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Book SynopsisThis book breaks new ground by providing a structured and cohesive set of contributions on the actions, developments, problems and theories of corporate social responsibility (CSR). With new case studies from the UN's Least Developed Countries (LDCs), contributors in this book investigate how firms in Eastern and Western countries are responding to and making use of evolving CSR guidelines.The book addresses the following questions: is CSR simply greenwashing or an authentic commitment to responsible corporate citizenship? Has globalization drawn CSR conduct in LDCs closer to that of industrialized countries? Stakeholder theory, actornetwork theory and a new orbital theory of accountability are applied to give coherence to the case studies. Other chapters address greenwashing in reports, the impact of CSR in socially stigmatized occupations, an analysis on what responsibility precisely entails in CSR, and the interface between law and CSR. The book also considers the impact oTrade Review'A real strength of the compilation is its substantial, although not exclusive, focus on CSR in Eastern and developing countries, areas much in need of rich investigation. To that end, Comparative CSR and Sustainability: New Accounting for Social Consequences offers new insights on where we stand and where we need to go.'Dennis M. Patten, Emeritus Distinguished Professor of Accounting, Illinois State UniversityTable of Contents1. Introduction: CSR at the peak of the globalisation movement Part 1: CSR: Extinction, disasters, and the new paradigm 2. The transition from biodiversity to extinction accounting in the Chinese context 3. Responsive approaches to community involvement in resettlement schemes to prevent conflict: A case study in the Chibuto district, Mozambique 4. Sustainability reporting during COVID-19: A study of the hospitality industry 5. The reciprocal nature of CSR: A case study of Macau 6. The impact of COVID-19 on social responsibility in stigmatized occupations Part 2: CSR challenges in developing and least developed countries 7. The role of NGOs in CSR: A comparison of NGOs’ practices of and influences on CSR in developing and developed countries 8. The process model of inclusive innovation from an MNE perspective: A case study of India 9. CSR by regulators: The case of sustainable villages for development (SV4D) in Mozambique 10. Using "actor-network theory and friends" to explore CSR reporting in the information and communication technology sector under the Belt and Road Initiative Part 3: CSR: Greenwashing and window-dressing 11. Corporate green initiatives as real circular economy or window-dressing? 12. Why are the Japanese companies publishing integrated reports? Perceiving through the lens of institutional theory 13. Conceptualizing CSR avoidance and engagement Part 4: CSR and new underlying assumptions 14. CSR and the Orbital Theory of Accountability 15. Companies’ responsibilities and political dissent: The new frontier of corporate social responsibility? 16. Do businesses have a responsibility or an obligation to society? Setting out the terms for business engagement 17. Managing stakeholder relationships within corporate social responsibility communication Part 5: Sustainability goals and ESG 18. The road towards an internationalized Sustainable Development Goals Disclosure (SDGD) practice in China 19. The general overview of Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) guidelines in Hong Kong: Past, present and future 20. Corporate social responsibility and countries’ reputation: A study from a global strategic management perspective 21. Concluding remarks: Comparative CSR and sustainability research – An axial analysis

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Book SynopsisThis book examines the ways in which Russia and Belarus use disinformation, weaponised historical narratives, and the politics of memory for domestic and foreign policy purposes, utilising these factors to justify aggressive foreign policy in defensive terms and, domestically, for legitimating local ruling elites, consolidating the states' propaganda machines, and mobilising both societies around national power centres. Besides analysing Russian and Belarusian disinformation, geopolitical narratives, and policies, the book also assesses the effectiveness of these measures and discusses how the West can counteract the geopolitical narratives disseminated by Russia and Belarus that attempt to undermine Western democracies and weaken the resilience of its societies.Trade ReviewThis book is topical, authoritative, insightful and comprehensive. It outlines the origins and mechanisms of Russia and Belarusian disinformation campaigns. It explains how they work — and how we can counter them. Anyone interested in the freedom and security of the free world should read it. Edward Lucas, fmr. senior editor, The Economist, author Deception and The New Cold WarThis timely book adds to our understanding of the growing threat of disinformation, especially from Russia and Belarus. Societies can only properly respond to information environment threats if there is a thorough knowledge of the myths and false narratives seeking to undermine our societies. The book’s insights make for compelling read for all countering disinformation practitioners from national administrations and international organisations to academia and the think tank community; forewarned is forearmed. Baiba Braže, NATO Assistant Secretary General for Public DiplomacyIn order to address disinformation, we need to understand it on a deeper level. This book gives us exactly that, and more, offering an insightful perspective of how disinformation and propaganda became the intricate tools to advance the agendas of both Russian and Belarusian regimes. A must-read for all willing to profoundly understand the threat of today. Martyna Bildziukiewicz, Head of East Stratcom Task Force, European External Action ServiceThe authors demonstrate with intellectual rigour that in the hands of authoritarian states such as Russia and Belarus, disinformation is more than a social evil; it is a tool of warfare seeking to undermine democratic institutions and polarise our societies into political disorder. The authors back up their analysis with extensive research, deep knowledge and the use of concrete examples that expose the techniques and strategies that Russia and Belarus are using today to weaken the West, and that other adversaries will undoubtedly seek to emulate tomorrow. This is why this book is so valuable and so timely. All those concerned with the health of democracy and the liberal society should put it at the top of their reading list - and then resolve to take action along the lines that this book usefully recommends.Jamie Shea, Professor of Strategy and Security, University of ExeterTable of ContentsIntroduction Agnieszka Legucka and Robert Kupiecki 1. Russia: Her Political and Historical Identities - Strategic Dilemmas Adam Daniel Rotfeld 2. Russian Disinformation: Old Tactics and New Narratives Agnieszka Legucka 3. "Western Betrayal": The Founding Myth of Russian Foreign Policy Robert Kupiecki 4. How to Weaponize Information: Russian Patterns Jakub Olchowski 5. Political Narratives as a Source of Lukashenka's Legitimacy Justyna Olędzka, Max Rust 6. The Role and Place of Belarus in Contemporary Russian Geopolitical Narratives Michał Słowikowski 7. The Myth of a Great Patriotic War and Russia’s Foreign Policy Maria Domańska 8. Russia’s Approach to International Law as a Foreign Policy Tool: the Case of the Annexation of Ukrainian Crimea Sławomir Dębski 9. The Strategic Culture of Russia: Why is the Dialogue so Challenging? Agata Włodkowska 10. When Europe is Sick, Russia is Not the Remedy: A French Attempt at a European Reset with Russia? Marek Menkiszak 11. Sanctions as a Form of Dialogue Ernest Wyciszkiewicz 12. Does the West Need a Coherent Response to Russian Disinformation? Tomasz Chłoń

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Book SynopsisThe new edition of this comprehensive survey of African history provides an accessible overview of the continent's narrative, focusing on the autonomy and achievements of the African people.The book brings readers closer to an authentic Africa by paying close attention to the lives of everyday people and highlighting insights and ideas that are often missed in typical survey texts. The fourth edition offers expanded coverage of smaller linguistic and ethnic groups in Africa in order to provide a more inclusive history, noting a few individual groups while also analyzing their contributions to the overall narrative and African culture. Liberia's hidden history is given greater attention in this updated volume, as well as the ethnic and religious tensions in Nigeria and Sudan. While the book emphasizes that African history is always being made, the fourth edition brings the record up to date and grapples with contemporary issues in culture and politics.The History of Trade Review"In this fourth edition of The History of Africa the historian and philosopher Molefi Kete Asante has extended the reach of his already best-selling and popular book. This edition is heavily illustrated with updated photographs, charts, and graphs as well as key narratives on themes and memes in politics, ecology, and demographics. The unique and well-researched areas of history involving the agency of the African people themselves are further highlighted with dramatic examples that bring to life the experiences of the ordinary people of Africa, and narrations of documents central to understanding the unfolding of African history. The History of Africa written by the most prolific African American scholar is already one of the most classic books ever written on African history. It is praised by scholars who have studied Africa for decades as well as those who are newcomers to the field. Asante’s history releases the history of Africa from the chains of observers who see Africa as object and his work thrusts the continent and its people into the forefront of Africa as actors, not as spectators to the visions of others. In this way Asante’s fourth edition of The History of Africa is a visionary work based solidly on the grounding that comes from the overwhelming nature of the evidence, resources, and experiences of African people. No other history of Africa is so conscious of the narrative of its people from human origin to the 21st century."Jabali Ade, Temple University, USA, editor of Afrocentricity in Afro-Futurism: Toward Afrocentric FuturismTable of ContentsIntroduction to the Fourth Edition, The History of Africa: The Quest for Eternal Harmony Part I: The Time of Awakening 1. Africa and the Origin of Humanity Part II: The Age of Literacy 2. Africa and the Beginning of Civilization 3. The Rise of Kemet/Egypt 4. The Elements of Early African Civilization 5. Governance and the Political Stability of Kemet Part III: The Moment of Realization 6. The Emergence of the Great River Kingdoms Part IV: The Age of Construction 7. The Spread of Classical Empires and Kingdoms 8. The Sudanic Empires: Historians and Their Narratives 9. Generators of Traditional and Contemporary Africa 10. Societies of Secrets and Institutions Part V: The Time of Chaos 11. Arab and European Missionaries, Merchants, and Mercenaries 12. Resisting European and Arab Slave Traders Part VI: The Age of Reconstruction 13. Africa Regains Consciousness in a Pan-African Explosion Part VII: The Time for Consolidation 14. Africa Consolidates Independence 15. Toward a United States of Africa Without Compromise: Creation of the African Union

