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Book SynopsisPoulomi Saha offers an innovative account of women’s political labor in East Bengal over more than a century. Through a material account of text and textile, An Empire of Touch crafts a new narrative of gendered political labor under empire.Trade ReviewA brilliant provocation in the debate about female political subjectivity in the Global South, An Empire of Touch is an important and timely book. Going beyond the typical focus on women’s empowerment and independence, it demonstrates how women in East Bengal through their symbolic and material labor produce the terms of their own political self-conception. Saha’s deft and sophisticated readings of the material particulars of women’s labor reveal a relational politics of the self that expands what and who count as political. -- Mrinalini Sinha, author of Specters of Mother India: The Global Restructuring of an EmpireSaha has given us a thought-provoking, incisive, elegant, and necessary work wherein she recasts and regenerates postcolonial criticism. This book is well written, beautifully researched, creative, and politically vital. -- Erin Manning, author of Politics of Touch: Sense, Movement, SovereigntySaha proposes that the diaphanous nature first of muslin and then of other fabrics constitutes neither a simple product with exchange value nor an ephemeral or affective form of labor we have come to associate with certain kinds of women’s work. Forms of touch are woven into the fabric of colonial and postcolonial exchange. And they carry a spectral quality. Rather like the visor effect in Derrida’s reading of Hamlet in Specters of Marx, fabric casts a shadow on abstracted beings moving through history teleologically, and weaves a different affect. -- Ranjana Khanna, author of Algeria Cuts: Women and Representation, 1830 to the PresentA must-read for students of Bengal, historical and contemporary. Given the diversity of themes, the book will appeal to a wide range of scholars, of political movements, literature and language, social and economic history, colonialism and imperialism, labor and artisanal production, and development and gender studies. * H-Asia *Table of ContentsAcknowledgmentsIntroductionPart I: Reading the Body Politic1. Virgin SuicidesPart II: The Fetish of Nationalism2. The Fetish Touch3. Oceanic FeelingsPart III: International Basket Case4. Archive Asylum5. Machine MadeEpilogueGlossaryNotesBibliographyIndex

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Book SynopsisPoulomi Saha offers an innovative account of women's political labor in East Bengal over more than a century. Through a material account of text and textile, An Empire of Touch crafts a new narrative of gendered political labor under empire.Trade ReviewA brilliant provocation in the debate about female political subjectivity in the Global South, An Empire of Touch is an important and timely book. Going beyond the typical focus on women’s empowerment and independence, it demonstrates how women in East Bengal through their symbolic and material labor produce the terms of their own political self-conception. Saha’s deft and sophisticated readings of the material particulars of women’s labor reveal a relational politics of the self that expands what and who count as political. -- Mrinalini Sinha, author of Specters of Mother India: The Global Restructuring of an EmpireSaha has given us a thought-provoking, incisive, elegant, and necessary work wherein she recasts and regenerates postcolonial criticism. This book is well written, beautifully researched, creative, and politically vital. -- Erin Manning, author of Politics of Touch: Sense, Movement, SovereigntySaha proposes that the diaphanous nature first of muslin and then of other fabrics constitutes neither a simple product with exchange value nor an ephemeral or affective form of labor we have come to associate with certain kinds of women’s work. Forms of touch are woven into the fabric of colonial and postcolonial exchange. And they carry a spectral quality. Rather like the visor effect in Derrida’s reading of Hamlet in Specters of Marx, fabric casts a shadow on abstracted beings moving through history teleologically, and weaves a different affect. -- Ranjana Khanna, author of Algeria Cuts: Women and Representation, 1830 to the PresentA must-read for students of Bengal, historical and contemporary. Given the diversity of themes, the book will appeal to a wide range of scholars, of political movements, literature and language, social and economic history, colonialism and imperialism, labor and artisanal production, and development and gender studies. * H-Asia *Table of ContentsAcknowledgmentsIntroductionPart I: Reading the Body Politic1. Virgin SuicidesPart II: The Fetish of Nationalism2. The Fetish Touch3. Oceanic FeelingsPart III: International Basket Case4. Archive Asylum5. Machine MadeEpilogueGlossaryNotesBibliographyIndex

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Book SynopsisL. Benjamin Rolsky examines the ways in which American liberalism has helped shape cultural conflict since the 1970s through the story of how television writer and producer Norman Lear galvanized the religious left. He foregrounds the roles played by popular culture, television, and media in America’s religious history.Trade ReviewAn invaluable genealogy of some of the major culture forces that gave rise to contemporary 'spiritual politics' in the U.S. * Reading Religion *Rolsky’s work is a useful guide to where we’ve been as well as where we might be going; it encourages us to think about what kind of consensus we may be building, and who we might be including and excluding, along the way. * Society for US Intellectual History Blog *Rise and Fall should garner a wide and varied audience, and it appears intentionally so. It is self-consciously and transparently situated, adeptly self-described in relation to a number of subfields, scholars, and paradigmatic shifts. -- CARA BURNIDGE * Society for U.S. Intellectual History *Rolsky's study contributes immensely to our understanding of his work at the intersection of religion, culture, and politics in the United States during the 1970s and 1980s. -- David Mislin * Church History *For some who have taken a hiatus from politics and religion, The Rise and Fall of the Religious Left Politics, Television, and Popular Culture in the 1970s and Beyond by L. Benjamin Rolsky is a must read; a companion to the inevitable upheaval that is on the horizon. If there is one political book that you should read in 2020...it’s this one. -- Eraina Davis * Chicago Now *Although the religious right looms large in histories of the 1970s, the struggle over religion, politics and culture didn’t unfold only on the right. In this lively and engaging study, Rolsky shows how Norman Lear and People for the American Way advanced a strong spiritual vision of civic life from the left. -- Kevin M. Kruse, author of One Nation Under God: How Corporate America Invented Christian AmericaRolsky demonstrates how Norman Lear, the renowned television producer of classic shows like All in the Family, offers a window into the evolution of the religious left in the 1970s and its complex relationship with the moral majority. A fascinating and intriguing history of the intersection between popular culture, religion, and American politics. -- Julian E. Zelizer, coauthor of Fault Lines: A History of the United States Since 1974L. Benjamin Rolsky intends to prod and provoke, and he does so through his sophisticated analysis of the effect of Lear’s work. This is a strong, important, and innovative work. The framing of Lear within the 'politics of religious liberalism,' the explanation of the creation and workings of a mainstream Protestantism that saw itself as a sort of caretaker of the nation, and the challenging and intellectually complex thesis pursued here all highly recommend this as an important work that should draw attention, discussion, and debate. -- Paul Harvey, author of Christianity and Race in the American South: A HistoryThis exceptional, vividly argued book revises the history of religion and politics in the U.S. Rolsky pushes us to see politics as mediated spiritual warfare in which the winner is the one who makes the most accessible entertainment from social outrage. Highly recommended. -- Kathryn Lofton, author of Consuming ReligionA highly original examination of the role of television in the so-called culture wars of the 1970s . . . Rolsky’s great contribution is to turn our attention to media, especially television, as a site of religious and political contestation. * American Historical Review *Table of ContentsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction: Religious Liberalism, American Politics, and Public Life1. Norman Lear, the Christian Right, and the Spiritual Politics of the Religious Left2. All in the Family and the Spiritual Politicization of the American Sitcom3. Norman Lear, the FCC, and the Holy War Over American Television4. People for the American Way and Spiritual Politics in Late Twentieth-Century America5. Liberalism as Variety Show: I Love Liberty and the Decline of the Religious LeftConclusion: Religion, Politics, and the Public Square—2019NotesBibliographyIndex

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Book SynopsisMs. Donna Haskins is an African American woman who wrestles with structural inequity in the streets of Boston by inhabiting an alternate dimension she refers to as the “spirit realm.” Both ethnographic and personal, Onaje X. O. Woodbine’s portrait of her spiritual life sheds new light on the lived religion of the dispossessed.Trade ReviewA stirring ethnography of a Boston woman who claims to have spiritual gifts. * Publishers Weekly *Layered, powerful, personal, nuanced, and deeply researched, the book tracks Haskins's violent childhood, her encounter with the Holy Spirit, and her experiences as a traveler in the spirit realms, warring against "the ghosts of American power." -- Nina MacLaughlin * Boston Globe *Onaje X. O. Woodbine’s book about a Black woman’s life is a model of ethnographic work that centers the voice of its subject. . . It’s a compelling story because it is simultaneously ordinary and extraordinary. -- Elizabeth Palmer * The Christian Century *A distinctive blend of reportage, personal memoir, and ethnographic scholarship rendered in elegant prose, the book is not only a fascinating portrait of a resilient person, but an examination of what American society has inflicted on Black women for generations and how they have used religion to get through it. * Boston Magazine *[An] inspiring story. -- Jon M. Sweeney * Spirituality & Practice *An inherently fascinating, exceptionally well written, thoughtful and thought-provoking read. * Midwest Book Review *Along with its moving prose, the greatest strength of Take Back What the Devil Stole is how successful it is at achieving the author’s goal of telling a story from its subject’s perspective. -- Jeffrey E. Anderson, University of Louisiana Monroe * Nova Religio *[This] book is a powerful argument for the importance of the lived religion of “everyday” people. -- Alexandria Griffin * Reading Religion *Take Back What the Devil Stole is a well-told and painfully honest story of Black womanhood in the United States. Although not representative of the totality of the Black experience, Woodbine’s presentation of Donna Haskins’s account of the complexities of gender, race, and class paints a vivid portrait of the challenges facing urban communities in this country. An unquestionable strength of this project is Woodbine’s ability to envelop the reader in Donna’s journey from powerlessness to fully empowered. In addition, the author’s careful but intentional use of thick description provides a rather intimate read, making the text uniquely captivating. -- Dara Coleby Delgdao * Religion *Having met Ms. Donna in person, I can attest to the incredible power of her gift. The temperature in the room changes when she enters, and here Onaje X. O. Woodbine skillfully captures her essence while treating the reader to a thrilling, heartbreaking story of a Black woman’s hard-earned survival. Many of us have had a Ms. Donna in our lives; this book serves as a fitting tribute to the Black women who have crafted a beautiful existence out of rejected stone. Woodbine’s masterpiece reminds us that, even in the face of the most extreme trauma, transformation is possible. This book is required reading for a broken world, and Ms. Donna is one of the most compelling characters I’ve ever encountered. -- André Holland, acclaimed Broadway and film actor and producerOnaje Woodbine has crafted a compelling—gripping—story exploring the everyday spiritual world of a remarkable woman. As he takes us with him into this spiritual world, we see the big structural issues that shape urban poverty and racism through her life, and we also see the interweaving of religious traditions that constitute the lived religious power of this woman. This is urban ethnography, religious biography, and masterful storytelling at its best. -- Nancy T. Ammerman, author of Sacred Stories, Spiritual Tribes: Finding Religion in Everyday LifeA searing story of the darkness that haunts so many in America’s cities and a needed reminder that Black souls as well as Black bodies are under assault there. But out of the smoke and fire emerges a magical character who just so happens to be real—a victim of all the evils America has to offer who shape-shifts before our eyes into a mystic and prophetess who somehow manages to steal back her own life. Like Karen McCarthy Brown’s Mama Lola: A Vodou Priestess in Brooklyn, this study of an impossibly ordinary life grabs you and refuses to let go, even as it offers new insights into a hidden spiritual world. -- Stephen Prothero, author of Why Liberals Win (Even When They Lose Elections): How America's Raucous, Nasty, and Mean "Culture Wars" Make for a More Inclusive NationWoodbine’s work is beautiful and compelling. The strengths of the book are its ethnographic intelligence, its attention to an unexamined area of Black religious experience and social location. Take Back What the Devil Stole is an exceptional contribution to the scholarship on lived religion as well as Black women’s multireligious belonging. A notable contribution is Woodbine’s adeptness at maintaining Donna Haskins’s control of her narrative and her multidimensional religious worldview. Drawing on womanist thought, Woodbine privileges Haskins’s voice throughout, and, as such, his engagement with lived religion maintains its focus on the practitioner and practice. -- Phillis Isabella Sheppard, E. Rhodes and Leona B. Carpenter Associate Professor of Religion, Psychology, and Culture, Vanderbilt UniversityTable of ContentsAcknowledgmentsIntroductionPart I: Daughter of Darkness1. “The Devil Had His Way with Me”2. “I Really Didn’t Want to Give Up My Kid”3. “Am I Ever Going to Be Normal?”4. “Every Time You Leave, You Take a Piece of Me with You”Part II: Metamorphosis5. Incubus6. Seeds of Evil7. ChrysalisPart III: Child of Light8. Between Worlds9. Treasures from Heaven10. The Devil Is a LiarWhat If You Read Your Book to Your Subject(s)? or, On MethodologyNotesBibliographyIndex

