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Dawson Publishing The Victoria History of the County of Lancaster
Book SynopsisTopography: Salford hundred (cont., including Rochdale), Index to vols III, IV and V.
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John Wiley & Sons Inc Themselves Writ Large
Book SynopsisThis enlightening and individualistic narrative traces the development of the BMA from its inception, through two world wars and the advent of the NHS
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LUP - Voltaire Foundation Madame de Lambert et Son Milieu
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LUP - Voltaire Foundation Remapping the Rise of the European Novel
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LUP - Voltaire Foundation La Pens233e de labb233 Gr233goire despotisme et
Book SynopsisTrade Review'Le grand mérite de J. Dubray est de montrer les diverses dimensions de la pensée de Grégoire. Surtout il aborde de front l’apparente contradiction qui se trouve au cœur de la pensée et de l’action de l’abbé et examine à nouveau la position paradoxale d’un homme qui était optimiste en ce qui concerne le progrès des Lumières mais pessimiste quant à la nature humaine.'Archives de sciences sociales des religions'Parmi les ouvrages récemment consacrés à l’abbé Grégoire […], l’étude de Jean Dubray se distingue par son ambition de dégager les fondements philosophiques et théologiques, parfois implicites, de cette pensée. La remarquable permanence des positions défendues par l’abbé révolutionnaire a conduit l’auteur à embrasser l’ensemble du corpus grégorien (d’ailleurs partiellement inédit) et à en mettre au jour les principes sous-jacents.'Revue de Synthèse, tome 131, 6ème série, n° 2'Jean Dubray apporte une étude philosophique et théologique très dense, riche, passionnante, nouvelle, profondément érudite, mais avant tout destinée aux spécialistes.'French ReviewTable of ContentsAvant-proposRemerciementsIntroductionI. Les conceptions anthropologiques de Grégoire1. L’enjeu: la nature humaine2. Théologie dogmatique et vision de l’homme3. Jansénisme et rejet de la raison4. La nature humaine, le péché originel et les trois concupiscences5. Concupiscence et faute6. Despotisme, concupiscence et condition pécheresseConclusion de la première partie: l’universalité du despotismeII. L’art social: régénération de l’individu et de la sociétéIntroduction: art social et régénération7. L’art social: essai de définition8. Révolution et conversion culturelle9. Liberté et prédestination10. Vers la démocratie: art social et christianismeConclusion de la deuxième partie: libido et vertuIII. Art social et religion11. Modalités de l’art social12. La religion nécessaire13. La seule solutionConclusion généraleBibliographieIndex des noms propresIndex des thèmes
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LUP - Voltaire Foundation Les Vies de Voltaire discours et
Book SynopsisTrade Review'Les vies de Voltaire is an eloquent testimony to the vitality of Voltaire studies today, especially in Europe. It is a stimulating, well-written volume, full of interesting facts and fascinating methodological innovations. It is, in short, a must for Voltaire scholars and for students of the French Enlightenment.'French ReviewTable of ContentsListe des tables et figuresRemerciementsDédicaceListe des abréviationsChristophe Cave, IntroductionI. ProblématiquesJean Sgard, Poétique des vies particulièresDaniel Roche,Voltaire, du voyage à la philosophieII. ‘Biographèmes’Anne-Marie Mercier-Faivre, Récits d’enfance: le petit Arouet dans l’ombre du grand VoltaireHenri Duranton, Voltaire bastonné: ni Arouet ni Figaro, les avatars d’une ténébreuse affaireChristophe Cave, Lettre et biographie: Voltaire ‘peint par lui-même’Muriel Cattoor, Virevoltant Voltaire: images et statues de VoltaireIII. AutobiographiesSimon Davies, Réflexions sur l’Histoire de Charles XII: biographie et autobiographieJean Goldzink, La comédie des mémoires: du comique en autobiographieChristiane Mervaud, Des Mémoires pour servir à la vie de M. de Voltaire aux ‘Vies’ de Voltaire: l’avanie de FrancfortNicholas Cronk, (Ré)écrire les années de Cirey, ou du bon usage des Anecdotes de LongchampDinah Ribard, Secrétaire, témoin, auteur: les ‘vies’ de Voltaire par ses secrétairesIV. Biographies1. Du vivant de l’auteurGraham Gargett, Oliver Goldsmith et ses Mémoires de M. de VoltaireOlivier Ferret, Ecrire une ‘vie polémique’ de Voltaire: les biographies de Sabatier de CastresAnne-Sophie Barrovecchio, Tester ou témoigner? Le discours biographique de l’avocat Marchand sur Voltaire: deux destins pour une seule vie2. ElogesOtto H. Selles, Voltaire, ‘apôtre de la tolérance’: les Eloges de Palissot et La Harpe (1778-1780)Rémy Landy, La Harpe à propos de Voltaire: un biographe intermittentHuguette Krief, Triomphe et apothéose de Voltaire: les enjeux d’une critique biographique pendant la RévolutionYves Citton, La propagande du dernier souffle: reconversion du topos de la mort de l’athée dans Voltaire triomphantd’Anacharsis Cloots3. Les grandes biographiesDidier Masseau, L’Histoire littéraire de M. de Voltaire du marquis de Luchet: mise en scène et enjeux d’un discours biographique et critiqueCharles Coutel, La Vie de Voltaire de CondorcetRaymond Trousson, Edouard-Marie Lepan: un biographe de Voltaire en 1817Jean-Noël Pascal, Deux portraits de Voltaire en antéchrist au temps de la Restauration: note sur Mazure (1821) et Lepan (1823)Valérie André, Eugène de Mirecourt: ‘biographe’ de VoltaireV. Vies de Voltaire au vingtième siècleHaydn Mason, Nancy Mitford, Voltaire in love: une vraie biographie? J. Patrick Lee, Voltaire dans les dialogues des morts et conversations imaginaires en langue anglaise au vingtième siècleBéatrice Bomel-Rainelli, Le rire du roi Voltaire: 160 ans de biographies scolairesDenis Reynaud, Voltaire au cinémaHervé Loichemol, Porter la vie (de Voltaire) au théâtreRésumésBibliographieIndex des noms cités
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LUP - Voltaire Foundation Le Monde am233rindien au miroir des Lettres 233difiantes et curieuses
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LUP - Voltaire Foundation LAfrique du si232cle des Lumi232res savoirs et
Book SynopsisIl s’agissait de comprendre comment des fictions s’enracinaient, en amont, dans des textes qui se donnaient comme des récits de voyages authentiques et comment, en aval, cet imaginaire a pu déterminer des comportements réels, susciter aussi bien le mouvement de colonisation que les combats pour l’émancipation des esclaves.Trade Review'C’est tout l’enjeu de l’ouvrage d’enserrer dans une approche unique la myriade d’images du Noir qui se dégage des textes étudiés. […] Richement illustré, le volume, par ailleurs soigné, est nanti d’une bibliograhie fournie, et d’un double index, lui aussi très utile.'- Etudes littéraires africaines'Produit de chercheurs venus des deux côtés de l’Atlantique […] le volume parcourt quelques voies connues et d’autres plus originales de la geste des Européens en Afrique […]'- Revue de Synthèse, tome 131, 6ème série, n° 2Table of ContentsAvant-propos des éditeursAndrew S. Curran, Pourquoi étudier la représentation de l’Afrique dans la pensée du XVIIIe siècle?I Questions de méthodologieJean-Claude Halpern, Approches de l’Afrique au XVIIIe siècle: un savoir éclatéDavid Diop, La mise à l’épreuve d’un régime de véridiction sur ‘la paresse et la négligence des nègres’ dans le Voyage au Sénégal (1757) d’AdansonCatherine Gallouët, Comment rendre l’Africain intelligible: l’exemple de ZinghaII Histoire et anthropologieThomas Hallier, ‘Chez des nations policées […]’: la présence africaine dans le discours public français du XVIIIe siècleGérard Lahouati, Du bon usage des fétiches: de Brosses, Du culte des dieux fétiches, ou Parallèle de l’ancienne religion de l’Egypte avec la religion actuelle de la Nigritie (1760)Siegfried Huigen, Les aventures d’un Créole du Surinam en Afrique: le récit ethnographique de François Le VaillantJean-Michel Racault, Histoire et enjeux d’un mythe anthropologique: les Quimos de Madagascar à la fin du XVIIIe siècleIII Territoires de la fictionStéphan Pascau, L’Afrique et les peuples exotiques vus par Henri-Joseph Dulaurens (1719-1793)Pierre Cambou, L’Africain dans le conte voltairien: une image à la JanusEmmanuelle Sauvage, Le Noir et le Blanc selon Rétif de La BretonneMichael Taormina, L’Ourika de Claire de Duras: allégorie révolutionnaire, allégorie de la RévolutionIV Savoirs et discours esthétiquesFrancesco Paolo Alexandre Madonia, L’écueil du goût: la laideur des Africains chez les métaphysiciens du BeauPatrick Graille, L’Afrique noire illustrée dans les récits des voyageurs, traducteurs et compilateurs français du XVIIIe siècleNicolas Malais, Un regard impossible? L’Africain dans l’illustration des récits de voyage au XVIIIe siècleAntoine Eche, L’image ethnographique africaine de l’Histoire générale des voyagesMichèle Bocquillon, Portrait de l’Africaine par Stanislas de BoufflersPeggy Davis, La réification de l’esclave noir dans l’estampe sous l’Ancien Régime et la RévolutionRésumesBibliographie généraleIndex