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Book SynopsisReform, Notation and Ottoman Music in Early 19th Century Istanbul: EUTERPE presents the first complete set of transcription and edition of Euterpe (1830) from Byzantine neumatic notation into the modified staff notation used by classical Turkish music and is accompanied by a substantial examination of the related historical, theoretical and musical topics. Through a series of Ottoman/Turkish classical vocal music compositions that can be dated to the 18th and 19th centuries, Euterpe and related sources reinforce a much broader picture of musical practice and transmission in which we clearly see that the Greek and Turkish traditions are linked. Reform, Notation and Ottoman Music in Early 19th Century Istanbul is presented in two parts: historical discussion and musical analysis, and complete transcription and edition of Euterpe.This book will appeal to music scholars and university studentsTable of ContentsPart 1: Historical Discussion and Musical Analysis 1. Euterpe in an Ottoman context 2. Makam, Usul, Repertoire and Style in Euterpe Part 2: Transcription and Edition of Euterpe 1. Methodology 2. Edition

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Book SynopsisFrench and Soviet Musical Diplomacies in Post-War Austria, 1945-1955 investigates how promoting ''national'' music and musicians was used as an important asset by France and the USSR in post-Nazi Austria, covering music's role in international relations at various levels, within changing power frameworks. Bridging international relations, musical sociology, media studies, and Cold War history, four incisive chapters examine the crossroads of Soviet, French, and Austrian cultural politics and discourse-building, presented in two parts - institutions of musical diplomacy: Soviet and French cultural diplomats in comparison; sounds of music coming to Austria: Soviet and French musicians on tour. Using a communication- and media-oriented approach, this study casts new light, firstly, on the interpretative power of ''receiving'' publics and, secondly, on the role of cultural transmitters at different levels. This is a valuable study for those specialising in Russian andTable of ContentsIntroduction Section 1. Institutions of Musical Diplomacy. Soviet and French Cultural Diplomats in Comparison Chapter 1. Soviet Cultural Propaganda an Its Exponents in Moscow and Austria Chapter 2. French Diplomatie Culturelle Across Austria: Paris-Vienna-Innsbruck and Beyond Section Two: Sounds of Music Coming to Austria: Soviet and French Musicians On Tour Chapter 3. The Russians Are Coming! Between Tchaikovsky and Stalin Chapter 4. The Gallic Muse Coming to Austria Conclusion: A Zero-Sum Game, a Language of Universal Harmony, or a Multi-Polar Relation?

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Book SynopsisAn emerging interest in a British East and Southeast Asian identity after decades of political and social exclusion has coincided with periods of economic and political challenges in the UK. In Migration and Identity in British East and Southeast Asian Cinema, Leung Wing-Fai argues that this explosive context has created rich and diverse forms of storytelling and an accented cinematic language. By offering close readings of key contemporary films and positioning them in a wider slate of releases by British East and Southeast Asian filmmakers alongside Anglophone film histories in the Global North, this book sheds light on a developing field and engenders new ways of understanding British cinema and society. The author explores changing representational politics in contemporary cinema and argues for the cinematic visibility of a hitherto silenced community. Drawing on theoretical frames from sociological, film and cultural studies to critically engage with the textualTrade Review‘Engaged scholarship at its best – at once three deeply sensitive and extensive explorations of British East and Southeast Asian films and a powerful intervention that inscribes British ESEA culture as a structure of feeling to push back against the racist violence that followed the Covid-19 pandemic.’ Professor Chris Berry, King’s College London ‘Through an insightful analysis of three films –She, a Chinese; The Receptionist and Lilting– Leung Wing-Fai makes an important case for British East and Southeast Asian cinema as a significant emerging film and cultural movement. She deftly demonstrates how through an accented cinema that makes visible a range of migratory perspectives from China, Taiwan, Malaysia and Cambodia, filmmakers are powerfully carving out an alternative and contrapuntal creative space.’Dr Diana Yeh, City, University of London Table of ContentsList of FiguresAcknowledgementsIntroduction: British East and Southeast Asian Cinema as a Cultural MovementChapter 1: Time, Space and the Chinese Migrant in Guo Xiaolu's WorksChapter 2: Representations of Gendered Labour, Sex Work and Affect Chapter 3: Lilting: On the Accented Politics of a Queer NarrativeConclusionIndex

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Book SynopsisThis 2007 book contains essays on five big challenges to the ongoing development of the European Union, namely the new European Constitution, European finances and the euro, the need to boost economic growth, and competition in both new member states and countries further to the East.Trade Review“A pantheon of economic thinkers grapples with the problems facing Europe. No longer about East vs. West or even rich vs. aspiring, the issue now is whether all of Europe can stay (relatively) rich while it ages. As the authors make clear, for really dealing with this complex problem and all its facets, it's much later than you think.” -- Simon Johnson, Sloan School of Management, MIT“Enlargement has irreversibly transformed the European Union and this must lead to a rethinking of its principles and policies. Åslund and Dąbrowski offer analyses, ideas and proposals that cover a wide range of issues. This is a most welcome contribution to the debate on the course the new Europe should take in the years to come” -- Jean Pisani-Ferry, Director of Bruegel, Brussels“This book discusses - in a profound and transparent way - many important topics, e.g. EU constitution, aging, fiscal rules, economic growth in the European countries. It usefully covers EU-IS, New Members as well as Eurasia.” -- Leszek Balcerowicz, President, National Bank of PolandTable of ContentsList of charts, tables, and boxes; Contributors; Acknowledgments; Introduction Anders Åslund and Marek Dabrowski; 1. Has Europe lost its heart? Charles Wyplosz; 2. Economic implications of the social provisions of the stalled EU constitution Georges de Menil; 3. Fiscal policy and fiscal rules in the European Union Vito Tanzi; 4. Design and implementation of the stability and growth pact: the perspective of new Member States Fabrizio Coricelli; 5. Perspective on the Lisbon strategy: how to increase European competitiveness Daniel Gros; 6. Is Europe reforming? Evidence from cross-country structural indicators Patrick Lenain; 7. Recovery growth as a stage of post-socialist transition Yegor T. Gaidar; 8. Comparative oligarchy: Russia, Ukraine and the United States Anders Åslund; 9. The economic rationale of the 'European neighborhood policy' Susanne Milcher, Ben Slay and Mark Collins; 10. Economic integration of Eurasia: opportunities and challenges of global significance Johannes F. Linn and David Tiomkin.

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Book SynopsisThis volume is the result of the 2012 International Economic Association's series of roundtables on the theme of Industrial Policy. The first, 'New Thinking on Industrial Policy,' was hosted by the World Bank in Washington, D.C, and the second, 'New Thinking on Industrial Policy: Implications for Africa,' was held in Pretoria, South Africa.Table of ContentsIndustrial Policy in the African Context: Introduction; Justin Yifu Lin et al 1. New Thinking on Industrial Policy 1.1. The Learning Economy: Spillovers and Learning Processes; Bruce Greenwald and Joseph Stiglitz 1.2. From Flying Geese to Leading Dragons: New Opportunities and Strategies for Structural Transformation in Developing Countries; Justin Yifu Lin 2. Structural Transformation: Lessons from History 2.1. Accumulation of Capabilities, Structural Change and Macro Prices: an Evolutionary and Structuralist Roadmap; Mario Cimoli and Gabriel Porcile 2.2. Industrial Policy: Can Africa Do It?; Ha Joon Chang 3. New Global Order and African Reindustrialization 3.1. Winning the Jackpot: Jobs Dividends in a Multi-polar World; Célestin Monga 3.2. Walking (stumbling?) on Two Legs: Meeting SSA's Industrialization Challenge; Raphael Kaplinsky 4. Macroeconomics and Governance: Creating an Enabling Environment 4.1. How Macroeconomic Policy Can Support Economic Development in Sub-Saharan African Countries; James Heintz 4.2. Competition Policy, Industrial Policy and Corporate onduct; Simon Roberts 4.3. Political Settlements and the Design of Technology Policy; Mushtaq Khan 4.4. Infant Capitalists, Infant Industries and Infant Economies Trade and Industrial Policies for Early Stages of Development in Africa and Elsewhere; Akbar Noman 4.5. Industrial Policies and Contemporary Africa: Frontiers of Political Economy and Social Science; Richard Joseph 5. Trade, Finance and Sectoral Policies 5.1. Does Financial Market Liberalization Promote Financial Development?; Hamid Rashid 5.2. Financialization as an Obstacle to Industrialization; C.P. Chandrasekhar 5.3. Towards a Resource-based African Industrialisation Policy; Paul Jourdan 5.4. The Global 'Rush' for Land: Does it Provide Opportunities for African Countries?; Klaus Deininger 5.5. Trade Facilitation and African Industrialization: An Agenda for the Textile and Apparel Industry; Dominique Njinkeu, Julie Lohi and Calvin Z. Djiofack 6. Country Experiences and Perspectives 6.1. Industrial Structural Change, Growth Patterns and Industrial Policy; Ludovico Alcorta, Nobuya Haraguchi, and Gorazd Rezonja 6.2. Industrial Policy and Economic Transformation in Africa: Strategies for Development and a Research Agenda; Yaw Ansu 6.3. The Premature De-Industrialization of South Africa; Jean Imbs 6.4. How Ethiopia Can Foster a Light Manufacturing Sector; Vandana Chandra 6.5. Industrialization: The Mauritian Model; Streevarsen Pillay Narrainen 6.6. Sharing of Singapore's Industrial Policy Insights; Jang Ping Thia

