Social and cultural history Books

Book SynopsisThis groundbreaking study tells the story of the highly organised, international legal court case for the abolition of slavery spearheaded by Prince Lourenço da Silva Mendonça in the seventeenth century. The case, presented before the Vatican, called for the freedom of all enslaved people and other oppressed groups. This included New Christians (Jews converted to Christianity) and Indigenous Americans in the Atlantic World, and Black Christians from confraternities in Angola, Brazil, Portugal and Spain. Abolition debate is generally believed to have been dominated by white Europeans in the eighteenth century. By centring African agency, José Lingna Nafafé offers a new perspective on the abolition movement, showing, for the first time, how the legal debate was begun not by Europeans, but by Africans. In the first book of its kind, Lingna Nafafé underscores the exceptionally complex nature of the African liberation struggle, and demystifies the common knowledge and accepted wisdom surrouTrade Review'By following Lourenço da Silva Mendonça in Angola, Brazil, Portugal and Spain and unveiling the criminal court case he presented before the Pope in 1684, José Lingna Nafafé reveals a universal message of freedom that in the 17th century crossed the Atlantic and reached the Vatican, doing justice to the African contribution to the abolitionist movement.' Giorgio de Marchis, Roma Tre University'This is a groundbreaking study on the slave trade and its abolition. Nafafé privileges African perspectives on the debates regarding the legality of enslavement, combining a wide range of sources. The result is an engaging book, reconstructing the experiences of a 17th century Kongolese nobleman turned into an abolitionist. This is a crucial study problematizing the history of the slave trade and of the abolitionist movement, stressing the role of Africans as intellectuals debating rights in European courts. A must read.' Mariana P. Candido, Emory University'In his extraordinarily well researched and carefully argued book, José Lingna Nafafé reveals the important role of Lourenço da Silva Mendonça in the lead-up to the abolition of slavery. Spending years combing through archives, Nafafé not only uncovered that Africans did indeed support the abolition of the slave trade, but that some were remarkably well placed to make a case for it. This is a substantial contribution to our understanding of African intellectual life and moral reasoning.' John Thornton, Boston UniversityTable of ContentsList of Tables; List of Figures; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. The Municipal Council of Luanda and the Politics of the Portuguese Governors in Angola; 2. Ndongo's Political and Cultural Environment: Alliance, Internal Struggle, Puppeteering and Decline; 3. The Journey of Mendonça: Princes of Pungo Andongo in Brazil; 4. Mendonça's Journey to Portugal and Spain, and the Network of the Hebrew Nation and Native Americans; 5. Mendonça's Discourse in the Vatican: Liberation as a Wider Atlantic Question; 6. Mendonça's Quest for Abolition and the Tussle between Portuguese Overseas Council and the House of Ndongo; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index.

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Book SynopsisThis is an interdisciplinary volume exploring a range of historical, anthropological and literary ideas and issues in South Asian Borderlands. Going beyond the territorial and geo-political imaginaries of contemporary borderlands in South Asia, chapters in this book engage with the questions of sovereignty, control, policing as well as continuing affections across politically divided borderlands. Modern conceptions of nationhood have created categories of legality and illegality among historically, socially, economically and emotionally connected residents of South Asian borderlands. This volume provides unique insights into the interconnected lives and histories of these borderland spaces and communities.Table of ContentsIntroduction Tanuja Kothiyal and Farhana Ibrahim; 1. Paradise at the Frontier: Kashmir as a Political Terrain and Literary Landscape in the Mughal Empire Anubhuti Maurya; 2. Borders in the Age of Empire and Nation-States: The Honeycomb of Borderlands – Kumaun, Western Tibet and Far Western Nepal Vasudha Pande; 3. Borders, Difference, Recognition: On the Cause(s) of Gorkhaland Townsend Middleton; 4. Embattled Frontiers and Emerging Spaces: Transformation of the Tawang Border Swargajyoti Gohain; 5. Relative Intimacies: Belonging and Difference in Transnational Families across the Bengal Borderland Sahana Ghosh; 6. Reading Parijat in Nepal: The Poetics of Radical Feminism Negotiating Self and Nation Mallika Shakya; 7. Commodity Journeys and Market Circuits: Making Borders 'Natural' in Colonial Western Himalayas Aniket Alam; 8. Frontiers, State and Banditry in the Thar Desert in the Nineteenth Century Tanuja Kothiyal; 9. Bureaucracy and Border Control: Ethnographic Perspectives on Crime, Police Reform, and 'national security' in Kutch, 1948–1952 Farhana Ibrahim; 10. Frontier as Resource: Law, Crime, and Sovereignty on the Margins of Empire Eric L. Beverley; Index.

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Book SynopsisThe most up-to-date and thorough compendium of scholarship on social movements This second edition of The Wiley Blackwell Companion to Social Movements features forty original essays from the field. With contributions from both established and ascendant scholars, the Companion seeks to present current research on social movements in all its diversity. It is the most up-to-date, comprehensive volume of social science research on social movements available today. The essays address: facilitative and constraining contexts and conditions; social movement organizations, fields, and dynamics; strategies and tactics; micro-structural and social psychological dimensions of participation; consequences and outcomes; and various thematic intersections, including the intersection of social movements and social class, gender, race and ethnicity, religion, human rights, globalization, political extremism and more. Offers an illuminating guide to undTable of ContentsNotes on Contributors ix Introduction: Mapping and Opening Up the Terrain 1David A. Snow, Sarah A. Soule, Hanspeter Kriesi, and Holly J. McCammon PART 1 FACILITATIVE AND CONSTRAINING CONTEXTS AND CONDITIONS 17 1 The Political Context of Social Movements 19Doug McAdam and Sidney Tarrow 2 The Role of Threat in Collective Action 43Paul D. Almeida 3 The Cultural Context of Social Movements 63James M. Jasper and Francesca Polletta 4 The Resource Context of Social Movements 79Bob Edwards, John D. McCarthy, and Dane R. Mataic 5 The Ecological and Spatial Contexts of Social Movements 98Yang Zhang and Dingxin Zhao 6 Social Movements and Transnational Context: Institutions,Strategies, and Conflicts 115Clifford Bob 7 Social Movements and Mass Media in a Global Context 131Deana A. Rohlinger and Catherine Corrigall]Brown PART II SOCIAL MOVEMENT ORGANIZATIONS, FIELDS, AND DYNAMICS 149 8 Networks and Fields 151Nick Crossley and Mario Diani 9 Social Movement Organizations 167Edward T. Walker and Andrew W. Martin 10 Bringing Leadership Back In 185Marshall Ganz and Elizabeth McKenna 11 How Social Movements Interact with Organizations and Fields: Protest, Institutions, and Beyond 203Fabio Rojas and Brayden G. King 12 Infighting and Insurrection 220Amin Ghaziani and Kelsy Kretschmer 13 Diffusion Processes Within and Across Movements 236Sarah A. Soule and Conny Roggeband 14 Coalitions and the Organization of Collective Action 252Megan E. Brooker and David S. Meyer PART III SOCIAL MOVEMENT STRATEGIES AND TACTICS 269 15 Tactics and Strategic Action 271Brian Doherty and Graeme Hayes 16 Technology and Social Media 289Jennifer Earl 17 Social Movements and Litigation 306Steven A. Boutcher and Holly J. McCammon 18 Social Movements in Interaction with Political Parties 322Swen Hutter, Hanspeter Kriesi, and Jasmine Lorenzini 19 Violence vs Nonviolence as Strategic Alternatives 338Kurt Schock and Chares Demetriou 20 Art and Social Movements 354Lilian Mathieu PART IV MICROSTRUCTURAL AND SOCIAL-PSYCHOLOGICAL DIMENSIONS 369 21 Individual Participation in Street Demonstrations 371Jacquelien Van Stekelenburg, Bert Klandermans, and Stefaan Walgrave 22 The Framing Perspective on Social Movements: Its Conceptual Roots and Architecture 392David A. Snow, Rens Vliegenthart, and Pauline Ketelaars 23 Emotions in Social Movements 411Justin Van Ness and Erika Summers]Effler 24 Collective Identity in Social Movements: Assessing the Limits of a Theoretical Framework 429Cristina Flesher Fominaya PART V CONSEQUENCES AND OUTCOMES 447 25 The Political Institutions, Processes, and Outcomes Movements Seek to Influence 449Edwin Amenta, Kenneth T. Andrews, and Neal Caren 26 Economic Outcomes of Social Movements 466Marco Giugni and Maria T. Grasso 27 The Cultural Outcomes of Social Movements 482Nella Van Dyke and Verta Taylor 28 Biographical Consequences of Activism 499Florence Passy and Gian]Andrea Monsch PART VI THEMATIC INTERSECTIONS 515 29 Social Class and Social Movements 517Barry Eidlin and Jasmine Kerrissey 30 Gender and Social Movements 537Heather McKee Hurwitz and Alison Dahl Crossley 31 Race, Ethnicity, and Social Movements 553Peter B. Owens, Rory McVeigh, and David Cunningham 32 Bringing the Study of Religion and Social Movements Together: Toward an Analytically Productive Intersection 571David A. Snow and Kraig Beyerlein 33 Human Rights and Social Movements: From the Boomerang Pattern to a Sandwich Effect 586Kiyoteru Tsutsui and Jackie Smith 34 Globalization and Social Movements 602Massimiliano Andretta, Donatella Della Porta, and Clare Saunders 35 Political Extremism and Social Movements 618Robert Futrell, Pete Simi, and Anna E. Tan 36 Nationalism, Nationalist Movements, and Social Movement Theory 635Hank Johnston 37 War, Peace, and Social Movements 651David S. Meyer and Sidney Tarrow 38 Authoritarian Regimes and Social Movements 666Xi Chen and Dana M. Moss 39 Revolution and Social Movements 682Jack A. Goldstone and Daniel P. Ritter 40 Terrorism and Social Movements 698Colin J. Beck and Eric W. Schoon Index

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Book SynopsisThe Witchcraft Reader offers a wide range of historical perspectives on the subject of witchcraft in a single, accessible volume, exploring the enduring hold that it has on human imagination. The witch trials of the late Middle Ages and the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries have inspired a huge and expanding scholarly literature, as well as an outpouring of popular representations. This fully revised and enlarged third edition brings together many of the best and most important works in the field. It explores the origins of witchcraft prosecutions in learned and popular culture, fears of an imaginary witch cult, the role of religious division and ideas about the Devil, the gendering of suspects, the making of confessions and the decline of witch beliefs. An expanded final section explores the various revivals and images of witchcraft that continue to flourish in contemporary Western culture.Equipped with an extensive introduction that foregrounds signTable of ContentsGeneral introduction PART ONEMedieval origins1 Richard KieckheferWITCH TRIALS IN MEDIEVAL EUROPE (1976)2 Norman CohnTHE DEMONISATION OF MEDIEVAL HERETICS (1975)3 Michael D. BaileyWITCHCRAFT AND REFORM IN THE LATE MIDDLE AGES (2003)4 Hans Peter BroedelTHE MALLEUS MALEFICARUM AND THE CONSTRUCTION OF WITCHCRAFT (2003)5 Charles ZikaULRICH MOLITOR AND THE IMAGERY OF WITCHCRAFT (2007)PART TWOWitchcraft, magic and fear6 Robin BriggsTHE EXPERIENCE OF BEWITCHMENT (2002)7 Euan CameronSPIRITS IN POPULAR BELIEF (2010)8 Joyce MillerWITCHES AND CHARMERS IN SCOTLAND (2002)9 Edward BeverTHE MEDICAL EFFECTS OF WITCHCRAFT IN EARLY MODERN EUROPE (2000)10 Wolfgang BehringerWEATHER, HUNGER AND FEAR: ORIGINS OF THE EUROPEAN WITCH- HUNTS IN CLIMATE, SOCIETY AND MENTALITY (1995)PART THREEThe idea of a witch cult11 Jacqueline SimpsonMARGARET MURRAY’S WITCH CULT (1994)12 H. C. Erik MidelfortHEARTLAND OF THE WITCHCRAZE (1981)13 Gustav HenningsenFROM DREAM CULT TO WITCHES’ SABBATH (1993)14 É va P ó csTHE ALTERNATIVE WORLD OF THE WITCHES’ SABBAT (1993)15 Stuart ClarkINVERSION, MISRULE AND THE MEANING OF WITCHCRAFT (1980)PART FOURWitchcraft and the Reformation16 Stuart ClarkPROTESTANT WITCHCRAFT, CATHOLIC WITCHCRAFT (1997)17 Alison RowlandsA LUTHERAN RESPONSE TO WITCHCRAFT AND MAGIC (1996)18 Gary K. WaiteANABAPTISTS AND THE DEVIL (1999)PART FIVEWitchcraft and authority19 Gerhild Scholz WilliamsPIERRE DE LANCRE AND THE BASQUE WITCH- HUNT (1999)20 Brian P. LevackSTATE- BUILDING AND WITCH HUNTING IN EARLY MODERN EUROPE (1996)21 William MonterWITCHCRAFT, CONFESSIONALISM AND AUTHORITY (2002)PART SIXWitchcraft, possession and the Devil22 H. C. Erik MidelfortTHE DEVIL AND THE GERMAN PEOPLE (1989)23 Charlotte- Rose MillarTHE DEVIL AND FAMILIAR SPIRITS IN ENGLISH WITCHCRAFT (2017)24 Kathleen SandsTHE SOCIAL MEANINGS OF DEMONIC POSSESSION (2004)25 Sarah FerberECSTASY, POSSESSION, WITCHCRAFT (2004)26 Elisa SlatteryJOHANN WEYER AND THE DEVIL (1994)PART SEVENWitchcraft and gender27 Karen Jones and Michael ZellWOMEN AND WITCHCRAFT BEFORE THE “GREAT WITCH- HUNT” (2005)28 Jane P. DavidsonTHE MYTH OF THE PERSECUTED FEMALE HEALER (1993)29 Elizabeth ReisDAMNED WOMEN IN PURITAN NEW ENGLAND (1997)30 Clive HolmesWOMEN, WITNESSES AND WITCHES (1993)31 E. J. KentMASCULINITY AND MALE WITCHES IN OLD AND NEW ENGLAND (2005)PART EIGHTReading confessions32 Virginia KrauseWITCHCRAFT CONFESSIONS AND DEMONOLOGY (2005)33 Louise JacksonWITCHES, WIVES AND MOTHERS (1995)34 Lyndal RoperOEDIPUS AND THE DEVIL (1994)PART NINEThe decline of witchcraft 37535 Brian P. LevackTHE DECLINE OF WITCHCRAFT PROSECUTIONS (1999)36 Marion GibsonTHE DECLINE OF THE WITCHCRAFT PAMPHLET (1999)37 Owen DaviesURBANIZATION AND THE DECLINE OF WITCHCRAFT: AN EXAMINATION OF LONDON (1997)38 Marijke Gijswijt- HofsraWITCHCRAFT AFTER THE WITCH TRIALS (1999)PART TENWitchcraft today39 Diane PurkissMODERN WITCHES AND THEIR PAST (1996)40 Ethan Doyle WhiteWICCA AS WITCHCRAFT (2016)41 Jean La FontaineWITCHCRAFT AND SATANIC ABUSE (1998)42 Marion GibsonHARRY POTTER IN AMERICA (2007)43 Julian GoodareMODERN WESTERN IMAGES OF WITCHES (2016)Index

