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Book SynopsisIn July 1888, fourteen hundred women and girls employed by the matchmakers Bryant and May walked out of their East End factory and into the history books. Louise Raw gives us a challenging new interpretation of events proving that the women themselves, not celebrity socialists like Annie Besant, began it. She provides unequivocal evidence to show that the matchwomen greatly influenced the Dock Strike of 1889, which until now was thought to be the key event of new unionism, and repositions them as the mothers of the modern labour movement. Returning to the stories of the women themselves, and byinterviewingtheir relatives today, Raw is able to construct a new history which challenges existing accounts of the strike itself and radically alters the accepted history of the labour movement in Britain.Trade Review"'In a careful reconstruction of events, Raw exposes inaccuracies in the standard accounts... [she] tells a great story with a terrific cast of characters... parts of the book read like a detective story, with Raw ingenious in tracking down the strike leaders.'-Times Higher Education"Table of ContentsIntroduction, Methodology and Previous Literature; 1. Angels in the House and Factory Girls; 2. Haunted by the Woman Question: the Victorian Labour Movement and Women Workers; 3. Life, Work and Politics in the Victorian East End; 4. Liberals and Lucifers: Bryant & May and Matchmaking; 5. The 'Notorious' Annie Besant: the Strike Leaders Reconsidered; 6. 'One Girl Began': the Strike and the Matchwomen; 7. The Matchwomen, the Great Dock Strike and New Unionism; Bibliography; Index.

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Book SynopsisDining with Leaders, Rebels, Heroes and Outlaws is a marvelously funny journey into the gastronomic peccadilloes of the great, the good, and the not-so-good. Based on the findings of the British gastro-detective Fiona Ross, the Dining with Destiny series establishes a new genre: the food biography, with scandals, recipes, and their stories, allowing you to taste the culinary secret lives of presidents and prime ministers; dictators and revolutionaries; heroes and geniuses - and serve them up at your own dinner table. From Winston Churchill to Malcolm X, Golda Meir to Albert Einstein, and more, each of these figures took part in landmark historical and cultural events that have shaped and defined our way of life but they also had to eat. Now it is time to look at their plates to discover what makes them a revolutionary, a hero, a rogue! Dining with Leaders, Rebels, Heroes and Outlaws lets you taste what's on Darwin's fork.Trade ReviewBritish gastrodetective Ross pairs a wide range of politicians, dictators, revolutionaries, heroes, and geniuses with their cuisine preferences, providing both recipes and descriptions of the dishes. She names Israeli leader Golda Meir’s heartwarming gruel, President Lyndon B. Johnson’s beef ribs, Russian head Boris Yeltsin’s favorite fish soup, Margaret Thatcher’s conservative 'Iron Lady Ginger Cake,' and JFK’s beloved fish chowder, among others. Her 'Rebel' and 'Outlaws' sections are full of historic detail and tongue-in-cheek relish, and they possess a real comic edge. Ross samples Nelson Mandela’s biryani of spicy lamb, Lenin’s 'Comrade’s Cabbage and Dumpling Soup,' Malcolm X’s savory pecan pie, and Osama Bin Laden’s toxic Swedish delicacy of smoked sausage with potatoes and mustard. Her heroes include Martin Luther King Jr., Charles Darwin, and Albert Einstein, and she especially enjoys Sigmund Freud’s Viennese rindfleisch goulash and Gandhi’s 'Seaman’s Roti.' Most of the civilization’s famous and infamous appear in Ross’s slyly humorous food dossier, which is concocted to be taken seriously while producing a belly laugh or two. * Publishers Weekly *Table of ContentsIntroduction 1: Dining with the Leaders: Apparatchiks and their appetites will appeal to all those readers with a transcontinental interest in behind-the-napkin politics. Candidates include: Golda Meir; Lyndon B Johnson; Boris Yeltsin; ‘Peanuts’ Carter; Margaret Thatcher; Richard Nixon; Churchill; Bill Clinton; Gorbachev; Ronnie Reagan; and JFK and Jackie. 2: Dining with the Rebels: From the shores of Cape Town to the menu at Charlestown Penitentiary, we follow the crumb trail of the world’s leading revolutionaries. Ordering a Molotov are: Mandela; Marx; Castro; Ché; Malcolm X; Lenin; Osama bin Laden and Yasser Arafat. 3: Dining with the Heroes: serving up supper with heroes, geniuses and explorers. On a pedestal are: Lawrence of Arabia; Freud; Scott of the Antarctic; Gandhi; Martin Luther King; Charles Darwin; Einstein; and Men on the Moon. 4: Dining with the Outlaws: If you are what you eat, could we all be dictators too? This accessible volume investigates the unusual appetites of these men with something to hide. The roll-call: Hitler; Tito; Pinochet; Mao; Mussolini; Saddam; Osama bin Laden; Stalin; and Peròn.

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Book SynopsisA collection of folk tales from the surrounding areas of the Peak District.

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Book SynopsisThis fascinating selection of photographs traces some of the many ways in which Butlins has changed and developed over the last century.

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Book SynopsisA detailed history of the rise, fall and rise again of Progressive Rock, from its beginnings in the 60s to the vibrant contemporary scene in the new millennium. Completely Revised and updated for 2013Trade Review"An excellent read" * PROG MAGAZINE *"Heartily recommended" * FIREWORKS MAGAZINE *"A fascinating work" * ROCK SOCIETY *

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Book SynopsisFrom the first Sherlock Holmes film to the African Queen, the only full account of this important film studio

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Book SynopsisDiscover the many twists and turns through history that led to the language, accents and turns of phrase which make up modern English

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Book SynopsisFew men over forty never owned a dinky toy when they were a child. This is the story of Britainâs favourite toy cars.

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Book SynopsisThe narrowboats built for transporting cargo on Britainâs canals are one of the great symbols of Britain. This highly illustrated book explores their history and development, and what it was like to crew a working vessel.

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Book SynopsisBritainâs narrow gauge railways are host to some of the oldest, most charming, varied and extraordinary locomotives to be found anywhere. This book is a fascinating survey of these appealing engines.

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Book SynopsisA brilliantly illustrated look back at the toys and merchandise associated with one of the most famous and lucrative franchises of all time.

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Book SynopsisThe suburban garden has introduced millions to the hobby of gardening, and here, for the first time, is the story of Britainâs most numerous, and most beloved, type of garden.

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Book SynopsisMeet the Victorians in their strangest forms. After reading this book, your views on Victorian culture will change forever.Trade Review‘This collection of summonings from the eerie past will change your point of view forever’ -- Richard Whittington-Egan

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Book SynopsisFrom small engines for driving machinery to the massive beam horizontal engines that kept tunnels dry and our cities clean, stationary engines are impressive relics of our industrial past. This is their story.

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Book SynopsisThe daughter of the only official British War Poster Artist of the Second World War explores his incredible legacy, with a fascinating variety of wartime posters and previously unseen material. An essential look at Abram Games, one of the most important graphic designers of the twentieth century.

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Book SynopsisNew paperback edition - The interweaving lives of Ida John, Sophie Brzeska and Fernande Olivier: three mould-breaking women who forged modern relationships with extraordinary men (writer Augustus John, and artists Henri Gaudier-Brzeska and Picasso).Trade Review‘Deftly intertwines the lives of Fernande Olivier, Sophie Brzeska and Ida Nettleship’ -- Frances Wilson, Times Literary Supplement