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Book SynopsisMs. Donna Haskins is an African American woman who wrestles with structural inequity in the streets of Boston by inhabiting an alternate dimension she refers to as the spirit realm. Both ethnographic and personal, Onaje X. O. Woodbine's portrait of her spiritual life sheds new light on the lived religion of the dispossessed.Trade ReviewA stirring ethnography of a Boston woman who claims to have spiritual gifts. * Publishers Weekly *Layered, powerful, personal, nuanced, and deeply researched, the book tracks Haskins's violent childhood, her encounter with the Holy Spirit, and her experiences as a traveler in the spirit realms, warring against "the ghosts of American power." -- Nina MacLaughlin * Boston Globe *Onaje X. O. Woodbine’s book about a Black woman’s life is a model of ethnographic work that centers the voice of its subject. . . It’s a compelling story because it is simultaneously ordinary and extraordinary. -- Elizabeth Palmer * The Christian Century *A distinctive blend of reportage, personal memoir, and ethnographic scholarship rendered in elegant prose, the book is not only a fascinating portrait of a resilient person, but an examination of what American society has inflicted on Black women for generations and how they have used religion to get through it. * Boston Magazine *[An] inspiring story. -- Jon M. Sweeney * Spirituality & Practice *An inherently fascinating, exceptionally well written, thoughtful and thought-provoking read. * Midwest Book Review *Along with its moving prose, the greatest strength of Take Back What the Devil Stole is how successful it is at achieving the author’s goal of telling a story from its subject’s perspective. -- Jeffrey E. Anderson, University of Louisiana Monroe * Nova Religio *[This] book is a powerful argument for the importance of the lived religion of “everyday” people. -- Alexandria Griffin * Reading Religion *Take Back What the Devil Stole is a well-told and painfully honest story of Black womanhood in the United States. Although not representative of the totality of the Black experience, Woodbine’s presentation of Donna Haskins’s account of the complexities of gender, race, and class paints a vivid portrait of the challenges facing urban communities in this country. An unquestionable strength of this project is Woodbine’s ability to envelop the reader in Donna’s journey from powerlessness to fully empowered. In addition, the author’s careful but intentional use of thick description provides a rather intimate read, making the text uniquely captivating. -- Dara Coleby Delgdao * Religion *Having met Ms. Donna in person, I can attest to the incredible power of her gift. The temperature in the room changes when she enters, and here Onaje X. O. Woodbine skillfully captures her essence while treating the reader to a thrilling, heartbreaking story of a Black woman’s hard-earned survival. Many of us have had a Ms. Donna in our lives; this book serves as a fitting tribute to the Black women who have crafted a beautiful existence out of rejected stone. Woodbine’s masterpiece reminds us that, even in the face of the most extreme trauma, transformation is possible. This book is required reading for a broken world, and Ms. Donna is one of the most compelling characters I’ve ever encountered. -- André Holland, acclaimed Broadway and film actor and producerOnaje Woodbine has crafted a compelling—gripping—story exploring the everyday spiritual world of a remarkable woman. As he takes us with him into this spiritual world, we see the big structural issues that shape urban poverty and racism through her life, and we also see the interweaving of religious traditions that constitute the lived religious power of this woman. This is urban ethnography, religious biography, and masterful storytelling at its best. -- Nancy T. Ammerman, author of Sacred Stories, Spiritual Tribes: Finding Religion in Everyday LifeA searing story of the darkness that haunts so many in America’s cities and a needed reminder that Black souls as well as Black bodies are under assault there. But out of the smoke and fire emerges a magical character who just so happens to be real—a victim of all the evils America has to offer who shape-shifts before our eyes into a mystic and prophetess who somehow manages to steal back her own life. Like Karen McCarthy Brown’s Mama Lola: A Vodou Priestess in Brooklyn, this study of an impossibly ordinary life grabs you and refuses to let go, even as it offers new insights into a hidden spiritual world. -- Stephen Prothero, author of Why Liberals Win (Even When They Lose Elections): How America's Raucous, Nasty, and Mean "Culture Wars" Make for a More Inclusive NationWoodbine’s work is beautiful and compelling. The strengths of the book are its ethnographic intelligence, its attention to an unexamined area of Black religious experience and social location. Take Back What the Devil Stole is an exceptional contribution to the scholarship on lived religion as well as Black women’s multireligious belonging. A notable contribution is Woodbine’s adeptness at maintaining Donna Haskins’s control of her narrative and her multidimensional religious worldview. Drawing on womanist thought, Woodbine privileges Haskins’s voice throughout, and, as such, his engagement with lived religion maintains its focus on the practitioner and practice. -- Phillis Isabella Sheppard, E. Rhodes and Leona B. Carpenter Associate Professor of Religion, Psychology, and Culture, Vanderbilt UniversityTable of ContentsAcknowledgmentsIntroductionPart I: Daughter of Darkness1. “The Devil Had His Way with Me”2. “I Really Didn’t Want to Give Up My Kid”3. “Am I Ever Going to Be Normal?”4. “Every Time You Leave, You Take a Piece of Me with You”Part II: Metamorphosis5. Incubus6. Seeds of Evil7. ChrysalisPart III: Child of Light8. Between Worlds9. Treasures from Heaven10. The Devil Is a LiarWhat If You Read Your Book to Your Subject(s)? or, On MethodologyNotesBibliographyIndex

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Book SynopsisThe years before the First World War have long been romanticized as a zenith of French culture—the “Belle Époque.” Dominique Kalifa traces the making—and the imagining—of the Belle Époque to reveal how and why it became a cultural myth.Trade ReviewDominique Kalifa’s “untold” history of the Belle Époque offers a probing reflection on the concepts through which we structure and give meaning to time and the past. Scholars of memory, nostalgia, and temporality will find much to think about in a book that is at once playful and ambitious. -- Stéphane Gerson, author of Disaster Falls: A Family StoryIn this important book, Dominique Kalifa convincingly demonstrates that the notion of the Belle Époque was not constructed in the years that followed the supreme catastrophe of World War I, but rather in the 1950s, during the “Thirty Glorious Years” when the new France emerged. This fascinating study has much to tell Anglophone readers about the France that the British and Americans began to discover in the wake of World War II. -- John Merriman, author of Ballad of the Anarchist Bandits: The Crime Spree That Gripped Belle Époque ParisKalifa masterfully unearths the varied uses to which the term ‘Belle Époque’ has been put from the turn of the twentieth century forward. Part historical excavation, part meditation on the historian’s craft, this book makes a crucial contribution to the history of this important period and its afterlives. -- Willa Z. Silverman, author of The New Bibliopolis: French Book Collectors and the Culture of Print, 1880–1914American readers, especially those who came of age after World War II, will quickly call up Toulouse-Lautrec posters on their walls and memories of first touring Paris. Kalifa gives those memories historical footings and explains their origins, providing a useful, informative portrait for scholars and Francophiles alike. * Kirkus Reviews *An extremely interesting book. * Book Addiction *His analysis is clear and comprehensible, and it is supported by references that cover a broad spectrum of social and cultural material. This is one of those academic books that wears its learning lightly. * Times Literary Supplement *A genuinely thought-provoking study. Highly recommended. * Choice *No matter the context, no one will ever again be able to refer to the Belle Époque without taking Kalifa’s revelations into consideration. The endless intelligence of this book cannot be missed. * American Historical Review *Table of ContentsPrologue: Time RegainedPart I: “The 1900 Époque”Dawn of the CenturyTime in Flight“Nothing mattered as long as we were dancing”The Invention of “1900”Part II: Ah! la Belle Époque!Occupied Paris, “Belle Époque” Paris?Liberated Paris, Belle Époque ParisA Lively Mid-CenturyPart III: The Ordeal of the “Fin de Siècle”The “Belle Époque” Isn’t What It Used to BeAll of France in the Belle ÉpoqueA Very Broad “Belle Époque”Everything Is Cultural in the Era of the VintageEpilogue: Tangled TimesPostscript: The Belle Époque and the Gilded Age, by Venita DattaNotesBibliographyIndex

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Book SynopsisThe years before the First World War have long been romanticized as a zenith of French culture—the “Belle Époque.” Dominique Kalifa traces the making—and the imagining—of the Belle Époque to reveal how and why it became a cultural myth.Trade ReviewDominique Kalifa’s “untold” history of the Belle Époque offers a probing reflection on the concepts through which we structure and give meaning to time and the past. Scholars of memory, nostalgia, and temporality will find much to think about in a book that is at once playful and ambitious. -- Stéphane Gerson, author of Disaster Falls: A Family StoryIn this important book, Dominique Kalifa convincingly demonstrates that the notion of the Belle Époque was not constructed in the years that followed the supreme catastrophe of World War I, but rather in the 1950s, during the “Thirty Glorious Years” when the new France emerged. This fascinating study has much to tell Anglophone readers about the France that the British and Americans began to discover in the wake of World War II. -- John Merriman, author of Ballad of the Anarchist Bandits: The Crime Spree That Gripped Belle Époque ParisKalifa masterfully unearths the varied uses to which the term ‘Belle Époque’ has been put from the turn of the twentieth century forward. Part historical excavation, part meditation on the historian’s craft, this book makes a crucial contribution to the history of this important period and its afterlives. -- Willa Z. Silverman, author of The New Bibliopolis: French Book Collectors and the Culture of Print, 1880–1914American readers, especially those who came of age after World War II, will quickly call up Toulouse-Lautrec posters on their walls and memories of first touring Paris. Kalifa gives those memories historical footings and explains their origins, providing a useful, informative portrait for scholars and Francophiles alike. * Kirkus Reviews *An extremely interesting book. * Book Addiction *His analysis is clear and comprehensible, and it is supported by references that cover a broad spectrum of social and cultural material. This is one of those academic books that wears its learning lightly. * Times Literary Supplement *A genuinely thought-provoking study. Highly recommended. * Choice *No matter the context, no one will ever again be able to refer to the Belle Époque without taking Kalifa’s revelations into consideration. The endless intelligence of this book cannot be missed. * American Historical Review *Table of ContentsPrologue: Time RegainedPart I: “The 1900 Époque”Dawn of the CenturyTime in Flight“Nothing mattered as long as we were dancing”The Invention of “1900”Part II: Ah! la Belle Époque!Occupied Paris, “Belle Époque” Paris?Liberated Paris, Belle Époque ParisA Lively Mid-CenturyPart III: The Ordeal of the “Fin de Siècle”The “Belle Époque” Isn’t What It Used to BeAll of France in the Belle ÉpoqueA Very Broad “Belle Époque”Everything Is Cultural in the Era of the VintageEpilogue: Tangled TimesPostscript: The Belle Époque and the Gilded Age, by Venita DattaNotesBibliographyIndex

