Regional / International studies Books
Columbia University Press An AllConsuming Century
Book SynopsisAn All-Consuming Century is a rich history of how market goods came to dominate American life over the hundred years between 1900 and 2000 and why for the first time in history there are no practical limits to consumerism.Trade ReviewThe best survey yet written of the history of modern American consumer society... Avoiding the extremes of celebration and condemnation that too often pass for analysis, Cross's searching book is imbued with a generous concern for the revival of an active, democratic and participatory public sphere. -- Lawrence B. Glickman The Nation Cross shows how 'private, widespread and ephemeral commodity culture'has altered daily life, 'especially how people relate to nature and to one another.'The author of fine historical studies of various aspects of consumer culture, Cross is particularly well placed to undertake such a daunting task. Journal of American History By telling the story of how consumerism trumped social forces from Prohibition to the Simplicity movement, Cross brilliantly re-evaluates the bonds of family and community sold off to pay for the stuff with which we now populate our lives. San Francisco Chronicle It takes a historian to provide an appreciation of how far Americans have wandered from the days when consumerism was slightly suspect, and Gary Cross is superbly up to the task. -- Alan Wolfe The New Republic Cross has done prodigious work on the era that redefined the pursuit of happiness as the unbounded desire for goods. Building on an impressive range of scholarship, he lays out the sinews of a dazzling 100 years of American productivity chock full of the economic equivalents of flying rugs and magic lamps. -- Tom Engelhardt Los Angeles Times Book Review [An] absorbing cultural history of how Americans' personal and public identities have evolved in relationship with consumer goods. Publishers Weekly This readable modern history is enlivened. The Economist Thought-provoking... Cross has offered a perceptive view of how American identities have evolved and are perceived in relation to a thriving consumer culture. -- Margaret Walsh, University of Nottingham History The great merit of this book is that it characterizes consumerism as a social and political force. Unlike many critics who simply reduce consumerism to the individual pursuit of material comfort, Cross casts it as a compelling ideology that concretely expresses the major ideals that have guided the last century: liberty and democracy. -- Norman Wirzba Christian ReflectionTable of ContentsPreface 1. The Irony of a Century 2. Setting the Course, 1900--1930 3. Promises of More, 1930--1960 4. Coping with Abundance 5. A New Consumerism, 1960--1980 6. Markets Triumphant, 1980--2000 7. An Ambiguous Legacy Index
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Columbia University Press Dispatches from the Ebony Tower Intellectuals
Book SynopsisWhat constitutes black studies and where does this discipline stand at the end of the twentieth century? In this wide-ranging and original volume, Manning Marable -- one of the leading scholars of African American history -- gathers key materials from contemporary thinkers who interrogate the richly diverse content and multiple meanings of the collective experiences of black folk.Trade ReviewMarable has brought together incisive minds who display a willingness to be forhtright in their criticisms, yet who are clearly deeply invested in the future of African American Studies... An essential read for those committed to maintaining a black racial presence on campuses in the US as well as elsewhere. Ethnic and Racial StudiesTable of ContentsIntroduction: Black Studies and the Black Intellectual Tradition, by Manning Marable One: Theorizing the Black World: Race in the Postcolonial, Post-Civil Rights Era 1. Toward an Effective Antiracism, by Nikhil Pal Singh 2. The Political Moment in Jamaica: The Dimensions of the Hegemonic Dissolution, by Brian Meeks 3. Sandoms and Other Exotic Women: Prostitution and Race in the Caribbean, by Kamala Kempadoo 4. Race and Revolution in Cuba: African-American Perspectives, by Manning Marable 5. The Fire This Time: Harlem and Its Discontents at the Turn of the Century, by Johanna Fernandez 6. Crack Cocaine and Harlem's Health., by Beverly Xaviera Watkins and Mindy Thompson Fullilove Two: Mapping African-American Studies 7. African-American Studies and the "Warring Ideals": The Color Line Meets the Borderlands, by Johnnella E. Butler 8. The Future of Black Studies: Political Communities and the "Talented Tenth", by Joy James 9. Black Studies and the Question of Class, by Bill Fletcher Jr. 10. Black Studies: A Critical Reassessment, by Maulana Karenga 11. Black Studies Revisited, by Martin Kilson 12. Theorizing Black Studies: The Continuing Role of Community Service in the Study of Race and Class, by James Jennings 13. A Debate on Activism in Black Studies, by Henry Louis Gates Jr. & Manning Marable Three: Afrocentrism and Its Critics 14. Afrocentrism, Race, and Reason., by Molefi Kete Asante 15. Afrocentrics, Afro-elitists, and Afro-eccentrics: The Polarization of Black Studies Since the Students Struggles of the Sixties, by Melba Joyce Boyd 16. Reclaiming Culture: The Dialectics of Identity, by Leith Mullings 17. Afrocentrism, Culture Nationalism, and the Problem with Essentialist Definitions of Race, Gender, and Sexuality, by Barbara Ransby 18. Afrocentricity and the American Dream, by Lee D. Baker 19. Multinational, Multicultural America Versus White Supremacy, by Amiri Baraka Four: Race And Ethnicity in American Life 20. The Problematic of Ethnic Studies, by Manning Marable 21. Prophetic Alternatives: A Conversation with Cornel West 22. Race in American Life: A Conversation with John Hope Franklin
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Columbia University Press Lao Tzus Tao Te Ching A Translation of the
Book SynopsisA revolutionary archaeological discovery-considered by some to be as momentous as the revelation of the Dead Sea Scrolls-sheds fascinating new light on one of the most important texts of ancient Chinese civilization.Trade ReviewMeticulously researched...Very readable and enjoyable. Library JournalTable of Contents1. Issues of Dating and Authorship in Light of the Guodian Discovery 2. The Site: Location and Date of the Tomb 3. The Texts Found in the Tomb 4. Laozi A, B, and C 5. Punctuation and the Issue of Chapter Divisions 6. Interesting Cases: Chapters 19, 30, and 63 7. The Philosophy of the "Bamboo Slip Laozi" 8. Conclusion--What Is the "Bamboo Slip Laozi"?
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Columbia University Press Sources of Japanese Tradition
Book SynopsisA sourcebook for readers and scholars interested in Japan from eighteenth century to post-World War II period. It presents writings from modern Japan's philosophers, religious figures, writers, and political leaders. It also offers introductory essays and commentary to assist in understanding documents' historical setting and significance.Trade ReviewGreatly expanded with the addition of many new sources, and the compilers did a wonderful job in organizing. -- Nam-Lin Hur Pacific Affairs Sources of Japanese Tradition will perform a useful function... and the volumes should find a place on library shelves wherever Japanese history is taught. -- Sandra Wilson Japanese StudiesTable of ContentsPreface Part IV The Tokugawa Peace 20. Ieyasu and the Founding of the Tokugawa Shogunate, by Willem Boot Ieyasuis Revenge and Compassion 21. Confucianism in the Early Tokugawa Period, by Willem Boot Fujiwara Seika and the Rise of Neo-Confucianism Hayashi Razan The Later History of the Hayashi Family School The Way of Heaven 22. The Spread of Neo-Confucianism in Japan Yamazaki Ansai and Zhu Xi Studies, by Barry Steben The Mito School, by Barry Steben Kaibara Ekken: Human Nature and the Study of Nature, by Mary Evelyn Tucker The Oyomei (Wang Yangming) School in Japan, by Barry Steben Kumazawa Banzan: Confucian Practice in Seventeenth-Century Japan, by Ian James McMullen Nakae Tojuis Successors in the Oyomei School, by Barry Steben 23. The Evangelic Furnace: Japanis First Encounter with the West, by J. S. A. Elisonas European Documents A Christian Critique of Shinto Alexandro Valignanois Japanese Mission Policy A Jesuit Priestis Observations of Women Japanese Documents The Anti-Christian Edicts of Toyotomi Hideyoshi Fabian Fucan Pro and Contra A Buddhist Refutation of Christianity 24. Confucian Revisionists, by Wm. Theodore de Bary and John A. Tucker Fundamentalism and Revisionism in the Critique of Neo-Confucianism Yamaga Soko and the Civilizing of the Samurai, by John A. Tucker Ito Jinsaiis School of Ancient Meanings, by John A. Tucker Ogyu Sorai and the Return to the Classics Muro Kyusois Defense of Neo-Confucianism 25. Varieties of Neo-Confucian Education Principles of Education Yamazaki Ansai, by John A. Tucker Kaibara Ekken, by Mary Evelyn Tucker The Shizutani School, by Mary Evelyn Tucker The Merchant Academy of Kaitokudo, by Tetsuo Najita Lecture on the Early Chapters of the Analects and Mencius Items of Understanding, 1727 Items of Understanding, 1758 Ogyu Soraiis Approach to Learning, by Richard Minear Hirose Tansois School System, by Marleen Kassel 26. Popular Instruction Ishida Baiganis Learning of the Mind and the Way of the Merchant, by Janine Sawada The House Codes of Tokugawa Merchant Families The Testament of Shimai Soshitsu The Code of the Okaya House Ihara Saikaku Mitsui Takafusa Muro Kyuso Hosoi Heishu How to Behave at Temple Schools 27. The Vocabulary of Japanese Aesthetics III, by Donald Keene Chikamatsu Monzaemon 28. Haiku and the Democracy of Poetry as a Popular Art, by Donald Keene Matsuo Basho Issa 29. "Dutch Learning," by Grant Goodman Engelbert Kaempfer Sugita Genpaku Otsuki Gentaku Shiba Kokan 30. Eighteenth-Century Rationalism Arai Hakuseki's Confucian Perspective on Government and Society, by Kate Nakai The Function of Rites The Evolution of Japanese History Hakuseki's View of Christianity and the West Hakuseki's Approach to Fiscal Policy and Trade Tominaga Nakamotois Historical Relativism Ando Shoeki's Ecological Community Miura Baien's Search for a New Logic, by Rosemary Mercer "The Origin of Price" Baien's System of "Logic" Space and Time Heaven-and-Earth Is the Teacher Jori and Science Kaiho Seiryo and the Laws of Economics 31. The Way of the Warrior II The Debate over the Ako Vendetta, by John A. Tucker and Barry Steben Okado Denpachiro Religious Nuances of the Ako Case, by John A. Tucker and Barry Steben Hayashi Razan Hayashi Hoko Muro Kyuso Ogyu Sorai Sato Naokata Asami Keisai Dazai Shundai Goi Ranshu Fukuzawa Yukichi The Ako Vendetta Dramatized, by Donald Keene Hagakure and the Way of the Samurai, by Barry Steben 32. The National Learning Schools, by Peter Nosco Kada no Azumamaro Kamo no Mabuchi Motoori Norinaga Love and Poetry Good and Evil in The Tale of Genji Hirata Atsutane Okuni Takamasa 33. Buddhism in the Tokugawa Period Suzuki Shosan, by Royall Tyler Takuan Soho, by William Bodiford Bankei Hakuin Ekaku Jiun Sonja Paul Watt 34. Orthodoxy, Protest, and Local Reform The Prohibition of Heterodox Studies The Kansei Edict The Justification for the Kansei Edict The Later Wang Yangming (Oyomei) School, by Barry Steben Sato Issai Oshio Heihachiro Agrarian Reform and Cooperative Planning Ninomiya Sontoku 35. Forerunners of the Restoration Rai Sanyo and Yamagata Daini: Loyalism Rai Sanyo's Unofficial History, by Barry Steben Yamagata Daini's New Thesis, by Bob Tadashi Wakabayashi Honda Toshiaki: Ambitions for Japan Sato Nobuhiro: Totalitarian Nationalism 36. The Debate over Seclusion and Restoration The Later Mito School The Opening of Japan from Within Sakuma Shozan: Eastern Ethics and Western Science Yokoi Shonan: Opening the Country for the Common Good Yoshida Shoin: Death-Defying Heroism Fukuzawa Yukichi: Pioneer of Westernization Reform Proposals of Sakamoto Ryoma, Saigo Takamori, and Okubo Toshimichi Sakamoto Ryoma: Eight-Point Proposal Letter from Saigo Takamori and Okubo Toshimichi on the Imperial Restoration Part V Japan, Asia, and the West 37. The Meiji Restoration, by Fred G. Notehelfer The Abolition of Feudalism and the Centralization of the Meiji State The Leaders and Their Vision The Iwakura Mission Consequences of the Iwakura Mission: Saigo and Okubo on Korea The Meiji Emperor 38. Civilization and Enlightenment, by Albert Craig Fukuzawa Yukichi Enlightenment Thinkers of the Meirokusha: On Marriage Mori Arinori Kato Hiroyuki Fukuzawa Yukichi Sakatani Shiroshi Tsuda Mamichi Nakamura Masanao: China Should Not Be Despised 39. Popular Rights and Constitutionalism, by James Huffman Debating a National Assembly, 1873-1875 Itagaki Taisuke Nakamura Masanao Representative Assemblies and National Progress, February 1879 Defining the Constitutional State, 