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Book SynopsisAnalyzing many of the most popular and influential science fiction films of the past five decades, this book presents the most comprehensive work to date on how race and “blackness” are imagined in science fiction film.Trade Review"Black Space stands as fresh, insightful work that fills an obvious and significant gap in the critical and theoretical discussion of the African American absence/presence (along with the broader issues of race and difference) in science fiction cinema. Besides the occasional anthology essay or journal article, I can think of no work by a single author that presents such sustained, 'cover to cover' discussion of this vital and underexplored area in black representation." Ed Guerrero, New York University, author of Framing Blackness: The African American Image in Film and Do the Right ThingTable of Contents Acknowledgments Introduction Chapter 1. Structured Absence and Token Presence Chapter 2. Bad Blood: Fear of Racial Contamination Chapter 3. The Black Body: Figures of Distortion Chapter 4. Humans Unite! Race, Class, and Postindustrial Aliens Chapter 5. White Narratives, Black Allegories Chapter 6. Subverting the Genre: The Mothership Connection Notes Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisDemonstrates how landscape features such as waterways, iron forges, and caves played a key role in the conduct and effectiveness of the Underground Railroad.Trade Review"In this book Cheryl Janifer LaRoche provides a corrective to this gap in the history by taking a broader landscape approach to 'geographies of resistance,' and she also traces in understated terms but powerful examples the silencing of the same history."--The Journal of American History "LaRoche deserves praise for her effort to situate free blacks firmly at the center of the scholarship on the Underground Railroad. She also makes contribution to that body of literature."--Civil War Book Review "This important addition to the scholarship on the Underground Railroad focuses on the role of free black communities. . . . Utilizing archaeology, previously untapped written sources, and oral history, the author makes a convincing argument for including black communities in the narrative about the Underground Railroad. Highly recommended."--Choice"The Geography of Resistance is carefully researched, tightly organized, and written from the heart. . . . LaRoche recognizes the natural environment as an agent of history, and she deftly weaves the landscape into each story. The book demonstrates the level of scholarship that is now possible thanks to research conducted in recent decades by federal archaeologists and by African American historical organizations, and the work that has been encouraged and guided by the National Park Service."--Annals of Iowa"An exemplary model of nuanced, interdisciplinary scholarship."--Register of the Kentucky Historical Society"By considering the land itself a ‘geography of resistance’ and using an interdisciplinary approach, LaRoche pushes the boundaries of traditional scholarship. LaRoche marshals significant historical evidence to connect black churches and the Underground Railroad. Quite notable indeed."--The Journal of Southern History"Of interest to lay readers and scholars alike. Anyone fascinated by the Underground Railroad and black resistance more broadly will profit from this volume."--Kansas History: A Journal of the Central Plains"The Geography of Resistance is carefully researched, tightly organized, and written from the heart.--The Annals of Iowa "LaRoche's well-written and carefully researched study provides new insight into the history of the Underground Railroad and will serve as an indispensable resource for anyone who is interested in the study of early nineteenth-century America."--The Journal of the Illinois State Historical Society "LaRoche's work contributes to a more complete understanding of the relationship between free black communities, the black church, and the Underground Railroad."--American Historical Review "Well researched and well written. . . . The Geography of Resistance: Free Black Communities and the Underground Railroad adds valuable new insights into the story of the migration of African Americans. It broadens the knowledge of a people who were fugitives in their own country, and it will allow future researchers to uncover other places of refuge for these African Americans."--Northern Terminus: The African Canadian History Journal "Employing the tools of archeology, LaRoche's study provides a powerful new window into the Underground Railroad and significantly enriches our understanding of it. She helps rescue some of the crucial Underground Railroad lore that scholars have been attempting to substantiate or refute for more than a century."--Keith Griffler, author of Front Line of Freedom: African Americans and the Forging of the Underground Railroad in the Ohio Valley

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Book SynopsisDiscusses the politics of multiculturalism, citizenship and exclusionTrade Review[T]his book is an important addition to scholarship on citizenship and minority inclusion/exclusion in Europe, adding a much-needed perspective on Germany to a field dominated by work on Britain and France. It is highly readable: Partridge has an easy, engaging style that makes the book eminently suitable for undergraduates, in addition to graduate students and specialists. * German Studies Review *Hypersexuality and Headscarves is a critical analysis of the dynamics of race and citizenship in Germany after the fall of the Berlin Wall. With this highly original investigation, Partridge offers an important contribution to the study of race in Germany. * Reviews & Critical Commentary *[This] book's impressive ethnographic breadth thus serves to convey just how varied, pervasive, and entrenched the mechanisms of exclusion are in Germany. . . Taken as a whole, Partridge's portrait of exclusion in Germany is an illuminating and damning one. August 2013 * AMERICAN ETHNOLOGIST *Table of ContentsAcknowledgmentsPrologueIntroduction: Becoming Noncitizens1. Ethno-patriarchal Returns: The Fall of the Wall, Closed Factories, and Leftover Bodies2. Travel as an Analytic of Exclusion: The Politics of Mobility after the Wall3. We Were Dancing in the Club, Not on the Berlin Wall: Black Bodies, Street Bureaucrats, and Hypersexual Returns4. The Progeny of Guest Workers as Leftover Bodies: Post-Wall West German Schools and the Administration of Failure5. Why Can't You Just Remove Your Headscarf So We Can See You? Reappropriating "Foreign" Bodies in the New GermanyConclusion: Intervening at the Sites of Exclusionary Production Epilogue: Triangulated (Non)Citizenship: Memories and Futures of Racialized ProductionNotesReferencesIndex