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Book SynopsisDedicated to the late Gerard BÃhague (1937-2005), whose pioneering work in Latin American music, popular culture, and performance studies contributed extensively to ethnomusicological discourse in the 1970s-1990s, this anthology offers comparative perspectives on the evolving legacy of performance ethnography in socio-musical analysis. President of the Society for Ethnomusicology from 1979-81, editor of its journal, Ethnomusicology, from 1974-78, and founder and editor of the trilingual Latin American Music Review from 1980 until his death, BÃhague also established the ethnomusicology graduate program at the University of Texas at Austin in 1974, thereby influencing the training and thinking of dozens of the fieldâs practitioners. Among these are the volumeâs eight authors, whose contributions reflect the heritage but also contemporary trajectories of BÃhagueâs scholarly concerns. Prefaced by an essay outlining key developments in the ethnography of performance paradigm, the volumeâs seven case studies portray snapshots of musical life in representative communities of the Americas, including the southwestern and Pacific United States, Puerto Rico, Bolivia, Chile, Cuba, and Ecuador. Situated in milieus ranging from the indigenous festivals of the Andean highlands, to the competitive public gatherings of poet-singers in post-Pinochet Chile, to the Puerto Rican dance halls of the Hawaiian islands, these studies pose anthropological inquiries into the ontology of performance practice, the social power of poetic performativity, and the experience and embodiment of sound in place.Trade Review’The ethnography of musical performance is so fundamental to contemporary ethnomusicology that it is like the air we breathe. Buchanan’s introduction offers a new window to the genesis of this approach and its broad reach, and then points us to the next steps forward. The articles that follow explore the politics of performance and the power of performativity in relation to history, subjectivity, and specific events through a series of vibrant case studies from across the Americas. Of special interest to Latin Americanists, Americanists, and ethnomusicologists in general, this book both explains and exemplifies why the ethnography of performance has become foundational to the ethnomusicological project.’ Thomas Turino, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USATable of ContentsIntroduction, Donna A. Buchanan; Part I Genres, Histories, and Discourses of Power Performed; Chapter 1 The Teatro Bufo: Cuban Blackface Theater of the Nineteenth Century, Robin Moore; Chapter 2 La Música Nacional: A Metaphor for Contrasting Views of Ecuadorian National Identity, Ketty Wong; Chapter 3 Conserve, Adapt, and Reconverge: Rationalizing a Template in Hawai’i Puerto Rican Musical Performance, Ted Solís; Part II Performing Practice: Style and the Politics of Subjectivity; Chapter 4 Transformation in Communion: Toward an Aesthetic of Improvisation, Tim Brace; Chapter 5 Feminine Flowers among the Thistles: Gendered Boundaries of Performance in Chilean Canto a lo poeta, Emily Pinkerton; Part III Situated Events and Performance Politics: Fiesta, Festival, Stage, and Street; Chapter 6, Michelle Wibbelsman; Chapter 7 Performing Indigeneity: Poetics and Politics of Music Festivals in Highland Bolivia, Thomas Solomon;

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Book SynopsisReleased in 1952, the Anthology of American Folk Music was the singular vision of the enigmatic artist, musicologist, and collector Harry Smith (19231991). A collection of eighty-four commercial recordings of American vernacular and folk music originally issued between 1927 and 1932, the Anthology featured an eclectic and idiosyncratic mixture of blues and hillbilly songs, ballads old and new, dance music, gospel, and numerous other performances less easy to classify.Where previous collections of folk music, both printed and recorded, had privileged field recordings and oral transmission, Smith purposefully shaped his collection from previously released commercial records, pointedly blurring established racial boundaries in his selection and organisation of performances. Indeed, more than just a ground-breaking collection of old recordings, the Anthology was itself a kind of performance on theTrade Review‘The Anthology of American Folk Music is an extraordinary cultural entity, one that has assumed mythical status. And Ross Hair and Thomas Ruys Smith’s fascinating collection manages to preserve our wonder at the music and at the eccentricity of its curator, while bringing new insights and fresh arguments to its history. Just as the Anthology is full of strange delights, so too is this book.'John Street, University of East Anglia'The Anthology of American Folk Music is a talismanic casket of musical treasures, containing the key to decoding the tangled patterns of Harry Smith’s interests in multiple art forms. This valuable essay collection offers invigorating and learned perspectives on the Anthology and its connections with folklore, magic, and hidden histories of America. It’s a celebration of Smith’s maverick verve and shamanic energy, reinstating him as a wonder-working polymath whose occult activities rippled out widely into 20th century culture.'Rob Young, The WireTable of ContentsPart I Introductions 1 Introduction: America changed through music Ross Hair and Thomas Ruys Smith2 "Spun in a wheel of vertigo": Harry Smith and the magic of history Geoff Ward3 Harry Smith’s Anthology of American Folk Music: the critical heritage Rory CrutchfieldInterlude 1. "This unknown body of Americana": Alan Lomax’s List of American Folk Songs on Commercial Records and the Anthology of American Folk Music Nathan SalsburgPart II "The whole bizarre package" 4 Harry Smith, the Anthology, and the artist as collector Justin Parks5 Collage, politics, and narrative approaches to Harry Smith’s Anthology of American Folk Music Dan Blim6 Harry Smith: collecting thought-forms and programming the aerial computer R. Bruce ElderPart III Deep cuts 7 "Fatal Flower Garden": the execution of a Child ballad Robin Purves8 Smith’s Amnesia Theater: "Moonshiner’s Dance" in Minnesota Kurt Gegenhuber9 Dead Presidents: "Charles Guiteau," "White House Blues," and the histories of Smithville Thomas Ruys SmithInterlude 2. How weird is folk? Sharron KrausPart IV "Other lives" 10 "Volk Roots and Hiart Leaves": John Fahey and the Anthology of American Folk Music Ross Hair11 Recycling the South: contemporary literature and the Anthology of American Folk Music Phil Langran12 The "other lives" of Harry Smith’s Anthology of American Folk Music Paola FerreroAfterword Rani Singh

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Book SynopsisIn this newly revised and updated seventh edition of Taiwan: Nation-State or Province? Copper examines Taiwan''s geography and history, society and culture, economy, political system and foreign and security politics in the context of Taiwan''s uncertain status, as either a sovereign nation or a province of the People''s Republic of China. Analyzing possible future scenarios and trends that could affect Taiwan's status, the author argues that Taiwan''s very rapid and successful democratization suggests Taiwan should be independent and separate from China, while economic links between Taiwan and China indicate the opposite. New features to this brand-new edition include: The triumph of the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) in the 2016 elections. The impact of the Trump administration on USTaiwan relations. The rise of popularism. The shift in cross-Strait relations with China given their increased poweTrade Review"John F. Copper provides a comprehensive, yet succinct, analysis of Taiwan’s history, politics, economics, society, and international position that is informative, interesting and highly readable. A major contribution of the text is the way he discusses what each facet of Taiwan’s experience implies for the central question of whether it is an independent nation-state or a province of China." Cal M. Clark, Professor Emeritus, Department of Political Science, Auburn University "Copper, a world renowned expert on Taiwan having written a multitude of books on the subject, in Taiwan: Nation-State or Province? he looks at a host of factors to answer the question whether Taiwan is or should be a nation or a province of China. This is a critical issue not only for Taiwan and China but also the United States and the world. The dispute threatens to be the trigger for a war between the U.S. and China that will have global impact. That is why a better understanding of this issue is essential." Thomas J. Bellows, Professor, Department of Political Science and Geography, University of Texas at San Antonio "John Copper provides readers with the field’s best-written and best-organized study of Taiwan." Dennis V. Hickey, Distinguished Professor and The James Morris Endowed Professor of Political Science, Missouri State University "As before, Copper provides a comprehensive, in-depth examination of Taiwan’s developments with fresh insights and new perspectives. A must-have for readers who are interested in Taiwan’s recent political change." Wei-chin Lee, Professor of Politics and International Affairs, Wake Forest University Table of Contents1. The Land and the People 2. History 3. Society 4. Political System 5. The Economy 6. Foreign and Military Policies 7.Summary, Conclusions, the Future

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Book SynopsisAnalysing the psychology of fourteen modern leaders from eight countries and three non-state organisations, Özgür Özdamar and Sercan Canbolat reconsider politics and power in the MENA region. Observing commonalities and differences between these leaders, the authors offer novel insights into their foreign policy and how best to negotiate with them.Trade Review'This book bears all the hallmarks of an instant classic. To what extent are the foreign policies of MENA nations influenced by the personalities and personal beliefs of their leaders? The authors answer that question with a wide-ranging operational code analysis of historical and contemporary MENA leaders. This volume will be of immense interest to scholars and foreign policymakers alike.' Valerie Hudson, Texas A&M University'This is a breakthrough in the study of leadership in the Middle East and North Africa. Operational code analysis is applied to gain insights into how political Islam and other factors shape foreign policy. The book is essential reading for scholars of MENA and international relations in general.' Patrick James, University of Southern California'This book is an excellent example of how combining foreign policy analysis with regional expertise sharpens the analysis of international relations. Özdamar and Canbolat put leaders front and centre to make significant contributions to our understanding of the dynamics in the region and to multiple areas of scholarship.' Julie Kaarbo, University of Edinburgh'The authors of this pathbreaking volume show how key operational code beliefs regarding the exercise of power vary across MENA leaders with the same ideology and between groups with different ideologies to account for their distinct foreign policy decisions and approaches to important regional and global issues in world politics.' Stephen G. Walker, Arizona State UniversityTable of Contents1. Political ideology and foreign policy decision-making in the Middle East and North Africa: an operational code approach; 2. Political Islam and Sunni ideology: Muslim Brotherhood leadership; 3. Political Islam and Shia ideology: Iranian and Iraqi leadership; 4. Secularist leaders in the Levant: Syrian, Israeli and Lebanese leadership; 5. Armed non-state actors' foreign policy: PKK, PYD, Hezbollah, and ISIS leaders in the Middle East and North Africa; 6. Leaders, foreign policy decision-making, and international relations; 7. Policy implications and future research; References; Index.