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Voltaire Foundation Correspondance générale de La Beaumelle 17531754
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LUP - Voltaire Foundation The Enlightenment of Age Women Letters and
Book SynopsisTrade ReviewUsing vivid prose and a distinct sense of humour, Stewart deftly maneuvers between fictional and real portraits of older women while in the processs offering engaging analyses not only of the correspondences but also of novels such as Le paysan parvenu by Marivaux, Liaisons dangereuses by Laclos, and the letters exchanged by the latter and Riccoboni.- French ReviewThe result of long-lasting research efforts and meticulous close readings, Joan Hinde Stewart’s monograph is devoted to the exploration of the fate of aging and elderly women in eighteenth-century France, focusing on the section of society that should, according to the perception at the time, leave said society’s limelight once their prime begins its decline.- MLN‘[Stewart] pursues her argument with a lightness of touch that makes this book both enjoyable and instructive. Indeed, the title of the book and a number of the chapter titles - ‘Fifteen Minutes to Fifty’, ‘What Time Is It?’, ‘Word Salad’- reflect a witticism of style that is pleasing to find in an academic study of such breadth and depth.’- French StudiesTable of ContentsJoan DeJean, ForewordIntroduction1. A prescription for eternity2. Old fairies3. Menopause and morals4. Fifteen minutes to fifty5. What time is it?6. Romancing Marie7. Addressing her age8. Portrait of the artist as an old lady9. Generations10. Word saladConclusionBibliographyIndex
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Liverpool University Press Adamantios Korais and the European Enlightenment
Book SynopsisTrade ReviewFor readers without modern Greek, this collection will serve as a necessary starting point for future studies of the life and thought of Adamantios Korais. The essays offer new insights into the different aspects of a many-sided scholarly and political career, and therefore to broader questions concerning the French Revolution and its Relationship to the Greek national movement.- Nations and NationalismTable of ContentsPaschalis M. Kitromilides, Itineraries in the world of the Enlightenment: Adamantios Korais from Smyrna via Montpellier to ParisI. A presence in classical scholarshipVivi Perraky, L’histoire britannique de Coray: une histoire de manuscrits (1789-1803)Ioannis D. Evrigenis, Enlightenment, emancipation, and national identity: Korais and the AncientsMichael Paschalis, The history and ideological background of Korais’ Iliad projectII. Reflections on language and literaturePeter Mackridge, Korais and the Greek language questionAnna Tabaki, Adamance Coray comme critique littéraire et philologueIII. The dialogue with contemporary ideasRoxane D. Argyropoulos, Adamance Coray et sa réflexion philosophique: vers une anthropologie médicale et culturellePaschalis M. Kitromilides, Adamantios Korais and the dilemmas of liberal nationalismVassilis Mourdoukoutas, Korais and the idea of progress: from theory to actionSummariesBibliographyIndex
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LUP - Voltaire Foundation Enlightenment Hospitality Cannibals Harems and
Book SynopsisTrade Review‘Still has a way of rendering her enthusiasm consistently contagious over the course of this encyclopedic study […] Still draws and builds on her prior work and deftly weaves analysis of gendered, sexual, and economic questions into her syntheses of themes.’- Eighteenth Century Fiction 25, no. 1‘In addition to being historical and critical, Still’s argument is methodological […] she does not repeat the rhetorical triangle of self-critique or the self-justifying comparison so common to Enlightenment discourses on hospitality. It is this that makes her study thickly post-colonial and feminist: instead of engaging in a guilt-driven Enlightenment critique, Still disentangles Enlightenment voices and power relations and reveals who is allowed to speak and who is silenced in the operating mechanisms of Enlightenment (in) hospitality.’- Intellect Ltd Reviews, Hospitality and Society, Vol 2 no. 1Table of Contents1. Introducing Enlightenment hospitality2. The New World: received as gods3. The New World: eating the other4. Enlightenment Persia5. Turkish travels: hospitable harems and good guests6. The other as guest: the special case of adoption and sexual predation7. Revolution and rightsConcluding questions: now and thenBibliographyIndex
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Voltaire Foundation Correspondance generale de La Beaumelle 2017 13
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Voltaire Foundation Correspondance générale de La Beaumelle
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LUP - Voltaire Foundation Iconoclasm in Revolutionary Paris the
Book SynopsisTrade ReviewMeticulously researched and powerfully argued, this is a significant contribution to our understanding of iconoclasm at one of its most crucial historitical junctures.- French studiesTable of ContentsIntroduction1. Iconoclasm as sign transformation: the Parisian Revolution of 17892. Catholicism and iconoclasm in Paris, 1789-17903. Iconoclasm in Paris in 17914. Iconoclasm in Paris in 17925. Iconoclasm in Paris, 1793-1795ConclusionBibliographyIndex
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LUP - Voltaire Foundation Le Livret dop233ra en France au XVIIIe si232cle
Book SynopsisTrade Review[A] vast amount of research […] has gone into this project. […] Didier makes the reader constantly aware of the historical, social, aesthetic, theoretical, philosophical, psychological complexities involved ; this work is a much richer tapestry than a review can convey. Her well-shaped, elegantly written study is an excellent contribution to our knowledge and understanding of eighteenth-century French culture.- NZ Journal of French StudiesToujours éclairant […], l’ouvrage de Béatrice Didier rend hommage à certains écrivains et théoriciens majeurs (Metastasio, Fontenelle, Voltaire, Diderot, Rousseau), loue le génie de Quinault, brillant partenaire de Lully, et n’oublie pas de remettre en lumière Cahusac et Fuzelier, collaborateurs trop souvent décriés de Rameau. Fruit d’un long travail, s’il est d’abord une source inépuisable d’informations, il donne surtout matière à réflexion, et son intérêt est indéniable [… et] son sujet très pointu.- Opéra MagazineTable of ContentsAvant-proposIntroduction. Le livret d’opéra: un genre décrié et fécondI Les librettistes1. Situations et contingences2. Nostalgies de grandeur3. Quatre écrivains librettistesII Les livrets et leurs formes4. Justifications 5. Les genres lyriques6. Langages et mise en scèneIII Vers le mythe 7. Les portes du merveilleux8. Les livrets des opéras de Rameau et le mythe9. Le premier romantismeConclusion. Le livret, prodigieux réservoir de mythesRépertoire des librettistes (fin XVIIe-début XIXe) BibliographieIndex
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Liverpool University Press India and Europe in the Global Eighteenth Century