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Book SynopsisTrade Review"[A] gossipy, but surprisingly deep, look at the women who help and sometimes overshadow their powerful husbands." -- USA Today Praise for The Residence:"The tell-all The Residence, featuring intimate anecdotes collected from past and current White House staff members, is absolutely delicious." -- The Washington Post "A juicy new book... A touching story." -- The Daily Beast "A highly readable ... deep look at the women who help and sometimes overshadow their powerful husbands." -- USA Today "A revealing look at America's first ladies, shining a spotlight on both their friendships and feuds." -- The Today Show "Superbly reported... A fascinating backstage account of the world's most famous residence." -- Judy Woodruff, anchor, PBS NewsHour and former White House Correspondent for NBC News "One of those rare books that is both elegant portraiture and highly readable, important White House history. The anecdotes are fresh and the analysis cogent. The stories about Kennedy, Reagan, Clinton, and Obama are irresistible. Highly recommended!" -- Douglas Brinkley, editor of The Reagan Diaries

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Book SynopsisUncovering the seminal theoretical work of Du Bois in developing a scientific" sociology through a variety of methodologies, this book examines how the leading scholars of the day disparaged and ignored his work. It exposes the economic and political factors that marginalized the contributions of Du Bois.Trade Review"The story of The Scholar Denied is much bigger than a professional insider's debate about founders; bigger than something that only the History of Sociology Section of the ASA should bother with. It is also bigger than questions about who to include on our syllabi, or what stories we tell of the University of Chicago. It is a wake up call about our own professional doxa. It is a call to be just a little more skeptical about those sociological standpoints that purport universality when are not-and can never be. And it is a call to be just a little more open to those standpoints that get occluded: standpoints which would otherwise lead us to real and valuable insights into the social world, just as did the work of Du Bois... The Scholar Denied is a powerful and persuasive plea to pay attention to those voices that might still be unwittingly relegated to the margins on the grounds of their ostensible particularism or subjectivism. And it is a reminder that the cost of such marginalization is not simply an ethical one, it is an epistemic one. And it is one that sociology cannot afford." -- Julian Go Berkeley Journal of Sociology "Helps rewrite the history of sociology and to acknowledge the primacy of W. E. B. Du Bois's work in the founding of the discipline." -- Diane Patrick Publishers Weekly "Aldon Morris takes a huge step forward in The Scholar Denied by placing Du Bois at the center of the sociological canon... Morris should be congratulated for providing us a mandate to both think differently about and conduct more work on the legacy of this brilliant scholar." -- Alford A. Young, Jr. Contexts "The Scholar Denied should be required reading for students of sociological theory and intellectual history. The book should spur new histories that do more than tack on Du Bois and other marginalized scholars as 'a kind of affirmative action,' but instead give their work its rightful, meaningful place in the canon... While Du Bois's relationship with academic sociology evolved over his nearly seven-decade career, at the end, his commitment to Truth remained. Morris deserves recognition for reminding us of this aspect of Du Bois's legacy, insisting that the discipline of sociology come to terms with its own truths." -- Monica Bell Los Angeles Review of Books "A fascinating study." Publishers Weekly "Dr. Morris' The Scholar Denied is a raucous and, at times, sobering and maddening romp through a segment of intellectual life of the early 20th century that, even to the modern ears of The Diaspora, frequently sounds all too familiar." -- Black Kos Daily Kos "Morris's book The Scholar Denied affords us insight into a historical moment when white audiences-especially within academia-often ignored, rather than sought out, the experiential expertise of black intellectuals. In particular, Morris details how white sociological and public audiences marginalized the scientific contributions of the sociologist W. E. B. Du Bois and other black social scientists working at the historically black Atlanta University in the early 1900s." -- Matthew Clair Public Books "Groundbreaking." -- Hilary Hurd Anyaso Northwestern "This well-crafted, meticulously researched, and theoretically serious work will command engagement from the disci- pline writ large... The Scholar Denied takes an enormous and sure-footed stride toward righting a great historic wrong." -- Lawrence D. Bobo The Du Bois Review "Groundbreaking ... A must-read ... the book promises to engender debate and discussion." -- Marshal Zeringue HEPPAS Books "An excellent addition to your library ... Morris has done outstanding work... I like to think that if DuBois were here, he would be proud to see it." -- Donna Davis Seattle Book Mama "This book thus contributes to the sociology of knowledge, including baleful insight into the racist origins of the very discipline itself... Essential." CHOICE connect "Provides a fascinating and challenging introduction to one of the towering intellects of the twentieth century, himself a potent proof against the inherent inferiority of African Americans, an assumption he devoted his life to disproving." -- Christopher N. Breiseth WhoWhatWhy "Magisterial study of WEB Du Bois' impact on sociology" SageTable of ContentsPreface Acknowledgments Introduction: Race and the Birth of American Sociology 1. The Rise of Scientific Sociology in America 2. Du Bois, Scientific Sociology, and Race 3. The Du Bois--Atlanta School of Sociology 4. The Conservative Alliance of Washington and Park 5. The Sociology of Black America: Park versus Du Bois 6. Max Weber Meets Du Bois 7. Intellectual Schools and the Atlanta School 8. Legacies and Conclusions Notes References Illustration Credits Index