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Book SynopsisAs read on BBC Radio 4 Book of the Week.This is the generation that will change China. The youth, over 320 million of them in their teens and twenties, more than the population of the USA. Born after Mao, with no memory of Tiananmen, they are destined to transform both their nation and the world.These millennials, offspring of the one-child policy, face fierce competition to succeed. Pressure starts young, and their road isn't easy. Their stories are also like those of young people all over the world: moving out of home, starting a career, falling in love.Wish Lanterns follows the lives of six young Chinese. Dahai is a military child and netizen; 'Fred' is a daughter of the Party. Lucifer is an aspiring superstar; Snail a country migrant addicted to online games. Xiaoxiao is a hipster from the freezing north; Mia a rebel from Xinjiang in the far west.Alec Ash, a writer in Beijing of the same generation, has given us a vivid, Trade ReviewA provocative portrait of a fast-changing society riven by internal contradictions . . . a fine addition to the field, one of the best I have read about the individuals who make up a country that is all too often regarded as a monolith, but which abounds with diversity on multiple levels. Fluently written with nice touches of humour . . . this books supplies much food for thought, informing the wider debate while retaining its value as a closely observed picture of how some Chinese live today * Financial Times *An intimate portrait of six young Chinese — three women and three men — on a journey from high school into the workforce . . . Lyrical, with its characters finely drawn, Ash’s book paints a telling portrait of this most restless generation raised in a system that has provided them with unprecedented personal opportunities while denying them political ones . . . a gifted observer * The Washington Post *Wish Lanterns is a beautiful and thoughtful book about the life of young people in China. Alec Ash has succeeded in giving us an intimate and complex portrait of the one child policy generation. It skillfully documents their features, modes of life and dreams of the future. I enthusiastically recommend you to read it -- Xiaolu Guo, author of I Am ChinaWithout listening to Young Chinese, you won't understand what today's China, the woke up dragon, wants to do next. Alec Ash's book has opened a window in the wall between China and the west for us to see the hopes and fears of these young Chinese who are struggling to build their lives in a world that their parents could never dream of -- Xinran, author of The Good Women of China Wish Lanterns announces the arrival of a talented young observer of today’s China. Alec Ash documents the lives of Chinese millennials with detail, insight, and sympathy, and his book is an invaluable resource for anybody hoping to understand the country’s future possibilities. -- Peter Hessler, author of River Town: Two Years on the YangtzeA gem of a book. Its brief chapters flow like a skillfully crafted set of interconnected short stories, yet all are rooted in the real life experiences of six individuals. An impressive debut book by a writer to watch, who makes the most of all he learned while spending his twenties coming of age in the same shapeshifting China as the half dozen Chinese youths whose varied passages to adulthood he chronicles so elegantly and empathetically. -- Jeffrey Wasserstrom, author of China in the 21st CenturyIn Wish Lanterns Alec Ash hangs out with China's "post-80s" generations to give us a series of fascinating and insightful snapshots of where the country might be heading. The Rat Tribes, Leftover Women, Ant Tribes and Bare Branches are all revealed as complex and conflicted, yet filled with hopes and dreams for their own, and their country's, future. -- Paul French, author of Midnight in PekingHere is a completely novel take on contemporary China. Alec Ash embarks on a different sort of Chinese journey, following six Millennials from the nation's far-flung corners as they make their way to university, on stage, deep underground, and even abroad. The result is a work of heart-felt reportage, and also great suspense, as we wait to learn each character's fate. I couldn't put it down -- Michael Meyer, author of In Manchuria: A Village Called Wasteland and the Transformation of Rural China and The Last Days of Old Beijing: Life in the Vanishing Backstreets of a City TransformedThrough series of profiles of young Chinese from various walks of life and different geographic regions, Alec Ash has assembled a fascinating mosaic that gives us a wonderfully vivid sense of what it's like to grow up today in the People's Republic of China. By simply describing the lives of six youths, Wish Lanterns enables a reader to get an immediate feel of how contradictory life in this dynamic but still unresolved country often is -- Orville Schell, Arthur Ross Director, Center on US-China Relations, Asia Society, New York CityA wonderfully readable and engaging account of that most mysterious of all groups - Chinese millennials. Alec Ash weaves the joy, heartbreak, drama and trauma of this group through disparate stories, making up a highly realistic, and at times poetic, account of the people who are likely to have the greatest future impact of any one group in the world today. -- Kerry Brown, Professor of China Studies, King's College LondonCompelling and beautifully written * Prospect *At a time when the future of China is so important, it is surprising that so little is understood, outside the world of specialised studies, about the hopes and fears of those most likely to shape it: the roughly 200 million people in the People's Republic currently between the ages of 15 and 24. It is this conspicuous lacuna that Alec Ash's Wish Lanterns: Young Lives in New China seeks to fill. He does so by telling the stories of six young Chinese born between 1985 and 1990 from the time they entered the world practically up to the present day. His deft style, welcome restraint (he writes the lives of his subjects but does not comment on them or, with a couple of exceptions, appear himself) yet discreet sympathy for the travails of those who have plainly become close friends, make the stories more compelling than they might otherwise have been. Some idea of the predicament of China's young makes this book more valuable still * Standpoint *A masterfully crafted collection of interwoven portraits of six young Chinese. Three men, three women. Millennials born between 1985 and 1990. Their journeys from childhood, balancing parental expectations against personal desires, hopes, dreams, achievements and stumbles . . . through the telling of these six stories, Ash cleverly weaves information about demographics, government policies, political history, as well as social and cultural trends . . . The richness of Ash's book is in the character development, the details of everyday life, dreams, frustrations, and contradictions of these particular individuals. Ash enters their worlds as a peer (he is their same age) and he's a sensitive listener, reporter, and storyteller * LA Review of Books *The people currently ruling China lived through the upheavels of the Cultural Revolution and Tiananmen. The millennials who will shape China's future face very different pressures and challenges. In a study that is both literary and political, Ash tries to understand China's future through the lives and aspirations of its rising generation -- Gideon Rachman * Financial Times *You should read this book . . . Alec Ash presents us with a China we've never seen before - a young China, China that's growing not just economically but in its ways, and one that isn't scared to question itself . . . a reporter's approach to everyday stories, with thoughtful insights and historical references chosen with medical precision . . . In true journalistic fashion, the book is as in depth as it is literarily sound . . . The chapters masterfully allow the reader to make up their own mind about each of the subjects . . . it becomes a study of the self (or selves) as much as a study of China * City Weekend *Alec Ash’s storytelling gift in Wish Lanterns: Young lives in new China is essentially a novelist’s. Vivid character portraits such as rockstar wannabe Lucifer, Mia the media diva or Snail the country mouse trying not to be a total loser in the urban minefield are drawn with a humane understanding of some tricky balancing acts achieved between aspiration and compromise, as these “one-child policy” millennials come of age -- Jonathan Keates * Times Literary Supplement *Table of ContentsChapter - 1: Xiaoxiao Chapter - 2: Dahai Chapter - 3: Fred Chapter - 4: Snail Chapter - 5: Lucifer Chapter - 6: Mia Chapter - 7: Snail Chapter - 8: Fred Chapter - 9: Dahai Chapter - 10: Xiaoxiao Chapter - 11: Lucifer Chapter - 12: Mia Chapter - 13: Snail Chapter - 14: Fred Chapter - 15: Lucifer Chapter - 16: Dahai Chapter - 17: Snail Chapter - 18: Xiaoxiao Chapter - 19: Mia Chapter - 20: Lucifer Chapter - 21: Dahai Chapter - 22: Snail Chapter - 23: Fred Chapter - 24: Lucifer Chapter - 25: Dahai Chapter - 26: Xiaoxiao Chapter - 27: Snail Chapter - 28: Mia Chapter - 29: Lucifer Chapter - 30: Fred Chapter - 31: Dahai and Xiaoxiao Chapter - 32: Snail Chapter - 33: Lucifer Chapter - 34: Fred Chapter - 35: Mia Chapter - 36: Xiaoxiao and Dahai Section - i: Author's Note Acknowledgements - ii: Acknowledgements

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Book SynopsisThis book offers insights into the development of social welfare policies in Britain. By identifying continuities in welfare policy, practice and thought throughout history, it offers the potential for the development of new thinking, policy making and practice.Table of Contents1. Concepts, Continuities and Critique 2. A Brief History of British Social Welfare 3. Philosophical Binaries and Normative Judgements 4. Chocolate, Flowers and Social Welfare Reform 5. War: The Paradoxical Crucible of Welfare Reform 6. Gendered Perspectives on Welfare 7. Piacular Austerity: Sacrificing the Poor for the Rich 8. Universal Credit vs. Universal Basic Income: Strange Bedfellows? 9. Containing the Radicals and Regulating the ‘Other’: A History of the Strange Case of Social Work 10. W(h)ither Welfare After Brexit and COVID-19?