Book SynopsisTrade ReviewReviews‘The broad range of scholarship here will guide many experienced researchers to the volume, in search of particular essays, or clusters of essays on specific research questions or focal areas. The same breadth may recommend the entire volume to teachers keen to show their students that transnational history of colonialism is a thriving interdisciplinary field in which much exciting work remains to be done.’‘Adopting multi-disciplinary approaches, contributors stress the complexity, subtlety and intricacy of the remarkable global connections between India and Europe in the eighteenth century. It will undoubtedly provoke not only lively debate, but also much further research.The BARS Review'[This book] offers an interesting insight into the ad hoc nature of empire-building and the polyvalent nature of orientalist production that invites further reflection into the complexity of European colonial history.'French studies‘Ces récits, par leur fraîcheur et leur couleur ne manquèrent pas d’impressionner l’imaginaire collectif.’Académie des sciences d’outre-mer : les récensions de l’AcadémieTable of ContentsDaniel Sanjiv Roberts, IntroductionAnthony Strugnell, A view from afar: India in Raynal’s Histoire des deux IndesClaire Gallien, British orientalism, Indo-Persian historiography and the politics of global knowledgeJaved Majeed, Globalising the Goths: ‘The siren shores of Oriental literature’ in John Richardson’s A Dictionary of Persian, Arabic, and English (1777-1780) Deirdre Coleman, ‘Voyage of conception’: John Keats and IndiaSonja Lawrenson, ‘The country chosen of my heart’: the comic cosmopolitanism of The Orientalist, or, electioneering in Ireland, a tale, by myselfDaniel Sanjiv Roberts, Orientalism and ‘textual attitude’: Bernier’s appropriation by Southey and OwensonFelicia Gottmann, Intellectual history as global history: Voltaire’s Fragments sur l’Inde and the problem of enlightened commerceJames Watt, Fictions of commercial empire, 1774-1782Gabriel Sánchez Espinosa, The Spanish translation of Bernardin de Saint-Pierre's La Chaumière indienne: its fortunes and significance in a country divided by ideology, politics and warJohn McAleer, Displaying its wares: material culture, the East India Company and British encounters with India in the long eighteenth centuryMogens R. Nissen, The Danish Asiatic Company: colonial expansion and commercial interestsLakshmi Subramanian, Whose pirate? Reflections on state power and predation on India’s western littoralFlorence D’Souza, A comparative study of English and French views of pre-colonial SuratSeema Alavi, The Mughal decline and the emergence of new global connections in early modern IndiaSummariesList of contributorsBibliographyIndex
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LUP - Voltaire Foundation Le Discours p233dagogique f233minin au temps des
Book SynopsisEn se fondant sur un corpus d’une vingtaine d’ouvrages, Sonia Cherrad démontre le rôle déterminant joué par le discours de ces femmes dans la réflexion sur l’éducation au XVIIIe siècle.Ce discours est formé des voix d’auteurs connues comme Mmes Le Prince de Beaumont, d’Epinay et de Genlis;Trade ReviewReviews ‘En traitant, de façon exhaustive et lucide, les divers enjeux d’ouvrages éducatifs qui visaient à améliorer le statut des femmes des élites sans pour autant boulverser le statu quo social, Cherrad met à la disposition d’étudiants et chercheurs venant d’horizons divers (lettres, histoire culturelle, histoire de l’éducation) des outils ouvrant de nouvelles voies de recherche.’ French StudiesTable of ContentsIntroduction I La naissance d’un discours pédagogique féminin1. Ecrire sur l’éducation2. Les dialogues 3. Les contes avec merveilleux insérés dans les dialogues4. Les formes brèves morales insérées dans les dialogues II Les modèles éducatifs5. La remise en cause des schémas éducatifs traditionnels 6. Une éducation des LumièresIII Les savoirs féminins des Lumières7. Les premiers apprentissages8. Contre l’oisiveté et pour l’agrément9. Le renouvellement des enseignements traditionnels10. Les sciences, des connaissances nouvellesIV Les fictions au miroir de la société des Lumières11. Le discours social12. L’éducation des princes et des princesses13. Les éducatrices et la politique14. L’économieConclusionBibliographieIndex
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LUP - Voltaire Foundation Les Spectacles Francophones 224 la Cour de Russie
Book SynopsisAnalysis of French theatrical productions in Russia, and how they influenced society in St Petersburg in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries.Table of ContentsIntroduction1. La compagnie française de ‘S.M.I. de toutes les Russies’2. Spectacles pour un nouvel empire: civiliser la Russie3. Les spectacles francophones parmi les autres spectacles à la cour4. La structure du répertoire francophone5. Le(s) public(s) face aux spectacles: les conditions matérielles et les conventions de la salle6. L’espace des spectacles de cour: architecture et hiérarchies sociales7. Les Ermitages de Catherine II8. De la cour à la ville: le théâtre francophone en dehors du palais impérialConclusionAppendice 1: Histoire de la Russie au dix-huitième siècle: chronologieAppendice 2: Liste alphabétique des œuvres représentées en français à Saint-Pétersbourg et autres lieux de résidence de la cour (1762-1796) Appendice 3: Liste alphabétique des comédiens français de la troupe impérialeBibliographieIndex
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LUP - Voltaire Foundation JeanJacques Rousseau face au public probl232mes
Book SynopsisExplores Enlightenment communication theory and the nature and limits of public philosophy through the works of Jean-Jacques RousseauTrade ReviewReviews'The author displays a thorough knowledge of Rousseau’s works (and correspondence) as well as an easy familiarity with recent scholarship and critical theory, and readers will find here a lively survey of current thinking on a crucial issue in Rousseau studies, written in a clear and often elegant style.' Modern Language ReviewTable of ContentsRemerciementsListe des abréviationsIntroduction: Le franc-parler et l’idéal du petit nombreRousseau et la lettre morte1. La nature aime à se cacheri. L’éloquence entre fausse monnaie et don de la natureii. L’impropriété du nom propreiii. De la destination restreinte à l’écriture ‘sensitive’iv. Le cadavre du langage2. Les styles philosophiques de Rousseaui. Le Discours sur l’origine et les fondements de l’inégalité: l’ébauche d’une rhétorique philosophique ou le saut dans la fictionii. Acte manquéiii. Comment écrire pour le peuple: la Lettre à D’Alembert ou une nouvelle rhétorique populaireiv. Du patriarche au cosmopolite: la subjectivité politique à l’épreuve de la fictionv. Logiques de la répétition: voix, babillage et régressionInterlude: Silences de Rousseaui. Laconismesii. Silences malveillants: le murmure de Diderot3. Formes de viei. Philosophie écrite, philosophie vécueii. La double doctrine ou la ‘commode philosophie des heureux et des riches’iii. Incorporations et prosopographiesiv. Le je créateur4. Aléas et fortunes de l’envoii. Emotions publiques et animations de la rueii. Fortuna et Providenceiii. La chute libre ou l’envoi au gré du hasardiv. Thérèse, ou le degré zéro de la cultureConclusionBibliographieIndex
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LUP - Voltaire Foundation La Com233die de Moeurs Sous lAncien R233gime
Book SynopsisA study of the French comedy of manners in the eighteenth century, its genesis and its reception.Table of ContentsIntroduction: la comédie de mœurs, une notion omniprésente et mal définieI. Vers une définition de la comédie de mœurs1. Les Mœurs, ou les Façons du temps (1685) de Saint-Yon: la comédie de mœurs dans le miroir d’une pièce emblématique2. ‘Regard noir’ et jeu des mœursConclusions de la première partieII. Poétique de la comédie de mœurs3. La mise en place de la convention de lecture4. Les fils du ‘regard noir’5. La scène de mœurs6. La relativisation du ‘regard noir’Conclusions de la deuxième partieIII. Eléments pour une histoire de la comédie de mœurs7. Histoire de la comédie de mœurs: le dix-septième siècle8. La comédie de mœurs après 1720Conclusion généraleRéférences et compléments bibliographiquesIndex
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Pluto Press Cultural Cleansing in Iraq Why Museums Were
Book SynopsisArgues that destruction of Iraqi culture was aimed at remaking Iraq into a US client stateTrade Review'If you are looking for a textbook that provides a view of Middle East politics free of colonial bias, [this] book plainly fulfil this fundamental requirement' -- Gilbert Achcar, Professor at the School of Oriental and African Studies of the University of LondonTable of ContentsDedication Preface Part I: Formulating and Executing the Policy of Cultural Cleansing 1. Introduction by Raymond W. Baker, Shereen T. Ismael and Tareq Y. Ismael 2. Cultural Cleansing in Comparative Perspective by Glenn E. Perry Part II: Policy in Motion: Destroying the Past, Killing the Future Part A: The Assault on Iraq's Incomparable History 3.Archaeology and the Strategies of War by Zainab Bahrani 4. The Status of Iraq's Archaeological Heritage: Report on the Destruction of Archaeological Sites, Museums and Historical Monuments in Occupied Iraq by Abbas Husainy 5. Negligient Mnemocide and the Shattering of Iraqi Collective Memory by Nabil Al Tikriti (University of Mary Washington, USA) Part B: The Present and the Future 6. Killing the Intellectual Class by Dahr Jamil and Max Fuller Dirk Adriaensens 7. The Purging of Minds by Philip Marfleet 8. Minorities in Iraq: The Other Victims by Mokhtar Lamani Part III: Appendices Appendix I. Reflections on Death Anxiety and University Professors in Iraq by Faris K. O. Nadhmi Appendix II. List of Murdered Academics About the Contributors Index