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Book SynopsisHow the smile and fortitude of a child actress revived a nation.Trade Review"Fascinating biography..." -- The Bookseller"Compelling... This isn't a traditional biography; Kasson is more interested in the context in which Temple became such an icon..." -- The Boston Globe"Kasson's fascinating biography…" -- The Sunday Herald

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Book SynopsisThe first ethnographic book devoted to lowrider custom car culture puts a new spin on an aesthetic and mechanical achievement through which Mexican Americans alter the urban landscape and make a place for themselves in an often segregated society.Trade ReviewThe book is thus an example of a good, systematic analysis of spatial phenomena. The book ultimately explores the myriad ways that these cars can be experienced as spatial phenomena, and how such realities create a compelling visual culture. * American Studies *Table of Contents Acknowledgments Introduction Chapter One. Cruising Spaces Chapter Two. Inside Out: The Ambivalent Aesthetics of Lowrider Interiors Chapter Three. Auto Bodies Chapter Four. Work: The Producer as Author Chapter Five. Neither Gangsters nor Santitos Conclusion Notes Reference List Index

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Book SynopsisAlso known as the Lettres anglaises ou philosophiques, Voltaire's response to his exile in England offered the French public of 1734 a panoramic view of British culture. Perceiving them as a veiled attack against the ancien regime, however, the French government ordered the letters burned and Voltaire persecuted.Table of ContentsLetters on England - Voltaire Translated by Leonard TancockIntroductionLetter 1: On the QuakersLetter 2: On the QuakersLetter 3: On the QuakersLetter 4: On the QuakersLetter 5: On the Anglican ReligionLetter 6: On the PresbyteriansLetter 7: On the Socinians, Arians or Anti-TrinitariansLetter 8: On ParliamentLetter 9: On the GovernmentLetter 10: On CommerceLetter 11: On Innoculation with SmallpoxLetter 12: On Chancellor BaconLetter 13: On Mr. LockeLetter 14: On Descartes and NewtonLetter 15: On the System of GravitationLetter 16: On the Optics of NewtonLetter 17: On Infinity and ChronologyLetter 18: On TragedyLetter 19: On ComedyLetter 20: On Noble Lords who cultivate literatureLetter 21: On the Earl of Rochester and Mr. WallerLetter 22: On Mr. Pope and some other famous poetsLetter 23: On the Consideration due to Men of LettersLetter 24: On AcademiesLetter 25: On the Pensées of PascalNotesAppendix

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Book SynopsisNew York Times bestselling author Paul Tough''s Whatever It Takes is one of the best books ever written about how poverty influences learning, and vice versa (The Washington Post).What would it take?That was the question that Geoffrey Canada found himself asking. What would it take to change the lives of poor children — not one by one, through heroic interventions and occasional miracles, but in big numbers, and in a way that could be replicated nationwide? The question led him to create the Harlem Children's Zone, a ninety-seven-block laboratory in central Harlem where he is testing new and sometimes controversial ideas about poverty in America. His conclusion: if you want poor kids to be able to compete with their middle-class peers, you need to change everything in their lives — their schools, their neighborhoods, even the child-rearing practices of their parents.Whatever It Takes is a tour de forc

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Book SynopsisExamines the Chicano movement's development in Los Angeles, home of the largest population of people of Mexican descent outside of Mexico City. This book focuses on four organizations that constituted the heart of the movement: the Brown Berets, the Chicano Moratorium Committee, La Raza Unida Party, and the Centro de Accion Social Autonomo.Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction: "Those Times of Revolution" 1. "A Movable Object Meeting an Irresistible Force": Los Angeles's Ethnic Mexican Community in the 1950s and Early 1960s 2. "Birth of A New Symbol": The Brown Berets 3. "Chale No, We Won't Go!": The Chicano Moratorium Committee 4. "The Voice of the Chicano People": La Raza Unida Party 5. "Un Pueblo Sin Fronteras": The Centro de Accion Social Autonomo (CASA) Afterword: "Why Are We Not Marching Like in the '70s?" Notes Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisFor the past 140 years, Germany has been the central power in continental europe. Twenty-five years ago a new German state came into being. How much do we really understand this new Germany, and how do its people understand themselves?Neil MacGregor argues that, uniquely for any European country, no coherent, overarching narrative of Germany's history can be constructed, for in Germany both geography and history have always been unstable. Its frontiers have constantly shifted. Königsberg, home to the greatest German philosopher, Immanuel Kant, is now Kaliningrad, Russia; Strasbourg, in whose cathedral Wolfgang von Geothe, Germany's greatest writer, discovered the distinctiveness of his country's art and history, now lies within the borders of France. For most of the five hundred years covered by this book Germany has been composed of many separate political units, each with a distinct history. And any comfortable national story Germans might have told themselves before

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Book SynopsisThe authors look at points in American and British culture where the "colour line" has blurred. Through accounts of racial masquerades in literature and by looking at music throughout recent history, they upset the idea of race as a symbol of inherent human attributes.

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Book SynopsisBased on an array of diaries and letters, this work explores the shifting experiences of adolescent girls in the late 19th century. It shows how, in leaving school, female students left an institution that had treated them more equally than any other they would encounter in their lives.

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Book SynopsisA major study of the Holland Park Circle, this is both a narrative of the lives, works and influence of the artists, architects and their patrons and a perceptive analysis of the subtle relationships between high Victorian taste and mercantile values. This was the period of art as great fashion.