1876-1883 Ito Hirobumi Okuma Shigenobu Chiba Takasaburo Nakae Chomin The Emergence of Political Parties Itagaki Taisuke Fukuchi Gen'ichiro Okuma Shigenobu Ozaki Yukio Bestowing the Constitution on the People, 1884-1889 Controlling the Freedom and People's Rights Movement The Meiji Constitution 40. Education in Meiji Japan, by Richard Rubinger Views in the Early Meiji Period Iwakura Tomomi and Aristocratic Education Kido Takayoshi and Ito Hirobumi on Universal Education Fukuzawa Yukichi and Education The First Meiji School System The Confucian Critique Motoda Eifu and Emperor-Centered Education Tani Tateki's Critique of the West Nakamura Masanao's Synthesis of East and West Mori Arinori and the Later Meiji School System Inoue Kowashi and Patriotic Training The Imperial Rescript on Education Teachers and Reform from Below State Control over Textbooks The Education of Women in the Meiji Period 41. Nationalism and Pan-Asianism State Shinto, by Helen Hardacre The Idea of Shinto as a National Teaching The Divinity of the Emperor The Patriotic Meaning of Shrines State Shinto in the Colonies of Imperial Japan Tokutomi Soho: A Japanese Nationalistis View of the West and Asia, by Fred G. Notehelfer Supporting the Imperial State and Military Expansion Okakura Kakuzo: Aesthetic Pan-Asianism, by Aida Yuan Wong Yanagi Muneyoshi and the Kwanghwa Gate in Seoul, Korea 42. The High Tide of Prewar Liberalism, by Arthur E. Tiedemann Democracy at Home Minobe Tatsukichi: The Legal Foundation for Liberal Government Yoshino Sakuzo: Democracy as minpon shugi Kawai Eijiro: A Rebuke to the Military Ishibashi Tanzan: A Liberal Business Journalist Kiyosawa Kiyoshi: Why Liberalism? Ienaga Saburo: The Formation of a Liberal Peaceful Cooperation Abroad Shidehara Kijuro: Conciliatory Diplomacy Yamamuro Sobun: Call for a Peaceful Japan 43. Socialism and the Left, by Andrew Barshay The Early Socialist Movement Anarchism Kotoku Shusui Kagawa Toyohiko Socialism and the Left Osugi Sakae Kaneko Fumiko Marxism The Debate About Japanese Capitalism Kawakami Hajime Yamada Moritaro Uno Kozo Marxist Cultural Criticism Tosaka Jun Nakano Shigeharu The Tenko Phenomenon 44. The Rise of Revolutionary Nationalism, by Marius Jansen Japan and Asia Agitation by Assassination The Plight of the Countryside Kita Ikki and the Reform Wing of Ultranationalism The Conservative Reaffirmation Watsuji Tetsuro 45. Empire and War, by Peter Duus The Impact of World War I: A Conflict Between Defenders and Opponents of the Status Quo A Plan to Occupy Manchuria The Economic Need for Expansion Hashimoto Kingoro Konoe Fumimaro National Mobilization Army Ministry Konoe Fumimaro The Imperial Rule Assistance Association Spiritual Mobilization Economic Mobilization The Greater East Asia War The Decision for War with the United States The War's Goals The Greater East Asia Conference Defeat Part VI. Postwar Japan 46. The Occupation Years, 1945-1952, by Marlene Mayo Initial Official Policies, American and Japanese A New Basic Document: The 1947 Constitution Introducing a New Civil Code The New Educational System Labor Unions Rural Land Reform Economic Stabilization and Reconstruction Reconstructing Japan as a Nation of Peace and Culture Morito Tatsuo Yokota Kisaburo Regaining Sovereignty in a Bipolar World Some Japanese Views of the War Kurihara Sadako Oe Kenzaburo Tanaka Kotaro 47. Democracy and High Growth, by Andrew Gordon The Movement Against the Separate Treaty and the U.S.- Japan Military Alliance The Government's View of the Economy in 1956: "The 'postwar' is over" The Transformation of the Postwar Monarchy Two Views of the Security Treaty Crisis of 1960 Maruyama Masao Yoshimoto Takaaki The Consumer Revolution in Postwar Japan, 1960 The Economic Planning Agency's New Long-Range Economic Plan of Japan, 1961-1970 Environmental Activism in Postwar Japan: Minamata Disease Bulldozing the Archipelago: The Politics of Economic Growth The Philosophy of Japanese Labor Management in the High-Growth Era The Japanese Middle Class at the End of the Twentieth Century Part VII. Aspects of the Modern Experience 48. The New Religions, by Helen Hardacre Kurozumikyo Tenrikyo Omoto Deguchi Nao Deguchi Onisaburo Reiyukai kyodan Soka gakkai Makiguchi Tsunesaburo Toda Josei Ikeda Daisaku 49. Japan and the World in Cultural Debate Uchimura Kanzo Natsume Soseki Nishida Kitaro Endo Shusaku Mishima Yukio Oe Kenzaburo 50. Gender Politics and Feminism, by Brett de Bary Gender and Modernization Magazines for Women's Education Women and Labor Hiratsuka Raicho and the Bluestocking Society Postwar Japanese Feminism Aoki Yayoi and Ecofeminism Matsui Yayori and Asian Migrant Women in Japan Ueno Chizuko and the Cultural Context of Japanese Feminism Saito Chiyo and Japanese Feminism 51. Thinking with the Past: History Writing in Modern Japan, by Carol Gluck New Histories in Meiji Japan Taguchi Ukichi Shigeno Yasutsugu Kume Kunitake Marxist History Writing Writing About the Meiji Restoration Tokutomi Soho Noro Eitaro Nakamura Masanori Banno Junji Bito Masahide Shiba Ryotaro A High-School History Textbook Alternative Histories Ifa Fuyu Yanagita Kunio Takamure Itsue Maruyama Masao Irokawa Daikichi Yasumaru Yoshio The Asia-Pacific War in History and Memory Maruyama Masao Ienaga Saburo Oe Kenzaburo Fujiwara Akira Kobayashi Yoshinori Ishizaka Kei Twentieth-Century Design Stamps Rethinking the Nation Amino Yoshihiko Kano Masanao Arano Yasunori and Colleague
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Columbia University Press The Politics of AntiWesternism in Asia
Book SynopsisChallenges the notion that anti-Westernism in the Muslim world is a political and Offers a perspective on how religious tradition and the experience of European colonialism interacted with Muslim and non-Muslim discontent with globalization, the international order, and modernization.Trade ReviewThis volume is a rich intellectual history revealing the fascinating ways in which Pan-Islamism and Pan-Asianism were intertwined. -- Matthew Connelly, associate professor of history, Columbia University Cemil Aydin has written a fascinating book of exceptional scholarly quality. It explores elegantly, with impressive learning, the responses of Japanese and Ottoman civilizations to the West in the period 1880 to 1945. This study in the history of ideas is surprisingly relevant to such current concerns as 'the clash of civilizations' and 'the future of world order.' -- Richard A. Falk, Albert G. Milbank Professor of International Law and Practice, emeritus, and emeritus professor of politics and international affairs, Princeton University Cemil Aydin presents a profound analysis of anti-Westernism that transcends simplistic polemics about 'why they hate us' and offers a significant contribution to understanding intercultural relations in the modern era. Combining expertise in Middle Eastern and Asian studies, Aydin joins a clear global perspective with an in-depth historical study. The result is a comprehensive understanding of one of the major themes of modern global affairs. -- John Voll, professor of Islamic history and associate director of the Prince Alwaleed bin Talal Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding, Georgetown University [Aydin] has a sure grasp of what is fundamental and what is merely of the moment. -- Lucian W. Pye Foreign Affairs Required reading for anyone researching the history of anti-Western ideology in Asia. -- Sven Saaler Pacific Affairs The Politics of Anti-Westernism in Asia should become required reading. H-Diplo Aydin's book offers a thorough and nuanced portrayal of Pan-Asian and Pan-Islamic thought. -- Michael Facius H-Soz-u-Kult ...an impressive work. -- Michael Farquhar Journal of Global History Aydin convincingly demonstrates that the evolution of anti-Westernisms cannot be divorced from non-Western intellectual and political engagement with concepts, ideals and values originating in Western modernity. Journal of Ottoman StudiesTable of ContentsAcknowledgments 1. Introduction2. The Universal West: Europe Beyond Its Christian and White Race Identity (1840–1882) 3. The Two Faces of the West: Imperialism Versus Enlightenment (1882–1905) 4. The Global Moment of the Russo-Japanese War: The Awakening of the East/Equality with the West (1905–1912)5. The Impact of WWI on Pan-Islamic and Pan-Asianist Visions of World Order 6. The Triumph of Nationalism? The Ebbing of Pan-Islamic and Pan-Asian Visions of World Order During the 1920s 7. The Revival of a Pan-Asianist Vision of World Order in Japan (1931–1945) 8. Conclusion Notes Bibliography Index
£80.39
Columbia University Press The Politics of AntiWesternism in Asia
Book SynopsisCemil Aydin challenges the notion that anti-Westernism in the Muslim world is a reaction to the liberal democratic values of the West. He compares Ottoman Pan-Islamic and Japanese Pan-Asian visions of world order from the middle of the nineteenth century through World War II, focusing on the agency and achievements of non-Western intellectuals.Trade ReviewThis volume is a rich intellectual history revealing the fascinating ways in which Pan-Islamism and Pan-Asianism were intertwined. -- Matthew Connelly, associate professor of history, Columbia UniversityCemil Aydin has written a fascinating book of exceptional scholarly quality. It explores elegantly, with impressive learning, the responses of Japanese and Ottoman civilizations to the West in the period 1880 to 1945. This study in the history of ideas is surprisingly relevant to such current concerns as 'the clash of civilizations' and 'the future of world order.' -- Richard A. Falk, Albert G. Milbank Professor of International Law and Practice, emeritus, and emeritus professor of politics and international affairs, Princeton UniversityCemil Aydin presents a profound analysis of anti-Westernism that transcends simplistic polemics about 'why they hate us' and offers a significant contribution to understanding intercultural relations in the modern era. Combining expertise in Middle Eastern and Asian studies, Aydin joins a clear global perspective with an in-depth historical study. The result is a comprehensive understanding of one of the major themes of modern global affairs. -- John Voll, professor of Islamic history and associate director of the Prince Alwaleed bin Talal Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding, Georgetown UniversityAydin . . . identifies both deep currents in Asian intellectual history and popular views of power and politics. He has a sure grasp of what is fundamental and what is merely of the moment. -- Lucian W. Pye * Foreign Affairs *Required reading for anyone researching the history of anti-Western ideology in Asia. -- Sven Saaler * Pacific Affairs *[A]n impressive work. -- Michael Farquhar * Journal of Global History *An extremely well-researched book, bursting with arguments and insights . . . [that] will be a boon for scholars who are interested in East-West relations. * Ethics & International Affairs *The Politics of Anti-Westernism in Asia should become required reading. * H-Diplo *Aydin's book offers a thorough and nuanced portrayal of Pan-Asian and Pan-Islamic thought. -- Michael Facius * H-Soz-u-Kult *Aydin convincingly demonstrates that the evolution of anti-Westernisms cannot be divorced from non-Western intellectual and political engagement with concepts, ideals and values originating in Western modernity. * Journal of Ottoman Studies *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments 1. Introduction2. The Universal West: Europe Beyond Its Christian and White Race Identity (1840–1882) 3. The Two Faces of the West: Imperialism Versus Enlightenment (1882–1905) 4. The Global Moment of the Russo-Japanese War: The Awakening of the East/Equality with the West (1905–1912)5. The Impact of WWI on Pan-Islamic and Pan-Asianist Visions of World Order 6. The Triumph of Nationalism? The Ebbing of Pan-Islamic and Pan-Asian Visions of World Order During the 1920s 7. The Revival of a Pan-Asianist Vision of World Order in Japan (1931–1945) 8. Conclusion Notes Bibliography Index
£23.75
Columbia University Press Grassroots Fascism