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Book SynopsisDidier Fassin, Axel Honneth, and an assembly of leading thinkers examine how people experience, interpret, and contribute to the making of and the response to critical situations. Featuring analysis from below as well as above, from the inside as well as the outside, Crisis Under Critique is a singular intervention.Trade ReviewNeither crisis nor critique can be treated wholly theoretically, abstracted from particular political and economic conditions. The approach of this book, with its highly structured, formal-intellectual organization and its insistent attention to grounded material experience, is thus admirably suited to its aims. There is constant attention to both the theoretical and the empirical. That rich specificity makes each chapter a pleasure to read, for it enables each author to capture the immediacy of crisis and the purpose that animates critique. -- Anne Norton, author of Leo Strauss and the Politics of American EmpireRich in originality, this collection revisits the classic tropes of critique and crisis, but reorients our relationship to them. In taking the apprehension of crisis and the generation of critique as a topic to be explored, it opens up valuable new horizons of inquiry. -- David Owen, author of What Do We Owe to Refugees?Table of ContentsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction: The Heuristic of Crises: Reclaiming Critical Voices, by Didier Fassin and Axel HonnethPart I. Social Movements1. Capitalism Contested: Britain in the Aftermath of World War I, by Clara Elisabetta Mattei2. Striking a Rock with Eggs: Resistance and Repression After Tiananmen, by Rowena Xiaoqing He3. Undoing the Rule of Market Laws: Social Critique and the Making of Normative Futures, by Rodrigo Cordero4. “Layoffs Are Murder, but They Are Also Everyday Life”: A Critique of Labor and Living in the Era of Ghost Capital, by Hae Yeon Choo5. Remaking the Demos “from Below”? Critical Theory, Migrant Struggles, and Epistemic Resistance, by Robin CelikatesPart II. Intellectual Engagements6. Peace, or the Moral Economy of War: Between W. E. B. Du Bois and Sayyid Quṭb, by Murad Idris7. Personal Pronouns and Political Protest: Henry David Thoreau and Ta-Nehisi Coates as Critics in Times of Crisis, by Dieter Thomä8. Becoming Anticolonial in Northern Namibia, 1950–1954: The Emergence of Both Crisis and Critique from Everyday Interpretations, by Gregor Dobler9. How Do Technocrats Address Crises? From Structural to Humanitarian Approaches to Crises in Latin American Developmentalism, by Aldo Marchesi10. Against Crisis: Violence and Continuity in Manus Island Prison, by Anne McNevinPart III. Affected Communities11. Love Trumps Hate: Community Caretaking in an Era of Mass Deportation, by Denise Brennan12. Helping Refugees in Rural Germany: Ambivalences of Compassion, by Greta Wagner13. Toward a Theory of Climate Praxis: Confronting Climate Change in a World of Struggle, by Daniel Aldana Cohen and David Bond14. The Discovery of Contamination: Forever Chemicals and the Temporality of Critique, by David Bond15. Democracy Without Demos: The Disappearance of the Working Class and the Rise of Abstention in French Political Life, by Anne-Claire DefossezPart IV. Reflexive Perspectives16. New Technologies and the Moral Economy of White Nationalism, by Hector Amaya17. “The Only Way Out Is Through”: Anthropology as Critical Praxis in Times of Crisis, by Munira Khayyat18. Social Movements and Social Theory, by Michael Walzer19. The Invisible Rebellion: Working People Under the New Capitalist Economy, by Axel Honneth20. Conspiracy Theories as Ambiguous Critique of Crisis, by Didier FassinContributorsIndex

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Book SynopsisDidier Fassin, Axel Honneth, and an assembly of leading thinkers examine how people experience, interpret, and contribute to the making of and the response to critical situations. Featuring analysis from below as well as above, from the inside as well as the outside, Crisis Under Critique is a singular intervention.Trade ReviewNeither crisis nor critique can be treated wholly theoretically, abstracted from particular political and economic conditions. The approach of this book, with its highly structured, formal-intellectual organization and its insistent attention to grounded material experience, is thus admirably suited to its aims. There is constant attention to both the theoretical and the empirical. That rich specificity makes each chapter a pleasure to read, for it enables each author to capture the immediacy of crisis and the purpose that animates critique. -- Anne Norton, author of Leo Strauss and the Politics of American EmpireRich in originality, this collection revisits the classic tropes of critique and crisis, but reorients our relationship to them. In taking the apprehension of crisis and the generation of critique as a topic to be explored, it opens up valuable new horizons of inquiry. -- David Owen, author of What Do We Owe to Refugees?Table of ContentsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction: The Heuristic of Crises: Reclaiming Critical Voices, by Didier Fassin and Axel HonnethPart I. Social Movements1. Capitalism Contested: Britain in the Aftermath of World War I, by Clara Elisabetta Mattei2. Striking a Rock with Eggs: Resistance and Repression After Tiananmen, by Rowena Xiaoqing He3. Undoing the Rule of Market Laws: Social Critique and the Making of Normative Futures, by Rodrigo Cordero4. “Layoffs Are Murder, but They Are Also Everyday Life”: A Critique of Labor and Living in the Era of Ghost Capital, by Hae Yeon Choo5. Remaking the Demos “from Below”? Critical Theory, Migrant Struggles, and Epistemic Resistance, by Robin CelikatesPart II. Intellectual Engagements6. Peace, or the Moral Economy of War: Between W. E. B. Du Bois and Sayyid Quṭb, by Murad Idris7. Personal Pronouns and Political Protest: Henry David Thoreau and Ta-Nehisi Coates as Critics in Times of Crisis, by Dieter Thomä8. Becoming Anticolonial in Northern Namibia, 1950–1954: The Emergence of Both Crisis and Critique from Everyday Interpretations, by Gregor Dobler9. How Do Technocrats Address Crises? From Structural to Humanitarian Approaches to Crises in Latin American Developmentalism, by Aldo Marchesi10. Against Crisis: Violence and Continuity in Manus Island Prison, by Anne McNevinPart III. Affected Communities11. Love Trumps Hate: Community Caretaking in an Era of Mass Deportation, by Denise Brennan12. Helping Refugees in Rural Germany: Ambivalences of Compassion, by Greta Wagner13. Toward a Theory of Climate Praxis: Confronting Climate Change in a World of Struggle, by Daniel Aldana Cohen and David Bond14. The Discovery of Contamination: Forever Chemicals and the Temporality of Critique, by David Bond15. Democracy Without Demos: The Disappearance of the Working Class and the Rise of Abstention in French Political Life, by Anne-Claire DefossezPart IV. Reflexive Perspectives16. New Technologies and the Moral Economy of White Nationalism, by Hector Amaya17. “The Only Way Out Is Through”: Anthropology as Critical Praxis in Times of Crisis, by Munira Khayyat18. Social Movements and Social Theory, by Michael Walzer19. The Invisible Rebellion: Working People Under the New Capitalist Economy, by Axel Honneth20. Conspiracy Theories as Ambiguous Critique of Crisis, by Didier FassinContributorsIndex

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Book SynopsisAlix Olson and Alex Zamalin offer a clear-eyed critical account of how neoliberalism has redefined resistance to thwart social movements and consolidate power.Trade ReviewResistance is a word that has lost its critical edge, as this book demonstrates. Olson and Zamalin name 'restorative resistance' the idea that a return to a pre-Trump era is sufficient. Their critique challenges our coalitions, but this is a challenge that must be taken up to make the change the world needs. Essential reading. -- Linda Martín Alcoff, City University of New YorkHow did suburban lawn signs, social media photo frames, and voter mobilization campaigns for moderate Democrats become 'resistance'? Soberly diagnosing the rise of 'restorative resistance' as the outcome of a decades-long deliberate neoliberal narrowing of the political life of democracy, Olson and Zamalin echo Michel Foucault's fundamental insight that what is called 'resistance' illuminates how power is exercised. Rightfully alarming readers about a hegemonic horizon of reform that prizes channeling people's capacities to endure economic and social injustices they should resoundingly reject, the authors offer compelling guides to reigniting radical imagination and praxis by joining deeply democratic struggles through which we work to reawaken demands for liberation, actual popular sovereignty, and the state itself as ours—in solidarity with each other and the planet—to reimagine. -- Jane Anna Gordon, author of Statelessness and Contemporary EnslavementThe Ends of Resistance sheds an illuminating light on the shocking ways elite media and politicians have appropriated Black political resistance and the #MeToo movement for corporate and individualistic ends. Olson and Zamalin challenge the ways 'anti-racist' tactics have been appropriated to reinforce racial capitalism in a powerful indictment of the nation’s lackluster political will, even among so-called radicals. -- Terrence L. Johnson, author of We Testify with Our Lives: How Religion Transformed Radical Thought from Black Power to Black Lives MatterTable of ContentsAcknowledgments1. The End of Resistance: Reformation Over Transformation2. Neoliberal Resistance: Privatizing Rebellion3. Democracy Domesticated: Resistance as Restoration4. Making Suspicious Citizens: Racializing and Criminalizing Resistance5. Unruly World Building: Toward a Critical Infrastructure of Demanding HopeNotesIndex

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Book SynopsisTo Raise a Fallen People brings to light pioneering writing on international politics from nineteenth-century India. Drawing on extensive archival research, it unearths essays, speeches, and pamphlets that address fundamental questions about India’s place in the world.Trade ReviewForeign observers are often puzzled and sometimes frustrated by what they see as India’s ambivalence about embracing the role of a classic great power. In this rich and original study, Rahul Sagar digs deep into the intellectual history of the nineteenth century to unearth the roots of contemporary debates on this issue. Essential reading for anyone interested in the past, present, and future of Indian foreign policy. -- Aaron L. Friedberg, author of Getting China WrongThe essays in this volume shed light on a variety of approaches Indian intellectuals held on international issues prior to the independence struggle which started in earnest in the 1920s. It shows the connections between nineteenth and twentieth-century thinking, reflecting an evolutionary process in Indian views on world affairs. A must read for scholars and practitioners alike. -- T. V. Paul, James McGill Professor of International Relations, McGill UniversityA superb addition to the growing literature on global IR, Indian international thought, Indian foreign policy ideas, and Indian identity and nationalism. Sagar’s anthology is masterfully curated from a trove of writings going back to the nineteenth century and features a pitch-perfect introduction. -- Kanti Bajpai, Wilmar Professor of Asian Studies, National University of SingaporeThis magnificent anthology is an indispensable resource for the ideas that shaped India's modernity. It is a product of brilliant, painstaking and innovative scholarship, that opens us so many new intellectual vistas. These judiciously selected pieces will unsettle assumptions about how Indians thought of themselves. -- Pratap Bhanu Mehta, author of The Burden of DemocracyAn impressive and illuminating anthology. -- James Crabtree * Financial Times *Sagar’s scholarship offers nothing short of a profound intellectual service to South Asianists, intellectual historians, and International Relations scholars. -- Martin J. Bayly, London School of Economics and Political Science * H-Diplo *Table of ContentsPrefaceEditorial NoteIntroductionPart I: Regaining Greatness1. English Education2. Sea VoyagesPart II: Critiques3. The Great Game4. The Eastern Question5. Free Trade6. Racism7. The Opium TradePart III: The Great Debate8. To Learn from the West9. To Teach the WestFurther ReadingIndex

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Book SynopsisTo Raise a Fallen People brings to light pioneering writing on international politics from nineteenth-century India. Drawing on extensive archival research, it unearths essays, speeches, and pamphlets that address fundamental questions about India's place in the world.Trade ReviewForeign observers are often puzzled and sometimes frustrated by what they see as India’s ambivalence about embracing the role of a classic great power. In this rich and original study, Rahul Sagar digs deep into the intellectual history of the nineteenth century to unearth the roots of contemporary debates on this issue. Essential reading for anyone interested in the past, present, and future of Indian foreign policy. -- Aaron L. Friedberg, author of Getting China WrongThe essays in this volume shed light on a variety of approaches Indian intellectuals held on international issues prior to the independence struggle which started in earnest in the 1920s. It shows the connections between nineteenth and twentieth-century thinking, reflecting an evolutionary process in Indian views on world affairs. A must read for scholars and practitioners alike. -- T. V. Paul, James McGill Professor of International Relations, McGill UniversityA superb addition to the growing literature on global IR, Indian international thought, Indian foreign policy ideas, and Indian identity and nationalism. Sagar’s anthology is masterfully curated from a trove of writings going back to the nineteenth century and features a pitch-perfect introduction. -- Kanti Bajpai, Wilmar Professor of Asian Studies, National University of SingaporeThis magnificent anthology is an indispensable resource for the ideas that shaped India's modernity. It is a product of brilliant, painstaking and innovative scholarship, that opens us so many new intellectual vistas. These judiciously selected pieces will unsettle assumptions about how Indians thought of themselves. -- Pratap Bhanu Mehta, author of The Burden of DemocracyAn impressive and illuminating anthology. -- James Crabtree * Financial Times *Sagar’s scholarship offers nothing short of a profound intellectual service to South Asianists, intellectual historians, and International Relations scholars. -- Martin J. Bayly, London School of Economics and Political Science * H-Diplo *Table of ContentsPrefaceEditorial NoteIntroductionPart I: Regaining Greatness1. English Education2. Sea VoyagesPart II: Critiques3. The Great Game4. The Eastern Question5. Free Trade6. Racism7. The Opium TradePart III: The Great Debate8. To Learn from the West9. To Teach the WestFurther ReadingIndex

