Society and Social Sciences Books
Academic Studies Press Crafting History: Essays on the Ottoman World and
Book SynopsisIt would not be an overstatement to say that Cemal Kafadar has transformed the field of Ottoman history. As a result of his pathbreaking books and articles, the field is experiencing a turn within itself as well as recasting its relationship with world history. This volume acts as a tribute to Kafadar and the important interdisciplinary work he has both done and inspired in the field. In line with the intellectual pluralism that Kafadar has cultivated over his career, readers will find a number of articles engaging with a wide range of questions, approaches, perspectives, and sources across Ottoman history. Kafadar's students and friends, individually or in pairs, researched and crafted contributions to this volume with a variety of conceptual premises, theoretical approaches, and interpretive tools to celebrate his thirty years of teaching, research, and mentorship, in addition to the overwhelming generosity of his intellectual and personal engagement.Table of ContentsAcknowledgementsIntroductionRachel Goshgarian, Ilham Khuri-Makdisi, and Ali YaycioğluCemal Kafadar, A Çelebi for Our TimesAhmet Karamustafa Cemal Kafadar’s Teaching and Scholarship, 1981-2021Part One: Texts1. Narrating Ottoman Politics in the Fifteenth Century: Perspectives from Some Byzantine and Ottoman Histories.Aslihan Akişik-Karakullukçu and Dimitri Kastritsis 2. Nişancı Mehmed Paşa and His History of the Ottoman HouseHimmet Taşkömür and Hüseyin Yilmaz3. Book-Picking in a Conquered CitadelSerpil Bağci and Zeynep Yürekli4. A Sufi Mirror: Shaykh Alwan al-Hamawi’s (d. 1530) Advice for the Ottoman RulerTimothy J. Fitzgerald 5. La Jetée and the Illustrated Ottoman History: An Inquiry into Word, Image, and AudienceEmine Fetvaci6. How Did Evliya Çelebi Write His Travel Account?Hakan T. Karateke7. Book Ownership Across Centuries: The Case of Military Men in Bursa, 1620-1840Hülya Canbakal, Meredith Quinn, and Derin Terzioğlu8. Blending Piety and Philology: A Seventeenth-Century Mecmua as the Mirror of Istanbul’s Persianate Urban MilieuAslihan Gürbüzel and Ekin Tuşalp Atiyas9. An Uncanny Discourse on Sex and Marriage from the Early Sixteenth-Century Ottoman EmpireLeyla Kayhan Elbirlik and Selim S. Kuru Part Two: Lives10. Uç beys, Dervishes, and Yürüks: The Cultural Politics of the Turahanoğlu of ThessalyTheoharis Stavrides11. A Short Account of Long Entanglements: Şeyh Bedreddin, ‘Abdurrahman al-Bistami, and his Durrat taj al-rasa’ilCornell Fleischer12. A Tale of Two Boils: Selim I, Melek Aḥmed Pasha, and Changing Perceptions of Medical Practice and Masculinity in the Early Modern Ottoman EmpireH. Erdem Çipa and Jane Hathaway13. In the Balsam Orchard with Salih Çelebi Celalzade (d. 1565): First-Person Narrative and Knowledge in Ottoman EgyptAleksandar Shopov14. The Eunuch, a Complete Statesman: Functional Historiography in the face of Social and Political PrecarityJocelyne Dakhlia15. Reorientation in Worldviews: Milescu and Cantemirİsenbike Togan16. The Hamidian Visual Archive, 1878-1909: A User’s ManualAhmet Ersoy and Deniz Türker Part Three: Places17. Ottoman Montology: Hazardous Resourcefulness and Uneasy Symbiosis in a Mountain EmpireAli Yaycioğlu18. Ottoman Mountains: Mobility in a Forbidding EnvironmentMolly Greene19. A Code(x) of His Own: Deacon Mikayēl, Armeno-Turkish and Creative Conventions of “Collecting” in Seventeenth-Century KaffaRachel Goshgarian 20. On Self and Empire: A Seventeenth-Century First-Person Narrative from the Mughal DomainsMuzaffar Alam and Sanjay Subrahmanyam21. Cabinetmaking for the Sultan: Nineteenth-Century Istanbul in the Life Narratives of German-Speaking JourneymenRichard Wittmann22. Conjuring Emotions in Nineteenth-Century Istanbul through the Journalistic Writings of Ahmad Faris Al-Shidyaq (1805-1887) and Basiretçi Ali (1845?–1910)Ilham Khuri-Makdisi and Asli Niyazioğlu23. Reşat Ekrem Koçu and İstanbul Ansiklopedisi: Writing on PlaceShirine Hamadeh and Çiğdem KafesçioğluPart Four: Processes24. Early Modern Reflections on Bayezid II’s Reignİklil Selçuk and Cihan Yüksel 25. The Ottoman Fleet at the Battle of Mississippi: What Videogames Can Teach Us about HistoryGiancarlo Casale and Nicolas Trépanier26. Continuity and Change in the Ottoman Early Modern Era: An Analysis of Adet-i kadime and HâdisÖzer Ergenç27. Between Soldier and Civilian: Janissaries in Seventeenth-Century Istanbul and AleppoCharles Wilkins and Eunjeong Yi28. Confessionalization and Religious Nonconformity in the Early Modern Ottoman Empire: The Cases of Kizilbash/Alevi and the Sabbatean CommunitiesAyfer Karakaya-Stump and Cengiz Şişman29. De-ayanization: A Black Hole in Ottoman HistoryH. Şükrü Ilicak30. Bitter Triumph of “the Declined” Dynasty? Notions of Universal Monarchy, Caliphate, and World Religions in Comparisons between Sultan Abdulhamid and Emperor MeijiCemil AydinNotes on Contributors
£107.99
Spinifex Press Truth Abandoned
Book Synopsis
£16.16
Academic Studies Press Collected Studies: The Jews of Provence
Book SynopsisIn Collected Studies (Volume 1): The Jews of Provence, Joseph Shatzmiller, the foremost expert on Provençal Judaism, offers a comprehensive overview of the medieval history of the Jews in Provence. Through an analysis of community regulations, tax distribution, rabbinic leadership, and everyday life, Shatzmiller provides a rich and powerful mosaic of Jewish society in Provence. This masterful work sheds light on the diverse experiences of Jews in the region, from their interactions with Christian neighbors to their internal conflicts and struggles. With its insightful analysis and meticulous research, The Jews of Provence is an essential read for anyone interested in the history of Jewish communities in medieval Europe.