Book SynopsisOffers rare insights into popular experiences from the war’s troubled beginnings through Japan’s disastrous defeat in 1945 and the new beginning it heraldedTrade ReviewGrassroots Fascism reveals, through the careful culling, instructive reading, and lucid contextualizing of an array of documents, a broad range of Japanese voices speaking of their experiences in wartime. It is a necessary book for understanding how life was lived and felt and articulated during these difficult years. -- Alan Tansman, University of California, Berkeley The translation of Yoshiaki Yoshimi's unprecedented Grassroots Fascism makes available his compelling narrative of popular participation in the actuality of Japanese fascism before and during the Pacific War. Although this classic work concentrates on how ordinary people were enlisted into Japan's fascist project, it also shows in rich detail the role they were willing to play as agents at the level of everyday life. Yoshimi's book joins a post-Cold War historiographical tradition that once more recognizes the necessity to take fascism seriously as a global conjunctural event. -- Harry Harootunian, Columbia University These searing and honest accounts drawn from the diaries and memoirs of ordinary Japanese soldiers and civilians make abundantly clear the brutality of the Japanese Imperial Army. They also reveal the suffering, the blind devotion, the gradually emerging seeds of doubt, and finally both the catharsis and the disillusionment that came with the collapse of the empire. Ethan Mark's excellent historiographic introduction places Yoshimi's work in the context of postwar Japan's long process of coming to terms with its imperialist past. A crucial contribution to our understanding of modern Japan. -- Jordan Sand, Georgetown University Yoshimi skillfully shows how people, who were initially opposed to the military government's policies, ultimately became fervent collaborators with the fascists and committed atrocities in various parts of the Asia Pacific during World War II. Yoshimi also challenges the difficult question of why the Japanese failed to develop a strong sense of war responsibility for victims of the Asian war despite their dire experiences. A valuable volume for comprehending why Japan as a nation is still unable to resolve the problem of war responsibility. -- Toshi Yuki Tanaka, author of Hidden Horrors: Japanese War Crimes in World War II Ethan Mark's elegant translation... is sure to add a crucial level of complexity to the global scholarly discourse on the nature of Japan's war, and indeed on the social mechanics of war in general... Insightful, eminently readable. H-Net Japan This is an important work that anyone with an interest in historical disputes in East Asia should read. -- Lanxin Xiang Survival [Grassroots Fascism] offers a comprehensive narrative of the situation from the beginning of the war in Asia to the early days following surrender to the Allied forces. -- Eric Brittingham The Japan Times Drawing from an impressive array of primary sources... the book provides one of the richest articulations of the voices, beliefs, and attitudes developed by million of Japanese as they moved from their villages to the expanding boundaries of the wartime empire. Japanese Studies Ethan Mark deserves praise for translating this seminal work and for supplying a valuable introductory essay setting it in the broader context of Japanese scholarship. Asian Affairs This chronicle of wartime mentalities from the bottom up is essential reading for anyone interested in fascism conceptually and the Asia-Pacific Theater of World War II. It testifies to Yoshimi's unflinching scholarship and his ongoing quest to promote serious debate about Japan's wartime past. -- Eri Hotta World War II This book will enliven our classrooms and enrich historiographical discourses on war, empire, and fascism both within and beyond Japanese history Pacific Historical ReviewTable of ContentsTranslator's Introduction: The People in the War 1. From Democracy to Fascism 2. Grassroots Fascism 3. The Asian War 4. Democracy from the Battlefield Postscript Notes Index
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Columbia University Press Palestinians in Syria Nakba Memories of
Book SynopsisTrade ReviewPalestinians in Syria is an original exploration of the evolution of memories of the traumatic events of the Nakba which affected the entire Arab population of Palestine in 1948. It skillfully traces how understanding of the valence and meaning of these events has changed over time. This book also constitutes the first major study of the Palestinian community in Syria, and it takes on added importance in light of the violent displacement of most of this community during the bitter fighting in and around Yarmouk camp near Damascus. -- Rashid Khalidi, author of Palestinian Identity: The Construction of Modern National ConsciousnessThis extremely important and timely book provides a vivid portrait of the Palestinian refugee community in Syria—a community now dispersed by the war in that country. In its detailed analysis of Palestinian memories and histories of the devastating events of 1948, this study succeeds in demonstrating how the socially and economically integrated Palestinians in Syria were somehow different from other Palestinian refugees in the region. Although this book is about the Catastrophe of 1948, it is also about the Palestinian catastrophe in Syria today. -- Dawn Chatty, author of Displacement and Dispossession in the Modern Middle EastWhat drives Palestinians in Syria is not the events of the Nakba but rather Nakba memories transferred through three generations, from those who experienced it up to the young of today. Anaheed Al-Hardan places her own identity as a third-generation refugee at the center of her thinking about uprooting and of her interactions with participants in her study, and she reflects critically on how this affected her research. She also carried out her research in a Palestinian exile region hardly touched by other researchers and has managed to incorporate effects of the ongoing civil war that has re-displaced thousands of Palestinian refugees in a new uprooting. -- Rosemary Sayigh, author of Palestinians: From Peasants to RevolutionariesAl-Hardan’s mastery of historical context; her nuanced approach to the symbolic nature of memory-making-for community-building among three generations of refugees; and her clear-eyed articulation of a catastrophe of catastrophes is as groundbreaking as it is heart-wrenching. * Journal of Palestine Studies *Palestinians in Syria is a well-researched, timely contribution to scholarship on refugees, memory, and the nakba. * International Journal of Middle East Studies *One of the few scholarly representations of the Palestinian community in Syria. * American Historical Review *Especially in view of the impossibility of doing comparable research today, this book will be a valuable reference for years to come. -- Sally Bland * The Jordan Times *A must-read for scholars of Middle Eastern and Palestine studies and an essential contribution to these fields. * Journal of Holy Land and Palestine Studies *Provides a fascinating insight into a community now almost completely obliterated. * Middle East Media and Book Reviews Online *Part sociopolitical history, and part discourse-analysis, Al-Hardan’s interdisciplinary study covers a lot of ground. * Al Jadid *An important and timely addition to the growing body of Nakba scholarship. * Middle East Eye *An exceptional and extremely timely work. * Journal of Islamic Studies *Table of ContentsNote on Transliteration and NamesPreface and AcknowledgmentsIntroduction: The Catastrophe of 1948, the Catastrophes of Today1. The Nakba in Arab Thought2. The Palestinian Refugee Community in Syria3. The Right of Return Movement and Memories for the Return4. Narrating Palestine, Transmitting Its Loss5. The Guardians' Communities and Memories of Catastrophes6. Second- and Third-Generation Postmemories of Palestine and Narratives on Nakba MemoryConclusion: The Catastrophes of Today, the Catastrophe of 1948NotesBibliographyIndex
£999.99
Columbia University Press In Search of the Lost Orient
Book SynopsisIn this book-length interview, Olivier Roy, a leading expert on political Islam, tells the story of how his many adventures and discoveries have shaped his understanding of the Islamic world. In Search of the Lost Orient is both a significant intellectual autobiography and a compelling travelogue.Trade ReviewOlivier Roy is one of the most important analysts of political Islam working today, arguably the single most insightful voice in a vast field. In Search of the Lost Orient provides a complete intellectual life story and argues that empirical research and a focus on concrete social practices must be the basis by which Islam and its intersection with politics must be understood. An engagingly written, impressive book that provides a rare and unique view of political Islam and one of its major thinkers. -- Benjamin Brower, University of Texas at AustinTable of ContentsForeword, by Olivier Mongin and Jean-Louis SchlegelPart I. Preamble1. Hitchhiking from Paris to Kabul: A Look Back at a DeparturePart II. From Louis-le-Grand to Dreux Via Afghanistan2. Louis-le-Grand, the May 1968 Revolution, and Learning Persian3. Louis-le-Grand, Normale sup’, and the Crisis of the Humanities4. Oriental Scents: From Yemen to China5. Return to the Fold6. Postcards and American Pool7. Professor at Dreux: Leftist, Away from Paris, and Happy8. Out of SchoolPart III. The Afghan Decade9. Once Again, and for Real, Afghanistan10. On Foot, on Horseback, and Wearing a Burka in Wartime Afghanistan11. Blue Helmets and Russian Bombs12. The Failure of Political Islam13. War Experience: Prisoners and Bandits14. Jihad15. The Afghan CircusPart IV. The Central Asia Decade16. A Soviet Invitation to Central Asia17. A Diplomatic Passport18. The Expert and the Politician19. Marriage: The Orient Lost and FoundPart V. Cultures and the Universally Human: Toward Holy Ignorance20. The Crisis of Cultures and the Universal21. What Was Good About Orientalism22. Against the Secularists’ Essentialism23. The Decade 2000–2010: Where Were You on September 11, 2001?Part VI. The Importance of a Religious Genealogy24. Portrait of a Young Protestant in the 1950s and ’60s25. Can One Think One’s Own Life?Epilogue: A Story to End All StoriesNotes
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Columbia University Press Religious Statecraft The Politics of Islam in
Book SynopsisMohammad Ayatollahi Tabaar traces half a century of shifting Islamist doctrines, demonstrating that religious narratives in Iran can change rapidly, frequently, and dramatically in accordance with elites’ threat perceptions. Religious Statecraft constructs a new picture of Iranian politics in which power drives Islamist ideology.Trade ReviewContinually changing narratives, based on individual, factional, or regime interests, rather than any consistent or immutable commitment to Islamic teachings and principles, define the ebbs and flows of Iran's postrevolutionary politics. As Mohammad Ayatollahi Tabaar puts it, 'there is no such thing as political Islam. There is, however, a politics of Islam.' Through meticulous and extensive use of official, semiofficial, independent, and oppositional media, both in Iran and abroad, Religious Statecraft illustrates and persuasively proves this argument. -- Ali Banuazizi, Boston CollegeTable of ContentsPrefaceIntroduction: The Politics of Islam1. The Factional Causes and Religious Consequences of Politics2. A Shi’a Theory of the State3. The “Islamic” Revolution4. Institutionalizing Velayat-e Faqih5. The Hostage Crisis: The Untold Account of the Communist Threat6. Religion and Elite Competition in the Iran–Iraq War7. The Metamorphosis of Islamism After the War8. The Factional Battle Over Khomeini’s Velayat-e Faqih9. Media, Religion, and the Green Movement10. Historical Revisionism and Regional Threats11. The Domestic Sources of Nuclear PoliticsConclusionNotesIndex
£80.39
University of Illinois Press Hillbilly Hellraisers