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Book SynopsisThis book traces the surprising social history of China’s spoken standard, from its creation as the national language of the early Republic in 1913 to its journey into postwar Taiwan to its reconfiguration as the common language of the People’s Republic after 1949.Trade ReviewThe Sounds of Mandarin is the definitive study of the modern Chinese quest for a unified spoken language. Janet Y. Chen transports readers into the meeting rooms where linguistic models were debated and the classrooms, movie theaters, and military units where the national language was taught. She captures the elusiveness of crafting a single national standard and the challenge of making it a living language. -- Robert Culp, author of The Power of Print in Modern China: Intellectuals and Industrial Publishing from the End of Empire to Maoist State SocialismThis absorbing narrative traces efforts to establish a common spoken language across China’s national expanse. Ingenious reformers, determined state authorities, and beleaguered teachers were no match for China’s cacophonous soundscape. Placing spoken language at the heart of historical explanation, The Sounds of Mandarin is by turns hilarious and sobering. -- Gail Hershatter, University of California, Santa CruzIn prose that is as clear as it is elegant, Chen’s book introduces the myriad actors—reformists, linguists, educators, and state officials—who negotiated the social stakes, political implications, and pedagogical processes of making the Chinese nation speak, utter, sing, and chant in unity. This is a wonderful read by a masterful historian. -- Eugenia Lean, author of Vernacular Industrialism in China: Local Innovation and Translated Technologies in the Making of a Cosmetics Empire, 1900-1940For years, scholars mostly assumed that we knew the roughly parallel stories of ‘linguistic unification,’ both on the Chinese mainland and in Taiwan: a slow but inexorable triumph of standardization pushed by strong states armed with new technologies. Janet Y. Chen’s exciting book shows us something radically different: stop-start cycles of intense campaigns; powerful, multivalent resistance; changing, politically fraught standards; and divergent outcomes. -- Kenneth Pomeranz, author of The Great Divergence: China, Europe, and the Making of the Modern World EconomyIn The Sounds of Mandarin, Chen explores the complex process by which Chinese nation-builders struggled to define and promulgate a shared national language, to enable the state to talk to its citizens and its citizens to talk to one another. The result is a surprising and fascinating window into the politics of modernizing China. -- Michael Szonyi, professor of history and former director of the Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies, Harvard UniversityA valuable addition to the growing scholarship on Chinese languages and scripts. * China Quarterly *Table of ContentsAcknowledgmentsNotes on Language and TransliterationIntroduction1. Dueling Sounds and Contending Tones2. In Search of Standard Mandarin3. The National Language in Exile4. Taiwan Babel5. The Common Language of New ChinaEpilogueNotesBibliographyIndex

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Book SynopsisPierre Birnbaum offers a timely reconsideration of the tear-stained pages of Jewish history and the persistence of antisemitism.Trade ReviewWith characteristic understanding, learning, and historical range, Pierre Birnbaum compellingly illuminates central aspects—past and present—of the American Jewish experience. Tears of History provocatively chronicles how antistate white supremacist insurgencies have come to target Jews, transforming prior circumstances in which political antisemitism had proved incapable in the United States to a situation Birnbaum compares to the status of Jews in Weimar Germany and Dreyfus-era France. -- Ira Katznelson, author of Fear Itself: The New Deal and the Origins of Our TimeIn this chilling book, we get a message from a distinguished scholar of French Jewish history that we may now have entered a dangerous new age. Birnbaum asks readers to contemplate a sea change that seems to be happening in American life, which portends that antisemitism, once absent from the political realm, may be now rearing its ugly head. His history of fringe antisemitism in the American past is well worth reading as we contemplate both present and future. -- Hasia R. Diner, author ofImmigration: An American HistoryAs the leading Jewish historian in France, Birnbaum offers a French perspective on Jewish-American history that compares American antisemitism to its European counterpart. In the process, he calls many myths—including that of American exceptionalism—into question. This interesting, provocative book is more sophisticated than recent books on antisemitism and explores a subject of great contemporary relevance. -- Maurice Samuels, author of The Betrayal of the DuchessTable of ContentsPreface to the American Edition Introduction: On American Happiness 1. Salo Baron, the Golden Country and the Refusal of a Lachrymose History2. The Leo Frank Affair: The Lynching of a Jew3. From the Jew Deal to the Storming of the CapitolConclusion: Kishinev à l’américaine—the End of Hope?NotesIndex

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Book SynopsisPierre Birnbaum offers a timely reconsideration of the tear-stained pages of Jewish history and the persistence of antisemitism.Trade ReviewWith characteristic understanding, learning, and historical range, Pierre Birnbaum compellingly illuminates central aspects—past and present—of the American Jewish experience. Tears of History provocatively chronicles how antistate white supremacist insurgencies have come to target Jews, transforming prior circumstances in which political antisemitism had proved incapable in the United States to a situation Birnbaum compares to the status of Jews in Weimar Germany and Dreyfus-era France. -- Ira Katznelson, author of Fear Itself: The New Deal and the Origins of Our TimeIn this chilling book, we get a message from a distinguished scholar of French Jewish history that we may now have entered a dangerous new age. Birnbaum asks readers to contemplate a sea change that seems to be happening in American life, which portends that antisemitism, once absent from the political realm, may be now rearing its ugly head. His history of fringe antisemitism in the American past is well worth reading as we contemplate both present and future. -- Hasia R. Diner, author ofImmigration: An American HistoryAs the leading Jewish historian in France, Birnbaum offers a French perspective on Jewish-American history that compares American antisemitism to its European counterpart. In the process, he calls many myths—including that of American exceptionalism—into question. This interesting, provocative book is more sophisticated than recent books on antisemitism and explores a subject of great contemporary relevance. -- Maurice Samuels, author of The Betrayal of the DuchessTable of ContentsPreface to the American Edition Introduction: On American Happiness 1. Salo Baron, the Golden Country and the Refusal of a Lachrymose History2. The Leo Frank Affair: The Lynching of a Jew3. From the Jew Deal to the Storming of the CapitolConclusion: Kishinev à l’américaine—the End of Hope?NotesIndex

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Table of ContentsIntroduction xxv Chronology xxxvii Symbols and Abbreviations xxxix Documents, 1860-89 1860 An Item from the Census: The James Burroughs Family 3 1860 An Item from the Census: The Slaves of James Burroughs 5 1860 An Item from the Census: The James Burroughs Farm 7 2 Dec. 1861 An Inventory of the Estate of James Burroughs 9 20 Sept. 1867 Charles Wheeler Sharp to John Kimball 14 20 Nov. 1868 William Davis to John Kimball 17 1870 An Item from the Census: The Washington Ferguson Family 19 13 July 1872 The Minutes of a Republican Rally at Tinkersville 21 Oct. 1872-- June 1875 Items from the Hampton Institute Student Account Book facing 22 1874-75 The Catalog of Hampton Normal and Agricultural Institute 23 1874-75 A Student Petition to Samuel Chapman Armstrong 46 10 June 1875 Three News Items on the 1875 Graduation Exercises at Hampton Institute 48 10 June 1875 A Certificate of Achievement from Hampton Institute 67 12 Feb. 1877 From Samuel Chapman Armstrong 67 27 June--26 July 1877 Six News Items on the West Virginia Capital Campaign 69 Aug. 1877 To the Editor of the Charleston West Virginia Journal 73 26 Mar. 1878 To a Hampton Teacher 74 10 Feb. 1879 From Samuel Chapman Armstrong 75 1 July 2879 From Samuel Chapman Armstrong 76 1 Aug. 1880 A Paper Read at a Memorial Service at Hampton Institute 77 Sept. 1880 An Article in the Southern Workman 78 Oct. 1880 An Article in the Southern Workman 85 Nov. 1880 An Article in the Southern Workman 92 Dec. 1880 An Article in the Southern Workman 94 12 Jan. 1881 Edward Sugg to George Henry Corliss, with BTW's Endorsement 101 Jan. 1881 An Article in the Southern Workman 103 10 Feb. 1881 The Alabama Statute Establishing Tuskegee Normal School 107 Feb. 1881 An Article in the Southern Workman 110 Mar. 1881 An Article in the Southern Workman 111 Apr. 1881 An Article in the Southern Workman 120 31 May 1881 Samuel Chapman Armstrong to George Washington Campbell and Other Trustees of Tuskegee Normal School 127 May 1881 An Article in the Southern Workman 128 May 1881 An Article in the Southern Workman 132 25 June 1881 To James Fowle Baldwin Marshall 132 28 June 1881 To Francis Chickering Briggs 133 29 June 1881 To James Fowle Baldwin Marshall 134 5 July 1881 To James Fowle Baldwin Marshall 135 7 July 1881 To James Fowle Baldwin Marshall 137 7 July 1881 From James Fowle Baldwin Marshall 138 9 July 1881 From James Fowle Baldwin Marshall 139 14 July 1881 To the Editor of the Southern Workman 140 16 July 1881 To James Fowle Baldwin Marshall 142 16 July 1881 To Francis Chickering Briggs 143 18 July 1881 To James Fowle Baldwin Marshall 144 23 July 1881 To James Fowle Baldwin Marshall 145 10 Sept. 1881 To the Editor of the Southern Workman 146 12 Sept. 1881 Olivia A. Davidson to Mary Berry 147 28 Sept. 1881 To James Fowle Baldwin Marshall 149 7 Oct. 1881 To James Fowle Baldwin Marshall 149 3 Nov. 1881 To James Fowle Baldwin Marshall 150 12 Nov. 1881 From James Fowle Baldwin Marshall 153 18 Nov. 1881 To James Fowle Baldwin Marshall 154 23 Nov. 1881 From James Fowle Baldwin Marshall 156 27 Nov. 1881 To Samuel Chapman Armstrong 156 28 Nov. 1881 To James Fowle Baldwin Marshall 157 29 Nov. 1881 To James Fowle Baldwin Marshall 157 3 Dec. 1881 From James Fowle Baldwin Marshall 158 4 Dec. 1881 To James Fowle Baldwin Marshall 158 4 Dec. 1881 To Hampton Institute 159 18 Dec. 1881 To the Editor of the Southern Workman 159 10 Jan. 1882 To Oliver Otis Howard 161 Jan. 1882 From [Moses Pierce] 162 Jan. 1882 The Catalog of Tuskegee Normal School 165 13 Feb. 1882 A Circular Appealinrg for Donations 178 21 Feb. 1882 From Oliver Otis Howard 179 24 Mar. 1882 A News Item from the Philadelphia Inquirer 179 ca. 30 Mar. 1882 BTW and Olivia A. Davidson to the Editor of the Southern Workman 185 7 Apr. 1882 A Speech before the Alabama State Teachers' Association 191 11 Apr. 1882 A Recommendation from Henry Clay Armstrong, with the Endorsement of Rufus Willis Cobb 195 15 Apr.--14 July 1882 Three Items from a Notebook 197 22 Apr. 1882 A Recommendation from George Washington Campbell and Waddy Thompson 201 2 May 1882 To [James Fowle Baldwin Marshall] 202 8-9 May 1882 Two News Items from the Springfield Daily Republican 203 9 May 1882 To [James Fowle Baldwin Marshall] 205 22 June 1882 To [James Fowle Baldwin Marshall] 206 19 July 1882 To James Fowle Baldwin Marshall 207 2 Aug. 1882 The Register of Marriage of BTW and Fanny Norton Smith 207 2 Aug. 1882 To James Fowle Baldwin Marshall 208 18 Oct. 1882 To James Fowle Baldwin Marshall 209 23 Oct. 1882 From James Fowle Baldwin Marshall 209 8 Nov. 1882 The Annual Report of Tuskegee Normal School 210 8 Dec. 1882 Olivia A. Davidson to James Fowle Baldwin Marshall 213 16 Feb. 1883 An Amendment to the Act Establishing Tuskegee Normal School 215 19 Feb. 1883 To the Editor of the Southern Workman 216

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Book Synopsis Hailed as a pioneering work of total history' when it was published in France in 1966, Le Roy Ladurie''s volume combines elements of human geography, historical demography, economic history, and folk culture in a broad depiction of a great agrarian cycle, lasting from the Renaissance to the Enlightenment. It describes the conflicts and contradictions of a traditional peasant society in which the rise in population was not matched by increases in wealth and food production. It presents us with a great study of rural history, an analysis of economic change and a description of a society in movement that has few equals. -- Washington Post Book World It is without any doubt one of the most important, if not the most important, monograph of the French Annales school of socio-economic historians written in the last decade. -- Canadian Historical Review

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Table of Contentsv. 1. The autobiographical writings.--v. 2. 1860-89.--v. 3. 1889-95.--v. 4. 1895-98.--v. 5. 1899-1900.--v. 6. 1901-2.--v. 7. 1903-4.--v. 8. 1904-6.--v. 1906-8.--v. 10. 1909-12.--v. 11. 1911-12.--v. 12. 1912-14.--v. 13. 1914-15.- 14. Cumulative index.

