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Book SynopsisThis volume showcases important new research on World War II memory, both in the Soviet Union and in Russia today.Through an examination of war remembrance in its various formsâofficial histories, school textbooks, museums, monuments, literature, films, and Victory Day paradesâchapters illustrate how the heroic narrative of the war was established in Soviet times and how it continues to shape war memorialization under Putin. This war narrative resonates with the Russian population due to decades of Soviet commemoration, which continued virtually uninterrupted into the post-Soviet period. Major themes of the volume include the use of World War II memory for political legitimation and patriotic mobilization; the striking continuities between Soviet and post-Soviet commemorative practices; the place of Holocaust memorialization in contemporary Russia; Putinâs invocation of the war to bolster national pride and international prestige; and the relationship between individual memorTable of ContentsIntroduction: The Politics of Commemoration in the Soviet Union and Contemporary Russia Part I: Soviet Remembrance of the War 1. Wartime Mobilizational Strategies and the Origins of Soviet War Memory 2. Situating Stalin in the History of the Second World War 3. Victory Day before the Cult: War Commemoration in the USSR, 1945–1965 4. Teaching and Remembering the Great Patriotic War in Soviet Schools 5. Representations of Gender in Soviet War Memorials Part II: Soviet and Post-Soviet War Memory 6. Veterans Remember the War in Soviet and Post-Soviet Fiction 7. Lend-Lease in War and Russian Memory 8. Politicizing War Memorialization in Soviet and Post-Soviet Sevastopol 9. World War II Memories and Local Media in the Russian North: Velikii Novgorod and Murmansk 10. Parades in Russian Memory Culture Part III: Representations of the War in the Putin Era 11. Performing Memory and Its Limits: Vladimir Putin and the Celebration of World War II in Russia 12. Holocaust Discourse in Putin’s Russia as a Foreign Policy Tool 13. The War Film and Memory Politics in Putin’s Russia 14. Jews, Gender, and Just Wars: Remembering and Rewriting the Great Patriotic War in 2015 War Films 15. The 21st-Century Memory of the Great Patriotic War in the “Russia—My History” Museum

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Book SynopsisThis book explores the plethora of social-justice issues facing teacher education and development in Africa. Using both theoretical and empirical perspectives, it considers the need for teacher education to be transformational and address conventional pedagogy as well as the rights and duties of all citizens.The edited volume focuses on a wide range of relevant aspects, such as decolonisation, economic models, environmental concerns, as well as multilingual and multicultural aspects of education. Evidence-based chapters cover strategies used to support preservice and in-service teachers on how best to tackle issues of social justice through induction activities, pedagogy and discipline content, involving local communities, and the role of technology, including the use of open educational resources. The principles underlying these strategies are being used in the COVID-19 pandemic and will be equally relevant in the post-COVID-19 world. This book will be oTable of ContentsList of figures List of tablesAbout the editors and contributorsForewordPrefaceAcknowledgementsSection I. Overview considerations How changing global economic models impact on local teacher-education programsSarah Gravett and Carmel McNaught Teacher professional development in sub-Saharan Africa: Equity and scaleBjörn Haßler, Gemma Bennett and Kalifa Damani Open educational resources, technology-enabled teacher learning and social justiceBetty Ogange and Alexis Carr Social justice: Do not wait for prosperityHans Dembowski Section II. Initial teacher education Promoting social justice in teacher education through an education excursionJacqueline Batchelor and Memoona Mahomed Addressing issues of food security in a service-learning gardening projectNadine Petersen, Jeremiah Maseko, Koketso Nthimbane and Semoni Cancelliere Section III. Teacher development A linked Participatory Action Learning and Action Research (PALAR)-Life-Design (LD) model to promote teacher agency in challenging contextsRubina Setlhare The role of teacher-development programmes in promoting and sustaining social justiceDennis Mlandelwa Sinyolo Moderating epistemic injustice in teaching: A case study of the role of teaching assistantsMary McAteer and Lesley Wood The Sandbox project: Developing competencies for a changing world in South African schoolsSarah Gravett and Shirley Eadie Section IV. Curriculum aspects Critical perspectives on language as a social-justice issue in post-colonial higher-education institutionsNokhanyo Mdzanga and Muki Moeng Music education as a pathway to social justiceSusan W. Mills and Juliet Perumal A pragmatic approach to assessment in a time of crisisDavid M. Kennedy and Geoffrey Lautenbach Where to from here?Sarah Gravett and Carmel McNaught

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Book SynopsisThis book presents a systematic analysis of the differential implementation of the urban reforms in two Indian cities, Ahmedabad and Kanpur. It analyses the enactment of the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM), launched in 2005 by the Indian government, which aimed to spatially reorient cities into market-friendly places across 65 cities but finished with only modest success.The volume discusses the specificities of urban governance systems, colonial municipal histories and nationalist struggle in relation to urban planning and policy reforms to showcase how policies insensitive to these are likely to fail. It identifies historically constituted municipal capacity â located in the municipal organisation at the city level â as the key determinant of divergent trajectories of the spatial changes. The analysis demonstrates that in Ahmedabad the politics of the city was historically oriented towards peoplesâ relationship with their spaces, enabling a coherent

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The rapid global spread of populism has become an arresting and often disturbing phenomenon in the opening decades of the twenty-first century. This collection of essays explores the complex histories and diverse geographies of populist activity, examining its manifestations on both the political left and the right while tracing its dangerous association with nativism, racism and xenophobia. Established socio-political theories are questioned and challenged, giving way to fresh philosophical or cultural perspectives. At the heart of this collection lies a concern with the capacity of the humanities and especially literary studies to interpret, evaluate and intervene in this populist moment. Literary discussion ranges from Henry James and William Faulkner to Toni Morrison, David Foster Wallace, Ali Smith and Ta-Nehisi Coates. These essays demonstrate the pertinence and value of enquiries from multiple perspectives if we are to come to terms with the impact of populist rhetoric on m

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Book SynopsisThis book presents pioneering research on the Indian Ocean archipelago of the Maldives in the medieval period. Primarily archaeological, the book has an interdisciplinary slant, examining the material culture, history, and environment of the islands.Featuring contributions by leading archaeologists and material culture researchers, the book is the first systematic archaeological monograph devoted to the Maldives. Offering an archaeological account of this island-nation from the beginnings of the Islamic period, it complements and nuances the picture presented by external historical data, which identify the Maldives as a key player in global networks. The book describes excavations and surveys at a medieval site on the island of Kinolhas. It offers a comprehensive analysis of finds of pottery, glass, and cowries, relating them to regional assemblages to add valuable new data to an under-researched field. The artefacts suggest links with India, Sri Lanka, the Middle EastTrade Review‘This landmark volume is the first systematic archaeological monograph devoted to the Maldives, an understudied crossroads of Indian Ocean circulations. Combining rigorous excavation description with substantive discussions of context and historical interpretation, it highlights a history of global connections linking the Maldives to Africa, Arabia, India, and beyond. This book should become a new standard reference for anyone interested in the history of Indian Ocean networks, economic history, and Islamic studies.’Professor R. Michael Feener, Kyoto University Center for Southeast Asian Studies/Director, Maritime Asia Heritage SurveyTable of Contents1 Introduction: An Archaeological Study of a Maldivian Island 2 An Overview of Previous Historical and Archaeological Work in the Maldives 3 Approaching the Heritage and Archaeology of Kinolhas 4 Kinolhas: The Trenches and Stratigraphy 5 The Earthenware Pottery 6 The Glazed Pottery: Asian and Islamic Imports 7 The Fauna 8 The Small Finds 9 The Archaeology of the Maldives in the Medieval Period: A Comparative Study 10 Towards an Archaeology of the Medieval Maldives

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Book SynopsisThis volume brings together new studies and interdisciplinary research on the changing mediascapes in South Asia. Focusing on India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh, it explores the transformations in the sphere of cinema, television, performing arts, visual cultures, cyber space and digital media, beyond the traumas of the partitions of 1947 and 1971. Through wide-ranging essays on soft power, performance, film, and television; art and visual culture; and cyber space, social media, and digital texts, the book bridges the gap in the study of the postcolonial and post-Partition developments to reimagine South Asia through a critical understanding of popular culture and media. The volume includes scholars and practitioners from the subcontinent to foster dialogue across the borders, and presents diverse and in-depth studies on film, media and representation in the region. This book will be useful to scholars and researchers of media and film studies, postcolonial studiesTrade Review'An important and politically timely volume on the two partitions that brings together leading scholars in the fields of media and cultural production. It is fuelled by a shared aspiration, which is to challenge the binaries of history and construct a more open and vibrant mediascape in South Asia.'Nira Wickramasinghe, Professor of Modern South Asian Studies, Leiden University, Netherlands'Two partitions, bloodbaths, and migrations define toxic nationalisms in South Asia. As a region still struggling with decolonisation, it is imperative that the religious and militaristic constructs of national identity be challenged through discourses that have been excluded from the mainstream and suppressed by coercive states. This volume is seminal in many ways as it aims to foster dialogue among scholars and practitioners. It is a valuable reference for students, thinkers, and publics within and beyond South Asia.'Raza Rumi, Director, Park Center for Independent Media, Ithaca College, USA, and Editor-in-chief, Nayadaur MediaTable of ContentsIntroduction — Moving beyond Partitions: Theorising the Academic Dialogue Part I. Soft Power: Performance, Film and Television 1. Trouble in Paradise: The Portrayal of the Kashmir Insurgency in Hindi 2. The Vale of Desire: Framing Kashmir in Vishal Bhardwaj’s Haider 3. Finding Comfort in Silence? The Absence of Partition Narratives from the Contemporary Group Theatre in Kolkata 4. The Rise of the Celebrity Anchor in Pakistan’s Private TV: The One Voice that Kills Other Voices Part II. Art and Visual Culture 5. Discourses on Partition through Visual Culture 6. Post-71: Photographic Ambivalences, Archives, and the Construction of a National Identity of Bangladesh 7. Speaking Soon after Catastrophe: The Partition Art of Satish Gujral and S. L. Parasher as Record, Testimony, Trauma Part III. Cyber Space, Social Media, and Digital Texts 8. Politicising the Body of the ‘Other’: India’s Gaze at Pakistan 9. Keyboard Nations: Cyberhate and Partition Anxiety on Social Media 10. Pakistani Literary Digitalisation: “Mediascaping” Mohsin Hamid’s “The (Former) General in his Labyrinth”. Conclusion — Reflections: Building Bridges

