Politics and government Books
University of Notre Dame Press Roots of Brazil
Book SynopsisRoots of Brazil explores the multiple cultural influences that forged twentieth-century Brazil. This classic work is essential to understanding Brazilian history, society, and culture.Trade Review"This translation is a major event. This is an essential work for the understanding of Brazil and even more so to the comprehension of Brazilian society and values by a generation of Brazilians. It tells much of the relationships between Brazil and Portugal and it is basic to grasp the position of Brazil within the so called Latin American countries and societies." —Roberto DaMatta, Professor of Anthropology at Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro and Professor Emeritus at University of Notre Dame"Roots of Brazil, first published in 1936 and substantially revised in subsequent editions, is one of those works that shapes its readers' imagination, a book that in a certain sense 'invents' its country, serving as a mirror in which, while seeking their own image, Brazilian readers have also found their own attitudes and inclinations. On the other hand, Sérgio Buarque de Holanda's book functions not only as a fixed portrait that preserves a scene from the past but also as a bright surface that can reflect each new historical moment." —from the foreword by Pedro Meira Monteiro, Princeton University“Roots of Brazil is one of the essential books to understand how modern Brazil emerged. Raizes do Brasil was written by Sergio Buarque de Holanda. . . . Considered one of the country’s main intellectuals of the twentieth century, he ‘focuses on the multiple cultural influences that forged twentieth-century Brazil. . . . Roots of Brazil set the parameters of Brazilian historiography for a generation and continues to offer keys to understanding the complex history of Brazil.’” —Deep Brazil: The Magazine of Brazilian Life and Culture“Considered by most historians to be one of three foundational books in Brazilian historiography, this first English translation of Raizes do Brasil will be important to the study of Brazilian history. . . . The author examined Brazil’s colonial formation and identified foundational features and characteristics that made Brazil different from other countries.” —Choice“This excellent edition includes not only a lively translation of the original, but also the author’s prefaces to both the second and third editions of 1948 and 1956, literary scholar Antonio Candido’s limpid introduction to the 1967 edition and his postscript to the 1987 edition, and Pedro Meira Monteiro’s new foreword. The result is a rich, layered work of commentary and annotation. Reading this edition is itself an exercise in intellectual history.” —The Americas
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University of Notre Dame Press Impact of Norms in International Society
Book SynopsisThis book addresses problems and puzzles associated with identifying international norms and the influence of these norms on the behavior of different states in international relations in a regional context. Kacowicz's research traces several international norms of peace and security and examines their impact in Latin America between 1881 and 2001.Trade Review"This is a serious book by an intellectually mature scholar. The book is written with great clarity and will make an original contribution to the field." –Michael Francis, University of Notre Dame"Kacowicz (Hebrew Univ. of Jerusalem) examines how Latin America has regularly avoided major sources of conflict within the region. Specifically, the author attempts to broaden the theoretical foundations of international relations by analyzing the norms of peace and security affecting the quality of the Latin American international society. ...important and noteworthy contributions. With clearly written chapters that center on the theoretical features of international norms and carefully researched chapters that empirically examine Latin America, the book is suitable for graduate-level courses in international relations, comparative politics, or Latin American issues. Highly recommended."—Choice"Kacowicz examines the role of international norms in accounting for Latin America's relatively benign international relations . . . At a general level, Kacowicz sees international norms at work in Latin American states' frequent use of third-party arbitration to resolve disputes and in numerous peaceful cessions and exchanges of territory over the years. He also assesses the impact of norms in 11 specific case studies involving territorial and other 'security' conflicts between Latin American states from the 1880s to present." —Journal of Peace Research“Arie Kacowicz addresses the ongoing 'norms debates' in the international relations literature and attempts a synthetic perspective on norms. The attempt at synthesis is an important one and well done . . . the work is useful and significant in advancing the debate and our understanding of norms.” —Perspectives on Politics“A welcome contribution to the growing body of knowledge produced by scholars working at the intersection of international and domestic politics . . . The strengths of this book are many . . . the framework for studying international norms is excellent . . . the case studies are well executed and provide a wealth of valuable information to the reader . . . This is a fine book that deserves serious attention from scholars and policy makers alike.” - Political Science Quarterly
£18.99
University of Notre Dame Press Troublemakers or Peacemakers
Book SynopsisIn contemporary armed conflicts, youth are often on the frontlines of combat and, after peace accords are signed, they are both potential threats to peace and significant peace-building resources. Troublemakers or Peacemakers? breaks new ground by exploring youth actions, perceptions, and needs as central components of the challenge of post-war peace building. The contributors develop theory and policy recommendations based on field research in Sierra Leone, Rwanda, Guatemala, Colombia, Angola, Northern Ireland, Bosnia, and Israel-Palestine.Trade Review“This is an excellent compendium of research on largely micro-efforts at peace building aimed at youth, set in the context of country conflicts that remained violent and unjust after the conclusion of peace accords. The articles provide the context of conflicts in Guatemala, Colombia, Rwanda, Angola, Northern Ireland, Bosnia, Palestine, and Israel. A few provocative thematic essays summarize the state of the literature on peace building, introducing the book's important and under-studied focus on youth, and arguing that youth can make or break sustainable peace efforts.” —Political Science Quarterly"Troublemakers or Peacemakers? comes at just the right time. While the international community now acknowledges the important role that youth play in ending or perpetuating organized violence, neither the United Nations nor country governments know what to do about it. Professor McEvoy-Levy’s project provides cutting-edge perspectives on youth and conflict concerns, and practical insights into programmatic responses that have worked in fragile and failed states around the world. It is a must read for policymakers, scholars, and practitioners."—Neil Boothby, Director, Program on Forced Migration and Health, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University"This volume focuses on young people whose daily interactions and behaviors often shape the outcome of formal peace settlements in their society. It presents a theoretical context to examine youths' worldviews in a wide range of civil conflicts, asking when and how long-held hostile images of, and interactions between, opponents are reinforced and when and how they are transformed. The authors addressing this understudied question suggest important ways that youth in post-conflict societies make sense of their world and identify specific conditions under which they move from being combatants to peacemakers."—Marc Howard Ross, William Rand Kenan, Jr. Professor, Bryn Mawr College"This book makes an original contribution to the field of peace and conflict studies. It brings together valuable information in an extremely readable and integrated book."—Julia Chaitin, Department of Conflict Analysis and Resolution, Nova Southeastern University
£87.55
University of Notre Dame Press Harrisburg 7 and the New Catholic Left
Book SynopsisDuring the first three months of 1972 a trial took place in the middle district of Pennsylvania: THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA versus Eqbal Ahmad, Philip Berrigan, Elizabeth McAlister, Neil McLaughlin, Anthony Scoblick, Mary Cain Scoblick, Joseph Wenderoth. The defendants stood accused of conspiring to raid federal offices, to bomb government property, and to kidnap presidential advisor Henry Kissinger. Six of those seven individuals are, or were, Roman Catholic clergypriests and nuns. Members of the new Catholic Left.' from the introduction When The Harrisburg 7 and the New Catholic Left was originally published in 1972, it remained on The New York Times Book Review New and Recommended list for six weeks and was selected as one of the Notable Books of the Year. Now, forty years later, William O'Rourke's book eloquently speaks to a new generation of readers interested in American history and the religious anti-war protest movements of the Vietnam era. O'RoTrade Review“O’Rourke’s book on the Harrisburg trial was a classic when it first appeared and remains a classic of trial reporting, an account even forty years later that is still pertinent to our contemporary situation. His new afterword is a gem of condensed history. It is a boon to journalists, historians, and political analysts to have this book back in print.” —David Black, author of The King of Fifth Avenue and The Extinction Event“O’Rourke’s book does indeed have something of the antique and curious about it, concerning as it does, a trial in which the federal government was arraigning seven fierce opponents of the Vietnam War for conspiring to raid government offices, bomb Washington’s infrastructures and kidnap President Richard Nixon’s advisor, Henry Kissinger . . . . It is worth noting that ‘The Harrisburg 7’ remained on the New York Times 1972 ‘new and recommended’ list for six weeks after its first publication.” —ND Works“The religious antiwar protests of the Vietnam War era form the background of this reprint, which brings to life the 1972 trial of seven anti-war activists who were accused of conspiring to raid the federal offices, bomb federal property and kidnap presidential adviser Henry Kissinger. The 40th anniversary edition features a new afterword by the author . . . that includes a history of the new Catholic Left for the past four decades.” —Notre Dame Magazine“The 40th anniversary edition of this influential book, which includes a new afterword, speaks to readers interested in the religious antiwar protests of the Vietnam era.” —U.S. Catholic“O’Rourke excels at bringing Harrisburg into the story. His expansive accounts of jury selection in this conservative region show what the defense had to overcome. . . . Republication of The Harrisburg 7 and the New Catholic Left should help introduce a new generation to these important events and to refocus attention on how the Vietnam War and the antiwar movement affected the home front.” —Pennsylvania History“For the sociologist interested in religion and social movements this edition published 40 years later with an Afterword and index makes for a fascinating ethnographic read.” —Catholic Books Review
£19.94
University of Notre Dame Press Women and the Contested State