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Table of Contentsv. 1. The autobiographical writings.--v. 2. 1860-89.--v. 3. 1889-95.--v. 4. 1895-98.--v. 5. 1899-1900.--v. 6. 1901-2.--v. 7. 1903-4.--v. 8. 1904-6.--v. 1906-8.--v. 10. 1909-12.--v. 11. 1911-12.--v. 12. 1912-14.--v. 13. 1914-15.- 14. Cumulative index.

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Table of ContentsCoverTitle PageContentsIntroductionErratumSymbols and AbbreviationsDocumentsBibliographyIndex

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Table of Contentsv. 1. The autobiographical writings.--v. 2. 1860-89.--v. 3. 1889-95.--v. 4. 1895-98.--v. 5. 1899-1900.--v. 6. 1901-2.--v. 7. 1903-4.--v. 8. 1904-6.--v. 1906-8.--v. 10. 1909-12.--v. 11. 1911-12.--v. 12. 1912-14.--v. 13. 1914-15.- 14. Cumulative index.

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Book SynopsisTrade Review"Provides a rich prism through which to explore the social, economic, and political development of black Cincinnati. These studies offer insight into both the dynamics of racism and a community's changing responses to it." -- Peter Rachleff, author of Black Labor in Richmond

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Book Synopsis Vividly told and richly illustrated with more than 160 photographs, The Jews of Chicago is the fascinating story of the cultural, religious, fraternal, economic, and everyday life of Chicago''s Jews. This edition of Irving Cutler''s definitive historical volume also includes a new foreword written by the author. The first comprehensive history of Chicago''s Jewish population in eighty years, The Jews of Chicago brings to life the people, events, neighborhoods, and institutions that helped shape today''s Jewish community. Cutler intertwines neighborhood histories with representative biographical vignettes of some of Chicago''s best known figures, such as Edna Ferber, Saul Bellow, Benny Goodman, Mel Tormé, Studs Terkel, Paul Muni, Mandy Patinkin, Emil G. Hirsch, Julius Rosenwald, Dankmar Adler, Arthur Goldberg, Philip Klutznick, and many others. From their roots in the Old Country to their present-day communities, Cutler captures in exTrade ReviewFirst Place for Best Regional Book, Mid-America Publishers Association Book Awards, 1996. "Deserves a space not only on every Chicagoan's shelf, but on anyone's who is interested in the rich ethnic heritage of the Windy City."--West Coast Jewish News"Concise and thoughtfully written, The Jews of Chicago extends Chicago Jewish history . . . beyond any comparable history. It is a testament not merely to the impressive work that Cutler himself has done, but also to the community he chronicles."--Chicago Jewish History“Cutler does a masterful job of tracing the history of Chicago’s Jews from the German Jews who came in the 1830s and 1840s to the East European Jews who arrived in large numbers from 1880 to 1925.”--Jerusalem Post"A splendid study. . . . Presents the story with marvelous visual evidence, photo documentation, and superb ethnographic mapping of Jewish institutions in Chicago."--American Jewish History"A thought provoking history of the Jewish community's development in Chicago and its contribution to our city."--Chicago Tribune"Deeply absorbing even for non-Jews, because of the astonishing history of this ethnic group, an unmatched rags-to-riches story. . . . with crisp prose."--Chicago Sun-TimesTable of ContentsPreface, xi1. The First Wave The German-Speaking Jews, 1 Introduction / Early Chicago / The Jews of Germany / The First Jewish Arrivals in Chicago / The Emergence of a Community and Its Institutions / The Formative Years / The Civil War Period / The Great Chicago Fire and Its Aftermath / Building South Side Institutions2. The Second Wave The Eastern European Jews, 40 Historical Background / Shtetl Life / Maxwell Street: A Shtetl in Chicago / Earning a Living / Maxwell Street Marketing / Maxwell Street Institution / The Landsmanschaften / The Yiddish Theater / Relations between German Jews and Eastern European Jews / Maxwell Street Legacy3. Through the World Wars Expanding Communal Activity, 103 The Effect of the World's Columbian Exposition / Through the World War 1 Perio / Relief for Eastern Europe and Palestine / The Growth of Zionism / Further Communal Development after World War 1 / Decades of Tragedy and Triumph: The 1930s and 1940s4. Moving Upward The Arts, Professions, and Commerce, 136 The Literary Field / Artists / Music / Sports / Health Care / Bar, Bench, and Other Government Services / Commerce and Industry / The Jewish Labor Movement5. The Last Half-Century Changing Neighborhoods and Lifestyles, 193 Declining Diversity and Shared Concerns / The South Side / Lawndale, the Largest of All / The West Town-Humboldt Park - Logan Square Area / The Albany Park - North Park Area / Rogers Park and Nearby Lakefront Communities / West Rogers Park / The Exodus to the Suburbs / The North and Northwest Suburbs / Chicago-area Jewry Today: Problems and Progress Glossary, 281 Chronology, 283 Notes, 289 Selected Bibliography, 297 Index, 303

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Book SynopsisCovering the breadth of Native musical experience, from traditional to contemporary stylesTrade Review"Essential reading for ethnomusicologists, Native music scholars, and other readers who are interested in the musical journeying of people and repertoires across North America."--Great Plains Quarterly"Tara Browner's edited volume on American Indian music, originally published in 2009 and issued as a paperback in 2022, provides context and analysis that sheds light on key areas where music intersects prominently with Indian cultures: dance, identity, mythology, poetics, and spiritual power." --Journal of Folklore Research Reviews"This anthology offers an exciting variety of scholarly studies of musical practices of First Peoples. This highly influential work undoubtedly makes an important contribution to the field of ethnomusicology, containing essays that will become widely cited."--Beverley Diamond, author of Native American Music in Eastern North America: Experiencing Music, Expressing Culture"A fascinating and innovative collection of case studies, including work by Native American scholars as well as articles co-authored by non-Native scholars and Native community members. This collection's special strength is the rich variety of methodological approaches and communities presented, some of which have been underrepresented in previous literature in American Indian ethnomusicology. This work will certainly appeal to scholars in ethnomusicology, anthropology, folklore, linguistics, Native American studies, and cultural studies."--Victoria Lindsay Levine, author of Writing American Indian Music: Historic Transcriptions, Notations, and ArrangementsTable of ContentsContributors are T. Christopher Aplin, Tara Browner, Paula Conlon, David E. Draper, Elaine Keillor, Lucy Lafferty, Franziska von Rosen, David Samuels, Laurel Sercombe, and Judith Vander.

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Book SynopsisPresents the history of legendary treasure seekers and enigmatic natives in the Sierra Madre of Mexico. This work offers a look into the ways of the resilient indigenous culture in the Americas, the exploits of Mexican mountaineers, and the parade of argonauts and accidental travellers that has journeyed into the Sierra Madre over centuries.Trade ReviewWinner of the Gold medal in the Travel Essays Category for the 2006 ForeWord Book of the Year Awards contest. "An astonishing sojourn into a remote region."--Booklist"In the Sierra Madre introduces us to a host of idiosyncratic customs, numerous unforgettable characters, and situations that only a traveler of this ilk could manage. Biggers is the quintessential observer, with the eye and voice of a poet."--San Antonio Express-News"For those interested in living culture, this book offers a treasury of anecdotes of the clash and blend of old and new."--Guadalajara Reporter“Half a century after the release of the film, Jeff Biggers brings home the true treasure of the Sierra Madre: its stories. Biggers weaves a tapestry of intertwined tales that sheds light on this little-known region. Warm-hearted and compassionate, these stories bring to life the Raramuri.” --Michael Shapiro, author of A Sense of Place: Great Travel Writers Talk about Their Craft, Lives, and Inspiration“Once every generation a book comes along that captures the stunning terrain and hidden life of Mexico’s remote western Sierra Madre. In the Sierra Madre is that book for this generation. Jeff Biggers has seen the strange and remarkable that the rest of us can only imagine.”--Tom Miller, author of The Panama Hat Trail and On the Border"Jeff Biggers has the keenest eye in the business, and he has a fine, luminous voice to tell you what he has seen. This is a welcome addition to western and Mexican letters. Biggers manages to write like a poet, a historian, a naturalist, and an adventurer. His pages are burnished and alive, and I admire his work. You need to read this one soon."--Luis Urrea, author of The Hummingbird's Daughter and The Devil's Highway

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Book SynopsisBryan D. Palmer''s award-winning study of James P. Cannon''s early years (1890-1928) details how the life of a Wobbly hobo agitator gave way to leadership in the emerging communist underground of the 1919 era. This historical drama unfolds alongside the life experiences of a native son of United States radicalism, the narrative moving from Rosedale, Kansas to Chicago, New York, and Moscow. Written with panache, Palmer''s richly detailed book situates American communism''s formative decade of the 1920s in the dynamics of a specific political and economic context. Our understanding of the indigenous currents of the American revolutionary left is widened, just as appreciation of the complex nature of its interaction with international forces is deepened.Trade ReviewWallace K. Ferguson Prize, Canadian Historical Association, 2008. "Palmer's biography is destined to become a classic in the historiography of US Communism. It is the most serious treatment of the Communist movement's history in the 1920s since Draper's two volumes appeared approximately 50 years ago. . . . Palmer is currently preparing the second volume of his Cannon biography, chronicling the subject's Trotskyist years. I can hardly wait to read it."--Left History "Palmer's faithful, moving account of the choices Cannon faced has important lessons for us. One of those lessons is that, even as we weigh the decisions the choices and hopes of previous radical generations, we need to attend to out own imperatives and dreams."--Canadian Dimension"An important contribution to the study of American radicalism."--Journal of American History "An excellent portal through which to experience and better understand the radical Left in the United States."--American Historical Review"One of the most inspiring leaders of the early United States Communist movement has at long last found a biographer worthy to recount the first four decades of his life."--Against the Current"This book is a fitting tribute to Cannon--soapboxer, Wobbly, and American Bolshevik."--International Socialism"Palmer shows a superb grasp of the relevant secondary literature, combing memoirs, the Cannon and Browder papers, FBI reports, and microfilmed Russian documents. His clear writing carries readers through an arcane world of ever-shifting alliances, factions and ideological polemics. The book is particularly strong on Cannon's impoverished Kansas youth, dysfunctional family life, early days as a hobo, organizer for the Industrial Workers of the World, and participant in meetings of the Communist International. Highly recommended."--Choice"Palmer has composed an elegant book that draws readers in with engaging chapter headings and does not disappoint, providing them with an immense amount of intriguing information about Cannon and the American revolutionary Left. Palmer’s writing is engaging and hard to put down; you can feel his passion for his subject."--H-SHGAPE "An exhaustive account of Cannon's life and his place in the various machinations of the revolutionary Left."--Labor History "In this magnificent biography of Cannon, the founder of American Trotskyism, Bryan Palmer recovers the lost history of the Left in the 1920s and completely reframes the debate about the origins and nature of the CPUSA. Beyond Cold War calumny or Popular Front fairy- tale, here is the true story of 'Reds,' told by a master historian."--Mike Davis, author of City of Quartz, Planet of Slums, Buda's Wagon, and other books "Destined to become a path-breaking classic on American Communism, Bryan Palmer's study of Jim Cannon offers a coherent and richly detailed account of that movement's formative decade. Communism in the United States of the 1920s emerges from this volume not as a mere hotbed of sterile sectarianism, but as a promising outgrowth of U.S. radical traditions boldly intersecting with the contradictory realities of Russian Communism."--Paul Le Blanc, author of A Short History of the U.S. Working Class and Marx, Lenin and the Revolutionary Experience

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Book SynopsisA history of cooking and fine dining in Western Europe from 1520 to 1660Trade Review"Though Renaissance paintings and palaces abide, the work of Renaissance chefs lives on only in the accounts of writerly houseguests and boastful hosts. Prof. Ken Albala has followed the paper trail with the diligence of a professional historian, but he writes with zest. . . . Porcupine paté and stuffed dormouse found their way to the groaning board, and a Lenten favorite for pious meat-lovers was beaver tail because, since it was always in the water, 'this part of the animal could be considered fish.'"--Wall Street Journal Online “This engrossing work covers a great deal of culinary ground, and will interest many readers. . . . This is a truly fascinating look at how people ate four hundred years ago.”--Sixteenth Century Journal “A pleasure to read and a solid contribution to gastronomic history.”--HistorianTable of ContentsContents Preface Acknowledgments 1. Setting the Stage--Setting the Table 2. An Introduction to Ingredients and Wild Food 3. Dairy 4. Spices and Garnishes 5. Vegetables and Fruit 6. Starches and Pasta 7. Wine and Alcohol 8. Nations 9. Staff and Carving 10. Condemnation 11. Recipes Notes Glossary Bibliography Index