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Book Synopsis*The Times 100 best books to read for summer 2021*''Barack Obama had a special talent for making different kinds of people feel comfortable around him because of his biracial life experience, says Adekoya. By the same token, Adekoya himself seems poised to become one of the most important and subtle new voices in Britain''s never-ending conversation about race'' David Goodhart, UnherdMixed-race is the fastest-growing minority group in Britain. By the end of the century roughly one in three of the population will be mixed-race, with this figure rising to 75 per cent by 2150. Mixed-race is, quite literally, the future. Paradoxically, however, this unprecedented interracial mixing is happening in a world that is becoming more and more racially polarized. Race continues to be discussed in a binary fashion: black or white, we and they, us and them. Mixed-race is not treated as a unique identity, but rather as an offshoot of other more fTrade ReviewWealth of thought-provoking experiences . . . firmly putting biracial Britain on the map * Sunday Times *Absorbing . . . refreshingly open-minded . . . [Adekoya is] an exceptionally good listener with an ear for nuance and complexity. If there are tales of emotional suffering, the book strikes a positive note too . . . this book is helping to broaden the conversation -- Saturday Review * The Times *. . . turning assumptions upside down. Largely composed of a mixed-race person sharing, in uninterrupted text, their experiences of growing up in Britain . . . followed by a shorter commentary by Adekoya - offering a more conceptual angle to these personal experiences . . . The effect of this structure is revelatory: many of the assumptions about what it means to be mixed-race are shown to bear only a superficial resemblance to reality * Evening Standard *An important treatise . . . there is wisdom to be garnered from the accounts contained within Biracial Britain * Buzz magazine *A bracing polemic * i news *The publishing world had already begun to reflect a growing appetite for writing on race and racism, and in 2021 the theme is developed and deepened * New Statesman *A valuable new addition to discussions on race * Black Business Guide *A ground-breaking book . . . Interspersed with Adekoya's engaging reflections of his own upbringing, crucially, Adekoya seeks to argue that being mixed race is a unique identity in and of itself * Cosmopolitan *Barack Obama had a special talent for making different kinds of people feel comfortable around him because of his biracial life experience, says Adekoya. By the same token, Adekoya himself seems poised to become one of the most important and subtle new voices in Britain's never-ending conversation about race -- David Goodhart * Unherd *'In this ground-breaking book, Polish-Nigerian author Remi Adekoya paints a nuanced and refreshingly honest picture of the mixed-race experience in Britain that's been sorely lacking in recent years . . . Interspersed with Adekoya's engaging reflections of his own upbringing, crucially, Adekoya seeks to argue that being mixed race is a unique identity in and of itself.' * Cosmopolitan *

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Book SynopsisFrom the palaces of Homeric epic to the ancestral seat of Roman emperors, Troy in antiquity was a place couched in myth. But for nearly four millennia, Troy was also a living city, inhabited by real people. Troy today is therefore a site of major archaeological and historical significance. In the modern world, however, Troy has become as much a symbol as a site. From movies to computer viruses, from condom branding to reggae records, Troy is a word to conjure with. This book explores the significance of Troy in three areas: the mythic, the archaeological, and the cultural, and highlights the continuing importance of the site today. Including a survey of the archaeological remains of Troy as they are currently understood, the volume presents an all-inclusive overview of the site''s history, from the Troy of Homer to Classical Antiquity and beyond. The modern day cultural significance of the Trojan War is also discussed, including re-tellings of the stories or representations of the sitTrade Review[A] little gem of a book … Troy is a perfect addition to a course on ancient epic, Aegean archaeology, or reception studies, and includes an extensive bibliography and suggestions for further research. In sum, Troy is a pleasant and enlightening read for scholars of all levels and a very handy reference. Summing Up: Highly recommended. * CHOICE *[A] fascinating volume. The text skilfully weaves together numerous categories of evidence to craft an engaging read that is simultaneously wide-ranging and focused. * Current World Archaeology *[Mac Sweeney] has succeeded brilliantly in making ‘hope and history rhyme’ with her clear style, judicious use of quotations ... and peppering of memorable anecdotes ... With three maps, a chronological table and twenty six illustrations, this book is to be highly commended and warmly recommended, an invaluable addition to the library not just of anyone—undergraduate, academic or general reader—interested in Troy, the Trojan War and the ever-changing responses to one of the most potent of all myths, but of all visitors to the site. * Classics for All Reviews *No one, not even Homer, has ever tried to tell the whole story of Troy. But this slim volume comes incredibly close. The author guides us briskly through 5,000 years of fact, fiction and folklore … We wind up in the Troy of today with a broad understanding of how and why ancient lives and literatures affect us still. Travelers to the site of Troy need this book in their backpacks. For everyone else staying at home, reading this volume is the next best thing to being there. * AramcoWorld *[F]or an expert in one area looking for a strong overview of the others, or for a comprehensive overview of the city, its myths and its cultural significance, this book is a fine place to start. In bringing these three strands together, the book becomes more than the sum of its parts. * International Journal of the Classical Tradition *Well written and fast paced, the story of Troy comes alive in these pages, from historical city to cultural icon. Chock full of information in an easily digestible form, this accessible volume will be of interest to students, professionals, and the general public alike. Highly recommended! * Eric Cline, Professor of Classics and Anthropology, George Washington University, USA *Naoise Mac Sweeney has produced a fascinating exploration of the city of Troy and the way its name has resonated throughout the ages, capturing the imagination of so many. * Andrew Erskine, Professor of Ancient History, University of Edinburgh, UK *Table of ContentsList of Figures Acknowledgments Part One: Myth Chapter 1. Introducing Troy Chapter 2. The Making of a Myth Chapter 3. The Story of Discovery Chapter 4. The Truth about the Trojan War Part Two: City Chapter 5. Early Troy, c.3000-1750 BCE Chapter 6. Troy in the Age of Heroes, c.1750-1180 BCE Chapter 7. Troy in the ‘Dark Age’, c.1180-900 BCE Chapter 8. Troy in the Greek World, c.900-335 BCE Chapter 9. Troy in the Hellenistic World, 334-85 BCE Chapter 10. Troy in the Roman World, 85 BCE – 7th century Part Three: Icon Chapter 11. All Roads Begin at Troy Chapter 12. All You Need is Love Chapter 13. War. What is it Good For? Chapter 14. Troy Today Guide to Further Reading References Index

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Book SynopsisCycling is currently enjoying a boom in popularity. What are the reasons behind this phenomenon? How have perceptions and the popularity of cycling shifted? This book charts the historical development of cycling both as a leisure and sporting activity since the 19th century and explores the wider political and cultural context in which cycling in Britain emerged. In particular, it examines cycling's relationship with environmental politics and its place in popular culture. Neil Carter successfully traverses several historical sub-disciplines, including the history of transport, leisure, sport, medicine and politics, employing the analytical tools of class, gender, political culture, the role of the state and commercialism to demonstrate how British identity has shaped and been shaped by cycling. At a time when it has become part of debates over transport and health, Cycling and the British: A Modern History provides a timely and clear analysis of the changes and continuities in atTrade ReviewAs a clear and detailed guide, it is an invaluable corrective to a multiplicity of lazy assumptions and popular myths often recirculated in generalist accounts ... This is a work I will return to frequently. * Technology and Culture *[T]his well-written and engaging monograph will appeal to bicycle historians and enthusiasts as well as sport historians and the general reading public. * Idrottsforum Org *This is the definitive work on the social and cultural history of the bicycle. From the Penny-Farthing to Team Sky, Neil Carter tells the story not just of cycling, but also of British society’s changing relationship with the bike. * Tony Collins, Professor of History, Institute of Sports Humanities, University of Buckingham, UK *This is by far the best history of cycling in Britian. Carter has read very widely both on cycling as a recreation and as a competitive sport. He sets cycling in a broad context of social class, female emancipation and profound shifts in transport, health and enviromental policy without losing sight of the events, personalities,and the great races - Olympic medals and all - which bring the story alive. * Richard Holt, Emeritus Professor, International Centre for Sports History and Culture, De Montfort University, UK *From penny farthings to safeties to mountain bikes and recumbent tricycles, Neil Carter explores how cycling has been making a political statement for 150 years. At first an elite symbol, the cycle now represents the openness and companionship of English society. It is central to the image of Englishness—the slow paced, bucolic, rural idyll. * Duncan R. Jamieson, Professor of History, Ashland University, USA *In terms of national identity and patriotic fervour, it’s often the team sports of cricket, football and rugby that capture the imagination. And yet, as Neil Carter shows brilliantly in Cycling and the British: A Modern History, it is the bike that has fascinated and charmed the public consciousness, and in many ways, shaped British history. From the Victorian cycling craze, through touring and cycling clubs, to the British stars of the Tour de France and the Olympics, Carter has meticulously researched across a staggering array of sources to produce the definitive history of cycling. It is a wonderful book that demonstrates how such a run of the mill piece of equipment that we all take for granted, is as important to British history as Stephenson’s Rocket or Whittle’s jet engine and transformed society in equally radical ways * Mike Cronin, Professor of History, Boston College *Table of ContentsAcknowledgements Abbreviations Introduction 1 Cycling and the rise of respectable recreation 2 Cycling as Victorian spectacle 3 Cycling, Englishness and the politics of the road 4 Cycling and the people 5 The birth of British massed-start racing 6 Women, modernity and cycling 7 Cycling in the age of motoring 8 Cycling, politics and environmentalism 9 Cycling in post-industrial Britain 10 Elite cycling and British society Conclusion Notes Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisRise and Fall opens with the Akkadian Empire, which ruled over a vast expanse of the region of ancient Mesopotamia, then turns to the immense Roman Empire, where we trace back our western and eastern roots. Next Strathern describes how a great deal of western classical culture was developed in the Abbasid and Umayyid Caliphates. Then, while Europe was beginning to emerge from a period of cultural stagnation, it almost fell to a whirlwind invasion from the East, at which point we meet the Emperors of the Mongol Empire . . .Combining breathtaking scope with masterful concision, Paul Strathern traces connections across four millennia and sheds new light on these major civilizations - from the Mongol Empire and the Yuan Dynasty to the Aztec and Ottoman, through to the most recent and biggest Empires: the British, Russo-Soviet and American. Charting 5,000 years of global history in ten succinct chapters, Rise and Fall makes comprehensive and inspiring reading to anyTrade ReviewI find them hard to stop reading . . . seductive . . . Mr. Strathern's books are well-written, clear and informed; they have a breezy wit about them - The New York Times on PHILOSOPHERS IN 90 MINUTESStrathern combines diligent archival research with an exemplary narrative verve and keeps the pages turning - Financial Times on DEATH IN FLORENCELust and greed is a fascinating study in itself, and Paul Strathern's Death in Florence grips the reader from the first page . . . It is an arresting and horrifying tale, and Strathern tells it with immense skill and verve - New Statesman on DEATH IN FLORENCE