Book SynopsisThroughout South and Southeast Asia, groups battle over definitions of identityin direction and characterfor their state, a struggle complicated by the legacy of colonialism. The contributors to this volume explore the intricate, dynamic relationships that pertain between women''s agency and the state-making institutions and armed forces of Kashmir, India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, and Burma (Myanmar). They also address the complex roles of Islam, Hinduism, and Theravada Buddhism in these postcolonial dynamics.In particular, the contributors examine religion as a way of understanding how women's agency is constituted, created, and constrained during times of conflict with the state and other armed actors, such as guerilla groups and paramilitaries. These essays at the intersection of gender, religion, and peace studies will be of interest to a wide range of scholars and students who study conflict and hope for peace in South and Southeast Asia.Contributors: Monique SkidmoTrade Review“Focuses on women in Bangladesh, Burma, Sri Lanka, and the Indian region of Kashmir.” —The Chronicle of Higher Education“The contributors to Women and the Contested State make an original contribution to the field in addressing the link between the sensitive subjects of religion and violence, and of this link as it relates to the question of women's agency in particular Asian nation-states. The issues addressed in this volume will be of interest to scholars in women's or feminist studies, theorists of nationalism, and analysts of political change that is linked to violence and religion." —Sonita Sarker, Macalester College“This is a timely and significant book that will add both to the literature and to the reading public’s larger understanding of contemporary events. It tackles core issues of humanity and ethics with honest and sophisticated scholarship. Women and the Contested State will speak to readers across the social sciences and South/SouthEast Asia studies, as well as providing cutting edge resources to NGOs, journalists, and development specialists.” —Carolyn Nordstrom, University of Notre Dame
£74.70
University of Notre Dame Press Women and the Contested State
Book SynopsisThroughout South and Southeast Asia, groups battle over definitions of identityin direction and characterfor their state, a struggle complicated by the legacy of colonialism. The contributors to this volume explore the intricate, dynamic relationships that pertain between women''s agency and the state-making institutions and armed forces of Kashmir, India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, and Burma (Myanmar). They also address the complex roles of Islam, Hinduism, and Theravada Buddhism in these postcolonial dynamics.In particular, the contributors examine religion as a way of understanding how women's agency is constituted, created, and constrained during times of conflict with the state and other armed actors, such as guerilla groups and paramilitaries. These essays at the intersection of gender, religion, and peace studies will be of interest to a wide range of scholars and students who study conflict and hope for peace in South and Southeast Asia.Contributors: Monique SkidmoTrade Review“Focuses on women in Bangladesh, Burma, Sri Lanka, and the Indian region of Kashmir.” —The Chronicle of Higher Education“The contributors to Women and the Contested State make an original contribution to the field in addressing the link between the sensitive subjects of religion and violence, and of this link as it relates to the question of women's agency in particular Asian nation-states. The issues addressed in this volume will be of interest to scholars in women's or feminist studies, theorists of nationalism, and analysts of political change that is linked to violence and religion." —Sonita Sarker, Macalester College“This is a timely and significant book that will add both to the literature and to the reading public’s larger understanding of contemporary events. It tackles core issues of humanity and ethics with honest and sophisticated scholarship. Women and the Contested State will speak to readers across the social sciences and South/SouthEast Asia studies, as well as providing cutting edge resources to NGOs, journalists, and development specialists.” —Carolyn Nordstrom, University of Notre Dame
£21.59
University of Notre Dame Press Uniting Of Europe Political Social and Economic
Book SynopsisThis work uses the European Coal and Steel Community (ECSC) as a case study of the community formation processes that occur across traditional national and state boundaries. Haas points to the ECSC as an example of an organization with the ""power to redirect...loyalties and expectations"".Trade Review"A first-rate study. . . " —Foreign Affairs"If one was to develop a list of the twenty most important books on European integration, Ernst Haas's The Uniting of Europe would be an essential inclusion. This book is essential reading for anyone who wants to understand the origins of the EU. And, unlike so much that has been written about European integration since 1958, it is an easy read." —History: Reviews of New Books
£21.59
University of Notre Dame Press Religious Responses to Violence
Book SynopsisThese essays explore the impact of religion and politics on human rights and violence in contemporary Latin America.Trade Review"This book makes an important and original contribution to the fields of religion and politics and to the study of human rights and violence in contemporary Latin America. Religion is treated seriously, by authors who really understand it. The book also brings fresh research and a long view to bear on its examination of civil violence and rights. Scholars and students in a range of disciplines—history, anthropology, sociology, political science, and religion—will find this book of great value." —Frances Hagopian, Harvard University"As the Middle East is today, so was Latin America for decades during the last century, with major stories on every front page and evening news program and with the role of the Church often front and center. Violence pervades much of the region today, especially in Central America, but one hears less of the role of religion now. This volume is a most welcome addition to the study of religion and human rights in the Americas and brings together excellent studies of less covered areas of the recent past and exciting treatments of the new roles of religion in today’s conflict areas." —Tom Quigley, former policy advisor on Latin America and the Caribbean to the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops"A generation or two ago, the image of church people faced with state-sponsored violence in Brazil, Chile, Argentina, and Central America prompted numerous studies and inspired many to organize and march. This collection sheds new light on those familiar stories and examines the perplexing violence of the present and responses to it, such as pentecostal prison ministry in Brazil and church groups assisting migrants fleeing through Mexico. Each study, whether local, national, or regional, is a treasure; they are enhanced by thematic surveys that bring fresh insight for a new generation of scholars and readers." —Phillip Berryman, author of Religion in the Megacity: Catholic and Protestant Portraits from Latin America"Religious Responses to Violence contains 15 chapters by experts on Argentina, Brazil, Central America, Chile, Colombia, Mexico, and Peru. They cover the history of Latin America from the mid-twentieth century to the present—roughly from Vatican II to Pope Francis and from the early development of Evangelical churches to their current prominence in communities and politics. . . . Anyone involved in that great movement will benefit from reading Religious Responses to Violence." —Friends Journal“The book begins with the paradox that ‘modern Latin America is both notably violent and notably religious’ and ends with the empirically based conclusion about ‘the unique qualities of religious as a social force against violence.’ . . . Religious actors play an ongoing and irreplaceable role in acting as an antidote to the universal hold of justice as a revenge seeking lex talionis that so far has been noticed by a few anthropological studies but not the public eye. Religious Responses to Violence is not an easy to read primer. But it’s a necessary one.” —Catholic Book Reviews“The 15 contributions reveal the multiple and at times conflicting responses from churches that range from active non-violence to challenging state violence, accompanying popular mobilizations, supporting development projects, and taking up arms in support of revolutionary movements. The volume makes a key contribution to understanding religion in contemporary Latin America.” —Choice“This book has much to offer. Featuring scholars from different disciplines, it presents a wonderful account of historical events and analysis of what Latin Americans had experienced during the political and social turbulence of the region from the 1970s to the present times . . . the topics complement each other and are relevant to anyone working on this issue today.” —Theological Studies
£35.10
University of Notre Dame Press Beyond High Courts
Book SynopsisBeyond High Courts: The Justice Complex in Latin America is a much-needed volume that will make a significant contribution to the growing fields of comparative law and politics and Latin American legal institutions. The book moves these research agendas beyond the study of high courts by offering theoretically and conceptually rich empirical analyses of a set of critical supranational, national, and subnational justice sector institutions that are generally neglected in the literature. The chapters examine the region's large federal systems (Argentina, Brazil, and Mexico), courts in Chile and Venezuela, and the main supranational tribunal in the region, the Inter-American Court of Human Rights. Aimed at students of comparative legal institutions while simultaneously offering lessons for practitioners charged with designing such institutions, the volume advances our understanding of the design of justice institutions, how their form and function change over time, what causes tTrade Review"Matthew Ingram and Diana Kapiszewski persuasively set out to design a new agenda in the study of judicial institutions in Latin America. The volume is aimed at political science students and those particularly interested in institutional configuration and design. It will also appeal to scholars and students of comparative law and other social science fields, because it provides rich descriptions and background information about little understood judicial institutions." —Lydia Brashear Tiede, University of Houston"As is true in most of the democratic world, justice institutions in Latin America other than the Supreme Court are important yet understudied. Beyond High Courts: The Justice Complex in Latin America is an excellent contribution that helps address that lacuna." —Scott Mainwaring, Jorge Paulo Lemann Professor of Brazil Studies, Harvard Kennedy School"As a researcher and teacher in comparative judicial politics, it is exciting to see a new work on non-peak judicial institutions. Beyond High Courts: The Justice Complex in Latin America makes an important contribution to the field. The contributors address a clear set of questions across an array of judicial actors in Latin America. The volume contains comparative and single country case studies and helps to fill both empirical and theoretical gaps in the literature on comparative judicial politics." —Druscilla Scribner, University of Wisconsin, Oshkosh"The most important contribution of Beyond High Courts is shedding light on fascinating institutions that have received, quite undeservedly, little scholarly attention. In addition, these remarkable chapters offer interesting analytical and theoretical lessons. Readers from different disciplines that are interested in law and courts or socio-legal studies will find many gems in each chapter included within this edited volume." —Bulletin of Latin American Research
£40.50
University of Notre Dame Press Migrant Integration in a Changing Europe