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Book SynopsisAtlantic Lives offers insight into the lived experiences of a range of actors in the early modern Atlantic World. Organized thematically, each chapter features primary source selections from a variety of non-traditional sources, including travel narratives from West Africa, the Caribbean, and Latin America. The fully revised and expanded second edition goes into even greater depth in exploring the diverse roles and experiences of women, Native Americans, and Africans, as well as the critical theme of emerging capitalism and New World slavery. New chapters also address captivity experiences, intercultural religious encounters, and interracial sexuality and marriage. With classroom-focused discussion questions and suggested additional readings accompanying each chapter, Atlantic Lives provides students with a wide-ranging introduction to the many voices and identities that comprised the Atlantic World.Table of ContentsPrefacePreface to the Second EditionIntroduction: What Is Atlantic History?Chapter 1: Into the Atlantic CrucibleSelection 1: An Early Portuguese Encounter with West AfricansSelection 2: First News of Native Americans in Europe Selection 3: An Indian Perspective on the Europeans' Arrival in North AmericaDiscussion QuestionsSuggested Readings Chapter 2: The Columbian ExchangeSelection 1: An Elizabethan Scientist Admires Indian Agriculture Selection 2: The Exchange of Furs and Microbes in New FranceSelection 3: A Military Officer Contemplates Life in a Beaver Lodge Selection 4: Black Philadelphians Face a Yellow Fever EpidemicDiscussion QuestionsSuggested ReadingsChapter 3: CaptivitiesSelection 1: A German Soldier Fears being Cannibalized by his Native American CaptorsSelection 2: The Captivities of Captain John Smith and PocahontasSelection 3: A Pennsylvania Woman's Adoption into an Indian Family Selection 4: An African-American Sailor’s Serial CaptivitiesDiscussion QuestionsSuggested ReadingsChapter 4: Religion and ConversionSelection 1: A Revolt among Mission Indians in New MexicoSelection 2: Native American Converts in Seventeenth-Century CanadaSelection 3: A Christian Indian Challenges His Colonial Mentor Selection 4: An African American’s Conversion Experience during the Great AwakeningDiscussion QuestionsSuggested ReadingsChapter 5: West Africa and the Atlantic Slave Trade Selection 1: A Scottish Explorer Describes Slavery and the Slave Trade in AfricaSelection 2: A European Describes a Slave-Trading PostSelection 3: A Former Slave Remembers his Enslavement in AfricaSelection 4: A Surgeon Describes Conditions on a Slave ShipDiscussion QuestionsSuggested ReadingsChapter 6: The Plantation Complex in the CaribbeanSelection 1: Servants, Slaves, and Masters in Barbados Selection 2: A Description of African Maroon Communities Selection 3: A Former Slave Condemns the Inhumanity of Caribbean SlaveryDiscussion QuestionsSuggested ReadingsChapter 7: The Spanish and Portuguese in the AmericasSelection 1: An English Traveler Explains the Repartimiento System in Spanish AmericaSelection 2: An Italian Priest Describes Social Relations in Mexico CitySelection 3: A Description of Plantation Society in Portuguese Brazil Discussion QuestionsSuggested ReadingsChapter 8: The Dutch, French, and English in North AmericaSelection 1: An Dutch Traveler in New Netherland/New York, 1679-80Selection 2: A French Military Officer Describes the Indians of Canada, 1757 Selection 3: Benjamin Franklin Calculates the Population of British North AmericaDiscussion QuestionsSuggested ReadingsChapter 9: The Wooden World: Maritime Labor and PiracySelection 1: A Dutch Pirate in the Seventeenth-Century CaribbeanSelection 2: A Pirate Faces Execution in BostonSelection 3: An American Sailor Experiences Impressment in the British NavySelection 4: A Woman's Perception of Life on a Whaling ShipDiscussion QuestionsSuggested ReadingsChapter 10: The Atlantic Highway: European MigrationsSelection 1: An Englishman Enters into an IndentureSelection 2: A German Migrant’s Passage to AmericaSelection 3: A French Account of a Passage to Canada Selection 4: Two Scottish Opinions on the Emigration Experience Discussion QuestionsSuggested ReadingsChapter 11: Interracial Marriage and Sexuality in the Atlantic WorldSelection 1: A French Nun Remarks on Native American WomenSelection 2: A Scottish Woman’s Impressions of Gender and Sexual Relations in the British West Indies and North Carolina Selection 3: Interracial Intimacy in the Fur TradeSelection 4: An Interracial Marriage Causes Controversy in New EnglandDiscussion QuestionsSuggested ReadingsChapter 12: Enlightenment and RevolutionSelection 1: A French Expatriate Describes Colonial Society in British North AmericaSelection 2: A Trans-Atlantic Revolutionary's Attack on Monarchy and Aristocracy Selection 3: An Anti-Slavery Advocate Defends the Slave Rebels in Saint-DomingueSelection 4: A Creole Revolutionary's Vision for the Future of Spanish AmericaDiscussion QuestionsSuggested ReadingsChapter 13: Out of the Atlantic CrucibleSelection 1: A German Traveler Describes the Race-Based Social Order of Mexico Selection 2: A French Traveler Considers the Future of Race Relations in the United States of AmericaSelection 3: A Free Black's Incendiary Call for the Destruction of Slavery Selection 4: A Native American Challenges the Pilgrim StoryDiscussion QuestionsSuggested ReadingsChronology of Important Events in Atlantic World History

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Book SynopsisBased on ethnographic fieldwork conducted in Oslo, Everyday Life in the Gentrifying City offers an examination of gentrification from below, exploring the effects of this process upon city neighbourhoods and those that inhabit them, whether residents, business owners and their customers, or local activists. Engaging with recent debates surrounding immigration and the inclusion of ethnic minorities in the city, the book takes up the question of ethnicity and gentrification. It argues for an urban policy that gives up the preoccupation with policies concerning the residential mix and place transformation in favour of empowering its citizens. A lively and engaging analysis, in which theoretical rigour is illuminated with rich interviews and empirical content in order to shed light on the relationship between gentrification, displacement, and integration, Everyday Life in the Gentrifying City will appeal to scholars and students of sociology, geography, anthropology and urban studies.Trade Review’Tone Huse does something rarely accomplished in gentrification research: the inclusion of the voices of those for whom urban redevelopment spells severe disruption to treasured ways of life.This sensitive and insightful ethnographic study demonstrates that our research, and our cities, are better for remembering those who are too frequently ignored.’ Steve Herbert, University of Washington, USA ’Gentrification comes in many flavours, and Tone Huse’s sensitive and vivid biography of a street in eastern Oslo captures a broad range of current and recent processes of change in the urban landscape, from the impact of global neoliberalism to the new ethnic diversity. Written with verve and gusto, this book offers an unusual, attractive and compelling perspective on urban transformations in Western Europe.’ Thomas Hylland Eriksen, University of Oslo, NorwayTable of ContentsPreface; Introduction; Renewal and eviction; Little Pakistan; The win-win myth; Birds of a feather attend school together?; The new GrA,nland; The art spectacle; Unrest and fear; Minorities in the city; From TA,yen Street; Bibliography; Index.

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Book SynopsisTodayâs convergent media environment offers unprecedented opportunities for sourcing and disseminating previously obscure popular culture material from Japan. However, this presents concerns regarding copyright, ratings and exposure to potentially illegal content which are serious problems for those teaching and researching about Japan. Despite young peopleâs enthusiasm for Japanese popular culture, these concerns spark debate about whether it can be judged harmful for youth audiences and could therefore herald the end of âcool Japanâ. This collection brings together Japan specialists in order to identify key challenges in using Japanese popular culture materials in research and teaching. It addresses issues such as the availability of unofficially translated and distributed Japanese material; the emphasis on adult-themes, violence, sexual scenes and under-age characters; and the discrepancies in legislation and ratings systems across the world. Considering how these issues aTrade Review"The End of Cool Japan is a forceful intervention into the study and flow of Japanese pop culture around the world. Taking the arousals of fandom seriously, the essays also consider the ways J-pop culture gets both manipulated and constrained (by politics, legal constricts, religion, nationalism) to make it decidedly "uncool" at various hands. Advocating for a critical pedagogy that scrutinizes Japanese pop culture in all its complexities and iterations, the volume is sharp-edged and smartly conceived throughout. This is an invaluable contribution to the field—that of Japanese studies and also beyond."Anne Allison, Duke University, USA. "From its cheeky, quirky cover, to the selection of its contributors, to its unifying tone, Mark McLelland’s new anthology deserves to shoot right to the top of Japanese Studies reading lists. The End of Cool Japan: Ethical, Legal and Cultural Challenges to Japanese Popular Culture offers a vital and timely warning for all those students who think that scholarship amounts to a diary of what they did at the weekend...I cannot recommend this book highly enough, to libraries, lecturers and students."Jonathan Clements, All The Anime, August 2016Table of Contents Introduction: Negotiating "Cool Japan" in Research and Teaching Death Note, Student Crimes, and the Power of Universities in the Global Spread of Manga Scholar Girl Meets Manga Maniac, Media Specialist, and Cultural Gatekeeper Must We Burn Eromanga? On Trying Obscenity in the Courtroom and the Classroom Manga, Anime and Child Pornography Law in Canada The "Lolicon Guy:" Some Observations on Researching Unpopular Topics in Japan All Seizures Great and Small: Reading Contentious Images of Minors in Japan and Australia "The Love that Dare Not Speak its Name": Chinese Danmei Communities in the 2014 Anti-Porn Campaign Negotiating Religious and Fan Identities: "Boys Love" and Fujoshi Guilt Is there a Space for Cool Manga in Indonesia and the Philippines? Postcolonial Discourses on Transcultural Manga Appendix: The Rise and Fall of the King of Lolicon: An Interview with Uchiyama Aki