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Book SynopsisAt what point did the British develop their mania for interiors, wallpaper, furniture, and decoration? Why have the middle classes developed so passionate an attachment to the contents of their homes? This book chronicles a hundred years of British interiors, focusing on class, choice, shopping and possessions.Trade Review"'An excellent new history of the British and their possessions... So much of what Cohen identifies in her insightful survey of Victorian and Edwardian consumerism seems to reflect upon our own age.' Ben Macintyre, The Times 'What we've lost is the sense of fun that Deborah Cohen glowingly conveys. This is a good book, and a salutary one.' Miranda Seymour, Literary Review 'In this riveting and revealing book, Deborah Cohen takes the reader on a journey through interiors cluttered with papier-mache beds, fire screens set with stuffed birds, soup tureens shaped as boar's heads and baths decorated with shells... If you want to understand the roots of Britain's peculiar taste for home improvement and today's obsession with DIY, IKEA shop openings, makeover and property TV programmes, Household Gods provides all the answers.' Andrea Wulf, The Guardian '... entertaining and scholarly' Paul Barker, Times Literary Supplement 'Cohen's is a genuinely fresh approach, diverging from the mainstream furrow ploughed by most historians to concentrate in the main on real lives and real choices - of 'life lived outside the tyranny of grand design' - and she does it subtly, confidently and with real pace.' Kate Colquhoun, Daily Telegraph"

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Book SynopsisExperts agree that Jack the Ripper murdered five London women, but how many others did he slaughter in Britain or across the seas?Trade Review"Experts Begg and Bennett. . . successfully tread new ground in this thought-provoking book. . . . Refreshingly, they don't try to advance a new suspect, on the basis of evidence that could only be circumstantial. Instead, they do a convincing job of debunking myths."—Publishers Weekly * Publishers Weekly *“[T]his is a punchy, passionate, forgivably inconclusive book about London’s tawdry past life, with a bit of murder thrown in for kicks."—Stefanie Marsh, The Times -- Stefanie Marsh * The Times *"Jack the Ripper: The Forgotten Victims provides much new and interesting detail. When it comes to the meticulous details of a murder, the minute-by-minute examination of a crime and its policing, Messrs. Begg and Bennett are the very best in the true-crime genre."—Judith Flanders, Wall Street Journal -- Judith Flanders * Wall Street Journal *

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Book SynopsisChildren have gone to school in England since Roman times. By the end of the middle ages, there were hundreds of schools, supporting a highly literate society. This book traces their history from the Romans to the Renaissance, showing how they developed, what they taught, how they were run and who attended them.

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Book SynopsisWhether in wartime or peace, tales of love, laughter and hardship from the girls in the Rowntrees factory in Yorkshire

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Book SynopsisA food history that illuminates a community’s struggle for survival.Trade ReviewChow Chop Suey is an eye-opener, a book that will give everyone a deep appreciation of the exquisite skill required to produce authentic Chinese food and the sweep of history that brought Chinese cooking to America. Anne Mendelson's prodigious research has given us a highly respectful, insightful, refreshing, wonderfully written, and utterly compelling account of the role and plight of Chinese restaurant workers in this country. I learned something new on every page. -- Marion Nestle, professor of nutrition, food studies, and public health at New York University and author of Soda Politics Well-written and impeccably researched, Chow Chop Suey is a beautiful ode both to the history of Chinese Americans and the intriguing ways in which China's rich food culture continues to take root here and flourish. Anne Mendelson's section on Chinese American cookbook writers is nothing less than a classic, for she brings sense and order to a long overlooked field with her customary clear perspective and dry wit. Mendelson is one of my favorite food writers and I'd expect nothing less, but this time she's outdone herself. -- Carolyn Phillips, author of All Under Heaven: Recipes from the 35 Cuisines of China and The Dim Sum Field Guide There are other accounts of the American enthusiasm for Chinese food and the simultaneous persecution of Chinese immigrants. What makes Anne Mendelson's Chow Chop Suey unique is how it integrates cooking styles with American and Chinese cultural contrasts. Mendelson never loses sight of the food and how Chinese restaurants and American "experts" of various sorts shaped a cuisine that was both exotic and irresistible. No one has discussed in such a fascinating and authoritative way the American misunderstanding of basic Chinese culinary principles, the importance of a few key cookbooks and restaurants, and the gradual awakening of American palates to something resembling actual Chinese food in the postwar decades. Fun to read, judicious, and above all authoritative. -- Paul Freedman, author of Out of the East: Spices and the Medieval Imagination Chow Chop Suey is a well-written and insightful guide to the Chinese food scene in America. In a field full of myths, Anne Mendelson's book is accurate and detailed. A delightful read! -- Eugene N. Anderson, author of, Food and Environment in Early and Medieval China Anne Mendelson brings together political and culinary history, showing that it was by inventing quasi-Chinese dishes that titillated American palates that Cantonese immigrants found a way to survive anti-Asia persecution. Gripping, authoritative, and timely. -- Rachel Laudan, author of Cuisine and Empire: Cooking in World History A deeply researched look at the history of Chinese food in the U.S. I'll be dipping into it for years. Wall Street Journal A timely and nuanced reminder that Chinese-American identity has long been conflated with Chinese food. -- Peter Ho Davies Times Literary Supplement Anne Mendelson writes like the engaged scholar she is, with dry wit and easy, uncompromising erudition... [Chow Chop Suey] is full of wonder. New York Times A solid choice for readers interested in Chinese immigration and U.S.-China history, as well as those curious about American foodways and culinary culture. Library JournalTable of ContentsAcknowledgments A Note on Romanization and Terminology Introduction Prologue: A Stroke of the Pen Part I 1. Origins: The Toisan-California Pipeline 2. The Culinary "Language" Barrier 3. "Celestials" on Gold Mountain 4. The Road to Chinatown Part II 5. The Birth of Chinese American Cuisine 6. Change, Interchange, and the First Successful "Translators" 7. White America Rediscovers Chinese Cuisine 8. An Advancement of Learning 9. The First Age of Race-Blind Immigration Postscript: What Might Have Been Notes Glossary Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisTyburn Fields is the best known site of execution in London, but London may be aptly named the executioner''s city, so many were the places where executions could and did occur. This book reveals the capital as a place where the bodies of criminals defined the boundaries of the city and heads on poles greeted patrons on London Bridge.