“The collection of studies that these four volumes offer is the result of more than sixty years of commitment to scholarship. Like many colleagues, I relied in the beginning on printed material in books that dealt with law, religion, and secular literature. Then, as a disciple of George Duby, I discovered the world of archives and hand-written Latin manuscripts. The present collection relies, to a great extent, on previously unknown information discovered during years of search in the archives of Southern France, mostly on those of the county of Provence. They are situated in the cities of Marseille and Aix-en-Provence as well as the town of Digne. The legal registers of the High Middle Ages (1250-1350) as well as those produced by the counties’ administration introduce us to the ordinary people of the region, to their daily life and to their preoccupations; their names are spelled out, the dates are recorded and the localities in which they were active are designated. At times these documents encourage us to endorse information found in contemporary literary sources and to overcome our hesitation and excessive caution concerning their value as historical evidence.”— Joseph ShatzmillerTrade Review“Joseph Shatzmiller, the foremost expert on Provençal Judaism, has throughout the course of his career provided a rich and powerful mosaic of Jewish society in Provence. Known for his insightful analysis of historical documents and primary sources, Shatzmiller’s research consistently illuminates the significance of Provence Jewry within the larger framework of Jewish communities in the Mediterranean and western Europe during the Middle Ages. Drawing on a wealth of archival sources and intellectual history, his work is essential reading for anyone interested in the history of Jewish communities in medieval Europe.”— Ram Ben-Shalom, Professor of the History of the Jewish People, Hebrew University of Jerusalem; author of The Jews of Provence and LanguedocTable of ContentsVol. One: The Jews of Provence: Introductory ObservationsAn IntroductionI Tolerance: Its Reason and Its Limits1. Les Angevins et les Juifs de leurs États: Anjou, Naples et Provence2. The Angevins of Naples and the Jews3. Saint Louis et l’usure juiveII Historical Records In Hebrew1. כרונוגראפיה פרובנסאלית 1בקונדרסו האבוד של שם טוב שאנצולו(Provencal Chronicles in the Lost Book of Shem-Tov Sancholo)2. שלמה ן׳ וירגה וגירוש יהודי אנגליה(Shlomo Ibn Verga and the Expulsion of the Jews from England)3. תקנות פרובנסאליות משנת 1313 (Provençal Ordinances of 1313)III A State Agency—The Jewish Community1. Community and Super-Community in Provence in the Middle Ages2. L’organisation communautaire et les limites du “self-government” en Provence (1250-1350)3. L’excommunication, la communauté juive et les autorités temporelles au Moyen- ge4. La Perception de la Tallia Judeorum en Provence au milieu du XIVe siècle5. Encore la Tallia Judeorum 6. La “collecta” de Perpignan (1412) IV Within the Jewish Community 1. Politics and the Myth of Origins: The Case of the Medieval Jews2. Structures communautaires juives à Marseille: autour d’un contrat de 1278 3. Documents de la communauté d’Aix-en-Provence (1336) 4. En Provence médiévale: les Juifs de Gordes (Vaucluse) 1312 5. Rabbi Isaac Ha-Cohen of Manosque and his Son Rabbi Peretz: The Rabbinate and its Professionalization in the Fourteenth Century6. Une «matriarche» juive au tournant du XIVe siècle: Rosa de Grassa V Solidarity and Its Limits1. Les limites de la solidarité: antagonismes au sein de la société juive ancienne et moderne2. La solidarité juive au moyen âge et ses limites : histoire et contre-histoire3. Au sein de la commu nauté juive : l’etranger et sa concurrence économique4. "Violence, chantage et mariage: Arles 1387VI Tumult and Uproar in the Synagogue 1. Tumultus et Rumor in Sinagoga: An Aspect of Social Life in Provençal Jews in the Middle Ages2. Tumultus et Rumor in Sinagoga: suite d’une enquête
£54.89
Academic Studies Press Collected Studies: Christian Majority - Jewish
Book SynopsisIn Collected Studies (Volume 2): Christian Majority—Jewish Minority, Joseph Shatzmiller, the preeminent scholar of the Jews in Provence, examines the complex relationship between Christians and Jews during the Middle Ages. Through a careful analysis of historical documents and primary sources, Shatzmiller sheds light on the diverse experiences of the Jewish minority in Provence, from their legal status in Christian courts to the persecution and violence they faced during times of crisis. This book provides a nuanced understanding of the relationship between Christians and Jews in medieval Western Europe, and the role of the Jewish community in shaping the social and political landscape of the region.“The collection of studies that these four volumes offer is the result of more than sixty years of commitment to scholarship. Like many colleagues, I relied in the beginning on printed material in books that dealt with law, religion, and secular literature. Then, as a disciple of George Duby, I discovered the world of archives and hand-written Latin manuscripts. The present collection relies, to a great extent, on previously unknown information discovered during years of search in the archives of Southern France, mostly on those of the county of Provence. They are situated in the cities of Marseille and Aix-en-Provence as well as the town of Digne. The legal registers of the High Middle Ages (1250-1350) as well as those produced by the counties’ administration introduce us to the ordinary people of the region, to their daily life and to their preoccupations; their names are spelled out, the dates are recorded and the localities in which they were active are designated. At times these documents encourage us to endorse information found in contemporary literary sources and to overcome our hesitation and excessive caution concerning their value as historical evidence.”— Joseph ShatzmillerTrade Review“Joseph Shatzmiller, the foremost expert on Provençal Judaism, has throughout the course of his career provided a rich and powerful mosaic of Jewish society in Provence. Known for his insightful analysis of historical documents and primary sources, Shatzmiller’s research consistently illuminates the significance of Provence Jewry within the larger framework of Jewish communities in the Mediterranean and western Europe during the Middle Ages. Drawing on a wealth of archival sources and intellectual history, his work is essential reading for anyone interested in the history of Jewish communities in medieval Europe.”