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Book SynopsisThe objective of Arab Criminology is to establish a criminological subfield called âArab Criminology.âThe ever-evolving field of criminology has advanced in the past decade, yet many impediments remain. Unlike criminology in Africa, Asia, the Americas, Europe, and Oceania, which is based merely on geopolitical constructs, the Arab world has unique commonalities that do not exist in the other established subfields of criminology. The Arab world has largely remained in criminologyâs periphery despite the regionâs considerable importance to current international affairs. In response, this book explores two main questions: Why should we and how do we establish a subfield in Arab criminology? The authors examine the state of criminology in the Arab world, define its parameters, and present four components that bond and distinguish Arab criminology from other criminological area studies. They then identify the requirements for establishing Arab criminology and detail how locTable of Contents1. Introduction: Why Arab Criminology? 2. The Islamic Legal Tradition 3. Historical, Political and Cultural Commonalities 4. Arab Criminology at the Intersection of Race and Gender 5. Transnational Crime in the Arab World 6. Moving Forward

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Book SynopsisThe recent rapid growth in China's involvement in Africa is being promoted by both Chinese and African leaders as being conducted in a spirit of cooperation, friendship and equality. In the media and informally, however, a different, less harmonious picture emerges. This book explores how China and Africa really regard each other, how official images are manufactured, and how informal images are nevertheless shaped and put forward. The book covers a wide range of areas where China-Africa exchange exists, including diplomacy, technological cooperation, sport, culture and arts exchange. The book also discusses the historical development of the relationship and how it is likely to develop going forward.Trade Review‘A valuable book that dissects the ‘heart’ of China-Africa relations through insightful cultural, media and communication perspectives to create new critical knowledge on the relationship.’ – Professor Zhang Yanqiu, Director of the Africa Communication Research Center, Communication University of China‘Much has been published on China’s economic and political relations with Africa. Few books, however, have addressed how China has branded itself in Africa through media representations and cultural cooperation, and vice versa how Africa is being perceived in China. Thus this book represents an important and critical contribution to the understanding of the relationship between Africa and China.’ – Professor Helge Rønning, Department of Media and Communication. University of Oslo.‘This is a rich and diverse collection of articles. The inclusion of two historical chapters, several fascinating case studies, and the use of analytical tools, theories, and literatures not often seen in China-Africa research go a long way to enriching the field.’ – Dr Yoon Jung Park, Convener, Chinese in Africa/Africans in China Research Network‘A valuable book that dissects the ‘heart’ of China-Africa relations through insightful cultural, media and communication perspectives to create new critical knowledge on the relationship.’ – Professor Zhang Yanqiu, Director of the Africa Communication Research Center, Communication University of China‘Much has been published on China’s economic and political relations with Africa. Few books, however, have addressed how China has branded itself in Africa through media representations and cultural cooperation, and vice versa how Africa is being perceived in China. Thus this book represents an important and critical contribution to the understanding of the relationship between Africa and China.’ – Professor Helge Rønning, Department of Media and Communication. University of Oslo.‘This is a rich and diverse collection of articles. The inclusion of two historical chapters, several fascinating case studies, and the use of analytical tools, theories, and literatures not often seen in China-Africa research go a long way to enriching the field.’ – Dr Yoon Jung Park, Convener, Chinese in Africa/Africans in China Research NetworkTable of Contents1. Introduction: Images, Nation Branding and News Framing2. Beyond the Drama: Sino-African Ties in PerspectivePart I: Building Images through Cultural Cooperation and Diplomacy3. Revolutionary Friendship: Representing Africa during the Mao Era 4. Giving ‘Prominence to Politics’: African Sportsmen Visit China in the Early Cultural Revolution5. Twenty-first Century Sino-African Cultural Cooperation: Exploring Reciprocity 6. Confucius Institutes in Africa: Culture and Language without Controversy?7. China Corner: Chinese Book Donations to Africa8. China’s Digital Public Diplomacy towards Africa: Actors, Messages and AudiencesPart II: Building Images through Media Representation and Communication 9. Chinese Media and Diplomacy in Africa: Theoretical Pathways10. Newspaper Coverage of China’s Engagement with Nigeria: Partner or Predator? 11. Media Construction of African Image(s) for the Chinese Media Public12. Chinese Developmentalism and Television Representation of South Africa13. The Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Activities of Huawei and ZTE in Africa14. The Effectiveness of Chinese Technical Assistance and Knowledge Transfer in East Africa from the Perspective of Medium-of-Instruction

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Book SynopsisIn this scholarly volume, each of the living Slavonic languages are analysed and described in depth, together with the two extinct languages - Old Church Slavonic and Polabian. In addition, the various alphabets of the Slavonic languages - particularly Roman, Cyrillic and Glagolitic - are discussed, and the relationships of the Slavonic languages to other Indo-European languages and to one another, are explored. The last chapter provides an account of those Slavonic languages in exile, for example, Russian, Ukrainian, Polish, Czech and Slovak in the USA.Each language-chapter is written by an expert in the field, in a format designed for comparative study. Information on each language includes: an introductory description of social context and development (where appropriate); a discussion of phonology; a detailed presentation of synchronic morphology, noting major historical developments; comprehensive treatment of syntactic properties; a discussion of vocabulary; an outline of main dialects; and an extensive bibliography, listing English and other sources.Trade Review'Each chapter has been written by an acknowledged specialist in the particular language. The chapters are highly structured, with each author providing detailed information on the same important topics ... The happy result is that we end up with 18 books in one volume ... Not only does this book provide an up-to-date survey of current knowledge for Slavists the volume is also a source of reference for all others with an interest in the Slavonic family.' - Language International'Well made, very legible, and weighty both in grammes and erudition, this addition to the Routledge Reference series on language families will be welcomed by specialists in Slavonic studies ... a thoroughly modern conspectus of a vast and demanding discipline ... This impressive, useful work deserves a home in all reference libraries.' - Reference Reviews'This is a comprehensive and much needed reference book on Slavonic Languages. The comprehensiveness of the undertaking is unquestionable.' - International Review of Applied Linguistics'The present volume is certainly comprehensive. The editors are to be congratulated on these innovative features. This book is clearly an outstanding achievement: it will quickly become a standard work, which will not be superseded for a very long time to come.' - J.A. Dunn, University of GlasgowTable of ContentsP.Cubberley, University of Melbourne, A.Schenker, Yale University, K. Polanski, Katowice, D.Huntley, University of Toronto, E.Scatton, SUNY, V.A.Friedman, University of North Carolina, D.Short, University of London, G.Stone, University of Oxford, R.A.Rothstein, University of Massachusetts, and R.Sussex, University of Queensland

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Book SynopsisBased on twelve years of research, this book provides detailed descriptions of the culture of folk theatre and outlines its importance for practitioners, audiences and the worldwide theatre industry, presenting a unique angle on selected performances.Table of ContentsAcknowledgements. Introduction: First Encounters. 1. Chhau – Competing Spaces 2. Expanding Chhau – Beyond Masks and Maharajas 3. Rediscovering Folk Theatre 4. Tamasha – Escape 5. Re-working Tamasha – From Socialism to Social Mobility 6. More Discoveries 7. Theru Koothu – Coalescing Worlds 8. Modern Theru Koothu – Survival 9. The Global Village. Glossary of Terms. Bibliography. Therukoothu Appendix