Book SynopsisIn this rich study, Roxana Barbulescu examines the transformation of state-led immigrant integration in two relatively new immigration countries in Western Europe: Italy and Spain. The book is comparative in approach and seeks to explain states'' immigrant integration strategies across national, regional, and city-level decision and policy making. Barbulescu argues that states pursue no one-size-fits-all strategy for the integration of migrants, but rather simultaneously pursue multiple strategies that vary greatly for different groups. Two main integration strategies stand out. The first one targets non-European citizens and is assimilationist in character and based on interventionist principles according to which the government actively pursues the inclusion of migrants. The second strategy targets EU citizens and is a laissez-faire scenario where foreigners enjoy rights and live their entire lives in the host country without the state or the local authorities seeking their integrTrade Review“Migrant Integration in a Changing Europe is a smart, insightful, and original take on the state’s role in the process of immigrant integration. Supported by extensive evidence drawn from the Italian and Spanish cases, it challenges the prevailing scholarly wisdom in arguing that immigration integration strategies significantly vary across time, immigrant groups, and levels of government while offering compelling reasons for these variations." —Anthony M. Messina, John R. Reitemeyer Professor of Political Science, Trinity College -- Anthony M. Messina, John R. Reitemeyer Professor, Trinity College“The vast literature on immigrant integration in Western democracies assumes that states pursue coherent policies that they apply to all foreign nationals. Roxana Barbulescu challenges such simplistic views by showing that immigrant integration policies differ strikingly. This book is essential reading for all those who want to understand immigrant integration policies.” —Rainer Bauböck, Chair in Social and Political Theory, European University Institute, Florence"Debates on migrant integration in Europe have for too long dwelt on the 'models' of northwest Europe, often reifying national culture differences. Migrant Integration in a Changing Europe illustrates the way Italy and Spain have pioneered integration through differentiation, undermining normative conceptions of citizenship. The study represents an important analytical advance in comparative migration studies." —Adrian Favell, Chair in Sociology and Social Theory at the University of Leeds"Migrant Integration in a Changing Europe examines the critically important topic of immigrant integration in the new immigration countries of Italy and Spain and fills a significant gap in the literature. It reveals that previous scholarship in this area has used too broad a brush in describing and theorizing immigrant integration. This is a must read for immigration scholars as well as for those interested in public policy cross-nationally." —Kitty Calavita, Chancellor's Professor Emerita of Criminology, Law and Society, University of California, IrvineTable of ContentsIntroduction 1. Immigrant Integration and the State 2. Migration in Italy and Spain and Integration Outcomes 3. Varieties of denizenship or on the importance of (not) being an EU citizen 4. To integrate or not to integrate: when and for whom do states pursue integration? Conclusion Annex
£40.50
University of Notre Dame Press Globalization and Liberalism
Book SynopsisIn this learned and wide-ranging book, Trevor Shelley engages the controversial topic of globalization through philosophical exegesis of great texts. Globalization and Liberalism illustrates and defends the idea that at the heart of the human world is the antinomy of the universal and the particular. Various thinkers have emphasized one aspect of this tension over the other. Some, such as Rousseau and Schmitt, have defended pure particularity. Others, such as Habermas, have uncritically welcomed the intimations of the world state. Against these twin extremes of radical nationalism and antipolitical universalism, this book seeks to recover a middle or moderate positionthe liberal position. To find this via media, Shelley traces a tradition of French liberal political thinkers who take account of both sides of the antinomy: Montesquieu, Tocqueville, and Manent. As Shelley argues, each of these thinkers defends the integrity of political bodies, denies that the universal perspecTrade Review“I have been reading Montesquieu, Tocqueville, and Manent for more than thirty years, but I have never encountered such a penetrating treatment of them taken together; and with his treatment of Manent, Trevor Shelley has gone further than anyone else, French or American, in grasping and laying out Manent’s distinctive political science.” —Paul Seaton, author of On Religion“Trevor Shelley thoughtfully illumines the place and limits of globalization in a democratic age.” —Daniel J. Mahoney, author of The Conservative Foundations of Liberal Order“Trevor Shelley’s elegantly written book succeeds in recovering a noble and humane political perspective within the horizons of modern liberty and modern politics. . . . By combining thoughtful analysis of certain germane texts of political philosophy with attentiveness to the pressing issues of the age, Shelley has enriched the civic conversation in a spirit indebted to his three great inspirations in this worthy book.“ —Law and Liberty"Trevor Shelley has written a work in the tradition of History of Ideas on a hot button political issue. At issue is whether the most appropriate political form for us today is the nation-state or some form of a world-state." —Global Intellectual History"Shelley takes on the challenging task of explaining the concept of globalization by engaging with great texts. At the root of globalization is a fundamental tension between those who emphasize the universal and those who identify with the particular in human life. Shelley tries to parse this distinction by looking through the lens of seminal authors and texts, and he ends up trying to find some middle ground between the two extremes." —Choice"This is a tribute to the dynamism of constitutional government, but it also reveals that ethnic hostilities in America were not different from those in Europe, even if in America they were directed inward and in Europe outward." —The Review of Politics
£45.00
University of Notre Dame Press Making Immigrants in Modern Argentina
Book SynopsisIn Making Immigrants in Modern Argentina, Julia Albarracín argues that modern Argentina''s selection of immigrants lies at the intersection of state decision-making processes and various economic, cultural, and international factors. Immediately after independence, Argentina designed a national project for the selection of Western European immigrants in order to build an economically viable society, but also welcomed many local Latin Americans, as well as Jewish and Middle Eastern immigrants. Today, Argentines are quick to blame Latin American immigrants for crime, drug violence, and an increase in the number of people living in shantytowns. Albarracín discusses how the current Macri administration, possibly emulating the Trump administration''s immigration policies, has rolled back some of the rights awarded to immigrants by law in 2003 through an executive order issued in 2017. Albarracín explains the roles of the executive and legislative branches in enacting new policies Trade Review“The timing of this book could not be better. I cannot think of a more interesting topic for today’s American audience.” —Ernesto Semán, author of Ambassadors of the Working Class“As global migration increases, there is a great need to learn more about the responses by nations to their new residents. A major tour de force in the study of immigration policy.” —Rubén Martinez, editor of Latinos in the Midwest“An important and original study of Argentine immigration policy in a political, economic, and socio-cultural context.” —José C. Moya, author of Cousins and Strangers"This is the best comprehensive review of immigration-related legislation and executive orders in Argentina for the post-1983 period." —Hispanic American Historical Review
£40.50
University of Notre Dame Press Solzhenitsyn and American Culture
Book SynopsisTrade Review“Solzhenitsyn and American Culture is a superb and coherent collection of essays.” —Lee Congdon, author of The Young Lukács"Readers will be reminded of his courageous witness, but they will also discern more clearly Solzhenitsyn’s integral relation to Russian literary culture and to writers from the West with whom he bore deep affinities. Solzhenitsyn remains a prophetic intelligence for our time." —Paul J. Contino, co-editor of Bakhtin and Religion"In reading Solzhenitsyn and American Culture, the mind is enlightened and honed, the will steeled, and our capacity for admiration exercised and nourished. Thanks to the editors and contributors to this volume, they continue to be Solzhenitsyn’s gifts to his American readers." —Paul Seaton, St. Mary's Seminary and University"Solzhenitsyn and American Culture will deepen Solzhenitsyn's writings in America, which is sorely needed in our country that has ceased to see the purpose and is increasingly willingly to live by lies. We need the wisdom of Solzhenitsyn's reflections on tyranny, so that we can ascend with him to the true heights of man's greatness, which is only found, as he knew, in our Lord." —Richard M. Reinsch II, founding editor of Law and Liberty"The editors have cast their net wide, so that it will be useful both to those who have read little of Solzhenitsyn (yet are looking for points of entry and orientation before plunging in) and for longtime students of his work—not only scholars (though there is plenty here for them to chew on), but also those blessed souls who read widely on their own dime." —First Things“[W]ith the end of the Cold War, many journalists, academics, and intellectuals concluded that Solzhenitsyn was no longer relevant. This collection of essays strongly corrects this notion by shedding valuable light on the ‘oft-neglected merits of Solzhenitsyn’s work.’ Most importantly, it aims to consider the continuing relevance of Solzhenitsyn to American culture and politics.” —VoeglinView“The contributors to this volume embrace Solzhenitsyn’s claim about art’s power to communicate ‘the experiences of [an] entire nation to another nation.’ Not only do they showcase ways in which Russian literature has already instructed Americans . . . but they encourage a new generation of American readers to turn to Russian writers for penetration and inspiration. Foremost among these writers, of course, is Solzhenitsyn.” —Law and Liberty"Solzhenitsyn and American Culture could serve as an introduction to the writer’s literary work, as a kind of traveler’s guide read before vacation. Or it could be a valuable addition to the nightstand of anyone interested in deepening their knowledge of Solzhenitsyn. The book’s ultimate significance, however, is spiritual. In following Solzhenitsyn’s intellectual footsteps, in taking up his preoccupations with ideology, art, morality, and meaning, the book makes Solzhenitsyn himself into a passageway through which we glimpse the universal. " —Washington Examiner“Solzhenitsyn and the American Culture should serve as a reminder to those of us in the West that civilization is fragile, that democracy and liberty are forever under attack, that visions of earthly utopias are mirages of danger . . .” —New York Journal of Books"A new essay collection, 'Solzhenitsyn and American Culture: The Russian Soul in the West,' illuminates how the vaunted Russian writer's warnings about secularism and progressivism are as prescient and insightful as ever." —The Federalist"The book amply demonstrates why Solzhenitsyn remains important to the American conversation in the twenty-first century." —Perspectives on Political Science"The lesson that students should draw from the study of Solzhenitsyn’s works, and his great soul, is to resist the temptation of thinking that the demonic forces of famine, imprisonment, and mass murder in Russia could never happen in America or in the West." —Religion and Liberty"The 21 essays contained in Solzhenitsyn and American Culture engage many dimensions of Solzhenitsyn's project in ways that illuminate his ongoing relevance for discerning the task of how to live with virtue and integrity in the cultural setting of contemporary America." —Touchstone: A Journal of Mere Christianity"This book can be of interest to readers who are familiar with Solzhenitsyn’s work and would like to know more about his impact on Western culture; it can also be of interest to readers who are not familiar with Solzhenitsyn and would like a reason to read him." —The Imaginative ConservativeTable of ContentsForeword by John Wilson Acknowledgments Introduction: Missing the Deep Roots and Rich Soul by David P. Deavel and Jessica Hooten Wilson Part 1. Solzhenitsyn and Russian Culture 1. The Universal Russian Soul by Nathan Nielson 2. The New Middle Ages by Eugene Vodolazkin 3. The Age of Concentration by Eugene Vodolazkin 4. Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness in Solzhenitsyn by David P. Deavel Part 2. Solzhenitsyn and Orthodoxy 5. Art and History in Solzhenitsyn’s The Red Wheel by David Walsh 6. The YMCA Press, Russian Orthodoxy, and Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn by Matthew Lee Miller 7. The Distinctively Orthodox Character of Solzhenitsyn’s Literary Imagination by Ralph C. Wood 8. How Fiction Defeats Lies: A Faithful Reading of Solzhenitsyn’s In the First Circle by Jessica Hooten Wilson Part 3. Solzhenitsyn and the Writers 9. Solzhenitsyn’s Cathedrals by Gary Saul Morson 10. The Literature of Dissent in the Soviet Union by Edward E. Ericson Jr. 11. The Example of Prussian Nights by Micah Mattix 12. Kindred Spirits: Solzhenitsyn’s Western Literary Confréres by Joseph Pearce Part 4. Solzhenitsyn and the Politicians 13. Inferno Dialogues: Why Americans Should Read Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn’s In the First Circle by James F. Pontuso 14. Judging Communism and All Its Works: Solzhenitsyn’s The Gulag Archipelago Reconsidered by Daniel J. Mahoney 15. The Rage of Freedom: Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn’s 1983 Templeton Prize Address by William Jason Wallace 16. What Americans Today Can Learn from the Russian Past: Lessons from Turgenev and Dostoevsky for American Hillbillies by Lee Trepanier Part 5. Beyond Solzhenitsyn: Russian Writers and American Readers 17. City of Expiations: Ivan Karamazov and Orthodox Political Theology by Peter Leithart 18. Russia and the Mission of African American Literature by Dale E. Peterson 19. The Price of Restoration: Flannery O’Connor and the Nineteenth-Century Russian Realists by Julianna Leachman 20. Wisdom from Russia in the Thinking of Dorothy Day and Thomas Merton by Walter G. Moss 21. Totalitarian Physics and Moral Threshing by Jacob Howland Contributors Index
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University of Notre Dame Press Indonesian Pluralities Islam Citizenship and
Book SynopsisTrade Review"Indonesian Pluralities does a remarkable job providing a broad range of case studies from areas that have been so important for religious pluralism in Indonesia. This is a stimulating, intellectually rich, and coherent volume." —James B. Hoesterey, author of Rebranding Islam"This edited volume provides a well-rounded discussion of contemporary Indonesian pluralities from a variety of perspectives....Highly suitable for those seeking an overview of Indonesian pluralities, the associated lived realities, and their various challenges."—Bijdragen tot de Taal-, Land- en Volkenkunde
£74.70
University of Notre Dame Press Indonesian Pluralities Islam Citizenship and
Book SynopsisTrade Review"Indonesian Pluralities does a remarkable job providing a broad range of case studies from areas that have been so important for religious pluralism in Indonesia. This is a stimulating, intellectually rich, and coherent volume." —James B. Hoesterey, author of Rebranding Islam"This edited volume provides a well-rounded discussion of contemporary Indonesian pluralities from a variety of perspectives....Highly suitable for those seeking an overview of Indonesian pluralities, the associated lived realities, and their various challenges."—Bijdragen tot de Taal-, Land- en Volkenkunde
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University of Notre Dame Press Religious Responses to Violence
Book SynopsisThese essays explore the impact of religion and politics on human rights and violence in contemporary Latin America.Trade Review"This book makes an important and original contribution to the fields of religion and politics and to the study of human rights and violence in contemporary Latin America. Religion is treated seriously, by authors who really understand it. The book also brings fresh research and a long view to bear on its examination of civil violence and rights. Scholars and students in a range of disciplines—history, anthropology, sociology, political science, and religion—will find this book of great value." —Frances Hagopian, Harvard University"As the Middle East is today, so was Latin America for decades during the last century, with major stories on every front page and evening news program and with the role of the Church often front and center. Violence pervades much of the region today, especially in Central America, but one hears less of the role of religion now. This volume is a most welcome addition to the study of religion and human rights in the Americas and brings together excellent studies of less covered areas of the recent past and exciting treatments of the new roles of religion in today’s conflict areas." —Tom Quigley, former policy advisor on Latin America and the Caribbean to the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops"A generation or two ago, the image of church people faced with state-sponsored violence in Brazil, Chile, Argentina, and Central America prompted numerous studies and inspired many to organize and march. This collection sheds new light on those familiar stories and examines the perplexing violence of the present and responses to it, such as pentecostal prison ministry in Brazil and church groups assisting migrants fleeing through Mexico. Each study, whether local, national, or regional, is a treasure; they are enhanced by thematic surveys that bring fresh insight for a new generation of scholars and readers." —Phillip Berryman, author of Religion in the Megacity: Catholic and Protestant Portraits from Latin America"Religious Responses to Violence contains 15 chapters by experts on Argentina, Brazil, Central America, Chile, Colombia, Mexico, and Peru. They cover the history of Latin America from the mid-twentieth century to the present—roughly from Vatican II to Pope Francis and from the early development of Evangelical churches to their current prominence in communities and politics. . . . Anyone involved in that great movement will benefit from reading Religious Responses to Violence." —Friends Journal“The book begins with the paradox that ‘modern Latin America is both notably violent and notably religious’ and ends with the empirically based conclusion about ‘the unique qualities of religious as a social force against violence.’ . . . Religious actors play an ongoing and irreplaceable role in acting as an antidote to the universal hold of justice as a revenge seeking lex talionis that so far has been noticed by a few anthropological studies but not the public eye. Religious Responses to Violence is not an easy to read primer. But it’s a necessary one.” —Catholic Book Reviews“The 15 contributions reveal the multiple and at times conflicting responses from churches that range from active non-violence to challenging state violence, accompanying popular mobilizations, supporting development projects, and taking up arms in support of revolutionary movements. The volume makes a key contribution to understanding religion in contemporary Latin America.” —Choice“This book has much to offer. Featuring scholars from different disciplines, it presents a wonderful account of historical events and analysis of what Latin Americans had experienced during the political and social turbulence of the region from the 1970s to the present times . . . the topics complement each other and are relevant to anyone working on this issue today.” —Theological Studies
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University of Notre Dame Press Disturbing Spirits Mental Illness Trauma and
Book SynopsisTrade Review“Tackling the history of mental illness in terms of the ‘institutional dualism’ of psychiatry and vernacular healing makes Disturbing Spirits refreshing and dynamic.” —Kristina L. Richardson, author of Difference and Disability in the Medieval Islamic World"Disturbing Spirits is a groundbreaking study written with remarkable clarity and empathy. Spanning over one hundred years of history and weaving together different disciplines, approaches, and a wealth of untapped primary sources, it tells the compelling story of the failure of the medical elites in Syria and Lebanon to impose modern psychiatry and erase local beliefs about the power of spirits to both cause and treat mental illnesses." —Sara Scalenghe, author of Disability in the Ottoman Arab World, 1500–1800"In this original exploration of how war in Syria and Lebanon over the last century contributed to enduring psychological instabilities in these countries, Beverly Tsacoyianis offers a valuable contribution to the study of the modern Middle East. . . . this book successfully opens new avenues of research that ethically engage social justice and disability rights’ themes." —Choice"Disturbing Spirits is an interdisciplinary and rich study of the history of illness in Syria and Lebanon that provides various contributions to scholarship in the Middle East and trauma studies, medical humanities, and the overall history of health and healing." —Journal of the History of Behavioral Science"Tsacoyianis’s book is a highly empathetic look at the history of mental illness treatment in Syria and Lebanon from the late nineteenth century to today. The importance of vernacular healing practices should not be neglected by historians simply because they are difficult to document or quantify." —H-Sci-Med-TechTable of ContentsIntroduction 1. Vernacular Healing in Greater Syria 2. The Origins of Greater Syrian Medical Institutions 3. Medical Missionaries and the Lebanon Mental Hospital, 1899–1983 4. Secular Healing and Ibn Sina Mental Hospital, 1922–2018 5. Literature, Civil War, and (Ef)facing Syrian and Lebanese History Conclusion
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University of Notre Dame Press Boom and Bust in Puerto Rico