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Book SynopsisRecounts the history of the Yorkshire coast and its lost communities through the centuries

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Book SynopsisUsing a wide range of prosecution and trial records, along with more recent newspaper coverage of court proceedings, this book furnishes a fascinating insight into the relationship between the law, sex, and society in modern Scotland.

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Book SynopsisIntroduces the basic patterns, ideas and gestures that governed the system of social relations and the construction of social profiles and roles of Byzantine society.

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Book SynopsisPresents a comparative analysis of land issues and impact of reform across the British and Irish Isles, in Ireland, Scotland and WalesTrade Review"This book is a useful collection of essays on land reform in England, Scotland, Wales and Ireland since 1800. It emphasizes the key differences between the four nations, arguing that there has been 'an imbalance of intensity between Scotland, Ireland and Wales, where land reform centred on the nature and conditions of tenure, protections and land distribution, and England, where it has been more diffuse, feeding into a multitude of debates, including enclosure, commons, game, housing and conservation'. The book is made up of 14 'original case studies', written by a range of contributors, mainly historians but also including lawyers and estate managers, offering expertise and life experiences outside the traditional domain of academic historians. " -Michael Tichelar

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Book SynopsisThe making of the historian who transformed Scottish history and the nation's understanding of its pastTrade Review"Beveridge has written a compelling and important book, ingeniously and reflexively designed as a work of history about a landmark work of history. This is vital reading for anyone wishing to understand the permutations of national or, for that matter, unionist history in Scotland." -Matthew Wickman, Professor of English, Brigham Young University

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Book SynopsisEarly Readers presents a number of innovative ways through which we might capture or infer traces of readers in cultures where most evidence has been lost.

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Book Synopsis? Chariot races. Gladiatorial combat. Fishing. Hunting. Swimming. The ancient Romans enjoyed these sports--sometimes with fanatical enthusiasm. This reference book contains more than 100 entries covering sporting events and activities of the era, and the Romans who sponsored, competed in and attended them. Charioteer Appuleius Diocles, in a career spanning 24 years, competed in 4,257 races, winning an astounding 1,462 of them. Alypius, the young friend of St. Augustine, was both drawn to and repulsed by gladiatorial battles and struggled to shake his mania for the spectacle of blood sport. Brief abstracts of the entries are included for quick reference, along with an expansive glossary and biographical notes on the ancient authors cited.Table of Contents Preface The Entries Appendix I. Glossary of Terms Appendix II. Chariot Racing and Gladiatorial Shows Appendix III. Important Dates in Roman General History and Sports History Appendix IV. Ancient Authors Cited in the Text Bibliography Index

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Book Synopsis The American cultural historian, literary and social critic and college professor Paul Fussell (1924-2012) is primarily noted for his famous work The Great War and Modern Memory, but he also wrote and edited 21 books on a wide variety of topics, ranging from 18th century British literature to works on World War II and sardonic critiques of American society and culture. This book offers a thorough introduction to his writings and thought, and argues for Fussell''s importance and relevancy. Covering Fussell''s traumatic experience in World War II and the important influence it had on his life and outlook, this intellectual biography puts in context Fussell''s perspectives on ethics, the human experience, war, and literature as an evaluative and critical endeavor.

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Book Synopsis In February 1913 young firebrand activist General Rosalie Gardiner Jones defied convention and the doubts of better-known suffragists such as Alice Paul, Jane Addams, and Carrie Chapman Catt to muster an unprecedented equal rights army. Jones and Colonel Ida Craft marched 250 miles at the head of their all-volunteer platoon, advancing from New York City to Washington, DC in the dead of winter, in what was believed to be the longest dedicated women''s rights march in American history. Along the way their band of protestors overcame violence, intimidation, and bigotry, their every step documented by journalist-embeds who followed the self-styled army down far-flung rural roads and into busy urban centers bristling with admiration and enmity. At march''s end in Washington, more than 100,000 spectators cheered and jeered Rosalie''s army in a reception said to rival a president''s inauguration. This first-ever book-length biography details Jones''s indomitable and original br

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Book Synopsis Lena Connell was one of a new breed of young professional women who took up photography at the turn of the 20th century. She ran her own studio in North London, only employed women, and made her mark on history by creating compellingly modern portraits of women in the British suffrage movement. The women that Connell captured on film are as class-inclusive a group as you could find: whether they were factory workers, schoolteachers, or aristocrats, they joined the cause to make a difference for future generations of women, if not for themselves. Connell''s portraits created a new kind of visibility for these activists as hard-working, unrelenting women, whose spirits rose above injustice. This book examines Connell''s artistic career within the Edwardian suffrage movement. It discusses her body of portraits within the British suffrage movement''s propagandistic efforts and its goals of sophisticated, professional representations of its members. It includes all of her known portrTable of Contents Acknowledgments Preface Introduction: Lena Connell, British Suffrage Photographer: Creating a Cult of Great Women Chapter 1. Lena Connell's Photographic Studio, Professional Presentation, and Practice Chapter 2. The Cult of Great Women: Portraying Representative Leaders and Organizers Chapter 3. Theatrical and Literary Representations in the Cult of Great Women: The Women Writers' Suffrage League, the Actresses' Franchise League and Other Women Workers for the Cause Chapter 4. Transgressive and Transformative Acts and Resistance Narratives: Public Performances Speaking Through Studio Portraits Epilogue: The Legacy of Lena Connell's Suffrage Portraits Within the Cult of Great Women Appendix: Royal Photographic Society Exhibits by Miss Lena Connell Chapter Notes Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisA contemplative exploration of cultural representations of Mexican American fathers in contemporary media.Trade ReviewFatherhood in the Borderlands is a true joy to read--a page turner! The autoethnographic, epistemic, and creative space of the author’s storytelling; the theorizing; and the deep and engaged readings of key film and literary texts in the Chicanx borderlands pantheon of creative/cultural production are all beautifully realized. Perez’s book will be a huge hit. -- Arturo J. Aldama, University of Colorado Boulder, author of Disrupting Savagism: Intersecting Chicana/o, Mexican Immigrant, and Native American Struggles for RepresentationThis book is personal and necessary. Domino Perez makes a disrupting gesture with Fatherhood in the Borderlands that is deliberate and thoughtful. It is a bold decision to make it a many-faceted work—there is no other book like Perez’s, with its amalgam of beautiful insights and tremendous depth. -- Christopher González, Southern Methodist University, author of Permissible Narratives: The Promise of Latino/a LiteratureTable of Contents Preface: The Slow Lowdown Introduction: A Slow Approach to Fathers and Other Fictions Part I. Sourcing Authority Film: Ancianos not Abuelos: Making Space and Mediating Male Power Personal Narrative: “No, I Am Your Father” Literature: Fathers and Racialized Masculinities in Luis Alberto Urrea’s In Search of Snow Part II. Instrumentalizing Indigeneity Personal Narrative: Nobody Ever Said We Were Aztecs Film: Fatherhood, Chicanismo, and the Cultural Politics of Healing in La Mission Literature: New Tribalism and Chicana/o Indigeneity in the Work of Gloria Anzaldúa Part III. Fantasmas and Fronteras Literature: Fathers, Sons, and Other (Short) Fictions Film: Meta and Mutant Fathers Personal Narrative: Family Fictions and Other Lies about the Truth Conclusion: Fathers and Futurity Parting Shot Acknowledgments Notes Works Cited and Consulted Index