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Book SynopsisForgotten Africa introduces the general reader and beginning student to Africa's past, emphasizing those aspects only known or best known from archaeological and related evidence. It covers four million years of history across the continent, examining important aspects of Africa's momentous human story. Graham Connah is concerned to raise public awareness, both inside and outside Africa, to this frequently overlooked and often forgotten subject.Forgotten Africa examines: * human origins,* the material culture of hunter gatherers* the beginnings of African farming, the development of metallurgy* the emergence of distinctive artistic traditions* the growth of cities and states* the expansion of trading networks * the impact of European and other external contacts.The result is a fascinating and important story told in a straightforward and readable manner. Trade Review'The book will, indeed, provide a valuable and up-to-date guide ... Graham Connah's book is a worthy and useful contribution.' – Journal of African Archaeology'Connah is explicit in his aim of introducing the general readerand beginning student to Africa's past, and this he does in a straightforward, enjoyable and readable manner.' – South African Archaeological Bulletin'This is a book that does exactly what it sets out to do and does it with the benefit of a flawless presentation and numerous, crystal clear photographs, drawings and maps ... [Connah] is to be congratulated on producing an excellent synthesis that convincingly argues for the unity of the African past ... and its relevance to the present of us all.' – The Australasian Review of African Studies'Forgotten Africa is rooted in impressive scholarship, demonstrating the author's familiarity with a wide range of archaeological data from accross a huge region. The author avoids the temptation to generalise, wisely opting to present the archaeology of the continent in all its diversity. The presentation is excellent, with many good-quality illustrations and maps. - Stephanie Wynne-Jones, AntiquityTable of Contents1. Africa: The Birthplace of Humanity 2. Stone Tools and Adaptation: The Origins of the Genus Homo 3. Africa's Gift to the World: The Earliest Homo Sapiens 4. Living off The Land: Later Hunter Gatherers in Africa 5. Putting Ideas on Stone: The Rock Art of Southern Africa 6. Pictures from a Lost World: The Rock Art of the Sahara 7. Producing Food: Early Developments in North and West Africa 8. Producing Food: Adaptation in North East and East Africa 9. The Power of Metal: The Origins of African Iron-Working 10. Ancient Egypt: 3000 Years of Achievement 11. Nubia: A Meeting Place of Different People 12. Aksum: A Trading Metropolis on the Ethiopian Plateau 13. Church and State: Survival in Ethiopia 14. Opportunity and Constraint: The Lake Chad Story 15. Facing the Mediterranean: Carthaginian, Greek and Roman North Africa 16. Qsar es-Seghir: Front Door to Europe, Front Door to Africa 17. Jenné-Jeno: An Early City on the Middle Niger 18. Voyages in the Sahara: The Desert Trade with West Africa 19. Igbo-Ukwu: A Challenge from the Past 20. Ancestral Faces: Ancient Sculpture in Nigeria 21. Benin City: From Forest Power to World Fame 22. Pots and People: Early Farmers South of the Equator 23. The Testimony of the Dead: Life in the Upemba Depression 24. 'One Beautiful Garden': Production and Power amongst the Great Lakes 25. Facing Two Worlds: The Trading Settlements of the East African Coast 26. Projecting Power: Great Zimbabwe and Related Sites 27. Deserted Settlements with a Story: Later Farmers in Southern Africa 28. Outsiders on the Inside: The Impact of European Expansion 29. Remembering Africa's Past

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Book SynopsisThis book examines the Russian conquest of the ancient Central Asian khanates of Bukhara and Khiva in the 1860s and 1870s, and the relationship between Russia and the territories until their extinction as political entities in 1924. It shows how Russia's approach developed from one of non-intervention, with the primary aim of preventing British expansion from India into the region, to one of increasing intervention as trade and Russian settlement grew. It goes on to discuss the role of Bukhara and Khiva in the First World War and the Russian Revolution, and how the region was fundamentally changed following the Bolshevik conquest in 1919-20.The book is a re-issue of a highly regarded classic originally published in 1968 and out of print for some years. The new version includes a new introduction, some corrections of errors, and a survey of new work undertaken since first publication.Table of ContentsIntroduction Part One: The Russian Conquest 1. The Setting 2. The Reduction of Bukhara 3. The Consolidation of Russia's Position in Bukhara 4. The Conquest of Khiva and the Treaties of 1873 Part Two. The Period of Neglect 5. The Stabilisation of Khiva and the Expansion of Bukhara 6. Anglo-Russian Relations and the Pacification of the Turkomans 7. The End of an Era Part Three. The Russian Presence 8. Russo-Bukharan Relations Transformed 9. The Protectorate Completed: Russia and the Bukhara 10. Economic Development 11. Bukhara Between Two Worlds 12. Nonintervention under Attack: Russia and Bukhara 13. Nonintervention Abandoned: Russia and Khiva Part Four. Revolution 14. The Provisional Government and the Protectorates 15. The Bolshevic Revolution and the Independence of the Kanates 16. The Civil War and Second Russian Conquest 17. Bukhara and Khiva as Soviet Satellites Appendices Bibliography Notes Glossary Index

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Book SynopsisThis book discusses abortion in a non-Western, non-Christian context - in Thailand, where over 300,000 illegal abortions are performed each year by a variety of methods. The book, based on extensive original research in the field, examines a wide range of issues, including stories of the real-life dilemmas facing women, popular representations of abortion in the media, the history of the debate in Thailand and its links to politics. Overall, the work highlights the voices of women and their subjective experiences and perceptions of abortion, and places these 'women's stories' in an analysis of broader socio-political gender and power relations that structure sexuality and women's reproductive health decisions.Table of Contents1. Introduction: Bearing Politics 2. Abortion, Sin and the State 3. A History of the Abortion Debate 4. Conceiving the Nation: Representations of Abortion in Thailand 5. Corrupt Girls, Victims of Men, Desperate Women: Representations of Women who Abort 6. 'A Small Sin': Everyday Acts 7. 'The Truth of our Day by Day Lives': Situational Ethics 8. Global Debates, Local Dilemmas

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Book SynopsisOffering an insight into African culture that had not been portrayed before, Things Fall Apart is both a tragic and moving story of an individual set in the wider context of the coming of colonialism, as well as a powerful and complex political statement of cross-cultural encounters.This guide to Chinua Achebeâs compelling novel offers: an accessible introduction to the text and contexts of Things Fall Apart a critical history, surveying the many interpretations of the text from publication to the present a selection of critical writing on Things Fall Apart, by Abiola Irele, Abdul JanMohamed, Biodun Jeyifo, Florence Stratton and Ato Quayson, providing a variety of perspectives on the novel and extending the coverage of key critical approaches identified in the survey section cross-references between sections of the guide, in order to suggest links between texts, contexts and criticism suggestions forTable of ContentsIntroduction 1. Texts and Contexts 2. Critical History 3. Critical Readings 4. Further Reading and Web Resources Notes on Contributors Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisBehind the spectacle of entertainment, sport is a subject with political issues at every level. These issues range from the social, with divisions created along gender and class lines, to the use of sport to pursue diplomatic and statecraft goals. In addition, some sports are positioned and promoted as national events both in public opinion and in the media.This book seeks to explore some aspects of the notion of power in sport in south Asia and among south Asians abroad. The first two chapters deal with the internal societal dimensions of the politics of sport; the next three relate to the politics inside the sporting world in the subcontinent and its bridge with the broader arena of the society through the media, while the last five relate to the use of sports in statecraft, consensus building and international politics.This book was based on two special issues of the International Journal of the History of Sport.Table of Contents1. Introduction: Fields of Power Subhas Ranjan Chakraborty, Shantanu Chakraborti and Kingshuk Chatterjee 2. Physical Education, Sport and the Intersection and Articulation of ‘Modernities’: The Hanuman Vyayam Prasarak Mandal Joseph S. Alter 3. The Hindu Ascetic as Fitness Instructor: Reviving Faith in Yoga Chandrima Chakraborty 4. The Centrality of Cricket in Indo-Australian Relations: India, Australia and the 'Cricket Imaginary' Brian Stoddart 5. Feel Good, Goodwill and India's Friendship Tour of Pakistan, 2004: Cricket, Politics and Diplomacy in Twenty-First-Century India Kausik Bandyopadhyay 6. The Golden Years of Indian Hockey: 'We Climb the Victory Stand' Boria Majumdar 7. 'The Wood Magic': Cricket in India – A Postcolonial Benediction Somshankar Ray 8. The Culture and Politics of Local Sporting Heroes in Late Colonial Bengal and Princely Orissa: The Case of Santimoy Pati Projit B. Mukharji 9. Fair's Unfair: Simulations of Consumption and Career in Indian Advertising Anisha Datta 10. The Great Indian Willow Trick: Cricket, Nationalism and India's TV News Revolution, 1998 – 2005 Nalin Mehta 11. Reading Cricket Fiction in the Times of Hindu Nationalism and Farmer Suicides: Fallacies of Textual Interpretation Nissim Mannathukkaren 12. Virtually There: Cricket, Community, and Commerce on the Internet Sanjay Joshi

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Book SynopsisThis book discusses and provides examples of Russiaâs need to reshape its security and military policies in order to meet the global challenges of fighting terrorism and counterinsurgency. It addresses some of the problems facing Russiaâs national security and military power, including: military reform US-Russian relations the political economy of Russian security policy Russian policy regarding the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction the chances for US-Russian cooperation in ballistic missile defence. Russia's Security and the War on Terror provides a insight into Russian military policies and its changing relationship with NATO throughout the 1990s.This book was previously published as a special issue of The Journal of Slavic Military StudiesTable of ContentsIntroduction 1 US-Russian Relations and the Global Counter-Terrorist Campaign 2 Military Reform in Russia and the Global War Against Terrorism 3 The US Military Engagement in Central Asia and the Southern Caucasus: An Overview 4 Prospects for Russia-US Cooperation in Preventing WMD Proliferation 5 Prospects for US-Russian Cooperation in Ballistic Missile Defense and Outer Space Activities 6 The Anti-Oligarchy Campaign and its Implications for Russia's Security 7 The Soviet-Afghan War: A Superpower Mired in the Mountains 8 'The War in Iraq': An Assessment of Lessons Learned by Russian Military Specialists Through 31 July 2003