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Book SynopsisThis concise book provides an accessible overview of the history of the telenovela in Latin America within a pan-Latino context, including the way the genre crosses borders between Latin America and the United States. Telenovelas, a distinct variety of soap operas originating in Latin America, take up key issues of race, class, sexual identity and violence, interweaving stories with melodramatic romance and quests for identity. June Carolyn Erlick examines the social implications of telenovela themes in the context of the evolution of television as an integral part of the modernization of Latin American countries.Trade Review"Erlick is quite persuasive in her contention that the popularity of telenovelas has combined with their mobility to create a quietly subversive force in socially conservative Latin America." - Glenn Garvin, television critic, the Miami Herald, in ReVista, the Harvard Review of Latin America, Winter 2018. Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Discovering Telenovelas Change Agents: Beyond the Melodrama Beyond Betty: Gender and Sexuality Gay Love, Gay Kisses Black, White and Brown: Telenovelas and Race Narconovelas: Beyond the News Conclusions : Looking Backward and Going Forward

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Book SynopsisOral history is increasingly acknowledged as a key tool for anyone studying the history of the recent past, and Oral History Theory provides a comprehensive, systematic and accessible overview of this important field. Combining the study of theories drawn from disciplines ranging from linguistics to psychoanalysis with the observations of practitioners and including extensive examples of oral history practice from around the world, this book constitutes the first integrated discussion of oral history theory.Structured around key themes such as the peculiarities of oral history, the study of the self, subjectivity and intersubjectivity, memory, narrative, performance, power and trauma, each chapter provides a clear and user-friendly explanation of the various theoretical approaches, illustrating these with examples from the rich field of published oral history and making suggestions for the practicing oral historian. This second edition includes a new chapter on trauma and ethics, a preface discussing new developments in the field and updated glossary and further reading sections. Supplemented by a new companion website (www.routledge.com/cw/abrams) containing a comprehensive range of case studies, audio material and further resources, this book will be invaluable to experienced and novice oral historians, professionals, and students who are new to the discipline. Trade Review"Abrams introduces analytical theories, examines their application to oral history narratives, and provides "suggestions for how to translate theory into practice." Required reading for oral historians, the book belongs in every academic library. Summing Up: Essential." CHOICE"The first edition of Lynn Abrams' Oral History Theory uniquely provided a comprehensive overview of the theory underpinning the practice of oral history. This updated second edition, with new material on trauma, ethics, collaborative practice and the impact of digital technologies will be an essential read for students, researchers and interviewers."Andrew Flinn, University College London, UK "By explaining often complex theoretical constructs and debates in a user-friendly and understandable language, this newly updated edition will prove invaluable to oral history practitioners and students alike. Cutting-edge in its outlook and approach, this edition extends our understanding of on-going developments by focussing on the impact of new digital technologies, the growing interest in trauma or ‘crisis’ oral history, and the theoretical and practical implications of conducting collaborative oral history projects."Andrew Edwards, Bangor University, UK"Oral History Theory provides students and practitioners of oral history with an accessible introduction to complex ideas shaping the field. This well-organized text lays out a compilation of research and examples that fostered deeper understanding among students as they conducted their own interviews."Joanne Goodwin, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, USA"In this book, Lynn Abrams speaks to a range of potential audiences interested in the practice and outcomes of oral history research. The text includes theoretical analysis, practical advice and reference to a range of case studies. This newly revised edition also includes consideration of dealing with ‘trauma’ and the ethical issues arising in oral history practice and analysis. The accompanying website now makes this an essential tool for teaching, learning and research in the field."Melanie Ilic, University of Gloucestershire, UK"The first edition of Lynn Abrams' Oral History Theory uniquely provided a comprehensive overview of the theory underpinning the practice of oral history. This updated second edition, with new material on trauma, ethics, collaborative practice and the impact of digital technologies will be an essential read for students, researchers and interviewers."Andrew Flinn, University College London, UK "By explaining often complex theoretical constructs and debates in a user-friendly and understandable language, this newly updated edition will prove invaluable to oral history practitioners and students alike. Cutting-edge in its outlook and approach, this edition extends our understanding of on-going developments by focussing on the impact of new digital technologies, the growing interest in trauma or ‘crisis’ oral history, and the theoretical and practical implications of conducting collaborative oral history projects."Andrew Edwards, Bangor University, UK"Oral History Theory provides students and practitioners of oral history with an accessible introduction to complex ideas shaping the field. This well-organized text lays out a compilation of research and examples that fostered deeper understanding among students as they conducted their own interviews."Joanne Goodwin, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, USA"In this book, Lynn Abrams speaks to a range of potential audiences interested in the practice and outcomes of oral history research. The text includes theoretical analysis, practical advice and reference to a range of case studies. This newly revised edition also includes consideration of dealing with ‘trauma’ and the ethical issues arising in oral history practice and analysis. The accompanying website now makes this an essential tool for teaching, learning and research in the field."Melanie Ilic, University of Gloucestershire, UK"... This second edition reproduces the original text, all still relevant, with the addition of a ninth chapter entitled “Trauma and Ethics.” Abrams (Univ. of Glasgow, UK) explains that the additional chapter “treats trauma as a sub-field of oral history in its own right, one which has grown exponentially as narrative-based approaches to collective reconciliation and memorialisation and to the therapeutic treatment of individuals have gained widespread assent.” It both complements and expands the original text, focusing on “the collection and analysis of histories of extreme human experiences, sometimes termed crisis oral history.” Ethics and safety are emphasized. The second edition merits serious consideration for any collection that supports oral history courses or students and scholars using oral history in their research."B. M. Banta, Arkansas State University"... it outlines all of our current concerns, takes a wide purview of past and current work, provides a handy guide to relevant middle-level theories from a wide variety of perspectives, and yet leaves room for the engaged reader to explore beyond its boundaries."Ronald J. Grele, Oral History ReviewTable of ContentsPreface to the second edition: new directions in oral history. Acknowledgments. 1 Introduction: turning practice into theory. 2. The peculiarities of oral history. 3. Self. 4. Subjectivity and intersubjectivity. 5. Memory. 6. Narrative. 7. Performance. 8. Power. 9. Trauma and ethics. Glossary. Notes. Guide to further reading. Index.

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Book SynopsisOf all the sciences and social sciences, management is the one that most deliberately turns its back on the past. Yet management as we know it today did not spring into life fully formed. Management has more than just a present; it also has a past, and a future, and all three are inextricably linked. This book charts the evolution of management as an intellectual discipline, from ancient times to the present day.Contemporary management challenges, including sustainability, technology and data, and legitimacy are analysed through an historical lens and with the benefit of new case studies. The author helps readers understand how the evolution of management ideas has interacted with changes in society.By framing management''s history as one of challenge and response, this new edition is the perfect accompaniment for students and scholars seeking meaningful study in the business school and beyond. Essential reading as a core textbook in managementTrade Review'Witzel has done it again: enlivening every-day management with the almost tangible presence of thinkers from the past; suddenly we know ourselves to be companions of managers, philosophers and problem-solvers of all times and places. His acute analysis shows why we intuitively recoil from some, or feel a bond with others; His care for what it is to be a human being trying to organise and get things done is the red thread that spans the centuries. Big thinking on a human scale at its best.' - Jonathan Gosling, Professor Emeritus, University of Exeter, UK'This history illuminates. Witzel’s wonderfully-stuffed sourcebook shows business has always been about people and profit, unchanged in millennia. But old principles must suit new times. Business’s scale is now unprecedented. It is also increasingly separated from public purpose, its technologies and financialization problematic. The reader will learn a lot about the core challenge: harnessing peoples’ imagination and skill in the pursuit of profit.' - J.-C. Spender, Research Professor, Kozminski University, PolandTable of Contents1. Introduction 2. Early Management Thought 3. Management Thought in the Age of Commerce 4. Management Thought in an Age of Enlightenment 5. Scientific Management 6. European Management Thought 7. Management Thought and Human Relations 8. The Divisionalisation of Management Thought 9. From Scientific Management to Management Science 10. The Age of the Management Gurus 11. Asian Management Thought 12. Management Thought in the twenty-first century 13. Conclusions

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Book SynopsisA compassionate and captivating examination of evolving attitudes toward mental illness throughout history and the fight to end the stigmaTrade Review"Nobody’s Normal by Roy Richard Grinker is a compassionate, well-researched chronicle of the historical stigmatisation of mental illness. Since ‘normal’ is a social construct, why can’t we change it? " -- Ruth Ozeki - The Guardian, Best Books of 2021

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Book SynopsisAn audacious and accessible guide to feminist philosophy—its origins, its key ideas and its latest directionsTrade Review"Think Like a Feminist has opened my eyes in ways I had not known they were closed. It is a timely and deeply important book, and I cannot recommend it highly enough, especially for those who yearn for justice for all human beings, no matter their sex, gender, or race." -- Andre Dubus III

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Book SynopsisA History of Sexuality in Modern Germany offers both a detailed survey of this key subject and a new intervention in the history of sexuality in modern Germany. It investigates the diverse and often contradictory ways in which individuals, activists, doctors, politicians, artists, social movements and cultural commentators have defined normal' or natural' sexuality in Germany over the past two centuries. Katie Sutton explores how these definitions have been used to shape identities, behaviors, bodies and practices, particularly around norms of heterosexual, marital, reproductive sex. At the same time, she examines how such ideas enabled the policing of unnatural' or deviant' bodies and practices. Covering a range of crucial themes, including birth control, prostitution, homosexual rights and heterosexual intimacy, this important text comes with 30 illustrations, a useful glossary and interesting biographical vignettes which help to illuminate the narrative. Primary source extracTrade ReviewThis fascinating, authoritative study places topical debates into historical context, revealing the multifaceted nature of modernities and the shifting, heterogeneous nature of past sexualities and the moral norms that shaped them. Foregrounding questions of conformity and resistance, the book sheds light on the hotly-contested debates over gender and sexual identities that confront contemporary scholars. * Ingrid Sharp, Professor of German Cultural and Gender History, University of Leeds, United Kingdom. *Katie Sutton’s Sexuality in Modern German History deftly weaves the important topics in the history of modern sexuality—mariage, prostitution, homosexuality, and trans identities—with the turns in German history, from the early nineteenth to the early twenty-first centuries. An invaluable resurce for beginning students as well as established scholars! * Robert Deam Tobin, Henry J Leir Chair Professor of Comparative Literature, Clark University, USA *Table of ContentsList of Figures Introduction. Sexuality in Modern German History 1. Enlightening Intimacy: From Reformation to Unification 2. Sexual Modernity and Nationhood: 1871-1918 3. Babylon Berlin? Liberation, Violence and Politics in the Weimar Republic, 1918-1933 4. Pronatalism to Persecution: Sex in Nazi Germany, 1933-1945 5. Love, Sex, and Marriage in the Divided Germanies 6. Sexual Evolutions and Revolutions: From Rock’n’Roll to Gay Liberation Conclusion. Political Transitions and Intimate Transformations since the Berlin Wall Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisArt, Politics and the Pamphleteer brings together a collection of text-based and visual essays, commissioned artworks and graphics. This richly illustrated book responds to the concept, aesthetics and function of the political pamphlet. It is diverse in content, interpreting the pamphlet' in the broadest terms, and encompassing a number of case studies that offer historical or specific examples of contemporary pamphleteering practice that can be seen to perform a clear political implication' or protest. Besides exploring the radical history and diverse cultures of the pamphlet, it also celebrates the rich visual rhetoric, typography and contemporary relevance of the format for both artists and activists. Contributions include an historical overview and essays by: Andy Abbott, Angeliki Avgitidu, Aziz Choudry and Désirée Rochat, David Murrieta Flores, Michelle Kempson, Pil and Galia Kollectiv, Rachel Schreiber, Jane Tormey, Gillian Whiteley; visual contributions by Gary AndTrade ReviewPassionately engaged, impressively researched and seasonably distilled ... Do not be deceived by its scrappy demeanour. Art, Politics and the Pamphleteer will serve scholars and practitioners of aesthetic engagement in social movements for decades to come. In this service, the collection’s wealth of sources, depth of critical appreciation and clarity of expression will enhance any move that builds on it. * Journal of Design History *This book entices us into the prismatic fringe of the ‘pamphlet’ and its unruly disciple the ‘pamphleteer’. True to its object, here design, text, form, matter, and affect fold in and pull apart in multiple ways. Immersed in the present, past, and emerging future of pamphleteering, the book leaves readers in no doubt that this disreputable form presents an adventure in art, politics, and publishing that is poorly served by the word ‘writing’. * Nicholas Thoburn, author of "Anti-Book: On the Art and Politics of Radical Publishing" *An absorbing critical anthology of pamphlet formats with the exhilarating whiff of something improvised, uncontrolled, it melds research, personal insights and DIY fanzine monochrome mayhem. Pamphlets are transient, oriented to the moment, but, gathered here, they receive a continued life – tactile too - amidst a spiky volley of political and artistic attitudes. This is history and its reflection, but it is also a manual for future campaigns devising a renewed common culture. * Esther Leslie, Professor of Political Aesthetics, Birkbeck, University of London, UK *Table of ContentsSee list of contributors above.