— Ram Ben-Shalom, Professor of the History of the Jewish People, Hebrew University of Jerusalem; author of The Jews of Provence and LanguedocTable of ContentsVol. Two: Christian Majority - Jewish MinorityI Under One Roof1. The Papal Monarchy as Viewed by Medieval Jews 2. Terminologie politique en hebreu médiéval: Jalons pour un glossaire3. L’anthroponomie dans le monde juifII Jurisprudence and Legal Practice1. Droit féodal et législation rabbinique : la cuisson du pain chez les juifs au moyen âge2. Jews in the Christian Courts of Provence in the Middle Ages (Hebrew) 3. Jews ‘Separated from the Communion of the Faithful in Christ’ in the Middle Ages 4. Christian ‘Excommunication’ of Jews : Some Further Clarifications III Quests for Holy Shrines 1. Jews, Pilgrimage, and the Christian Cult of Saints: Benjamin of Tudela and his Contemporaries2. In Search of a ‘Jewish Compostela’: Benjamin of Tudela and Petrachia of RegensburgIV Hostility and Persecutions 1. L’Inquisition et les Juifs de Provence2. Church Articles: Pawns in the Hands of Jewish Moneylenders 3. Les Juifs de Provence pendant la peste noire4. Desecrating the Holy Cross: A Rare Medieval Accusation (Hebrew)5. Profaner la Sainte-Croix : une rare accusation anti-juive au moyen âge V. Converts: Church Vs. State 1. Jewish Converts to Christianity in Medieval Europe 1200–1500 2. Converts and Judaizers in the Early Fourteenth Century 3. Paulus Christiani : Un aspect de son activité anti-juive 4. Did Nicholas Donin Promulgate the Blood Libel? (Hebrew)
£51.84
Scribner Book Company Achilles in Vietnam
Book SynopsisAn original and groundbreaking examination of the psychological devastation of war through the lens of Homer’s Iliad in this “compassionate book [that] deserves a place in the lasting literature of the Vietnam War” (The New York Times).In this moving and dazzlingly creative book, Dr. Jonathan Shay examines the psychological devastation of war by comparing the soldiers of Homer’s Iliad with Vietnam veterans suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder. A classic of war literature that has as much relevance as ever in the wake of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, Achilles in Vietnam is a “transcendent literary adventure” (The New York Times) and “clearly one of the most original and most important scholarly works to have emerged from the Vietnam War” (Tim O’Brien, author of The Things They Carried). As a Veterans Affairs psychiatrist, Shay encountered devastating stories of unhealed PTSD and uncovered the painful paradox—that fighting for one’s country can render one unfit to be a citizen. With a sensitive and compassionate examination of the battles many Vietnam veterans continue to fight, Shay offers readers a greater understanding of PTSD and how to alleviate the potential suffering of soldiers. Although the Iliad was written twenty-seven centuries ago, Shay shows how it has much to teach about combat trauma, as do the more recent, compelling voices and experiences of Vietnam vets. A groundbreaking and provocative monograph, Achilles in Vietnam takes readers on a literary journey that demonstrates how we can learn how war damages the mind and spirit, and work to change those things in our culture that so that we don’t continue repeating the same mistakes.
£16.19
Pan Macmillan The Science of Racism
£15.29
Oneworld Publications Justice: A Beginner's Guide
Book SynopsisIn this highly topical introduction, Professor Raymond Wacks explains and evaluates the leading theories of justice that have shaped our societies and their legislative and judicial systems, and explores the extent to which fundamental notions like fairness, equality and freedom are reflected in contemporary society. By analysing some of the world’s most pressing challenges, including terrorism, corruption and migration, Justice: A Beginner’s Guide shows how these ideas are applied in practice – and how far we still have to go to achieve social justice.Trade Review‘The concept of justice is seldom given the attention it deserves in legal education. In part this is due to the large number of indigestible treatises on this subject that act as a deterrent to teachers and students. Raymond Wacks’ Beginner’s Guide seeks to remedy this by providing a clearly written and argued study of the principal debates and writers in the field. Although the emphasis is on the theory of justice, Wacks’ thoughtful illustrations of justice in practice ensures that the reader is made aware of the pivotal role played by the concept of justice in the ordering of society.’ -- John Dugard, Emeritus Professor of Law and former member of the UN International Law Commission"A wide-ranging and highly readable examination of key ideas in the evolution of thought on social justice." -- Albie Sachs – Former Justice of the Constitutional Court of South Africa
£9.49
Zone Books Publics and Counterpublics
Book SynopsisPublics and Counterpublics revolves around a central question: What is a public? The idea of a public is a cultural form, a kind of practical fiction, present in the modern world in a way that is very different from other or earlier societies. Like the idea of rights, or nations, or markets, it can now seem universal. But it has not always been so. Publics exist only by virtue of their imagining. They are a kind of fiction that has taken on life, and very potent life at that.Publics have some regular properties as a form, with powerful implications for the way our social world takes shape; but much of modern life involves struggles over the nature of publics and their interrelation. There are ambiguities, even contradictions in the idea of a public. As it is extended to new contexts and media, new polities and rhetorics, its meaning can be seen to change, in ways that we have scarcely begun to appreciate.By combining historical analysis, theoretical reflection, and extended case studies, Publics and Counterpublics shows how the idea of a public works as a formal device in modern culture and traces its implications for contemporary life. Michael Warner offers a revisionist account at the junction of two intellectual traditions with which he has been associated: public-sphere theory and queer theory. To public-sphere theory, this book brings a new emphasis on cultural forms, and a new focus on the dynamics of counterpublics. To queer theory, it brings a new way of seeing how queer culture (among other examples) is shaped by the counterpublic environment.