Book SynopsisLong a bastion of antigovernment feeling, the Ozark region today is home to fervent strains of conservative-influenced sentiment. Does rural heritage play an exceptional role in the perpetuation of these attitudes? Have such outlooks been continuous? J. Blake Perkins searches for the roots of rural defiance in the Ozarks--and discovers how it changed over time. Eschewing generalities, Perkins focuses on the experiences and attitudes of rural people themselves as they interacted with government from the late nineteenth century through the twentieth century.He uncovers the reasons local disputes and uneven access to government power fostered markedly different reactions by hill people as time went by. Resistance in the earlier period sprang from upland small farmers'' conflicts with capitalist elites who held the local levers of federal power. But as industry and agribusiness displaced family farms after World War II, a conservative cohort of town business elites, local political offiTrade Review"Hillbilly Hellraisers challenges the seemingly uncontroversial claim that antigovernment sentiment has enjoyed exception continuity among rural working-class Americans." --Journal of Appalachian Studies"This is a very good book about the roots of resistance and rebellion in the Arkansas Ozarks in response to federal government attempts to effect social and economic change in the region from the late 19th to the early 21st century. . . . Highly recommended."--OzarksWatch"Hillbilly Hellraisers represents an important contribution to rural history and a valuable narrative of those who struggled to confront the changes that reshaped the region. It's strongest moments derive from the individual stories of those who sought to hold on to their farms and their traditional modes of living."--Arkansas Review "Perkins produces an engaging political history of the communities in the Ozark Mountain region of northwest Arkansas. . . . While steeped in local history, this book also provides insights into how rural people react to federalism. . . . Highly recommended."--Choice"This is an important book, one that fills a much-needed historiographic niche, and one that opens the door for further study into the political culture of not only the Arkansas Ozarks, but rural America as a whole."--Elder Mountain: Journal of Ozark Studies"Perkins should earn applause for his spirited, well researched, provocative study." --Criminal Law and Criminal Justice Book Reviews"Hillbilly Hellraisers would benefit anyone interested in the roots of US rural poverty and our contemporary politics of division." --Missouri Historical Review"Perkins has written a smart, provocative, and important book." --Journal of the Gilded Age & Progressive Era "Perkins writes with verve, humor, and minimal jargon, focusing tightly on his thesis. This insightful addition to the University of Illinois Press's Working Class in American History series makes a welcome contribution to local and regional history." --The Journal of American History "Put Hillbilly Hellraisers on your bookshelf, next to other works about rural radicalism and conservatism." --American Historical Review "Perkins has meticulously researched the development of populism and the resulting defiance of the yeomanry of the Arkansas Ozarks. . . . By avoiding generalities, the author breaks through easy stereotypes to arrive at the specific circumstances that led to the development of the conservative Ozarker mindset." --Kansas History "In an age of deepening political and cultural divisions between the rural and urban sections of the United States, studies that seek to explain the source of rural conservative anti-elite and antigovernment politics are needed more than ever. Perkin's contribution definitely advances our understanding of this phenomenon." --Labor "Hillbilly Hellraisers is an important study because it sheds light on the failures of rural reforms that bred discontent. Perkins's detailed investigations uncover highly localized power dynamics, while his century-long scope reveals the broader evolution of resistance to federal power." --Rural History "Hillbilly Hellraisers is a stunningly original work that manages to clarify the actions of a misunderstood people at the same time that it reasserts complexity into their allegedly simple lives. Blake Perkins reminds us that regional stories have national, even universal, significance, but to truly appreciate that significance we have to first approach the stories of Ozarkers and other regional groups on their own terms and on their own turf. A must-read for anyone studying the Upland South and for those seeking a fuller understanding of the changing nature of antigovernment protest."--Brooks Blevins, author of Ghost of the Ozarks: Murder and Memory in the Upland South "Using the Arkansas Ozarks as a case study, J. Blake Perkins sheds new light on the rise of antigovernment conservatism in rural America during the twentieth century. Well written and thoroughly researched, his book is a welcome addition to the study of modern politics."--Bruce E. Stewart, author of Blood in the Hills: A History of Violence in Appalachia
£77.35
University of Illinois Press Hillbilly Hellraisers
Book SynopsisTrade Review"Hillbilly Hellraisers challenges the seemingly uncontroversial claim that antigovernment sentiment has enjoyed exception continuity among rural working-class Americans." --Journal of Appalachian Studies"This is a very good book about the roots of resistance and rebellion in the Arkansas Ozarks in response to federal government attempts to effect social and economic change in the region from the late 19th to the early 21st century. . . . Highly recommended."--OzarksWatch"Hillbilly Hellraisers represents an important contribution to rural history and a valuable narrative of those who struggled to confront the changes that reshaped the region. It's strongest moments derive from the individual stories of those who sought to hold on to their farms and their traditional modes of living."--Arkansas Review "Perkins produces an engaging political history of the communities in the Ozark Mountain region of northwest Arkansas. . . . While steeped in local history, this book also provides insights into how rural people react to federalism. . . . Highly recommended."--Choice"This is an important book, one that fills a much-needed historiographic niche, and one that opens the door for further study into the political culture of not only the Arkansas Ozarks, but rural America as a whole."--Elder Mountain: Journal of Ozark Studies"Perkins should earn applause for his spirited, well researched, provocative study." --Criminal Law and Criminal Justice Book Reviews"Hillbilly Hellraisers would benefit anyone interested in the roots of US rural poverty and our contemporary politics of division." --Missouri Historical Review"Perkins has written a smart, provocative, and important book." --Journal of the Gilded Age & Progressive Era "Perkins writes with verve, humor, and minimal jargon, focusing tightly on his thesis. This insightful addition to the University of Illinois Press's Working Class in American History series makes a welcome contribution to local and regional history." --The Journal of American History "Put Hillbilly Hellraisers on your bookshelf, next to other works about rural radicalism and conservatism." --American Historical Review "Perkins has meticulously researched the development of populism and the resulting defiance of the yeomanry of the Arkansas Ozarks. . . . By avoiding generalities, the author breaks through easy stereotypes to arrive at the specific circumstances that led to the development of the conservative Ozarker mindset." --Kansas History "In an age of deepening political and cultural divisions between the rural and urban sections of the United States, studies that seek to explain the source of rural conservative anti-elite and antigovernment politics are needed more than ever. Perkin's contribution definitely advances our understanding of this phenomenon." --Labor "Hillbilly Hellraisers is an important study because it sheds light on the failures of rural reforms that bred discontent. Perkins's detailed investigations uncover highly localized power dynamics, while his century-long scope reveals the broader evolution of resistance to federal power." --Rural History "Hillbilly Hellraisers is a stunningly original work that manages to clarify the actions of a misunderstood people at the same time that it reasserts complexity into their allegedly simple lives. Blake Perkins reminds us that regional stories have national, even universal, significance, but to truly appreciate that significance we have to first approach the stories of Ozarkers and other regional groups on their own terms and on their own turf. A must-read for anyone studying the Upland South and for those seeking a fuller understanding of the changing nature of antigovernment protest."--Brooks Blevins, author of Ghost of the Ozarks: Murder and Memory in the Upland South "Using the Arkansas Ozarks as a case study, J. Blake Perkins sheds new light on the rise of antigovernment conservatism in rural America during the twentieth century. Well written and thoroughly researched, his book is a welcome addition to the study of modern politics."--Bruce E. Stewart, author of Blood in the Hills: A History of Violence in Appalachia
£17.99
Indiana University Press Socialist Heritage
Book SynopsisFocusing on Romania from 1945 to 2016, Socialist Heritage explores the socialist state's attempt to create its own heritage, as well as the legacy of that project. Contrary to arguments that the socialist regimes of Central and Eastern Europe aimed to erase the pre-war history of the socialist cities, Emanuela Grama shows that the communist state in Romania sought to exploit the past for its own benefit. The book traces the transformation of a central district of Bucharest, the Old Town, from a socially and ethnically diverse place in the early 20th century, into an epitome of national history under socialism, and then, starting in the 2000s, into the historic center of a European capital. Under socialism, politicians and professionals used the district's historic buildings, especially the ruins of a medieval palace discovered in the 1950s, to emphasize the city's Romanian past and erase its ethnically diverse history. Since the collapse of socialism, the cultural and economic value ofTrade ReviewThe volume presents a nuanced analysis of material heritage and its strategic use during the socialist period in Romania's capital city Bucharest and its continued legacy today. What is refreshing in this book, apart from the careful documentation and wealth of archival sources consulted, is the fact that the author brought together sources from fields that are not seemingly directly connected to heritage studies. Grama gracefully moves across different areas through with her use of secondary sources, bringing together urban planning, political studies, economic and social analyses. Grama also brings together key anthropological research studies on Romania, both national and international. -- Cristina Clopot * International Journal of Heritage Studies *The strengths of this book are the breadth of the data sources, which have enabled the author to uncover in detail how change in a particular historic urban landscape is shaped by broader issues of power and identity (in both socialist and post-socialist contexts). Socialist Heritage will be of interest to postgraduate students and academic researchers in disciplines such as history, anthropology, human geography, urban studies and sociology. For anybody wanting to understand Bucharest's Old Town there is no better source available. Indeed, over the course of 25 years I have frequently wandered around the Old Town and found myself asking "why is it like this?". Now, after reading Socialist Heritage, I know. -- Duncan Light * Eurasian Geography and Economics *Grama does a brilliant job bringing this story to our attention and explaining why we should care about it. Her book deserves to be widely read. * Survival *An outstanding contribution in the field of anthropology of heritage. -- Dana Domsodi * Sociologia *Grama takes us through a journey of how the heritage discourse was first constructed and operationalized through archaeological, historiographic, and urban planning activities under state socialism, and then repurposed as well as contested after 1989, with results that show profound fissures in the ability to deploy "heritage" as a successful legitimating tool. . . . Overall, the book offers a vivid and provocative analysis of the politics of urban planning in Bucharest after World War II. The arc of the narrative highlights the huge gaps between policy makers and citizens who bear the brunt of these heritage entrepreneurs' ambitions for power and money. -- Maria Bucur * ANTHROPOLOGICAL QUARTERLY *The book is beautifully written, and readers from different disciplinary backgrounds interested in topics as diverse as socialism and postsocialism, the materiality of the state and city, architecture and its political power, including the making of urban heritage, will find enough to enrich their own reflections. -- Antonela Capelle Pogacean * H-Urban *Emanuela Grama's Socialist Heritage: The Politics of Past and Place in Romania is a compelling exploration of heritage making as state-making through the lens of the postwar and postcommunist transformations of Bucharest's Old Town. . . . A theoretically dense but engagingly written book, Socialist Heritage is a must-read not only for specialists of (post)socialist Romania and eastern Europe, but also for students and researchers of nationalism, urbanization and heritage making, history (re)writing, the role of experts under socialism, postcommunist efforts of Europeanization, and privatization as gentrification, or ruination as commodification. -- Diana Georgescu * Slavic Review *This book is well-grounded in empirical data, especially archival (for the socialist period) and ethnographic (for both socialist and especially postsocialist circumstances)—the interpretation of the sources and the extracts from the documents and interlocutors' statements vividly reveal discourses of politics, experts and residents related to the Old Town's (re)making, and not just regarding the area's heritage. -- Srdjan Radovic * Comparative Southeast European Studies *Table of ContentsAcknowledgementsIntroduction1. Tensed Urban Visions: Making Bucharest into a Socialist Capital2. Matters of State: Archaeology, Materiality, and State-Making 3. Time-Travelling Houses and Histories Made Invisible 4. Lipstick and Lined Pockets: Strategic Devaluation and Postsocialist Wealth 5. Displacements: Property, Privatization, and Precarity in a Europeanizing CityConclusionBibliographyIndex