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Book SynopsisThe French Revolution brought momentous political, social, and cultural change. Life in Revolutionary France asks how these changes affected everyday lives, in urban and rural areas, and on an international scale. An international cast of distinguished academics and emerging scholars present new research on how people experienced and survived the revolutionary decade, with a particular focus on individual and collective agency as discovered through the archival record, material culture, and the history of emotions. It combines innovative work with student-friendly essays to offer fresh perspectives on topics such as:* Political identities and activism * Gender, race, and sexuality* Transatlantic responses to war and revolution * Local and workplace surveillance and transparency * Prison communities and culture* Food, health, and radical medicine * Revolutionary childhoodsWith an easy-to-navigate, three-part structure, illustrations and primary source excerpts, Life in RevoluTrade Review[A]n outstanding, often brilliant, collection which deserves recognition and frequent consultation for its refreshing insights into the myriad worlds of revolutionary experience. * French Studies *I have never seen such an edited volume before. Every chapter offers original scholarship and new methodological approaches, which could help any student of history read their sources with fresh eyes. This book not only teaches social and cultural history but also instructs students how to become better historians. I can offer no greater praise than the fact that I am excited to use this book in my French Revolution classes, and it also helped me to reframe my own research projects. * H-France Review *With this engaging collection, Mette Harder and Jennifer Ngaire Heuer take distance from notions of the French Revolution as an engine of abstract change to explore how that event shaped individual lives and to examine how seemingly private choices intersected with broad social, political, and cultural movements. * Canadian Journal of History *Life in Revolutionary France revivifies the social history of the French revolution. Mette Harder and Jennifer Ngaire Heuer’s fine team of experienced and emergent scholars offer bright, insightful coverage of topics that range from religion to revolutionary justice, from prisons to prostitution, from émigrés to Caribbean slaves, from armies to waxworks, from crime to diet - and much besides. * Colin Jones, Professor of History, Queen Mary University of London, UK *Ranging from peasant resisters and Caribbean prisoners of war to prostitutes and the orphaned children of executed revolutionary leaders, this remarkably original collection opens dramatic new perspectives on the French Revolution. The ordinary is shown to be extraordinarily fascinating when lives are transformed by dramatic events. Anyone interested in the meaning of revolution will want to read these essays. * Lynn Hunt, Distinguished Research Professor of History, UCLA, USA *The anthology is therefore an overall highly readable, inspiring and important contribution to the research debate. * Zeitschrift fur Historische Forschung (Bloomsbury Translation) *Table of ContentsList of Figures List of Maps List of Contributors Acknowledgements Introduction: Rethinking the Revolutionary Everyday, Mette Harder and Jennifer Ngaire Heuer Part I. Revolutionary Identities and Spaces 1. Republicans and Royalists: Seeking Authentic Rural Voices in the Sources of the French Revolution, Jill Maciak Walshaw Source: Trial of Thomas Bordas, a weaver from Segonzac, department of the Dordogne, accused of having publicly stated that he wanted to be governed by a king. 28 pluviôse–12 prairial year IV (February 17, 1796–May 31, 1796) 2. Mapping Women’s Everyday Lives in Revolutionary Marseille, Laura Talamante Source: Deliberation of the Dames Citoyennes from the Saint-Martin District, no. 7, 7 July 1790 3. Emigration, Landlords, and Tenants in Revolutionary Paris, Hannah Callaway Source: Overview of Rentals in the Boulainvilliers Market on 24 Fructidor VI (September 10, 1798) 4. Home Fronts and Battlefields: The Army, Warfare, and the Revolutionary Experience, Christopher Tozzi Source (a): “It should come as no surprise if I want to make a Jew into a soldier.” Speech by the Abbé Henri Grégoire at the National Assembly, 23 December 1789 Source (b): From the Petition of the Jews Established in France addressed to the National Assembly, 28 January 1790 5. Race, Freedom, and Everyday Life: French Caribbean Prisoners of War in Britain, Abigail Coppins and Jennifer Ngaire Heuer Source: Undated Report on the State of the Prisons and Hospitals of Portchester and Forton (likely from the end of 1796), TNA (The National Archives) ADM 105/44 Part II. The Right To? – Revolutionary Justice at Work 6. Crime, Law, and Justice, Claire Cage Source: Penal Code of 25 September 1791 7. Surveillance at Work: A Theft on the Rue du Bac, Ralph Kingston Source: Defense Statement by Citizen Bonnet, former employee of the [French Ministry of] External Relations. Written after his termination for theft on 7 Fructidor VIII (August 25, 1800) 8. Sex as Work: Public Women in Revolutionary Paris, Clyde Plumauzille Source: Letters by a Woman arrested for Prostitution under the “Terror” 9. Doctors, Radicalism, and the Right to Health: Three Visions from the French Revolution, Sean M. Quinlan Source: The French Doctor and Legislator François Lanthenas on Freedom, Health and Hygiene: De l’influence de la liberté sur la santé (1792) Part III. Revolutionary Experience, Practices, Sensations 10. Tasting Liberty: Food and Revolution, E. C. Spary Source: Anon., “L’Hydre aristocratique,” Paris, 1789 11. Spectacles of French Revolutionary Violence in the Atlantic World, Ashli White Source: Massachusetts Mercury (Boston), December 25, 1795, page 3: This Evening – Advert for Bowen’s Museum 12. Practice and Belief: Religion in the Revolution, Jonathan Smyth Source: Extract from Robespierre’s Speech on Freedom of Worship, made at the Jacobin Club, Paris on November 21, 1793 (1 Frimaire Year 2 of the Revolution) 13. Facing the Unknown: The Private Lives of Miniatures in the French Revolutionary Prison, Sophie Matthiesson Source: Hubert Robert (1733–1808), Jean-Antoine Roucher (1745–1794) as he prepares to be transferred from Sainte-Pélagie to Saint-Lazare, 1794 14. Revolutionary Parents and Children: Everyday Lives in Times of Stress, Siân Reynolds Source: The Families of Revolutionaries Recommended Readings Index

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Book SynopsisWriting Material Culture History 2e examines the methodologies used in the historical study of material culture. Looking at archaeology, anthropology, art history and literary studies, the book provides students with a fundamental understanding of the relationship between artefacts and historical narratives. The book addresses the role of museums, the impact of the digital age and the representations of objects in public history, bringing together students and specialists from around the world. This new edition includes: A new substantive introduction from the editors, providing a useful roadmap for students and specialists. A more balanced and easy-to-use structure, including methodological chapters and object in focus' chapters consisting of case studies for classroom discussion. New chapters showing greater engagement with 20th-century material culture, non-European artefacts and the definitions and limits of material culture as a discipline. Offers global coverage and discTrade ReviewGerritsen and Riello offer us a rich and eclectic collection of essays devoted to the multiple methodologies associated with the study of material artifacts, as well as fascinating and instructive case studies of particular objects, all well-suited for undergraduate teaching and the training of future researchers. That this book should merit a second, and expanded, edition in so short a period (a scant five years) is testament to the vitality of the field of material culture studies. Noteworthy areas of new attention include the political study of objects, the material history of urban space, and the application of new technologies (3-D printing or big data for example) to the study of material culture. If historians have indeed “experienced a Damascene conversion to material culture” as Gerritsen and Riello argue, then surely they should be credited in large measure for bringing it intellectual coherence and a global reach. This book, now expanded, will be essential reading for those who join them. * Anne EC McCants, Professor of History, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA *The volume is an impressive collection of different views on material culture, written from anthropological, historical, and art historical perspectives. It should be an essential text in the appreciation of artefacts, and the role they play in the interactions of cultures over time and space. * Ruth Barnes, Thomas Jaffe Curator of Indo-Pacific Art, Yale University Art Gallery, USA *Table of ContentsList of Figures Notes on Contributors Introduction: Material Culture History: Methods, Practices and Disciplines, Anne Gerritsen and Giorgio Riello Object in Focus 1. Broken Saints, House Cats, Other Historical Matter, Dana Leibsohn Part I: The Disciplines of Material Culture 1. Material Culture and the History of Art(efacts), Viccy Coltman 2. Written Texts and the Performance of Materiality, Catherine Richardson 3. Anthropology, Archaeology, History and the Material Culture of Lycra®, Kaori O’Connor Object in Focus 2: Material Culture, Archaeology and Defining Modernity: Case Studies in Ceramic Research, David Gaimster Object in Focus 3: Father Amiot’s Cup: A Qing Imperial Porcelain Sent to the Court of Louis XV and - Kee Il Choi Object in Focus 4: Broken Objects: Using Archaeological Ceramics in the Study of Material Culture, Suzanne Findlen Hood Object in Focus 5: Writing Our Maritime Pasts: The Belitung Shipwreck Controversy, Natali Pearson Object in Focus 6: Identity, Heritage and Memorialisation: The Toraja Tongkonan of Indonesia, Kathleen M. Adams Object in Focus 7: History by Design: The UK Board of Trade Design Register, Dinah Eastop Part II: The Methods of Material Culture 4. Spaces of Global Interactions: The Material Landscapes of Global History, Anne Gerritsen and Giorgio Riello 5. Material Culture and Materialism: The French Revolution in Wallpaper, Ulrich Lehmann 6. How Things Shape Us: Material Culture and Identity in the Industrial Age, Manuel Charpy Object in Focus 8: Invisible Beds: Health and the Material Culture of Sleep, Sandra Cavallo Object in Focus 9: Material Culture and Sound: A Sixteenth-Century Handbell, Flora Dennis Object in Focus 10: Interwoven Knowledge: The Understanding and Conservation of Three Carpets, Jessica Hallett and Raquel Santos Object in Focus 11: Lustrous Things: Luminosity and Reflection before the Light Bulb, Ann Smart Martin Object in Focus 12: Cosmopolitan Relationships in the Crossroads of the Pacific Ocean, Christina Hellmich Object in Focus 13: Digital Microscopy and Early Modern Embroidery, Stefan Hanß Object in Focus 14: Objects of Emotions: The London Foundling Hospital Tokens, 1741-60, John Styles Object in Focus 15: Time, Wear and Maintenance: The Afterlife of Things, Victoria Kelley Part III: The Preservation and Interpretation of Material Culture 7. The Return of the Wunderkammer: Material Culture in the Museum 225, Ethan W. Lasser 8. Handle with Care: The Future of Curatorial Expertise, Glenn Adamson 9. As Seen on the Screen: Material Culture, Historical Accuracy and the Costume Drama, Hannah Greig Object in Focus 16: Europe 1600-1800 in a Thousand Objects, Lesley Ellis Miller Object in Focus 17: Reading and Writing the Restoration History of an Old French bureau, Carolyn Sargentson Object in Focus 18: Objects of Empire: Museums, Material Culture, and Histories of Empire, John McAleer Object in Focus 19: The Lost Heritage of China: Dismantling Beijing, Digitizing Beijing, Di Lou Object in Focus 20: ‘Black Gold’: Industrial Heritage of the Nineteenth-century Ruhr Area, Christian Kleinschmidt Object in Focus 21: Indigeneity and Race and the Politics of Museum Collections, Beverly Lemire Object in Focus 22: Acts of creation: debating Indigenous American repatriation from Britain, Jack Davy Index

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Book SynopsisDespite recent research, the 19th-century history of domestic service in empire and its wider implications is underexplored. This book sheds new light on servants and their masters in the British Empire, and in doing so offers new discourses on the colonial home, imperial society identities and colonial culture. Using a wide range of source material, from private papers to newspaper articles, official papers and court records, Dussart explores the strategic nature of the relationship, the connection between imperialism, domesticity and a master/servant paradigm that was deployed in different ways by varied actors often neglected in the historical record. Positioned outside the family but inside the private place of the home, the domestic servant' was often the foil against which 19th-century contemporaries worked out class, race and gender identities across metropole and colony, creating those places in the process. The role of domestic servants in empire thus lay not only in the labouTrade ReviewFae Dussart’s powerful analysis of master/mistress- servant relationships in the British Empire is essential for understanding the intimacy of colonialism’s racial hierarchies. Dussart shows us how the terms of domestic service were conditioned through a conversation between Britain and India, and how those terms shaped Empire as a vehicle of white supremacy. * Alan Lester, Professor of Historical Geography, University of Sussex, UK *In the Service of Empire is a nuanced, sensitive and elucidating analysis of domestic service in the British Empire. Putting India and Britain into the same analytic frame, Dussart skilfully draws out the overriding structures of service and specificities of regional difference in her work, richly demonstrating the prevailing power of race, gender and class in the making of the imperial world. * Dr Esme Cleall, Lecturer in the History of the British Empire, University of Sheffield, UK *Dussart's monograph is an excellent contribution to a growing field and adds to the increasingly sophisticated literature of feminist history. * CHOICE *Table of ContentsIntroduction: Thinking Mastery, Thinking Servanthood 1. The Structure of Domestic Service in Nineteenth Century Britain 2. Domestic Service and the Colonial Home in India 3. Intimate Knowledge and the Private Servant/Employer Relationship in Britain 4. Colonising the Private Sphere: The Making of a Home from 'Home' in Colonial India 5. Violence, Domestic Authority and the Politics of Imperial Governance 6. Servants Resistance to Mastery in the Imperial Metropole 7. Servant Agency in Colonial Households Conclusion