£20.90
Cengage Learning, Inc Introduction to Physical Anthropology
Book SynopsisTable of Contents1. Introduction to Physical Anthropology. 2. The Development of Evolutionary Theory. 3. The Biological Basis of Life. 4. Heredity and Evolution. 5. Macroevolution: Processes of Vertebrate and Mammalian Evolution. 6. Survey of the Living Primates. 7. Primate Behavior. 8. Overview of the Fossil Primates. 9. Paleoanthropology: Reconstructing Early Hominin Behavior and Ecology. 10. Hominin Origins in Africa. 11. The First Dispersal of the Genus Homo: Homo Erectus and Contemporaries. 12. Premodern Humans. 13. The Origin and Dispersal of Modern Humans. 14. Modern Human Biology: Patterns of Variation. 15. Modern Human Biology: Patterns of Adaptation. 16. Legacies of Human Evolutionary History: Effects on the Human Life Course. 17. The Human Disconnection. Appendix A. Atlas of Primate Skeletal Anatomy. Appendix B. Sexing and Aging the Skeleton.
£71.99
OUP Oxford Making Good Progress
Book SynopsisMaking Good Progress? is a research-informed examination of formative assessment practices outlining practical recommendations for teachers at every level and phase. Written by Daisy Christodoulou, Making Good Progress?' offers clear, up-to-date advice to develop best practice for teachers assessing pupils in the wake of life beyond levels.
£17.99
Crown The Tyranny Of Good Intentions How Prosecutors and Law Enforcement Are Trampling the Constitution in the Name of Justice
Book SynopsisIn this updated and expanded edition of The Tyranny of Good Intentions, Paul Craig Roberts and Lawrence M. Stratton renew their valiant campaign to reclaim that which is rightly ours-liberty protected by the rule of law. They show how crusading legislators and unfair prosecutors are remaking American law into a weapon wielded by the government and how the erosion of the legal principles we hold dear-such as habeas corpus and the prohibition against self-incrimination-is destroying the presumption of innocence. A new introduction and new chapters cover recent marquee cases and make this provocative book essential reading for anyone who cringes at the thought of unbridled state power and sees our civil liberties slowly slipping away in the name of the War on Drugs, the War on Crime, and the War on Terror.
£15.19
Lupus Deus El Dios Lobo
Book Synopsis
£21.18
Columbia University Press Realms of Memory
Book SynopsisOffers the best essays from the acclaimed collection originally published in French. This monumental work examines how and why events and figures become a part of a people's collective memory, how rewriting history can forge new paradigms of cultural identity, and how the meaning attached to an event can become as significant as the event itself.Trade ReviewThis is an indispensable guide to understanding France and the French. As usual, Arthur Goldhammer's translation is superb. Foreign Affairs This unusual book deals fascinatingly with everything from the creation of the rousing anthem "La Marseillaise" to the changing role of Joan of Arc in France's collective memory. Even the Eiffel Tower shines forth in surprising new facets. Chicago Tribune Provides arresting genealogies of a number of the major cleavages in French history, with chapters on the embattled relationship of Jews to the French republic, the peculiar affinities of Gaulism and Communism, and... Paris' haughty condescension toward la province... Without resorting to polemics, the volume reminds us that the image of the French past is confected as much out of amnesia as out of memory. Lingua Franca A magisterial attempt to define what it is to be French. Times Literary Supplement A magnificent achievement... [The essays included] are the high-carat jewels of the project. The New RepublicTable of ContentsIntroduction, by Pierre Nora Part I: Emblems 1. The Three Colors: Neither White nor Red, by Raoul Girardet 2. La Marseillaise: War or Peace, by Michel Vovelle 3. Liberty, Equality, Fraternity, by Mona Ozouf 4. Bastille Day: From Dies Irae to Holiday, by Christian Almavi Part II: Major Sites 1. Lascaux, by Jean-Paul Demoule 2. Reims, City of Coronation, by Jacques Le Goff 3. The Louvre, Royal Residence and Temple of the Arts, by Jean-Pierre Babelon 4. Versailles, the Image of the Sovereign, by Edouard Pommier 5. The Pantheon, The Ecole Normale of the Dead, by Mona Ozouf 6. The Eiffel Tower, by Henry Loyette 7. Verdun, by Antoine Prost Part III: Identifications 1. The Gallic Cock, by Michael Pastoureau 2. Joan of Arc, by Michael Winock 3. Descartes, by Francois Azouvi 4. Paris, A Traversal from East to West, by Maurice Agulhon 5. The Genius of the French Language, by Marc Fumaroli 6. The Era of Commemoration, by Pierre Nora Notes Index of Names Index of Subjects
£52.70
Brookes Publishing Co Ages & Stages Questionnaires®: Social-Emotional
Book SynopsisThe essential guide to the NEW edition of the trusted social-emotional screener, the updated ASQ:SE-2™trade User's Guide gives your program all the information and guidance you need to use the screener accurately and effectively. You'll get thorough, step-by-step instructions on screening with ASQ:SE-2, including planning and managing your screening program, administering and scoring the questionnaires, and evaluating your program's effectiveness a complete technical report with psychometric data, including validity, sensitivity, and specificity guidance on using ASQ:SE-2 in a wide variety of settings sample letters and forms that increase family engagement, including a welcome letter, parent feedback survey, and parent conference sheet handouts and activities families can use to help promote children's social-emotional development between screenings, plus a list of resources to support professionals With this clear, comprehensive guide, professionals will be sure they're making the most of this highly reliable, accurate, and parent-friendly screener so they can catch social-emotional issues early and help improve child outcomes.The ASQ:SE-2 User's Guide is part of the ASQ:SE-2 screening system. ASQ:SE-2 is the NEW edition of the bestselling screener trusted to pinpoint social-emotional issues as early as possible during the crucial first 6 years of life. The 9 age-appropriate ASQ:SE-2 questionnaires effectively screen 7 key developmental areas: self-regulation, compliance, adaptive functioning, autonomy, affect, social-communication, and interaction with people. The second edition of ASQ:SE-2 has been revised and updated with invaluable new features, including a NEW 2 month questionnaire, an expanded age range, updated cutoff scores, new behavior and communication items, and more updates to help you better support families and promote social-emotional development.Table of Contents List of Tables and Figures About the Authors Preface Acknowledgments Photocopying Release Frequently Asked Questions I Overview of ASQ 1 Introduction to ASQ:SE-2 2 The Need for ASQ:SE-2 3 The ASQ:SE-2 System II Implementation of ASQ:SE-2 4 Phase I: Planning the Screening/Monitoring Program Using ASQ:SE-2 5 Phase II: Preparing, Organizing, and Managing the Screening Program 6 Phase III: Administering and Scoring ASQ:SE-2 and Following Up 7 Phase IV: Evaluating the Screening and Monitoring Program III ASQ:SE-2 in Practice 8 ASQ:SE-2 Completion Methods 9 ASQ:SE-2 Settings 10 ASQ:SE-2 Case Examples References Appendixes A Suggested Readings B Glossary C ASQ:SE-2 Technical Report D Letters and Forms Parent Letters/Forms (in English) Parent Letters/Forms (in Spanish) Physician/Professional Letters (in English) Screening/Monitoring Program Forms (in English) E Activities and Behavior List F Social-Emotional Resources
£41.40
Seal Press She's Not the Man I Married: My Life with a
Book SynopsisHelen Boyd's husband, who had long been open about being a cross-dresser, was considering living as a woman full time. Suddenly, Boyd was confronted with the reality of what it would mean if her husband were actually to become a woman , socially, legally, and medically. Would Boyd love and desire her partner the same way?Boyd's first book, My Husband Betty, explored the relationships of cross-dressing men and their partners. Now, She's Not the Man I Married is both a sequel and a more expansive examination of gender in relationships. It's for couples who are homosexual or heterosexual, and for readers who fall anywhere along the gender continuum. As Boyd struggles to understand the nature of marriage, passion, and love, she shares her confusion and anger, providing a fascinating observation of the ways in which relationships are gendered, and how we cope, or don't, with the emotional and sexual pressures that gender roles can bring to our marriages and relationships.