£45.00
University of Texas Press Mixing It Up Multiracial Subjects
Book SynopsisMixing It Up brings together the observations of ten noted voices who have experienced multiracialism first-hand.Trade Review"These essays do a wonderful job of blending theory and practice... This collection embraces a number of tensions [that] raise provocative questions about the nature of identity and the relationship between identity and social justice... This collection should have broad appeal." Diane Raymond, Dean and Professor of Philosophy and Women's Studies, Simmons CollegeTable of Contents Preface (Naomi Zack) Acknowledgments Introduction (SanSan Kwan and Kenneth Speirs) I. Issues and Trends 1. American Mixed Race: The United States 2000 Census and Related Issues (Naomi Zack) 2. Misceg-narrations (Raquel Scherr Salgado) II. Multiracial Subjects 3. A Passionate Occupant of the Transnational Transit Lounge (Adrian Carton) 4. Miscegenation and Me (Richard Guzman) 5. "What Is She Anyway?": Rearranging Bodily Mythologies (Orathai Northern) 6. Resemblance (Alice White) 7. "Brown Like Me": Explorations of a Shifting Self (Stefanie Dunning) 8. Toward a Multiethnic Cartography: Multiethnic Identity, Monoracial Cultural Logic, and Popular Culture (Evelyn Alsultany) 9. Keeping Up Appearances: Ethnic Alien-Nation in Female Solo Performance (Cathy Irwin and Sean Metzger) 10. Against Erasure: The Multiracial Voice in Cherríe Moraga's Loving in the War Years (Carole DeSouza) About the Contributors
£18.99
MP-WIS Uni of Wisconsin Gossip Markets and Gender How Dialogue Constructs Moral Value in Postsocialist Kilimanjaro
Book SynopsisShows how gossip and the responses to it form an ongoing dialogue through which the moral reputations of trading women and businessmen, and cultural ideas about moral value and gender, are constructed and rethought. This work reveals a different perspective on the globalization of the market economy and its meaning and impact on the local level.Trade ReviewExplores important political and economic implications of gossip and markets. It will be very valuable to those interested in African gender and economies. - Gracia Clark, Indiana University, Bloomington
£35.96
MP-WIS Uni of Wisconsin Orisa Devotion as World Religion The Globalization of Yoruba Religious Culture
Book SynopsisAs the twenty-first century begins, tens of millions of people participate in devotions to the spirits called Orisa. This book explores the emergence of Orisa devotion as a world religion, one of the most remarkable and compelling developments in the history of the human religious quest.Trade ReviewShaped by the transatlantic slave trade, Christianity, Islam, colonialism, and, now, globalization, Yoruba religious culture remains dynamic and inspirational. This volume goes beyond the usual tendency in Diaspora studies to focus on cultural retention. It is a significant contribution. - Mojubaolu Olufunke Okome, Brooklyn College, City University of New York
£27.96
Yale University Press Sports in South America
Book SynopsisThe first book to examine the transformation of sporting cultures in South America in the nineteenth and twentieth centuriesTrade Review“This book offers deep and nuanced insight into the sporting world in South America and is essential reading for anyone who wants to understand the intricate dance between sports, globalization, urbanization, culture, and identity. It will guide scholars and aficionados through the early years of South American sports, and will become a classic.”—Christopher Gaffney, New York University“Matthew Brown’s excellent book on the development of sport in South America before 1930 is not just for sports historians. His pathbreaking study provides significant insights on several sociocultural themes that are central to modern Latin American history—race, gender, neocolonialism, violence, and social discipline.”—Rory M. Miller, author of Britain and Latin America in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries“There is no such thing as a definitive history, but this first history of sports in South America is simply brilliant and unmatched. Matthew Brown has written a reference work for scholars and amateurs.”— Pablo Alabarces, University of Buenos Aires“This book shows how South America’s preexisting sporting cultures intertwined and shaped global sporting history from 1862 until 1930. Brown’s insightful attention to local and touring sporting practices, experiences, and debates suggest new paths toward the decolonization of sports history.”—Ingrid Johanna Bolívar Ramirez, University of the Andes (Bogotá)
£38.00
John Wiley & Sons Inc Montreal
Book SynopsisPart of the World Cities series, Montreal provides a guide to the birth, growth and contemporary life of this unique North American metropolis. The authors address some of the fundamental paradoxes at the core of the city''s dilemma: How does the city reconcile its identity as a French window on North America and a bilingual, increasingly multicultural metropolis? How can its economy, currently undergoing a successful transformation into a high-tech hotbed, still suffer from high unemployment? How can a city that is seemingly allergic to urban planning, that has such a long and cold winter and that remains divided between two cultural and linguistic majorities be so frequently ranked one of the world''s most livable cities? The portrait that the authors strive to paint of this intriguing city, caught in the maelstrom of political debate that permeates most of its urban issues, is both wide-ranging and fine-grained. At the heart of this debate lies the National Question, addressing Trade Review"a thorough book written in very clear language" (Urban Geography, 2001) "..an excellent resource for anyone wanting to learn about a major city (Urban Studies, Vol.38, No.13, 2001) "...informative and thought-provoking book (Canadian Journal of Urban Research, Vol.10 No.1, 2001) "..I strongly recommend this volume to scholars, planners, politicians and concerned citizens interested in the future of the great city.." (Quebec Studies, No.24.)Table of ContentsA Metropolis in Transition. Montréal's Built Form: French Heritage, Victorian Legacy and Modernist Ambitions. The Shifting Boundaries of the Metropolis: The Struggle to Govern a Moving Target. Montréal's Economy: Decline, Conversion - Polarization? Repopulating the Inner City. Language, Ethnic Groups and the Shaping of Social Space. Epilogue. Bibliography. List of Figures. List of Tables. Index.
£92.66
LUP - University of Michigan Press The Taiwan Voter
Book SynopsisExamines the critical role ethnic and national identities play in politics, utilizing the case of Taiwan. Critiquing the conventional interpretation of politics as an ideological battle between liberals and conservatives, The Taiwan Voter demonstrates in Taiwan the party system and voters' responses are shaped by one powerful determinant of national identity - the China factor.Trade ReviewThe Taiwan Voter makes a tremendous contribution to the Taiwan literature as a culmination of nearly three decades of scholarly research of public opinion on Taiwan. It appeals to those interested in Taiwan, party identification, voting behavior, and electoral reform. Each chapter provides useful data and solid analysis with findings conveniently synthesized in the conclusion."" - Hans Stockton, University of St. Thomas""This book demonstrates forcefully how identity politics dominate the political structure of Taiwan. With the current global rise of identity politics, I am confident that this volume will occupy a prominent spot in the standard voting behavior canon for at least the next generation."" - Nathan F. Batto, Academia Sinica
£52.95
University of California Press Reflections on Reality Reflections on Reality
Book SynopsisThis is the second volume in Jeffrey Hopkins's series on the Mind-Only School of Buddhism. It conveys the intellectual vibrancy of the different cultural interpretations of Dzong-ka-ba's The Essence of Eloquence, and expands the key philosophical issues it addresses.Trade Review"This is without question the finest and most complete discussion of the renowned Mind-Only school and its Tibetan context." -Anne C. Klein, author of Knowledge and Liberation, Path to the Middle "An important new contribution to our understanding of the development of Buddhist philosophical thought in Tibet." - Matthew T. Kapstein, author of The Tibetan Assimilation of Buddhism: Conversion, Contestation, and MemoryTable of ContentsPreface Technical Notes Part One: Background Part Two: Religous Significance of the Three Natures of Phenomena Part Three: Examining the Sutra Unraveling the Thought Part Four: Thoroughly Established Nature Endowed with Buddha Qualities Part Five: Views on the Two Emptinesses Part Six: Undermining Error Appendix 1 Appendix 2 Appendix 3 Backnotes Bibliography Index
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University of California Press Virtually Jewish
Book SynopsisMore than half a century after the Holocaust, in countries where Jews make up just a tiny fraction of the population, products of Jewish culture have become very viable components of the popular public domain. But how can there be a growing Jewish presence in Europe, without the significant presence of Jews? The author explores this phenomenon.Trade Review"A richly documented and insightful deliberation on the dilemma of what to do in places where Jewish culture once flourished, but Jews are no longer to be found or are very few in number....Even where there seems to be a resurgence of Jewish life, it is fragile and fraught. At the same time, Jews from the United States and Israel have their own problematic relationship to the killing fields of Europe and to efforts to 'preserve' the last traces of a Jewish past. This is an altogether fascinating subject and no one is better prepared to write about it than Gruber." -Barbara Kirshenblatt-Gimblett, author of Destination CultureTable of ContentsContents List of Illustrations Preface Part One: Afterlife 1. Cities without Jews 2. A Virtual Jewish World Part Two: Jewish Archaeology 3. "There Is No Future without Memory" 4. Touching the Past 5. What to Do? Part Three: Museum Judaism? Representing Jewish Culture 6. Seeing Is Believing 7. The Tourist Track 8. Structuring Memory Part Four: Klezmer in the Wilderness 9. Making (and Remaking) Jewish Music 10. Klezmer in Germany 11. Whose Music? Afterword Notes Selected Bibliography Index
£38.25
University of California Press The Victorian Translation of China
Book SynopsisThis study focuses on James Legge (1815-1897), one of the most important 19th-century figures in the cultural exchange between China and the West. The narrative illuminates the era in which Legge lived as well as the surroundings in which he worked.Table of ContentsList of Illustrations Preface Acknowledgments Note to the Reader on Transcription and Romanization Introduction: The Strange Saga of Missionary Tradition, Sinological Orientalism, and the Comparative Science of Religions in the Nineteenth Century Prologue: Missionary Hyphenations West and East, 1815--1869 1. Pilgrim Legge and the Journey to the West, 1870--1874 2. Professor Legge at Oxford University, 1875--1876 Appendix to Chapter 2: Caricatures of Max Muller and James Legge at Oxford 3. Heretic Legge: Relating Confucianism and Christianity, 1877--1878 4. Decipherer Legge: Finding the Sacred in the Chinese Classics, 1879--1880 5. Comparativist Legge: Describing and Comparing the Religions of China, 1880--1882 6. Translator Legge: Closing the Confucian Canon, 1882--1885 7. Ancestor Legge: Translating Buddhism and Daoism, 1886--1892 8. Teacher Legge: Upholding the Whole Duty of Man, 1893--1897 Conclusion: Darker Labyrinths: Transforming Missionary Tradition, Sinological Orientalism, and the Comparative Science of Religions after the Turn of the Century Appendix A. Max Muller's Motto for The Sacred Books of the East Appendix B. James Legge's Oxford Lectures and Courses, 1876--1897 Appendix C. Principal Publications of James Legge and Max Muller Appendix D. Genealogy of the Legge Family Notes Bibliographical Note Index
£68.00
University of California Press Speaking with Vampires
Book SynopsisDuring the colonial period, Africans told each other terrifying rumors that Africans who worked for white colonists captured unwary residents and took their blood. Providing the stories that Africans told to describe colonial power, this book presents an epistemological inquiry into the nature of historical truth and memory.