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Book SynopsisThis book explores how American sports, especially basketball, baseball and American football, have projected the US into the world, and brought the world into America. Taking a chronological approach it traces the development of American sports from the turn of the 20th century, highlighting how international forces such as immigration, geopolitics and war have influenced the trajectory of sport in the US, and thus the American experience. DuBois also considers the globalization of American sport and how this soft power shaped international relations throughout the American century. Addressing key questions about the role of sport in the rise of the United States, it frames themes that have come to define sports history; gender, race, economics and politics. It argues that while sport has not necessarily been a catalyst for change, it has often mirrored social issues, and sometimes served as an important tool of progress. Synthesizing major works alongside primary sources, the chapterTable of ContentsDedication List of Illustrations Part I: The Huddled Masses Immigration And The Emergence Of Modern Sport in America Basketball and Urban Space Jack Johnson and the Global Business of Boxing American Football, Collegiate Athletics, and the Amateur Sport Movement America and the Modern Olympic Movement Pierre de Coubertin and the 1896 Revival of the Olympic Games The 1900 Olympic Games in Paris The 1904 Games and the St. Louis World’s Fair Olympic Fatigue, European Rivalry and the 1908 London Games Melting Pot Athletes and the 1912 Stockholm Games Baseball and American Empire Foreigners to Fans Cannons in the Outfield Baseball’s World Tours Conjuring the National Pastime Notes Athlete Spotlight #1: Jim Thorpe Part II: In Service of the State The Growing Business of Baseball Babe Ruth and the New Sport Media The Negro Leagues and Baseball’s Continued Growth Abroad Professionalization in Other Corners of US Sport Professional Football, Hockey, and Basketball in Interwar America Re-Professionalizing Boxing in the Nativist Twenties and Thirties The Olympics and War Olympic Growth in the Twenties and Thirties Hitler, Jesse Owens, and the 1936 Berlin Olympics US Sport in World War II Notes Athlete Spotlight #2: Babe Didrikson Zaharias Part III: The Dawn of the Activist Athlete Post-War Professional Sport in America The NFL Sets the Edge The Making of the NBA Jackie Robinson, the Black Press, and Baseball’s Integration after World War II Sport Diplomacy and the Cold War The Harlem Globetrotters and Cold War Civil Rights Wilma Rudolph, Femininity, and the Cold War Bill Russell and the Transnational Power of Sport Muhammad Ali v The United States Conclusion Selected Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisThe first study of how migrants view their own history and how migrant history is viewed by British society, this book addresses themes of vital importance to contemporary history, and covers every aspect of the migrant experience. Who are the migrants that have flocked to Britain since the nineteenth century? How do they understand their experiences? Histories and Memories is the first work of its kind to examine this question from the perspective of the migrants themselves, and the way in which historians and popular culture have recognised them. In so doing, it explores a wide range of ethnic groups and experiences from racism to Britishness, self-perception and the role of memory in migrant history. This original, incisive book breaks down disciplinary and intellectual boundaries to address themes of vital importance to contemporary history.Table of ContentsList of tables – vii List of illustrations – vii Acknowledgements – ix Preface – xi Part I: Introduction: Immigration and British History -Immigration, History and Memory in Britain. Kathy Burrell and Panikos Panayi – 3 -Great Britons: Immigration, History and Memory. Tony Kushner – 18 -Historical Practice in the Age of Pluralism: Educating and Celebrating identities. Kevin Myers – 35 Part II: Histories and Narratives -Italian Immigrants in Britain: Perceptions and Self-Perceptions. Lucio Sponza – 57 -Narratives of Settlement: East Europeans in Post-War Britain. Inge Weber-Newth – 75 -The Migrant at Home in Spitalfields: Memory, Myth and Reality. Anne J. Kershen – 96 -Reinventing the Myth of Return: Older Italians in Nottingham. Deianira Ganga – 114 Part III: Memory, Metaphor and Material Culture - Migration, Memory and Metaphor: Life Stories of South Asians in Leicester. Joanna Herbert – 133 - A Journey Through the Material Geographies of Diaspora Cultures: Four Modes of Environmental Memory. Divya P. Tolia-Kelly – 149 - Hidden Objects in the World of Cultural Migrants: Significant Objects Used by European Migrants to Layer Thoughts and Memories. Caroline Attan – 171 Part IV: Irish Remembrances and Representations - Passing Time: Irish Women Remembering and Re-telling Stories of Migration to Britain. Louise Ryan – 191 - Family History and Memory in Irish Immigrant Families. John Herson – 210 - Marginal Voices: Football and Identity in a Contested Space. Joseph M. Bradley – 234 Notes and References – 253 Notes on Contributors – 299 Index - 303

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Book SynopsisAn outstanding and comprehensive contribution to the history of Tartan. TelegraphFeaturing new insights and an additional chapter on masculinities, this updated edition of Tartan revitalizes discussions about the fabric's traditional, sentimental Highland origins and its deliberate subversion by contemporary designers. Tartan's history has made it uniquely capable of expressing both conformity and subversion, tradition and innovation. Through positioning tartan within broader philosophical, political and cultural contexts, from the tartan-clad Highland regiments and Queen Victoria's royal endorsement, to the fabric's influence on Westwood and McQueen and a generation of Japanese designers such as Watanabe and Takahashi, Jonathan Faiers traces tartan''s development from clanship to contemporary fashion and its enormous domestic and global impact.Beautifully illustrated and weaving together a story out of history, art, music, film and fashion, <Trade ReviewAn outstanding and comprehensive contribution to the history of Tartan. * Telegraph *Intriguing study ... mixes the serious with the saucy. * International Herald Tribune *A rare treat; a readable, enjoyable academic text. * Selvedge *Stunning! * Janice Forsyth, BBC Scotland *A great alternative to the numerous clan reference guides that abound in tourist traps up and down the country. * Scotsman Magazine *Comprehensive ... wonderfully eclectic. * New Humanist *This is a fascinating and thought-provoking book that is guaranteed to make the reader consider tartan from new perspectives. * Textile: The Journal of Cloth and Culture *Highly attractive ... fascinating ... A treasure trove of Tartan. * Military Illustrated *Faiers explores the cultural significance and surrounding connotations of tartan while conducting a comprehensive deconstruction of the fabric and its place and development throughout history from clanship to contemporary fashion. * Ali McCulloch, Precious McBane *Having read the book one becomes aware of tartan's extraordinary versatility, its possibilities as both a radical and traditional material, and the local and global contexts within which it operates. * Juliette MacDonald, Textile *This is a huge text book that would be great for anyone wanting to learn everything there is to know on the subject. * Cut Out and Keep blog *A great variety of illustrations of tartan fabrics as they appear in period portraits, fashion designers' collections, products, cartoons, stage, and film complement this thoroughly researched, annotated volume that should interest experts and general readers alike. Recommended. * CHOICE *A beautifully illustrated story ... history, art, music, film and fashion, Tartan contains everything you ever wanted to know about the most radical and traditional of fabrics. * Crafts *The book of choice for intelligent fashionistas this winter. * Selvedge *Tartan is not only for dedicated aficionados, but for everyone curious about its chequered past. Faiers unravels a wonderfully engaging and kaleidoscopic view of this high-impact Scottish cloth, and surprises us by unravelling how tartan continues to inspire and permeate contemporary visual cultures. * Alexandra Palmer, Royal Ontario Museum, Canada *This beautifully illustrated book is a fantastic resource for anyone wishing to understand Tartan's traditional and rebellious history, from its Scottish roots to its radical reinterpretation by designers including McQueen, Westwood, and Comme des Garçons. Tartan is a must-have book for any fashion or textile student. * Andrew Groves, University of Westminster, UK *Faiers offers the most in-depth exploration of tartan’s entanglements with fashion and popular culture to date, teasing out the contradictions in its multifarious iterations of clan, cause, and contention. Tartan unravels the myths but the romance remains intact. * Cynthia Cooper, McCord Museum, Canada *Table of ContentsPreface Introduction Part I: Tartan and History 1. Technical Construction: Sett, Weave, Colour 2. Early Appearances 3. Fragments and Fabrication Part II: Tartan and Dress 4. Transforming Tartan 5. Regulation Tartan 6. Erogenous Zones 7. Tartan Toffs Part III: Tartan’s Embrace 8. Balmoralization 9. Tartan, the Grid and Modernity 10. Supernatural Tartan 11. Colonization 12. Tartan’s Translation 13. Tartan Undecided Tartan Timeline Notes Bibliography Acknowledgements Illustration Credits Index

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Book SynopsisThe phenomenon of ''Cool Japan'' is one of the distinctive features of global popular culture of the millennial age. A History of Popular Culture in Japan provides the first historical and analytical overview of popular culture in Japan from its origins in the 17th century to the present day, using it to explore broader themes of conflict, power and meaning in Japanese history.E. Taylor Atkins shows how Japan was one of the earliest sites for the development of mass-produced, market-oriented cultural products consumed by urban middle and working classes. From traditional monochrome ink painting, court literature and poetry to anime, manga and J-Pop, popular culture was pivotal in the rise of Japanese nationalism, imperialism, militarism and economic development, and to the present day plays a central role in Japanese identity. With updated historiography throughout, this fully revised second edition features: - A new chapter on popular culture in the Edo period- An expanded sectTrade Review1st edition reviews: “[It] brings to the fore themes such as cultural power, political conflict, and social identity (importantly, including gender, class, and race) against the backdrop of Japan's cultural history.” * H-Japan *“The result is certainly suitable for undergraduate teaching but in many ways goes so far beyond as to repay close reading by scholars, graduate students, and the public. What Atkins achieves is a dense, multilayered history, not simply of Japanese pop but of Japan itself as seen through the lens of its highly consumable cultural products … Immensely readable, Atkins's prose is as full of humor and idiosyncratic character as his subject matter. The book's strength lies in the author's ability to capture the very vibrancy of popular culture in Japan while untangling its knotty threads (pun intended). Summing Up: Essential. All public and academic levels/libraries.” * CHOICE *“[The] book provides, as well as an excellent narrative of historical popular culture, an articular and well-elaborated theoretical structure to understand it. It would be a valuable tool to teach theory as well as history and to sharpen the knowledge and wits of students and professors alike.” * Journal of Japanese Studies *“At last, a concise volume that places Japanese popular culture-from the 17th-century origins of kabuki to Babe Ruth barnstorming Tokyo ballparks to Godzilla movies and Hello Kitty slippers-in a broader historical context. Students and instructors alike will welcome this book for its richness of detail, nuanced analysis, crisp writing, and flashes of humor.” * William M. Tsutsui, President and Professor of History, Hendrix College *“This book surveys popular culture with a close eye on the socio-political workings that have shaped Japanese art, music, film, animation and sport through the years. Though expressly written as an undergraduate textbook, the detail of the research and the inclusion of sophisticated theory means that Atkins' book can also be used as a resource for writers working on contemporary Japanese culture.” * Carolyn Stevens, Professor of Japanese Studies, Monash University, Australia *Atkins ... has crafted a gem of a revised, updated, and expanded second edition of his original volume ... an excellent volume for all readers interested in Japan and Japanese culture and for college courses on modern Japan. * CHOICE *Table of ContentsList of Illustrations Acknowledgments Introduction 1 The worst which has been thought and said? Defining popular culture 2 Floating worlds—the birth of popular culture in Japan 3 A whole new world—cultural exchanges with East Asia and Europe 4 Naughty and nice—early modern Japan’s culture wars 5 Popular culture as subject and object of Meiji modernization 6 Cultural living—cosmopolitan modernism in imperial Japan 7 Entertaining empire—popular culture as a “technology of imperialism” 8 “Our spirit against their steel”—mobilizing culture for war 9 Democracy, monstrosity, and pensive prosperity—postwar pop 10 Millennial Japan as dream factory Afterword—Contemplating cool Notes References Index