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Book Synopsis During the 1910s and 1920s, the Philadelphia waterfront was home to the most durable interracial, multiethnic union seen in the United States prior to the Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO) era. For much of its time, Local 8''s majority was African American and included immigrants from Eastern Europe as well as many Irish Americans. In this important study, Peter Cole examines how Local 8, affiliated with the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW), accomplished what no other did at the time. He also shows how race was central not only to the rise but also to the decline of Local 8, as increasing racial tensions were manipulated by employers and federal agents bent on the union''s destruction. Trade Review"Cole skillfully integrates material from IWW leaders, government documents, newspaper accounts, and oral histories with secondary literature to produce a superb case study, one that should appeal to anyone interested in the IWW, the intersection of work and race, waterfront work, or race relations in the United States during the World War I period."--H-Urban "This book is a powerful reminder of what a militant and democratic union can accomplish, but also serves as a warning that only a far more powerful labor movement than we have at present can avoid the kind of tragedy depicted here." --Solidarity "One of the best and most important histories of the Industrial Workers of the World."--American Historical Review"Cole's richly detailed book provides a glimpse at a topic too often ignored, the local IWW. . . . Wobblies on the Waterfront deserves to be read seriously by labor historians and historians interested in race and social justice movements. . . . This remarkable book provides a sense of what the Wobblies might have become if given a chance."--Journal of American History "An invaluable resource to those interested broadly in the historiography of race and industrial unionism and more specifically in Local 8 itself. . . . A worthwhile contribution to the literature and an inspiration to those of us who hold out hope for a unified labor movement."--Labor History "Cole's book amply demonstrates the value of interracial solidarity to successful organizing and shows that is was possible even under relatively inhospitable conditions. Wobblies on the Waterfront is a valuable addition to the debate about the intersections of race and class in labor history and will be of interest to scholars and advanced students of labor history."--Labor Studies Journal "The story of Philadelphia's Local 8, a motley and international crew of longshoremen who worked together against the rising tide of racial intolerance [is] one worth telling and one well told in Peter Cole's Wobblies on the Waterfront."--Labour/Le Travail

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Book SynopsisAn enlightening study of feminism in the work of seven black playwrightsTrade Review"The present volume probes a large sample of the dramatic literature and therefore achieves a deeper inquiry. . . . Recommended."--Choice “Enormously valuable for its range of playwrights. . . . With its focus on texts and intertextuality, the contributors maintain a blend of criticism, cultural history, and theatre history.”--Theatre Survey"A stimulating reading that weaves together black feminist theater and black women's histories."--SIGNS"The riveting selections in Black Feminism in Contemporary Drama cover what is going on in African American women's drama today. The volume pays close attention to topics of race, class, gender, and sexuality, while raising issues that are critical to many contemporary debates: black women's health, representation, and gender objectification. An accessible and informative read that is a welcome addition to drama studies, American literature, and African American literature."--Valerie Lee, editor of The Prentice Hall Anthology of African American Women's Literature"Black Feminism in Contemporary Drama lays out carefully and clearly the elements needed for a black feminist aesthetic and begins the journey toward conjoining black women's plays and performance pieces with black feminist cultural scholarship in multiple disciplines. Expanding the canon of black feminist cultural analysis in valuable ways, Anderson selects truly worthwhile and timely plays that will find resonance with feminist, literature, and drama students and scholars."--Jacqueline Bobo, author of Black Women as Cultural ReadersTable of ContentsAcknowledgments vii 1. A Black Feminist Theatre Emerges 1 2. Pearl Cleage's Black Feminism 17 3. We Are the Daughters of Aunt Jemima: Remembering Black Women's History 35 4. Battling Images: Suzan-Lori Parks and Black Iconicity 55 5. Kia Corthron's Everyday Black Women 76 6. Signifying Black Lesbians: Dramatic Speculations 95 7. A Black Feminist Aesthetic 115 Notes 127 Bibliography 133 Index 141

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Book SynopsisExamining social and popular dance forms from a variety of critical and cultural perspectivesTrade Review"Contributors to this important new collection offer scholarship that helps us to hear, feel, and imagine that transformation through the ongoing story of American social and popular dance practices."--Dance Research Journal“Malnig makes a significant contribution to the field of dance studies with this impressive, long-overdue investigation into the rich world of vernacular dance traditions. . . . Highly recommended.”--Choice"This extraordinary collection of essays brings to the forefront the transformative power of social and popular dance as well as its profound impact in shaping American culture and history over the past two centuries."--Dance Chronicle"This well-researched and balanced classroom tool looks inside genres like ragtime, dance marathons and krumping, and its iconic photographs will help readers further understand each style."--Dance Teacher“An incredibly needed volume for undergraduate and graduate students, teachers, and advisors in the field of dance. These essays afford compelling glimpses into communities dancing in particular places and times; the authors provide nuanced understandings of dancing as a means of forming identity and community.”--Ann Dils, coeditor of Moving History/Dancing Cultures: A Dance History Reader“This invaluable volume covers an impressive range of genres, illuminating the liveliness and diversity of social dance. The book makes a unique contribution at a time when the field of dance studies is expanding to include forms other than Euro-American concert dance. An excellent book and a godsend for classroom use.”--Tricia Henry Young, director of the graduate program in American dance studies, Florida State UniversityTable of ContentsAcknowledgments xi Introduction / Julie Malnig 1SECTION 1 / HISTORICAL PRECEDENTS 1. Our National Poetry / The Afro-Chesapeake Inventions of American Dance 19 Jurretta Jordan Heckscher 2. The Civilizing of America's Ballrooms / The Revolutionary War to 1890 36 Elizabeth Aldrich 3. "Just Like Being at the Zoo" / Primitivity and Ragtime Dance 55 Nadine George-Graves 4. Apaches, Tangos, and Other Indecencies / Women, Dance, and New York Nightlife of the 1910s 72 Julie MalnigSECTION 2 / EVOLVING STYLES 5. Reality Dance / American Dance Marathons 93 Carol Martin 6. The Trianon and On / Reading Mass Social Dancing in the 1930s and 1940s in Alberta, Canada 109 Lisa Doolittle 7. Negotiating Compromise on a Burnished Wood Floor / Social Dancing at the Savoy 126 Karen Hubbard and Terry Monaghan 8. Rumba Then and Now / Quindembo 146 Yvonne Daniel 9. Embodying Music/Disciplining Dance / The mambo Body in Havana and New York City 165 David F. Garcia 10. Rocking Around the Clock / Teenage Dance Fads from 1955 to 1965 182 Tim Wall 11. Beyond the Hustle / 1970s Social Dancing, Discotheque Culture, and the Emergence of the Contemporary Club Dancer 199 Tim LawrenceSECTION 3 / THEATRICALIZATIONS OF SOCIAL DANCE FORMS 12. "A Thousand Raggy, Draggy Dances" / Social Dance in Broadway Musical Comedy in the 1920s 217 Barbara Cohen-Stratyner 13. From Bharata Natyam to Bop / Jack Cole's "Modern" Jazz Dance 234 Constance Valis Hill 14. From Busby Berkeley to Madonna / Music Video and Popular Dance 247 Sherril Dodds 15. The Dance Archaeology of Rennie Harris / Hip-Hop or Postmodern? 261 Halifu OsumareSECTION 4 / THE CONTEMPORARY SCENE 16. "C'mon to My House" / Underground House Dancing 285 Sally R. Sommer 17. Dancing Latin/Latin Dancing / Salsa and Dancesport 302 Juliet McMains 18. Louisiana Gumbo / Retention, Creolization, and Innovation in Contemporary Cajun and Zydeco Dance 323 May Gwin Waggoner 19. The Multiringed Cosmos of Krumping / Hip-Hop Dance at the Intersections of Battle, Media, and Spirit 337 Christina Zanfagna Contributors 355 Index 361

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Book SynopsisA critical investigation into the associational culture of African American freemasonryTrade Review“Recommended.”--Choice"An astounding reinterpretation of the roots of the black Masonic movement."--The Journal of American History"A valuable contribution to our understanding of the relationship between Masonic cultural and institutional forms and the struggle for democracy among African Americans."--Journal of African American Studies"This very important work is extraordinarily well researched, theoretically sophisticated, and well written. A major intervention and valuable contribution to the fields of Africana and American studies, cultural studies, and political theory."--Anthony Bogues, author of Black Heretics and Black Prophets: Radical Political Intellectuals"Walker's attention to freemasonry expands the terrain of analysis of black civil society. His retelling of the story of the beginning of the association--foregrounding the black Atlantic context--recasts how scholars in the field think of the Masons and their place in African American history. Superb scholarship."--Eddie S. Glaude Jr., author of In a Shade of Blue: Pragmatism and the Politics of Black AmericaTable of ContentsPreface: A Note on Freemasonry vii Acknowledgments ix Introduction: Secret Rites, Public Power 1 1. The Specter of Democracy 23 2. A Cartography of Democracy 45 3. Ritual and Revolution 86 4. A New Political Ideology 128 5. The Democratic Uses of Ritual and Secrecy 175 Epilogue: Race, Ritual, and the Struggle for Democracy in America 219 Notes 227 Index 281

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Book SynopsisAn impressive collection of Jewish signet rings and seals from the Sasanian EmpireTrade Review"This book should be in any research library for ancient Near Eastern, Iranian, or Jewish history. It will be a useful reference for archaeologists and historians of society, art, religion and commercial practice in those fields."--Michael L. Bates, curator emeritus of Islamic coins, American Numismatic Society"Friedenberg sets out to catalogue the Jewish seals of the Sasanian Empire, providing some introductory material by way of background and orientation. The access to primary sources, especially recondite ones, is a foundational service of publication. This kind of scholarship holds a special place in our work."--Joshua Holo, director of the Louchheim School of Judaic Studies and associate professor of Jewish history, Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion, Los AngelesTable of ContentsACKNOWLEDGMENTS xi GENERAL NOTES xiii INTRODUCTION Observations on the Jews of the Sasanian Empire i NORMAN GOLB 1 A Brief Historical Review 5 2 The Jewish Academies 11 3 Jewish Names on Sasanian Seals 13 4 The Nature and Function of Sasanian Seals 17 5 Old Testament Themes 23 6 Description of Seals 27Seals of the Lulab and Etrog 1. Seal of Mari Son of Samuel (Jewish) 27 2. Seal of Isaac Son of Papa (Jewish) 28 3. Seal of Judah - Son of Abba (Jewish) 28 4. Seal of Abbua (Jewish) 29 5. Seal of Ahawa Son of Zachary (Jewish) 29 6. Seal of Joseph (Jewish) 30 7. Seal Without Inscription (Jewish) 31 8. Seal of Hilkiah Son of Samuel (Jewish) 31 9. Seal of Huna Son of Nathan (Jewish) 31 10. Seal of Samuel 32 11. Seal of Levi Son of Simon (Jewish) 32Seals of Abraham's Binding of Isaac and Related Scenes 12. Seal of Hillel Son of Menasseh (Jewish) 33 13. Seal of Jacob Son of Judah (Jewish) 34 14. Seal Without Inscription: Abraham's Binding of Isaac (Probably Christian) 35 15. Seal Without Inscription: Abraham's Binding of Isaac (Probably Christian) 35 16. Seal Without Inscription: Abraham with Cross on Altar (Christian) 36 17. Seal Without Inscription: Abraham with Cross over Altar (Christian) 36 18. Seal Without Inscription: Abraham with Cross over Altar (Christian) 37 19. Seal Without Inscription: Abraham Holding Isaac (Probably Christian) 37 20. Seal Without Inscription: Abraham with Crosses (Christian) 38 21. Seal with Latin Inscription: Abraham's Binding of Isaac (Christian) 38 22. Seal Without Inscription: Fire Altar and Priest (Zoroastrian) 39 23. Seal Without Inscription: Abraham's Binding of Isaac(?) (Unidentifiable) 39 24. Seal Without Inscription: Abraham's Binding of Isaac(?) (Unidentifiable) 40 25. Seal Without Inscription: Zoroastrian Worship (Zoroastrian) 40 26. Seal Without Inscription: Scene of Worship (Probably Zoroastrian) 41Seals of the Human Figure 27. Seal of Joseph Son of Nata (Jewish) 41 28. Seal of Isaac Son of Adda (Jewish) 42 29. Seal of Ityonah Yoniya (or Ye'udia) (Jewish) 43Seals of Animals and Other Life Forms 30. Seal of Hunay (Jewish) 44 31. Seal Without Inscription: Two Standing Rams (Probably Zoroastrian) 44 32. Seal of Isaac Son of Judah (Jewish) 45 33. Seal of Huna Son of Samuel (Jewish) 45 34. Seal of Hada Son of Hiyya (Jewish) 46 35. Seal of Jonah (Jewish) 46 36. Seal of Ibrami(?) (Jewish) 47 37. Seal of Abba (Jewish) 48 38. Seal of Shem Son of Hunar (Jewish) 48 39. Seal of `Uqba Son of Papa (Jewish) 49 40. Seal of Samuel Son of Yosha Tov(?) (Jewish) 49 41. Seal of Vashish(?) (Jewish) 50Seals of Family Devices 42. Seal of Abba Son of Malka(?) (Jewish) 51 43. Seal of Aha Son of Sumaqa (Jewish) 52Miscellaneous and Dubious Seals 44. Seal of John (Jewish) 53 45. Seal of Yoash the Dayyan Son of Judah(?) (Jewish) 53 46. Seal of Isaac Son of Moses (Jewish) 54 47. Seal of Yosine Arcohen [Chief Priest] Son of Iyf ... Shalom (Jewish) 54 48. Seal of Samuel Son of Isaac Rabba (Jewish) 55Fantasy Seals on the Theme of the Binding of Isaac 49. Fantasy Seal on the Theme of the Binding of Isaac 56 50. A Second Fantasy Seal on the Aqedah Theme (Jewish) 56 51. A Third Fantasy Seal on the Aqedah Theme (Jewish) 57Seals of Daniel in the Lions' Den 52. Seal Showing Daniel in the Lions' Den (Christian or Probably Christian) 58 53. Seal Showing Daniel in the Lions' Den (Christian or Probably Christian) 58 54. Seal Showing Daniel in the Lions' Den (Christian or Probably Christian) 59 55. Seal Showing Daniel in the Lions' Den (Christian or Probably Christian) 59 56. Seal Showing Daniel in the Lions' Den (Christian or Probably Christian) 60 57. Seal Showing Daniel in the Lions' Den (Christian or Probably Christian) 60 7 Specific Character of the Known Sasanian Jewish Seals 61 NOTES 63 BIBLIOGRAPHY 67 INDEX 71