£999.99
University of California Press The Keys to French Opera in the Nineteenth
Book SynopsisIlluminates the diverse elements that constitute opera by focusing the investigation around three main categories: composition and production; words, music, and drama; and the interaction of society, genre, and aesthetics.Table of ContentsList of Illustrations Preface to the English Edition Introduction Part 1 Genesis, Performance, and Reception 1 The Genesis of an Opera 2 Performance 3 Reception Part 2 Drama, Poetry, and Music 4 The Construction of a Drama 5 Space and Time 6 Poetic Expression and Musical Expression Part 3 French Opera: Society, Genre, and Aesthetics 7 The Parisian Operatic World 8 Genre 9 The Aesthetic Foundations of Nineteenth-Century French Opera Conclusion Appendix 1 The Sources of Bizet’s Les Pêcheurs de perles Appendix 2 The Versions of Les Pêcheurs de perles Appendix 3 Several States of the Beginning of the Act 2 Finale Appendix 4 Passages Cut in the Course of Performance Appendix 5 Performances and Daily Box-Office Receipts of the Théâtre-Lyrique,September 27–November 28, 1863 Appendix 6 The Staging of Les Pêcheurs de perles Appendix 7 Symmetrical Versification and Reformulation of the Text Biographical Notes on Composers Notes Index
£45.05
University of California Press Opium Regimes
Book SynopsisOpium is more than just a drug extracted from poppies. This title shows that the opium trade was not purely a British operation but involved Chinese merchants, Chinese state agents, and Japanese imperialists as well.Table of ContentsILLUSTRATIONS AND TABLES ACKNOWLEDGMENTS ABBREVIATIONS Introduction: Opium's History in China Timothy Brook and Bob Tadashi Wakabayashi PART ONE • THE INTERNATIONAL CONTEXT 1. Opium for China: The British Connection Gregory Blue 2. From Peril to Profit: Opium in Late-Edo to Meiji Eyes Bob Tadashi Wakabayashi PART TWO • DISTRIBUTION AND CONSUMPTION 3· Drugs, Taxes, and Chinese Capitalism in Southeast Asia Carl A. Trocki 4· The Hong Kong Opium Revenue, 1845-1885 Christopher Munn 5· Opium in Xinjiang and Beyond David Bello 6. Drug Operations by Resident japanese in Tianjin Motohiro Kobayashi 7· Opium/Leisure/Shanghai: Urban Economies of Consumption Alexander Des Forges PART THREE • CONTROL AND RESISTANCE 8. Opium and Modern Chinese State-Making R. Bin Wong 9· Opium and the State in Late-Qing Sichuan judith Wyman 10. Poppies, Patriotism, and the Public Sphere: Nationalism and State Leadership in the Anti-Opium Crusade in Fujian, 1906-1916 Joyce A. Madanry 1 1. The National Anti-Opium Association and the Guomindang State, 1924-1937 Edward R. Slack Jr. 12. Opium Control versus Opium Suppression: The Origins of the 1935 Six-Year Plan to Eliminate Opium and Drugs Alan Baumler 13. The Responses of Opium Growers to Eradication Campaigns and the Poppy Tax, 1907-1949 Lucien Bianco PART FOUR • CRISIS AND RESOLUTION 14. Opium and Collaboration in Central China, 1938-1940 Timothy Brook 15. An Opium Tug-of-War: Japan versus the Wang Jingwei Regime Motohiro Kobayashi 16. Resistance to Opium as a Social Evil in Wartime China Mark S. Eykholt 17. Nationalism, Identity, and State-Building:The Antidrug Crusade in the People's Republic, 1949-1952 Zhou Yongming BIBLIOGRAPHY CONTRIBUTORS INDEX
£27.00
University of California Press Victor Considerant and the Rise and Fall of
Book SynopsisVictor Considerant (1808-1893), a follower of the great utopian thinker Charles Fourier, played an important role in the creation of a Fourierist movement and the development of socialist journalism. This study offers a life story of one of the engaging figures among the French romantic intellectuals of the 1840s.
£52.70
University of California Press The Life of Buddhism
Book SynopsisFocuses on a number of religious practices across the Buddhist world, from Sri Lanka to New York, Japan to Tibet. This work provides a historical overview and briefly characterizes the three major variants of Buddhist tradition. It also takes note of a distinctive form of Buddhism that is emerging among non-Asian practitioners in the West.Table of ContentsNOTE TO THE READER GENERAL INTRODUCTION PART 1: TEMPLES, SACRED OBJECTS, AND ASSOCIATED RITUALS Chapter 1 Temples and Monastic Complexes (Japan) “A View of Temple Life and Practice,” James Bissett Pratt Chapter 2 Image Consecrations (Thailand) “Creating and Disseminating the Sacred,” Donald K. Swearer Chapter 3 State Rituals and Ceremonies (Myanma) “A Tooth Relic and the Legitimation of Power,” Juliane Schober Chapter 4 Village Rituals and Ceremonies (Thailand) “Bun Phraawes,” S. J. Tambiah PART II: MONASTIC PRACTICES Chapter 5 The Ordination of Monks and Novices (Korea) “Ordination in the Chogye Order,” Robert E. Buswell Chapter 6 Female Renunciants (Myanma[r]/Burma) “Theravadin Religious Women,” Hiroko Kawanami Chapter 7 Meditation (Japan) “A Morning Star Meditation,” Taiko Yamasaki Chapter 8 The Monastic Quest: A Biographical Example (Tibet) “The Biography of a Nun,” Hanna Havnevik Chapter 9 Monastic Funerals (Thailand) “The Cremation of a Senior Monk,” Charles F. Keyes PART III: LAY PRACTICE Chapter 10 Lay Identity and Participation (China) “Lay Praxis in a Mahayana Context,” Holmes Welch Chapter 11 Cosmology and Law (Tibet) “Buddhist Secular Law: Doctrines in Context,” Rebecca Redwood French Chapter 12 Cosmology and Healing (Sri Lanka) “Yaktovil: The Role of the Buddha and Dhamma,” Jason A. Carbine Chapter 13 Devotional Rituals: Recent Innovations (Sri Lanka) “A New Theravadin Liturgy,” Richard Gombrich Chapter 14 Death and Beyond (Japan) “Memorializing One’s Mizuko,” William R. LaFleur PART IV: BUDDHISM IN THE WEST Chapter 15 An American Example “Transmitting the Dharma,” Philip Kapleau BIBLIOGRAPHY CONTRIBUTORS INDEX
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University of California Press On Her Own Terms
Book SynopsisAt a time when women could not vote and very few were involved in the world outside the home, Annie Montague Alexander (1867-1950) was an intrepid explorer, skilled markswoman, philanthropist, and founder and patron of two natural history museums at the University of California, Berkeley. This title presents a luminous portrait of this woman.Trade Review"A thorough and insightful account of a remarkable individual who, as an important patron and an amateur contributor, influenced the course of early twentieth-century science. Alexander's life is also important simply as a human story of how an intelligent, active, and strong-minded woman coped with the problems of identity and work in the post-Victorian era. It's a great story of a complex and admirable woman, and a significant contribution to California history and the history of field science." - Robert E. Kohler, University of PennsylvaniaTable of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction 1. Samuel Alexander and Henry Baldwin 2. Life in Oakland 3. A Passion for Paleontology 4. Africa, 1904 5. Meeting C. Hart Merriam 6. Alaska, 1906 7. Meeting Joseph Grinnell 8. Founding a Museum of Vertebrate Zoology 9. An Unusual Collaboration 10. Louise and Prince William Sound 11. Support for Paleontology 12. Hearst, Sather, Flood 13. Innisfail Ranch 14. Vancouver Island and the Trinity Alps 15. The Team of Alexander and Kellogg 16. From "A Friend of the University" 17. Founding a Museum of Paleontology 18. A Restless Decade 19. Europe, 1923 20. The Temple Tour 21. The "Amoeba Treatment" 22. Fieldwork--The Later Years 23. Saline Valley 24. The End of an Era 25. Hawaii--"My Only Real Home" 26. The Switch to Botany 27. Baja California--Tres mujeres sin miedo 28. Investing in the Future 29. An Enduring Legacy Epilogue Appendix Notes Index
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University of California Press Republican Beijing
Book SynopsisA comprehensive history of Republican Beijing, this text examines how the capital acquired its identity as a consummately "traditional" Chinese city. The author argues that nostalgia directed towards the living Republic city is an essential characteristic of Chinese modernity.Table of ContentsList of Illustrations Foreword Preface Introduction PART I. THE CITY OF PLANNERS Chapter 1. From Imperial Capital to Republican City Chapter 2. Power: The City and Its People Chapter 3. Tradition: The City and the Nation PART II. THE CITY OF EXPERIENCE Chapter 4. Production: Beijing in a New Economic System Chapter 5. Consumption: Spatial and Temporal Hierarchies Chapter 6. Recycling: The Tianqiao District PART III. THE LETTERED CITY Chapter 7. Sociology: Examining Urban Ills Chapter 8. History: Recording Old Beijing Chapter 9. Literature: Writing New Beijing Conclusion Notes Bibliography Index
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University of California Press West of Emerson
Book SynopsisWhere did American literature start? The familiar story of Emerson and Thoreau has them setting up shop in Concord, Massachusetts, and determining the course of American writing. This title overhauls this story of origins as it shifts the context for these literary giants from the civilized East to the wide-open spaces of the Louisiana Purchase.Table of ContentsList of Illustrations Acknowledgments Introduction 1. Natural Causes: The Journals of Lewis and Clark 2. Zebulon Pike, Federalist Gloom, and Western Lands 3. The Land without Qualities: Stephen Long and William Emory 4. Emerson's 1830s 5. Emerson's Nature: West of Ecstasy 6. Thoreau and the Design of Dissent Epilogue: The Case against the Hamptons Notes Bibliography Index
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University of California Press Revolution at the Table The Transformation of
Book SynopsisIn this study Harvey Levenstein tells of the remarkable transformation in how Americans ate that took place from 1880 to 1930. It devotes special attention to the deliberate attempts of various groups, notably nutritionists and large food processors, to change popular eating habits.Table of ContentsIntroduction: The British-American Culinary Heritage 1. The American Table in 1880: The Tastes of the Upper Crust 2. How the Other Half Ate 3. The Rise of the Giant Food Processors 4. The New England Kitchen and the Failure to Reform Working-Class Eating Habits 44 5. The "Servant Problem" and Middle-Class Cookery 60 6. The New Nutritionists Assault the Middle Classes 72 7. Scientists, Pseudoscientists, and Faddists 86 8. New Reformers and New Immigrants 98 9. The Great Malnutrition Scare, 1907-1921 109 10. "Best for Babies" or "Preventable Infanticide"?: The Controversy Over Artificial Feeding of Infants, 1880-1930 11. "Food Will Win the War" 12. The Newer Nutrition, 1915-1930 13. A Revolution of Declining Expectations 14. Workers and Farmers During the "Prosperity Decade" 15. The Old (Restaurant) Order Changeth 16. Too Rich and Too Thin? Notes Index
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University of California Press Home Bound
Book SynopsisFilipino Americans, who experience life in the United States as immigrants, colonized nationals, and racial minorities, are one of our largest immigrant groups. This title investigates how Filipino women and men are transformed through the experience of migration, and how they in turn remake the social world around them.Table of ContentsAcknowledgments 1. Home Making 2. Leaving Home: Filipino Migration/Return to the United States 3. "Positively No Filipinos Allowed": Differential Inclusion and Homelessness 4. Mobile Homes: Lives across Borders 5. Making Home: Building Communities in a Navy Town 6. Home, Sweet Home: Work and Changing Family Relations 7. "We Don't Sleep Around Like White Girls Do": The Politics of Home and Location 8. "What of the Children?": Emerging Homes and Identities 9. Homes, Borders, and Possibilities Notes Bibliography Index
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University of California Press The Secular Revolution Power Interests and
Book SynopsisAn examination of power struggles and ideological shifts in various social sectors where the public authority of religion has diminished, in particular, education, science, law and journalism. Together the essays depict a cultural and institutional revolution.