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Book SynopsisWith topics that span the sixteenth century to the present in Latin America, the United States, Australia, the Middle East, and West Africa, the contributors show how ethnopornographythe eroticized observation of the Other for supposedly scientific or academic purposesis fundamental to the creation of race, colonialism, and archival and ethnographic knowledge.Trade Review“Making powerful arguments and bold methodological claims, this ambitious collection confronts the genealogies of ethnopornographic circulations while offering exemplary readings of ethnopornographic objects and optics. A significant intervention in anthropology, history, postcolonial studies, feminist theory, critical theory, and beyond.” -- Antoinette Burton, author of * Africa in the Indian Imagination: Race and the Politics of Postcolonial Citation *“In its ambitious analysis of ethnopornography's histories and circulations, this volume challenges readers to consider ethnopornography's centrality to forms of knowledge itself. This bold collection makes important contributions to fields across the humanities, including literary studies, history, black studies, ethnic studies, visual culture studies, gender studies, and anthropology. It also compels readers to think about the politics and ethics of our collective desires to see and to know and about how those desires have come to form the basis of disciplinary knowledge.” -- Jennifer C. Nash, author of * Black Feminism Reimagined: After Intersectionality *"Brilliantly, the editors invite us to consider ethnography as a form of pornography invested with institutional power." -- A. Ponce de Leon * Choice *"This fascinating and wide-ranging collection has the potential to influence the academic study of sexuality and push it toward a more courageous and self-reflexive future. Many of the scholars involved serve as models for this kind of work." -- Nicole von Germeten * Hispanic American Historical Review *"The editors' ability to position this collection within broader discussions of gender and sexuality is a significant strength of this work. Although the editors and authors are discussing material that is rich in theory it is written in such a way that the content is accessible to a reader unfamiliar with the topic. . . . This work would be perfect for a graduate seminar because of its diverse narratives that focus on similar themes that would allow emerging scholars to self-reflect on their own research. The editors put together an engaging collection of essays that challenges its readers to grapple with the implications of their own scholarly gaze and interrogate the lasting impact of colonial narratives that has historical sexualized the other." -- Edith Ritt-Coulter * International Social Science Review *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments ix Introduction: Ethnopornography as Methodology and Critique / Pete Sigal, Zeb Tortorici, and Neil L. Whitehead 1 Part I. Visualizing Race 1. Exotic/Erotic/Ethnopornographic: Black Women, Desire, and Labor in the Photographic Archive / Mireille Miller-Young 41 2. "Hung, Hot, and Shameless in Bed": Blackness, Desire, and Politics in a Brazilian Gay Porn Magazine, 1997–2008 / Bryan Pitts 67 3. The Ghosts of Gaytanamo / Beatrix McBride 97 4. Under White Men's Eyes: Racialized Eroticism, Ethnographic Encounters, and the Maintenance of the Colonial Order / Sidra Lawrence 118 Part II. Ethnopornography as Colonial History 5. Franciscan Voyeurism in Sixteenth-Century New Spain / Pete Sigal 139 6. European Travelogues and Ottoman Sexuality: Sodomitical Crossings Abroad, 1550–1850 / Joseph Allen Boone 169 7. Sexualizing the Other: From Ethnopornography to Interracial Pornography in European Travel Writing about West African Women / Pernille Ipsen 205 8. "Men Like Us": The Invention of Ethnopornography / Helen Pringle 225 Conclusion: Ethnopornography Coda / Neil L. Whitehead 245 Contributors 253 Index 257

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Book SynopsisRobert Nichols reconstructs the concept of dispossession as a means of explaining how shifting configurations of law, property, race, and rights have functioned as modes of governance, both historically and in the present.Trade Review“Theft Is Property! is an intellectually riveting and necessary critical consideration of the genealogy of dispossession as it is used to different ends by Indigenous scholars and activists and within Marxist critiques of capitalism and labor. Its emphasis on the normativity of dispossession as a recursive theft into property formation that explains the structural formation of settler colonialism will be a central text in shaping discussions around why Indigenous critique matters beyond identity politics.” -- Jodi A. Byrd, author of * The Transit of Empire: Indigenous Critiques of Colonialism *“In this extraordinary work of political theory, Robert Nichols offers a wholesale revision of the conceptual problematic of dispossession in light of the history of settler colonialism and in a context of contemporary Indigenous resurgence. Through sustained engagements with critical race theory, Marxism, and feminism, Nichols forcefully reanimates the moral sense and political understanding of Indigenous dispossession as a recursive process by which proprietary claims of settlers have been constituted and Indigenous subjects simultaneously made bereft of something they never claimed to own—a transformation of theft into property. This profound and pathbreaking work will change the conversation across several fields.” -- Nikhil Pal Singh, author of * Race and America’s Long War *"Nichols’ book certainly adds to the scholarly literature about the subjects of property, dispossession, slavery, and the resistance of the various people affected to the injustices done to them. The book is timely: this is the right moment in history for such a book to appear. . . . The book is highly recommended." -- John T. Sneed * International Social Science Review *"Theft is Property! will prove an important and influential book. It is an exemplary work of political theory, which makes its political and methodological arguments with exceptional clarity and precision. The dialogue Nichols stages, drawing from anarchism, Marxism, critical race theory, and feminism alongside Indigenous political thought, is sure to have a wide-ranging impact across multiple fields. Most significantly, Theft is Property! will prove a landmark text in studies of dispossession and counterdispossession, centering Indigenous scholarship and activism while elaborating a broader problematic that requires further attention and investigation." -- Christopher Balcom * Contemporary Political Theory *"Nichols’s historically grounded text is essential reading for anyone seeking a broader critical understanding of dispossession at the intersection of contract law, land seizure, and class warfare." -- Caitlin Simmons * Western American Literature *"With incredible precision, dexterity, and clarity, Theft is Property! leaves us with the diverse modalities of dispossession in relation to bodily integrity and selfhood as well as land and the nonhuman world—which far exceed the discrete parameters of property and territory." -- Iyko Day * American Quarterly *"Theft is Property! is an act of expressive insurgency.… This is a complex and deeply layered book that will repay multiple readings." -- Shane Chalmers * Theory & Event *"Theft Is Property! quietly but decidedly calls us to collective action and expressive insurgency, laying the groundwork for multigenerational, transnational struggles of counter-dispossession." -- Sandy Grande * Political Theory *"For those of us outside of the field of political/critical theory, Nichols’s Theft Is Property! is an important reminder of the instability of core critical concepts and the advantages of putting them into dialogue with the conditions of their specific contexts." -- Rita M. Palacios * Native American and Indigenous Studies *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments ix Introduction 1 1. That Sole and Despotic Dominion 16 2. Marx, after the Feast 52 3. Indigenous Structural Critique 85 4. Dilemmas of Self-Ownership, Rituals of Antiwill 116 Conclusion 144 Notes 161 Bibliography 203 Index 225