£16.14
Aakar Books The Secret of Childhood
Book SynopsisThis book helps us to recognize what the childâs needs are, but from the childâs perspective.
£15.99
HarperCollins Publishers Inc God Is a Black Woman
Book SynopsisIn this timely, much-needed book, theologian, social psychologist, and activist Christena Cleveland recounts her personal journey to dismantle the cultural “whitemalegod” and uncover the Sacred Black Feminine, introducing a Black Female God who imbues us with hope, healing, and liberating presence.For years, Christena Cleveland spoke about racial reconciliation to congregations, justice organizations, and colleges. But she increasingly felt she could no longer trust in the God she’d been implicitly taught to worship—a white male God who preferentially empowered white men despite his claim to love all people. A God who clearly did not relate to, advocate for, or affirm a Black woman like Christena. Her crisis of faith sent her on an intellectual and spiritual journey through history and across France, on a 400-mile walking pilgrimage to the ancient shrines of Black Madonnas to find healing in the Sacred Black Femin
£25.64
University of Adelaide Press Mainstreaming Politics Gendering Practices and Feminist Theory
£21.60
Emerald Publishing Limited Does The Black Middle Class Exist And Are We
Book SynopsisDoes the Black Middle Class Exist And Are We Members makes two contributions into the research of the Black Middle Class. First, it explores how Black South Africans conceptualize middle classness. Second, it demonstrates how this conceptualization informs researchers’ social identity within the Black middle class. The book draws on historical social science literature for theoretical grounding and focuses on enriching theoretical perspectives on race and class from the perspective of the interviewee and the interviewer. It contextualizes both subjective and objective definitions of the term ‘middle class’ while highlighting it’s constantly shifting perception. Does the Black Middle Class Exist And Are We Members reflects on the experience of the researchers interviews with Black middle class of South Africa. These reflections give a unique approach in understanding how researcher’s subjectivism reflects the experiences of the South African Middle class.Table of ContentsAbout the authors Acknowledgements Chapter 1: Who is the black middle class in history and theory? Chapter 2: The Black middle class: a conceptual moving target? Chapter 3: Those snobbish “clever” Blacks: preconceived notions of the Black middle class Chapter 4: Thank you, but I got this: gender dynamics between researcher and Black middle-class respondent Chapter 5: What do I wear, and do I eat their food? Performing middle classness Chapter 6: Conclusion Bibliography Index
£45.99
Penguin Books India Pvt Ltd The Big Bookshelf Sunil Sethi in Conversation
Book SynopsisPulsating with pleasure, adventure and discovery, and tempered by nostalgia, this book speaks as eloquently to the armchair traveller as to lovers of the sae and its lore.
£8.07
OUP India The Cracked Mirror An Indian Debate on Experience
Book SynopsisUsing the format of a dialogue between two authors, this book confronts the problematic issues of experience and theory by first beginning with an analysis of the nature of experience followed by an argument for an ethics of theorizing. These topics are discussed within the context of theorizing dalit experience and conceptualizing the problematic category of untouchability, by drawing upon both Indian and Western intellectual traditions.Table of ContentsList of Abbreviations Introduction - Gopal Guru and Sundar Sarukkai Chapter 1: Egalitarianism and the Social Science in India - Gopal Guru Chapter 2: Experience and Theory: From Habermas to Gopal Guru - Sundar Sarukkai Chapter 3: Understanding Experience - Sundar Sarukkai Chapter 4: Experience, Space, and Justice - Gopal Guru Chapter 5: Experience and the Ethics of Theory - Gopal Guru Chapter 6: Ethics of Theorizing - Sundar Sarukkai Chapter 7: Phenomenology of Untouchability - Sundar Sarukkai Chapter 8: Archaeology of Untouchability - Gopal Guru Chapter 9: Conclusion - Gopal Guru and Sundar Sarukkai References Index
£18.89
Penguin Random House India Rohzin
Book Synopsis
£17.95
Monash University Publishing Up from the Underworld
Book SynopsisA regional mining community that won a national reputation, Wonthaggi came to be admired by many, and disliked by others. For sixty years the town's highly unionised miners successfully worked the thin, broken seams of a state coal mine that would have been regarded as insufficiently profitable by most Australian mine owners. At times, through the national Miner's Federation, they exerted a powerful influence within the Australian coal industry and beyond. For the residents of Wonthaggi, their mine and their union helped them understand and define who they were, these things playing a role in their everyday lives, understandings and imaginations that thoroughly transcended the workplace. In an age of private accumulation and social fragmentation, Up from the Underworld brings to light this important history.