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University of California Press Imagining Japan
Book SynopsisA collection of the writings of sociologist Robert N. Bellah, including essays that consider the entire sweep of Japanese history and the character of Japanese society and religion. The book features an introduction that brings together intellectual and institutional dimensions of Japanese history.Table of ContentsIntroduction: The Japanese Difference 1. The Contemporary Meaning of Kamakura Buddhism 2. Ienaga Saburo and the Search for meaning in Modern Japan 3. Japan's cultural Identity: Some Reflections on the Work of Watsuji Tetsuro 4. Notes on Maruyama Masao 5. Intellectual and Society in Japan 6. The Japanese Emperor as a Mother Figure: Some Preliminary Notes 7. Continuity and Change in Japanese Society Notes Bibliography Index
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University of California Press The Politics of Knowledge
Book SynopsisThe usefulness and political implications of Area Studies programs are currently debated within the Academy and the Administration, where they are often treated as one homogenous and stagnant domain of scholarship. The essays in this volume document the various fields' distinctive character and internal heterogeneity as well as the dynamism resulting from their evolving engagements with funders, US and international politics, and domestic constituencies. The authors were chosen for their long-standing interest in the intellectual evolution of their fields. They describe the origins and histories of US-based Area Studies programs, highlighting their complex, generative, and sometimes contentious relationships with the social science and humanities disciplines and their diverse contributions to the regions of the world with which they are concerned.Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction: The Origin, Nature, and Challenges of Area Studies in the United States, David L. Szanton Latin American Studies: Theory and Practice, Paul W. Drake and Lisa Hilbink The Middle East in the Past and Future of Social Science, Timothy Mitchell Area Studies in Search of Africa, Pearl T. Robinson Japanese Studies: The Intangible Act of Translation, Alan Tansman Soviet and Post-Soviet Area Studies, Victoria E. Bonnell and George W. Breslauer Eastern Europe or Central Europe? Exploring a Distinct Regional Identity, Ellen Comisso and Brad Gutierrez The Transformation of Contemporary China Studies, 1977--2002, Andrew G. Walder South Asian Studies: Futures Past, Nicholas B. Dirks The Development of Southeast Asian Studies in the UnitedStates, John Bowen
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University of California Press The Scripture on Great Peace
Book SynopsisA translation of one of the great books of the Daoist religious tradition, the Taiping jing, or Scripture on Great Peace, that documents early Chinese medieval thought and lays the groundwork for a more complete understanding of Daoism's origins. It includes notes that contextualize the scripture's political and religious significance.Table of ContentsPreface Conventions Introduction Translation Section 41. How to Distinguish between Poor and Rich Section 42. One Man and Two Women Section 43. How to Promote the Good and Halt the Wicked Section 44. How to Preserve the Three Essentials Section 45. The Three Needs and the Method of [Dealing with] Auspicious and Ominous Events Section 46. You Must Not Serve the Dead More Than the Living Section 47. How to Verify the Trustworthiness of Texts and Writings Section 48. An Explanation of the Reception and Transmission [of Evil] in Five Situations Section 50. An Explanation of the Master's Declaration Section 51. The True Contract Section 52. How to Word Hard to Do Good Section 53. How to Distinguish between Root and Branches Section 54. How to Enjoy Giving Life Wins Favor with Heaven Section 55. How to Classify Old Texts and Give a Title to the Book Section 56. How the Nine Groups of Men Disperse Calamities Inherited from Former Kings Section 57. How to Examine What is True and What is False Dao Section 58. On the Four Ways of Conduct and on [the Relationship between] Root and Branches Section 59. Big and Small Reproaches Section 60. How Books Illustrate [Rule by] Punishment and [by] Virtue Section 61. On Digging Up Soil and Publishing Books Section 62. Dao is Priceless and Overcomes Yi and Di Barbarians Section 63. Officials, Sons, and Disciples of Outstanding Goodness Find Ways for Their Lord, Father, and Master to Become Transcendent Section 64. How to Subdue Others by Means of Dao and Not by Means of Severity Section 65. Threefold Cooperation and Interaction Section 66. On the Need to Study What Is True Appendix: The Composition of the TPJ Bibliography Index
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University of California Press Networked Refugees
Book SynopsisA free open access ebook is available upon publication. Learn more atwww.luminosoa.org. Almost 68.5 million refugees in the world today live in a protection gap, the chasm between protections stipulated in the Geneva Convention and the abrogation of those responsibilities by states and aid agencies. With dwindling humanitarian aid, how do refugee communities solve collective dilemmas, like raising funds for funeral services, or securing other critical goods and services? In Networked Refugees, Nadya Hajj finds that Palestinian refugees utilize Information Communication Technology platforms to motivate reciprocitya cooperative action marked by the mutual exchange of favors and servicesand informally seek aid and connection with their transnational diaspora community. Using surveys conducted with Palestinians throughout the diaspora, interviews with those inside the Nahr al Bared Refugee camp in Lebanon, and data pulled from online community spaces, these findings push back against thTrade Review"Thoroughly researched and conveniently enriched by interview snippets that strengthen Hajj’s main arguments. . . . A deeply valuable contribution to both the field of Palestinian studies and the thriving body of research on the intersection of new technologies and political and social developments." * Mondoweiss *"Networked Refugees is a valuable contribution to both the field of Palestinian studies and the thriving body of research on the intersection of new technologies and political and social developments." * The Middle East Journal *
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd The Population of Europe
Book SynopsisThis text describes the historical interrelationships in Europe between population, land, resources, and disease. By integrating the key component of culture the author provides a social and narrative history, from the first peopling of Europe to the end of the 20th century.Trade Review"I would most heartily recommend this book to any historian interested in a general overview of the subject" Reviews in History "This book is an excellent summation of knowledge and a thoughtful attempt to interpret a thousand years of European history. It will provide useful reading material for students of European population, for experts in the field and for readers everywhere interested in understanding just how Europe came to be the way it is." Journal of Population Research "In this book, Livi-Bacci manages to link factors which direct the demographic system of a population, and thereby its development, with cultural as well as environmental conditions in a lively and narrative fashion. It is in this way that Livi-Bacci succeeds in giving a complex picture of culture in Europe, customs, behaviours, values and norms. Thus the book is of interest not only for population geographers but for all readers with an interest in Europe." International Journal of Population Geography "Good Synthetic treatments of European historical demography are scarce, and the publication of Massimo Livi-Bacci's Population History of Europe is much to be welcomed ... the book can be highly recommended as an introductory/intermediate level student text on European population history, and to non-specialists as a point of entry to the discipline of historical demography." English Historical Review "A stimulating book, which offers an effective introduction to demographic history for the non-specialist." History "He has provided an accessible and eminently readable introduction to the population history of Europe ... with a level of insight and penetration that few introductory texts can match ... the work will also attract many historians to the otherwise dauntingly quantitative world of demography." Population Studies "The Population of Europe provides a masterly volume for the 'Making of modern Europe' series... a work of great scholarship, drawing extensively from the bulk of demographic research published over half a century or more..." Progress in Human GeographyTable of ContentsPreface: Jacques Le Goff. Part I: Numbers:. 1. Factors of constraint and factors of choice. 2. A millenium of demographic development. 3. Slow change in old regime societies. 4. Interpretive choices. Part II: Space:. 5. Geography and environment. 6. The conquest of space before the Black Death. 7. Again eastward and southward. 8. Settlement intensification and land reclamation. 9. Consolidation. Part III: Food:. 10. Population and nutrition. 11. Nutrition, infection, and mortality. 12. Bread and its accompaniments. 13. Famine and hunger. 14. Long-term nutrition and mortality. 15. Paradoxes and reality. Part IV: Microbes and Disease:. 16. Lives on the brink. 17. A world in motion. 18. The plague: a four-handed game. 19. The final match. 20. Demographic losses. 21. Other factors and the road to normalcy. Part V: Systems: . 22. Demographic systems. 23. England, France, and Germany. 24. Marriage. 25. Fertility. 26. More on infant mortality. 27. Migration. 28. Equilibrium and transformations. Part VI: The Great Transformation (1800-1914):. 29. A frame of reference. 30. Demographic expansion: numbers and interpretations. 31. Two months per year: increasing life expectancy. 32. Infant mortality. 33. The advent of birth control. 34. Outside of Europe. Part VII: The End of a Cycle:. 35. Demography in the twentieth century: mortality and fertility. 36. Demography in the twentieth century: migration, structures, models. 37. Politics. 38. Economics. 39. Values. Index.
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Harvard University Press thetransformationofpalestinianpoliticsfromrevoluti
Book SynopsisA comprehensive overview and analysis of the Palestinians' move from revolutionary movement to state, The Transformation of Palestinian Politics outlines the difficulties in the transition now underway arising from Palestinian history, society, and diplomatic agreements.Trade ReviewBarry Rubin’s timely Transformation of Palestinian Politics provides a superb and weighty account of the complexities of the Palestinian problem and the significant impediments to state-building… As deputy director of the Begin–Sadat Center for Strategic Studies, Rubin is well acquainted with Palestinian political life, having written several notable books on the subject. In his most recent effort, he carefully delineates the path of transition or pre-statehood for the current PA—complete will all its bumps and turns… Rubin covers in rich and penetrating detail the deleterious effects of the fledgling Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC) on the Arafat-led government-in-training, the rising expectations of a long-suffering and dispossessed people and the controversial issues of democratic development and respect for human rights. -- Peter McKenna * Washington Post Book World *In this judicious and thoughtful book, Rubin describes the Palestinian’s slow walk towards statehood, one riddled with contradictions and burdened by deep-seated historical animosities. Analyzing both the Palestinians’ noticeable failures and surprising successes, Rubin offers a prognosis for the future with the measured optimism of someone who has watched the conflict unfold from up-close for some time. -- Kate Cambor * Boston Book Review *In his excellent The Transformation of Palestinian Politics, Rubin wants critics of Yassar Arafat and the Palestinian Authority to temper their disparaging comments with a hefty dose of reality: Specifically, he says, there will be no Palestinian state without a peace agreement with Israel and a solid institutional foundation… Rubin is well qualified to chronicle the path of transition or pre-statehood, with its unpredictable twists and turns. By specifically homing in on the transitional, or embryonic phase, Rubin seeks to situate legitimate criticisms of the 1993–95 Oslo Accords within the context of incredibly complex and difficult growing pains for an essentially interim government. -- Peter McKenna * Globe and Mail *Rubin…manages a balanced presentation of all the many different players in this ongoing Palestinian drama—Yasir Arafat, the PLO, Hamas, the many Israeli political groupings, the Arab states, the United States, and the international community. With nine detailed but succinct chapters, this book is an eminently readable achievement. -- L. Carl Brown * Foreign Affairs *[A]n objective, even sympathetic, account of Palestinian politics since 1993. -- Sol Schindler * Washington Times *Barry Rubin, deputy director of the Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies at Bar-Ilan University, is a keen observer of the Middle East. The Transformation of Palestinian Politics is a cogent analysis of the challenges facing the Palestinian Authority today. -- Sheldon Kirshner * Canadian Jewish News *Excellent. Rubin has taken up a subject that is seemingly familiar (Palestinians feature almost daily in the news) but is in fact unknown (how the Palestinian Authority actually operates). There is nothing remotely comparable to this book in English. He writes about obscure but vital aspects of the Palestinian Authority with a sure hand. The greatest strength of the book lies in its providing new information in a clear context. Rubin’s sources are excellent, his judgment reliable. The writing style is solid. The study significantly advances knowledge about its subject matter. -- Daniel Pipes * Middle East Quarterly *In this highly readable book, Rubin examines the prospect of Palestinian statehood… Drawing on an impressive array of English, Hebrew, and Arabic sources, the author explores a complicated maze of interaction between Yasser Arafat’s Palestinian Authority and its internal opponents. Crucially, the book also places the Palestinian Authority’s struggle in the context of Israeli and regional politics. -- Nader Entessar * Library Journal *Rubin is the first to take a detailed and systematic look at the issues—not surprising given that the subject did not exist before 1994—and therein lies the main contribution of the book. He provides an interesting overview of what will undoubtedly be a subject of continuing investigation over the years. The book should be of considerable interest to students of Middle Eastern, and especially Palestinian and Israeli–Palestinian politics. Rubin presents a balanced (even sympathetic) account of the challenges facing the Palestinian Authority, shows how relatively stable post-revolutionary institutions have already been built, and concludes with a sanguine view of the prospects for successful state-building in the future. The book is argued in a fairly persuasive fashion, the organization is logical, the scholarship is sound (no polemics or distortion of evidence), and the conclusions are judicious. -- Mark A. Heller, Jaffee Center for Strategic Studies, Tel Aviv University[A] fair treatment of the subject, the transformation of the PLO from a military–political organization to the force behind the establishment of a Palestinian state. Rubin is well informed, and the book is based on a wide selection of Arabic language sources, as well as Israeli and English language. -- Walter Laqueur, Center for Strategic and International StudiesTable of ContentsPreface The Rulers, the Ruled, and the Rules The Palestinian Legislative Council Democracy, Stability, and Human Rights The Polity and the People The New Palestinian Political Elite The Palestinian Opposition The Palestinian Authority and the Middle East Thinking about Israel and the United States Recognizing Facts, Creating Facts Appendixes: Palestinian Authority Cabinets, 1994-1998 Membership of the Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC) The Fatah Central Committee The PLO Executive Committee (EC) Middle East States and the Palestinian Authority Notes Glossary Bibliography Index
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Harvard University Press Tears of Longing
Book SynopsisInformed by theories of nostalgia, collective memory, cultural nationalism, and gender, this book draws on the author's extensive fieldwork in probing the practice of identity-making and the processes at work when Japan becomes Japan.