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Pluto Press I Want to Believe Posadism UFOs and Apocalypse
Book SynopsisAliens, nuclear war and talking dolphins; this book is a study of the weird and wonderful world of the PosadistsTrade Review'Under the grim pressures of 20th century history, and now climate change, Gittlitz shows how explosions of black political humour also contain utopian hopes very necessary to keep alive. As an advocate of Partially Automated Adequate Socialism I can only agree, and applaud this fine addition to leftist history' -- Kim Stanley Robinson, award-winning author of the Mars Trilogy'While Posadism is often treated as a political curiosity, quickly set aside, Gittlitz skillfully paints J. Posadas and his followers in all their depth and complexity: paranoid, idealistic, cultish, fractious, bizarre, proud, far-reaching dreamers. In their bizarre, sometimes revolutionary own ways, they fought for a more just world, one that could finally join the ranks of a far more advanced fraternity awaiting them in the galaxy' -- Anna Merlan, author of 'Republic of Lies: American Conspiracy Theorists and Their Surprising Rise to Power''An absolute treat. As well as a brilliantly researched biography of Posadas, and a very witty one, it does far more than lampoon him. Rather, it uses his story (and its legendarisation in meme culture) to provide really valuable reflection on revolutionary hope, cults, and the role of irony and despair in the millennial-left milieu' -- David Broder, author of 'First They Took Rome: How the Populist Right Conquered Italy''This book has it all: Trotskyist drama, South American revolutions and aliens from inner and outer space. What's not to like?' -- McKenzie Wark, author of 'Capital Is Dead: Is This Something Worse?''A provocative and clear-eyed account of communist lunacy, its costs, and why we might need it anyway' -- Malcolm Harris, author of 'Kids These Days: Human Capital and the Making of Millennials''I Want to Believe is most compelling in its consideration of how Posadist ideals live on today, beyond the meme-centric irony and vaporwave aesthetics of the extremely online left' -- Baffler'Gittlitz has recovered an unlikely left-wing hero for these febrile times... and is an able navigator through the ensuing alphabet soup of Trotskyist organisations he travels through' -- Morning Star'Gittlitz does so well in weaving the life of Posadas with the enclosed parallel universe of Trotskyism he created' -- Socialist Resistance'If you find yourself afflicted by capitalist realism, a dip into I Want to Believe and the world of Posadism might be just the thing for you' -- Social Review'There is no reason the left shouldn’t engage in the occasional indulgence of UFOwatching alongside the hard work of organising' -- Dawn Foster‘A cautionary political tale of a radical post-war tendency marked by zealous fanaticism, an enigmatic insurgent horizon caught between utopia and annihilation and the cruellest of gaps separating sincere revolutionary desire and delusional irrelevance’ -- ‘ROAR’Table of ContentsList of Illustrations List of Abbreviations Acknowledgements Introduction PART I: THE TRAGIC CENTURY 1. Commentaries on the Infancy of Comrade Posadas 2. Revolutionary Youth or Patriotic Youth? 3. The Death Throes of Capitalism 4. The Origins of Posadism 5. Where are we Going? PART II: THE POSADIST FOURTH INTERNATIONAL 6. The Flying International 7. The Role of Anti-Imperialist and Revolutionary Militants, the Role of Trotskyists, the Program, and Tasks During and After the Atomic War 8. The Macabre Farce of the Supposed Death of Guevara 9. Flying Saucers, the Process of Matter and Energy, Science, the Revolutionary and Working-Class Struggle, and the Socialist Future of Mankind 10. The Accident 11. Hombrecitos 12. Volver 13. What Exists Cannot Be True 14. Arrival of Comrade Homerita to the House PART III: NEO-POSADISM 15. Historical Sincerity 16. Why Don’t Extraterrestrials Make Public Contact? 17. UFOs to the People 18. On the Function of the Joke and Irony in History Timeline Notes Index
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd Politics of Race and Residence Citizenship
Book SynopsisMoving beyong traditional concern with pattern and process, this innovative text explores the political and legislative history of a raciala segregation in Britain.Trade Review"Susan Smith has proved a thorough and detailed account of the present structures of racial inequality as a necessary basis for action to change these structures. This book is an indispensable source for those who are working for racial equality and justice in Britain." The Revd Kenneth Leech, Director of the Runnymede Trust Table of ContentsPreamble - On "Race", Residence and Segregation; "Race" as a Dimension of Residential Segregation; The Legislative Framework; Access, Allocation and Exchange - The "Race Relations" of Housing Consumption; Political Interpretations of "Racial Segregation"; 'Common Sense" Racism and the Limits to Resistance; Critical Interpretations of "Racial Segregatation".
£18.04
John Wiley and Sons Ltd Servitude in Modern Times
Book SynopsisThis book offers a comparative analysis of the major systems of servitude present in the world since 1500. Slavery, serfdom, debt bondage, indentured service and convict labour all provided labour and service through the legal subjection of one person to another, but remained very different.Trade Review'Servitude in Modern Times explores and explains the great variety of unfree labour systems that have flourished in one or another part of the world under the influence of the rise of capitalism. The book's scope is exemplary, covering serfdom and debt bondage as well as chattel slavery, and ranging from Europe and the Americas to Africa and the Islamic world. The world of unfree labour and the movements of emancipation usually constitute two separate realms of study; here they are most fruitfully brought together. While condemning the essential cruelty of servitude, M. L. Bush conveys a historical understanding of systems of oppression that were regarded as perfectly civilized until very recently, and new forms of which survive into the present.' Robin Blackburn, University of Essex 'The author takes as his subject practically every form of labour, apart from freewage labour, that has existed between the sixteenth century and the present. His concern, however, is less with the persistence of archaic institutions than with the emergence of new commercially driven forms of bondage, among them the slave empires of the new World and the so-called new serfdom of Eastern Europe. Far from being a relic left over from earlier times, servitude is shown as playing a key role in the shaping of the modern world. The evidence for this is so overwhelming that one wonders why it has so frequently been overlooked...As a historian hitherto principally concerned with European social stratification, Bush has no time for handwringing over the injustices of the past, preferring to emphasize the positive contributions made to the shaping of the modern world by those who laboured under duress.' Howard Temperley, Times Literary Supplement 'A well researched and skillfully written book ... This work makes a significant contribution to the study of servitude. The depth to which Bush plumbs his subject exceeds most works. It can serve as an introductory work to the subject for interested readers, but it can also be profitably mined by professional historians, sociologists, psychologists and college students.' HistoryTable of ContentsPreface. Part I: The Forms of Legal Bondage:. 1. Servitude Comparatively Considered. 2. Modern Slavery. 3. Modern Serfdom. 4. Indentured Service. 5. Debt Bondage. 6. Penal Servitude. Part II: Emergence and Development:. 7. White Servitude in the Americas. 8. New World Slavery. 9. European Serfdom. 10. Islamic Slavery. Part III: Emancipation and After:. 11. Abolition in Europe and the Americas. 12. The Survival of Servitude. Conclusion: The Significance of Modern Servitude. A Bibliography Essay. Notes. Index.