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Book SynopsisHow did women begin wearing pants? Prior to the 1920s it was a rarity to see women in pants in the Western world, but as the silk pajama trouser suit moved from the boudoir to the beach in the early 1920s it cemented the image of the trousered woman.Worn by Jean Harlow and Marlene Dietrich, painted by Raoul Dufy and immortalized in F. Scott Fitzgerald's Tender is the Night, between the two world wars pajamas came to symbolize much more than sleepwear. This book explores how the pajama phenomenon was not only critical to the careers of designers such as Chanel, Patou, Poiret, and Schiaparelli, but how the versatile garment was also bound to the independence of women and influenced culture more broadly.Through meticulous research and never-before-seen images, the authors position pajama fashion in the context of the Golden Age of Travel, the rise of Hollywood, and the changing political climate of the early 20th century, to reveal how the rising trend in sleepweTrade ReviewD’Agati and Schiff’s insightful and detailed analysis elevates pajamas, at last, to their rightful position in the history of modern fashion. Enriched by a superb collection of illustrations, this book represents bedtime reading at its most sophisticated. * Alison L Goodrum, Norwich University of the Arts, UK *Drawing from a wealth of original material, D’Agati and Schiff provide a long overdue investigation into a transformative garment that embodied modernity in the early twentieth century. The connections between beach pajamas and orientalism, casual dress, and women’s rights are skillfully explored and contextualized in this beautifully illustrated book – an enriching contribution to fashion history. * Sonya Abrego, Parsons School of Design, The New School, USA *Table of ContentsList of Figures Acknowledgments Introduction 1. Beach Pajama Origins Eastern Pajamas and the Western Imagination Sleeping Pajamas and Lounging Pajamas The Ballets Russes Paul Poiret and the jupe-culotte Early Gym Wear and Swimwear 2. Beach Pajamas: 1919-1927 The Advent of Beach Pajamas: “No More Sunburned Knees” The Rise of Resort Culture The Lido: “Pajamaland” Pajamas on American Beaches Early Beach Pajama Styles Controversy: “She Shocked Palm Beach!” Mary Nowitzky 3. Beach Pajamas: 1927-1939 The French Riviera: “The Chic World Turns Proletarian” Sporting and the Rise of Athleticism Nautical Style Sun Worship The Great Depression: Ready-to-wear, Tubfast, and Homesewn Workwear Influences 4. Beach Pajamas’ Influence Pajamas and Modernity Collegiate Fashions Evening and Formal Pajamas Hollywood: “Over the Footlights to the Public” The Beginnings of American Sportswear Conclusion Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisChekhov's iconic characters are relocated to Nigeria in this bold new adaptation.Owerri, 1967, on the brink of the Biafran Civil War.Lolo, Nne Chukwu and Udo are grieving the loss of their father. Months before, two ruthless military coups plunged the country into chaos. Fuelled by foreign intervention, the conflict encroaches on their provincial village, and the sisters long to return to their former home in Lagos.Following his smash-hit Barber Shop Chronicles, Inua Ellams returns to the National Theatre with this heartbreaking retelling of Chekhov''s classic play.

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Book SynopsisHe is a Chekhov of our time: holding his characters with as much humanity, compassion, humor and love - but without holding back his scathing indictment of deeply entrenched, systemic injustices and inequities.' - David SchwimmerThe Inequalities combines three plays from British author and director Alexander Zeldin into a trilogy that tells new stories of love, compassion and resilience for our time of austerity.Contextualised with an essay before each play and an in-depth interview with the author, Zeldin's three pieces present intimate stories of work, home and community in a radical form of realism. Written after extensive research across the United Kingdom, and involving people affected by the central themes of the plays, The Inequalities goes beyond social chronicle, achieving a timeless portrait of humanity under duress. This is theatre that goes behind the mirror of our time to reveTrade ReviewThis is the National's play of the year - and then some * Evening Standard on LOVE *This desolate, quietly intense devised drama gets under your skin and into your bones... unforgettable * The Times on Beyond Caring *Gripping, amusing, uncomfortable, desperately moving. Zeldin shows us friction…but also kindness and dignity and lots of love without turning sugary * The Times (on Love) *Table of Contents1. Foreword by Rufus Norris 2. Introductory essay to Beyond Caring 3. BEYOND CARING 4. The Beyond Caring Bookshelf 5. Introductory essay to LOVE 6. LOVE 7. The LOVE Bookshelf [1pp] 8. Introductory essay to FAITH, HOPE AND CHARITY 9. FAITH, HOPE AND CHARITY [96pp] 10. The FAITH, HOPE AND CHARITY Bookshelf [1pp] 11. Interview with Alexander Zeldin on Process, edited by Faye Merralls

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Book SynopsisTheatre was at the very heart of culture in Graeco-Roman civilizations and its influence permeated across social and class boundaries. The theatrical genres of tragedy, comedy, satyr play, mime and pantomime operate in Antiquity alongside the conception of theatre as both an entertainment for the masses and a vehicle for intellectual, political and artistic expression. Drawing together contributions from scholars in classics and theatre studies, this volume uniquely examines the Greek and Roman cultural spheres in conjunction with one another rather than in isolation.Each chapter takes a different theme as its focus: institutional frameworks; social functions; sexuality and gender; the environment of theatre; circulation; interpretations; communities of production; repertoire and genres; technologies of performance; and knowledge transmission.Trade ReviewThis book surely makes a significant contribution to the study of the theatrical experience of ancient Greeks and Romans … Scholars from classics, theatre history, or performance studies can find fresh and compelling interventions in this collection. * Bryn Mawr Classical Review *Table of ContentsList of Illustrations Notes on Contributors Series Preface Introduction: Cultural History and the Theatres of Antiquity Martin Revermann, University of Toronto, Canada 1 Institutional Frameworks: Enabling the Theatrical Event Martin Revermann, University of Toronto, Canada 2 Social functions? Making the Case for a Functionless Theatre Sean Gurd, University of Missouri, USA 3 Sexuality and Gender: Off-Stage and Centre-Stage Ian Ruffell, University of Glasgow, UK 4 The Environment of Theatre: Experiencing Place in the Ancient World David Wiles, University of Exeter, UK 5 Circulation: Theatre as Mobile Political, Economic and Cultural Capital Patrick Hadley, University of Utah, USA 6 Interpretations: the Stage and its Interpretive Communities Martin Revermann, University of Toronto, Canada 7 Communities of Production: Pied Pipers and How to Pay Them; or, the Variegated Finance of Ancient Theatre Jane Lightfoot, University of Oxford, UK 8 Genres: Drama and Its Many Unhappy Returns Donald Sells, University of Michigan, USA 9 Technologies of Performance: Machines, Props, Dramaturgy Peter von Möllendorff, Justus-Liebig University Giessen, Germany (translated from German by Martin Revermann) 10 Knowledge Transmission: Ancient Archives and Repertoires Johanna Hanink, Brown University, USA Notes Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisJody Enders is Distinguished Professor of French and Theatre at the University of California, Santa Barbara, USA.Trade ReviewNot since the Cambridge History of American Theatre (1998–2000) has a multiauthored theatre history been as anticipated as Bloomsbury’s A Cultural History of Theatre… Having read all six volumes (1,636 pages), I can testify to the magnitude of their accomplishment. A Cultural History of Theatre is a profound reconsideration of how we understand theatre, its myriad social contexts, and the cultural work it accomplishes… the product of intellectual labor and creativity, and its accomplishments are many. A landmark work in theatre and social history, it illuminates theatre through the lens of culture, and culture through the lens of theatre. * Theatre Survey *All six volumes are aesthetically attractive, with well-chosen cover illustrations in color and numerous halftones throughout. Page layouts with wide margins, good paper, subtitles, generous bibliographies, notes, and index all add to the appeal. Summing Up: Recommended. Upper-division undergraduates through faculty and professionals; general readers. * CHOICE *Table of ContentsList of Illustrations Notes on Contributors Series Preface Editor’s Acknowledgements Introduction: Medieval Theatre Makes History Jody Enders, University of California, Santa Barbara, USA 1. Institutional Frameworks Seeta Chaganti, University of California, Davis, USA, Noah Guynn, University of California, Davis, USA and Erith Jaffe-Berg, University of California at Riverside, USA 2. Social Functions Kathleen Ashley, University of Southern Maine, Portland, USA 3. Sexuality and Gender Sharon Aronson-Lehavi, Tel-Aviv University, Israel 4. The Environment of Theatre Laura Weigert, Rutgers University, USA 5. Circulation: A Peripatetic Theatre Claire Sponsler, University of Iowa, USA 6. Interpretations Glending Olson, Cleveland State University, USA 7. Communities of Production Bruce R. Burningham, Illinois State University, USA 8. Repertoire and Genres Donnalee Dox, Texas A&M University, USA 9. Technologies of Performance Katie Normington, Royal Holloway, University of London, UK 10. Knowledge Transmission: Media and Memory Carol Symes, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA Notes Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisKim Solga is is Associate Professor of Theatre Studies at Western University, Canada. Her books include Performance and the City (2009), Performance and the Global City (2013), Violence Against Women in Early Modern Performance (2009), and A Cultural History of Theatre: The Modern Age (Methuen Drama, 2017).Table of ContentsList of Illustrations Notes on Contributors Series Preface Editor’s Acknowledgements Introduction: The Impossible Modern Age Kim Solga, Western University, Canada 1 Institutional Frameworks: Theatre, State, and Market in Modern Urban Performance Michael McKinnie, Queen Mary University of London, UK 2 Social Functions: Consumers and Producers Nicholas Ridout, Queen Mary University of London, UK 3 Sexuality and Gender: New Stories and New Spaces on the Modern Stage Kirsten Pullen, Texas A&M University, USA 4 The Environment of Theatre: ‘Home’ in the Modern Age Kim Solga, Western University, Canada and Joanne Tompkins, The University of Queensland, Australia 5 Circulations: Visual Sovereignty, Transmotion, and Tribalography Jill Carter, University of Tornoto, Canada, Heather Davis-Fisch,University of the Fraser Valley, USA and Ric Knowles, University of Guelph, Canada 6 Interpretations: The Stakes of Audience Interpretation in Twentieth-Century Political Theatre Dassia N. Posner, Northwestern University, USA 7 Communities of Production: A Materialist Reading with an Offstage View Christin Essin,Vanderbilt University, USA and Marlis Schweitzer, York University, Canada 8 Genres and Repertoires: Redressing the Nation in Ireland and Japan Michelle Liu Carriger,University of California, Los Angeles , USA and Aoife Monks, Queen Mary University of London, UK 9 Technologies of Performance: Machinic Staging and Corporeal Choreographies Ashley Ferro-Murray, University of California, Berkeley, USA and Timothy Murray, Cornell University, USA 10 Knowledge Transmission: Media and Memory Sarah Bay-Cheng, Bowdoin College, USA Notes Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisFor more than a decade now, the issue of Scottish independence has been one of the key features in British politics and has raised questions as to the likely survival of the United Kingdom in the post Brexit era. In Scotland, the SNP has been in government since 2007 and has established a political hegemony that makes it the most successful political party in terms of electoral politics in Europe. Yet, the political philosophy of this movement has not been studied in any great depth and a number of basic questions remain unanswered, such as why is the movement non-violent and constitutional? Why does it believe that Scotland as a nation should exercise its right to self-determination and how does it square a largely outward-looking and cosmopolitan vision of society with nationalism? This book answers these important questions. By examining the evolution of nationalist ideas on Scottish history, its relationship to the philosophy of nationalism, as well as how the Treaty of Union Trade ReviewMost studies of the national movement in Scotland focus onits organisation,policies and political impact.Written by a leading historian of Scotland,this important contribution to the subject takes a different approach by analysing the evolution of the fundamental ideas over the long term on which the aspirations to Scottish independence were built and developed. * Tom Devine, Professor Sir, University of Edinburgh, UK *This is an incisive and invigorating forensic examination of the constitutional questions that have come to dominate Scottish politics; a wide-ranging and nuanced examination whose hallmark is enlightened scepticism, not polemical pandering to nationalists and unionists. * Allan I. Macinnes, Emeritus Professor of History, University of Strathclyde, Scotland. *Scottish Nationalism comprehensively covers the history and motivation of the independence movement, paying particular attention to the historic background of the movement and the question of the nature of sovereignty. * Professor Murray Pittock, University of Glasgow, UK *Table of ContentsList of figures Acknowledgements List of abbreviations Introduction 1. The historic nation 2. Nationalism 3. Constitutionalism 4. Home rule and unionism 5. Ideology: left, right and the state Conclusion Notes Select bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisThis book examines the writings of the American novelist Ayn Rand, especially The Fountainhead (1943) and Atlas Shrugged (1957), which Rand considered her definitive statement about the need for an unregulated free market in which superior humans could fully realize themselves by living for no-one but themselves. It explores Rand's conception of American identity, which exalted individualism and capitalism, and her solution for saving the modern American nation, which she believed was losing the spirit of its 18th- and 19th-century founders and frontiersmen, having been degraded morally and economically by the rampant socialism of the mid-20th-century world.Derek Offord crucially goes on to analyse how Rand's writings functioned as a vehicle in which she, a Russian-Jewish writer born in St Petersburg in 1905, engaged with ideas that had long animated the Russian intelligentsia. Her conception of human nature and of a utopian community capable of satisfying its needs; her Trade ReviewDerek Offord’s lively, authoritative and controversial book underscores Ayn Rand’s Russian intellectual roots and — more importantly — the habits of mind that she applied later in writing her famous American novels. Offord highlights aspects of American (and not only American!) radical libertarian politics that have been little recognized up to now but deserve remembering. * Gary Hamburg, Otho M. Behr Professor of the History of Ideas, Claremont McKenna College, USA *The high priestess of American capitalism was actually a Russian Nihilist gone rogue. That is the unlikely message of Derek Offord’s challenging and engrossing study, which shows how Ayn Rand turned upside down the utopian dreams and literary traditions of Russian radicals and wrote a series of ‘capitalist realist’ novels. Although living more than fifty years in American emigration, she remained, Offord argues, ‘a typical representative of the Russian intelligentsia’. * Geoffrey Swain, Emeritus Professor (School of Social & Political Sciences), University of Glasgow, UK *Table of ContentsIntroduction 1. Ayn Rand and her Russian Background 2. Rand and the Russian Intellectual Tradition 3. Rand and Russian Literary Models 4. Ethical, Metaphysical, and Epistemological Questions 5. Politics and Economics 6. Geopolitics Conclusion Selected Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisEdith Snook is Professor of English at the University of New Brunswick, Fredericton, Canada.Trade ReviewA thick, tangled and deliciously idiosyncratic history of hair ... There is plenty to inform and intrigue. * Times Literary Supplement *Individually, Edith Snook’s international team of historians and literary scholars brings fresh new perspectives to nine key themes in renaissance hair. Collectively, the volume powerfully explores the extent to which, from 1450 to 1650, when sumptuary laws policing European fashion were at their most influential, social distinctions overruled personal preference to dictate – and reflect – how people styled and cared for their hair. -- M A Katritzky, Open University, UKA fascinating collection of essays written from a wealth of disciplinary perspectives … This wonderful volume looks at hair as a cultural artifact whose colour, cut or arrangement, modest covering or disheveled disarray communicated a wealth of information about an individual. This is a valuable contribution to Renaissance and early modern history of the body and material history. -- Sara F. Matthews-Grieco, Syracuse University, ItalyTable of ContentsSeries Preface Introduction 1. Religion and Ritualized Belief, Gary K. White 2. Self and Society, Anu Korhonen 3. Fashion and Adornment, Carole Collier Frick 4. Production and Practice, Annemarie Kinzelbach 5. Health and Hygiene, Edith Snook 6. Gender and Sexuality, Mark Albert Johnston 7. Race and Ethnicity, Nicholas Jones 8. Class and Social Status, Jana Mathews 9. Cultural Representations, Lyn Bennett Notes Bibliography Notes on Contributors Index

