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Book SynopsisWhat do we mean when we say that cities have altered humanity's interaction with nature? The more people are living in cities, the more nature is said to be urbanizing: turned into a resource, mobilized over long distances, controlled, transformed and then striking back with a vengeance as natural disaster. Confronting insights derived from Environmental History, Science and Technology Studies or Political Ecology, Urbanizing Nature aims to counter teleological perspectives on the birth of modern urban nature as a uniform and linear process, showing how new technological schemes, new actors and new definitions of nature emerged in cities from the sixteenth to the twentieth century.Table of ContentsPart I: Introduction Introduction: Did Cities Change Nature? A Long-Term Perspective Part II: Nature into Urban Hinterlands 1. Long-Term Transitions, Urban Imprint and the Construction of Hinterlands 2. Concepts of Urban Agency and the Transformation of Urban Hinterlands: The Case of Berlin, Eighteenth to Twentieth Centuries 3. A Place in Its Own Right: The Rural-Urban Fringe of Helsinki from the Early Nineteenth Century to the Present Part III: Nature as Urban Resource 4. Urbanizing Water: Looking Beyond the Transition to Water Modernity in the Cities of the Southern Low Countries, Thirteenth to Nineteenth Centuries 5. Cities Hiding the Forests: Wood Supply, Hinterlands and Urban Agency in the Southern Low Countries, Thirteenth to Eighteenth Centuries 6. Energizing European Cities: From Wood Provision to Solar Panels – Providing Energy for Urban Demand, 1800-2000 7. Re-Use and Recycling in Western European Cities Part IV: Nature as Urban Challenge 8. Hydraulic Experts and the Challenges of Water in Early Modern Times: European Colonial Cities Compared 9. Stockholm’s Changing Waterscape: A Long-term Perspective on a City and Its Flowing Water 10. Air Pollution as Urban Problem in France, from the Mid-Nineteenth Century to the 1970s Part V: Visions of Urban Nature 11. Urban Fringes: Conquering Riversides and Lakeshores in the Nineteenth Century – Examples from Austrian and Swiss Medium-Sized Cities 12. Twentieth Century Wastescapes: Cities, Consumers, and Their Dumping Grounds 13. The Roots of the Sustainable City: The Visible Waters of the City in Modern Mainz and Wiesbaden Part VI: Concluding Essay 14. Beyond Cities, Beyond Nature: Building a European Urban Stratum

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Book SynopsisThis volume explores papal communication and its reception in the period c.1100â1300; it presents a range of interdisciplinary approaches and original insights into the construction of papal authority and local perceptions of papal power in the central Middle Ages.Some of the chapters in this book focus on the visual, ritual and spatial communication that visitors encountered when they met the peripatetic papal curia in Rome or elsewhere, and how this informed their experience of papal self-representation. The essays analyse papal clothing as well as the iconography, architecture and use of space in papal palaces and the titular churches of Rome. Other chapters explore communication over long distances and analyse the role of gifts and texts such as letters, sermons and historical writings in relation to papal communication. Importantly, this book emphasises the plurality of responses to papal communication by engaging with the reception of papal messages by different audiencTable of Contents1. Framing papal communication in the central Middle Ages Gerd Althoff, Iben Fonnesberg-Schmidt and William Kynan-Wilson2. Innocent III and the world of symbols of the papacyAgostino Paravicini Bagliani (translated by Gesine Oppitz-Trotman)3. Clothing as communication? Vestments and views of the papacy c.1300Maureen C. Miller4. Visitor experiences: art, architecture and space at the papal curia c.1200Iben Fonnesberg-Schmidt5. Communication in a visual mode: papal apse mosaics Dale Kinney6. Ritual, what else? Papal letters, sermons and the making of crusadersChristoph T. Maier7. Subverting the message: Master Gregory’s reception of and response to the Mirabilia Urbis RomaeWilliam Kynan-Wilson8. Roman soil and Roman sound in Irish hagiography Lucy Donkin

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Book SynopsisThis book traces the emergence and early development of segregationist practices and policies in Spanish and Portuguese America - showing that the practice of resettling diverse indigenous groups in segregated Indian towns (or aldeamentos in the case of Brazil) influenced the material reorganization of colonial space, shaped processes of racialization, and contributed to the politicization of reproductive sex. The book advances this argument through close readings of published and archival sources from the 16th and early-17th centuries, and is informed by two main conceptual concerns. First, it considers how segregation was envisioned, codified, and enforced in a historical context of consolidating racial differences and changing demographics associated with the racial mixture. Second, it theorizes the interrelations between notions of race and reproductive sexuality. It shows that segregationist efforts were justified by paternalistic discourses that aimed to conserveTable of Contents1. Vasco de Quiroga’s Utopian Communities. 2. The Codification of Segregation in a Context of Mestizaje. 3. Felipe Guaman Poma de Ayala’s Endorsement of Segregation. 4. Aldeamento and the Politicization of Racially-Qualified Life.

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Book SynopsisHave you ever looked at a word and thought: âI wonder where that came fromâ? You might well find the answer in this book, which considers the origin and formation of some of the many thousands of new words that were coined in English during the nineteenth century in the broad field of âscienceâ.Changes in society are often accompanied by the need to find names for such changes which, in turn, has an impact on how the language develops as a result. The British Industrial Revolution ushered in a new era of language change, which led to many new coinages in the English language reflecting scientific knowledge as it developed. Many of these neologisms belong to specialist vocabulary, but others do not, and it is these lay coinages which form the focus of this book and are located within their social, cultural and historical backgrounds.Aimed at postgraduate students of the English language and all those interested in the history of the English language, this work explores new worlds and offers an original and fascinating etymological journey through nineteenth-century science in its broadest sense.