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Book SynopsisThe book covers the legal, economic, socio-political and international aspects of economic integration and the contending forces of national identity and economic interests after the economies between Taiwan and China are integrated and the trading bloc is emerging across the Taiwan Strait.Trade Review'This collection covers some of the most recent economic and political thinking and analyzes of Taiwan's current and future position in Asia. The focus is on the growing Taiwan-China economic relationship. These heuristic chapters are written by specialists from Taiwan, the United States, Canada, and Europe. Taiwan's situation is pivotal to a peaceful and prospering Asia. This is an important book for anyone interested in Taiwan and the evolution of a tranquil Pacific basin.' Thomas J. Bellows, professor of Political Science, The University of Texas at San Antonio 'This comprehensive, multidisciplinary, historically grounded, and very timely volume uses the Economic Cooperation Framework Agreement between China and Taiwan to explore a range of issues affecting the signatories as well as the region as a whole. The dozen chapters by an international lineup of experts compel readers to rethink our understanding of topics such as sovereignty, identity, and security.' Thomas B. Gold, University of California, BerkeleyTable of ContentsPART I: ECONOMIC INTEGRATION WITH A POLITICAL RIVAL REGIME Introduction From Economic Interactions to Economic Integration Legal Issues Concerning the Signing of ECFA: Implications on Taiwan's Legal Status" IS ECFA: A Mixture of the WTO Principles with "Cross-Strait Characteristics Political Economy of Integration between Two Rival Regimes: ECFA, Its Impacts on Cross Strait Relations and Implications for the U.S. PART II: APPREHENSION OF RAPPROCHEMENT: AN INCREASING DIVIDEDNESS IN TAIWAN AFTER REDUCING THE TENSIONS ACROSS THE TAIWAN STRAIT Taiwan, District of China On the Road to a Common Taiwan Identity Understanding Taiwanese Nationalism PART III: INTERNATIONAL DIMENSIONS OF THE ECFA: GEO-POLITICS OF ECONOMIC INTEGRATION ACROSS THE TAIWAN STRAIT ECFA and Beyond: The Paradigm Shift of Taiwan's Security Policy toward China The Shifting Paradigm of the Triangular Relations in the aftermath of the ECFA Removing Taiwan's Pieces: Asia's 'Great Game' without a "Republic of China" Japan's view on Cross Strait Developments* Chapter 13 Concluding Chapter

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Book SynopsisThis book analyses the development path of transition economies in European Countries and former Soviet Republics that have experienced the transformation from planned economies to market economies since the fall of the Berlin wall in 1989. It examines economic growth, institutional change and human development performance.Table of ContentsPART I: TRANSFORMATION, DECLINE AND UNSTABLE GROWTH Transition to Market: a Long and Undefined Journey The Great Transformation: Recession, Recovery and EU Conditionality PART II: INSTITUTIONAL CHANGE AND VARIETY OF CAPITALISM IN TRANSITION ECONOMIES Institutional Change: Old and New Institutionalism A Model of Institutional Change in Transition Economies Variety of Capitalism and Socio-Economic Models in Transition Economies PART III: CAPABILITY APPROACH, SOCIAL CAPITAL AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT IN TRANSITION ECONOMIES Explaining Economic Development: Old and New Theories Institutions, Human Development, Economic Growth Origins of Development: Social Capital, Middle Class and Democracy Conclusion

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Book SynopsisQuality researchuniquely enhanced by the author’s personal experience! In one of the first books to examine machismo from the perspective of Latin American and Latino men, Chris Girman relies on a compelling combination of ethnographic research and personal experience to explain how macho menmen like the author himselfregulate and sustain same-sex erotic encounters. Girman incorporates his own sexual experiences with a variety of Latin men into the book, infusing his writing with the unique perspective and vivid description that can only be related by someone who has lived the research he writes about. While most of the literature on Latin American male same-sex desire ignores the significance of the male body in its investigation, this book shows why it is essential to focus on the macho male body and re-evaluates so-called machismo to forge a more nuanced description of Latin American masculinity. Girman incorporates his own sexual experiences with a variety of Latin American men into the book, infusing his writing with the unique perspective and vivid descriptions that can only be related by someone who has lived the research he writes about. With this book, you’ll become familiar with various kinds of Latin-American homosexual behavior. Here’s a glimpse at what you’ll find inside: Machismo, Practice Theorists, and Macho Performance summarizes previous research on Latin American male [homo]sexuality and defines the author’s concept of machismo and Latin American masculinity. Head, Hands, Balls, and Ass shows why focusing on the body as living matter, rather than metaphor (as is done in so many other books on sexuality), is the ideal point of entry into the study of Latin American male [homo]sexuality and masculinity. This chapter focuses on specific regions of the macho bodyhead, hands, balls, and assto explain how machismo actually promotes, rather than denies, sexual encounters between men. It also shows the importance of the Latin American family as a variable that structures the manner and frequency in which [homo]sexual encounters occur. The Dominican Tíguere and Hegemonic Masculinities takes a specific look at a very peculiar form of hegemonic masculinityrelying on cunning more than strength to come out on topthat is indigenous to the Dominican Republic. This chapter also tells the stories of five of the author’s sexual encounters in that nation and discusses the tiguere style of masculine performance. Desire in a Costa Rican Prison analyzes the ways in which desire, power, and pleasure are constituted in the Latin American prison environment. Historical Representations of Same-Sex Desire examines two short storiesEl Matadero (Esteban Echeverria) and Comienza el Desfile (Reinaldo Arenas), which highlight male eroticism as important concepts within discourses on national identity. Both stories conceptualize same-sex desire within specific historical moments and demonstrate how male [homo]sexuality emerges and represents itself not in contrast to the dominant discourse, but within that discourse itself. Familiar, Familial Voices: Latino Men Speak Out documents the voices of gay-identified Latino men living in Central Texasmen who have come to love other Latin, Black, and Anglo men in the context of very full lives. These men reveal their conceptions of identity, race, performance, resistance, family, pleasure, desire, masculinity, silence, and place. Performing Matter[s]-Masculinity, the Male Body, and the Evocation of the [non]real defies the notion that written representations can capture the lived realities of Table of Contents Foreword (Robert A. Fernea) Acknowledgments Introduction Is Latin America a Coherent Entity? Marking My Position Orientation Some Caveats Chapter 1. Machismo and Macho Performance Male [Homo]Sexual Encounters in Latin America Deconstructing Machismo Uniting System and Self: From Habitus to Performance Queer Performativity Conclusion Chapter 2. Head, Hands, Balls, and Ass From a Theory of the Body to the Body As Theory The Macho Body Structural and Psychological Variables Conclusion Chapter 3. The Dominican Tíguere and Hegemonic Masculinities Introduction El Tíguere Tígueres, Conejos, y Patos [Tigers, Rabbits, and Ducks]: Dominican Tíguere Sexuality The Kid, the Cop, the Thief, and My Lover: Five Stories Conclusion Chapter 4. Desire in a Costa Rican Prison Introduction Junior Hegemonic Masculinity in San Sabastián Phallocentrism and Desire Pleasure Desire As Identification Cacherismo and Resistance/Alternative Discourses Conclusion Chapter 5. Historical Representations of Same-Sex Desire in Esteban Echeverría’s El Matadero and Reinaldo Arenas’s Comienza el Desfile Introduction Los Hermanos Sodomitas: Masculinity and [Homo]eroticism in Echeverría’s El Matadero La Busqueda del Huerfano: Disenchantment and [Homo]eroticism in Arenas’s Comienza el Desfile A Carnivalesque Critique Chapter 6. Familiar, Familial Voices: Latino Men Speak Out Introduction Forming the Chicano Other Speaking of Family Masculine Assumption[s] Conclusion Chapter 7. Performing Matter[s]: Masculinities, the Male Body, and the Evocation of the [Not] Real Introduction Performative Writing The Male Body Emergent Ethnography and the Emergence of the Body Toward a Performative Ethnography Desde Santo Domingo hasta San Antonio: Putting My Own Body on the Line Conclusion The Final Act: Why It All Matters Notes Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisWhat constitutes lesbian identity?The term homonormativity describes current prevailing idealized assumptions about lesbian identity. This concept, however, marginalizes subgroups within the greater lesbian population. Challenging Lesbian Norms: Intersex, Transgender, Intersectional, and Queer Perspectives dynamically confronts homonormativity in lesbian communities by presenting expert multidisciplinary discussion about what is a definable lesbian identity. This text sensitively explores difficult issues about gender policing and the viewpoints in lesbian communities that hold that transgender, intersectional, and queer individuals are considered to have 'false consciousness.' Consequences of lesbian normativity, both for lesbian communities and for marginalized groups are examined through literary criticism, lesbian, feminist, and queer theories, corporeal philosophy, film, television, cultural criticism, personal narratives, public health, and field research.The issue of the authenticity of lesbian identity causes rifts between some lesbian communities and the groups that strive to be included, yet are still marginalized. Challenging Lesbian Norms directly exposes practices and beliefs within lesbian communities that lead to the assumption of the prototypical lesbian. The book courageously reveals the similarities of lesbian normative stances with other views such as Christian conservative rhetoric, and reviews the health consequences of being marginalized within the lesbian communities. This text actively challenges the foundational notion within lesbian communities that a stable, immutable lesbian sex exists.Topics in Challenging Lesbian Norms include: human physiology, the flexibility of sexuality, and biologic determinism marginalization within lesbian communities transexualism and Lesbian Theory gender and sexual identity construction, partnering practices, and issues involving queer-identified youth demystification of the gay vibe from a femme queer woman’s perspective lesbian feminism, gender policing, and casting butch, FTM, and transgendered subjectivities as false conciousness representations of lesbians in television movies Native-American two-spirit women teaching transgender, and its transformative effect identity modeling inclusion of transgender and intersex individuals within the lesbian communities transgender characters in film Latina lesbians and mental health Challenging Lesbian Norms is stimulating, eye-opening reading that is perfect for activists, educators and students in LGBT and women’s studies, and public health professionals.Table of Contents Introduction: Challenging Lesbian Normativity (Angela Pattatucci-Aragón) Fleshy Specificity: (Re)considering Transsexual Subjects in Lesbian Communities (Kelly Coogan) The Invisible Body of Queer Youth: Identity and Health in the Margins of Lesbian and Trans Communities (Dorinda L. Welle, Sebastian S. Fuller, Daniel Mauk, and Michael C. Clatts) Gee, I Didn’t Get That Vibe from You Articulating My Own Version of a Femme Lesbian Existence (Robbin VanNewkirk) Gender Please, Without the Gender Police: Rethinking Pain in Archetypical Narratives of Butch, Transgender, and FTM Masculinity (Madelyn Detloff) Household Remedies: New Narratives of Queer Containment in the Television Movie (Cait Keegan) My Spirit in My Heart: Identity Experiences and Challenges Among American Indian Two-Spirit Women (Karina L. Walters, Teresa Evans-Campbell, Jane M. Simoni, Theresa Ronquillo, and Rupaleem Bhuyan) Teaching Transgender in Women’s Studies: Snarls and Strategies (Sara E. Cooper and Connor James Treba) Developing an Identity Model for Transgender and Intersex Inclusion in Lesbian Communities (Christopher Robinson) An Other Space: Between and Beyond Lesbian-Normativity and Trans-Normativity (Myfanwy McDonald) In Another Bracket: Trans Acceptance in Lesbian Utopia (Jamie Stuart) Debating Trans Inclusion in the Feminist Movement: A Trans-Positive Analysis (Eli R. Green) I Don’t Know Who I Am: Severely Mentally Ill Latina WSW Navigating Differentness (Sana Loue and Nancy Méndez) Index Reference Notes Included