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Book SynopsisA classic work that must be included in the library of any railway enthusiastTrade ReviewRailway enthusiasts should consider it essential.

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Book SynopsisNative women share their knowledge and insights about leadership at the community level.Trade ReviewThe research in this publication encourages us to rethink leadership, to give thought to the original philosophies and practices of our people, and to give voice to these invisible leaders. -- From the Foreword by Verna Kirkness, Fisher River Cree Nation, Professor Emerita, University of British ColumbiaA unique contribution to the field of American Indian leadership that brings together diverse voices and perspectives, this book is not only beneficial to scholars but, importantly, it provides useful ways for non-academics to think about leadership in their own communities. -- Michael D. Wilson, Associate Professor, Department of English, University of Wisconsin-MilwaukeeTable of ContentsForeword / Verna J. KirknessPreface / Carolyn Kenny and Tina Ngaroimata Fraser1 Liberating Leadership Theory / Carolyn KennyPart 1: Leadership, Native Style2 Learning to Lead Kokum Style: An Intergenerational Study of Eight First Nation Women / Yvonne G. McLeod3 Elders’ Teachings on Leadership: Leadership as Gift / Alannah Young Leon4 Parental Involvement in First Nations Communities: Towards a Paradigm Shift / Evelyn Steinhauer5 Skilay: Portrait of a Haida Artist and Leader / Carolyn Kenny (Nangx’aadasa’iid)Part 2: Collaboration Is the Key6 Indigenous Grandmas and the Social Justice Movement / Raquel D. Gutiérrez7 Legacy of Leadership: From Grandmother’s Stories to Kapa Haka / Tina Ngaroimata Fraser8 The Four R’s of Leadership in Indigenous Language Revitalization / Stelómethet Ethel B. Gardner9 Transformation and Indigenous Interconnections: Indigeneity, Leadership, and Higher Education / Michelle Pidgeon10 Translating and Living Native Values in Current Business, Global, and Indigenous Contexts / Gail Cheney11 Approaching Leadership through Culture, Story, and Relationships / Michelle ArchuletaPart 3: Healing and Perseverance12 “We Want a Lifelong Commitment, Not Just Sweet Words”: Native Visions for Educational Healing / Michelle M. Jacob13 And So I Turn to Rita: Mi’kmaq Women, Community Action, Leadership, and Resilience / Patricia Doyle-Bedwell14The Graceful War Dance: Engendering American Indian Traditional Knowledge and Practice in Leadership / Annette Squetimkin-Anquoe15 Leaders Walking Backwards: Aboriginal Male Ex-Gang Members’ Perspectives and Experiences / Alanaise GoodwillContributorsIndex

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Book SynopsisBased on more than two decades of research conducted on five continents, this monumental work focuses on the activities of members of the Society of Jesus from its foundation to the eve of its expulsion from the Portuguese world. A second volume will examine the Order's expulsion, the fate of its members, and the disposition of its assets in Portugal and her empire from 1750 to 1808.Trade Review“This meticulously researched and clearly written tome is destined to be a frequently consulted classic on the shelves of historians of Portugal, Brazil, India, and the Society of Jesuits. Dauril Alden...paints a highly readable, informative, and detailed history of the Jesuits, the premier missionary order of the Portuguese Crown.”—Alida C. Metcalf, Trinity University“This book represents a milestone, both in church and European expansion history. Nothing in print is as broad, inclusive, and probing as this study. It not only summarizes and integrates all previous scholarship, but it adduces and combines with the older studies a huge amount of original archival research. . . . This is the best in-depth study of any religious order.”—George D. Winius, University of LeidenTable of ContentsContents I. 1. 2. II. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. III. 10. 11. 12. IV. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. V. 23. 24. 25. A. B. C. D. E. F.

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Book SynopsisSwitzerland: A Village History is an account of an Alpine village that illuminates the broader history of Switzerland and its rural, local underpinnings.Trade Review“An enthralling picture of the locality in its broader Swiss and international context. Birmingham’s mastery of the minutiae is coupled with an experienced understanding of the development of rural societies and of the complicated cultural, linguistic and political mix which was and is Switzerland. Vivid and delightful.” * English Historical Review *

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Book SynopsisBringing toife the opulent, sometimes scandalous, privateives of the Mughals of India, Privateifeeaves no detail untouched: their food, drink, clothes ornaments, intoxicants, amusements, marriage and harm-life are all vibrantly described, a suitable backdrop for the intriguing personalities of the period. Well-written with colour illustrations and photographs, this book will delight all connoisseurs of Mughal history.