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Book SynopsisNick Bromell examines how Frederick Douglass forged a distinctively black political philosophy out of his experiences as an enslaved and later nominally free man in ways that challenge Anglo-Continental traditions of political thought.Trade Review“The Powers of Dignity is an impressive, thorough, and detailed reconstruction of Frederick Douglass as political philosopher, and should immediately become a major reference text not just for Douglass scholarship but also for the broader project of retrieving and theorizing a distinct African American political tradition. Nick Bromell's book distinguishes itself by his impressive interdisciplinary ambition to bring together philosophy, literary studies, political theory, cognitive science, and new materialism. This is an exciting reconceptualization of the political cartography.” -- Charles W. Mills, author of * Black Rights/White Wrongs: The Critique of Racial Liberalism *“Nick Bromell writes beautifully, and he has an illuminating story to tell about Frederick Douglass's political imagination from the 1840s to the 1890s. As Bromell shows, Douglass's political thinking about race and democracy was constantly in flux, mediated by his experience in slavery and his commitment to the Black freedom struggle. This is an exemplary contribution to our understanding of one of the most important figures in American history.” -- Robert S. Levine, author of * The Lives of Frederick Douglass *"This is an important study at a time when critical race theory is being banned in states like Oklahoma and Texas. Highly recommended. Advanced undergraduates through faculty." -- R. T. Prus * Choice *“The Powers of Dignity is exactly the kind of book our nation and era needs.... [It] is both an exciting contribution to the literature on Frederick Douglass and a sobering reminder that the roots of our democracy and the theorizing that accompanies it are ‘a site of endless struggle.’” -- Ange-Marie Hancock * Perspectives on Politics *“[The Powers of Dignity]—gracefully written, wide-ranging, and compelling—makes a laudable contribution to Douglass scholarship. Scholars in political theory, literature, African American studies, and related fields will benefit from Nick Bromell’s excellent monograph.” -- Nathan Pippenger * Review of Politics *“The Powers of Dignity is an ingenious, determined, and stimulating interpretation of a part of Frederick Douglass’s political philosophy. . . . I greatly admire Bromell’s book, particularly for its subtlety and originality.” -- Bernard R. Boxill * American Political Thought *“At once dialectical and venturesome, it reimagines the mind of Frederick Douglass on Douglass’s own exceptional terms. One hopes academic philosophy and US political thought take notice.” -- Maurice Wallace * American Literary History *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments vii Introduction. "The Thing Looked Absurd": The Black in Douglass's Political Philosophy 1 1. "To Become a Colored Man": Proposing Black Powers to the Black Public Sphere 17 2. "A Chapter of Political Philosophy Applicable to the American People": Human Nature, Human Dignity, Human Rights 38 3. "One Method for Expressing Opposite Emotions": Douglass's Fugitive Rhetoric 55 4. "Assault Compels Defense": Douglass on Black Emigration and Violence 82 5. "A Living Root, Not a Twig Broken Off": Douglass's Constitutionalism and the Paradox of Democracy's Foundations 101 6. "Somebody's Child": Awakening, Resistance, and Vulnerability in My Bondage and My Freedom 124 7. "Nothing Less Than a Radical Revolution": Douglass's Struggle for a Democracy without Race 159 8. "That Strange, Mysterious, and Indescribable": The Fugitive Legacy of Douglass's Political Thought 188 Notes 207 Bibliography 243 Index 263

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Book SynopsisIn Poetic Operations artist and theorist micha cárdenas considers contemporary digital media, artwork, and poetry in order to articulate trans of color strategies for safety and survival. Drawing on decolonial theory, women of color feminism, media theory, and queer of color critique, cárdenas develops a method she calls algorithmic analysis. Understanding algorithms as sets of instructions designed to perform specific tasks (like a recipe), she breaks them into their component parts, called operations. By focusing on these operations, cárdenas identifies how trans and gender-non-conforming artists, especially artists of color, rewrite algorithms to counter violence and develop strategies for liberation. In her analyses of Giuseppe Campuzano''s holographic art, Esdras Parra''s and Kai Cheng Thom''s poetry, Mattie Brice''s digital games, Janelle Monáe''s music videos, and her own artistic practice, cárdenas shows how algorithmic analysis provideTrade Review“In this beautifully written book, micha cárdenas directs us to look at how the algorithm, as analytic and praxis, holds the possibility of trans of color survival. Deftly moving across numerous geographies, texts, and fields of inquiry, Poetic Operations is a bold contribution to trans of color studies.” -- C. Riley Snorton, author of * Black on Both Sides: A Racial History of Trans Identity *“micha cárdenas’s powerful new work extends intersectionality as a mode for understanding the relationships between race, class, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability, and other axes of power, oppression, and resistance. Doing important theoretical and analytical work in its analysis of trans of color media arts practice, Poetic Operations will be useful for those working in media studies, digital studies, trans studies, and art history, as well as anyone interested in interrogating power.” -- Sasha Costanza-Chock, author of * Design Justice: Community-Led Practices to Build the Worlds We Need *"Poetic Operations is arguably the first major academic work to deal with the subject matter in such detail. How cárdenas uses the term will likely become the standard by which other engagements with the term are measured.” -- Sofie Vlaad * Journal of Critical Race Inquiry *“Importantly, this book models theory developed from and for trans of color existence and models how scholars must critically reflect on how our theories have ramifications for people’s lives. . . . Poetic Operations provides methods for analysis and design that invite exciting and innovative projects that engage in decolonial trans of color survival and celebration.” -- Shano (Hongyuan) Liang and Michael Anthony DeAnda * Lateral *“cárdenas explores digital media, speculative design and technology, performance and visual arts, coding, activism, theory, games, and poetry across the geographies of the Americas and beyond, along with a deep self-reflective engagement with her own practice-based projects. . . . Centering Black, Indigenous, Latinx trans and travesti voices, PoeticOperations offers critical approaches to deploy digital technologies for decolonial futures.” -- Nishant Upadhyay * American Quarterly *"Poetic Operations is a clear, well-written, and creative first- and third-person account of trans of color existence in written, digital, and performed avenues of praxis. Ultimately, cárdenas provides a useful model of algorithms, exposing this tool as a survival method used by trans people for centuries and how it continues to prevent violence and provide safety and security for contemporary communities everywhere." -- Riana Slyter * Women's Studies in Communication *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments ix Introduction. Algorithmic Analysis 1 1. Trans of Color Poetics 26 2. The Decolonial Cut 43 3. The Shift 72 4. The Experience of Shifting 96 5. The Stitch 129 Conclusion. Visionary Trans of Color Futures 167 Notes 179 Bibliography 203 Index 213