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Book SynopsisA critical analysis of African-American novelist and anthropologist Zora Neale Hurston' 1934 essay Characteristics of Negro Expression: A crushing evaluation of the many racial prejudices of 1930s America, including a common presumption that African American art was unoriginal – merely poorly copying white culture. Hurston’s approach and premises may seem in many ways dated to modern readers, but the essay still shows an incisive mind carefully evaluating arguments and cutting them down to size. African-American art of the time did not – Hurston influentially argued – play by the same rules as white art, so it could not meaningfully be discussed by ‘white’ notions of aesthetic value. Where white European tradition views art as something fixed, Hurston saw African-American art works as a distinctive form of mimicry, reshaping and altering the original object until it became something new and novel. In this way, she contended, African-American creative expression is a process that generates its own form of originality – turning borrowed material into something original and unique. By carefully evaluating the relevance of previous arguments, Hurston showed African American artistic expression in an entirely new light.Table of ContentsWays In to the Text Who was Zora Heale Hurston? What does Characteristics of Negro Expression Say? Why does Characteristics of Negro Expression Matter? Section 1: Influences Module 1: The Author and the Historical Context Module 2: Academic Context Module 3: The Problem Module 4: The Author's Contribution Section 2: Ideas Module 5: Main Ideas Module 6: Secondary Ideas Module 7: Achievement Module 8: Place in the Author's Work Section 3: Impact Module 9: The First Responses Module 10: The Evolving Debate Module 11: Impact and Influence Today Module 12: Where Next? Glossary of Terms People Mentioned in the Text Works Cited

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Book SynopsisThe Handbook is written for academics, researchers, practitioners and advanced graduate students. It has been designed to be read by those new or starting out in the field of spatial analysis as well as by those who are already familiar with the field. The chapters have been written in such a way that readers who are new to the field will gain important overview and insight. At the same time, those readers who are already practitioners in the field will gain through the advanced and/or updated tools and new materials and state-of-the-art developments included. This volume provides an accounting of the diversity of current and emergent approaches, not available elsewhere despite the many excellent journals and te- books that exist. Most of the chapters are original, some few are reprints from the Journal of Geographical Systems, Geographical Analysis, The Review of Regional Studies and Letters of Spatial and Resource Sciences. We let our contributors - velop, from their particular perspective and insights, their own strategies for m- ping the part of terrain for which they were responsible. As the chapters were submitted, we became the first consumers of the project we had initiated. We gained from depth, breadth and distinctiveness of our contributors’ insights and, in particular, the presence of links between them.Trade ReviewFrom the reviews:“The Handbook of Applied Spatial Analysis provides an important summary of, and gateway into, the rapidly developing field of spatial analysis. It aims to provide both a useful guide for researchers at all levels in spatial analytic fields and a basis for more in-depth research. … certainly fulfils the expectations set out in its blurb. It provides a thorough … insight into contemporary spatial analysis that many with an interest in this field will find useful.” (James Cheshire, Environment and Planning B: Planning and Design, Vol. 37, 2010)“It provides a comprehensive introduction to a variety of problems and methods that may be beneficial to students and researchers who intend to learn and apply spatial analysis techniques in their studies and/or research. More importantly, the book provides valuable breadth and depth in its treatment of many topics. … suitable for readers without substantial prior knowledge of spatial analysis. A book with such a combination of topics and qualities is a pleasant and valuable addition to the rich literature in this area.” (Changshan Wu, Journal of Regional Science, Vol. 52 (2), 2012)“The editors have done an excellent job to bring together conceptual knowledge and application pursuits while empowering readers with the information they need to find these resources and try some of the included techniques using the examples to guide them. The book will be attractive to higher level students and professionals … . There are not many books as up-to-date with such a wide coverage of spatial analysis tools and techniques along with supporting resource information.” (Jeff Thurston, Sensors & Systems, July, 2010)Table of ContentsGI Software Tools.- Spatial Statistics in ArcGIS.- Spatial Statistics in SAS.- Spatial Econometric Functions in R.- GeoDa: An Introduction to Spatial Data Analysis.- STARS: Space-Time Analysis of Regional Systems.- Space-Time Intelligence System Software for the Analysis of Complex Systems.- Geostatistical Software.- GeoSurveillance: GIS-based Exploratory Spatial Analysis Tools for Monitoring Spatial Patterns and Clusters.- Web-based Analytical Tools for the Exploration of Spatial Data.- PySAL: A Python Library of Spatial Analytical Methods.- Spatial Statistics and Geostatistics.- The Nature of Georeferenced Data.- Exploratory Spatial Data Analysis.- Spatial Autocorrelation.- Spatial Clustering.- Spatial Filtering.- The Variogram and Kriging.- Spatial Econometrics.- Spatial Econometric Models.- Spatial Panel Data Models.- Spatial Econometric Methods for Modeling Origin-Destination Flows.- Spatial Econometric Model Averaging.- Geographically Weighted Regression.- Expansion Method, Dependency, and Multimodeling.- Multilevel Modeling.- The Analysis of Remotely Sensed Data.- ARTMAP Neural Network Multisensor Fusion Model for Multiscale Land Cover Characterization.- Model Selection in Markov Random Fields for High Spatial Resolution Hyperspectral Data.- Geographic Object-based Image Change Analysis.- Applications in Economic Sciences.- The Impact of Human Capital on Regional Labor Productivity in Europe.- Income Distribution Dynamics and Cross-Region Convergence in Europe.- A Multi-Equation Spatial Econometric Model, with Application to EU Manufacturing Productivity Growth.- Applications in Environmental Sciences.- A Fuzzy -Means Classification and a Bayesian Approach for Spatial Prediction of Landslide Hazard.- Incorporating Spatial Autocorrelation in Species Distribution Models.- A Web-based Environmental Decision Support System for Environmental Planning and Watershed Management.- Applications in Health Sciences.- Spatio-Temporal Patterns of Viral Meningitis in Michigan, 1993 - 2001.- Space-Time Visualization and Analysis in the Cancer Atlas Viewer.- Exposure Assessment in Environmental Epidemiology.

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Book SynopsisHe reveals how south India deals with a particularly tough set of issues â its triumphs in areas of health, education and economic growth are met with a policy regime that penalizes it; its success in population control will be met with a possible loss of political representation. How will the region manage such an assault?

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Book SynopsisThe volume examines the critical interfaces between the personal and political that frame the utopian visions of Bai Ren's fictional autobiography about the education of Filipino-Chinese sojourners; Robert Francis Garcia's firsthand account of the communist purges; Cesar Lacara's memoirs of a veteran revolutionary; Zelda Soriano's feminist narratives; Peter Bacho's novelistic dissection of Filipino-American identity crisis; and Rey Ventura's ethnography of illegal migrant workers in Japan. They illuminate the ongoing transformation and redefinition of the Philippine nation-state while highlighting the ways in which the individual and collective experiences, struggles, dreams, and aspirations of Filipinos serve to rethink and reinvent notions of belonging, sacrifice, learning, labor, and love that underpin the theory and practice of nation-making.