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Book SynopsisSamkara (c.700 CE) has been regarded by many as the most authoritative Hindu thinker of all time. A great Indian Vedantin brahmin, Samkara was primarily a commentator on the sacred texts of the Vedas and a teacher in the Advaitin teaching line. This book serves as an introduction to Samkara's thought which takes this as a central theme. The author develops an innovative approach based on Samkara's ways of interpreting sacred texts and creatively examines the profound interrelationship between sacred text, content and method in Samkara's thought. The main focus of the book is on Samkara's teaching method. This method is, for Samkara, based on the Upanishads' own; it is to be employed by Advaitin teachers to draw pupils skilfully towards that realisation which is beyond all words. Consequently, this book will be of interest not only to students and scholars of Indian philosophy, but to all those interested in the relation between language and that which is held to transcend it.Trade Review'This book provides an excellent introduction to Samkara's work, while making a number of original arguments that are sure to be influencial in future studies on Samkara' - Brian Black, South Asia Research, Vol. 26 (2)Table of ContentsIntroduction: Studying the Teacher 1. The Teacher Himself 2. The Need for the Teaching 3. The Source for the Teaching 4. The Methods of the Teaching 5. The Context of the Teaching: The World of Name and Form 6. The Context of the Teaching: The Lord 7. The Language of the Teaching 8. The End of the Teaching

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Book SynopsisThis is the story of fifth century CE India, when the Yogacarin Buddhists tested the awareness of unawareness, and became aware of human unawareness to an extraordinary degree. They not only explicitly differentiated this dimension of mental processes from conscious cognitive processes, but also offered reasoned arguments on behalf of this dimension of mind. This is the concept of the 'Buddhist unconscious', which arose just as philosophical discourse in other circles was fiercely debating the limits of conscious awareness, and these ideas in turn had developed as a systematisation of teachings from the Buddha himself. For us in the twenty-first century, these teachings connect in fascinating ways to the Western conceptions of the 'cognitive unconscious' which have been elaborated in the work of Jung and Freud. This important study reveals how the Buddhist unconscious illuminates and draws out aspects of current western thinking on the unconscious mind. One of the most intriguinTrade Review'This work weaves together into one fabric yards spanning some one thousand years of Indian Buddhist thought, and will prove to be an invaluable source of information for scholars of Buddhist literature.' - East and West SeriesTable of ContentsPart I - The Background and Context of the Ãlaya-vijñãna Part II - The Abhidharma Context 15. The Abhidharma Project and its Problematic Part III - The Alaya-vijñana in the Yogacara Tradition, The Alaya-vijñana in the Early Tradition Part IV - The Alaya-Vijñana in the Mahayana-samgraha I : Bringing It All Back HomePart V - The Alaya-Vijñana in the Mahayana-samgraha II: Looking Beyond

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Book SynopsisThis lively and incisive collection of essays from an international group of scholars explores the interactions between cultures originating in Africa, India, the Caribbean, and Europe. Those interactions have been both destructive and richly productive, and the consequences continue to 'trouble the living stream' today. Several of the essays focus on the continuing reverberations of political and cultural conflicts in post-Apartheid Southern Africa, including the presence in Britain of Zimbabwean asylum seekers. Other authors discuss the ways in which Indian culture has transformed novelistic and cinematic forms. A third group of essays examines the attempts of West Indian women writers to reclaim their territory and describe it in their own terms. The collection as a whole is framed by essays which deal with discourses of 'terror' and 'terrorism' and how we translate and read them in the wake of 9/11.This book was previously published as a special issue of Third World QTable of ContentsConnecting Cultures. Translating Terror. The Narratives and Counter-Narratives of Zimbabwean Asylum: Female Voices. Remembering Rousseau: Nostalgia and the Responsibilities of the Self. Narratives of Southern African Farms. The Invention of Mourning in Post – Apartheid Literature. Locating Identity in Phaswane Mpe’s Welcome to our Hillbrow. Travel and Transgression: Dan Jacobson’s Southern African Journey. Narrating a White Africa: Autobiography, Race and History. What it Means to Stay: Reterritorialising the Black Atlantic in Erna Brodber’s Writing of the Local. Views and Visions: Layered Landscapes in West Indian Migrant Narratives. Writing ‘Home’: Mediating between ‘the Local’ and ‘the Literary’ in a Selection of Postcolonial Women’s Texts. Translating/ ‘The’ Kama Sutra. Cultural Connections: Lagaan and its Audience Responses. Writing the Nation’s Destiny: Indian Fiction in English before 1910. Monological Discourse and the Creation of Villains: A Staging of Witnesses after 9/11. Cubanos, Americans and Modes of Being Between in Pre-Castro Cuba.

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Book SynopsisModern Russian Grammar Workbook is an innovative book of exercises and language tasks for all learners of Russian. The book is divided into two parts. Section 1 provides exercises based on essential grammatical structures. Section 2 practises everyday functions such as making introductions, apologizing and expressing needs. A comprehensive answer key at the back of the book enables students to check on their progress. Main features include: exercises graded according to level of difficulty cross referencing to the related Modern Russian Grammar topical exercises which develop studentsâ vocabulary base. The Modern Russian Grammar Workbook is ideal for all learners of Russian, from beginner to intermediate and advanced students. It can be used both independently and alongside the Modern Russian Grammar: A Practical Guide, also published by RoutledTrade ReviewPraise for Routledge Modern Grammars -‘The entire series is outstanding. Why? Because it's totally practical without getting stuck in grammatical obscurities. It reflects the actual, contemporary use of the language as it is used by ordinary, educated speakers.’ - Harold Goodman, author of the Michel Thomas coursesTable of ContentsIntroduction A. Structures B. Functions Answer Key

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Book SynopsisThe dramatic surge in regional integration schemes over the past two decades has been one of the most important developments in world politics. Virtually all countries are now members of at least one regional grouping. South Asia is no exception to this trend. In December 1985, seven South Asian countries came together to establish South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) to address issues of peace and development in the region. This book examines regionalism in South Asia, exploring the linkages between institutional structures, government capabilities, and domestic actors' preferences to explain the dynamics of regional cooperation. It considers the formation and evolution of SAARC, explaining why its growth in terms of institutional developments and program implementation has remained modest and slow over the past two decades. It also addresses the impact of important issues such as the acquisition of nuclear capabilities by India and Pakistan, the unendingTable of Contents1. Introduction 2. Explaining Regional Cooperation in South Asia 3. Regional Dynamics 4. Origin and Evolution of South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) 5. The Challenge of Regionalism in South Asia 6. Domestic Politics and Regional Economic Cooperation in South Asia 7. Domestic Preferences for Regional Cooperation: Cross-National Comparisons 8. Conclusion

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Book SynopsisNew Europe is a rhetorical term used by some analysts to describe European post-communist transition success stories. The term implies their recent return to European, or more precisely Western civilization, but suggests - given their (forced) communist detour - that there is no single Pan-European identity in the EU. This book examines the nations that make up the so-called New-Europe (those that joined the European Union in 2004) to look at the economic competitiveness in comparison with each other and the rest of Europe.The editor - a leading scholar on transition economics - draws together contributions from a wide range of contributors to look at this important issue. These essays stress the interaction between successful transition measures creating an encouraging, more transparent, liberal (i.e. free market) environment on the one hand and the inflow of foreign investors encouraged by that environment on the other. Table of ContentsIntroduction Jan Winiecki. Overview of Export Performance of "New Europe" Matija Rojec and Maja Ferjancic. Changes in Export Patterns of the Czech Republic, Hungary, and Poland Anna Wziatek-Kubiak. How to Attract FDI and Maximize its Benefits Beata S. Javorcik and Bartlomiej Kaminski. Multinational Corporations and Export Performance of "New Europe" Bartlomiej Kaminski and Beata S. Javorcik. A New International Division of Labor in Europe Dalia Marin. From Crisis to Crisis? Judit Hamar. How Much Trade and FDI Theories Help in Analyzing Competitiveness-Related Issues? Laszlo Csaba. How Much are Studies of Competitiveness Worth? Wojciech Bienkowski

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Book SynopsisThe Right to Development in International Law rigorously explores the right to development (RTD) from the perspectives of international law as well as the constitutionally guaranteed fundamental rights and the Islamic concept of social justice in Pakistan. The volume draws on a wide range of relevant sources to analyse the legal status of international cooperation in contemporary international law, before exploring the domestic application of the right to development looking at the example of Pakistan, a country that is undergoing radical transformation in terms of its internal governance structures and the challenges it faces for enforcing the rule of law. Of particular importance is the examination of the RTD and Shariâah law in Pakistan which adds a new perspective to the RTD debate and enriches the discussion about human rights and Shariâah across the world.Through focusing on Pakistan the book links international perspectives and the international human rights framework with the domestic constitutional apparatus for enforcing the RTD within that jurisdiction. In doing so, Khurshid Iqbal argues that the RTD may be promoted through existing constitutional mechanisms if fundamental rights are widely interpreted by the superior courts, effectively implemented by the lower courts and if Shariâah law is progressively interpreted in public interest. Iqbalâs work will appeal to researchers, professionals and students in the fields of law, human rights, development, international law, South Asian Studies, Islamic law and international development studies. Table of Contents1. Introduction Part 1: The Concept and Challenges of the Right to Development 2. The History, Politics and the Concept of the Right to Development 3. The Jurisprudence of the Right to Development 4. The Declaration and the Working Groups Part 2: The Right to Development in International Law 4. The Legal Status of the Right to Development in Public International Law Part 3: The Right to Development in Pakistan 6. The Nature and Extent of the Realisation of the Right to Development in Pakistan 7. Re-Conceptualising the RTD in Islamic Law 8. Pakistan’s Poverty Reduction and the Right to Development 9. Conclusion