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Book SynopsisA unique study of slavery reenactments and performances in African American literature and cultureTrade Review“Woolfork’s book builds on recent work in African American studies and psychoanalytic theory by Cathy Caruth, Claudia Tate, Hortense Spillers, and Saidiya Hartman, challenging and confronting the divides between past and present, freedom and slavery, as they are reenacted bodily and textually in contemporary US culture. Recommended”--Choice"With great clarity, Lisa Woolfork engages the most sophisticated theoretical ideas about trauma and slavery. This intricate, comprehensive, and inclusive work joins a burgeoning field of studies that directly analyze slavery in contemporary neo-slave narrative."--Helena Woodard, associate professor of English, University of Texas"A welcome addition to the African diaspora conversations about slavery, its trauma, and the complications of its remembrance. Woolfork's focus on the bodily epistemology of the slave past as a part of a transnational, multi-racial, multi-generational critique is well conceived and provocative."--Sheila Smith McKoy, author of When Whites Riot: Writing Race and Violence in American and South African Violence

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Book SynopsisAn insightful history of Italian immigrants' personal experience of language in AmericaTrade ReviewWinner of a 2010 American Book Award from The Before Columbus Foundation. "Outstanding from start to finish. . . . The author displays exceptional range and depth in exploring not only the interior world of Italian American life, but also the intersections of this group's story with that of other immigrant communities and with society as a whole. . . . Highly recommended."--Choice"A must for Italian American scholars."--Altreitalie"Carnevale takes a fresh and intriguing approach by focusing on an issue to which historians have devoted surprisingly little attention."--Journal of American Ethnic History"By focusing on the everyday linguistic practices of ordinary immigrants, Carnevale's study is truly path-breaking, opening new ground in the study of immigrant language usage. Refreshingly original and enormously stimulating."--Donna Gabaccia, coeditor of American Dreaming, Global Realities: Rethinking U.S. Immigration History"In A New Language, A New World, Nancy C. Carnevale does something that historians have long claimed that they would do, but in fact never did: she takes language seriously. Carnevale focuses on the language world of Italian immigrants in the United States and examines in intricate and intimate detail how language shaped them and structured their encounter with America."--Hasia R. Diner, author of Hungering for America: Italian, Irish and Jewish Foodways in the Age of Migration

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Book SynopsisAccessible, theoretical readings of popular African American women film iconsTrade ReviewA Choice Outstanding Academic Title, 2011. "[A] remarkable, straightforward book. . . . Mask interrogates the star personae of each of her subjects with a rigor that is unique and as refreshing as it is accessible and well written. Mask's cultural critique of her subjects and the world in which they operate resonates long after one has finished the volume. Highly recommended."--Choice"An original and imaginative work that is full of intellectual energy, insight, and engaged writing."--Hazel V. Carby, author of Cultures in Babylon: Black Britain and African America"Mia Mask deftly weaves the lines of inquiry, theory, popular culture, and history while making the complex lives of these amazing, charismatic black women accessible and understandable in fresh conceptual ways."--Ed Guerrero, author of Framing Blackness: The African American Image in Film

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Book SynopsisFreeing Charles recounts the life and epic rescue of captured fugitive slave Charles Nalle of Culpeper, Virginia, who was forcibly liberated by Harriet Tubman and others in Troy, New York, on April 27, 1860. Scott Christianson follows Nalle from his enslavement by the Hansborough family in Virginia through his escape by the Underground Railroad and his experiences in the North on the eve of the Civil War. This engaging narrative represents the first in-depth historical study of this crucial incident, one of the fiercest anti-slavery riots after Harpers Ferry. Christianson also presents a richly detailed look at slavery culture in antebellum Virginia and probes the deepest political and psychological aspects of this epic tale. His account underscores fundamental questions about racial inequality, the rule of law, civil disobedience, and violent resistance to slavery in the antebellum North and South. As seen in New York Times and on C-Span’s Book TV.Trade Review "Christianson explores the complications of the law, and he captures the drama of Nalle’s escape and attempted recapture and the complexities of citizens willing to defy the law for a higher principle."--Booklist"This is a welcome volume and should stimulate researchers to unearth other important, though seemingly minor, events that preceded the nation's bloody civil war."--The Journal of African American History"A master storyteller, Christianson has a novelist's eye for picturing the places, events, and forgotten people who figured in his narrative. . . . A significant addition to the story of the coming of the Civil War."--Civil War Book Review"Christianson's beautifully written story of fugitive slave Charles Nalle's dramatic escape, recapture, and then rescue is one of the long forgotten yet incredibly important events in our nation's history. Christianson serves up history like a master storyteller: a great dose of drama, tragedy, triumph, love, illicit sex, and a cast of characters that will surprise and delight."--Kate Clifford Larson, author of Bound for the Promised Land: Harriet Tubman, Portrait of an American Hero"Extensively researched and finely analyzed, Freeing Charles tells the gripping story of a fugitive slave rescue that has largely escaped our attention until now."--Richard J. M. Blackett, author of Divided Hearts: Britain and the American Civil War "A thoughtful biography."--The Journal of Southern History "What is more courageous, militancy or a middle-class life? Fleeing for freedom or remaining loyal to a family? It is one of the virtues of [this] book that [it] raise[s] such questions without insisting on an answer."--The Wall Street Journal"In this magnificently conceived and subtly rendered book, Christianson not only brings to life the men and women of the Underground Railroad as they carry out one of the most dramatic rescues of a fugitive slave on record, he also guides us unflinchingly along the heartbreaking fault line of racial relations that warped life in America--in both the North and the South--in the age of slavery."--Fergus M. Bordewich, author of Bound for Canaan: The Underground Railroad and the War for the Soul of America "Absorbing and eminently readable. With a large cast of characters, this stirring historical narrative centered on one incident also uses a wide-angle lens to reveal many other facets of slavery's impact during the antebellum years."--Jean M. Humez, author of Harriet Tubman: The Life and the Life Stories "A vivid and arresting biography that focuses on one mid-nineteenth century man and his family, whom slavery constantly imperiled even after they freed themselves not only once, but several times. It is such stories that help us learn how much was at stake for anyone held to slavery and the lengths to which some white people would go to reverse attempts at self-emancipation."--Philip J. Schwarz, author of Migrants against Slavery: Virginians and the Nation

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Book SynopsisExamining how nineteenth-century Black women writers engaged radical reform, sentiment and their various readershipsTrade Review"Recommended."--Choice"A bold work of literary activism."--Legacy"A wonderful piece of scholarship."--Southern Historian"A breathtaking and brilliant book."--Signs"Activist Sentiments reevaluates with a savvy, critical eye the nexus of sex, sentiment, and reform that distinguishes classic nineteenth-century African American women's narratives. Always informative, consistently revealing, and invitingly written, Foreman's book belongs in the company of the major studies in this field by Frances Smith Foster, Hazel Carby, Claudia Tate, and Carla L. Peterson."--William L. Andrews, E. Maynard Adams Professor of English, University of North Carolina, and coeditor of The Curse of Caste; or The Slave Bride: A Rediscovered African American Novel by Julia C. Collins"Foreman rereads nineteenth-century women writers with fresh eyes, vividly demonstrating how they were interpreted both then and now. She asks that we heed Frances Harper's admonition to 'read aright.' Activist Sentiments does just that."--Carla L. Peterson, author of "Doers of the Word": African-American Women Speakers and Writers in the North (1830-1880)"With key readings and startling acuity, Foreman's work will be very useful not only to literary scholars but also to historians of the black woman's era."--Rafia Zafar, author of We Wear the Mask: African Americans Write American Literature, 1760-1870"In this stimulating and impressive work, Foreman provides astute readings of previously ignored work. This text makes a significant contribution to several areas of scholarship including American literature, history, women's studies, and black studies."--Jennifer DeVere Brody, author of Impossible Purities: Blackness, Femininity and Victorian CultureTable of ContentsAcknowledgments ix A Note on Language xv Introduction 1 1. The Politics of Sex and Representation in Harriet Jacobs's Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl 19 Eenie, Meenie, Minie, Moe, Abuser, Victim, Ally, Foe? 21 Confession and Commodities, Silence and Sale 24 Sexual Truth, Testimony, and Tyranny 29 Flint, Sands, and Willis: South to North, Daddies to Dandies 33 Aunt Martha's Mask 36 2. Naming Our Nig's Multivalent Mothers 43 Extended Family: Aunties' Place and Property 51 Ma' Nig and Maternal Abandonment 57 Multivalent Mulattas and Legal Racing 60 (Un)Trustworthy Narrators and Multiple Starts 65 3. Reading White Slavery, Sexuality, and Embedded History in Frances E. W. Harper's Iola Leroy 73 Cultural Literacy, Legible Transcripts, and Reading "Aright" in the 1890s 76 Forced Prostitution, Rape, and White Slavery's Double Meanings 80 Ida B. Wells, Frances Harper, and the Two Iolas 90 Martin Delany, Lucy A. Delaney, and Iola's Lucille Delany 96 Petitioning Science, or Martin Delany and Dr. Frank, George and Lewis Latimer 102 4. Reading/Photographs: Emma Dunham Kelley-Hawkins's Four Girls at Cottage City, Victoria Earle Matthews, and the Woman's Era 113 Reading/Photographs 116 Women's Clubs and Literary Critique 126 The Woman's Era Photographic Bylines 129 Victoria Earle and Vera Earle 132 Optic History 137 5. Home Protection, Literary Aggression, and Religious Defense in the Life and Writings of Amelia E. Johnson 138 Public Standing and Civic Action of Amelia E. Johnson 141 Women, the Law, and Baltimore's Brotherhood of Liberty 148 Racial Inequalities, or Snatching the Whip and Switching the Script 157 Temperance and Bad Parental Temperaments 164 Coda: On Burials and Exhumations 173 Notes 179 Bibliography 221 Index 241