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Book SynopsisChristoph Baumer is a leading explorer and historian of Central Asia, Tibet and the Caucasus has written many well-received books in the fields of history, religion, archaeology and travel. These include The Church of the East: An Illustrated History of Assyrian Christianity (2006), Traces in the Desert: Journeys of Discovery across Central Asia (2008), China's Holy Mountain: An Illustrated Journey into the Heart of Buddhism (2011) and the seminal History of Central Asia in four volumes (20122018), all published by I.B.Tauris.Dr Baumer is President of the Society for the Exploration of EurAsia, Senior Research Fellow at the Kazakhstan Academy of Sciences, and a member of the Explorers' Club, New York, the Royal Asiatic Society, the Royal Geographical Society and the Royal Society for Asian Affairs, London. He is a recipient of the prestigious Sir Percy Sykes Memorial Medal, awarded to him by the Royal Society for Asian Affairs in 2015.Trade ReviewIt’s a splendid achievement – informed, considered and clear … There’s certainly no shortage of fascinating material … Baumer enthrals us … Once in a while there comes along a book by a fellow explorer that you wish to heaven you’d had the wherewithal and body of knowledge to write yourself. This is such a book. -- Benedict Allen * The Spectator *Covering the last millennium of the region’s history, this scholarly yet atlas-sized, sumptuously illustrated volume tells the story of a too-often overlooked corner of our continent with impressive even-handedness. Part coffee-table browser, part detailed history, this is a valuable telling of a turbulent history. -- Charlie Connelly * New European *This book, based on over a thousand sources, is a worthy successor to volume one, completing an overview running from prehistory to the present day. Baumer’s austere prose is free from the nationalism and ethnocentricity that, he warns, infect many accounts of the region’s history. His book is an extraordinary achievement. -- John Mann * Literary Review *In Christoph Baumer the Caucasus has a capable chronicler willing to plunge into even the most convoluted aspects of its past and emerge to present a clear-eyed account of a many-layered, often labyrinthine story … Baumer has a knack for distilling extensive research from a wide range of sources about complicated and often recondite topics into a highly readable narrative. * Geographical *Splendidly illustrated … [Readers] will be well rewarded to plunge in and learn from Baumer’s thorough and insightful narrative. -- David Chaffetz * Asian Review of Books *[L]avishly illustrated yet surprisingly affordable combination of colourful coffee-table book and detailed historical survey aimed at the general reader. * Iran and the Caucasus *The second volume of Christoph Baumer’s extraordinary History of the Caucasus traces the history of the region from 1050 BC up to the modern age, brought to life through more than 200 colour images and maps. * Choice *This superb, sweeping history of the Caucasus in the modern period promises to be the new standard set text in its field. * Alex Marshall, University of Glasgow, UK *Table of ContentsI. A Fragmented Identity: An Introduction to Contemporary Ethnic and Political Conditions in the Caucasus II. In the Wake of International Great-Power Politics 1.The Golden Age of Georgia 2.The Mongol incursions and supremacy III. The Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia 1.Semi-independent Armenian warlords and Muslim Armenian viziers 2.The Rubenids of Cilicia: From principality to kingdom 3.The Kingdom of Cilician Armenia IV. The South Caucasus under Turkmen, Ottoman and Iranian Safavid Domination 1.Georgia and the devastations of Timur-e Lang 2.The partition of Georgia Excursus: The Armenian catholicosate’s return to Etchmiadzin and a renewed schism 3.The South Caucasus as battleground for eight Ottoman–Safavid wars 4.The South Caucasus under Safavid rule Excursus: The Armenian Mekhitarist congregation 5.A brief reunification of Kartli and Kakheti and the foundation of independent khanates V. First Russian Advances into the North Caucasus 1. The defence pact of 1557 between Kabarda and Russia 2. The Cossacks and the first Russian military lines 3. Mongol Kalmyks in the North-Eastern Caucasus VI. The Caucasus under Russian Rule 1.From the Treaty of Georgievsk (1783) to the annexation of Georgia in 1801 2.Iran’s interlude with Napoleon and Russia’s conquest of the South Caucasian khanates and sultanates 3.The resistance of North Caucasian mountain peoples 3.1Yermolov’s first offensives north of the Greater Caucasus 3.2The jihad of the imams 3.3The conquest, resettlement and expulsion of the Circassians 4.Russian administration and the rise of nationalism 5.The Russian conquest of former West Armenia 1877–78 Excursus: Oil-drilling at Baku and the Nobel brothers 6.The emergence of nationalist and social-revolutionary parties, Armenian massacres and ethnic unrest 6.1Armenian nationalist and socialist parties in the Russian and Ottoman empires 6.2Georgian socialists 6.3Pan-Turkism and socialism in the South Caucasian Muslim provinces VII. A Short-Lived Independence and Foreign Interventions 1.World War I, the Armenian Genocide and the collapse of the Russian Empire 2.The Transcaucasian Republic, the declaration of independence of Georgia, Azerbaijan and Armenia, and foreign interventions 2.1The short-lived Transcaucasian Republic 2.2Ethnic and social conflicts in Georgia 2.3The Republic of Armenia 2.4The race for Baku 2.5War in Karabakh, Nakhchivan, Zangezur and Kars 2.6Armenia and the Paris Peace Conference 3.The Russian Civil Wars 1917–1920 and the short-lived North Caucasian states VIII. Under Soviet Rule 1.Soviet consolidation of power, collectivization and Stalin’s purges 2.Operation Edelweiss: The battle for the Caucasus in World War II Excursus: Richard Sorge, Stalin’s master spy 3.Deportations and the start of the Cold War 4.Political stagnation and the rise of nationalism IX. Independence in the South Caucasus 1.The disintegration of the Soviet Union 2.The Armenian declaration of independence and the issue of Karabakh 3.The Azerbaijani declaration of independence and the development of the oil and gas industry 4.The First Karabakh War 1992–1994 5.Georgian independence and the South Ossetian and Abkhazian wars X. Autonomy and Failed Independence in the North Caucasus 1. The northern region: Rostov, Krasnodar, Adygea, Stavropol and Kalmykia 2. The western and central region: Karachay-Cherkessia, Kabardino-Balkaria, North Ossetia–Alania and Ingushetia 3. The eastern region: Chechnya and Dagestan XI. The Caucasus in the Twenty-First Century 1.Republics and regions of the northern Caucasus 2.The independent republics in the southern Caucasus 2.1Azerbaijan 2.2The Second Karabakh War, 27 September–10 November 2020 2.3Armenia 2.4Georgia 2.4.1The Georgian–Russian War, 7–12 August 2008 2.4.2Georgia, Abkhazia and South Ossetia since the 2008 war 3.Outlook Appendices Notes Bibliography List of Maps Photo credits Acknowledgements Indexes Concepts People Places

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Book SynopsisForty per cent of the world’s population lives in federal countries, each facing their own crises and successes. Rethinking Decentralization explores what makes a successful federal government by centering the unique role of public attitude in maintaining the fragile institutions of federalism.Trade Review“Rethinking Decentralization breaks new theoretical ground in its multidimensional understanding of subsidiarity. Showcasing his deep knowledge on the peculiarities of eight different countries, Jacob Deem elegantly weaves his findings into case-specific narratives. There is no other book on this subject with the same conceptual, theoretical, historical, and empirical breadth.” Sean Mueller, University of Lausanne and author of Theorising Decentralisation: Comparative Evidence from Subnational Switzerland

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Book SynopsisA comprehensive look into how Macau’s recent decades of gambling-related growth produced one of the wealthiest territories on the planetBetting on Macau delves into the radical transformation of what was formerly the last remaining European territory in Asia, returned to the People’s Republic of China in 1999 after nearly half a millennium of Portuguese rule. Examining the unprecedented scale of its development and its key role in China’s economic revolution, Tim Simpson follows Macau’s emergence from historical obscurity to become the most profitable casino gaming locale in the world. Identified as a UNESCO World Heritage Site and renowned for its unique blend of Chinese and Portuguese colonial-era architecture, contemporary Macau has metamorphosed into a surreal, hypermodern urban landscape augmented by massive casino megaresorts, including two of the world’s largest buildings. Simpson situates Macau’s origins as a strategic trading port and its ensuing history alongside the emergence of the global capitalist system, charting the massive influx of foreign investment, construction, and tourism in the past two decades that helped generate the territory’s enormous wealth. Presented through a cross section of postcolonial studies and social theory with extensive insight into the global gambling industry, Betting on Macau uncovers the various roots of the territory’s lucrative casino capitalism. In turn, its trenchant analysis provides a distinctive view into China’s broader project of urbanization, its post-Mao economic reforms, and the continued rise of its consumer culture. Trade Review "In this timely and impressive book, Tim Simpson charts the predicament of Macau—a Special Administrative Region of the People’s Republic of China—as a laboratory of consumption, and of planning and architecture as disciplinary technologies, all employed toward prototyping a scholastic program for the production and naturalization of commodity-driven social imaginaries in post-Mao China. A must-read for scholars and practitioners of urban planning and architecture, particularly those working in or studying urbanization in China."—Miodrag Mitrašinović, coeditor of The Emerging Public Realm of the Greater Bay Area: Approaches to Public Space in a Chinese Megaregion "Betting on Macau is a creative, engaging, wide-ranging, and insightful analysis that both dazzles the reader with a litany of the astonishing transformations Macau has undergone in the past two decades and provides a solid conceptual framework for understanding those changes in a world-historical context."—Cathryn H. Clayton, author of Sovereignty at the Edge: Macau and the Question of Chineseness "Presented through a cross section of postcolonial studies and social theory with extensive insight into the global gambling industry, Betting on Macau uncovers the various roots of the territory’s lucrative casino capitalism. In turn, its trenchant analysis provides a distinctive view into China’s broader project of urbanization, its post-Mao economic reforms, and the continued rise of its consumer culture."—Progressive Geographies "Betting on Macau is a worthy introduction to Macau and suitable for anyone, inside and outside academia, interested in a place of exception for Chinese gambling tourists."—Journal of Tourism and Cultural Change "Tim Simpson’s book is a timely contribution to a slender yet growing volume of works that have sought to reposition Macau within a cocktail of national, regional, and global themes."—Current History