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Book SynopsisGeopolitics and Development examines the historical emergence of development as a form of governmentality, from the end of empire to the Cold War and the War on Terror. It illustrates the various ways in which the meanings and relations of development as a discourse, an apparatus and an aspiration, have been geopolitically imagined andTable of Contents1. Introduction: geopolitics and the assemblage of development 2. Post-colonialism, geopolitics and the periphery 3. Modernising the Third World 4. Cold War geopolitics and Foreign Aid 5. The State and Development 6. The political geographies of contemporary US foreign assistance 7. The rise of the South 8. Conclusions: development and (counter)insurgency

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Book SynopsisThe glossy guide book image of Bali is of a timeless paradise whose people are devoutly religious and artistically gifted. However, a hundred years of colonialism, war and Indonesian independence, and tourism have produced both modernizing changes and created an image of Bali as traditional'. Incorporating up-to-date ethnographic field work the book investigates the myriad of ways in which the Balinese has responded to the influx of outside influence. The book focuses on the fascinating interrelationship between tourism, economy, culture and religion in Bali, painting a twenty-first century picture of the Balinese. In documenting these diverse changes Howe critically assesses some of the work of Bali's most famous ethnographer, Clifford Geertz and demonstrates the importance of a historically grounded and broadly contextualized approach to the analysis of a complex society.Trade Review'This is a clearly written book about the complex relationship between religion, social change and cultural identity. It will be valuable for scholars of Southeast Asia, as well as students who wish to familiarise themselves with the world of Bali.' - Asian Journal of Social Science, Vol. 34 No.4 (2006)'The Changing World of Bali covers an impressive amount of information...Howe's expert and stimulating critical review of most of the issues that continue to absorb scholars on Bali, carried into his treatment of current concerns of Balinese, make this a valuable resource indeed.' - Lene Pedersen, Indonesia, 84, October 2007'The changing world of Bali represents a well-written account of the state-of-the-art anthropological research on Bali. Leo Howe asks the right questions about contemporary Balinese lide and gives enthnographically inspired answers... it is a 'must read' for those who teach the anthropology of Indonesia.' - Martin Slama, Social Anthropology, Vol. 15 Issue 2, June 2007'This is a clearly written book about the complex relationship between religion, social change and cultural identity. It will be a valuable for scholars of Southeast Asia, as well as students who wish to familiarise themselves with the world of Bali.'- Asian Journal of Social Science, Vol. 34 No.4 (2006).Table of ContentsIntroduction 1. Colonialism, Caste and the Beginnings of Tourism 2. Balinese Character (Assassination?) 3. The Efficacy of Ritual Action and the Transformation of Religion 4. The New Religions of Bali: Agama Hindu and Sathya Sai Baba 5. Controversies over Hierarchy 6. Tourism, Culture and Identity

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Book SynopsisFirst published in 1952, the International Bibliography of the Social Sciences (anthropology, economics, political science, and sociology) is well established as a major bibliographic reference for students, researchers and librarians in the social sciences worldwide.Key features:* Authority: Rigorous standards are applied to make the IBSS the most authoritative selective bibliography ever produced. Articles and books are selected on merit by some of the world''s most expert librarians and academics.* Breadth: Today the IBSS covers over 2000 journals - more than any other comparable resource. The latest monograph publications are also included.* International Coverage: The IBSS reviews scholarship published in over thirty languages, including publications from Eastern Europe and the developing world.* User friendly organization: all non-English titles are word sections. Extensive author, subject and place name indexes are provided in both English and French.

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Book SynopsisThis book primarily deals with the role of the regional and extra-regional actors in security issues in the Black Sea region. It assesses the security context of the region in the post-Cold War period and suggests some possible future developments.This book was published as a special issue of Southeast European and Black Sea Studies.Table of ContentsPreface Dimitrios Triantaphyllou 1. The Security Paradoxes of the Black Sea Region Dimitrios Triantaphyllou 2. Geopolitics, (sub)Regionalism, Discourse and a Troubled ‘Power Triangle’ in the Black Sea Yannis Tsantoulis 3. Towards a Comprehensive Regional Security Framework in the Black Sea Region after the Russia-Georgia War Oksana Antonenko 4. Geographical Blessing versus Geopolitical Curse: Great Power Security Agendas for the Black Sea Region and a Turkish Alternative Mustafa Aydin 5. The Impact of the Caucasus Crisis on Regional and European Security Nadia Alexandrova-Arbatova 6. The United States and Security in the Black Sea Region Stephen F. Larrabee 7. Russian and European Neighbourhood Policies Compared Andrew Wilson and Nicu Popescu 8. The European Union and Security in the Black Sea Region after the Georgia Crisis Sabine Fischer 9. Black Sea Security as a Regional Concern for the Black Sea States and the Global Powers Sergiy Glebov 10. Ukraine Needs to Decide its Strategic Alignment Jeffrey Simon

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Book SynopsisTrade ReviewFeedback on the second edition: A comprehensive, up-to-date and eminently readable critical exploration of the idea that as globalization marches on, geography and its core principles matter more than ever for understanding the process, its challenges, and its impacts on places from the local to the global scale. - Emeritus Professor Peter Daniels, Department of Geography, University of Birmingham, UK‘Genuinely global, unlike much of its competition, the new edition of Geographies of Globalization continues to provide an extremely well-written, enjoyable, thoughtful and occasionally provocative analysis of globalization. Already highly successful, the book is well on the way to becoming a classic.’- Professor John Connell, School of Geosciences, University of Sydney, Australia'A first rate introduction to globalization encompassing economic, cultural, political and environmental processes and perspectives. This accessible and well-structured textbook combines a critical discussion of various theories of globalization with wide-ranging and up to date examples, presenting globalization as a dynamic and geographically unequal phenomenon that is central to understanding the modern world.' - Professor Michael Woods, Department of Geography and Earth Sciences, Aberystwyth University, UK'Globalization became a buzzword in the 1990s. Two decades on and writing from the southwestern Pacific, Warwick Murray and John Overton provide an excellent review of the debates: looking backwards, forwards and beyond the polemics' - Professor James D Sidaway, Department of Geography, National University of Singapore, Singapore Reviews of the first edition:'Geographies of Globalization is a must read. It offers reasons why geographers have been marginal to the wider globalization debates, an agenda for rectifying this issue, and a call to arms to geographers on how to make their discipline distinct and valuable to the debates.' - Canadian Geographer Review'A valid contribution to the globalisation literature as an introductory level or foundation text, combining key themes and empirical case studies with some key theoretical ideas. As part of the Routledge Contemporary Human Geography Series the book serves its role as a teaching aid, providing a concise introduction to the subject while is also amenable to delivery as, or as an accompaniment to, an undergraduate lecture courses.'- Tim Vorley, University of Leicester'The book is very well written, carrying the reader along with all the zest and enthusiasm that characterise a winner of one of the 2006 national tertiary teaching awards. Reading it often seems like being in a high-energy classroom.' - New Zealand Journal of Social Sciences'Geographies of Globalization is written in a very clear, accessible and concise manner and is a book that offers students something of a route-map through the uncertainty, confusion and misunderstandings that surround this now widely debated phenomenon.' - New Zealand Geographer, 2006'This book will travel well beyond the discipline of geography and will be equally useful for students of a range of other social science disciplines.' - Marcus Power, Department of Geography, University of Durham'Geographies of Globalization is a must read. It offers reasons why geographers have been marginal to the wider globalization debates, an agenda for rectifying this issue, and a call to arms to geographers on how to make their discipline distinct and valuable to the debates.' - Canadian Geographer Review'I am certain that Geographies of Globalization will make an excellent text for many geography courses that focus on globalization' - Annals of the AAG Feedback on the second edition: A comprehensive, up-to-date and eminently readable critical exploration of the idea that as globalization marches on, geography and its core principles matter more than ever for understanding the process, its challenges, and its impacts on places from the local to the global scale. - Emeritus Professor Peter Daniels, Department of Geography, University of Birmingham, UK‘Genuinely global, unlike much of its competition, the new edition of Geographies of Globalization continues to provide an extremely well-written, enjoyable, thoughtful and occasionally provocative analysis of globalization. Already highly successful, the book is well on the way to becoming a classic.’- Professor John Connell, School of Geosciences, University of Sydney, Australia'A first rate introduction to globalization encompassing economic, cultural, political and environmental processes and perspectives. This accessible and well-structured textbook combines a critical discussion of various theories of globalization with wide-ranging and up to date examples, presenting globalization as a dynamic and geographically unequal phenomenon that is central to understanding the modern world.' - Professor Michael Woods, Department of Geography and Earth Sciences, Aberystwyth University, UK'Globalization became a buzzword in the 1990s. Two decades on and writing from the southwestern Pacific, Warwick Murray and John Overton provide an excellent review of the debates: looking backwards, forwards and beyond the polemics' - Professor James D Sidaway, Department of Geography, National University of Singapore, Singapore Reviews of the first edition:'Geographies of Globalization is a must read. It offers reasons why geographers have been marginal to the wider globalization debates, an agenda for rectifying this issue, and a call to arms to geographers on how to make their discipline distinct and valuable to the debates.' - Canadian Geographer Review'A valid contribution to the globalisation literature as an introductory level or foundation text, combining key themes and empirical case studies with some key theoretical ideas. As part of the Routledge Contemporary Human Geography Series the book serves its role as a teaching aid, providing a concise introduction to the subject while is also amenable to delivery as, or as an accompaniment to, an undergraduate lecture courses.'- Tim Vorley, University of Leicester'Geographies of Globalisation is written in a very clear, accessible and concise manner and is a book that offers students something of a route-map through the uncertainty, confusion and misunderstandings that surround this now widely debated phenomenon.' - New Zealand Geographer 2006'This book will travel well beyond the discipline of geography and will be equally useful for students of a range of other social science disciplines.' - Marcus Power, Department of Geography, University of DurhamTable of ContentsPart I: Globalization in Three Dimensions – Place, Time and Space 1. Globalization and Place – Geography is Dead? 2. Globalization and Crisis – Three World Challenges 3. Globalization, Time and Space – History and Theory Part II: Globalization in Three Spheres – Economic, Cultural and Political 4. Globalizing Economic Geographies 5. Globalizing Cultural Geographies 6. Globalizing Political Geographies Part III: Globalization and Three Crises – Development, Environment and Uneven Capitalism 7. Inequality, Development and Globalization 8. Environment, Sustainability and Globalization 9. Uneven capitalism, globalization and recession 10. Progressive Globalization – Long Live Geography