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Book SynopsisAn account of the conquest of the Itzas which details the layers of political intrigue and action that characterised every aspect of the conquest and its aftermath. Jones offers a comprehensive reconstruction of an independent Maya kingdom which reveals much about neighbouring lowland Maya groups with whom the Itzas interacted, often violently.Trade Review“This magisterial study will assume the status of an enduring classic in the field of Mesoamerican studies. Superbly crafted, it presents an original reinterpretation of the events and circumstances surrounding the conquest of the Itza Mayas by the forces of imperial Spain. . . . It is a magnificent work.”—W. George Lovell, Queen’s UniversityTable of ContentsIntroduction Part I. The Itza World: 1. The Itzas and their neighbors 2. Itza-Spanish encounters, 1525-1690 3. Itza society and kingship on the eve of conquest Part II. Road to the Itzas: 4. Power politics 5. The birth of the camino real 6. Franciscans on the camino real Part III. The Peace Seekers: 7. The Itza emissaries 8. Avendano and Adjaw Kan Ek' Part IV. Prelude to Conquest: 9. Itza-Spanish warfare 10. The costs of the camino real 11. The eve of conquest Part V. Victims and Survivors of Conquest: 12. Occupation and interrogation 13. Prisoners of conquest 14. Reconquest, epidemic, and warfare 15. Missions, rebellion, and survival.

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Book SynopsisUnlock the secrets of the legendary weapons of the samuraiTrade Review"A unique book, the best English language source on the topic. If you want to learn the small weapons of Japan, you want this book." --Kim Taylor, editor, Journal of Japanese Sword Arts; publisher, Electronic Journals of Martial Arts and Science

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Book SynopsisMargaret Chase Smith was the first woman in American history elected in both the House of Representatives and the Senate, the first politician to take a public stand against McCarthyism, and the first woman of a major political party to run for president of the United States. An American Stand: Senator Margaret Chase Smith and the Communist Menace, 1948-1972 explores her engagement with the masculine issue of national defense. An unyielding foe of global communism, this Republican senator was the first female Cold Warrior. During the Korean War, she voiced strident anti-communist rhetoric in her newspaper column. Her energetic support for nuclear superiority in the fifties and sixties caused Nikita Khrushchev to describe her as Satan in the guise of a woman. In the face of growing opposition to America''s involvement in Vietnam, Smith remained committed to a clear stand against violent communist expansion. This book examines the exposition of the communist menace and the Cold War as a Trade ReviewMargaret Chase Smith, the first woman elected to both the U.S. House and Senate, was a mainstay of American anticommunism in the 1950s and 1960s. Eric Crouse's well researched and discerning study of this formidable politician excels at describing the sources, limits, and actions of her determined anticommunist stance. Along the way he also sheds light on the complexities of American foreign policy at a complex time, no better indicated than in Margaret Chase Smith's public stand AGAINST the anticommunist demagoguery of Sen. Joseph McCarthy. This is a fine book. -- Mark A. Noll, University of Notre DameWith this book, Eric Crouse performs the essential craft of the historian in bringing to our attention the fascinating but too often forgotten figure of Margaret Chase Smith. Using extensive archival research and disciplinary insight, Crouse deftly portrays Smith in her multiple roles: a pioneering woman in the Senate, a principled anti-communist, a voice for ordinary Americans, and, above all, an American original. This book makes an invaluable contribution to scholarship on Cold War history, Congressional studies, anticommunism, and the American character. -- William Inboden, Legatum Institute, author of Religion and American Foreign Policy, 1945-1960 The Soul of ContainmentBased on thorough research, An American Stand outdistances other studies of Margaret Chase Smith in analyzing the foreign policy philosophy and stances of this remarkable senator. By presenting extensive historical context, Eric Crouse delivers a more balanced treatment of her fierce anti-Communism than previous historians. -- Mark Moyar, U.S. Marine Corps University, author of Triumph Forsaken: The Vietnam War, 1954-1965Crouse (Tyndale Univ. College, Canada) has produced a balanced, sympathetic account of Margaret Chase Smith, a moderate Republican anticommunist and the first woman to serve in both the US House and Senate. Crouse focuses on three main aspects of Smith's anticommunist activism: her support of the Korean War and the Vietnam War and, most interestingly, her opposition to the tactics of Joseph McCarthy in the early 1950s. Crouse succeeds where many scholars fail by presenting the views and arguments of both anticommunists and the American Left in a nuanced, sympathetic manner. He also admirably incorporates recent scholarship on the 'crimes of Communism' into his narrative, providing useful points of comparison between the anticommunist rhetoric of his subject and the realities of communist rule. A useful addition to the history of anticommunism in the US and of interest to historians of gender and 20th-century US politics. Summing Up: Recommended * CHOICE *Crouse skillfully weaves together Smith’s public statements as reported in the press and documented in government records, her letters to constituents in Maine and nationally, and her newspaper column 'Washington and You' and other public writings to demonstrate the constancy of her views on national security. . . .Crouse does an admirable job describing the sexist attacks that began as soon as Smith entered Congress and her responses to critics who doubted her abilities, interrogated the appropriateness of her positions, and even questioned her right to hold office. * New England Quarterly *Table of Contents1 Acknowledgments 2 Introduction Chapter 3 1 Rise to Political Standing Chapter 4 2 Red Menace Chapter 5 3 Korean War Chapter 6 4 Nuclear Credibility Chapter 7 5Vietnam War 8 Conclusion 9 Bibliography 10 Index

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Book SynopsisThis engaging book tells the story of ten of the world's most important currencies and reveals how each and every one of them has helped shape the world we live in.