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Book SynopsisCoal is the commodity that powered the technologies that made the modern world. It also brought about unique communities marked by a high degree of social solidarity and self-help. Mining was central to working class life, drawing rural populations into industrial labour, but it often took place in picturesque landscapes, so that its black spoil heaps became a central symbol of the degradation of pastoral life by the demands of an extractive industry. Throughout Europe and the USA photographers have pictured the characteristic landscapes of the industry, and continue to do so as strip mining devastates huge areas of land. Not only landscape photography but also documentary, portraiture, photojournalism and art photography have been used in order to portray mines and miners. This book presents three interlinked strands of investigation. The first is the way in which the production of coal created paradigmatic communities grounded in particular landscapes. The second concerns the role ofTrade Review"Coal Cultures is ambitious in its scope, interesting in its detail and very enjoyable to read. Derrick Price brings his formidable scholarship to explore the sophisticated dynamics of the cultures in and around that seemingly most basic of all commodities, coal. To do so within a complex global context is impressive." --National Museum Wales - Paul Cabuts, Honorary Research Fellow at Amguedffa Cymru"In Coal Cultures, Derrick Price tracks the long history of visual culture around coal production, livelihoods and impacts, starting with 16th century woodprints of mining technology. ... This is a comprehensive survey of visual approaches to finding meaning in coal landscapes and lifestyles: from othering to humanising its people, and from seeing ruin to order in its landscapes. ... Price digs nicely into gender issues here, including photos of women miners and the exploring the persistence of sexualisation and sexism they faced."--Visual Studies"Coal Cultures offers a valuable overview of the intersections between mining and visual culture, illustrating how our understanding of the industry and its impact has been shaped by its depiction. In going beyond the work ofmining itself to explore the communities and landscapes shaped by that labour, Price demonstrates that photography and visual culture can be useful means to establish how labour, society and the environment are interlinked. The book assembles a considerable range of material that will appeal to those with interests in both mining and visual culture, as well as their relationship to heritage and the environment."--History of Photography"Price has most definitely succeeded in providing a fascinating and highly stimulating cultural-history analysis of the various representations (both photographic/visual and metaphorical) of the coal industry, its environmental legacy, coalfield communities, and its industrial heritage. It deserves to be widely read."--History Workshop JournalTable of ContentsTable of ContentsList of IllustrationsIntroduction 1. Degradation and regeneration2. Images of miners3. Mining communities4. Fog, smog and pollution5. Strikes and conflict6. The new landscape of coal7. Heritage, memory and nostalgia ConclusionIndex

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Book SynopsisInvisible Voices explores the intersection of criminology and history as a way of contextualizing the historical black presence in crime and punishment in the UK. Through case studies, court transcripts, and biographical accounts it reimagines the understanding/s of the role of history in shaping contemporary perceptions. The book: Moves beyond the confines of presenting criminological history' as monocultural Demonstrates how mainstream criminology' is complicit in obscuring hidden criminological histories'' Critically assesses the implications regarding the positioning of the black presence' within the discipline of criminology Revises current thinking around excluded, marginalized, and muted histories, when looking at crime and punishment' as a whole. The opening chapters lay the foundation for locating the historical black presence in crime and punishment, whilst offering practicalTrade Review‘Thrillingly unique and meticulously researched, Glynn provides an urgent re-imagination of criminology as we know it.’David Lammy, MP‘Glynn makes an impassioned plea to locate the historical within the contemporary and black presence within the absence. The collation of historical sources invite the reader to envision an illuminating black historical criminological imagination that offers an important disciplinary contribution.’Professor Coretta Phillips, London School of Economics and Political Science‘Black people’s presence in the history of criminal justice in the UK suffers from a fate even worse than the "enormous condescension of posterity" that E. P. Thompson says was imposed on the English working class. With this book Glynn supplies a corrective as he rescues black "activists, advocates, revolutionaries, writers and artists" from the oblivion of white erasure. Out of the archives rise the voices of black people from the 17th, 18th, and 19th century. Court transcripts, crime registers, slave trades, and other sources provide a presence that Glynn fashions into an important narrative. It is a narrative against condescension and oppression that points to a richer future for criminology.’Rod Earle, Senior Lecturer in Youth Justice, The Open University'Glynn argues that the discipline of criminology cannot continue to be shaped by "academic neutrality" which often involves omitting the historical experiences of Black people. Glynn shares real accounts of the brutalisation and dehumanisation that slaves were subjected to. He provides an evidence-based backdrop to the powerful points he makes about the ties of slavery to present-day systemic racism. Glynn also shares evidence of an ex-slave providing testimony in court; perhaps you were - as Glynn was - unaware that ex-slaves were permitted to testify in court. In sharing this account, Glynn highlights that the version of the history of the UK’s justice system most commonly cited is limited and excludes historic and significant Black voices. We often learn of White trailblazers or ‘elite’ Black figures active in the abolitionist movement but seem to have collective amnesia when it comes to Black activists, writers, speakers, potent forces for social progress for centuries. Glynn argues that unless we admit - academically and in society at large - that "the historical other’" continue to be reproduced in modern systems of oppression, "a continuing legacy of racialized dominance" will be perpetuated.' Mia Edwards, Policy and Communications Officer, Alliance for Youth JusticeTable of ContentsSECTION 1 Locating the Black Presence in Crime and Punishment Prologue CHAPTER 1 Towards a Black (Historical) Criminological Imagination CHAPTER 2 Researching the Black Presence in Crime and Punishment CHAPTER 3 Gathering the Information CHAPTER 4 Don’t Gaslight Me, Slavery Matters SECTION 2 Trials and Transcripts CHAPTER 5 The Case of Arthur William Hodge CHAPTER 6 The Case of John Kimber CHAPTER 7 The Case of Sir Thomas Picton CHAPTER 8 The Case of William Woodcock CHAPTER 9 The Case of John Hogan SECTION 3 Black Voices Speak CHAPTER 10 Visible Voices Provocation The Case of James Sommersett – The Negro Case Olaudah Equiano Mary Prince Ottobah Cugoano CHAPTER 11 Activists, Participants, and Rulers Provocation William Davidson – Cato Street Conspiracy William Cuffay The Chartist Movement Robert Wedderburn The Ten-Point Program Black Police Officers Robert Branford, 1817–1869: London Police Superintendent John Kent 190 Richard ‘King Dick’ Crafus CHAPTER 12 McNaughton and Black Rage Epilogue Criminologist as Historian

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Book SynopsisThis book provides a comprehensive history of the genesis, existence, and demise of Imperial Russia's largest penal colony, made famous by Chekhov in a book written following his visit there in 1890. Based on extensive original research in archival documents, published reports, and memoirs, the book is also a social history of the late imperial bureaucracy and of the subaltern society of criminals and exiles; an examination of the tsarist state's failed efforts at reform; an exploration of Russian imperialism in East Asia and Russia's acquisition of Sakhalin Island in the face of competition from Japan; and an anthropological and literary study of the Sakhalin landscape and its associated values and ideologies. The Sakhalin penal colony became one of the largest penal colonies in history. The book's conclusion prompts important questions about contemporary prisons and their relationship to state and society.Table of ContentsIntroduction 1. The Busse Expedition, 1853–54 2. Far East Expansion, Coal, and Convicts 3. Transgressing Borders 4. The Collapse of Katorga and the Free Colonists 5. Establishing the Sakhalin Penal Colony 6. Desperate Times and the "Sakhalin" Company 7. A Contested Landscape and the GTU 8. The Volunteer Fleet 9. The 1880s 10. Political Exiles 11. Chekhov’s Island (Part 1) 12. Chekhov’s Island (Part 2) 13. Sakhalin and the Trans-Siberian Railroad 14. The Satrapy 15. The Runaway Penal Colony 16. The Ministry of Justice Takes Over 17. A Demography of the Sakhalin Penal Colony 18. The Liapunov Administration 19. The Doctors’ Fight 20. Women, Children, and the Last Political Exiles 21. Sakhalin’s Prisons 22. The Penal Colony as International Cause Célèbre 23. Denouement Conclusion