£24.29
Cambridge University Press Thinking about Bribery
Book SynopsisBribery is perhaps the most visible and most frequently studied form of corruption. Very little research, however, examines the individual decision to offer or accept a bribe, or how understanding that decision can help to effectively control bribery. This book brings together research by scholars from a variety of disciplines studying the mind and morality, who use their research to explain how and why decisions regarding participation in bribery are made. It first examines bribery from the perspective of brain structure, then approaches the decision to engage in bribery from a cognitive perspective. It examines the psychological costs imposed on a person who engages in bribery, and studies societal and organizational norms and their impact on bribery. This is an ideal read for scholars and other interested persons studying business ethics, bribery and corruption, corruption control, and the applications of neuroscience in a business environment.Table of Contents1. Introduction and overview: bribery and the study of decision making Diana C. Robertson and Philip M. Nichols; Part I. Structure and Mechanics of the Brain: 2. Cognitive neuroscience methods: an introductory overview for social scientists Trishala Parthasarathi and Joseph W. Kable; 3. The conforming brain and deontological resolve Melanie Pincus, Lisa LaViers, Michael J. Prietula and Gregory Berns; Part II. Moral Cognition and Bribery: 4. Corruption in the context of moral trade-offs James Dungan, Adam Waytz and Liane Young; 5. Cognitive dissonance, ethical behavior, and bribery Andrew Samuel; Part III. Psychological Insights into Bribery: 6. Beyond black and white: three decision frames of bribery Xiao-Xiao Liu, George I. Christopoulos and Ying-yi Hong; 7. Effect of reminders of personal sacrifice and suggested rationalizations on residents' self-reported willingness to accept gifts Sunita Sah and George Loewenstein; Part IV. Norms and the Decision to Engage in Bribery: 8. Determinants of corruption: a socio-psychological analysis Cristina Bicchieri and Deshani Ganegoda; 9. Moral norms, behavioral ethics, and bribery activity Robert A. Prentice; 10. Thoughts on the control of bribery Philip M. Nichols and Diana C. Robertson.
£37.99
Cambridge University Press Catechisms and Womens Writing in SeventeenthCentury England
Book SynopsisCatechisms and Women''s Writing in Seventeenth-Century England is a study of early modern women''s literary use of catechizing. Paula McQuade examines original works composed by women - both in manuscript and print, as well as women''s copying and redacting of catechisms - and construction of these materials from other sources. By studying female catechists, McQuade shows how early modern women used the power and authority granted to them as mothers to teach religious doctrine, to demonstrate their linguistic skills, to engage sympathetically with Catholic devotional texts, and to comment on matters of contemporary religious and political import - activities that many scholars have considered the sole prerogative of clergymen. This book addresses the question of women''s literary production in early modern England, demonstrating that reading and writing of catechisms were crucial sites of women''s literary engagements during this time.Trade Review'… Paula McQuade's delightful book, a work of literary scholarship which is not only for literary scholars. Like many of her authors - women whose humanity she never forgets - her professed aims are modest: to add half-a-dozen more minor entries to the emerging canon of early modern women's writing in English, and in the process to persuade us that catechesis deserves to be taken seriously as a literary genre. As it happens, the significance of her work extends a little further than that.' Alec Ryrie, The Journal of Ecclesiastical HistoryTable of ContentsIntroduction. 'Milk for babes': catechisms and female authorship in early modern England; Part I. Domestic Catechesis and Female Authorship: 1. 'Mother bare me': catechisms and maternity in early modern England; 2. 'A tender mother': domestic catechesis in the household devotional of Katherine Fitzwilliam, circa 1603; Part II. Female Witness and Inter-Confessional Dialogue: 3. 'At Magdalin's house': maternal catechesis and female witness in the manuscript miscellany of Katherine Thomas (b. 1637); 4. Catholicism, catechesis, and coterie circulation: the manuscript of Barbara Slingsbury Talbot (b. 1633); Part III. Print and Polemic: 5. 'A knowing people': catechizing and community in Dorothy Burch's A Catechisme of the Severall Heads of the Christian Religion (1646); 6. Prophecy, catechesis, and community in Mary Cary's The Resurrection of the Witnesses (1648; reprint 1653); Epilogue.
£87.39
Cambridge University Press The Swords Other Edge
Book SynopsisThis book is the first work to build a conceptual framework describing how the pursuit of military effectiveness can present military and political tradeoffs, such as undermining political support for the war, creating new security threats, and that seeking to improve effectiveness in one aspect can reduce effectiveness in other aspects. Here are new ideas about military effectiveness, covering topics such as military robotics, nuclear weapons, insurgency, war finance, public opinion, and others. The study applies these ideas to World War II, the Korean War, the Vietnam War, and the 1973 October War, as well as ongoing conflicts and public policy debates, such as the War on Terror, drone strikes, ISIS, Russian aggression against Ukraine, US-Chinese-Russian nuclear competitions, and the Philippines insurgency, among others. Both scholarly and policy-oriented readers will gather new insights into the political dimensions of military power, and the complexities of trying to grow military Trade Review'The Sword's Other Edge presents a path-breaking new perspective on how states and non-state actors pursue military effectiveness, focusing on tradeoffs they often must confront. Previous work focusses either on gains or losses in effectiveness that technologies and tactical innovations provide. This new volume presents a coherent approach to understanding the net effect on effectiveness of changes in the ways that states employ military power. The authors provide insights into critical dimensions of contemporary foreign policy issues, including drone strikes, military robotics, counterinsurgency, ISIS, nuclear weapons, rising military threats from Russia, and others. The chapters and examples are filled with rich historical depth, including case studies of World War II, the 1973 Yom Kippur War, the Korean War, and others, as well as quantitative analyses of the ongoing Philippine insurgency, and of all conventional wars since 1800. A must-read for students, policy makers, and concerned citizens.' Allan C. Stam, Frank Batten School of Leadership and Public Policy, University of Virginia'How should states employ force? Eschewing simplistic arguments, this fascinating volume studies the tradeoffs militaries inevitably struggle with. From financing, to force mix, to tactics, the chapters show us that there is no free lunch in war; every choice has costs and benefits. Policymakers would do well to heed the lessons in this volume.' Jacob N. Shapiro, Princeton University, New Jersey'The Sword's Other Edge is a must-read for students of war. For starters, it does a fine job showing that military effectiveness is a function of a host of different factors, which are nicely catalogued in the book. Moreover, it makes clear that maximizing military effectiveness often involves significant costs, and thus policymakers and strategists need to think hard about the resulting tradeoffs. Toward that end, Reiter and his fellow contributors provide a first-rate framework for analyzing the various tradeoffs that arise when a country tries to employ its fighting forces in the most effective way possible.' John J. Mearsheimer, R. Wendell Harrison Distinguished Service Professor of Political Science, University of Chicago'An excellent read for advanced students of military theory or the history of warfare, and policy makers.' D. N. Nelson, ChoiceTable of Contents1. Confronting tradeoffs in the pursuit of military effectiveness Dan Reiter; 2. Force protection and its tradeoffs Emanuele Castelli and Lorenzo Zambernardi; 3. War finance and military effectiveness Rosella Cappella Zielinski; 4. Forced to fight: coercion, blocking detachments, and tradeoffs in military effectiveness Jason Lyall; 5. Sources of military effectiveness in counterinsurgency: evidence from the Philippines Joseph Felter; 6. Military robotics, autonomous systems, and the future of military effectiveness Michael C. Horowitz; 7. Too much of a good thing? Conventional military effectiveness and the dangers of nuclear escalation Caitlin Talmadge; 8. Making tradeoffs without assessing probabilities: the costs and benefits of vague information in national security decision making Jeffrey A. Friedman; 9. Conclusion: the complexity of military effectiveness Filippo Andreatta.