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Book Synopsis''Bollywood'' is the dominant global term to refer to the prolific Hindi language film industry in Bombay (renamed Mumbai in 1995). Characterised by music, dance routines, melodrama, lavish production values and an emphasis on stars and spectacle, Bollywood films have met with box-office success and enthusiastic audiences from India to West Africa to Russia, and throughout the English-speaking world.In Bollywood, anthropologist and film scholar Tejaswini Ganti provides a guide to the cultural, social and political significance of Hindi cinema, outlining the history and structure of the Bombay film industry, and the development of popular Hindi filmmaking since the 1930s. Providing information and commentary on the key players in Bollywood, including directors and stars, as well as material from current filmmakers themselves, the areas covered in Bollywood include: history of Indian cinema narrative style, main themes, and key genres of HTrade Review"Ganti’s book is by far one of the best introductions to Bollywood, a subject that reveals itself to possess many fine layers." -- Devapriya Sanyal, Centre for English Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India Table of Contents. Introduction 2. The Production and Distribution of Popular Hindi Cinema 3. Narrative Style, Important Themes and Key Conflicts 4. Genre and Hindi Cinema 5. Contemporary Hindi Flmmakers’ Reflections and Perspectives Hindi Cinema. Genre and Narrative Structure. Film Music. Visual Style. "Indianization". Bombay Film Industry. The Indian Media Landscape in the 1990s. The Impact of Multiplexes. The Impact of Corporatization. Working with Hollywood. Cosmopolitanism and Diversity. Women in the Film Industry. Hindi Cinema and Society. Significance of Hindi Cinema and Entertainment in India. Censorship. Film Audiences and Fans. Resources. Significant Films. Significant Filmmakers of the Hindi Film Industry

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Book SynopsisWorldwide, disasters and climate change pose a serious risk to sustainable urban development, resulting in escalating human and economic costs. Consequently, city authorities and other urban actors face the challenge of integrating risk reduction and adaptation strategies into their work. However, related knowledge and expertise are still scarce and fragmented.Cities, Disaster Risk and Adaptation explores ways in which resilient cities can be âbuiltâ and sustainable urban transformations achieved. The book provides a comprehensive understanding of urban risk reduction and adaptation planning, exploring key theoretical concepts and analysing the complex interrelations between cities, disasters and climate change. Furthermore, it provides an overview of current risk reduction and adaptation approaches taken by both city authorities and city dwellers from diverse contexts in low, middle and high income nations. Finally, the book offers a planning framework for reducing and adapting to risk in urban areas by expanding on pre-existing positive actions and addressing current shortfalls in theory and practice. The importance of a distributed urban governance system, in which institutionsâ and citizensâ adaptive capacities can support and complement each other, is highlighted.This book takes a holistic approach; it integrates perspectives and practice from risk reduction and climate change adaptation based on a specific urban viewpoint. The text is richly supplemented with boxed case studies written by renowned academics and practitioners in the field and âtest yourselfâ scenarios that integrate theory into practice. Each chapter contains learning objectives, end of chapter questions, suggested further reading and web resources, as well as a wealth of tables and figures. This book is essential reading for undergraduate and postgraduate students of geography, urban studies and planning, architecture, environmental studies, international development, sociology and sustainability studies.Trade Review"Christine Wamsler has produced what can only be described as an all-encompassing book on urban sustainability, risk and disaster management, and urban resilience." - Urban Studies, Mario Pole`se, University of Quebec, Canada"A very timely and valuable contribution to the literature for urban planners, city governments and all those who wish to understand the interactions between urbanization, disaster risk and climate change, and explore innovative ways and means of action." — David Satterthwaite, Senior Fellow at the International Institute of Environment and Development, coordinating lead author on the IPCC Fifth Assessment Report"I congratulate the author on this important book which bridges the gap between theory, rhetoric and the daily efforts to manage disasters and reduce risk in urban areas worldwide. It develops new thinking, offers practical ideas, and lessens the time-consuming task of searching for advice on what does or does not work. Its usefulness extends far beyond its directly intended readership." — Margareta Wahlström, United Nations Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Disaster Risk ReductionTable of ContentsIntroduction 1. Setting the Scene Part I: Theoretical Framework 2. Sorting out the Conceptual ‘Jungle’ Associated with Urban Risk Reduction and Adaptation 3. The City-disasters Nexus: A Two-way Relationship Part II: Current Practice 4. City Authorities’ Approaches to Urban Risk Reduction and Adaptation 5. Citizens’ Own Ways to Reduce and Adapt to Urban Risk Part III: Moving Forward 6. Advancing Sustainable Urban Risk Governance and Transformation 7. Concluding Remarks

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Book SynopsisThis Handbook examines the subject of energy security: its definition, dimensions, ways to measure and index it, and the complicating factors that are often overlooked. The volume identifies varying definitions and dimensions of energy security, including those that prioritize security of supply and affordability alongside those that emphasize availability, energy efficiency, trade, environmental quality, and social and political stewardship. It also explores the various metrics that can be used to give energy security more coherence, and also to enable it to be measured, including recent attempts to measure energy security progress at the national level, with a special emphasis placed on countries within the Organization of Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), countries within Asia, and industrialized countries worldwide. This Handbook:â Broadens existing discussions of energy security that center on access to fuels, including oil security and coal secuTrade Review'The Routledge handbook of energy security is a comprehensive and in many respects innovative approach to the subject, which will undoubtedly make it a standard work of reference for researchers and practitioners engaged in the field. The contributors bring to bear a wide range of perspectives. Collectively, they do a wonderful job at transcending the narrow oil-centric, supply-oriented and national prisms through which energy security has traditionally been viewed. A powerful, nuanced and diligently researched synthesis of the current energy security debate.' - Thijs Van de Graaf, International Affairs, Vol. 87, 6, November 2011'Sovacool has assembled a highly qualified set of contributors. Recommended.' -- Choice, January 2012'a substantial and original scholarly achievement.' -- Energy Policy'A comprehensive and in many respects innovative approach to the subject, which will undoubtedly make it a standard work of reference for researchers and practitioners engaged in the field … a powerful, nuanced and diligently researched synthesis of the current energy security debate.' -- International AffairsTable of ContentsPart 1: Definitions and Concepts Introduction: Defining, Measuring, and Exploring Energy Security Benjamin K. Sovacool 1. Energy Security and Climate Change: A Tenuous Link Gal Luft, Ann Korin and Eshita Gupta 2. The Fuzzy Nature of Energy Security Scott Valentine 3. Evaluating the Energy Security Impacts of Energy Policies David von Hippel, Tatsujiro Suzuki, James H. Williams, Timothy Savage and Peter Hayes Part 2: Dimensions 4. The Sustainable Development Dimension of Energy Security Ami Indriyanto, Dwi Ari Fauzi and Alfa Firdaus 5. The Maritime Dimension of Energy Security Caroline Liss 6. The Public Policy Dimension of Energy Security Andreas Goldthau 7. The Diversification Dimension of Energy Security Andy Stirling 8. The Environmental Dimension of Energy Security Michael Dworkin and Marilyn Brown 9. The Energy Poverty Dimension of Energy Security Shonali Pachauri 10. The Social Development Dimension of Energy Security Anthony D’Agostino 11. The Energy Efficiency Dimension of Energy Security Nathalie Trudeau 12. The Energy Services Dimension of Energy Security Jaap Jansen and Adriaan J. Van der Welle 13. The Industrial Dimension of Energy Security Geoffrey Pakiam 14. The Competing Dimensions of Energy Security Martin J. Pasqualetti Part 3: Metrics and Indexing 15. Indicators for Energy Security Bert Kruyt, D.P. van Vuuren, H.J.M. de Vries and H. Groenenberg 16. Measuring Security of Energy Supply with Two Diversity Indexes John Kessels 17. Measuring Energy Security: From Universal Indicators to Contextualized Frameworks Aleh Cherp and Jessica Jewell 18. Applying the Four ‘A’s of Energy Security as Criteria in an Energy Security Ranking Method Larry Hughes and Darren Shupe 19. Measuring Energy Security Performance in the OECD Benjamin K. Sovacool and Marilyn A. Brown 20. Measuring Energy Security Vulnerability Edgard Gnansounou. Conclusion: Exploring the Contested and Convergent Nature of Energy Security Benjamin K. Sovacool and Tai Wei Lim