£54.00
John Wiley and Sons Ltd Servitude in Modern Times
Book SynopsisThis book offers a comparative analysis of the major systems of servitude present in the world since 1500. Slavery, serfdom, debt bondage, indentured service and convict labour all provided labour and service through the legal subjection of one person to another, but remained very different.Trade Review'Servitude in Modern Times explores and explains the great variety of unfree labour systems that have flourished in one or another part of the world under the influence of the rise of capitalism. The book's scope is exemplary, covering serfdom and debt bondage as well as chattel slavery, and ranging from Europe and the Americas to Africa and the Islamic world. The world of unfree labour and the movements of emancipation usually constitute two separate realms of study; here they are most fruitfully brought together. While condemning the essential cruelty of servitude, M. L. Bush conveys a historical understanding of systems of oppression that were regarded as perfectly civilized until very recently, and new forms of which survive into the present.' Robin Blackburn, University of Essex 'The author takes as his subject practically every form of labour, apart from freewage labour, that has existed between the sixteenth century and the present. His concern, however, is less with the persistence of archaic institutions than with the emergence of new commercially driven forms of bondage, among them the slave empires of the new World and the so-called new serfdom of Eastern Europe. Far from being a relic left over from earlier times, servitude is shown as playing a key role in the shaping of the modern world. The evidence for this is so overwhelming that one wonders why it has so frequently been overlooked...As a historian hitherto principally concerned with European social stratification, Bush has no time for handwringing over the injustices of the past, preferring to emphasize the positive contributions made to the shaping of the modern world by those who laboured under duress.' Howard Temperley, Times Literary Supplement 'A well researched and skillfully written book ... This work makes a significant contribution to the study of servitude. The depth to which Bush plumbs his subject exceeds most works. It can serve as an introductory work to the subject for interested readers, but it can also be profitably mined by professional historians, sociologists, psychologists and college students.' HistoryTable of ContentsPreface. Part I: The Forms of Legal Bondage:. 1. Servitude Comparatively Considered. 2. Modern Slavery. 3. Modern Serfdom. 4. Indentured Service. 5. Debt Bondage. 6. Penal Servitude. Part II: Emergence and Development:. 7. White Servitude in the Americas. 8. New World Slavery. 9. European Serfdom. 10. Islamic Slavery. Part III: Emancipation and After:. 11. Abolition in Europe and the Americas. 12. The Survival of Servitude. Conclusion: The Significance of Modern Servitude. A Bibliography Essay. Notes. Index.
£999.99
John Wiley and Sons Ltd Art and Society in the Middle Ages
Book Synopsisaeo A concise but wide--ranging work by one of Francea s greatest historians. aeo Discusses the relation between art and society in Europe from the fifth to the fifteenth century. aeo Demonstrates how the meaning and significance of art changes over time.Trade Review'Georges Duby was one of the leading medievalists of the twentieth century, a historian with a long-standing interest in art. This book compresses the knowledge of a lifetime into an elegant, lapidary essay packed with perceptive comments on both art and society, making it as indispensable for specialists as it is accessible to students and art-loving general readers.' Peter Burke, Professor of Cultural History at the University of Cambridge and Fellow of Emmanuel College, CambridgeTable of ContentsIntroduction. 1. From the Fifth to the Tenth Century. 2. 960-160. 3. 1160-1320. 4. 1320-1400. Chronologies. Bibliography. Index.
£45.00
John Wiley and Sons Ltd Sex Before Sexuality
Book SynopsisSexuality in modern western culture is central to identity but the tendency to define by sexuality does not apply to the premodern past.Trade Review"An indispensable book for historians and literary scholars alike: a succinct introduction to the field that breaks new ground in its embrace of both the medieval and the early modern." Journal of the Northern Renaissance "A vigorously advanced manifesto for reshaping the concepts and approaches we use in studying the history of sexual regimes." Journal of Social History "Essential reading for students and established researchers." Continuity and Change "A groundbreaking study that transcends the boundaries constructedbetween the medieval and the early modern." The Year's Work in English Studies "An important addition to the history of sexuality" European Review of History "An accessible and engaging starting point for any researcher of the history of sex, that opens up an important scholarly space for histories of sexual acts, identities, desires and behaviours that go beyond paying mere 'lip service to social constructivism." Women's History Review "In reminding us of many distinct and fascinating earlier ways of thinking about and understanding sex and sexual behaviours, Phillips and Reay rightly insist that heterosexuality is not only not a given but also has a history." Times Higher Education "Finally, a book on the history of sex that traverses the period boundary commonly erected between medieval and early modern. Deftly weaving together sources across a longue durée, this lucid survey is packed with examples that demonstrate the potential mismatch between modern sexual categories and premodern experience." Robert Mills, King's College London "A generation of scholars have journeyed from a history of sexual behaviour to a history of sexuality and in the process have given us a new vocabulary with which to interrogate our own world. Sex before Sexuality lays out a clear map of the complex intellectual landscape, and will be essential reading for students and scholars." Tim Hitchcock, University of Hertfordshire "The authors demonstrate poignantly how to think sex historically in a scintillating book that synthesizes a vast scholarly landscape on premodern sexualities in the West." Helmut Puff, University of MichiganTable of ContentsAcknowledgements. List of Images. Introduction: Sex Before Sexuality. 1. Sin. 2. Before Heterosexuality. 3. Between Men. 4. Between Women. 5. Before Pornography. Epilogue: Sex at Sea?