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Book SynopsisGeraldine Biddle-Perry is Associate Lecturer in Cultural Studies at Central Saint Martins, London, UK, and co-author of Hair: Styling, Culture and Fashion.Trade ReviewA thick, tangled and deliciously idiosyncratic history of hair ... There is plenty to inform and intrigue, partly because the study of hair demands an exhilarating disciplinary range: from the art of cuts and colours, the history of scissors, razors and combs and the sociology of barbershops, to the semiotics of hair pulling and lock tugging, the ethnography of “Afros”, and the sexual politics of boyish bobs. * Times Literary Supplement *[I]n carefully argued, insightful case studies that deploy sophisticated analytical tools, this volume’s contributors document the complex shifts in hair dressing and grooming which have located hair as central to contemporary individualistic self-fashioning and as a key signifier of sexuality and lifestyle politics. Innovative and persuasive, this collection provides an invaluable history of hair for those who want to truly understand its modern significance and powerful cultural status. -- Andrew Stephenson, University of East London, UKTable of ContentsList of Illustrations General Editor’s Preface Introduction: Modern Hair in a Modern Age, Geraldine Biddle-Perry 1. Religion and Ritualized Belief, Yudit Kornberg Greenberg and Hanna Cody 2. Self and Society, Elisha P. Renne (Part 1) and Royce Mahawatte (Part 2) 3. Fashion and Adornment, Alice Beard 4. Production and Practice, Kim Smith 5. Health and Hygiene, Paul R. Deslandes 6. Gender and Sexuality, Chelsea Johnson and Kristen Barber 7. Race and Ethnicity, Shirley Anne Tate 8. Class and Social Status, Geraldine Biddle-Perry 9. Cultural Representations, Nathalie Khan Notes Bibliography Notes on Contributors Index

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Book SynopsisSmall Spaces recasts the history of the British empire by focusing on the small spaces that made the empire possible. It takes as its subject a series of small architectural spaces, objects, and landscapes and uses them to narrate the untold stories of the marginalized peoplethe servants, women, children, subalterns, and racialized minoritieswho held up the infrastructure of empire. In so doing it opens up an important new approach to architectural history: an invitation to shift our attention from the large to the small scale. Taking the British empire in India as its primary focus, this book presents eighteen short, readable chapters to explore an array of overlooked places and spaces. From cook rooms and slave quarters to outhouses, go-downs, and medicine cupboards, each chapter reveals how and why these kinds of minor spaces are so important to understanding colonialism. With the focus of history so often on the large scale - global trade networks, vast regions, and archiTrade ReviewThis brilliantly provocative study provides an alternative, micro-scalar history of colonial and middle-class domiciles, along with an extraordinary archaeology of objects and bodies that mediated the intimacy of the rulers and the ruled—taking us on an exhilarating journey from the cellars, kitchens, dining rooms and verandahs of the imperial mansions of Calcutta to the streets, bazars and bungalows of the Bengal and north-Indian countryside. * Sudipta Sen, University of California, Davis, USA *In this erudite yet eminently accessible volume, Chattopadhyay imaginatively stitches together the overlooked worlds of fragmented and seemingly minor spaces underpinning the workings of everyday life and better regarded practices, inspiring readers, by example, to recognize their indispensability and resilience. * Zeynep Kezer, Newcastle University, UK *An original examination of empire from marginal spaces in the built environment. This book unites subalterns with the spatial medium of their agency during colonial rule. It brilliantly reveals the hidden infrastructure of empire through an architectural and social history of service, separation, and subordination. * K. Sivaramakrishnan, Yale University, USA *Table of ContentsPreface and Acknowledgments Part I. Small Spaces 1. Of Small Spaces 2. Empire of Small Spaces Part II: Trade and Labor 3. Dependency 4. Locating the Bottlekhana 5. Potable Empire 6. Europe Goods 7. Strange Tongues 8. Making Invisible Part III: Land Imagination 9. Vantage 10. Connective Spaces 11. Anomalous Spaces 12. An Aesthetic Episode 13. Roofscape Part IV: A Geography of Small Spaces 14. Collections and Containment 15. Portable Geographies 16. A Good Shelf 17. A Box of Medicine 18. Epilogue Appendix A Index

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Book SynopsisWhen The Beatles arrived in postwar America, Beatlemania swept the nation as hysterical girls flocked to the band and young men grew out their hair. In this book Andrew Hunt explores this wildly enthusiastic fandom from the bottom-up. Showcasing oral histories, fan magazines, club newsletters, newspapers and personal memoirs, he uncovers The Beatles'' fan culture from the perspective of Beatlemaniacs, Beatlephobes and ordinary Americans to understand the impact it had on society at large. Offering a cultural history from below, Beatlemania in America highlights previously neglected voices of fans, critics, parents, teachers and politicians. It contextualises the Beatles fandom against a wider, global perspective of changing cultures and shows how this band was part of a wider shift of social change. It delves into who Beatles fans were and shows how their collective voice gave them power. Exploring themes of gender and race in this turbulent and tumultuous era of American histoTrade ReviewA fascinating account of the youth craze known as Beatlemania. While explaining the screaming crowds that the Beatles garnered as they toured the U.S., Hunt documents important themes, like how the civil rights movement related to the craze and how merchandising and commodification of the band mattered as much as the music itself. Fans did what they wanted to squeeze meaning out of it all. And before reading this book, I had never heard of anti-Beatles clubs! And just how polarized American audiences were. Just something more to add to an already fascinating treatment of Beatlemania. * Kevin Mattson Connor, Study Professor of Contemporary History, Ohio University, USA *Beatlemania in America offers a nuanced look at one of the most consequential cultural phenomena of the twentieth century. The challenge in writing about Beatlemania today is to not only offer new insights, but to communicate the band's ubiquity and disruptiveness. Andrew Hunt has met this challenge. * Candy Leonard, author of Beatleness: How the Beatles and Their Fans Remade the World *Andrew Hunt’s Beatlemania in America: Fan Culture from Below affords readers with a fascinating study of the fan communities that made the Beatles’ pop-cultural explosion a reality for the ages. Drawing on fanzines and oral histories, Hunt brings the contours of Beatlemania to life in new and innovative ways. * Kenneth Womack, author of Long and Winding Roads: The Evolving Artistry of the Beatles *Table of ContentsIntroduction 1. Early Stirrings: The Origins of American Beatlemania 2. Hysterical Girls and Long-Haired Boys: Beatlemania through a Gendered Lens 3. Blurring the Colour Line: Beatlemania, Race and the African American Experience 4. Beatlemania’s Discontents: Beatlephobia and Culture Wars in the Mid-sixties 5. The Beatles for Sale: Marketing, Merchandizing and Beatlemania 6. Coming Apart: Later Beatlemania in a Time of Torment 7. The Legacies of Beatlemania Conclusion