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Book SynopsisThis book is devoted to the inhabitants of the SpanishPortuguese borderlands during the early modern period. It seeks to challenge a predominant historiography focused on the study of borderlands societies, relying exclusively on the antagonistic topics of subversion and the construction of boundaries. It states that by focusing just on one concept or another there is a restrictive understanding tending to condition the agency of local communities by external narratives. Thus, if traditionally border people were reduced by some scholars to actors of a struggle against a supposedly imposed border; in a more modern perspective, their behaviors have been also framed in bottom-up processes of consolidation of spaces of sovereignty in a no less limiting vision. Faced with both approaches, the objective of this work is not to deny them but, first and foremost, to situate the experiences of border populations outside of logics that I understand as originally alien to themselvTable of ContentsPART ONE: Communities between two communities 1. The Portuguese of Castile, the Castilians of Portugal 2. The unrepresented 3. Refuge and destruction 4. Contraband, modus vivendi PART TWO: War and the politics of daily life 5. On local truces 6. A grand yet local peace 7. ‘A wolflike urge’ 8. A rayano perspective on borderland custom houses PART THREE: At peace along the Raya 9. Restored sovereignties 10. ‘At the back of the world’ 11. Innumerable unresolved conflicts 12. The return of Mars

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Book SynopsisThis book seeks to understand the complex ways in which the Foreign Office adapted to the rise of identity politics in Britain as it administered British foreign policy during the Cold War and the end of the British Empire. After the Second World War, cultural changes in British society forced a reconsideration of erstwhile diplomatic archetypes, as restricting recruitment to white, heterosexual, upper- or middle-class men gradually became less socially acceptable and less politically expedient.After the advent of the tripartite school system and then mass university education, the Foreign Office had to consider recruiting candidates who were qualified but had not been socialized' in the public schools and Oxbridge. Similarly, the passage of the 1948 Nationality Act technically meant nonwhites were eligible to join. The rise of the gay rights movement and postwar women's liberation both generated further, unique dilemmas for Foreign Office recruiters. Diplomatic Identity iTable of ContentsIntroduction: 'Member of' 1. Sir Percival Waterfield and the Civil Service Selection Board Experiment, 1945–1960 2. The Foreign Office and the Grammar School Revolution, 1945–1980 3. Redbrick, Whitehall: The Diplomatic Service 'Image' and University Expansion, 1960–1970 4. 'The Mystic Link between Colour and Security': Ethnicity and Recruitment to the Diplomatic Service, 1948–1993 5. 'No Homosexuals Allowed': The Diplomatic Service Bar on Homosexuality, 1965–1995 6. 'Safety First'?: Gender and the Lifting of the Foreign Office Marriage Bar, 1945–1975. Conclusion: 'Larger-than-Life Graham Greeneness'

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Book SynopsisAlongside the Arab Spring, the 'Occupy' anti-capitalist movements in the West, and the events on the Maidan in Kiev, Russia has had its own protest movements, notably the political protests of 2011â12. As elsewhere in the world, these protests had unlikely origins, in Russiaâs case spearheaded by the 'creative class'. This book examines the protest movements in Russia. It discusses the artistic traditions from which the movements arose; explores the media, including the internet, film, novels, and fashion, through which the protesters have expressed themselves; and considers the outcome of the movements, including the new forms of nationalism, intellectualism, and feminism put forward. Overall, the book shows how the Russian protest movements have suggested new directions for Russian â and global â politics. Table of ContentsIntroduction: genres and genders of protest in Russia's petrostateAlexander EtkindPart I: Origins and traditions of protest1. Fathers, sons, and grandsons: generational changes and political trajectory of Russia, 1989–2012Vladimir Gel'man2. Dissidents reloaded? Anti-Putin activists and the Soviet legacyValentina Parisi3. Why ‘two Russias’ are less than ‘United Russia’: cultural distinctions and political similarities: dialectics of defeatIlya Kalinin4. Are copycats subversive? Strategy-31, the Russian Runs, the Immortal Regiment and the transformative potential of non-hierarchical movementsMischa Gabowitsch5. Political consumerism in Russia after 2011Olga Gurova 6. Even the toys are demanding free elections: humour and the politics of creative protest in Russia Jennifer G. MathersPart II: Artistic and performative forms of protest 7. Biopolitics, believers, bodily protests: the case of Pussy RiotAlexandra Yatsyk8. Hysteria or enjoyment? Recent Russian actionismJonathan Brooks Platt9. Bleep and ***: speechless protestBirgit Beumers10. On the (im)possibility of a third opinionKristina Norman11. Performing poetry and protest in the age of digital reproductionMarijeta Bozovic12. When satire does not subvert: Citizen Poet as nostalgiaSanna Turoma

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Book Synopsis1999 was a decisive year in the long history of the people of Timor-Leste, whose future was open when they voted for independence in a UN-sponsored referendum. Its results left no doubt that the Timorese considered themselves to be a nation wishing to have their own state, which they would rule.This book examines a vast array of transformations that have taken place over the past decades. It puts forward the idea of cohabitations, which aims at inscribing the mutual influences arising from the existence of distinct social processes not only side by side but in their mutual influences and entanglements, sometimes resulting from effective clashes, some others from peaceful manipulation of social and cultural differences. From this analytical viewpoint of evolving power dynamics of cohabitations, experts in the field investigate issues that have been contentious in the recent past and analyse the challenges that present-day Timor-Leste is facing. Structured in three paTable of ContentsIntroduction: exploring cohabitations in Timor-Leste Susana de Matos and Rui Graça Feijó Part I Contexts for a "revival of custom"1. Returning to origin places in an expanding world: customary ritual in independent Timor-Leste Elisabeth G. Traube2. Hunting and harvesting in the commons: on the cultural politics of custom Andrew McWilliam3. The re-assertion of sacralised authority in post-occupation Uato-Lari Susana Barnes4. Territorialities of the fallen heroes Susana de Matos Viegas and Rui Graça Feijó Part II Land and territory5. The challenges of establishing a land tenure system in a newly independent state Dionisio Babo Soares 6. Navigating without a compass: state transition in Timor-Leste’s formal land tenure system Bernardo Almeida 7. Reconceptualizing land and territory in Oecusse Ambeno’s enclave’s special economic zone Laura S. Meitzner Yoder 8. Exchange, water and motif in an etic genre of narrative David HicksPart III Governance and democracy9. An ecology of governance: rethinking the state and political community M. Anne Brown and Damian Grenfell 10. Managing persons and rituals: economic pedagogy as government tactics Kelly Silva 11. Local administration: a view from Vemasse Michael Leach 12. At home we wear cawat, outside we wear a tie: cohabitation and political legitimacy in grass-roots democracy Rui Graça Feijó 13. Conflict resolution and the making of personhood in Lisadila, Maubara Daniel S. Simião

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Book Synopsis"A great American tale told with a deft historical eye, painstaking analysis, and a supple clarity of writing.”—Jean Baker

