘I saw no living in it’1. At Home with Books2. Running up Eyre Street: Independent Young Readers and the Public Libraries3. Hefty Books and Tuppenny Weeklies4. Reading Scenes: Cultural Networks and Reading5. ‘Getting them Learned’: Books in the Classroom6. The 1937 ‘Confession’ Book of Mary Wilkinson: Reading and the Second World War7. ‘You can read and dance’: Marriage, Work and Play8. ‘Anna Karenina, you know, and all the normal things’: Sheffield Readers, Classics and the ContemporaryThe Last Word

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Book SynopsisShows how the cultural, political, socio-economic and intellectual evolutions that gave birth to South Africa affect the oral history process. This book seeks to help practitioners to reflect critically on their practice and find better ways of handling the interview process.

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Book SynopsisThis book delves into the history of the Horn of Africa diaspora in Italy and Europe through the stories of those who fled to Italy from East African states. It draws on oral history research carried out by the BABE project (Bodies Across Borders: Oral and Visual Memories in Europe and Beyond) in a host of cities across Italy that explored topics including migration journeys, the memory of colonialism in the Horn of Africa, cultural identity in Italy and Europe, and Mediterranean crossings. This book shows how the cultural memory of interviewees is deeply linked to an intersubjective context that is changing Italian and European identities. The collected narratives reveal the existence of another Italy – and another Europe – through stories that cross national and European borders and unfold in transnational and global networks. They tell of the multiple identities of the diaspora and reconsider the geography of the continent, in terms of experiences, emotions, and close relationships, and help reinterpret the history and legacy of Italian colonialism. Table of ContentsIntroduction1. Diasporic Identities2. Geographies of Emotions3. Postcolonial Memories of Colonialism4. The Black Mediterranean5. ConclusionAppendix.

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Book SynopsisWidmung.- Profile der Herausgeberinnen.- Inhaltsverzeichnis.- 1. Buch Vor- und Grußworte.- 2. Kurzintro für Schnell-LeserInnen (dt/ engl./ frz).- 3. Einführung.-4. Wenn Wege sich kreuzen – We are one.- 5. Ich und die Gemeinschaft.- 6. Erinnerungskultur-Shoa in der Grundschule: Methoden für den Unterricht.- 7. Zukunftswerkstatt.- 8. ….. kommt zu Wort.- 9.Wie lassen sich Holocaust-Erlebnisse in Musik und Theater übertragen?.- 10. Besondere Highlights.- 11. Erfahrung als Modell.- 12. Forever present.- 13. Der Sauerbraten.- 14. Ausblick.- 15. Schlussworte.- 16. Danksagung.- 17. Auf dem Weg zum Buch.- 18. Glossar.- 19. Buchempfehlungen.

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Book SynopsisThe significance of this book is its uniqueness. First, the book contains a collection of fourteen chapters that capture the personal, professional, and historical experiences of international global scholars and artists to which they were subjected in their native country and after they immigrated to the United States. What makes this book project highly unusual in comparison to other publications is that these international global scholars and artists experienced historical events of trauma and joy in their native country and in their newly adopted country of the United States that lie deeply buried in their sub-consciousness; that these memories are unforgettable and still painful for them; that these memories are a constant companion in their daily lives; and that the experienced historical events of trauma and joy have shaped their professional and personal lives to this very day. There exists a paucity in the global education literature of this far-reaching topic and, thus, it has the potential to enhance and diversify the global education literature.Second, the significance of this book lies in the pedagogical power of the oral history narrative tradition and its impact on students at the secondary and tertiary levels in education. When one's lived experiences of trauma or joy occur during a critical time in history, they rarely yield unforgotten memories and deeply held private knowledge that do not come to light without a storyteller. When first-hand accounts are shared publicly, they can bring powerful insights into past historic events to the very presence. Thus, the pedagogical strength of this book contributes to knowledge creation in the classroom as oral histories move students from abstract textbook descriptions to concrete and compelling "lived" stories associated with historical happenings. This pedagogy leads students to become more critical of historical events of the past and develops in them a deeper understanding of the past. Consequently, oral history narratives enable teachers and teacher educators to enrich the abstract text of textbooks with the authentic voice of the individual.A third significance of this book lies embedded in the rich historical perspective displayed by storytellers of non-native international global scholars and artists from around the world who portray their lived-through, first-hand experiences such as child labor, communism, hate, hunger, fascism, fear, intolerance, discrimination, prejudice, poverty, war, protest, and death. Finally, a major purpose of this book is to expose young learners from around the world to empowering non-native international role models in global education and the arts from nations in Africa, Asia, the Caribbean, Eurasia, Europe, the Middle East, and South America who build bridges—not walls—between peoples and nations.

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