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd What is Medical History
Book SynopsisThe field of the history of medicine and health has expanded spectacularly in recent times. In What is Medical History? John C. Burnham explores the reasons for this expansion, introducing medical history for those who know little of the subject.Trade Review'With examples drawn from a wide time frame, this book shows why successive generations have found the subject of medical history so fascinating. Organized into themes, and written in a lively, accessible style, it gives a balanced account of even the most controversial areas.' Mark Harrison, Wellcome Unit for the History of Medicine, University of OxfordTable of ContentsPreface vi Introduction: Where Medical History Came From 1 The First Drama: The Healer 10 The Second Drama: The Sick Person 32 The Third Drama: Diseases 55 The Fourth Drama: Discovering and Communicating Knowledge 80 The Fifth Drama: Medicine and Health Interacting with Society 108 Conclusion: Where Medical History is Going 135 Suggestions for Further Reading 143 Notes 149 Index 154
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd historyofcontraceptionfromantiquitytothepresent
Book SynopsisContraception is not an invention of modern times, nor is it a purely personal matter. Social institutions such as the church and the state have exerted their influence as effectively as doctors, population theorists, and the early pioneers of the feminist movement. All of these claim a special expertise in matters of ethics and morality, and so have shaped the discourses on and practices of birth control over the centuries. In this engaging new book Robert Jütte offers a history of contraception from the Ancient world to the present day. He distinguishes two broad phases: first, a long phase, extending from the Ancient world up to the 18th century, in which birth control was part of a traditional form of sexual knowledge what Jütte calls, following the French social philosopher Michel Foucault, the ars erotica. In the second phase, which began in the 19th century, practices of birth control are increasingly shaped by the emerging models of scientific knowledge, while still retainiTrade Review"What sets Jütte's work apart and makes this volume essential reading on the topic is its fine historiography and analysis of foregoing authors' projects." The Lancet "Should prove useful to students and scholars alike." Times Higher Education "A fascinating, detailed and well-researched insight into the social, cultural and religious influences that have influenced knowledge, attitudes, acceptance and use of fertility control throughout history." Family Planning Association newsletter "A carefully researched survey that will provide useful material for those interested in comparing ideas about contraception in diff erent places and times." English Historical Review "Robert Jütte’s extraordinary history of contraception enables us to look in an entirely new way at the claim of the 1960s generation that theirs was the first sexual revolution. The struggle for the control of sexual reproduction from the ancient world through the Middle Ages is as important to Jütte's story as are the rise of sexual science in the nineteenth century and the introduction of the pill in the twentieth. Indeed how 'modern' means exist side by side with 'traditional' means of birth control (some more efficient than others – but which?) haunts this entire history. A readable and fascinating account of woman’s age-old struggle." Sander Gilman, Emory University "The publication of an English version of Robert Jütte's Lust ohne Last is greatly to be applauded. This extremely thoughtful and engagingly written study substantially exceeds earlier attempts to set down histories of contraception. Jütte has produced a chronologically wide-ranging cultural history and adopts a Foucauldian framework in which the issues of power and knowledge loom large throughout. As a result it is a work of great interest to social and cultural historians, demographers, historically minded social scientists, and historians of ideas, medicine and science." Richard Smith, University of CambridgeTable of ContentsList of illustrations vii Illustration acknowledgements viii Foreword ix Introduction 1 Ars erotica: The Early Art of Contraception 11 The economics of sexual reproduction: birth control in the ancient world? 11 Calls for greater fertility: origin of the ethics of procreation in Judaism, Christianity and Islam 17 The not so secret wisdom of ancient medicine 29 Poetic truth: deliberate infertility as a theme in ancient literature 37 Unfruitful activities: 'suppositories for women' and herbal potions 42 Transformations: The Supposed Repression of Knowledge about Contraception in the Middle Ages and Early Modern Times 51 A history of demographics and the origins of birth control 51 Secreta mulierum: female wisdom on pregnancy and contraception 62 Sexual desire and atonement: the theology of the 'sinful flesh' 75 Castration, condoms, Casanovas: old and new methods of contraception 89 The Beginnings of scientia sexualis in the Nineteenth Century: The Impact of Moral and Political Imperatives on the Debate about Contraception 106 (Neo-)Malthusianism and its demographical implications 106 A fresh approach to knowledge: sex education pamphlets and theirreaders 117 Sexual politics: intensified control and resistance to it 139 The practice of 'being careful': between tradition and progress 144 An Everyday Regime: The 'Democratization' of Birth Control in the Twentieth Century 157 The promise of deliverance: contraception as emancipation 157 The 'Nationalization' of contraception: enforced sterilization and national birth control programmes 174 Changes in sexual morality and the waning influence of religion 186 Simultaneous existence of old and new methods of contraception 199 Future Prospects 216 The 'Pill for men': the contraceptive of the future? 216 Notes 221 Bibliography 237 Index 247
£54.00
John Wiley and Sons Ltd Popular Culture in Ancient Rome
Book SynopsisThe mass of the Roman people constituted well over 90 per cent of the population. Much ancient history, however, has focused on the lives, politics and culture of the minority elite. This book helps redress the balance by focusing on the non-elite in the Roman world. It builds an account of the everyday lives of the masses.Trade Review"No-one could accuse Jerry Toner of a lack of empathy with those who take centre stage in his gripping new study ... He makes excellent use of Roman jokes, such as those collected in the Philogelos, which steps lightly through the misfortunes of life, from filthy streets to child mortality." London Review of Books "A spirited, engaging and politically committed introduction to the culture of the 'non-elite' in the Roman Empire. Toner's achievement is to open up the world of the Roman tavern, rather than the senate house; the world of the garret rather than the villa." Mary Beard, Times Literary Supplement "Plenty of vivid detail, with more laughter, tears and farting than most books on 'everyday life' in Rome. It is a rollicking read and wears its considerable scholarship lightly." European Review of History "This is a marvellous book on a neglected subject. On the basis of a rich mosaic of documents supplemented by comparative evidence, Toner has produced a sharply analytical reading of popular culture in Rome, which is both very instructive and highly entertaining." Peter Garnsey, University of Cambridge "Toner presents an intellectually courageous account of Roman popular culture that will engage the imaginative sympathies of scholar and general reader alike. This is a brisk, accessible study, rich in data and conceptually well-informed." Thomas Habinek, University of Southern California Table of ContentsList of Illustrations vi Acknowledgements vii Introduction: Elite and Popular Cultures 1 1. Problem-solving 11 2. Mental Health 54 3. The World Turned Bottom Up 92 4. Common Scents, Common Senses 123 5. Popular Resistance 162 Conclusion: Towards a Christian Popular Culture 185 Notes 198 Select Bibliography 228 Index 248
£49.50
John Wiley and Sons Ltd Fat
Book Synopsisfascinating new book on obesity which charts its cultural history from the mid-nineteenth century to the present day very engaging and on a very topical subject - this book should attract lots of review coverage and a trade audience Sander L.Trade Review"Gilman's work is absorbing and witty. It is addictive to read his critical observations on areas including childhood obesity, the growth of obesity in modern China and media coverage of the topic. And this, er, slim book will certainly appeal to all of us who want to understand a little more about the cultural and historical aspects and attitudes to obesity." Tribune "This book will be useful to students of culture and social identity, concentrating as it does on the historical debates surrounding obesity." Times Higher Education "[Fat] offers an engaging and suggestive reading with which all historians of fat, food, and modern dietary regimes will want to engage." H-Net: Humanities and Social Science Reviews Online "Sander Gilman makes a nuanced and richly documented argument about the historical, cultural, and scientific contingency of concepts such as 'fat', 'obesity', and 'health'. This book is a powerful demonstration of how moralistic prejudices influence public health discourse, and our ideas of what constitutes diseases and epidemics. It is an invaluable contribution to the contemporary interdisciplinary critique of our moral panic over fat." Paul Campos, University of Colorado "In Fat, Sander Gilman artfully skewers the cultural tropes and myths surrounding one of the leading moral panics of our time – America's so-called obesity epidemic. Gilman unearths the hidden agendas and historical precedents that allow for our growing weight to be labelled as a deadly disease. Through his wit and erudition, Fat is an invaluable perspective for anyone wanting a more nuanced perspective about health, culture, and society"” Eric Oliver, University of Chicago, author of Fat PoliticsTable of ContentsIntroduction: Some Weighty Thoughts on Dieting and Epidemics. 1) Epidemic Obesity. 2) Childhood Obesity. 3) The Stigma of Obesity. 4) Obesity as an Ethnic Problem. 5) Regions of Fat. 6) Chinese Obesity. Conclusion: “Globesity” and Its Odd History. Supplemental Readings.