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Book SynopsisDescribes how German Philadelphians reinvented themselves in the early twentieth century. This book explores how many middle-class and Lutheran residents had redefined themselves in "old-stock"���' terms. It challenges historians to rethink the phenomenon of ethnic assimilation and to explore its complex relationship to American pluralism.Trade Review"This is a richly satisfying book. One puts it down feeling that everything relevant to the subject has been carefully looked into, judiciously considered, and set forth in a calm, clear, and illuminating manner... [The] book gives us much to think about and even more to admire."--Philip Gleason, American Historical Review "The book has tremendous merits for its sweeping arguments backed up by detailed documentation... [It] makes an invaluable contribution to our understanding of early twentieth century German-America, and it enhances our understanding of the relationship between ethnicity, whiteness, and national identity in urban America."--Christiane Harzig, Central European HistoryTable of ContentsList of Illustrations ix List of Tables xi Acknowledgments xiii Introduction 1 Part One: 1900 Chapter One German Philadelphia: A Social Portrait 17 Chapter Two Two Neighborhoods 43 Part Two: Confronting Assimilation, 1900-1914 Chapter Three The Gendered Crisis of the Vereinswesen 79 Chapter Four Destinations: The Ambiguous Lure of Mass Commercial and Consumer Culture 95 Chapter Five Destinations: Fractured Whiteness, "American" Identity, and the "Old Stock" Opening 109 Chapter Six Resisting Assimilation: Middle-Class and Working-Class Approaches 130 Part Three: Storm, 1914-1919 Chapter Seven European War and Ethnic Mobilization 151 Chapter Eight Intervention, the Anti-German Panic, and the Fall of Public Germanness 171 Part Four: Reshaping Identities in the 1920s Chapter Nine An Ethnicity Subdued 197 Chapter Ten Changing Neighborhoods 213 Chapter Eleven Middle-Class Germans: American Identity and the "Stock" of "Our Forefathers" 232 Chapter Twelve Workers and Catholics: Toward the "White Ethnic" 246 Conclusion Pluralism, Nationalism, Race, and the Fate of German America 261 Appendix The Neighborhood Census Samples 283 Notes 291 Index 371

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Book SynopsisWhat Hemingway's A Moveable Feast did for Paris in the 1920s, this charming yet undeceivable memoir does for Greenwich Village in the late 1940s. In 1946, Anatole Broyard was a dapper, earnest, fledgling avant-gardist, intoxicated by books, sex, and the neighborhood that offered both in such abundance. Stylish written, mercurially witty, imbued with insights that are both affectionate and astringent, this memoir offers an indelible portrait of a lost bohemia.   We see Broyard setting up his used bookstore on Cornelia Street—indulging in a dream that was for him as romantic as “living off the land or sailing around the world” while exercizing his libido with a protegee of Anais Nin and taking courses at the New School, where he deliberates on “the new trends in art, sex, and psychosis.” Along the way he encounters Delmore Schwartz, Caitlin and Dylan Thomas, William Gaddis, and other writers at the start of their careers. Written with ins

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Book SynopsisAlong the Russian-Qing frontier in the nineteenth century, a new political space emerged, shaped by competing imperial and spiritual loyalties, cross-border economic and social ties, and revolution. David Brophy explores how a community of Central Asian Muslims responded to these historic changes by reinventing themselves as the Uyghur nation.Trade ReviewThis work on the Uyghurs, a 10-million strong Turkic Muslim minority residing mainly in Xinjiang in western China, is a welcome contribution to a recent rise in Uyghur studies…A remarkable account of a people searching for identity at the intersection of empire. -- M. Chakars * Choice *Nothing I have read in the last fifteen years comes close to this work in terms of intellectual breadth, rigorous analysis, and contribution to the field. This book will not only revolutionize thinking about the history of the Uyghur nation and the political history of Xinjiang during this period, it will set a new bar for future scholarship and inspire readers to think again about the processes, challenges, and opportunities within shifting political landscapes that lead to the creation of nations. -- Laura Newby, University of OxfordDrawing on sources in several languages, this book demonstrates how the idea of a Uyghur nation emerged in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Brophy shows how intellectuals in Taranchi and Kashgari communities along the Xinjiang–Russian border, inspired by academic writings on ancient Uyghurs, negotiated a new concept of Uyghur identity. This study is a valuable contribution to our understanding of the Uyghur national idea, and to Central Asian and Xinjiang studies. -- Ablet Kamalov, Institute of Oriental Studies, Almaty, KazakhstanUyghur Nation breaks new ground in the study of modern Xinjiang. David Brophy takes a transnational approach to the formation of a ‘Chinese’ ethnic group, offering a convincing account of the impact of tsarist and particularly Soviet institutions, evolutions, and interventions on the Qing and then Republican Chinese frontiers. He also demonstrates that the idea of a Uyghur nation had a conflicted, cross-border, twentieth-century history. Perhaps most important, he unites political, intellectual, social, religious, even economic history to create a story rooted in local conditions, not simple national or ethnic categories. He has written a strikingly original and impressive book. -- Jonathan Lipman, Mount Holyoke CollegeIn Uyghur Nation, Brophy transforms our understanding of the history of the Uyghurs. At the center of Brophy’s attention is the question of how the Muslims of Chinese Turkistan came to imagine themselves as Uyghur. He traces the emergence of Uyghurist discourse by placing Uyghur history firmly where it belongs—in the very center of Eurasia at the crossroads of three empires. Brophy relates the emergence of Uyghurist discourse to developments in Muslim societies of Xinjiang and beyond as they came to terms with pressures and influences from the Qing, the Russian, and the Ottoman empires. Prodigiously researched across many archives and in multiple languages, Uyghur Nation is a major work of transnational history that deserves a wide readership. -- Adeeb Khalid, Carleton CollegeDavid Brophy’s Uyghur Nation offers a fresh perspective on Uyghur history by using Russian, Chinese and Turkic sources to chart the development of the discourses that would ultimately produce the modern Uyghur identity… What is remarkable is that a ‘palimpsest of Islamic, Turkic and Soviet notions of national history and identity’ created by activists outside Xinjiang could have resonated so widely among Xinjiang’s diverse population. In this respect, the Uyghur case is probably unique, and David Brophy’s book thus deserves to be read by anyone with an interest in nation-building. -- Nick Holdstock * Times Literary Supplement *