Book SynopsisWho is to blame for the economic and political crisis in Puerto Ricothe United States or Puerto Rico? This book provides a fascinating historical perspective on the problem and an unequivocal answer on who is to blame.In this engaging and approachable book, journalist A. W. Maldonado charts the rise and fall of the Puerto Rican economy and explains how a litany of bad political and fiscal policy decisions in Washington and Puerto Rico destroyed an economic miracle.Under Operation Bootstrap in the 1950s and ''60s, the rapid transformation and industrialization of the Puerto Rican economy was considered a wonder of human history, a far cry from the economic death spiral the island's governor described in 2015. Boom and Bust in Puerto Rico is the story of how the demise of an obscure tax policy that encouraged investment and economic growth led to escalating budget deficits and the government's shocking default of its $70 billion debt. Maldonado also discussTrade Review“Boom and Bust in Puerto Rico offers a fascinating account of how a misunderstanding of the meaning of self-determination is at the core of Puerto Rico’s economic and political history.” —Heidie Calero, president of H. Calero Consulting Group, Inc.“Boom and Bust in Puerto Rico is an extremely important and comprehensive addition to the history, politics, and economics of the unique relationship between the governments of the United States and the island Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.” —Peter Holmes, former managing director of the Puerto Rico–USA Foundation"A. W. Maldonado makes a keen and engaging assessment of the political and economic trials Puerto Rico has faced in its twelve-decade-long relationship with the United States, paying distinct attention to the ways in which the political culture within the commonwealth has affected the outcomes. This book should fare high in the agenda of those interested in the future of Puerto Rico, as well as those interested in the future of the many non-sovereign nations that today struggle with larger political entities to accommodate their national identity, fiscal autonomy, and development objectives through mutually convenient, democratic non-traditional frameworks." —Antonio Garcia Padilla, dean emeritus, University of Puerto Rico Law School“For anyone wanting an insightful account of how Puerto Rico has ended up where it is . . . , Maldonado’s Boom and Bust in Puerto Rico is a must-read.” —Global Americans"Written in a clear and comprehensive manner, this book explores a fundamental problem in the relationship, of over a century, of Puerto Rico and the United States: how to synchronize the world's most advanced economy to one of the smallest and most depressed?" —El Nuevo Día"Maldonado observes a broad consensus pointing squarely at Puerto Rico’s colonial status as the culprit for its ongoing financial woes. . . . [He] argues it is precisely this ongoing struggle over the island’s political status that is to blame for its economic death spiral. A provocative reexamination of Puerto Rico's economic history and future." —Choice"Maldonado convincingly demonstrates that, while the Bootstrap tragedy was in many ways self-inflicted, a 120-year history of ‘miscommunications and misunderstandings’ between the US and Puerto Rico compounded the island’s pain." —Survival: Global Politics and StrategyTable of ContentsPrologue Introduction 1. The Rise and Fall of Operation Bootstrap 2. Bootstrap and the Statehood Surge 3. The Demise of Section 936 4. The Turning Point 5. The Breakdown of the Public Corporations 6. The Demise of the Government Development Bank: The Descent into the $70 Billion Debt 7. “That is Nuts” Puerto Rico’s Labor Policy 8. Will Puerto Rico Become a State? 9. The Future of Puerto Rico 10. A “Troubled” Relation 11. A Century of Miscommunication and Misunderstanding Epilogue
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University of Notre Dame Press American Statesmanship
Book SynopsisThis book, much needed in our public discourse, examines some of the most significant political leaders in American history.With an eye on the elusive qualities of political greatness, this anthology considers the principles and practices of diverse political leaders who influenced the founding and development of the American experiment in self-government. Providing both breadth and depth, this work is a virtual who's who from the founding to modern times. From George Washington to Frederick Douglass and Elizabeth Cady Stanton to FDR and Ronald Reagan, the book's twenty-six chapters are thematically organized to include a brief biography of each subject, his or her historical context, and the core principles and policies that led to political success or failure. A final chapter considers the rhetorical legacy of Bill Clinton, George W. Bush, Barack Obama, and Donald Trump. Nearly all readers agree that statesmanship makes a crucial difference in the life of a nation anTrade Review“American Statesmanship informs readers without trying to give them a set of implausible directions. It shows the failures and successes of actual leaders. It connects their policies, character, and practices to broader questions of morality and prudence.” —James F. Pontuso, author of Nature’s Virtue"The elusive question of statesmanship—presidential, legislative, and judicial—is handled with thought-provoking originality by an impressive roster of experts in this important volume of essays. In an age in which, more than ever, we need statesmen (and stateswomen) of the caliber described in this collection, here is a book that will serve as both an inspiration and a guide." —Harold Holzer, author of The Presidents vs. the Press and winner of the Gilder-Lehrman Lincoln Prize"From Abraham Lincoln to Donald Trump, American Statesmanship is a kaleidoscope of the good, the bad, and the ugly and an examination of why, despite the evolution of statesmanship in America, we remain a 'House Divided.' This book is relevant and necessary at this time." —Frank J. Williams, former chief justice of the Rhode Island Supreme Court and founding chair of the Lincoln ForumTable of ContentsIntroduction, Kenneth L. Deutsch 1. George Washington, Gary L. Gregg II 2. Benjamin Franklin , David Tucker 3. Publius, Sean D. Sutton 4. John Adams, Bruce P. Frohnen 5. Thomas Jefferson, Stephanie P. Newbold 6. John Marshall, Phillip G. Henderson 7. Alexander Hamilton, Michael P. Federici 8. Andrew Jackson, Troy L. Kickler 9. Daniel Webster, Johnathan O’Neill 10. John Calhoun, H. Lee Cheek 11. Henry Clay, Hans Schmeisser 12. Abraham Lincoln, Joseph R. Fornieri 13. Frederick Douglass, Peter C. Meyers 14. Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Emily Krichbaum 15. Susan B. Anthony, Natalie Taylor 16. Theodore Roosevelt, Jean M. Yarbrough 17. Woodrow Wilson, Christopher Burkett 18. Franklin D. Roosevelt, Will Morrisey 19. Harry S. Truman, Elizabeth Spalding 20. Dwight David Eisenhower, Phillip G. Henderson 21. John F. Kennedy, Patrick J. Garrity 22. Martin Luther King, Giorgi Areshidze 23. Lyndon B. Johnson, William J. Atto 24. Richard Nixon, David Frisk 25. Ronald Reagan, Mark Blitz 26. Clinton, Bush, Obama, Trump, Jeff Crouch, Mark J. Rozell
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University of Notre Dame Press March 1917 The Red Wheel Node III Book 3
Book SynopsisTrade Review“In The Red Wheel, Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn produced a masterpiece and proved himself a worthy companion of Dostoevsky and rival of Tolstoy.” —Law and Liberty“Contrary to Tolstoy in War and Peace, Solzhenitsyn means to demonstrate that, at the decisive ‘nodal’ moments of history, the action or inaction of a single individual may have a decisive impact on the course of events.” —National Review“If Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn’s The Gulag Archipelago presented a mindset-changing view of the history of the USSR, the historical novels that make up his epopee The Red Wheel are a counterweight to the heroics of the October Revolution.” —Russian Review“[A] magisterial depiction of the long, slow collapse of the Tsarist regime in which everybody gets a voice, but nobody feels that he or she can prevent the worst of it. Eerily prescient for the binary confusions of the present.” —VoegelinView"This is the principal work of the Nobel laureate’s life, to which Solzhenitsyn dedicated several decades and into which poured all his thoughts about the senseless chaos of the modern and postmodern worlds, all told through the prism of that most contingent of events, the Russian Revolution." —The New Criterion“Solzhenitsyn’s art in this work conveys deep truths, and opportunities lost, in a way that academic history, increasingly torn between ideology, abstruse methodology, and soulless reductionism can rarely if ever do. Art, dramatized history, wisdom about statecraft and the art of politics, and a deep, passionate but measured patriotism find elevated expression in the literary art of Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn.” —Law and Liberty“Moving from staccato reportage to evocative scenes, the book works as a sort of collage of information, replicating in its stylistic choices the different lenses used to understand history. By combining them into one forceful whole, Solzhenitsyn not only gives us an incredibly vivid sense of the different aspects of the Russian Revolution, but a unique model for how to approach history.” —New York Journal of Books“For most Western historians, the March (February O.S.) Revolution was a glorious, if short-lived, event in the history of an otherwise backward—that is, undemocratic—Russia. Solzhenitsyn did not view it that way. He judged the revolution to have been a catastrophe that prepared the way, within months, for the Bolshevik coup d’état.” —National Review"Solzhenitsyn relives and recreates how it all happened in Russia in the second decade of the twentieth century, and he does not allow this pivot of world events to be bastardized by the clever hindsight of historians and the comfortable value judgments of our time." —The Spectator"The best historians and novelists—and Solzhenitsyn was first and foremost a novelist—narrate history through the eyes and ears of the participants who don’t know the outcome of the events they are observing and participating in. In March 1917, Solzhenitsyn presents events through the characters’ perspectives and perceptions at the time, not in hindsight or years afterward." —Asian Review of Books"This is the third book (of four) of March 1917, a ‘node’ of Solzhenitsyn’s historical epic The Red Wheel. Book 3 takes place between March 16 and 22, at the height of the revolution. . . . The translation remains lively and fresh—no small feat, given the sheer size of the novel, the pace at which it shifts among perspectives, and the depth of detail." —Choice“Despite its relentless focus on political events, The Red Wheel paradoxically instructs that politics is not the most important thing in life. To the contrary, the main cause of political horror is the overvaluing of politics itself. It is supremely dangerous to presume that if only the right social system could be established, life’s fundamental problems would be resolved. Like the great realist novelists of the nineteenth century, Solzhenitsyn believed that.” —The New York Review of BooksTable of Contents1. 16 MARCH, Friday 2. 17 MARCH, Saturday 3. 18 MARCH, Sunday 4. 19 MARCH, Monday 5. 20 MARCH, Tuesday 6. 21 MARCH, Wednesday 7. 22 MARCH, Thursday
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University of Notre Dame Press Authoritarian El Salvador