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Harvard University, Asia Center A Time of Crisis
Book SynopsisThis study of Japan's transformation by the economic crises of the 1930s focuses on efforts to overcome the effects of the Great Depression in rural areas, particularly the activities of local activists and Tokyo policymakers. Smith sheds light on how average Japanese responded to problems of modernization and how they re-created the countryside.Trade ReviewSmith has produced a groundbreaking study of the impact of the Great Depression on Japan in the 1930s. The early 1930s, when Japan was wracked by internal and external problems, was called a 'time of crisis' by contemporary Japanese...This unique and insightful look at a crucial time in modern Japanese history is highly recommended. -- M. D. Ericson * Choice *
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Harvard University, Asia Center China Upside Down
Book SynopsisScholars have noted the role of China's demand for silver in the emergence of the modern world. This book discusses the interaction of this demand and the early-19th-century Latin American independence movements, changes in the world economy, the resulting disruptions in the Qing dynasty, and the transformation from the High Qing to modern China.
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Princeton University Press Beyond the Beat Musicians Building Community in
Book SynopsisAt a time when the bulwarks of the music industry are collapsing, what does it mean to be a successful musician and artist? How might contemporary musicians sustain their artistic communities? Based on interviews with over seventy-five popular-music professionals in Nashville, Beyond the Beat looks at artist activists--those visionaries who createTrade ReviewShortlisted for the 2016 ASAP Book Prize, Association for the Study of the Arts of the Present "This innovative sociological study of the Nashville music scene explores the business realities of an industry that has been radically changed by technology... His findings are encouraging because they reveal an environment in which many artists support one another in their quest for individualistic attainment."--Choice "Anyone who wishes to read a remarkably grounded analysis of how cultural work--in this case music--is changing, and about the roles of both artist entrepreneurs and trade union activists in pursuing a community-encompassing response, will find this book a wonderful read and an eye-opener for students in multiple fields: the sociology of occupations, the economics and sociology of the arts, arts management studies, industry studies, and labor relations. That Cornfield also offers a conceptual framework for thinking about structures and strategy is an extra plus."--Ann Markusen, ILR ReviewTable of ContentsPreface and Acknowledgments ix Chapter 1. Creating Community in an Individualistic Age 1 Chapter 2. Artist Activism: Building Occupational Communities in Risky Times 17 Chapter 3. Self-contained, Self-expression: The Transformative Generation of Enterprising Artists 34 Chapter 4. Identities in Play: The Contemporary Generation of Enterprising Artists 65 Chapter 5. Creating Social Spaces for Artists: Pathways to Becoming an Artistic Social Entrepreneur 93 Chapter 6. Artist Advocates: The Corporate and Entrepreneurial Generations of Arts Trade Union Activists 121 Chapter 7. Community, Agency, and Artistic Expression 150 Appendix. Interview Schedule 166 Notes 173 Bibliography 191 Index 203
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Princeton University Press Of Sand or Soil
Book SynopsisWhy do tribal genealogies matter in modern-day Saudi Arabia? What compels the strivers and climbers of the new Saudi Arabia to want to prove their authentic descent from one or another prestigious Arabian tribe? Of Sand or Soil looks at how genealogy and tribal belonging have informed the lives of past and present inhabitants of Saudi Arabia and hoTrade ReviewRunner-Up for the 2016 British-Kuwait Friendship Society Book Prize in Middle Eastern Studies "Samin has produced one of the best monographs on Saudi culture and society and their relationship with the state."--Jorg Matthias Determann, Comparative Islamic Studies "An outstanding addition to the literature of modern Saudi Arabia that also serves to put the whole contemporary analysis of retribalization into a much broader context. Samin successfully demonstrates that despite religious, political, and economic forces that diminished tribal institutions, cross-pressures countered those trends, and in the process a culture of genealogy combined with a bureaucratic genealogical rule of governance to lead Saudis to assert tribal descent ... and so establish their ancient roots in the Arabian Peninsula."--Calvin H. Allen, Jr., PhD, Middle East Media & Book Reviews "Of Sand or Soil is guaranteed to set one thinking... [I]t is a measure of the book's worth that it suggests several lines of inquiry. [Samin] is to be congratulated ... on a very well-written book, [and] ... to be commended for productive fieldwork [in Saudi Arabia] requiring moral stamina."--P. Dresch, American Historical Review "The detailed historical and archival work and the deep ethnographic research shine throughout the book... Of Sand or Soil is a welcome contribution to scholarship on Saudi Arabia, one that challenges the arguments of some of the most recent works in the field."--R. Bsheer, Arab Studies Journal "Samin's book ... forces us to see Saudi society with new eyes. It shatters many stereotypes abundant among people in the west and the Arab world about the kingdom and leads us to reconsider outdated anthropological myths... An indispensible tool for better understanding Saudi Arabia."--S. Maisel, SOAS BulletinTable of ContentsList of Illustrations ix Acknowledgments xi Note on Transliteration xiii Introduction 1 Chapter One Hamad al-Jasir: A Life in Context 19 Chapter Two The Dark Matter of Tribal Belonging 53 Chapter Three The Oracle of al-Wurud: Hamad al-Jasir's Genealogical Correspondence 79 Chapter Four Marriage and Lineal Authentication 115 Chapter Five Parallel Migrations, Divergent Destinations 136 Chapter Six Toward a Genealogical Rule of Governance 165 Conclusion 201 Notes 205 Bibliography 255 Index 271
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Princeton University Press The Contentious Public Sphere
Book SynopsisTrade Review"Winner of the 2018 Distinguished Book Award, Sociology of Law Section of the American Sociological Association""Winner of the 2018 Gordon Hirabayashi Human Rights Book Award, Human Rights Section of the American Sociological Association"
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LUP - Voltaire Foundation French social history Games in the eighteenth century Happiness in Duclos and Rousseau
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd Identity and Modernity in Latin America
Book SynopsisIn this important new book Jorge Larrain examines the trajectories of modernity and identity in Latin America and their reciprocal relationships.Trade Review'I found it an arresting introduction to a rich and vital field of study, novel in its disciplinary perspective, lucidly expressed and delightfully free of the pious neologisms that so often infect cultural studies.' James Dunkerley, Institute of Latin American Studies, University of London. 'Despite its historic New-World status, Latin America's claim to modernity has always been tenuous ... Jorge Larrain's history of Latin American modernity traces the evolution of this concept with that of identity, the collective cultural essence of Latin Americanness.' Times Higher Education SupplementTable of ContentsIntroductionChapter One: Modernity and IdentityChapter Two: The Colonial Stage: Modernity Denied (1492 - 1810)Chapter Three: Oligarchic Modernity (1810 - 1900)Chapter Four: The End of Oligarchic Modernity (1900 -1950)Chapter Five: Postwar Expansion (1950 - 1970)Chapter Six: Dictatorships and the Lost decade (1970 - 1990)Chapter Seven: The Neo Liberal Stage (1990 onwards)Chapter Eight: Key Elements of Latin American Modernity and IdentityNotesBiblioIndex
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd China at the Crossroads
Book SynopsisThis concise and timely book, written by one of the worlda s leading authorities on China, argues that the country is at a crossroads in its development and explores the challenges that lie ahead. * A concise and timely book about China and its future, which argues that the country it at a crossroads in its development.Trade Review"In this concise work, Peter Nolan provides a compelling and provocative assessment of China’s developmental challenge. As Nolan shows, it is not just China, but indeed the whole world, that stands at the crossroads. New rules, new technologies and a new global distribution of power have all called into question traditional answers to the problem of underdevelopment. China, to a greater degree perhaps than any other nation, has the potential to uncover a new path toward modernity. As Nolan points out, the consequences of its doing so, breathtaking as they are, would easily be dwarfed by the catastrophe of its failing to do so." Edward Steinfeld, Massachusetts Institute of Technology "Peter Nolan has produced a bold, readable and fast-paced work which asks large and important questions. He begins with a brilliant sketch of post-Mao China's enormous achievements and extraordinary challenges. After presenting the path of neo-liberalism as no solution for China, Nolan powerfully depicts the lasting lessons of the unique and glorious successes that were China's in the ages before the rise of Europe. He concludes with an innovative and insightful argument that, properly understood, the way ahead for China lies in synthesizing and building on the best in ethical thinking and economic analysis shared by Confucius and Adam Smith. Nolan has produced a mind-expanding tour de force." Edward Friedman, University of Winsconsin "This is an important book written in the tradition of The Wealth of Nations and The Theory of Moral Sentiments. Rare in the political economy literature, it is simultaneously sweeping and detailed, rigorous and moving." Lin Chun, Asia Research Centre, London School of Economics "This is a very readable book, full of interesting historical information on China, extensive literature refrences to works by Confucius, Marco Polo and Adam Smith (to mention but a few) and wise comments on the direction China should take at this critical juncture." Piiter Bottelier, Johns Hopkins UniversityTable of ContentsPreface. Introduction. Prologue. 1. The Challenges to China’s Economic and Political Stability: Can China Build a Sustainable and Civilized Modern Economy?. 2. China at the Crossroads: Which Directions?. 3. China at the Crossroads: 'Use the Past to Serve the Present' (Gu Wei Jin Yong). Conclusion. Epilogue. Notes. Bibliography. Index.
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