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Book SynopsisKeys offers the first major study of the political and cultural ramifications of international sports competitions in the 1930s. Focusing on the U.S., Nazi Germany, and the Soviet Union, she examines the transformation of events like the Olympics and the World Cup from small-scale events to the expensive, political, global extravaganzas of today.

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Book SynopsisFocusing on clothing, bodily deportment, sex roles, sexual practices, and political rhetoric as forms of "fashion," this work bounds across two thousand years of history, showing how the evolution of fashion from an upper-class privilege into a vehicle of popular expression closely follows the rise of democratic values.Trade ReviewPraise for the French edition: "It is no easy thing to find an intellectual who succumbs to the futile charm of fashion, who is turned on by the seduction of the ephemeral and mocks the 'beautiful souls' who crusade against rock music and channel surfing. Now, we have finally met that rare bird, that apostle of the postmodern: his name is Gilles Lipovetsky."--Le Monde "This book makes sense of what might otherwise appear derisory, a book that permits us to understand what blinds us by being right before our eyes."--Esprit "[Lipovetsky's] is an undifferentiated celebration of modern narcissistic freedom: a defense of bourgeois individualism without the constraints of bourgeois morality... [Lipovetsky is] engaged in the contemporary predicament. He sees the sophistication of modern advertising: he is alive to the social possibilities of our cultural transformation... And because he embraces, rather than merely dismisses, the new age, he understands it better."--Andrew Sullivan, The New Republic "Like all books that really count, Lipovetsky's possesses the virtue of breaking the commonplace consensus... [It is a] savory analysis of the infinite detail of the meanderings in the ephemeral. His thesis is fundamentally the following: if it is clear that fashion is a mix of conformity and of individual choice, its very emergence as a historical phenomenon manifests a global and typically Western logic, that of the break with tradition."--Luc Ferry, L'Express "This books will entice scholars but is also readily accessible ... and of interest to many general readers. This makes it a rare find among its kind."--Library Journal "Defining it to include not just clothing styles but also sex roles, political rhetoric, and other forms of expression, [Lipovetsky] argues that fashion promotes innovation over tradition and individuality over conformity... Lipovetsky aims not to convince, but merely to sway... his ideas are seductive in their audacity."--Etelka Lehoczky, The Boston Phoenix Literary Section "By its nature, fashion is unstable, ephemeral and superficial: exactly the features of social relations in today's democratic polities. No need for concern, according to [Gilles] Lipovetsky. The less we feel or care about each other, the better we will get along... An impersonal social structure is an ideal setting for mutual tolerance and the reduction of conflict... A brilliantly original argument becomes dazzling when the principles of fashion--obsolescence, seduction, diversification--are extended to analyse a consumer society in which novelty is paramount, and identity shattered into fragments. Far from homogenising us, as many early writers suspected, mass culture has accelerated the process of individualization. And that can heighten the capacity for social integration."--New Statesman & Society "Lipovetsky has written an eclectic book that moves easily from discussing Tocqueville or Kant to analyzing the impact of the length of ladies' hemlines on our political culture."--Adam Wolfson, The Public Interest "Surveying 2,000 years of global history, [Gilles] Lipovetsky claims that fashion provides the means for stability in modern Western capitalist democracies... Attempts to understand the relationships between consumer-driven desires and natural desires in modern, mass-culture democracies lead Lipovetsky to provocative conclusions... [this work] offers refreshing insights into today's social structure."--Choice "Lipovetsky argues that with the haute couture in decline, with multiculturalism and dissolving social classes, we are increasingly prompted to acquire things for our private uses, without reference to other people. We buy a VCR not to impress, since everybody has one, but to watch movies."--Diane Johnson, New York Review of BooksTable of ContentsForewordIntroduction3Pt. 1The Enchantment of AppearancesCh. IFashion and the West: The Aristocratic Moment18Ch. IIA Century of Fashion55Ch. IIIOpen Fashion88Pt. 2Consummate FashionCh. IVThe Seduction of Things134Ch. VAdvertising on the Offensive156Ch. VICulture, Media Style174Ch. VIIMeaning Carries On203Ch. VIIIThe Progressive Shifting of the Social226Epilogue242Notes253Works Cited265Index271

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