Book SynopsisIn December 1931, El Salvador's civilian president, Arturo Araujo, was overthrown in a military coup. Such an event was hardly unique in Salvadoran history, but the 1931 coup proved to be a watershed. Araujo had been the nation's first democratically elected president, and although no one could have foreseen the result, the coup led to five decades of uninterrupted military rule, the longest run in modern Latin American history. Furthermore, six weeks after coming to power, the new military regime oversaw the crackdown on a peasant rebellion in western El Salvador that is one of the worst episodes of state-sponsored repression in modern Latin American history. Democracy would not return to El Salvador until the 1990s, and only then after a brutal twelve-year civil war. In Authoritarian El Salvador: Politics and the Origins of the Military Regimes, 1880-1940, Erik Ching seeks to explain the origins of the military regime that came to power in 1931. Based on his compreheTrade Review"This is an innovative and important work. In-depth research in local and national archives allowed Erik Ching to reveal the formal and informal mechanisms of Salvadoran politics until the eve of the Second World War. This book is an essential reference to understand the roots of political authoritarianism in El Salvador." —Héctor Lindo-Fuentes, Fordham University"During the 1980s, when El Salvador was in the midst of a terrible civil war, numerous books were written that attempted to explain that small country’s predicament but usually ended up quite short on detail and nuance. Now we have Erik Ching’s very detailed and nuanced study that takes us not only back in time—to the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries—but to local environments where elites and clients interacted to decide the outcome of electoral contests that anointed municipal and national power holders. This book is indispensable for understanding a political culture that combined democratic rhetoric with violence and repression of dissenting points of view." —Knut Walter, author of The Regime of Anastasio Somoza, 1936–1956"With his Authoritarian El Salvador: Politics and the Origins of the Military Regimes, 1880–1940, Erik Ching makes a significant and original contribution to the historiography of Central America and to debates on patron-client relations and systems of political development. No doubt the enormous empirical research and attention to archival detail he presents will spark debate in the rich and growing literature on politics, democracy, and authoritarianism in post-independence Latin America." —Justin Wolfe, Tulane University“While El Salvador’s outsized role as a Cold War hot spot has inspired a wealth of scholarly writing, historical studies have not kept pace with the work done in other disciplines. This in-depth study of networks and politics before and after the turn of the 20th century does a great deal to remedy this imbalance. . . . A substantial contribution to the historical literature on Central America and to the wider historiography on links between local and national politics in Latin America.” —Choice“The book is groundbreaking in its detail and the nuanced insights it offers into nation-state formation; as such, it deserves attention from a wide audience. Beyond area studies and thematic interests, students and teachers of historical methodologies will appreciate the transparency with which Ching analyzes both the voices in the documentary record as well as its silences. . . . [T]he book is groundbreaking in its detail and the nuanced insights it offers into nation-state formation; as such, it deserves attention from a wide audience. Beyond area studies and thematic interests, students and teachers of historical methodologies will appreciate the transparency with which Ching analyzes both the voices in the documentary record as well as its silences.” —American Historical Review“Ching draws on extensive archival research and offers methodical analyses to make his case, going to great lengths to explain the historiographical significance of his case study. This is clearly a major contribution to the history of authoritarianism in El Salvador and Latin America.” —Historian“Ching is one of the first scholars to systematically document this unprecedented political opening in Salvadoran history. This finding opens up new lines of inquiry for Salvadoran histiography, especially as this brief democratization relates to subsequent events such as the 1932 uprising and massacre. . . Ching once again offers fresh interpretations to another understudied period of Salvadoran history by illustrating how Martínez used a patronage network similar to the PND’s but also incorporated elements of social reform to provide a modicum of legitimacy that later military governments would emulate, often to the extreme dissatisfaction of the landed elites.” —Hispanic American Historical Review
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University of Notre Dame Press The Politics of Gender Reform in West Africa
Book SynopsisTrade Review“In recent years, there has been a growing interest in women and gender issues, especially within the ambit of the law in precolonial and postcolonial Africa. The Politics of Gender Reform in West Africa reveals problems, contentions, and negotiations in the creation of these postcolonial laws, which is a valuable contribution to the ongoing scholarship in essentializing women’s voices.” —Bala Saho, author of Contours of Change"Throughout this short, readable book, Lado focuses particularly on the role of religion, most specifically the views of lay Muslims and Christians and religious leaders from both communities regarding their views of state-proposed gender reform. Recommended." —Choice"A helpful case study with which to consider alternative feminisms, the morality of universalist rights claims, and their effective implementation...a welcome contribution to an important topic." — Theological Studies JournalTable of ContentsList of Abbreviations List of Figures and Tables Acknowledgments Introduction: Domesticating Gendered Modernity 1. The Secular State in the 2013 Gender Reform 2. Negotiating Multiplicity: Authorities, Communities, and Identities 3. Religious and Secular Perspectives on Gender Reforms 4. Regional and Comparative Perspectives: Senegal, Mali and Niger Conclusion: Religion, the State, and Gender Reform in Sub-Saharan Africa References
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University of Notre Dame Press The Politics of Gender Reform in West Africa
Book SynopsisTrade Review“In recent years, there has been a growing interest in women and gender issues, especially within the ambit of the law in precolonial and postcolonial Africa. The Politics of Gender Reform in West Africa reveals problems, contentions, and negotiations in the creation of these postcolonial laws, which is a valuable contribution to the ongoing scholarship in essentializing women’s voices.” —Bala Saho, author of Contours of Change"Throughout this short, readable book, Lado focuses particularly on the role of religion, most specifically the views of lay Muslims and Christians and religious leaders from both communities regarding their views of state-proposed gender reform. Recommended." —Choice"A helpful case study with which to consider alternative feminisms, the morality of universalist rights claims, and their effective implementation...a welcome contribution to an important topic." — Theological Studies JournalTable of ContentsList of Abbreviations List of Figures and Tables Acknowledgments Introduction: Domesticating Gendered Modernity 1. The Secular State in the 2013 Gender Reform 2. Negotiating Multiplicity: Authorities, Communities, and Identities 3. Religious and Secular Perspectives on Gender Reforms 4. Regional and Comparative Perspectives: Senegal, Mali and Niger Conclusion: Religion, the State, and Gender Reform in Sub-Saharan Africa References
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Pennsylvania State University Press Prints of a New Kind Political Caricature in the
Book SynopsisExplores the creation and circulation of political caricatures in early US history. Includes a catalog of caricature prints published between 1789 and 1828.Trade Review“Stagg’s description of the social nature of caricatures [is] fascinating. . . . [She] does excellent historical detective work in tracking down America’s earliest caricaturists.”—Jonathan Den Hartog Current“Thoroughly engaging with a well-crafted narrative, Prints of a New Kind is a long-awaited study filling a significant void in the history of American print culture. Allison Stagg sets the stage for a modern and popularized notion of political satire. This elegantly written book, lavishly illustrated, places the American tradition of caricature as separate from its European origins, with its own merits and history worthy of detailed examination.”—Nancy Siegel,author of Along the Juniata: Thomas Cole and the Dissemination of American Landscape Imagery“Prints of a New Kind contributes fresh awareness and understanding of early US political caricature from an art historical perspective. By doggedly tracing the locations of early caricatures in numerous archives on both sides of the Atlantic, Stagg has uncovered previously unknown examples and made new discoveries about the making and circulation of political caricatures in the early American Republic.”—Nan Wolverton,Vice President for Programs and Director of Fellowships, American Antiquarian Society“By highlighting the surprisingly robust market for caricatures, and intense competition for readership among publications in the Early Republic, this book is a welcome addition to the canon.”—Flora Khoo American JournalismTable of ContentsList of IllustrationsAcknowledgementsIntroduction1. Caricature in the United States, 1789–18202. James Akin’s Career Before Caricature3. America’s First Caricaturist4. The Business of Caricature in the 1810s5. Copperplate to Lithography, 1820–1830Conclusion: “The First Will Grumble and the Last Will Laugh”Appendix: Catalogue of Caricatures Published in America Between 1780 and 1828NotesBibliographyIndex
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University of Texas Press Anarchism The Mexican Working Class 18601931
Book SynopsisJohn M. Hart explores anarchism's effect on the development of the Mexican urban working-class and agrarian movements.Trade Review... a significant contribution to the intellectual history of Mexico. * Library Journal *Professor Hart has produced a pioneer work which be the starting point for all future research on the subject. It is clear, it is comprehensive, it is fair minded, and it fills a conspicuous gap in anarchist historiography. * Labor History *Table of Contents Preface 1. The Origins of Mexican Anarchism 2. The Proselytizer 3. The Organizers 4. The Anarchists and the Origins of the Urban Labor Movement 5. Nineteenth-Century Anarchism and the Agrarian Movement 6. Decline and Perseverance 7. The Resurgence 8. Anarchism, the Working Class, and the Opening Phases of the Revolution 9. The Casa del Obrero Mundial and the Constitutionalists 10. The Aftermath of August 1916: Continued Activity 11. Conclusion Notes Bibliographic Note Bibliography Index
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University of Texas Press When States Kill
Book SynopsisThirteen essays exploring state-sponsored terrorism in Latin America and its connection to the U.S.Trade ReviewThe combination of a regional framework and original case studies makes this volume an important addition to research on the nature of U.S. involvement in state violence and human rights violations in Latin America. * American Journal of Sociology *Table of Contents Acknowledgments Part I. Introduction Chapter 1. State Terror in the U.S.-Latin American Interstate Regime by Cecilia Menjívar and Néstor Rodríguez Chapter 2. Operation Condor as a Hemispheric "Counterterror" Organization by J. Patrice McSherry Part II. Central America and Mexico Chapter 3. "The Blood of the People": The Guardia Nacional's Fifty-year War against the People of Nicaragua, 1927-1979 by Richard Grossman Chapter 4. The Culture and Politics of State Terror and Repression in El Salvador by Aldo A. Lauria-Santiago Chapter 5. Caught in the Crossfire: Militarization, Paramilitarization, and State Violence in Oaxaca, Mexico by Kristin Norget Chapter 6. Bloody Deeds/Hechos Sangrientos: Reading Guatemala's Record of Political Violence in Cadaver Reports by M. Gabriela Torres Chapter 7. U.S. Militarization of Honduras in the 1980s and the Creation of CIA-backed Death Squads by Joan Kruckewitt Chapter 8. "No Hay Rosas Sin Espinas": Statecraft in Costa Rica by Annamarie Oliverio and Pat Lauderdale Part III. South America Chapter 9. The Colombian Nightmare: Human Rights Abuses and the Contradictory Effects of U.S. Foreign Policy by John C. Dugas Chapter 10. The Path of State Terror in Peru by Abderrahman Beggar Chapter 11. Turning on Their Masters: State Terrorism and Unlearning Democracy in Uruguay by Jeffrey J. Ryan Chapter 12. Producing and Exporting State Terror: The Case of Argentina by Ariel C. Armony Part IV. Conclusion Chapter 13. New Responses to State Terror by Cecilia Menjívar and Néstor Rodríguez About the Contributors Index