£999.99
John Murray Press The Tech Exit
Book Synopsis
£16.14
Sydney University Press Social Work Education: Voices from the Asia
Book SynopsisSocial work and social development in the Asia-Pacific region continue to grow in new and exciting ways. Social work educators are an essential part of shaping social work and development. In this second edition we hear four new voices, from Cambodia, Fiji, Japan and Vietnam, together with revised and updated chapters from social work educators in Australia, China, Hong Kong, India, Korea, Nepal, and New Zealand. Summaries of each chapter are included in Chinese, Japanese and Korean, as well as in the first language of the author. Despite the astonishing diversity of languages, cultures, philosophies, religions, economic systems and ways that social work is taught and practised in the region, social work in the Asia-Pacific is becoming more internationally cohesive. At the same time it maintains strong foundations in its local contexts. In an increasingly globalised world, international social work belongs in every 21st-century social work curriculum. While this book does not provide all the answers, it will help educators and practitioners ask better questions.Table of ContentsIntroduction Cultural voices 1. Call for incorporating cultural competency in South Korean social work education by Jun Sung Hong and In Young Han 2. Respecting knowledge: circular movement in teacher/learner roles to advancing Indigenous social work education and practice by Lorraine Muller and Susan Gair 3. Diversity in gender equality in Asia by Murli Desai 4. Teaching heterosexual privilege by Mark Henrickson 5. Authentication in social work education: the balancing act by Moses Faleolo National voices 6. Social work definition in Japan: international definition of social work and the Japanese social work education community by Kana Matsuo 7. Social work education in Vietnam: developments and progress by Richard Hugman, Bùi Thá" Xuân Mai and Nguyá"n Thá" Thà i Lan 8. The development of the social work profession and social work education in China: issues and prospects by Joe C.B. Leung 9. Contemporary challenges to social work education in Cambodia by Keo Chanvuthy 10. Social work education in South Asia: a Nepalese perspective by Bala Raju Nikku Curriculum and practicum 11. Designing advocacy and social action curriculum: reflections from the classroom by Heather Fraser 12. Walking the talk in social work education by Ksenija Napan 13. Reciprocity and cultural diversity: creating successful field education placements by Louise Coventry and Marty Grace 14. Field education in Fiji: practice challenges and opportunities by Kate Saxton Policy voices 15. Social work and the Asia Pacific: from rhetoric to practice by Carolyn Noble 16. The humanitarian perspective in social work and community welfare education by Deborah West and Dan Baschiera 17. Labour migration and human rights: challenges for social work practice and education by Nilan G. Yu 18. Asylum seekers, human rights and social work by Linda BriskmanContributors
£999.99
Monash University Publishing Out Here: Gay and Lesbian Perspectives VI
Book Synopsis
£999.99
Ibidem Press/Ibidem-Verlag Women of Ukraine
Book SynopsisThis book presents a collection of reportages from Ukraine spanning roughly one year, from February 2022 to February 2023.