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Book SynopsisThe Soviet Economy is a well informed work which seeks to acquaint students with the structure and problems of the economy of the USSR, analysing the practical and theoretical problems within the institutional structure of the Soviet system.Trade Review'The most balanced attempt yet in the English language to describe the Soviet economy as it is ... sane and perceptive analysis.' - The Economist'There has been nothing in English ... to compare with this book for scholarship and honesty.' - Times Educational Supplement'The pride and joy of this year's publishing on the Soviet Union.' - David Shapiro, Time and Tide Table of ContentsIntroduction: Why and how Part I: Structure 1. Productive enterprises 3. Administration, planning, policy decision Introduction: The nature of the task 4. Public finance and credit 5. Wages and prices Part II: Problems 6. The changing nature of problems 7. Micro-economic problems 8. Planning and investment 9. The pricing of factors of production 10. Trends towards reform Part III: Concepts And Ideas 11. Some basic concepts of Soviet economics 12. Soviet economics and economic laws 13. Assessment

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Book SynopsisHinduism: The Basics introduces readers to the third largest, and arguably the oldest, living religious tradition. It opens a vista into the rich and dynamic ethos of the Hindu religious tradition in India and other parts of the world. The book explores the variety of philosophical schools, priestly rituals, and popular practices common in the Hindu faith, presenting the layered diversity of its traditions and how they function in everyday life.Chapters unpack key concepts from the tradition and discussions about its various aspects, including: The historical development of Hinduism Religious practices such as pilgrimage, meditation, and life cycle rituals The organisation of Hindu society into castes and related social justice issues The spread of Hinduism around the world, the rise of Hindu nationalism, and other challenges of modernity The continuum between sacred texts in both elite Sanskrit and in South Asian vernacularTable of ContentsIntroduction 1. Hinduism in History 2. Foundational and Formative Sacred Texts and Concepts 3. Functional Sacred Texts: Vernacular Performativity 4. Social Organization and Goals for Individual Life 5. Religious Action and Expressions 6. Embracing Modernity 7. Hinduism Beyond India Epilogue

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Book SynopsisThis Handbook examines the subject of energy security: its definition, dimensions, ways to measure and index it, and the complicating factors that are often overlooked. The volume identifies varying definitions and dimensions of energy security, including those that prioritize security of supply and affordability alongside those that emphasize availability, energy efficiency, trade, environmental quality, and social and political stewardship. It also explores the various metrics that can be used to give energy security more coherence, and also to enable it to be measured, including recent attempts to measure energy security progress at the national level, with a special emphasis placed on countries within the Organization of Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), countries within Asia, and industrialized countries worldwide. This Handbook:â Broadens existing discussions of energy security that center on access to fuels, including oil security and coal secuTrade Review'The Routledge handbook of energy security is a comprehensive and in many respects innovative approach to the subject, which will undoubtedly make it a standard work of reference for researchers and practitioners engaged in the field. The contributors bring to bear a wide range of perspectives. Collectively, they do a wonderful job at transcending the narrow oil-centric, supply-oriented and national prisms through which energy security has traditionally been viewed. A powerful, nuanced and diligently researched synthesis of the current energy security debate.' - Thijs Van de Graaf, International Affairs, Vol. 87, 6, November 2011'Sovacool has assembled a highly qualified set of contributors. Recommended.' -- Choice, January 2012'a substantial and original scholarly achievement.' -- Energy Policy'A comprehensive and in many respects innovative approach to the subject, which will undoubtedly make it a standard work of reference for researchers and practitioners engaged in the field … a powerful, nuanced and diligently researched synthesis of the current energy security debate.' -- International AffairsTable of ContentsPart 1: Definitions and Concepts Introduction: Defining, Measuring, and Exploring Energy Security Benjamin K. Sovacool 1. Energy Security and Climate Change: A Tenuous Link Gal Luft, Ann Korin and Eshita Gupta 2. The Fuzzy Nature of Energy Security Scott Valentine 3. Evaluating the Energy Security Impacts of Energy Policies David von Hippel, Tatsujiro Suzuki, James H. Williams, Timothy Savage and Peter Hayes Part 2: Dimensions 4. The Sustainable Development Dimension of Energy Security Ami Indriyanto, Dwi Ari Fauzi and Alfa Firdaus 5. The Maritime Dimension of Energy Security Caroline Liss 6. The Public Policy Dimension of Energy Security Andreas Goldthau 7. The Diversification Dimension of Energy Security Andy Stirling 8. The Environmental Dimension of Energy Security Michael Dworkin and Marilyn Brown 9. The Energy Poverty Dimension of Energy Security Shonali Pachauri 10. The Social Development Dimension of Energy Security Anthony D’Agostino 11. The Energy Efficiency Dimension of Energy Security Nathalie Trudeau 12. The Energy Services Dimension of Energy Security Jaap Jansen and Adriaan J. Van der Welle 13. The Industrial Dimension of Energy Security Geoffrey Pakiam 14. The Competing Dimensions of Energy Security Martin J. Pasqualetti Part 3: Metrics and Indexing 15. Indicators for Energy Security Bert Kruyt, D.P. van Vuuren, H.J.M. de Vries and H. Groenenberg 16. Measuring Security of Energy Supply with Two Diversity Indexes John Kessels 17. Measuring Energy Security: From Universal Indicators to Contextualized Frameworks Aleh Cherp and Jessica Jewell 18. Applying the Four ‘A’s of Energy Security as Criteria in an Energy Security Ranking Method Larry Hughes and Darren Shupe 19. Measuring Energy Security Performance in the OECD Benjamin K. Sovacool and Marilyn A. Brown 20. Measuring Energy Security Vulnerability Edgard Gnansounou. Conclusion: Exploring the Contested and Convergent Nature of Energy Security Benjamin K. Sovacool and Tai Wei Lim

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Book SynopsisIn South Asia and beyond, human development continues to be in a state of crisis. Each successive Human Development Report (HDR) and the pervasive global failure to achieve the Millennium Development Goals are constant reminders of this crisis. An equally, and even more distressing dimension of human development is its great unevenness. Even in countries with high levels of human development it was noted that gender differences were significant. Levels of educational attainment and incomes remain significantly unequal between social groups, constituted along other categories of difference such as race, ethnicity and religion, as do levels of economic and political participation.This book explores the unevenness of human development with respect to the question of difference. The author develops a conceptual framework that focuses on social power, whereby human development is seen as a process/es of reconstruction of the matrices of social power. The approach builds on three mTrade Review"This volume will be an eye opener...the book has a number of promising discussions on the South Asian development experience" - V. Lakshmi Narayanan, Journal of Human Development and Capabilities, 11: 3, 2010Table of ContentsIntroduction: Human Development - Has the Paradigm Failed Us? 1. Conceptualising Human Development: Towards a Social Power Approach 2. Human Development in India: A Profile of Unevenness 3. Uneven Human Development in India: A Social Power Perspective 4. Human Development in Pakistan and Bangladesh: A Profile 5. Uneven Human Development in Pakistan and Bangladesh 6. Conclusions: Agency, Human Development & Social Power

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Book SynopsisIn seeking to cultivate external relations with African countries, China has long stressed its commonly shared roots with African nations as a developing country rather than a Western state, and as such the symbolic attraction of China clearly reverberates with many African elites who seem to look on China as a positive development model. However, it should be noted that this has not been embraced solely by dictatorial or authoritarian regimes but in fact Chinaâs approach to non-interference has struck a chord even with those democratically elected leaders in Africa. While such practices clearly benefit African elites, it is remains doubtful that they do so for ordinary Africans, although sustained analysis suggests that potential exists, albeit hampered by the modalities of governance on the continent.This book brings together experts on the topic to throw light on some of the more contentious aspects of the relationship.This book was published as a special issue of tTable of Contents1. Contextualising Chinese engagement in Africa Dominik Kopinski, Andrzej Polus and Ian Taylor 2. From refusal to engagement: Chinese contributions to peacekeeping in Africa Wu Zhengyu and Ian Taylor 3. The ‘voracious dragon’, the ‘scramble’ and the ‘honey pot’: Conceptions of conflict over Africa’s natural resources Péter Marton and Tamás Matura 4. Uneasy allies: China’s evolving relations with Angola Lucy Corkin 5. Sino-Zambian relations: ‘An all-weather friendship’ weathering the storm Dominik Kopiński and Andrzej Polus 6. Sino-Indian co-operation in Africa: Joint efforts in the oil sector Karolina Wysoczanska 7. The European Union and China’s rise in Africa: Competing visions, external coherence and trilateral cooperation Maurizio Carbone 8. China’s ‘soft power’ in Africa? Łukasz Fijałkowski