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Book Synopsis...Kristen Richardson's sharp account of how the season evolved... is a more absorbing story than any period drama.Financial TimesTrade Review"Sometimes fascinating, often scornful historical account of the debutante… entertaining…" -- Libby Purves - Times Literary Supplement"...fascinating social history…" -- The Best of 2020 so far. - Tatler"Richardson has made a valiant effort to unearth some worthwhile social commentary. To this end, she presents a detailed examination of modern debutante societies... [Her] engaging study deserves credit for its persistently humane treatment of her subjects..." -- The Telegraph"... Kristen Richardson’s sharp account of how the season evolved from its early days after the Protestant Reformation in England, through its conquest of a newly independent America, to its leap into Russia and China, is a more absorbing story than any period drama." -- Financial Times"…entertaining and illuminating new book..." -- The Lady"Step into colonial Philadelphia and Jane Austen’s England, America’s Antebellum South and Mrs Astor’s parties, and learn how some of the young women felt about being put on display." -- On the Bookshelf - Choice

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Book SynopsisA triptych of a single day revealing the history and foreshadowing the future of a complex and cosmopolitan city in a world at war.Trade Review"With the eye of an unusually perceptive flâneur, in “Champions Day” [Carter] tells the story of Shanghai through its former racecourse (now part of the People’s Park). Mr. Carter is a wonderful guide for visitors in search of a long-gone city... Both books are cautionary tales about what happens, in Mr. Carter’s words, when the powerful exploit their environment, inviting war and revolution." -- The Economist"Champions Day is based on an impressive trawl of the archives of old Shanghai. The details are plentiful and the overall narrative is clear. Carter's prose is punchy and his sense of Shanghai and pre-revolutionary China is keen." -- Mike Cormack - Literary Review

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Book SynopsisAn erudite and accessible survey of Jewish life and culture in the twentieth century, as reflected in seminal texts.Trade Review"Adam Kirsch, one of our finest critics, has written a wonderful introduction to the rich and brilliant field of twentieth-century Jewish literature, illuminating for us the work of some of its greatest contributors." -- Nicole Krauss

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Book SynopsisExplores the historical transformation of tobacco from Amerindian shamanism to global capitalism, from the food of the spirits to the fatal epidemic, from the rough pipe and cigar to the modern day cigarette.Trade Review`... this is an absobing, and thought-provoking account of story, as yet unfinished.' - Joan Thirk EHR`Especially interesting on the marketing and politics of tobacco, this is an objective work.' - New Scientist` ... an ambitious and accomplished survey ... Goodman's study greatly enhances our grasp of the creation of the commodities that dominate the modern world.' - Roy Porter, Times Literary Supplement`Goodman has written a book that is both history and current affairs, which skilfully weaves together the planters, the slaves, and the multinational corporations.' - J.V. Beckett, Times Higher Education Supplement` ... very well researched book.' - V.G. Kiernan, Social History of Medicine`A fascinating read for smokers and non-smokers alike.' - Sunday Times`An essential read for those who would understand the dilemma caused by smokking's dangers.' - British Medical Journal` ... a succinct yet ambitiously comprehensive survey of five centuries of nicotine in history. It is addictive reading.' - John Adamson, Sunday TelegraphTable of Contents1. What is Tobacco? The Botany, Economics and Chemistry of a Strange Plant 2. Food of the Spirits: Shaminism, Healing and Tobacco in Amerindian Cultures 3. Why Tobacco? Europeans, Forbidden Fruits and the Panacea Gospel 4. Rituals, Fashions and a Medical Discourse: Tobacco Consumption Before the Cigarette 5. The Little White Slaver: Cigarettes, Health and the Hard Sell 6. Wholly Built Upon Smoke: the Impact of Colonialism 7. Tobaccy's King Down Here ... : Planter Culture to 1800 8. A Poor Man's Crop? The Globalization of Tobacco Culture Since 1800 9. To Live By Smoke: Tobacco is Big Business Conclusion 10. To Die by Smoke: Whither Tobacco?

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Book SynopsisA Social History of Medicine traces the development of medical practice from the Industrial Revolution right through to the twentieth century.Drawing on a wide range of source material, it charts the changing relationship between patients and practitioners over this period, exploring the impact made by institutional care, government intervention and scientific discovery. The study illuminates the extent to which medical assistance really was available to patients over the period, by focusing on provincial areas and using local sources. It introduces a variety of contemporary medical practitioners, some of them hitherto unknown and with fascinating intricate details of their work. The text offers an extensive thematic survey, including coverage of:* institutions such as hospitals, dispensaries, asylums and prisons* midwifery and nursing* infections and how changes in science have affected disease control* contraception, war, and the NHS.Table of ContentsPreface, Joan Lane; Introduction, Joan Lane; Chapter 1 Medical Practitioners in Eighteenth-and Nineteenth-Century England, Joan Lane; Chapter 2 Population and Contraception, Joan Lane; Chapter 3 Medical Care under the Old and the New Poor Law, Joan Lane; Chapter 4 Medical Care Provided by Friendly Societies, Joan Lane; Chapter 5 Hospitals and Dispensaries, Joan Lane; Chapter 6 Asylums and Prisons, Joan Lane; Chapter 7 Midwifery and Nursing, Joan Lane; Chapter 8 Infections and Disease Control, Joan Lane; Chapter 9 The Pharmaceutical Industry, Joan Lane; Chapter 10 Medicine and War, Joan Lane; Chapter 11 The National Health Service, Joan Lane; Chapter 102 Conclusion, Joan Lane;

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Book SynopsisCovering a wide range of substances, including opium, cocaine, coffee, tobacco, kola, and betelnut, from prehistory to the present day, this new edition has been extensively updated, with an updated bibliography and two new chapters on cannabis and khat. Consuming Habits is the perfect companion for all those interested in how different cultures have defined drugs across the ages.Psychoactive substances have been central to the formation of civilizations, the definition of cultural identities, and the growth of the world economy. The labelling of these substances as 'legal' or 'illegal' has diverted attention away from understanding their important cultural and historical role. This collection explores the rich analytical category of psychoactive substances from challenging historical and anthropological perspectives. Trade Review'This is a fascinating book because it highlights the way history contributes to the shaping of moral attitudes.' – History Teaching ReviewTable of ContentsIntroduction: Peculiar Substances 1. Alcohol and its Alternatives: Symbol and Substance in Pre-Industrial Cultures 2. Coca, Beer, Cigars and Yag'e: Meals and Anti-Meals in an Amerindinian Community 3. Nicotian Dreams: The Prehistory and Early History of Tobacco in Eastern North America 4. Betelnut ‘Bisnis’ and Cosmology: A View from Papua New Guinea 5. Kola Nuts: The 'Coffee' of the Central Sudan 6. Excitantia: Or, How Enlightenment Europe took to Soft Drugs 7. From Coffeehouse to Parlour: The Consumption of Coffee, Tea and Sugar in Northwestern Europe in the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries 8. Tobacco Use and Tobacco Taxation: A Battle of Interests in Early Modern Europe 9. Globalising Ganja: The British Empire and International Cannabis Traffic c. 1834 to c. 1939 10. Japan and the World Narcotics Traffic 11. The Rise and Fall and Rise of Cocaine in the United States 12. Building castles of Spit – The Role of Khat in Work, Ritual and Leisure 13. Afterword