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Book SynopsisDespite the fact that most of jazz's major innovators and performers have been African American, the overwhelming majority of jazz journalists, critics, and authors have been and continue to be white men. No major mainstream jazz publication has ever had a black editor or publisher. Ain't But a Few of Us presents over two dozen candid dialogues with black jazz critics and journalists ranging from Greg Tate, Farah Jasmine Griffin, and Robin D. G. Kelley to Tammy Kernodle, Ron Welburn, and John Murph. They discuss the obstacles to access for black jazz journalists, outline how they contend with the world of jazz writing dominated by white men, and point out that these racial disparities are not confined to jazz but hamper their efforts at writing about other music genres as well. Ain't But a Few of Us also includes an anthology section, which reprints classic essays and articles from black writers and musicians such as LeRoi Jones, Archie Shepp, A. B. Spellman, and Herbie Nichols. Contributors Eric Arnold, Bridget Arnwine, Angelika Beener, Playthell Benjamin, Herb Boyd, Bill Brower, Jo Ann Cheatham, Karen Chilton, Janine Coveney, Marc Crawford, Stanley Crouch, Anthony Dean-Harris, Jordannah Elizabeth, Lofton Emenari III, Bill Francis, Barbara Gardner, Farah Jasmine Griffin, Jim Harrison, Eugene Holley Jr., Haybert Houston, Robin James, Willard Jenkins, Martin Johnson, LeRoi Jones, Robin D. G. Kelley, Tammy Kernodle, Steve Monroe, Rahsaan Clark Morris, John Murph, Herbie Nichols, Don Palmer, Bill Quinn, Guthrie P. Ramsey Jr., Ron Scott, Gene Seymour, Archie Shepp, Wayne Shorter, A. B. Spellman, Rex Stewart, Greg Tate, Billy Taylor, Greg Thomas, Robin Washington, Ron Welburn, Hollie West, K. Leander Williams, Ron WynnTrade Review"With the conductive virtuosity of Butch Morris, Jenkins . . . assembles an impressive paean to the Black writers who’ve dedicated their lives to capturing in language what jazz musicians conjure in a split second. With more than two dozen thoughtful profiles, this is a fascinating dive into the sociopolitical realities of being a Black writer—in this case, Black writers who love jazz and express that love in vivid prose. . . . A memorable love letter to Black art, Black joy, and the writers who have sought to tell it like it really is." * Kirkus Reviews *"A modern, fresh collection of interviews. . . . A triumphantly panoramic view of the visceral experience of Black jazz journalists and those who choose to cover the music successfully, by being published widely and regularly throughout their careers." -- Jordannah Elizabeth * New York Amsterdam News *"The spectrum of vibrant Black voices in Ain’t But a Few of Us is broad, relaying their experiences in the trenches of the jazz media field—from cub reporters to trailblazers.. . . . The book serves as a testament to the experiences of a rare few, proof-positive that Black writers and editors are not alone." -- Ayana Contreras * Downbeat *"To say that this book is an essential read is an understatement. It is essential not only to enjoy the eloquence and grace of the writing, the depth of knowledge, expertise and experience of these writers, but because things must change. Jazz needs more black voices. The world needs more black voices." -- Fiona Ross * Kind of Jazz *"For jazz buffs and those interested in American culture, this is a spellbinding read and quite impossible to put down. This is an open invitation for the curious wanting an aural adventure." -- Robert Fleming * African American Literature Book Club *"The importance of Willard’s new book Ain’t But A Few of Us cannot be underestimated. A collection of journeys – lived experiences – from the voices of 49 truly inspirational black writers. It is groundbreaking for many reasons. Groundbreaking because never before has the lack of black jazz journalists been documented. Groundbreaking because never before has such an inspirational collection of writers been given a platform to share their experiences. Willard has given a long overdue platform to incredible voices." -- Fiona Ross * Jazz in Europe *"Revelatory, inspiring, passionate, damning and sobering." -- Raymond Cummings * The Wire *"Ain't But a Few of Us should be considered required reading for high school and college students, particularly those pursuing careers in music or journalism. . . . For students, each writer offers a personal history of their lives with shared commonalities in their insights, the importance of inclusion and diversity, and, regardless of barriers and disparities, giving up is never an option." -- Ron Scott * New York Amsterdam News *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments ix Introduction / Willard Jenkins 1 1. Roundtable / Eric Arnold, Jordannah Elizabeth, Bill Francis, Steve Monroe, Rahsaan Clark Morris, Robin Washington, and K. Leander Williams 15 2. The Authors / Playthell Benjamin, Herb Boyd, Karen Chilton, Farah Jasmine Griffin, Robin D. G. Kelley, Tammy Kernodle, Guthrie P. Ramsey Jr., Gene Seymour, A. B. Spellman, and Greg Tate 27 3. Black Jazz Magazine Editors and Publishers / Jo Ann Cheatham (Pure Jazz), Jim Harrison (Jazz Spotlite News), Haybert Houston (Jazz Now), and Ron Welburn (The Grackle) 89 4. Black Dispatch Contributors / Robin James and Ron Scott 111 5. Magazine Freelancers / Bill Brower, Janine Coveney, Lofton Emenari III, Eugene Holley Jr., John Murph, Don Palmer, and Ron Wynn 125 6. Newspaper Writers and Columnists / Martin Johnson, Greg Thomas, and Hollie West 167 7. The New Breed (Online) / Bridget Arnwine, Angelika Beener, and Anthony Dean-Harris 189 8. Anthology 209 Classics “Jazz and the White Critic,” LeRoi Jones (DownBeat, 1963) 209 “Requiem for a Heavyweight,” Marc Crawford (Transition, 1966) 216 “Inside the Horace Silver Quintet,” Barbara Gardner (DownBeat, 1963) 220 “Trane + 7 = a Wild Night at the Gate,” A. B. Spellman (DownBeat, 1965) 226 “The Testimony: An Interview with Alto Saxophonist Bunky Green,” Bill Quinn (DownBeat, 1966) 229 On Jazz and Race “Putting the White Man in Charge,” Stanley Crouch (JazzTimes, 2003) 236 “My Bill Evans Problem—Jaded Visions of Jazz and Race,” Eugene Holley Jr. (New Music Box, 2013) 238 “Where's the Black Audience?”, Ron Wynn (JazzTimes, 2013) 243 “Whither the Black Voices,” Anthony Dean-Harris (Nextbop, 2013) 249 “Brooklyn's Jazz Renaissance,” Robin D. G. Kelley (ISAM Newsletter, 2004) 251 Additional Ain’t But a Few of Us Contributors “Wynton Is the Greatest!,” Playthell Benjamin (Commentaries on the Times, 2016) 255 “Jazz Is . . . Free . . . ?,” Ron Welburn (The Grackle, 1976) 259 “Why Jazz Will Always Be Relevant,” Greg Tate (The Fader, 2016) 264 “Rhapsody in Rainbow: Jazz and the Queer Aesthetic,” John Murph (JazzTimes, 2010) 268 Black Musician Writers “Billy Taylor Replies to Art Tatum Critics,” Billy Taylor (DownBeat, 1955) 274 “Creativity and Change,” Wayne Shorter (DownBeat, 1968) 276 “An Artist Speaks Bluntly,” Archie Shepp (DownBeat, 1965) 286 “The Jazz Pianist-Purist,” Herbie Nichols (Rhythm, 1946) 288 “Smack! Memories of Fletcher Henderson,” Rex Stewart (DownBeat, 1965) 290 Index 299

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Book SynopsisJennifer DeClue examines Black feminist avant-garde films from filmmakers including Kara Walker, Tourmaline, and Ja'Tovia Gary that visualize violence suffered by Black women in the United States.Table of ContentsAcknowledgments vii Introduction. Visitation 1 1. The Archive and the Silhouette: Framing Black Feminist Avant-Garde Cinema 29 2. Reckoning at the Bridge: Saved and the Archive of Laura Nelson 65 3. Carrying the Knowledge / Performing the Archive: An Afternoon with Marsha P. Johnson 99 4. Ecstasy and the Archive: A Black Feminist Phenomenology of Freedom 143 Coda. On Tenderness 183 Notes 187 Bibliography 211 Index 221

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Book SynopsisBeginning in the mid-1800s, Americans hauled frozen pond water, then glacial ice, and then ice machines to Hawai?i—all in an effort to reshape the islands in the service of Western pleasure and profit. Marketed as “essential” for white occupants of the nineteenth-century Pacific, ice quickly permeated the foodscape through advancements in freezing and refrigeration technologies. In Cooling the Tropics Hi?ilei Julia Kawehipuaakahaopulani Hobart charts the social history of ice in Hawai?i to show how the interlinked concepts of freshness and refreshment mark colonial relationships to the tropics. From chilled drinks and sweets to machinery, she shows how ice and refrigeration underpinned settler colonial ideas about race, environment, and the senses. By outlining how ice shaped Hawai?i’s food system in accordance with racial and environmental imaginaries, Hobart demonstrates that thermal technologies can—and must—be attended to in struggles for Trade Review"Cooling the Tropics offers a compelling model for future research focused on the simultaneously sensorial, biopolitical, and ecological implications of colonialism’s thermal infrastructures." -- Hsuan L. Hsu * The Senses and Society *"Fascinating and thoughtful. . . . Recommended. General readers and advanced undergraduates through faculty." -- F. Ng * Choice *“Cooling the Tropics is well worth reading. … With many revealing and fascinating examples, [Hobart] tells an engaging story of the American colonisation of Hawaii that is open, unfixed and challengeable.” -- Helene Brembeck * Review of Agricultural, Food, and Environmental Studies *"Contributing to a rich, contemporary conversation of critical ruminations on materiality, the elements, and questions of race and indigeneity, Cooling the Tropics pushes readers to think about how indigeneity is shaped in colonial discourses. … This well researched book will fascinate and keep readers on the hook." -- Jen Rose Smith * Society and Space *Table of ContentsNote on ‘Ōlelo Hawai‘i Usage vii Acknowledgments ix Introduction: Feeling Cold in Hawai‘i 1 1. A Prehistory of the Artificial Cold in Hawai‘i 21 2. Vice, Virtue, and Frozen Necessities in the Sovereign City 47 3. Making Ice Local: Technology, Infrastructure, and Cold Power in the Kalākaua Era 71 4. Cold and Sweet: The Taste of Territorial Occupation 91 5. Local Color, Rainbow Aesthetics, and the Racial Politics of Hawaiian Shave Ice 113 Conclusion: Thermal Sovereignties 137 Notes 147 Bibliography 205 Index 233

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Book SynopsisThrough close readings of slave narratives, scrapbooks, travel illustration, documentary film and photography, as well as collage, craft, and sculpture, Jasmine Nichole Cobb explores Black hair as a visual material through which to reimagine the sensual experience of Blackness.Table of ContentsList of Illustrations viii Acknowledgments xiii Introduction. New Growth: Black Hair and Liberation 1 1. Archive: Slavery, Sentiment, and Feeling 25 2. Texture: The Coarseness of Racial Capitalism 57 3. Touch: Camera Images and Contact Revisions 97 4. Surface: The Art of Black Hair 131 Conclusion. Crowning Gestures 155 Notes 161 Bibliography 177 Index 193