£999.99
John Wiley and Sons Ltd The Sociologist and the Historian
Book SynopsisIn 1988, the renowned sociologist Pierre Bourdieu and the leading historian Roger Chartier met for a series of lively discussions that were broadcast on French public radio.Trade Review“These dialogues have been compiled for the first time in English and are a welcome return to Bourdieu’s groundbreaking thinking… Bourdieu comes across as a lively and multidisciplinary scientist who, in questioning the architecture beneath actions, has genuinely introduced the possibility for freedom.”Morning StarTable of ContentsPreface vii 1. The Sociologist’s Craft 1 2. Illusions and Knowledge 19 3. Structures and the Individual 36 4. Habitus and Field 51 5. Manet, Flaubert and Michelet 67
£38.00
John Wiley and Sons Ltd The Sociologist and the Historian
Book SynopsisIn 1988, the renowned sociologist Pierre Bourdieu and the leading historian Roger Chartier met for a series of lively discussions that were broadcast on French public radio.Trade Review“These dialogues have been compiled for the first time in English and are a welcome return to Bourdieu’s groundbreaking thinking… Bourdieu comes across as a lively and multidisciplinary scientist who, in questioning the architecture beneath actions, has genuinely introduced the possibility for freedom.”Morning StarTable of ContentsPreface vii 1. The Sociologist’s Craft 1 2. Illusions and Knowledge 19 3. Structures and the Individual 36 4. Habitus and Field 51 5. Manet, Flaubert and Michelet 67
£12.99
John Wiley and Sons Ltd Birth of the Intellectuals
Book SynopsisWho exactly are the intellectuals ? This term is so widely used today that we forget that it is a recent invention, dating from the late nineteenth century.Trade ReviewChristophe Charle's "Naissance des Intellectuels" has long been recognised as the most probing and rigorous analysis of the conditions which gave rise, in the course of the Dreyfus Affair, to the distinctively French conception of "l'intellectuel". Its exceptional combination of analytical command and sociological data provides a model for comparable studies, and so this English translation is to be warmly welcomed.Stefan Collini, author of Absent Minds; Intellectuals in BritainThe term "intellectuals" has become so widely used since the time of the Dreyfus affair that we forget that until then, university faculty, artists and writers were nowhere typically a political and cultural avant-garde. Charle's work turns a sharp focus towards the creation of modern intellectuals, and brings out its worldwide cultural significance. This is a very welcome translation of an important book.Randall Collins, University of PennsylvaniaTable of ContentsPART ONE: INTELLECTUALS BEFORE THE INTELLECTUELS Chapter One: The Intellectuel, a Historical and Social Genealogy Chapter Two: Intellectuels or Elite? PART TWO: INTELLECTUELS AND THE FIELD OF POWE Chapter Three: The Emergence of the Party of the Intellectuals Chapter Four: Intellectuals versus Elite: A Reading of the Dreyfus Affair Chapter Five: Intellectuals of the Left and Intellectuals of the Right Conclusion to the English Edition
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd Birth of the Intellectuals
Book SynopsisWho exactly are the intellectuals'? This term is so widely used today that we forget that it is a recent invention, dating from the late nineteenth century.In Birth of the Intellectuals, the renowned historian and sociologist Christophe Charle shows that the term intellectuals' first appeared at the time of the Dreyfus Affair, and the neologism originally signified a cultural and political vanguard who dared to challenge the status quo. Yet the word, expected to disappear once the political crisis had dissolved, has somehow endured. At times it describes a social group, and at others a way of seeing the social world from the perspective of universal values that challenges established hierarchies.But why did intellectuals survive when the events that gave rise to this term had faded into the past? To answer this question, it is necessary to show how the crisis of the old representations, the unprecedented expansion of the intellectual professions and thTrade ReviewChristophe Charle's "Naissance des Intellectuels" has long been recognised as the most probing and rigorous analysis of the conditions which gave rise, in the course of the Dreyfus Affair, to the distinctively French conception of "l'intellectuel". Its exceptional combination of analytical command and sociological data provides a model for comparable studies, and so this English translation is to be warmly welcomed.Stefan Collini, author of Absent Minds; Intellectuals in BritainThe term "intellectuals" has become so widely used since the time of the Dreyfus affair that we forget that until then, university faculty, artists and writers were nowhere typically a political and cultural avant-garde. Charle's work turns a sharp focus towards the creation of modern intellectuals, and brings out its worldwide cultural significance. This is a very welcome translation of an important book.Randall Collins, University of PennsylvaniaTable of ContentsPART ONE: INTELLECTUALS BEFORE THE INTELLECTUELS Chapter One: The Intellectuel, a Historical and Social Genealogy Chapter Two: Intellectuels or Elite? PART TWO: INTELLECTUELS AND THE FIELD OF POWE Chapter Three: The Emergence of the Party of the Intellectuals Chapter Four: Intellectuals versus Elite: A Reading of the Dreyfus Affair Chapter Five: Intellectuals of the Left and Intellectuals of the Right Conclusion to the English Edition
£17.09
University of Toronto Press Three Spanish Querelle Texts 21 Grisel and
Book SynopsisTrade Review"This bilingual edition of the Three Spanish Querelle Texts is very well-conceived and will attract a wide audience among specialists and non-specialists alike. Francomano provides the first modern English translations of texts that enjoyed European-wide celebrity in the early sixteenth century. Her introduction is the best available summary of our knowledge about Torrellas’ two texts and Flores’ Grisel y Mirabella. And her translations are more readable than the Spanish texts, dividing Flores’ elaborate, rambling sentences into more comprehensible discourse. She often captures the tone of ambiguous or mock sincerity in the pleadings of both Flores' and Torrellas' characters. Francomano has a special sensitivity to the ludic quality of these discourses which helps readers appreciate their expression of 'male anxiety' and 'female agency' in the gender politics of their era." * Mark Johnston, DePaul University *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments ixIntroduction 1I Pere Torrellas, Maldezir de mugeres 54Pere Torrellas, The Slander against Women 55II Pere Torrellas, Razonamiento de Pere Torrella en defensión de las donas contra los maldezientes 66Pere Torrellas, The Defense of Ladies against Slanderers 67III Juan de Flores, Grisel y Mirabella 86Juan de Flores, Grisel and Mirabella 87Bibliography 179Index 195
£28.00
John Wiley & Sons Committed to the State Asylum Insanity and
Book SynopsisAn examination of the evolution of the asylum as the response to insanity in 19th-century Quebec and Ontario. Focusing on the creation and development of government-funded asylums for the insane, it argues that asylum development was the result of complex relationships among an array of people.Trade Review"A very valuable contribution to the historiography of psychiatric medicine. By relying heavily on primary records dealing with patient committal and relations among the many interested parties in asylum medicine in Ontario and Quebec history, Moran does something truly original and profound." Ian R. Dowbiggin, Department of History, University of Prince Edward Island "Sound scholarship. The empirical base of the book is solid. Moran displays a sound command of the secondary literature and of the on-going historiographical debates on the nature of the nineteenth-century psychiatric experience." Thomas E. Brown, Humanities, Mount Royal College "The author has an excellent understanding of historiography. The book is very accurate, and Moran's analyses are both careful and meticulous." Andre Cellard, Department of History, University of Ottawa
£26.99
John Wiley & Sons Witch Hunts From Salem to Guantanamo Bay
Book SynopsisWitch hunts are the products of intense fear and paranoia and the results are often terrible. This book analyzes witch hunts in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries and finds many of the same elements repeated in various miscarriages of justice. It cites that Abu Ghraib and Guantanamo, the prisons created for 'witches' (terrorists) since Salem.Trade Review"This book is the most sustained effort so far to explore witch-hunts in two very different historical periods - a subject of great interest in a world preoccupied with criminal trials of every conceivable variety." Brian Levack, University of Austin Texas
£29.45
John Wiley & Sons Russian 201migr233s in the Intellectual and