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Book SynopsisSouth Asia is famous for its monuments, past and present. Monuments have been created, destroyed and rescued by competing communities and incoming empires in the making and re-making of history, identity and memory. This collection brings together an international cohort of senior scholars and younger researchers to examine the vast diversity of monuments (and conceptions of monuments) in South Asia from the 1850s to the present. The chapters investigate what constitutes a monument, and interrogate the conditions for its survival, demise or recycling. To explore the afterlives of monuments is to investigate how, where, when, and why monuments have been remodelled, re-sited, destroyed, defaced, or abandoned. It is to investigate the theories of memory, history and community, as well as new forms of artistic practice and global media. As different South-Asian communities claim a stake in the making of national, religious, cultural and local identities and histories, the status of monuments and debates about cultural memory have become increasingly urgent.This book was published as a special issue of South Asian Studies.Trade ReviewThis essay highlights the encounter between the coloniser and colonised through the archeological efforts to render the temples as secular heritage and temple committees’ efforts to guard the sacred realm.Table of Contents1. Introduction: The Afterlives of Monuments 2. Configuring Sacred Spaces: Archaeology, Temples, and Monument-Making in Colonial Orissa 3. The Lives and Afterlives of Charlotte, Lady Canning (1817–1861): Gender, Commemoration, and Narratives of Loss 4. Mosque as Monument: The Afterlives of Jama Masjid and the Political Memories of a Royal Muslim Past 5. The Potala Palace: Remembering to Forget in Contemporary Tibet 6. The Production and Reproduction of a Monument: The Many Lives of the Sanchi Stupa 7. The Afterlives of Images: The Contested Legacies of Gandhi in Art and Popular Culture 8. The Many Lives of Nuclear Monuments in India 9. Permanent Transiency, Tele-visual Spectacle, and the Slum as Postcolonial Monument 10. Monuments and Memory for Our Times

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Book SynopsisThe first text to examine the concept of trust and the role that it played on the Industrial Revolution, this book is a key resource for studentsâ studying nineteenth century British history as well as historically minded sociologists.Analytical in style and comprehensive in approach, Social Capital, Trust and the Industrial Revolution covers a range of themes, including: the forms of behaviour, institutions and strategies that contributed to the formation of trust the circumstances that could lead to its rise or fall the presence of distrust the relationship and links between trust and power. Although research has shown that high levels of social capital and trust promotes economic growth, low crime rates and improved labour relations, little work has been done on the historical impact of this essential resource. David Sunderlandâs incisive monograph is resets the balance and demonstrates how social capital played Table of ContentsIntroduction 1. Middle Class Trust 2. Working Class and Inter-Class Trust 3. Formal Networks 4. Philanthropic, Religious and Education Networks 5. Informal Networks and Miscellaneous Trust Determinants 6. Governments and Trust 7. The Law and Trust 8. Kin, Geographic and Masculine Trust 9. Business Trust 10. Employer-Employee Trust. Conclusion

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Book SynopsisTable of Contents1. Birth – The Convent – Marriage 2. Society – The Salons 3. The Pleasures of Society 4. Love 5. Married Life 6. The Woman of the Middle Classes 7. The Woman of the People – The Fille Galante 8. Beauty and the Mode 9. The Domination and Intelligence of Woman 10. The Soul of Woman 11. Woman in Her Old Age 12. The Philosophy and Death of Woman

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Book SynopsisTable of ContentsIntroduction. Part 1: Generic Sources. 1. Royal and Secular Biography Ralph A. Griffiths 2. Vernacular Chronicles and Narrative Sources in Medieval England Lister M. Matheson 3. The Medieval Sermon: Text, Performance, and Insight Anne T. Thayer 4. Wills as Primary Sources Shona Kelly Wray and Roisin Cossar 5. Letters and Letter Collections Joel T. Rosenthal Part 2: Topical Sources. 6. Writing Military History from Narrative Sources: Norman Battlefield Tactics, ca. 1000 Bernard Bachrach 7. Historians and Inquisitors: Testimonies from the Early Inquisitions into Heretical Depravity Mark G. Pegg 8. Sources of Royal Rituals and King-Making Jinty Nelson 9. The Sources for Manorial and Rural History Philip Slavin 10. Sources for Medieval Maritime History Maryanne Kowaleski 11. The Sources of Urban History Caroline M. Barron 12. Sources for the Study of Public Health in the Medieval City Carole Rawcliffe 13. Women’s History: Sources and Issues Katherine L. French 14. Sources for Representative Institutions Hannes Kleineke Part 3.The Visual and the Material. 15. Images and Objects as Sources for Medieval History Sara Lipton 16. Archaeology and History (in the United Kingdom) David Hinton Further Reading. Index.

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Book SynopsisThis third edition of British Culture is the complete introduction to culture and the arts in Britain today. Extensively illustrated and offering a wider range of topics than ever before, David P. Christopher identifies and analyses key areas in language, literature, film, TV, social media, popular music, sport and other fields, setting each one in a clear, historical context.British Culture enables students of British society to understand and enjoy a fascinating range of contemporary arts through an examination of current trends, such as the influence of business and commerce, the effects of globalization and the spread of digital communications. This new edition features: fully revised and updated chapters analyzing a range of key areas within British culture new chapters on cyberculture, heritage and festivals extracts from novels and plays. This student-friendly edition also strengthens rTrade Review"This is an excellent introductory text for students of contemporary British society and culture. The work is engagingly and clearly written, providing readers with not only an accessible summary of relevant topics but also a range of helpful case-studies. Recently updated, this study should continue to serve as the standard work in this field."Peter Donaldson, University of Kent, UK"British Culture (3rd edition) provides a "complete introduction to culture and the arts," placed in the context of major developments in the political, social and economic history of England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland—as well as the United Kingdom’s changing relations to Europe, North America, the Commonwealth, and the wider world—since 1945. Anyone interested in the increasingly plural and complex character of 21st-century Britain will find it an instructive and engaging study. British Culture is a versatile accomplishment, and can be profitably read from front to back, or, for more targeted research, approached by individual chapters or sections. Its organization makes it readily accessible as both a survey and a reference."Richard Floyd, University of Virginia, USA"Unlike many who proffer an introduction to Britain’s culture, Christopher focusses on its enviable products. He casts the work of writers and journalists, film and television makers, fashion designers and musicians against a half century of social and political history. A fine book for courses which locate British Literature within a wider context."Simon Cook, Utrecht University, The NetherlandsTable of ContentsList of figures. List of tables. Acknowledgements. Introduction. Timeline. 1. The Social and Cultural Context 2. Language in Culture 3. Cyberculture 4. Newspapers, Magazines and Journalism 5. Literature 6. Theatre 7. Cinema 8. Television and Radio 9. Art and Architecture 10. Popular Music and Fashion 11. Sport 12. Heritage and Festivals. Glossary. Index.