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Book SynopsisAn extensive historical exploration of touch which lies at the heart of our experience of the worldTrade Review "Classen is a veteran at telling sensory histories, with a deft touch. . . . A major appeal of Classen's new book is her account of the Industrial Revolution."--The Chronicle Review"This is a wise book, filled with fascinating observations, from which every reader will learn a great deal. The Deepest Sense breaks new ground not only by focusing on the long history of the sense of touch from the Middle Ages to the modern period, but also by drawing the tactile into a number of important historical conversations."--Richard Newhauser, coeditor of Pleasure and Danger in Perception: The Five Senses in the Middle Ages and the Renaissance (special issue of The Senses and Society) “Provides a nuanced and informative narrative on how humanity's relationship with touch has changed throughout history.”--Publishers Weekly"Recommended."--Choice "Classen's lush descriptions provide an excellent underscoring of her exploration of this intimate sense."--Library Journal "Classen eloquently argues that touch is the deepest sense not only because its cultural meanings stretch into the distant past but also because its social meanings remain embedded within core concepts of modernity… Classen shows that the history of touch is itself reflexive: although they can be only be inferred from sources, these once palpable embraces tell the history of the very deepest connections between us."--American Historical Review

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Book SynopsisOffers a historiography of smell from ancient to modern times. Synthesizing existing scholarship in the field, this book shows how people have relied on their olfactory sense to understand and engage with both their immediate environments and wider corporal and spiritual worlds.Trade Review"Past Scents: Historical Perspectives on Smell by Jonathan Reinarz is an ambitious, lucid, and engaging book that brings some order to the ever-expanding academic literature on smelling, odors, and perfumery. . . . It will no doubt be a useful book for researchers and teachers for many years, and will also continue to be a thoughtful reflection on smell history, composed at a time when this subfield of historiography is particularly flourishing."--American Historical Review"Past Scents neatly summarizes many current historical perspectives on smell. More importantly it points to a number of other contemporary perspectives we might take as historians and past sensory perspectives, of women and the lower classes to take two examples, that we might better excavate from the archive."--Reviews in History"This book suggests that engagement with the cultural work of smell both in the past and in the present can be richly rewarding. Reinarz's timely survey of historical perspectives on smell will (hopefully) inspire further research that will move us beyond simple binaries of fragrant/foul and self/other toward more redolent possibilities."--Journal of Interdisciplinary History"Past Scents will endure as a valuable compendium of smell scholarship."--H-Net Reviews"The volume is rich in factual detail and benefits from a multi- and interdisciplinary perspective. . . . Reinarz has provided a significant contribution to the history of olfaction."--H-Soz-Kult"Past Scents makes a timely and welcome addition to the rapidly evolving scholarship on the history of the senses. Through an engaging tour of the field and a comprehensive survey of prior studies, Jonathan Reinarz awakens the reader's senses to the history and power of smell."--William A. Cohen, author of Embodied: Victorian Literature and the Senses"Reinarz's work ambitiously ranges between examples as diverse as fifth century Byzantium and contemporary Columbia, with thematic chapters presenting different prisms for examining the history of smell. . . . Demonstrates that the historiography of smell does not have to justify itself through calling attention to its former absence but can show how smell shaped religious, economic, colonial, gender and urban transformation."--Social History

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Book SynopsisA salient take on psychoanalysis as a cultural phenomenon, intersecting with African American literatureTrade Review"An innovative and meaningful addition to recent scholarship on race and psychoanalysis. Badia Sahar Ahad's work makes a significant historical and theoretical contribution to the study of race, psychoanalysis, African American literature, and American culture.”--Gwen S. Bergner, author of Taboo Subjects: Sex and Psychoanalysis"Freud Upside Down showcases a theoretical sophistication that opens up exciting archives to a new take on literary and intellectual history." --Michael L. Cobb, author of God Hates Fags: The Rhetorics of Religious Violence

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Book SynopsisA timely collection of Latina performance piecesTrade Review"La Voz Latina makes visible and accessible a panoply of performance texts that show the remarkable range and ability of Latina playwrights. It demonstrates the vibrant diversity, transnational influences, and high volume of activity in Latina theatre in both the past and present."--Theatre Journal"A fine representation of the some of the most vital and important Latina playwrights writing and performing today. Publishing many plays for the first time, this significant collection will be of interest to students and scholars of theatre, Latina studies, and American studies."--Jorge Huerta, author of Chicano Drama: Performance, Society, and Myth"Apart from the performance pieces themselves, the artists' comments about the circumstances under which the works were created makes the collection a very valuable tool for documenting Latina cultural production since the 1980s."--Tamara L. Underiner, author of Contemporary Theatre in Mayan Mexico: Death-Defying ActsTable of ContentsAcknowledgments ix Introduction: Latinas Take the Stage 11. CREATING A PERFORMANCE VOICE: THEMES OF FAMILY, RELIGION, AND COMMUNITY 25 1. Milcha Sanchez-Scott's Roosters 31 2. Cherrie Moraga's Waiting for Da God 68II. CHICANAS AND CHICANO TEATRO: STAGING IDENTITY 87 3. Diane Rodriguez's The Path to Divadom, Or How to Make Fat-free Tamales in G Minor 93 4. Yareli Arizmendi's Who Buys Your Shoes? 103III. LA INDIGENA/THE INDIGENOUS: STAGING MYTH 119 5. Celia Herrera Rodriguez's Cositas Quebradas: Performance Codex 125 6. The Colorado Sisters' Chicomoztoc: Mimixcoa-Cloud Serpent 140IV. "RACE MATTERS" 165 7. Josefina Baez's Dominicanish 171 8. Evelina Fernandez's Luminarias 188V. WHERE IS HOME AND HOW DO WE GET THERE? 237 9. Carmen Pelaez's El Postre de Estrada Palma and My Cuba 239 10. Carmen Rivera's La Gringa 254 11. Migdalia Cruz's Another Part of the House 305VI. COMMENTARY ON LATINA THEATRE IN THE UNITED STATES 357 12. Contributions by Women of Color - Kathy Perkins 359 13. No Passport: Dreaming the Americas - Caridad Svich 362

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Book SynopsisThe first full-length critical study of lynching plays in American cultureTrade ReviewWinner of the American Theatre and Drama Society (ATDS) Book Award, 2012. Winner of the Society for the Study of American Women Writers (SSAWW) Book Award, 2012."Required reading for understanding the ways in which narrative and performance have been central to challenging white oppression as well as (re)imagining black identity in America. Highly recommended."--Choice "Mitchell expertly brings in critical approaches from literary and performance studies to show how concepts such as 'circulation' and 'impact' held different meaning for citizens trying to survive traumatic events. . . . Her study offers significant new insights into a key historical movement and provides a model of academic scholarship."--American Historical Review "Offers cogent insights into the cultural work of creative expression in a context of racial violence."--The Journal of American History"Impressively researched and powerfully argued, this first full-length critical study of lynching drama shows the ways that these plays galvanized dynamic conversations about the racialized politics of privacy, citizenship, patriotism, and gender roles in American culture. Living with Lynching is a tremendously illuminating work that breaks new ground in theater and performance studies, African American literary history, and women's and gender studies."--Daphne A. Brooks, author of Bodies in Dissent: Spectacular Performances of Race and Freedom, 1850–1910"This vivid book makes a major contribution to the literature on lynching in the U.S. by excavating an under-examined archive of black dramatic responses to it. Offering a new and convincing periodization of lynching drama, Mitchell moves beyond the best known texts to illuminate a range of plays diligently retrieved and scrupulously interpreted. Living with Lynching is a testament to the endurance of black life in the face of social death."--Tavia Nyong'o, author of The Amalgamation Waltz: Race, Performance, and the Ruses of Memory"In addition to unearthing an underexplored archive of black women's writing, Mitchell engages with one of the central problematics of feminist and critical race theories: the ethics of representing atrocity. Essential Reading."--Legacy"Mitchell's Living with Lynching is thoroughly researched and exquisitely written. It is timely and a necessary read for anyone committed to repurposing historical African American strife for reconstruction and celebration."--Spectrum"[Mitchell] shows how performing lynching plays in community spaces allowed African Americans to actualize the various subjectivities . . . that lynchings sought to expunge. This book is required reading for understanding the ways in which narrative and performance have been central to challenging white oppression as well as (re)imagining black identity in America. Highly recommended."--Choice "An emphatic push to change how we understand, write about, and teach the phenomenon of lynching."--H-SHGAPE "Mitchell methodically documents and skillfully interprets lynching drama's important cultural work. . . . She illuminates an overlooked aspect African American literary history."--Arkansas Review "If ever a lynching book could be described as beautiful, it would undoubtedly be Mitchell's for the gracious way she takes care to read, generously and meticulously, all that she sees and hears (as well as what she does not see and hear) when she enters the homes that these characters have struggled to build for themselves."--Signs “Mitchell offers a cogent example of how African Americans deployed theater and performance to engage in quotidian acts of survival, belonging, self-affirmation, and citizenship that were not solely contingent on protesting white violence.”--MELUS “These dramatic works examined by Koritha Mitchell represent a body of literature that spoke directly to the horror of lynching and its immediate and long-term effects on African American families and communities. . . . An intriguing book.”--The Journal of African American HistoryTable of ContentsIntroduction: Whose Evidence? Which Account?; Capital Entertainment, Better Representation Part I: Making Lynching Drama and Its Contributions Legible 1: Scenes and Scenarios: Reading Aright; 2: Re-defining "Black Theatre" Part II: Developing a Genre, Asserting Black Citizenship 3: The Black Soldier: Elevating Community Conversation; 4: The Black Lawyer: Preserving Testimony; 5: The Black Mother/Wife: Blue Blood Safe; 6: The Pimp and Coward: Frances Conclusion: Documenting Black Performance: Key Considerations Bibliography

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Book SynopsisUnraveling the influence and power of antebellum secret societiesTrade Review"Recommended."--Choice"A brilliant study of the transnational forces and structures that framed the origins of the Civil War."--The Historian"A page-turning secret society history based on solid research and accuracy."--Southern Historian"A well-researched, fascinating look at an often overlooked part of antebellum America that proves that sometimes conspiracy theories are legitimate."--Blue & Gray Magazine"Lause admirably demonstrates that a variety of voluntary organizations were active participants in antebellum America's political and racial struggles. . . . an impressive command of the intricate details of the many societies."--Nova Religio"Readers will gain a richly layered understanding of political paths not taken, and of a fertile transatlantic political word full of people with great imagination and hope for the future."--Indiana Magazine of History"A fascinating and provocative study that illuminates the history of the Civil War era by probing the relationship between political secret societies and social radicalism in Europe and antebellum reform and sectional crisis in the United States. This book will be a tremendous resource of information for scholars, and it is one of the most genuinely original works that I have ever read."--Robert E. May, author of Manifest Destiny's Underworld: Filibustering in Antebellum America"A challenging look at the reality of Civil War-era secret societies. This work opens up enormous possibilities for future research, prompting us to reconsider--or indeed consider for the first time--people and perspectives that have been, at best, on the periphery of studies of the Civil War era."--Susan-Mary Grant, author of The War for a Nation: The American Civil War "Dispelling the mysticism and self-aggrandizement of fraternal orders in antebellum America, Mark A. Lause successfully removes the Panjandrum from the panorama of American secret societies. The result is a careful examination of the consequence of secret societies and their place in shaping America’s national identity on the eve of the Civil War."--Michael A. Halleran, author of The Better Angels of Our Nature: Freemasonry in the American Civil WarTable of ContentsAcknowledgments vii Introduction ix Prologue. Old World Contours: Revolutionary Politics and the Secret Society Tradition 1 PART I. Alternative Means 1. The Brotherhood of the Union: George Lippard and the Palestine of Redeemed Labor 21 2. Universal Democratic Republicans: Hugh Forbes and Transatlantic Antislavery Radicalism 37 3. Lone Stars and Golden Circles: The Manifest Destiny of George W. L. Bickley 51 PART II. Challenging Power 4. Higher Laws: The Fulcrum of African American National Identity 69 5. Decisive Means: Political Violence and National Self-Definition 86 PART III. Ends 6. The Counterfeit Nation: The KGC, Secession, and the Confederate Experience 107 7. The Republic Saved: Secret Societies and the Survival of the Union 125 Epilogue. Long Shadows: Lineages of the Secret Society Tradition in America 141 Notes 157 Index 203Illustrations follow page 50

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