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Book SynopsisFor pious converts to Christianity in late eighteenth- and early nineteenth-century New England, all reality was shaped by religious devotion and biblical text. It is therefore not surprising that earnest believers who found themselves marginalized by their race or sex relied on their faith to reconcile the tension between the spiritual experience of rebirth and the social ordeal of exclusion and injustice.In ""Piety and Dissent"", Eileen Razzari Elrod examines the religious autobiographies of six early Americans who represented various sorts of marginality: John Marrant, Olaudah Equiano, and Jarena Lee, all of African or African American heritage; Samson Occom (Mohegan) and William Apess (Pequot); and Abigail Abbott Bailey, a white woman who was subjected to extreme domestic violence. Through close readings of these personal narratives, Elrod uncovers the complex rhetorical strategies employed by pious outsiders to challenge the particular kinds of oppression each experienced. She identifies recurrent ideals and images drawn from Scripture and Protestant tradition - parables of liberation, rage, justice, and opposition to authority - that allowed them to see resistance as a religious act and, more than that, imbued them with a sense of agency.What the life stories of these six individuals reveal, according to Elrod, is that conventional Christianity in early America was not the hegemonic force that church leaders at the time imagined, and that many people since have believed it to be. Nor was there a clear distinction between personal piety and religious, social, and political resistance. To understand fully the role of religion in the early period of American letters, we must rethink some of our most fundamental assumptions about the function of Christian faith in the context of individual lives.Trade ReviewThis book accomplishes much in short compass.... One of Elrod's goals is to return an understanding of religion to the center of scholarship about early American texts, and she does that capably and imaginatively.... Spiritual autobiography remains one of the most 'teachable' genres in early American literature, and Elrod's book will extend how we conceive and follow through on such instruction. - Philip F. Gura, author of Jonathan Edwards: America's Evangelical

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Book SynopsisA selection of source readings on history, society, politics, education, philosophy, and religion in the Land of the Rising Sun. This work includes: readings on early and medieval Shinto and on the tea ceremony, readings on state Buddhism and Chinese political thought influential in Japan, and sections on women's education.Trade ReviewThe long awaited second edition, with new contributions reflecting who's who in the field, adds new readings and revisions for a more balanced perspecitve... Sources lives again as a useful introduction that "lets the Japanese speak for themselves." Religious Studies Review I am a fan of Volume One of Sources of Japanese Tradition... The daunting task of revisiting such a classic was skillfully handled by the editors. Japanese Journal of Religious StudiesTable of ContentsPart 1: Early Japan 1. The Earliest Records of Japan 2. Early Shinto 3. Prince Shotoku and His Constitution 4. Chinese Thought and Institutions in Early Japan 5. Nara Buddhism Part 2: Mahayana Universalism and the Sense of Hierarchy 6. Saicho and Mt. Hiei (Ryusaku Tsunoda and Paul Groner) 7. Kukai and Esoteric Buddhism 8. The Spread of Esoteric Buddhism 9. The Vocabulary of Japanese Aesthetics I 10. Amida, the Pure Land, and the Response of the Old Buddhism to the New 11. New Voices of History (Paul Varley) 12. The Way of the Warrior (Paul Varley) 13. Nichiren: The Sun and the Lotus (Philip Yampolsky) 14. Zen Buddhism (William Bodiford) 15. Shinto in Medieval Japan 16. The Vocabulary of Japanese Aesthetics II 17. Women's Education 18. Law and Precepts for the Warrior Houses (Paul Varley) 19. The Regime of the Unifiers (Jurgis S. A. Elisonas)

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Book SynopsisA collection of English-language readings on Japan. Containing materials on history, society, politics, education, philosophy, and religion, this book features an introduction to Japanese civilization. It covers the Tokugawa period to 1868 and addresses the spread of neo-Confucianism and Buddhism and the initial encounters of Japan and the West.Table of ContentsPreface Explanatory Note Chronology Contributors Part V. Japan, Asia, and the West 35. The Meiji Restoration, by Fred G. Notehelfer 36. Civilization and Enlightenment, by Albert Craig 37. Popular Rights and Constitutionalism, by James Huffman 38. Education in Meiji Japan, by Richard Rubinger 39. Nationalism and Pan-Asianism 40. The High Tide of Prewar Liberalism, by Arthur E. Tiedemann 41. Socialism and the Left, by Andrew Barshay 42. The Rise of Revolutionary Nationalism, by Marius Jansen 43. Empire and War, by Peter Duus Part VI. Postwar Japan 44. The Occupation Years, 1945-1952, by Marlene Mayo 45. Democracy and High Growth, by Andrew Gordon Part VII. Aspects of the Modern Experience 46. The New Religions, by Helen Hardacre 47. Japan and the World in Cultural Debate 49. Thinking with the Past: History Writing in Modern Japan, by Carol Gluck Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisTrade Review'What remains to be said about cities when the planet is completely urbanized? This astonishing new Handbook seeks answers in the megacity-regions of the world, especially in the burgeoning urban constellations of eastern Asia. The book's diverse and topical chapters help planners and decision-makers, and ultimately inhabitants, to ''find their bearings'' in the unmoored vastness of a planet of megacities.' --Roger Keil, York University, Canada'The book fulfills a very timely mission: to reveal just how complex, varied, and multi-scaled the global urban reality has become - and is still becoming. The authors provide an antidote to simplifying notions about cities and megacities, updating our understanding of urban forces and dynamics, so that we might act upon them more effectively.' --Jeb Brugmann, Founder, ICLEI-Local Governments for Sustainability, Germany and author, Welcome to the Urban RevolutionThe Handbook of Megacities and Megacity-Regions provides a much needed assessment of 21st century urbanization, especially with its attention to the scale and density that characterizes todays cities. Its nuanced discussion of how to define megacities and megacity-regions is an important contribution to our understanding of one of the most critical megatrends of our times.' --Eugenie L. Birch, University of Pennsylvania, USTable of ContentsContents: 1 Megacities, megacity-regions, and the endgame of urbanization 1 André Sorensen and Danielle Labbé PART I THE CONCEPTUAL CHALLENGES OF MEGACITIES 2 Thinking about mega-conurbations and planning 21 John Friedmann 3 City limits: bounding and unbounding in conceptualizing the megacity 33 Michael Leaf 4 Urbanization and developmental pathways: critical junctures of urban transition 47 André Sorensen 5 El Monstruo : reflections on catastrophic metaphors about Mexico City 65 Julie-Anne Boudreau and Felipe de Alba PART II MEGA-URBAN GOVERNANCE 6 Urban governance of megacities: searching for the collective actor 78 Christian Lefèvre 7 Powerful states, weak states: understanding coercion and neglect in the governance of Marcos-era Manila 92 Nancy Kwak 8 Actors and shifting scales of urban governance in India 101 Loraine Kennedy 9 The incomplete and paradoxical ‘neoliberal turn’ in Mumbai 119 Marie-Hélène Zérah 10 Nurturing neighbourhoods to sustain quality of life in megacities and large city regions: an interdisciplinary reflection on planning for sustainable and socially just cities from Chile 134 Lake Sagaris, María Inés Arribas, María Inés Solimano, Sonia Reyes-Paecke and Juan Carlos Muñoz PART III MEGA-URBAN PATTERNS, FORMS AND PLANNING APPROACHES 11 Urban containment policies for megacities: the case of Beijing 153 Haoying Han 12 East Asian megacities: the view from the periphery 169 Douglas Webster and Jianyi Li 13 On the road again: the geography and characteristics of American commuter megaregions 188 Alasdair Rae and Garrett Dash Nelson 14 The West African corridor from Abidjan to Lagos: a megacity-region under construction 206 Armelle Choplin and Alice Hertzog 15 Cities: growing threats, growing opportunities 223 Daniel Hoornweg and Kevin Pope PART IV MEGA-URBAN LIFE SPACES AND LIVEABILITY 16 Navigating the extensiveness of Jakarta 234 AbdouMaliq Simone 17 Poverty in a wealthy megacity: stories from Tokyo’s alleys after the bubble burst 245 Heide Imai 18 Flooding as emotional politics in the Mexican megacity-region 261 Felipe de Alba PART V MEGA-URBAN ENVIRONMENTAL CHALLENGES 19 Measuring progress toward sustainable megacities 278 Iain D. Stewart, Chris A. Kennedy and Angelo Facchini 20 Megacities at risk: the climate–energy conundrum 292 William E. Rees 21 Future megacity-regions and heatwave exposure 309 Peter J. Marcotullio, Carsten Keßler and Balázs M. Fekete 22 Megacity in the delta: managing water in Jakarta 327 Christopher Silver PART VI MEGA-URBAN ECONOMICS, REAL ESTATE AND PROPERTY 23 Rethinking megacity-region development: the land–infrastructure– finance nexus as political project 345 Gavin Shatkin 24 The process of metropolization in megacity-regions 360 Rodrigo Cardoso and Evert Meijers 25 The emergence and economic restructuring of two global super megacity-regions in China: comparing the Pearl River and Yangtze River Deltas 376 Anthony G. O. Yeh, Xingjian Liu, Jili Xu and Mengdi Wu 26 The financialization of real estate in megacities and its variegated trajectories in East Asia 395 Natacha Aveline-Dubach Index 411