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Book SynopsisFerguson traces the development of two accounts of the sublime, Berkean empiricism and Kantian formalism, to argue that they have been definitive for subsequent discussions on the significance of aesthetics, including deconstructive criticism.Table of ContentsChapter 1 An Introduction to the Sublime; Chapter 2 The Sublime of Edmund Burke, or The Bathos of Experience; Chapter 3 Burke to Kant: A Judgment Outside Comparison; Chapter 4 The Gothicism of the Gothic Novel; Chapter 5 Malthus, Godwin, Wordsworth, and the Spirit of Solitude; Chapter 6 In Search of the Natural Sublime: The Face on the Forest Floor; Chapter 7 Historicism, Deconstruction, and Wordsworth; Index;

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Book SynopsisFights about the fate of the state of Israel, and the Zionist movement that gave birth to it, have long been a staple of both Jewish and American political culture. But despite these arguments'' significance to American politics, American Jewish life, and to Israel itself, no one has ever systematically examined their history and explained why they matter. In We Are Not One, historian Eric Alterman traces this debate from its nineteenth-century origins. Following Israel''s 1948-1949 War of Independence (called the nakba or catastrophe by Palestinians), few Americans, including few Jews, paid much attention to Israel or the challenges it faced. Following the 1967 Six-Day War, however, almost overnight support for Israel became the primary component of American Jews'' collective identity. Over time, Jewish organizations joined forces with conservative Christians and neoconservative pundits and politicos to wage a tenacious fight to define Israel''s image in the US media

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Book SynopsisThe first book to explore the life and times of Chinese artist, businesswoman, socialite and style expert âMadame Songâ, whose life was spent in the company of a Whoâs Who of Cold War China and which paralleled the highs and lows of the countryâs history. The extraordinary life story of Song Huai-Kuei, better known as Madame Song, follows the arc of 20th-century history. Artist, entrepreneur and impresario, Song broke cultural barriers for love, transcended Cold War borders for her art, and laid the foundations for a global fashion industry. With her cosmopolitan outlook, she defined an influential vision for Chinese culture on the world stage and asserted an Asian perspective in 21st-century art and design. Madame Song is a name that everyone interested in the roots of contemporary visual culture needs to know. At the heart of this volume is a critical biography that explores Songâs youth in revolutionary China, her cross-cultural marriage to Bulgarian fibre artist Maryn VarbanTable of ContentsIntroduction 1. Beijing to Sofia (1937–58) 2. Sofia to Paris (1959–74) 3. Paris to Beijing (1975–81) 4. Hangzhou to Beijing (1982–89) 5. Beijing to the World (1989–2006)

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Book SynopsisYou Can't Stop the Revolution is a vivid participant ethnography conducted from inside of Ferguson protests as the Black Lives Matter movement catapulted onto the global stage. Sociologist Andrea S. Boyles offers an everyday montage of protests, social ties, and empowerment that coalesced to safeguard black lives while igniting unprecedented twenty-first-century resistance. Focusing on neighborhood crime prevention and contentious black citizenpolice interactions in the context of preserving black lives, this book examines how black citizens work to combat disorder, crime, and police conflict. Boyles offers an insider's analysis of cities like Ferguson, where a climate of indifference leaves black neighborhoods vulnerable to conflict, where black lives are seemingly expendable, and where black citizens are held responsible for their own oppression. You Can't Stop the Revolution serves as a reminder that community empowerment is still possible in neighborhoods experiencing police brutalTrade Review"Thank you, Dr. Andrea Boyles, for humanizing and acknowledging the 'boots-on-the-ground' community leaders and protesters who in 2014 so righteously organized and vigorously mobilized, fueling a contagious determination." * Contemporary Sociology *"You Can’t Stop the Revolution breaks out of the well tread genre of books about police violence and Black Lives Matter and moves into a very provocative discussion of the nature of social order for oppressed communities." * Ethnic and Racial Studies *"Boyles’ account of post-Ferguson provides context with meticulous detail. . . . This book could serve as supplemental material for a graduate-level research methods course or graduate seminar courses focused on race and crime." * Criminal Justice Review * "One of the book’s many strengths is its engagement with the issue of policing. Boyles offers important insights into the relationship between Blacks and the police that are relevant outside of Ferguson." * American Journal of Sociology *Table of ContentsList of Illustrations Acknowledgments introduction 1. Between a rock and a hard place: the (re)construction of blackness and identity politics 2. (Dis)order and informal social ties in the united states 3. “A change gotta come”: informal integration 4. Making black lives matter 5. “We are in a state of emergency” 6. (No) conclusion and discussion Notes References Index