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Book SynopsisWell-researched... a welcome guide. The SpectatorReliable and lucid. History TodayWith a fractured geography and complex identity, The Philippines is an eclectic and unique mix of culture, environment, people and politics. Known mostly for natural disasters, migrant labour and dictatorial presidents, in this book Philip Bowing shows how it is much, much more. Deftly navigating the history of this populous island republic, The Making of the Modern Philippines traces its history to define and explain its position in the modern world. Looking past the headlines of volcanoes, earthquakes and violence, it asks why has the Filipino economy lagged behind its neighbours, explores the importance of its location in geopolitics, and investigates how its deep-rooted Catholicism clashes with the Islamic consciousness of the region in which it sits. Taking the history of the Philippines from its pre-colonial era, through its Spanish and American occupationsTrade ReviewA serious, well-researched survey of the Philippines, noted its manifold weaknesses and set them against what has been achieved in neighbouring countries. His is a welcome guide for the general reader to a country whose excesses are often difficult to fathom. -- Simon Scott Plummer * The Spectator *Bowring’s reliable and lucid new book draws on his experience as a journalist in the region. -- Michael Dillon * History Today *Provides insight into what Filipinos think about their country. -- Alan Robles * South China Morning Post *[Bowring] is the perfect chronicler of what Filipinos have done right and wrong … It is a much-needed wake-up call from someone with no agenda. -- Ruel S. De Vera * The Philippine Daily Inquirer *The Philippines merits both more attention and more understanding and The Making of the Modern Philippines is both a good place to start and a useful crib-sheet for those who had been following along but whose memory needs brushing up. -- Peter Gordon * Asian Review of Books *A book that the world should be reading to better understand the political tidal waves [in the Philippines]. -- John Berthelsen * Asia Sentinel *In The Making of the Modern Philippines, Phillip Bowring is acutely aware of the many contradictions that define the Philippines. Only someone who has lived and loved the region – a genuine “Asia hand,” as it were - can give us this fraught portrait of my country. * Patricio N. Abinales, Professor of Asian Studies, University of Hawaii-Manoa, USA *Bowring’s book on the Philippine narrative is a pot of history and current events, compressing the past and dissecting the present. It is the book Filipino youths, bombarded with revisionism, must read to understand the schizophrenic nature of their country’s ghosts with the Spanish, the Americans, and the Japanese. They will be able to see the landscape of the Left and the Right, the Church and the Oligarchs that stirred politics into the everyday lives of the people that were once proud of leading the pack of Southeast Asian nations. Just by the woven accounts of the past thirty-five years since the fall of a dictatorship, Bowring was able to us what went so wrong and what is left of the hopes a country had stood for. * Criselda Yabes, Writer and Journalist, The Philippines *This extraordinarily wide-ranging, yet accessible, account illuminates the intersections between the Philippines’ Malayic roots and connections, its obdurate colonial inheritances, and its contemporary geopolitical predicaments. Bowring works concertedly through the country’s complex, diverse past(s), painting a vivid picture of how today’s Philippines came to be – and what it could become. * Liana Chua, Tunku Abdul Rahman Assistant Professor in Malay World Studies, University of Cambridge, UK *The Philippines has long seemed something of an enigma to outsiders -- 2,000 disparate islands, ruled as a single political entity for more than 500 years. An indigenous Malay archipelago, but seeming more Spanish than Asian. And a former American colony with a U.S.-style constitution and political system, but a country marred by feudalism, violence and dictatorship. In The Making of the Modern Philippines, journalist and historian Philip Bowring makes sense of the riddle of the Philippines. In a lively narrative that begins in pre-colonial times and continues through colonization and occupation to the Ferdinand Marcos dictatorship and the rule of its authoritarian President Rodrigo Duterte, Bowring shows us how the country's modern dark impulses are rooted in its past. This timely book is essential reading for anyone wishing to understand this strategically vital country and its 100 million people, whose destiny could have outsized impact on Asia and the future stability of the region.Table of ContentsList of Figures List of Maps Preface Introduction 1. Fractured Geography, Complex Identity 2. More Church than State 3. Uncle Sam’s Brown Boys 4. Choices of Evils 5. Old Wine in New Bottles 6. Marcos: Power Corrupts Absolutely 7. Ladders and Snakes 8. Straight Paths and Road Blocks 9. Man with a Gun 10. 'Imperial' Manila's Weak Grip 11. Lost Advantage 12. The Root of Poverty 13. An Unempowered Economy 14. Beyond the Bayan 15. Of “Free Trade” and the Short Arm of the Law 16. Happy Families of Conglomerate Capitalism 17. Mindanao: Beckoning Frontier 18. Moros, Datus, Military and More 19. Religion on its Sleeve 20. Left Field Lies Fallow 21. Foreign Policy: All at Sea Conclusion Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisOne of the biggest challenges in the study of history is the unreliable nature of traditional archival sources which omit histories of marginalised groups. This book makes the case that quantitative history offers a way to fill these gaps in the archive. Showcasing 13 case studies from the South African past, it applies quantitative sources, tools and methods to social histories from below to uncover the experiences of unchartered peoples. Examining the occupations of slaves, victims of the Spanish flu, health of schoolchildren and more, it shows how quantitative tools can be particularly powerful in regions where historical records are preserved, but questions of bias and prejudice pervade. Applying methods such as GIS mapping, network analysis and algorithmic matching techniques it explores histories of indigenous peoples, women, enslaved peoples and other groups marginalised in South African history. Connecting quantitative sources and new forms of data interpretation with a narTable of ContentsList of Figures Foreword, Robert Ross Preface 1. Quantitative History and Uncharted People, Johan Fourie (Stellenbosch University, South Africa) 2. Bridal Pregnancy in the Mother City, 1900–1960, Laura Richardson (University of Cambridge, UK) and Jan Kok (Nijmegen University, The Netherlands) 3. Sex Ratios and Girl Preference in the Cape, 1894–2011, Johan Fourie (Stellenbosch University, South Africa) and Francisco Marco-Gracia (University of Zaragoza, Spain) 4. Khoe Households in Swellendam, 1825, Calumet Links (Stellenbosch University, South Africa) 5. Race Reclassification in Cape Town, 1950–1984, Brittany Chalmers (Stellenbosch University, South Africa), Johan Fourie (Stellenbosch University, South Africa) and Kris Inwood (Guelph University, Canada) 6. Advertising the Enslaved for Sale: A Quantitative Approach to the Zuid-Afrikaan, 1830–1834, Wouter Raaijmakers (Radboud University, The Netherlands) and Kate Ekama (Stellenbosch University, South Africa) 7. Domestic Service in Cape Town Before the Second World War, Amy Rommelspacher (Stellenbosch University, South Africa) 8. Female Investors at the Cape, 1892–1902, Lloyd Maphosa (Stellenbosch University, South Africa) and Edward Kerby (Stellenbosch University, South Africa) 9. Black Africans in Cape Town, 1890-1939, Nobungcwele Mbem (Stellenbosch University, South Africa) and Michiel de Haas (Wageningen University, The Netherlands) 10. Political Innovation in African Nationalist Organisations, 1880–1890, Jonathan Schoots (University of Chicago, USA) 11. Petitions to the Cape Parliament, 1854-1909, Kara Dimitruk (Swarthmore College, USA) and Kelsey Lemon (Stellenbosch University, South Africa) 12. Death During the Influenza of 1918, Jonathan Jayes (Lund University, Sweden) and Johan Fourie (Stellenbosch University, South Africa) 13. Quantitative History in Practice, Johan Fourie (Stellenbosch University, South Africa)

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Book SynopsisAlmost half the people displaced worldwide are under 18, yet their voices are rarely heard. This book records the experiences of children arriving in Britain from Hitler's Europe in the 1930s to those escaping war in Ukraine in 2022. It follows the journeys of war-traumatised children from Mogadishu to Mile End and from Syria to a Scottish isle. Some followed their parents to the motherland' from the former British Empire. Others came independently to escape forced marriage or military conscription.These powerful testimonies shed light on children's motivations, trials and achievements, including in adult life, providing critical insight into how the British both individually and collectively have welcomed or shunned child migrants. Importantly, Eithne Nightingale links these stories with contemporary issues such as the Windrush Scandal and Britain's Illegal Migration Act 2023.Situated in its historical and political context, Child Migrant Voices in Modern BritTrade ReviewThis is a superb piece of committed scholarship weaving together, through oral history, a powerful range of child migrant voices from the 1930s through to the present day. When the British government is treating young asylum seekers and others with disdain, it is crucial to restore their humanity; Eithne Nightingale’s book does with care, subtlety and compassion * Tony Kushner, James Parkes Professor of History, Parkes Institute, University of Southampton, UK *Table of ContentsList of Illustrations Acknowledgements Introduction Researching Child Migration 1. “If Then, Why Not Now?”: Blanca Stern (nee Schreiber) and Necha (Natalie) Gluck (nee Dux) who arrived from Austria, aged 8 and 10 respectively, in 1938 2. No Man’s Land: Duncan Ross who arrived from India, aged eight, in 1956 3. Precious Cargo: Argun Imamzade who arrived from Cyprus, aged fourteen, in 1964 4. Following Mum to the ‘Motherland’: Richard Lue and Roberta who arrived, aged 7 and 8 respectively, from Jamaica in 1964 5. “I Much Prefer Roasted Rat”: Maurice Nwokeji who arrived, aged nine, from Nigeria, in 1970 6. The Battle of Brick Lane: Six young people who arrived from East Pakistan subsequently Bangladesh, aged eleven to sixteen, between 1969 and 1973 7. A Pakistani Scot with a Mid-Atlantic Drawl: Zohra who arrived from Pakistan in 1975 8. Out of her depth: Linh Vu who arrived, aged seven, from Vietnam in 1979 9. A Child Soldier Who Knew Too Much: Henry Bran who arrived, aged seventeen, from El Salvador in 1981 10. “Caught in a Flow of Water”: Eylem Binboga who arrived, aged twelve, from Turkey in 1987 11. Love of the Motherland: Ahmed Ali, originally from Somaliland, who arrived, aged eleven, via Djibouti in 2004; Said who arrived, aged sixteen, from Somalia in 2012 12: Girl Power – finding a talent and following a dream: Bilqis who arrived from Yemen in 2005 and Nimo, aged fifteen, who arrived from Somaliland, in 2009 13: Chapter 13: On Her Own: Mariam who arrived, aged sixteen, from Guinea in 2006 14: “Home is Where the Love Is”: Yosef, originally from Eritrea, who arrived aged sixteen, in 2011 15. Seeking Sanctuary on a Scottish Island Syrian children who arrived from Lebanon, aged six – sixteen, on the Isle of Bute, Scotland in 2015 16“We will win”: Mariia who arrived, aged thirteen, from Ukraine in 2022 Conclusion: “If I had a magic wand”: Final thoughts and insights

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Book SynopsisBruce T. Moran is Professor of History and University Foundation Professor (emeritus) at the University of Nevada, Reno, USA.

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Book SynopsisCompassion traces the ways in which various societies across the globe have responded to the vulnerable among them from early human history to the present. Along the way, Alvin Finkel assesses the impacts of economic developments, colonialism, political arrangements, gender, race, and social class in influencing how different peoples have defined the rights of individuals and communities facing hardship. From Russia to Iran, from Scandinavia to Vietnam, this book looks at how social policy has been shaped by global social forces such as capitalism, imperialism and neoliberalism and analyses why different countries and regions diverged in their ways of dealing with inequalities and social needs. This is a valuable resource for students on history, sociology or social work degrees taking modules or courses on the history of welfare/social policy or global history.Trade ReviewA book that manages to be simultaneously deep and global, ranging from our hunter-gatherer ancestors to the neo-liberal slash-backs of the 1980s. Who knew it was possible to write an epic panorama of the welfare state? * Peter Baldwin, UCLA and NYU, USA *Alvin Finkel’s Compassion provides an ambitious historic review of global welfare provision, exploring the underlying nature of how obligations to others are formed and reformed over time. For students of social policy it is a timely reminder of the importance of compassion and some of the contemporary challenges faced when mobilising this characteristic into future welfare endeavours. * Lee Gregory, University of Birmingham, UK *Most books concerning social policy and welfare focus on developments in the Global North and place such within recent local or colonial histories. Finkel provides a refreshing alternative drawing on prehistories and early societies from around the world alongside recognizing traditional accounts. This book is significant and likely to become a classic. * Jonathan Parker, Bournemouth University, UK *An impressive book filled with rich detail and grounded in solid research. It is comprehensive and extremely well-organized and well-written. Compassion is also an essential resource for those who study history, sociology, political science, social administration, social policy and social work. Moreover, this work will be of interest to anyone who wants to understand more about how and why human beings treat each other the way they do, why we have poverty, why we have wars. * Therese Jennissen, Carleton University, Canada in Canadian Dimension (2019) *This is much more, in other words, than a history of social policy and welfare states. It’s a history of inclusion and exclusion, the unevenness of democratic participation, the often-violent contours of citizenship, and of how we “humanize and dehumanize others” and why. Finkel reminds us that social policy has been and continues to be a vehicle for alleviating poverty, improving lives, and creating justice – but that condescension and domination are just as frequently mobilized in the name of “compassion.” These are valuable lessons, and this book is a necessary read, for anyone interested in using social policy to build a better world. * Lisa Pasolli, Queen’s University, Canada, in Labour/Le Travail (Spring 2020) *Table of Contents1. Introduction: Why Study Social Policy as a Global Phenomenon? PART I: SOCIAL POLICY FROM THE DAWN OF HUMANITY TO BISMARCK 2.Sharing versus Domination: Social Policy from 200,000 BCE to the Middle Ages 3. Charity and Poor Laws versus the Moral Economy, 1000-1850 4. Empire and Social Policy 5. Social Insurance and Social Policy in Europe, 1850-1914 6. Social Policy before 1914 in Former European Colonies PART II: SOCIAL POLICY FROM THE FIRST WORLD WAR TO THE COLD WAR 7. Social Policy in the Inter-War Years 8. World War Two and the Cold War, 1939-1980: The Capitalist World 9. The Communist World, 1945-1991 10. The Post-Colonial World, 1945-1990 PART III: SOCIAL POLICY IN THE AGE OF NEOLIBERALISM 11. Neoliberalism and Advanced Capitalism 12. Post-Communism 13. Neoliberalism and Underdeveloped Countries Conclusion: Compassion through the Ages.

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Book SynopsisA fascinating exploration of the history of the country houses of Herefordshire, Shropshire and the Welsh Borders.

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Book SynopsisThe collectible merchandise produced in relation to the iconic TV series The Prisoner and Danger Man.

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Book SynopsisHighly illustrated, exploring the history behind some of Britain's favourite structures - clock towers.

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Book SynopsisA remarkable new analysis of the shameful Highland clearances through the experience and effective defiance of one man.Trade Review'This is an excellent biography of Donald Ross and an excellent account of the Highland Clearances. It's also a book whose considerable value as a source of reference seems likely to endure.' -- Undiscovered Scotland

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Book SynopsisA fascinating, highly illustrated description of the lost country houses of the North East of England.

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Book SynopsisIllustrated throughout, discover the folklore, myths, legends, customs and traditions from Staffordshire that will both enlighten and entertain readers.Trade Review'The county has loads of thrilling folklore to devour.' -- Spooky Isles, Author Interview, October 2023'There is one rather amusing chapter entitled ‘Jack of Hilton’, concerning an object called an ‘aeolipile’, which the author politely calls ‘indecorous’ which is one way of putting it. This is but one of the unexpected delights that await the reader in this splendid introduction to Staffordshire. Highly recommended!' -- Phenomena Magazine, December 2023

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Book SynopsisThe story of these purveyors of Wiltshire ham, who once employed 2,000 people and remains fondly remembered in Calne and the surrounding areas.

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Book SynopsisThe beautiful county of Warwickshire is one of the most popular of English counties. Here is a collection of strange tales and local legends from the county.

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