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Book SynopsisCovers major events including the initial contact of China, Korea, and Japan with the West; nineteenth- and twentieth-century reform movements in China, along with the Nationalist and Communist revolutions; Korea's encounter with imperialist Japan; and the Meiji Restoration.Trade ReviewThe selections are excellent, translations faithful and elegant, and introductions terse and to the point. If I were asked to recommend only one book for anyone who wishes to know something about Chinese culture, I would name, without a moment of hesitation, Sources of Chinese Tradition. -- Ying-shih Yu, Princeton University [Sources of Korean Tradition provides] a unique view of Korean history via the eyes and words of the participants and/or witnesses themselves. Official documents, letters, policies and personal opinions written by the people who helped make Korea, reveal the Korea that most outsiders would never know. Korean Quarterly Sources of Japanese Tradition has proved to be invaluable to the study of Japanese history and culture. Its publication is welcome news to teachers and students of Japanese civilization and all those who are interested in the origins of contemporary Japanese society and culture. -- Akira Iriye, author of Cultural Internationalism and World OrderTable of ContentsPreface Acknowledgments Contributors Part IV. The Maturation of East Asian Civilizations The Maturation of China 58. The Chinese Tradition in Retrospect 59. Popular Values and Beliefs, by David Johnson 60. Chinese Responses to Early Christian Contacts, by David Mungello 61. Chinese Statecraft and the Opening of China to the West 62. The Heavenly Kingdom of the Taipings The Tokugawa Peace 63. Ieyasu and the Founding of the Tokugawa Shogunate, by Willem Boot 64. Confucianism in the Early Tokugawa Period, by Willem Boot 65. The Spread of Neo-Confucianism in Japan 66. The Evangelic Furnace: Japan's First Encounter with the West, by J. S. A. Elisonas 67. Confucian Revisionists, by Wm. Theodore de Bary, John A. Tucker 68. Varieties of Neo-Confucian Education 69. Popular Instruction 70. "Dutch Learning," by Grant Goodman 71. Eighteenth-Century Rationalism 72. The Way of the Warrior II 73. The National Learning Schools, by Peter Nosco 74. Buddhism in the Tokugawa Period 75. Orthodoxy, Protest, and Local Reform 76. Forerunners of the Restoration 77. The Debate over Seclusion and Restoration Korea in the Middle Choson Period 78. Politics 79. Education 80. Reform Proposals 81. The Encounter with the West 82. Society 83. Culture and National Identity 84. Neo-Confucian Philosophy Part V. East Asia in the Modern World Japan 85. The Meiji Restoration 86. Civilization and Enlightenment, by Albert Craig 87. Popular Rights and Constitutionalism, by James Huffman 88. Education in Meiji Japan, by Richard Rubinger 89. Nationalism and Pan-Asianism 90. The High Tide of Prewar Liberalism, by Arthur E. Tiedemann 91. Socialism and the Left, by Andrew Barshay 92. The Rise of Revolutionary Nationalism, by Marius Jansen 93. Empire and War, by Peter Duus Reform and Revolution in China 94. Moderate Reform and the Self-Strengthening Movement, by K. C. Liu 95. Radical Reform at the End of the Qing 96. The Nationalist Revolution 97. The New Culture Movement, by Wing-Tsit Chan 98. The Communist Revolution 99. Chinese Communist Praxis 100. The Mao Regime 101. Deng's "Modernization" and Its Critics, by R. Lufrano 102. Twentieth-Century Christianity in China, by Julia Ching 103. Reopening the Debate on Chinese Tradition Part VI. Postwar East Asia Japan 104. The Occupation Years, 1945-1952, by Marlene Mayo 105. Democracy and High Growth 836, by Andrew Gordon 106. The New Religions 849, by Helen Hardacre 107. Japan and the World in Cultural Debate 108. Gender Politics and Feminism, by Brett de Bary 109. Thinking with the Past: History Writing in Modern Japan, by Carol Gluck Korea 110. Domestic Disquiet and Foreign Threats 111. Negative Responses to Western Civilization 112. Development of Enlightenment Thought 113. The Tonghak Uprisings and the Kabo Reforms 114. The Independence Club and the People' s Assembly 115. Patriotic Movements 116. National Culture During the Colonial Period 117. The Nationalist Movement 118. The Communist Movement 119. Korea Since 1945 Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisIn this history of Japanese involvement in northeast China, the author argues that Japan's military seizure of Manchuria in September 1931 was founded on three decades of infiltration of the area. This incremental empire-building and its effect on Japan are the focuses of this book.Trade ReviewLurking behind the deceptively specialist title of this monograph lies an important and engaging book...In the described historical events, Japan found itself pulled deeper and deeper into a quagmire that led to a disastrous war. Matsusaka uses a chronological approach to examine the roles of the Foreign Ministry, the Army, and the South Manchuria Railway. The result casts great light on a crucial phase of Japanese imperial history while at the same time enthralling the reader with a tale to compete with a good novel. -- R. B. Lyman Jr. * Choice *

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Book SynopsisTakes a look at the writings from the earliest times to 1600; the origins of Korean culture and political structures, up through the Choson dynasty; and developments in early and medieval Japan. This book includes readings in the areas of history, society, politics, education, philosophy, and religion.Trade ReviewThe selections are excellent, translations faithful and elegant, and introductions terse and to the point. If I were asked to recommend only one book for anyone who wishes to know something about Chinese culture, I would name, without a moment of hesitation, Sources of Chinese Tradition. -- Ying-shih Yu, Princeton University [Sources of Korean Tradition provides] a unique view of Korean history via the eyes and words of the participants and/or witnesses themselves. Official documents, letters, policies and personal opinions written by the people who helped make Korea, reveal the Korea that most outsiders would never know. Korean Quarterly Sources of Japanese Tradition has proved to be invaluable to the study of Japanese history and culture. Its publication is welcome news to teachers and students of Japanese civilization and all those who are interested in the origins of contemporary Japanese society and culture. -- Akira Iriye, author of Cultural Internationalism and World Order This title is recommended for academic libraries for their history and Asian collections. -- Kay M. Stebbins American Reference Books AnnualTable of ContentsPreface Acknowledgments Part I. Traditional China Explanatory Note Contributors Chronology 1. The Oracle-Bone Inscriptions of the Late Shang Dynasty, by David N. Keightley 2. Classical Sources of Chinese Tradition, by Burton Watson, David S. Nivison, Irene Bloom 3. Confucius and the Analects, by Irene Bloom 4. Mozi: Utility, Uniformity, and Universal Love, by Burton Watson 5. The Way of Laozi and Zhuangzi 6. The Evolution of the Confucian Tradition in Antiquity 7. Legalists and Militarists 8. The Han Reaction to Qin Absolutism 9. Syncretic Visions of State, Society, and Cosmos, by Harold Roth, Sarah Queen, Nathan Sivin 10. The Imperial Order and Han Syntheses 11. The Economic Order, by Burton Watson 12. The Great Han Historians, by Burton Watson 13. Learning of the Mysterious, by Richard John Lynn, Wing-Tsit Chan 14. Daoist Religion, by Nathan Sivin, Kristofer Schipper 15. The Introduction of Buddhism, by Leon Hurvitz, Tsai Heng-Ting 16. Schools of Buddhist Doctrine, by Leon Hurvitz, Burton Watson, Daniel Stevenson, George Tanabe, Wing-Tsit Chan 17. Schools of Buddhist Practice, by Leon Hurvitz, Daniel Stevenson, Philip B. Yampolsky, Chun-Fang Yu 18. Social Life and Political Culture in the Tang 19. The Confucian Revival in the Song, by Wm. Theodore de Bary 20. Neo-Confucianism: The Philosophy of Human Nature and the Way of the Sage 21. Zhu Xi's Neo-Confucian Program, by Wm. Theodore de Bary 22. Ideological Foundations of Late Imperial China, by Wm. Theodore de Bary, Edward Farmer, John Dardess 23. Neo-Confucian Education, by Wm. Theodore de Bary 24. Self and Society in the Ming Part II. Traditional Korea Explanatory Note Contributors Chronology 25. Origins of Korean Culture 26. The Rise of the Three Kingdoms 27. The Introduction of Buddhism 28. Consolidation of the State 29. The Rise of Buddhism 30. Local Clans and the Rise of the Meditation School 31. Early Koryo Political Structure 32. Military Rule and Late Koryo Reform 33. Buddhism: The Ch'0nt'ae and Chogye Schools 34. Neo-Confucianism 35. Political Thought in Early Choson 36. Culture 37. Social Life 38. Economy 39. Thought 40. Buddhism Part III. Traditional Japan Explanatory Note Contributors Chronology 41. The Earliest Records of Japan 42. Early Shinto 43. Prince Shotoku and His Constitution 44. Chinese Thought and Institutions in Early Japan 45. Nara Buddhism 46. Saicho and Mount Hiei, by Ryusaku Tsunoda, Paul Groner 47. Kukai and Esoteric Buddhism 48. Amida, the Pure Land, and the Response of the Old Buddhism to the New 49. New Views of History, by Paul Varley 50. The Way of the Warrior, by Paul Varley 51. Nichiren: The Sun and the Lotus, by Philip B. Yampolsky 52. Zen Buddhism, by William Bodiford 53. Shinto in Medieval Japan 54. The Vocabulary of Japanese Aesthetics 55. Women's Education 56. Law and Precepts for the Warrior Houses, by Paul Varley 57. The Regime of the Unifiers, by Jurgis S. A. Elisonas Bibliography Index

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