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Book SynopsisOne of the Top Urban Planning Books of 2022,PlanetizenThe full and fascinating guidebook that Orange County deserves. A People's Guide to Orange County is an alternative tour guide that documents sites of oppression, resistance, struggle, and transformation in Orange County, California. Orange County is more than the well-known images on orange crate labels, the high-profile amusement parks of Disneyland and Knott's Berry Farm, or the beaches. It is also a unique site of agricultural and suburban history, political conservatism in a liberal state, and more diversity and discordance than its pop-cultural images show. It is a space of important agricultural labor disputes, segregation and resistance to segregation, privatization and the struggle for public space, politicized religions, Cold War global migrations, vibrant youth cultures, and efforts for environmental justice. Memorably, Ronald Reagan called Orange County the place where all the good Republicans go to die, but it is also the place where many working-class immigrants have come to live and work in its agricultural, military-industrial, and tourist service economies. Orange County is the fifth-most populous county in America. If it were a city, it would be the nation's third-largest city; if it were a state, its population would make it larger than twenty-oneother states. It attracts 42 million tourists annually. Yet Orange County tends to be a chapter or two squeezed into guidebooks to Los Angeles or Disneyland. Mainstream guidebooks focus on Orange County's amusement parks and wealthy coastal communities, with side trips to palatial shopping malls. These guides skip over Orange County's most heterogeneous halfthe inland space, where most of its oranges were grown alongsideoil derricks that kept the orange groves heated. Existing guidebooks render invisible the diverse people who have labored there. A People's Guide to Orange County questions who gets to claim Orange County's image, exposing the extraordinary stories embedded in the ordinary landscape.Trade Review"Their project applies political acumen to a practical regional guidebook featuring wayback machine–style micro-histories that reveal the county’s depth and breadth. . . . Meticulously, almost giddily cross-referenced, A People’s Guide to Orange County offers sources for every one of its 122 listings: scholars, journalists, poets, and activists. Entries include photographs, maps, archival materials, song lyrics, and protest chants. The idea is to uncover, piece by piece and location by location, the story of—forgive me—the real OC." * Alta Journal *"In the public imagination Orange County either has no history at all, or it consists of tract homes, Disneyland, and Republicans. All of those things are true. But, A People's Guide masterfully, and accessibly, demonstrates that Orange County's history runs far deeper—and that it matters." * Planetizen *Table of ContentsContents Land Acknowledgment List of Maps INTRODUCTION 1 ANAHEIM, ORANGE, AND SANTA ANA 1.1 Anaheim Orange and Lemon Association Packing House | 1.2 Anaheim Union High School District Headquarters | 1.3 Carl’s Jr.’s Former Headquarters, Anaheim | 1.4 Disneyland, Anaheim | 1.5 East Gene Autry Way Wall, Anaheim | 1.6 Former Chinatown, Anaheim | 1.7 Fricker Fertilizer Factory, Anaheim | 1.8 Fujishige Strawberry Farm, Anaheim | 1.9 Glover Stadium, Anaheim | 1.10 Joel Dvorman Home, Anaheim | 1.11 Little Arabia, Anaheim | 1.12 Little People’s Park, Anaheim | 1.13 Melodyland, Anaheim | 1.14 Pearson Park, Anaheim | 1.15 Police Headquarters of Anaheim | 1.16 Pressel Orchard, Anaheim | 1.17 The Shack/ Xalos Bar, Anaheim | 1.18 Back in Control Training Center, Orange | 1.19 Eichler SoCal, Orange | 1.20 Lorenzo Ramirez Bust, Orange | 1.21 Orange Executive Tower | 1.22 Theo Lacy Detention Facility, Orange | 1.23 Alex Odeh Statue, Santa Ana | 1.24 Anti-Chinese Violence at Gospel Swamp, Santa Ana | 1.25 Black Panther Park / Sasscer Park, Santa Ana | 1.26 Chicano Power Protests at El Salvador Park, Santa Ana | 1.27 Cut & Curl, Santa Ana | 1.28 Dr. Sammy Lee Home, Santa Ana | 1.29 Esposito Apartments, Santa Ana | 1.30 Gay Kiss-In at Centennial Park, Santa Ana | 1.31 Islamic Center of Santa Ana | 1.32 Lynching of Francisco Torres, Santa Ana | 1.33 Parking Lot Soccer Fields, Santa Ana | 1.34 Prince Hall Masonic Temple, Santa Ana | 1.35 Santa Ana’s Lost Chinatown 2 NORTH ORANGE COUNTY 2.1 Campo Colorado, La Habra | 2.2 Christy’s Cambodian Doughnut Shop, La Habra | 2.3 Neff Cox’s Shoeshine Stand, Brea | 2.4 Nike Nuclear Missile Site, Brea Hills | 2.5 Alex Bernal Home, Fullerton | 2.6 Bastanchury Ranch, Fullerton | 2.7 The Black Hole, Fullerton | 2.8 Kelly Thomas Memorial, Fullerton | 2.9 McCarthy Hall at CSU Fullerton | 2.10 Site of Police Killing of Juan Peña Diaz, Fullerton | 2.11 Val Vita Factory, Fullerton | 2.12 West Coyote Hills, Fullerton | 2.13 Former Bracero Bunkhouse, Placentia | 2.14 Harris Home Firebombing Site, Placentia | 2.15 Melrose Elementary School, Placentia | 2.16 Whitewashed Chicano Mural, Placentia | 2.17 Nixon Library, Yorba Linda | 2.18 Yorba Linda Community Center | 2.19 Japanese Village and Deer Park, Buena Park | 2.20 Studio K at Knott’s Berry Farm, Buena Park | 2.21 Rush Park, Rossmoor 3 CENTRAL ORANGE COUNTY 3.1 Continental Gardens Apartments, Stanton | 3.2 Danh’s Pharmacy, Westminster | 3.3 Hi-Tek Video Community Protests, Westminster | 3.4 Little Saigon Freeway Signs, Westminster | 3.5 Vietnamese Bus Stop, Westminster | 3.6 Advance Beauty College, Garden Grove | 3.7 Cafe Chu Lun and Asian Mug Book Resistance, Garden Grove | 3.8 Happy Hour Bar, Garden Grove | 3.9 Orange County Koreatown, Garden Grove | 3.10 Women’s Civic Club of Garden Grove | 3.11 Demolished Sergio O’Cadiz Mural, Fountain Valley | 3.12 Masuda Middle School, Fountain Valley | 3.13 Former Vons Supermarket, Tustin | 3.14 Tustin High School Tennis Courts 4 CANYONS 4.1 Aerojet, Chino Hills | 4.2 Lynching Tree, Irvine Canyon Ranch | 4.3 Olinda Oil Museum and Trail, Brea | 4.4 Prado Dam, Chino | 4.5 Santa Margarita High School, Rancho Santa Margarita | 4.6 Silverado Elementary School / Library of the Canyons, Silverado | 4.7 Tomato Springs Park, Irvine | 4.8 Yorba Regional Park, Anaheim Hills 5 SOUTH ORANGE COUNTY 5.1 Experimental Farms at UC Irvine | 5.2 Marine Corps Air Station El Toro / Great Park, Irvine | 5.3 Marine Corps Air Station Tustin, Irvine | 5.4 Mary Pham’s Pride Flag Display, Irvine | 5.5 Shyima Hall Human Traffi cking Site, Irvine | 5.6 University Community Park, Irvine | 5.7 University High School, Irvine | 5.8 Verano Place, UCI Family Housing | 5.9 Darryn Robins Police Shooting Site, Lake Forest | 5.10 Import Car Scene at Dynamic Autosports, Lake Forest | 5.11 Serrano Creek Park, Lake Forest | 5.12 Lake Mission Viejo Shopping Center, Mission Viejo | 5.13 Mission San Juan Capistrano, San Juan Capistrano | 5.14 Modesta Avila Protest Site, San Juan Capistrano | 5.15 Putuidhem / Northwest Open Space, San Juan Capistrano | 5.16 Swanner Ranch, San Juan Capistrano 6 COASTAL ORANGE COUNTY AND CAMP PENDLETON 6.1 Leisure World, Seal Beach | 6.2 Motuucheyngna, Seal Beach | 6.3 Red Car Museum, Seal Beach | 6.4 Seal Beach Naval Weapons Station | 6.5 Bluff s of Huntington Beach | 6.6 Bolsa Chica Wetlands, Huntington Beach | 6.7 Huntington Beach Pier | 6.8 Huntington Continental Townhomes | 6.9 Pacifi c Beach Club, Huntington Beach | 6.10 Wintersburg Village, Huntington Beach | 6.11 Cuckoo’s Nest, Costa Mesa | 6.12 El Chinaco Restaurant and Protest Site, Costa Mesa | 6.13 Corona del Mar State Beach / Calvary Baptism Site, Newport Beach | 6.14 Crystal Cove Cottages, Newport Beach | 6.15 Boom Boom Room, Laguna Beach | 6.16 Day Laborer Hiring Area, Laguna Beach | 6.17 Sycamore Flats / Laguna Beach Great Happening | 6.18 Richard Henry Dana Statue, Dana Point | 6.19 Calafi a Beach, San Clemente | 6.20 Capistrano Test Site, San Clemente | 6.21 Panhe, San Clemente | 6.22 Brig, Camp Pendleton North | 6.23 Combat Town, Camp Pendleton North | 6.24 Rancho Santa Margarita IWW Torture Site, Camp Pendleton North | 6.25 San Clemente Border Control Checkpoint, Camp Pendleton North | 6.26 San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station, Camp Pendleton North | 6.27 Southeast Asian Refugee Housing, Camp Pendleton North | 6.28 Trestles Surf Spot, Camp Pendleton North 7 THEMATIC TOURS Cold War Legacies | Environmental Politics | LGBTQ Spaces | Orange County’s Carceral State | Politics of Housing Appendix A. Tips for Teaching with A People’s Guide to Orange County, by Nisha Kunte and Mindy Aguirre Lesson 1: Cognitive Mapping Lesson 2: Analyzing Orange County in Popular Culture Lesson 3: Close Reading A People’s Guide to Orange County Lesson 4: Create Your Own Guidebook Entry Appendix B. Selected Further Reading Acknowledgments Credits Index