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Book SynopsisIn Dreams in Double Time Jonathan Leal examines how the musical revolution of bebop opened up new futures for racialized and minoritized communities. Blending lyrical nonfiction with transdisciplinary critique and moving beyond standard Black/white binary narratives of jazz history, Leal focuses on the stories and experiences of three musicians and writers of color: James Araki, a Nisei multi-instrumentalist, soldier-translator, and literature and folklore scholar; Raúl Salinas, a Chicano poet, jazz critic, and longtime activist who endured the US carceral system for over a decade; and Harold Wing, an Afro-Chinese American drummer, pianist, and songwriter who performed with bebop pioneers before working as a public servant. Leal foregrounds that for these men and their collaborators, bebop was an affectively and intellectually powerful force that helped them build community and dream new social possibilities. Bebop’s complexity and radicality, Leal contends, made itTrade Review“With Dreams in Double Time, Jonathan Leal proves he has ‘something to say.’ I use this phrase in the prosaic sense that he contributes new understanding and opens fresh areas of inquiry, and in the sense associated with a jazz musician’s solo. Almost every page treats readers to surprising revelation and provocation, and the figures Leal focalizes his history through are compelling as subjects on their own. This book is a tremendous achievement, a gift to readers seeking cultural history and methodologically innovative work.” -- Anthony Reed, author of * Soundworks: Race, Sound, and Poetry in Production *“In this fascinating and compelling book, Jonathan Leal works against the grain of jazz criticism by focusing on three relatively unknown figures for whom bebop proposed new ways of being in the world. Leal’s ‘trio,’ as he calls them, offer readers a glimpse into a much larger population of marginalized, often poor people of color who heard bebop as a radical, creative challenge to the totalizing singularity of what ‘white’ stood for during the second half of the twentieth century.” -- Ronald Radano, coeditor of * Audible Empire: Music, Global Politics, Critique *"Deftly drawing together the major trends in recent jazz scholarship, Leal makes an important intervention. . . . By explicitly focusing on minor figures, putting them in relationship to one another, Leal draws attention to the other side of bebop musicking: its emphasis on collaboration and conversation. . . . In the words of James Baldwin’s “Sonny’s Blues,” a story to which Leal returns several times, Dreams in Double Time keeps both bebop and jazz writing 'new, at the risk of ruin, destruction, madness, and death, in order to find new ways to make us listen.'" -- Sam V. H. Reese * Los Angeles Review of Books *"If you’re interested in the relationship between jazz, sociology, racism and history, this book (a product of feeling as well as hard work) could prove highly rewarding." -- Graham Colombé * Jazz Journal *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments ix Introduction. Dreaming Otherwise 1 1. After-Hours 25 2. Layered Time 46 3. Quartered Notes 74 4. Among Others 114 Epilogue. Affinities 152 Notes 161 Bibliography 207 Index 227

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Book SynopsisWhile James Van Der Zee is widely known and praised for his studio portraits from the Harlem Renaissance era, much of the diversity and expansive reach of his work has been overlooked. From the major role his studio played for decades photographing ordinary people and events in the Harlem community to the inclusion of his photographs in the landmark Harlem on My Mind exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in 1969, Van Der Zee was a foundational Black photographer whose work illustrates the shifting ways photography serves as a constitutive force within Black life. In A Nimble Arc, Emilie Boone considers Van Der Zee’s photographic work over the course of the twentieth century, showing how it foregrounded aspects of Black daily life in the United States and in the larger African diaspora. Boone argues that Van Der Zee’s work exists at the crossroads of art and the vernacular, challenging the distinction between canonical art photographs and the kind of outTrade Review“In her innovative and timely revisiting of the work of America’s most iconic Black photographer, James Van Der Zee, Emilie Boone reinvigorates the practice of this singular artist through a careful and considered unpacking of the social function his images served as quotidian objects. A Nimble Arc takes readers on a captivating journey into the social life of Van Der Zee’s photographs in ways that allow us to see iconic images anew and recognize the enduring value of photography as a community-building project that exceeds the intentions and aspirations of any individual photographer.” -- Tina M. Campt, author of * A Black Gaze: Artists Changing How We See *“This is a truly exceptional work. Exquisitely written, researched, and argued, A Nimble Arc is the most comprehensive study of James Van Der Zee’s practice in almost thirty years. I predict a long and fruitful life for this book.” -- Kellie Jones, author of * South of Pico: African American Artists in Los Angeles in the 1960s and 1970s *"A Nimble Arc broadens James Van Der Zee’s legacy amid a savvied history of twentieth-century Harlem." -- Meg Nola * Foreword Reviews *Table of ContentsList of Illustrations ix Acknowledgments xv Introduction. To Pivot Lightly: Adding the Vernacular to Art History’s Sight Line 1 1. “More, Many More”: Van Der Zee’s World of Harlem Renaissance Studio Photographers 29 2. The Newspaper and Ubiquity: 1924 Photographs as Moving Objects of the African Diaspora 71 3. A Reframing of Value: Van Der Zee’s Restoration Work of the 1940s and Beyond 113 4. Black Quotidian Experiences: Revisiting the Met’s Harlem on My Mind Exhibition of 1969 153 Coda. To Nimbly Rewind: Fixing a New Constellation of Ideas circa 1994 199 Notes 213 Bibliography 241 Index 259

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Book SynopsisThe contributors to The Black Geographic explore the theoretical innovations of Black Geographies scholarship and how it approaches Blackness as historically and spatially situated. In studies that span from Oakland to the Alabama Black Belt to Senegal to Brazil, the contributors draw on ethnography, archival records, digital humanities, literary criticism, and art to show how understanding the spatial dimensions of Black life contributes to a broader understanding of race and space. They examine key sites of inquiry: Black spatial imaginaries, resistance to racial violence, the geographies of racial capitalism, and struggles over urban space. Throughout, the contributors demonstrate that Blackness is itself a situating and place-making force, even as it is shaped by spatial processes and diasporic routes. Whether discussing eighteenth- and nineteenth-century abolitionist print records or migration and surveillance in Niger, this volume demonstrates that Black Geographies is a mTrade Review“This volume takes on the monumental task of pulling together scholarship from different geographic areas, time periods, and disciplines to put forth a view on the current state of Black Geographies while gesturing toward new futures. Pushing the field, The Black Geographic is a defining text.” -- Ashanté M. Reese, author of * Black Food Geographies: Race, Self-Reliance, and Food Access in Washington, D.C. *“The Black Geographic will continue to extend and push the tradition of Black Geographies in fresh, insightful, and important new ways through the insights of the newest generation of scholars who are defining and redefining the terrain of these discussions and debates. A superb collection.” -- Nik Heynen, Distinguished Research Professor of Geography, University of GeorgiaTable of ContentsIntroduction. Black Geographies: Material Praxis of Black Life and Study / Camilla Hawthorne and Jovan Scott Lewis 1 Part I. Praxis 1. Call Us Alive Someplace: Du Boisian Methods and Living Black Geographies / Danielle Purifoy 27 2. Shaking the Basemap / Judith Madera 50 3. “My Bad Attitude toward the Pastoral”: Race, Place, and Allusion in the Poetry of C. S. Giscombe / Chiyuma Elliott 72 Part II. Resistances 4. Blackness Out of Place and In Between in the Sahara / Ampson Hagan 97 5. Words Re(en)visioned: Black and Indigenous Languages for Autonomy / Diana Negrin 124 6. Blackness in the (Post)Colonial African City / Jordanna Matlon 145 7. Mariella Franco and Black Spatial Imaginaries / Solange Munoz 167 Part III. Futurity 8. Rendering Gentrification and Erasing Race: Sustainable Development and the (Re)visioning of Oakland, California, as a Green City / C. N. E. Corbin 189 9. “Need Black Joy?”: Mapping an Afrotechtonics of Gathering in Los Angeles / Matthew Jordan-Miller Kenyatta 213 10. The San Francisco Blues / Lindsey Dillon 246 11. Today Like Yesterday, Tomorrow Like Today: Black Geographies in the Breaks of the Fourth Dimension / Anna Livia Brand 264 12. A Black Geographic Reverie & Reckoning in Ink and Form / Sharita Towne 287 Contributors 323 Index 327

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Book SynopsisThe Reverend John Marrant (1755–91) was North America’s first Black ordained minister and one of America’s earliest Black authors and preachers. In The Gospel of John Marrant, Alphonso F. Saville IV examines how Protestantism and West African indigenous religious practices deeply informed his life and ministry. Saville follows Marrant from his time evangelizing the Cherokee in Georgia to meeting with Black Freemasons in Boston to engaging with diasporic communities along the Eastern Seaboard and in England. Using the Black folk magic tradition of conjure as a lens for understanding Marrant’s religious imagination, Saville outlines the importance of Africana religious and cultural themes, symbols, and cosmologies in the biblical interpretation and ritual culture of early Black North American Christian communities. Marrant’s life and work, Saville contends, reveal the diverse religious cultures that contributed to the formation of African American Chr

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