£22.41
ibidem Dnevniki Skopus i nelogichnost akademicheskogo
Book Synopsis
£26.10
Ibidem-Verlag Provision for Surviving Dependants in Social
Book Synopsis
£20.90
V&R unipress GmbH Between Freedom and Security
Book Synopsis
£40.79
zweikommasieben magazin zweikommasieben 28
Book SynopsisThe sound of each individual's voice is thought to be entirely unique. Like a fingerprint, its composition is distinct, nuanced, and one-of-a-kind. While all this is true, it's a concept that has been challenged in recent times by the refinement of AI-powered systems which are able to emulate voices to a tee. And not only voices, for that matter, but whole styles and aesthetics: an AI-generated facsimile of Drake and The Weeknd's voices titled Heart on My Sleeve made the rounds this year and was even submitted for Grammy consideration. It's a legitimate song, and a proposal that does not only keep legal departments busy, but also allows for myriad reflections on originality and, bluntly, the future of music. But as the future of music is a broad and daunting topic to speculate on, we want to hone in on what's been prefaced above: issue #28 of zweikommasieben centers the voice as means of expression, and wants to expand on what is meant by that: it's not only what is heard, but also why a voice is used and by whom. This latest edition considers what it means to voice, and its physical, societal and political dimensions. Truthfully, voices as a topic might be even more daunting to tackle. Its political implications are manifold and have to be considered in seriousness. Voice can't be separated from reflections on the ingrained power of attitudes, beliefs, and norms that dominate. Exhibit A for these complex entanglements is a conversation Dounia Biedermann had with South Korean artist bela. The musician explains how they use all kinds of different voices other than their recognizable speaking voice to articulate and access deeply felt emotions towards their home country and identity. Whispering, growling, screeching, and inhaling help them in disrupting cultural boundaries of power that historically constrain and silence marginalized identities. With this approach, bela finds an ally in Krista Papista: in conversation with Jazmina Figueroa she informs that her latest album was an explicit tribute to the lives of victims of femicide in Cyprus, and the marginalized voices that are not heard within the Cypriot national ideology. By subverting traditional music genres and poetics, both Krista Papista and bela push forward the need to queer history and to reveal longstanding, harmful, national myths. In a queer history, we are no longer pointed towards dominant and singular voices, but instead expand to a context that is polyvocala term we encounter in artist Claudia Pagès' contribution to this issue: through the tools of light, drums, and text, a different temporality and reading of history is proposed. Tuning out of the prevailing source of authoritarian speech, and tuning in to the voices of many, also leads us to consider the articulation of the collective. In his interview with Helena Julian, artist Tianzhuo Chen points to the shared voice of humankind as a whole, and its yearning for a state of flow and togetherness. For the latest iteration of the visual column Formations, Imane Djamil provides a portfolio of photographs taken in the Moroccan seaside town Tarfaya. In the series, we are confronted with the boundaries that can be imposed on one's legitimacy to express. We witness glimpses of everyday life, in close proximity to the severely precarious migratory sea passage towards Europe. Hearing the voice of the local community, we equally become aware of whose voice is missing. Naturally, the voice is also an instrument that is shaped by its limitations. Although, still today, it seems to have preeminence above all other forms of human expression. The full width of the use of voice and sounds produced by individuals is further explored in an essay by Dagmar Bosma. The artist and writer muses on the act and appearances of different forms of stimming, which is a verb that originates from the neurodivergent community. Bosma highlights the sonic dimension of stimming with its vocalizations and repetitions of sounds and rhythms, as a way to equally express and soothe. A recurring interest of zweikommasieben is, to speak with Claudia Pagès, to be polyvocal. Previous issues tried to achieve this by highlighting all the different people involved in bringing a magazine to life (in issue #22) or allowing authors, translators, photographers, and designers to make additional editorial notes (in issue #23). This time around, the graphic designers Kaj Lehmann and Raphael Schoen are using typographic matter to create a similar effect: different cuts of the same font (which was designed by Lehmann and previously used in issue #17) are applied to choral effect. One could argue that for a voice to exist, it needs to be heard. In this 28th edition, we wish to offer exactly that. In the next pages, you will perceive a multitude of voicesfrom roars to whispers, sometimes out of tune or out of time, with the intention to be recognised by those who dare to listen
£12.35
PHI Learning Administrative Theory
Book Synopsis
£21.38
PHI Learning Feature Writing
Book SynopsisThe book by Meera Raghavendra Rao provides a comprehensive overview of Feature Writing, covering various types of features found in newspapers and discussing feature writing techniques. It includes chapters on Profiles, Interviews, and Online Features, making it a valuable resource for Journalism students and aspiring writers.
£999.99
PHI Learning Education in Emerging Indian Society: The
Book SynopsisThis book critiques education in India, proposes remedies, and emphasizes goals like girl child education, universal schooling, and higher education reform. It covers sex education, fundamental rights, and technology's role in education. Targeted at undergraduates, teachers, and educationists in India.
£10.00
Prentice-Hall of India Pvt.Ltd Teaching of Science: A Modern Approach
Book Synopsis
£999.99
Prentice-Hall of India Pvt.Ltd Current English Grammar and Usage
Book Synopsis
£12.74
Asian Educational Services Land of Charity - A Descriptive Account of
Book SynopsisText emphasizes on avoiding OCR for better quality books, maintaining image quality, and acknowledging imperfections in old texts but still making them available for future generations to enjoy.
£999.99
D.K. Print World Ltd Debating Culture
Book Synopsis
£8.49
Rupa Publications India Pvt Ltd. How to Get Free Publicity
Book Synopsis
£8.99
Rupa Publications India Pvt Ltd. Towards Better English
Book Synopsis
£7.59
Cosmo Publications Social Evolution and the Development of Religion
Book SynopsisReproduction of a book from before 1923 with imperfections like missing pages, poor pictures, and errant marks. Despite flaws, it's considered culturally important and brought back into print for preservation. Appreciation for understanding imperfections in the preservation process.
£23.62
Cosmo Publications Children's Fears
Book SynopsisReproduction of a book from before 1923 with imperfections like missing pages, poor pictures, and errant marks. Despite flaws, it's considered culturally important and brought back into print for preservation. Appreciation for understanding imperfections in the preservation process.
£26.99
Viva Books Making Sense of English: A Textbook of Sounds,
Book Synopsis
£19.99
Viva Books Beginning Realism
Book Synopsis'Realism' is a term which is key to understanding, amongst other things: the novel genre, Victorian literature, modernism, and postmodernism. It thus provides the conceptual basis for much literary study yet continues to be regarded as too 'slippery' to be of use, or can be undervalued as a literary mode, failing to receive the critical attention that more 'glamorous' artistic movements have attracted. "Beginning Realism" addresses that gap and offers an accessible guide for students and scholars to get to grips with this most fundamental of categories. It offers a clear exposition of the importance of realism for literary studies, the different ways in which realism has been understood, and continues to be understood, by authors, critics and readers. This study recognises that realism is every bit as complex as other modes of representation and requires a similar level of critique. Beginning Realism's initial focus is on the nineteenth-century novel, the period and genre which defined literary realism, using a set number of works from Gaskell, Eliot, Trollope, Dickens, Mrs Oliphant, Thackeray and Zola. Having firmly established what literary realism is, the book then looks at poetry and drama - genres often omitted from other studies of realism- while other chapters fully explore modernism and postmodernism - modes which lean heavily upon an idea of realism for their operations. The book also includes chapters on the theories and theorists of realism (e.g. Watt, Auerbach, Lukacs, and Belsey), as well as a chapter on the language of realism. A separate chapter deals with realism in its philosophical and scientific aspects, and concludes by discussing the current status of realism.
£11.24
⎠Viva Books Research Methods In Social Science
Book SynopsisThe necessary examples, tables, illustrations and graphs have been incorporated to have a clear understanding of the unit wise topic.
£8.50