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University of Texas Press Guatemaltecas
Book SynopsisThe first history of the Guatemalan women's movement and how it has responded to the forces of democratization and globalization.Table of Contents Acknowledgments Chapter 1. Face-off: Gender, Democratization, and Globalization Chapter 2. Inside (and) Out: Home, Work, and Organizing Chapter 3. La goma elástica: Codifying and Institutionalizing Women in Postwar Guatemala Chapter 4. T Is for Tortillera? Sexual Minorities and Identity Politics Chapter 5. The "Swallow Industries": Flight, Consumption, and Indigestion Chapter 6. Countering Discourse: Toward Resistance Notes Bibliography Index
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University of Texas Press Voices from the Global Margin Confronting
Book SynopsisA senior anthropologist investigates how forces such as modernization, globalization, poverty, and Shining Path terrorism have radically altered the lifeways of peasants in the Peruvian Andes.Table of Contents Acknowledgments Introduction: A Personal and Intellectual Odyssey 1. Pablo and Claudia: Peasant Farming 2. Horacio and Benjamina: Gender, Race, Ethnicity, and Class 3. Horacio and Benjamina: Confronting Village Poverty 4. Martín: Confronting Migrant Poverty 5. Valentina: From Bride by Capture to International Migrant 6. Triga: Guerrilla War, Cocaine, and Commerce 7. El Comandante Tigre: The Peasant Patrols and War 8. Anastasio: Fleeing Shining Path 9. At the Margin of the Shifting World Notes Glossary Bibliography Index
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University of Texas Press The Politics of Sentiment Imagining and
Book SynopsisA multi-faceted exploration of the inhabitants of Guayaquil, Ecuador, through the lenses of politics, race relations, labor movements, Modernism, and the poetry of Medardo Angel Silva.Table of Contents Preface: The Politics of Sentiment and the Nature of the Real Acknowledgments Introduction: Medardo Ángel Silva and Guayaquil Antiguo at the Turn of the Twentieth Century Part I. Sentiment and History 1. Medardo Ángel Silva: Voces Inefables 2. Guayaquil Antiguo: Sentiment, History, and Nostalgia Part II. Music, Migration, and Race 3. Musical Reconversion: The Pasillo's National Legacy 4. The Migration of Guayaquilean Modernity: Problemas Personales and Guayacos in Hollywood 5. Instances of Blackness in Ecuador: The Nation as the Racialized Sexual Global Other/Order Conclusion: Guayaquilean Modernity and the Historical Power of Sentiment Notes Bibliography Index
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University of Texas Press The Quiet Revolutionaries
Book SynopsisA stirring examination of those who survived Guatemala’s civil war, and the mindset that helped them transform their society in the face of state-sanctioned terrorism.Trade Review"A major contribution to our understanding of grassroots human rights activism and the ways in which victims of violence can make sense of their traumatic experiences." Norma Stoltz Chinchilla, Professor of Sociology and Women's Studies, California State University, Long BeachTable of Contents Acknowledgments Introduction Chapter One: Some Background Chapter Two: Access Was Not Easy Chapter Three: Chronic Ambiguity Chapter Four: Seeking Justice Chapter Five: The Social Movement to End Impunity Chapter Six: The Movement Is Fragmented by the Peace Accords Chapter Seven: Identity, Rule of Law, and Democracy Appendix Notes References Index
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University of Texas Press Guns Drugs and Development in Colombia
Book SynopsisA provocative, interdisciplinary examination of Colombia’s devastating drug trade, with data-driven recommendations for other countries facing violent insurgencies.Trade Review"The use of an interdisciplinary approach, including geography, history, economics, and politics, gives this book a flavor that is distinct from others in the field... The data on economics and the impacts of drug production and drug trafficking are innovative and difficult to find elsewhere... A valuable resource." William L. Furlong, Professor of Political Science, Utah State UniversityTable of Contents Acknowledgments Chapter 1: Introduction Chapter 2: Historical and Geographical Propensities to Violence Chapter 3: Colombian Economic History: Regional Context and Colombian Policies Chapter 4: The Main Actors in the 1990s and into the Twenty-first Century: Guerrillas and Paramilitaries Chapter 5: Differences within Colombia and Available Subnational Data Chapter 6: Guns and Protection: Guerrillas and Paramilitaries Chapter 7: The Effects of Illegal Drugs and Violence on the Colombian Economy Chapter 8: Acknowledging Constraints to Find Comprehensive Peace: The Four Cornerstones of Pacification Notes Bibliography Index
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University of Texas Press Carlos Lacerda Brazilian Crusader
Book SynopsisPlaywright, journalist, and spectacularly successful governor, Carlos Lacerda was Brazil''s foremost orator in the 20th century and its most controversial politician. He might have become president in the 1960s had not the military taken over. In the words of eminent historian José Honório Rodrigues, 'No one person influenced the Brazilian historical process as much as Carlos Lacerda from 1945 to 1968.'In this volume, the first of a two-volume biography, Professor Dulles paints a portrait of a rebellious youth, who had the willfulness of his prominent father and who crusaded for Communism before becoming its most outspoken foe. Recalling Lacerda''s rallying cry, 'Brazil must be shaken up,' Dulles traces the career of the journalist whose unsparing attacks on the men in power led authorities to imprison him and employ thugs who pummeled him physically. The story covers events in which Lacerda helped alter Brazil, such as the redemocratization in 1945 and his reveTable of Contents Prologue Part I. Son of Maurício (1914–1931) Part II. Crusader for Communism (1931–1939) Part III. Crusader for Democracy (1939–1945) Part IV. Indefatigable Columnist (1946–1949) Part V. Director of a New Newspaper (1949–1953) Part VI. Dethroner of Vargas (1953–1954) Intermission. Journalist and Orator Part VII. Advocate of an Emergency Regime (1955–1956) Part VIII. UDN Leader in Congress (1957–1959) Part IX. Backer of Quadros (1959–1960) Part X. Candidate for Governor (1960) Epilogue. Governor-Elect Notes Sources of Material Index Photographs
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University of Texas Press Mexican Political Biographies 19352009
Book SynopsisWith nearly 1,000 new biographies, updates of the existing biographies and appendices, and a fully searchable CD, this is the definitive source for biographical information on some 3,000 of Mexico’s leading state and national politicians.Table of Contents A Note to the Reader Acknowledgments How to Use This Book How Persons Were Selected for Inclusion Source Abbreviations Abbreviations Used in the Text The Biographies Appendixes A. Supreme Court Justices, 1935–2010 B. Senators, 1934–2012 C. Federal Deputies, 1937–2012 D. Directors of Federal Departments, Agencies, and Banks, 1935–2010 E. Ambassadors to the United Kingdom, the United States, France, Russia, the Organization of American States, Cuba, the United Nations, the Vatican, Spain, Italy, Japan, Canada, and the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, 1935–2010 F. Governors, 1935–2010, and Heads of the Government of the Federal District, 1997–2010 G. Rectors and Directors General of the National Universities, 1935–2010 H. National Executive Committees of the National Revolutionary Party (PNR), Party of the Mexican Revolution (PRM), and Revolutionary Institutional Party (PRI), 1935–2010 I. Presidents and Secretaries-General of the National Action Party (PAN), the Party of the Democratic Revolution (PRD), the Green Party (PVEM), the Convergence Party (CON), the Authentic Party of the Mexican Revolution (PARM), the Popular Socialist Party (PPS), and the Mexican Democratic Party (PDM), 1939–2010 J. Secretaries-General of the Mexican Federation of Labor (CTM), National Farmers’ Confederation (CNC), National Federation of Popular Organizations (CNOP), Federation of Government Employees’ Unions (FSTSE), Mexican Petroleum Workers’ Union (STPRM), Union of Electrical Workers of the Mexican Republic (STERM), and National Teachers’ Union (SNTE), 1936-2010 A Selected Bibliographical Essay Description of the CD
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University of Texas Press Mexican Consuls and Labor Organizing Imperial
Book SynopsisHow Mexico attempted to control its American emigrants in the early 20th century.Trade Review"This is the most comprehensive extant study in a growing literature on the role of the Mexican consulate in the United States." Dennis Nodin Valdes, author of Al Norte: Agricultural Workers in the Great Lakes Region, 1917-1970Table of Contents Preface and Acknowledgments Introduction Chapter 1. The 1910 Mexican Revolution, the United States, and México de afuera Chapter 2. Organizing México de afuera in Southern California Chapter 3. The Los Angeles County Strike of 1933 Chapter 4. The San Joaquin Valley Strike of 1933 Chapter 5. The Imperial Valley Strikes of 1933-1934 Chapter 6. Denouement and Renaissance Notes Bibliography Index
£21.59
MU - University of Texas Press Brazil and the Quiet Intervention 1964
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University of Texas Press Urban Latin America
Book SynopsisThis book is an attempt to integrate research on Latin American social organization within a single theoretical framework: development as fundamentally a political problem.Table of Contents Preface 1. Introduction 2. The Economy and Ecology of Urban Poverty 3. The Politics of Urban Poverty 4. Elites and the Politics of Urban Development: A Comparative Study of Four Cities 5. Structures of Power in Latin American Cities: Toward a Summary and Interpretation 6. Conclusion Notes Bibliography Index
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University of Texas Press Viva Cristo Rey
Book SynopsisThis book depicts a national calamity in which sincere people followed their convictions to often tragic ends.Table of Contents Preface 1. The Ancestry of a Conflict 2. A New and Fertile Bloom 3. Of Men and Laws 4. "Mexico Needs a Tradition of Blood" 5. Cristo Rey and Capistran Garza 6. Stalemate 7. The Ambassador and the Priest 8. The Ways of Frustration 9. An Arrangement of Sorts 10. Trial by Peace Appendix. The June 21, 1929, Agreement Bibliographical Essay Materials Cited Index
£25.19
University of Texas Press Latin America in Caricature
Book SynopsisAn exploration of more than one hundred years of hemispheric relations through political cartoons collected from leading U.S. periodicals from the 1860s through 1980.Trade Review. . . one of the most important books in recent years on hemisphere relations. . . . A bold work that could scarcely have been conceived until recently, Latin America in Caricature is a product of the climate of raised consciousness that has made many privileged white males aware of the hollowness of the stereotypes they have concocted to rationalize domination over blacks, women, and other purportedly less-than-rational beings—stereotypes that they then projected southward so as to justify their assumed rights of hegemony in the hemisphere. -- Fredrick B. Pike * Hispanic American Historical Review *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments 1. Introduction 2. The Hemisphere as Monolith 3. Latin America as Female 4. The Republics as Children 5. The Republics as Blacks 6. The Latin American Nations as Non-Black Males 7. Social Reform and Militarism 8. Conclusion Notes Index
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University of Texas Press Power Institutions and Leadership in War and