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Book SynopsisA critical examination of how contemporary criminal justice reforms expand rather than shrink structurally violent systems of policing, surveillance, and carceral control in the United States. Public opposition to the structural racist, gendered, and economic violence that fuels the criminal legal system is reaching a critical mass. Ignited by popular uprisings, protests, and campaigns against state violence, demands for transformational change have escalated. In response, a now deeply entrenched so-called bipartisan industry has staked its claim to the reform terrain. Representing itself as a sensible bridge across bitterly polarized political divides and party lines, the bipartisan reform industry has sought to control the nature and scope of local, state, and federal reforms. Along the way, it creates an expanding web of neoliberal public-private partnerships, with the promotion and implementation of efforts managed by billionaires, public officials, policy factories, foundationTrade Review"While scholars will find much in Carceral Con enlightening, the book is no standard academic text. Rather, it is a movement-building tool intended to assist readers in ‘critically interrogat[ing] new [reform] proposals as they arise’ and in choosing the ‘radically different way forward’ of abolition." * The Nation *Table of ContentsList of Illustrations Acknowledgments Introduction: World Making and "Criminal Justice Reform" 1. Correctional Control and the Challenge of Reform 2. Follow the Money 3. Criminalization, Policing, and Profiling 4. The Slippery Slope of Pretrial Reform 5. Courts, Sentencing, and "Diversion" 6. Imprisonment and Release 7. Threshold Notes Index

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Book SynopsisAncient China and Greece are two classical civilisations that have exerted far-reaching influence in numerous areas of human experience and are often invoked as the paradigms in East-West comparison. This book examines gender relations in the two ancient societies as reflected in convivial contexts such as family banquets, public festivals, and religious feasts. Two distinct patterns of interpersonal affinity and conflict emerge from the Chinese and Greek sources that show men and women organising themselves and interacting with each other in social occasions intended for collective pursuit of pleasure. Through an analysis of the two different patterns, Yiqun Zhou illuminates the different socio-political mechanisms, value systems, and fabrics of human bonds in the two classical traditions. Her book will be important for readers who are interested in the comparative study of societies, gender studies, women's history, and the legacy of civilisations.Table of ContentsIntroduction; Part I. Among Men: 1. Greece: comrades, citizens, and boys; 2. China: ancestors, brothers, and sons; Part II. Between Men and Women, among Women: 3. Public festivals and domestic rites; 4. At the table and behind the scenes; Part III. Female Experience and Male Imagination: 5. What women sang of; Conclusion.

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Book SynopsisBefore the Luddites is a study of the early Industrial Revolution in the English woollen cloth-making industry in the West of England and Yorkshire which concentrates upon the social background of and response to change. It is particularly concerned to explain the reasons for and the effect of Luddism.Table of ContentsList of illustrations; List of tables; Acknowledgements; List of abbreviations; Introduction; 1. Industrial organisation and culture; 2. Machinery, the factory and labour displacement; 3. The advent of machinery and community resistance; 4. The cloth dressers, trade unionism and machinery; 5. Industrial violence and machine breaking - the Wiltshire Outrages; 6. Custom and law: the weavers' campaign; 7. The political economy of machine breaking; 8. machinery, custom and class; Conclusion; Bibliography; Name and place index; Subject index.

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Book SynopsisRelations between town and country are central to Europe's long-term economic, political and social evolution. This 2001 book surveys and re-interprets these relations in particular countries and regions in the light of the most recent debates on state formation, urbanisation, proto-industrialisation, and the regional character of pre-modern economic growth. Thirteen specially commissioned chapters, ranging chronologically from the Black Death to the Enlightenment, give a comprehensive coverage of Europe, from Spain to Sweden and England, and from the Polish Commonwealth to Holland and Italy. Each chapter offers a self-contained analysis of its country or region and provides a basis for systematic comparison. The Introduction (by S. R. Epstein) discusses the historiographical and theoretical framework for the regional chapters, emphasising how evolving political configurations changed the balance between 'coercive' and 'market-based' solutions to town-country relations and set countrieTrade Review"The dozen essays in this well-edited volume provide a well-balanced and geographically extensive introduction to the current state of scholarship on the relation between town and country in late medieval and early modern Europe." Renaissance and Reformation"The essays are imformed by current historiographical thinking and are highly readable." CHOICE Jan 2002"This volume is one of the freshest and fullest treatments of scholarship about town and country relations in premodern European urban history, and deserves a wide and appreciative reading. This is shrewd economic history that details, complicates, and therefore advances our understanding of a central theme of urban history." Journal of Interdisciplinary History"This is an important and thought-provoking collection..." Canadian Journal of HistoryTable of Contents1. Introduction: town and country in Europe, 1300–1800 S. R. Epstein; 2. Town and country in Sweden, 1450–1650 Robert Sandberg; 3. Town and country in Holland, 1300–1550 Peter Hoppenbrouwers; 4. Town and country in the Dutch Republic, 1550–1800 Marjolein 't Hart; 5. Town and country in England, 1300–1570 James A. Galloway; 6. Town and country in England, 1570–1750 Paul Glennie; 7. Town and country in the Polish Commonwealth, 1350–1650 Andrzej Janeczek; 8. Town and country in the Austrian and Czech Lands, 1450–1750 Markus Cerman and Herbert Knittler; 9. Town and country in Germany, 1350–1600 Tom Scott; 10. Town and country in Switzerland, 1450–1750 Martin Körner; 11. Town and country in France, 1550–1750 Thomas Brennan; 12. Town and country in Castile, 1400–1650 Pablo Sánchez Léon; 13. Town and country in central and northern Italy, 1500–1750 Carlo Maria Belfanti; 14. Town and country in the Kingdom of Naples, 1500–1750 Brigitte Marin.

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