Book SynopsisAn encyclopedic bibliography of material published in the cultural exchange between French intellectuals and Russian exiles who fled the Soviet Union.Trade Review"Russian E migrE s is an invaluable resource. The book achieves precisely what it sets out to do ... . The bibliography is admirably comprehensive, providing a thorough list of varying resources (articles, books, dissertations, letters, newspaper, etc.) available in a large array of collections worldwide. It suggests, furthermore, exciting avenues of future research not just in the history of French-Russian/Soviet relations, but also in comparative approaches to literary and cultural history." N. Christine Brookes, Central Michigan University "Leonid Livak has done a great service to the study of the Russian emigration with the publication of this volume. It is bound to be of considerable value to students of both Russian and French intellectual and political history, and will certainly lead to new perspectives on intellectual cross-fertilization in twentieth-century Europe." Russian Review "[Russian E migrE s]contributes to and illuminates often ignored, yet imminently valuable perspectives to current notions of borders, exile, the nation, and the transnational within European literary and cultural history. An invaluable resource." H-FranceTable of ContentsAcknowledgments vii; Introduction 3; Russian Emigres in the Intellectual and Literary Life of Interwar France: A History 12; How to Read This Bibliography 47; Abbreviations Used in the Bibliography 50; Bibliography 57; Appendix A: Group Declarations 441; Appendix B: Corporate Authors 446; Appendix C: Russian Emigration in the French Press 448; Primary Sources 491; Secondary Sources 509; Index 511
£108.80
John Wiley & Sons Travellers Through Empire Indigenous Voyages
Book SynopsisAn exploration of Indigenous people’s experiences travelling from Canada to Britain and beyond from the 1770s to 1914.Trade Review"Exceptionally well researched and very fluently written, Travellers through Empire will be an important contribution to the growing literature on Indigenous travellers outside the bounds of their traditional territories." Coll Thrush, University of British Columbia and author of Indigenous London: Native Travellers at the Heart of Empire
£32.40
John Wiley & Sons Like Everyone Else but Different The Paradoxical
Book SynopsisA timely analysis of the possibilities and challenges of multiculturalism as seen in the iconic case of Canada’s Jewish community.Trade Review"Undoubtedly the most important study of Canadian Jewish life in a generation." Harold Troper"There should be a book like this for any and all groups that make up Canadian society. Meanwhile, read this one. You will laugh a little, think a lot, and learn why no one will ever write the last word on the Jews of Canada – though Morton Weinfeld comes close." Desmond Morton"An outstanding analysis of Canadian Jewish life today, written with verve and humour and accessible to all." Gerald Tulchinsky"This updated and revised edition of Morton Weinfeld's sociological study of Canadian Jews is most welcome. If Weinfeld's book was vital in 2001, it is even more so today. This foundational study is exceptional for its tone [and] especially valuable for i
£25.19
McGill-Queen's University Press A Land of Dreams Ethnicity Nationalism and the
Book SynopsisA comparative history of Irish community and identity in St John’s, Halifax, and Portland.Trade Review"A nuanced, rigorous, and highly informative study of Irish ethnic identity in North America." Malcolm Campbell, University of Auckland"Over the course of six carefully researched and well-written chapters, Mannion illustrates how the development of Irish ethnicity in St. John's, Halifax, and Portland was impacted by words and ideas originating at home and abroad." Canadian Journal of Irish Studies
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McGill-Queen's University Press Hinterland Remixed Media Memory and the Canadian
Book SynopsisAn examination of the legacy and cultural afterlife of the Canadian 1970s in film, television, and the visual arts.Trade Review"Hinterland Remixed is as engaging as it is innovative and intelligent. I cannot overstate the quality, timeliness, and elegance of this work." Jennifer VanderBurgh, Saint Mary's University"We need this book. Not only does Hinterland Remixed provide extremely compelling readings of 1970s objects and contemporary works that revisit this decade's artifacts; it accomplishes the interpretive goal of bringing the past inside the present." Peter Urquhart, Wilfrid Laurier University
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MN - University of British Columbia Press Ninstints Haida World Heritage Site
Book SynopsisGeorge MacDonald combines archival material and scientific and photographic evidence to record what is known of the history of Ninstints and its people.Table of ContentsForewordPrefaceIntroduction: The Kunghit HaidaNinstints: The VillageHouses in the villageEarly Contact with EuropeansTom Price: The Last Ninstints ChiefProtecting the Heritage of NinstintsWill science save Ninstints?Selected Readings
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University of British Columbia Press As Long as the Sun Shines and Water Flows
Book SynopsisThis collection of papers focuses on Canadian Native history since 1763 and presents an overview of official Canadian Indian policy and its effects on the Indian, Inuit, and Metis.Trade ReviewWithout question, the new reader by Getty and Lussier provides the best selection of historical articles on Canada’s Native peoples ever to appear ... It should be required reading for all attending future constitutional conferences on aboriginal rights. Ian Getty and Antoine Lussier have contributed to a new appreciation of Canada’s native people. -- Donald Smith * NeWest Review *Table of ContentsForewordPrefaceMapIntroductory EssaySection I: The Evolution of Indian Administration Since the Royal Proclamation of 17631 Protection, Civilization, Assimilation: An Outline History of Canada's Indian Policy2 The Early Indian Acts: Developmental Strategy and Constitutional Change3 Indian Land Cessions in Upper Canada, 1815-18304 Herman Merivale and Colonial Office Indian Policy in the Mid-Nineteenth Century5 A Victorian Civil Servant at Work: Lawrence Vankoughnet and the Canadian Indian Department, 1874-18936 Clifford Sifton and Canadian Indian Administration 1896-19057 The Administration of Treaty 3: The Location of the Boundaries of Treaty 3 Indian Reserves in Ontario, 1873-19158 Canada's Indians Yesterday – What of Today?9 The Politics of Indian AffairsSection II: Native Responses to Changing Relations and Circumstances1 Alcoholism, Indians and the Anti-Drink Cause in the Protestant Indian Missions of Upper Canada, 1822-18502 The Tragedy of the Loss of the Commons in Western Canada3 A Witness to Murder: The Cypress Hills Massacre and the Conflict of Attitudes towards the Native People of the Canadian-American West during the 1870s4 Louis Riel and Aboriginal Rights5 A Parting of the Ways: Louis Schmidt's Account of Louis Riel and the Metis Rebellion6 La Conquete du Nord-Ouest, 1885-1985, or the Imperial Quest of British North America7 Native People and the Justice System8 Becoming Modern – Some Reflections on Inuit Social Change9 The Inuit and the Constitutional Process: 1978-81A Declaration of the First Nations, 18 November, 19811983 Constitutional Accord on Aboriginal RightsBibliographic EssayThe Indian in Canadian Historical Writing, 1971-1981Suggestions for Further ReadingNotes on Contributors
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University of British Columbia Press Indian Education in Canada Volume 2
Book SynopsisThe two volumes comprising Indian Education in Canada present the first full-length discussion of this important subject since the adoption in 1972 of a new federal policy moving toward Indian control of Indian education.Table of ContentsForeword / Chief John SnowPreface1 The Challenge of Indian Education: An Overview / Jean Barman, Yvonne M. Hebert, and Don McCaskill2 First Nations Control of Education: The Path to our Survival as Nations / Dianne Longboat3 Role Shock in Local Community Control of Indian Education / Richard King4 Education as a Total Way of Life: The Nisga'a Experience / Alvin McKay and Bert McKay5 The Cree Experience / Billy Diamond6 Mi'kmaq Linguistic Integrity: A Case Study of Mi'kmawey School / Marie Battiste7 Blue Quills Native Education Centre: A Case Study / Lucy Bashford and Hans Heinzerling8 My Elders Tell Me / Beatrice Medicine9 Revitalization of Indian Culture: Indian Cultural Survival Schools / Don McCaskill10 The Education of Urban Native Children: The Sacred Circle Project / Vernon R. Douglas11 Training Indian Teachers in a Community Setting: The Mount Currie Lil'wat Programme / Lorna B. Williams and June Wyatt12 Evaluation of Indian Education: Issues and Challenges / Yvonne M. HebertNotes on ContributorsIndex
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