Book SynopsisAn examination of the border war between Peru and Ecuador reveals new approaches to Latin American leadership and a transformed power structure that integrates domestic and international factors.Trade ReviewThe analysis of developments during the years 1995 to 1998 is especially masterful, artfully weaving together the many different strands. The book also benefits from the provision of some good maps and helpful chronologies…Mares and Palmer have undoubtedly written the most comprehensive work possible on the Ecuador Peru territorial settlement pending the future opening of the diplomatic archives of the key players. * International Affairs *Table of Contents Preface Chapter 1. Introduction: Explaining Interstate Conflict and Boundary Disputes in Post–Cold War Latin America Chapter 2. Two Nations in Conflict Chapter 3. Presidential Decision Making: The Institutional and Personal Context Chapter 4. Domestic Politics and the Push toward War Chapter 5. The Domestic Bases for Resolution Chapter 6. Hemispheric Diplomacy and the Politics of a Solution Chapter 7. Conclusions: Lessons Learned, Progress Achieved, and Implications for Other Boundary Disputes Appendix A. Effective Number of Parties Appendix B. Ecuadorean Attitudes toward Relations with Peru (November 1992) Appendix C. Polling Data on Border Issues (1994–1996) Notes Bibliography Index
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University of Texas Press Mexican Political Biographies 18841934
Book SynopsisAn authoritative reference work that makes biographies of prominent Mexican national politicians from the period 1884–1934 available in English.Table of Contents A Note to the Reader Acknowledgments How to Use This Book How Persons Were Selected for Inclusion Abbreviations or Terms Used in the Text Source Abbreviations The Biographies Appendixes A. Supreme Court Justices, 1884–1934 B. Senators, 1884–1934 C. Federal Deputies, 1884–1934 D. Directors of Federal Departments and Agencies, 1884–1934 E. Ambassadors to Cuba, France, the Soviet Union, United Kingdom, and the United States, 1900–1934 F. Governors, 1884–1934 G. National Executive Committees of the National Revolutionary Party, 1929–1935 H. Presidents of Mexico, 1884–1934 Bibliographic Essay
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University of Texas Press The Provincial Deputation in Mexico Harbinger of
Book SynopsisIn this interpretation of the independence movement, Nettie Lee Benson tells the true story of Mexico's transition from colonial status to a federal state.Table of Contents Introduction 1. Origin of the Provincial Deputations 2. Establishment of the Provincial Deputations in Mexico, 1812–1814 3. Growth of the Provincial Deputations in Mexico, 1820–1821 4. Continued Development of the Provincial Deputations in Mexico, 1821–1823 5. Assumption of Power by the Provincial Deputations 6. Attitude of the Provincial Deputations toward a New Congress 7. Evolution of the Pioneer State Legislatures 8. Establishment of Other State Legislatures Appendix A: Deputies in Mexican Provincial Deputations Elected According to Spanish Constitution of 1812 Appendix B: Elections in February 1822 for 1822–1823 Appendix C: September 1823 Elections Notes Bibliography Index
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University of Texas Press Revolution at Querétaro
Book SynopsisThe first book in English to study in depth the remarkable convention that produced the Mexican Constitution of 1917.Table of Contents Preface 1. 1857 to 1917: Background for a Revolutionary Constitution 2. Elections, Delegates, and Preliminary Sessions 3. The Apogee of Anticlericalism 4. The Evolution of a Labor Program 5. Article 27: The Attack on Vested Interests 6. The Prevailing Winds of Reform 7. Concluding Sessions: The Politics of Discord 8. In Retrospect Appendix A: Article 130 of the Constitution of 1917 Appendix B: Article 5 Compared with Draft Proposal Appendix C: Article 123 Compared with Draft Proposal Appendix D: Carranza’s Draft Proposal of Article 27 Appendix E: Article 27 Compared with Draft Proposal Appendix F: Biographic Information on Delegates Referred to in Text (as of January 31, 1917) Glossary Bibliography Index
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University of Texas Press Industry the State and Public Policy in Mexico
Book SynopsisAn analysis of the political and economic role of industrial entrepreneurs in postwar Mexico.Table of Contents Preface 1. Introduction Part 1. Industrial Progress under Late and Dependent Development 2. The Pattern of Industrial Growth in Mexico 3. Dependent Industrialization in a Mixed Economy Part 2. The Political Role of Industrial Entrepreneurs in Mexico 4. State-Industry Relations: Disaggregating the Authoritarian State 5. The Political Ideology and Perceptions of Industrial Elites: Mexico and Venezuela Compared Part 3. Industrialists and Policymaking 6. A Typology of the Policy Process and a Case Study of the GATT Decision 7. Industrial Development Strategies and Petroleum Policy 8. Conclusion Appendix A: Sources of and Methods for Collecting Industrialization Data Appendix B: Selected “Mexicanized” Firms, 1967–1983 Appendix C: Selected Newly Established “Mexicanized” Firms, 1973–1979 Appendix D: Data Sources for Regression Analysis (Chapter 3) Appendix E: Questionnaire Mailed to Mexican and Venezuelan Industrialists, Summer 1980 Acronyms Notes Bibliography Index
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MU - University of Texas Press Politics Gender and the Mexican Novel 196819
Book SynopsisHow Mexican writers responded to a 1968 student massacre.Table of Contents Acknowledgments 1. Of Pyramids and Fleas: Mexican Narrative and the Crisis, 1968–1985 2. Gender, Genre, and Authority: Hasta no verte Jesús mío (1969), by Elena Poniatowska 3. The Novel as Pyramid: Palinuro de México (1977), by Fernando del Paso 4. Commodification and Desire in the Wasteland: Las batallas en el desierto (1981), by José Emilio Pacheco 5. Apocalypse and Patricide: Cerca del fuego (1986), by José Agustín 6. Out of the Rubble: Mexican Narrative and Social Movements of the Late 1980s Notes Bibliography Index
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University of Texas Press Indigenous Movements SelfRepresentation and the
Book SynopsisCase studies of indigenous movements in Colombia, Guatemala, and Brazil.Trade ReviewIn summary, this is an excellent book that I would highly recommend. It is well written and very thought provoking, and is certainly going on the reading lists for at least two of my courses. Though the focus is on Latin America, I think that this would be an enlightening read for anyone interested in indigenous movements in other parts of the world. * Social Anthropology *[An] important anthology featuring the voices of anthropologists and Indigenous activists from North and South America. * HipLATINA *Table of Contents Acknowledgments 1. Introduction: Studying Indigenous Activism in Latin America, Kay B. Warren and Jean E. Jackson 2. The Indigenous Public Voice: The Multiple Idioms of Modernity in Native Cauca, David D. Gow and Joanne Rappaport 3. Contested Discourses of Authority in Colombian National Indigenous Politics: The 1996 Summer Takeovers, Jean E. Jackson 4. The Multiplicity of Mayan Voices: Mayan Leadership and the Politics of Self-Representation, Victor Montejo 5. Voting against Indigenous Rights in Guatemala: Lessons from the 1999 Referendum, Kay B. Warren 6. How Should an Indian Speak?: Amazonian Indians and the Symbolic Politics of Language in the Global Public Sphere, Laura R. Graham 7. Representation, Polyphony, and the Construction of Power in a Kayapó Video, Terence Turner 8. Cutting through State and Class: Sources and Strategies of Self-Representation in Latin America, Alcida Rita Ramos Contributors Index
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University of Washington Press Imperial Bandits
Book SynopsisTrade Review"Bradley Camp Davis has delved deeper into this topic than anyone before. . . . The discussion of the borderlands in this book and the way it reveals the challenges faced by a failed state is helpful in thinking about other periods of Vietnamese history. . . . Davis’s Imperial Bandits takes us deep into one of those times when a Vietnamese state struggled to control its territory, but when we take a step back we can see parallels with other periods and places, too." -- Liam C. Kelley * Mekong Review *"This is a brilliantly woven narrative of the intersecting imperial designs of the Nguyen, Qing, and French, at the center of which was the quintessentially borderland phenomena of the Black Flags. It is the standard work on the Black Flags now, replacing earlier work such as Eastman’s, and will find a welcome place on the desks of political scientists and historians of transnationalism, colonialism, and Asia." * H-Net *Table of ContentsIntroduction: Imperial Bandits, Cultures of Violence, and Oral Traditions 1. Opium and Rebellion at High Altitudes 2. Commerce, Rebellion, and Consular Optics 3. Imperial Bandits and the Sino-French War 4. Borderline, Resistance, and Technology Conclusion: Flags in the Dust
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University of Washington Press Imperial Bandits
Book SynopsisTrade Review"Bradley Camp Davis has delved deeper into this topic than anyone before. . . . The discussion of the borderlands in this book and the way it reveals the challenges faced by a failed state is helpful in thinking about other periods of Vietnamese history. . . . Davis’s Imperial Bandits takes us deep into one of those times when a Vietnamese state struggled to control its territory, but when we take a step back we can see parallels with other periods and places, too." -- Liam C. Kelley * Mekong Review *"This is a brilliantly woven narrative of the intersecting imperial designs of the Nguyen, Qing, and French, at the center of which was the quintessentially borderland phenomena of the Black Flags. It is the standard work on the Black Flags now, replacing earlier work such as Eastman’s, and will find a welcome place on the desks of political scientists and historians of transnationalism, colonialism, and Asia." * H-Net *Table of ContentsIntroduction: Imperial Bandits, Cultures of Violence, and Oral Traditions 1. Opium and Rebellion at High Altitudes 2. Commerce, Rebellion, and Consular Optics 3. Imperial Bandits and the Sino-French War 4. Borderline, Resistance, and Technology Conclusion: Flags in the Dust
£33.98
University of Washington Press Improvised City Architecture and Governance in
Book SynopsisTrade Review"The scope of the book is impressive...It will be of great interest to urban and architectural historians and to China studies specialists seeking a fresh look at Shanghai." * China Quarterly *"[D]rawing upon fresh archival material on building forms, technologies, urban infrastructures, and architectural events in Shanghai, Roskam’s book provides an enhanced understanding of how urban spaces took shape as a result of competing domestic and international forces in a politically and spatially fragmented treaty port. The book is carefully researched and well-illustrated." * Planning Perspectives *"Packed with extensive archival material and fascinating narratives, Improvised City is a highly recommended read for Shanghai historians interested in extraterritoriality. It is also very inspiring for architectural researchers and designers who are interested in the interplay of politics, legal systems, and architecture." * The Journal of Architecture *"[M]eticulously researched and beautifully crafted study...provides significant new insights into the relationship between architecture, governance, and law." * China Review International *"This well-organized book indeed explains that Shanghai and modern Chinese architecture are as they are because of the interplay between architecture and government." * Architectural Histories *
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