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Book SynopsisThe only compact yet comprehensive survey of the environmental and cultural forces that have shaped the visual character and geographical diversity of the settled American landscape.Trade Review"The skillfully interwoven essays in The Making of the American Landscape, Second Edition paint a broad but penetrating picture of the changing character of the continental United States as seen through the lens of landscape change. The volume is a testament to the importance of work in historical geography and a showcase for what it means to seek understanding of a place through the study of landscape."—Alexander Murphy, University of Oregon"This richly illustrated and engagingly written survey of American landscapes provides exactly the right education to begin to see and understand landscape in all its order and variety. The second edition adds some sparkling new chapters, updated information, and attractive photographic color to what is already the standard of excellence for American landscape studies."—John Agnew, University of California, Los Angeles "Michael Conzen has re-assembled a superb line up of authors renowned for their capacity to see detail and interpret the big picture. Chapters have been updated, especially through an expanded array of historical and contemporary views of landscapes, and several new authors make this an even more compelling text. "—Deryck Holdsworth, Pennsylvania State University "Everyone who has ever paused to wonder about the many historical features that survive in this sprawling country will enjoy the expertise as well as the enthusiasm that these authors bring to their topic in this second edition. The American landscape gains a whole new dimension."—Ellen Eslinger, DePaul University "With this second edition of The Making of the American Landscape, earlier essays have been substantively revised and new ones added to present critical new perspectives on topics that extend from early American Indian to contemporary mass culture and the utopian dimensions of sustainability. This impressive, wide-ranging history will be a necessary resource. "—Gwendolyn Wright, Columbia University "Only a second edition of Michael P. Conzen’s The Making of the American Landscape could be better than the first. Full color maps and photographs along with new chapters on religion, civil society, consumer and utopian landscapes provide fresh insights into how historical forces have physically shaped places and imbued them with meaning."—Anne Knowles, Middlebury College 'Michael Conzen has re-assembled a superb line up of authors renowned for their capacity to see detail and interpret the big picture. Chapters have been updated, especially through an expanded array of historical and contemporary views of landscapes, and several new authors make this an even more compelling text." – Deryck Holdsworth, Pennsylvania State University "Since its publication in 1990, The Making of the American Landscape has remained the best single-volume introduction to the country's cultural landscape mosaic." –Chris Wilson, University of New Mexico, USA"The Making of the American Landscape is, simply stated, an amazing book. It should be required reading for anyone interested in the evolution of landscape. It is also a fine text to be used in classes which focus on historical geography or landscape studies more broadly....There is not a single chapter that this reviewer found disappointing or uninteresting." – Dawn S. Bowen, Department of Geography, University of Mary WashingtonTable of Contents1. Nature’s Bequest 2. Indian Settlement Landscapes 3. Hispanic Landscape Traditions 4. The French Imprint on North America 5. Americanizing English Landscape Habits 6. The Plantation Regime 7. Gridding a National Landscape 8. Clearing the Forests 9. Remaking the Prairies 10. Watering the Deserts 11. Designing American Utopias 12. Inscribing Ethnicity on the Land 13. Organizing Religious Landscapes 14. Mechanizing the American Earth 15. Building American Cityscapes 16. Asserting Central Authority 17. Creating Landscapes of Civil Society 18. Imposing Landscapes of Private Power and Wealth 19. Paving America for the Automobile 20. Developing Corporate Consumption Venues

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Book SynopsisThe Politics of Ethnic Nationalism is the first significant local study of National Party and Afrikaner politics. By focusing on Stellenbosch as a university and a town, the book extends our understanding of the complex interaction between the GNP/HNP and various organizations of the radical right. The book illustrates, at a local level and using detailed materials, how identity was constructed through a process of excluding some (English, Jew, Coloured) and including others. In addition, it examines the ways in which Afrikaner nationalists of all shades of political opinion conceptualized their relationships with English-speaking South Africans and the ways that the rhetoric of republicanism and anti-imperialism were employed by nationalists. The study exposes the complex and Byzantine nature of Afrikaner nationalist politics, revealing the multiplicity of identities and ideologies co-existing within Afrikanerdom, the cross-cutting allegiances and overlapping loyaltTable of ContentsIntroduction: An Historiographical Survey 1. A Survey of Afrikaner Nationalist Politics at the National Level, 1934-1948 2. Stellenbosch ‘Stands for an Idea’ 3. Electoral Politics and Stellenbosch’s Parliamentary Representatives 4. Kultuur Reclaimed: Afrikaner Nationalist Politics and the Stellenbosch District, 1934-1939 5. Stellenbosch Students’ Political Activities and Concerns 6. Political Professors: Commissions, Committees and Manifestos 7. The Politicization of the Everyday: Nationalist Afrikanerdom and the Politics of the Stellenbosch District, 1939-1948

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Book SynopsisThis book, originally published in 1992, describes the Soviet environment at its crisis point in the late 1980s and early 1990s. Beolorussia and the Ukraine had, as a result of the Chernobyl accident, been declared ecological disaster zones and across the country as a whole as many as 20 per cent of the population lived in environmental danger areas and another 35â40 per cent in unsatisfactory conditions. According to a Supreme Soviet Environment Committee report of 1989, 80% of all illness in the USSR related either directly or indirectly to environmental problems. In this book, leading specialists from both the West and the Soviet Union present a comprehensive analysis of these problems. The contributors examine the aftermath of Chernobyl, the catastrophic causes and effects of the Aral Sea's shrinkage, the environmental issues and public unrest. The depth of analysis in this volume together with the breadth of topics addressed will ensure that it is read by students and specialists Table of ContentsNotes on contributors; Preface; 1. Environmentalism and nationalism: an unlikely twist in an unlikely direction Marshall I. Goldman; 2. The environmental basis for ethnic unrest in the Baltic republics Philip R. Pryde; 3. Political participation, nationalism and environmental politics in the USSR Charles E. Ziegler; 4. BAM after the fanfare: the unbearable ecumene Victor L. Mote; 5. The massive degradation of ecosystems in the USSR Zeev Wolfson; 6. The new politics in the USSR: the case of the environment Joan Debardeleben; 7. Water management in Soviet Central Asia: problems and prospects Philip P. Micklin; 8. Perestroika: how it affects Soviet participation in environmental cooperation Elena Nikitina; 9. US–Soviet cooperation for environmental protection: how successful are the bilateral agreements? Kathleen E. Braden; 10. US–USSR nuclear safety cooperation: prospects for health and environmental collaboration Michael Congdon; 11. The global impact of the Chernobyl accident five years after Zhores Medvedev; 12. Glasnost, perestroika and eco-sovietology Igor I. Altshuler, Yuri N. Golubchikov and Ruben A. Mnatsakanyan; 13. Environmental issues in the Soviet Arctic and the fate of northern natives Alexei Yu. Roginko; 14. Air and water problems beyond the Urals John Massey Stewart; Index.

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Book SynopsisThis is a study of the social, political, economic and public health aspects of the Second World War in South Asia, with particular attention being accorded to colonial Eastern India, which was treated as a single administrative unit during the course of the conflict for strategic purposes. The conclusion deals with the long term effects of the war: its effects on political formations, bureaucratic re-negotiation and the de-colonisation of the British Indian empire.Trade Review'A well-crafted and presented addition to the field, and a valuable contribution to our understanding of the organisation and operation of the Raj in its final, fraught years.' - Contemporary South Asia 'An important book.' - Studies in HistoryTable of ContentsIntroduction; Chapter 1 The Second World War, Indian Nationalism and the Challenges of State Mobilisation in Eastern India: A Survey; Chapter 2 State Propaganda and Civilian Audiences in Eastern India 1939–45: Forms, Applications and Scope; Chapter 3 An Ancillary to Propaganda: State Censorship and the Civilian Population in Eastern India 1939–45; Chapter 4 The Colonial State, ‘Neutrals’ and the Propaganda Campaign against the Indian National Congress 1939–1944; Chapter 5 Propaganda, Censorship and the British Indian Army: Eastern India 1942–45; conclusion Conclusion;

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Book SynopsisAction Dharma charts the emergence of a new chapter in an ancient faith - the rise of social service and political activism in Buddhist Asia and the West. Fourteen new essays treat the historical origins, global range, teachings and practices, and leaders and organizations that make up the latest turning of the Dharma. Environmentalism and peace walks through the minefields of Southeast Asia, the future of the ''untouchables'' of Japan, and outreach to minorities and inmates of the criminal justice system in the West are some of the challenging topics considered.Trade Review'The editors do a nice job of balancing material among these various sections, all of which include interesting, informative articles.' - Journal of Asian Studies'Yarnell's essay is consistently intelligent and should probably be read and pondered by all scholars working on engaged Buddhism as a discrete new phenomenon.' - Journal of Asian Studies Table of ContentsPart 1. Historical Roots Part 2. Asian Developments Part 3. Western Frontiers Part 4. Three Critiques

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Book SynopsisIn this richly visual narrative, acclaimed historian Susan Schulten explores five centuries of American history through maps. From the voyages of European discovery to the digital age, she reveals the many ways that maps have shaped history.Table of ContentsIntroduction 1. 1490-1600: Contact and Discovery 2. 1600-1700: Early Settlement and a Quest for a Northwestern Passage 3. 1700-1783: Imperialism and Independence 4. 1783-1835: A Nation Realized 5. 1837-1874: Expansion, Fragmentation and Reunification 6. 1874-1914: Industrialization and its Discontents 7. 1914-1940: Prosperity, Depression, Reform 8. 1940-1962: Between War and Abundance 9. 1962-2001: An Unsettled Peace

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