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Princeton University Press Everyday Sectarianism in Urban Lebanon
Book SynopsisTrade Review"Nucho writes about the working-class predominantly ethnic Armenian Beirut suburb called Bourj Hammoud. Based on extensive field research, she explores how in everyday life, institutions, especially the infrastructure layers crisscrossing the community, interact with sectarianism... The book's strength is bringing to life the rich complexity of this densely packed community."--ChoiceTable of ContentsList of Illustrations ix Note on Language xi Acknowledgments xiii Introduction 1 1 All That Endures from Past to Present Temporality, Sectarianism, and a "Return" to Wartime in Lebanon 30 2 Permanently Temporary Constructing "Armenianness" through Informal Property Regimes 51 3 Building the Networks NGOs, Gender, and "Community" 73 4 From Shirkets to Bankas Credit, Lending, and the Narrowing of Networks 94 5 The Eyes of Odars City-to-City Collaborations and Transnational Reach 108 Conclusion Far More Dangerous Times 127 Notes 136 References 151 Index 165
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Princeton University Press Everyday Sectarianism in Urban Lebanon
Book SynopsisTrade Review"Nucho writes about the working-class predominantly ethnic Armenian Beirut suburb called Bourj Hammoud. Based on extensive field research, she explores how in everyday life, institutions, especially the infrastructure layers crisscrossing the community, interact with sectarianism... The book's strength is bringing to life the rich complexity of this densely packed community."--ChoiceTable of ContentsList of Illustrations ix Note on Language xi Acknowledgments xiii Introduction 1 1 All That Endures from Past to Present Temporality, Sectarianism, and a "Return" to Wartime in Lebanon 30 2 Permanently Temporary Constructing "Armenianness" through Informal Property Regimes 51 3 Building the Networks NGOs, Gender, and "Community" 73 4 From Shirkets to Bankas Credit, Lending, and the Narrowing of Networks 94 5 The Eyes of Odars City-to-City Collaborations and Transnational Reach 108 Conclusion Far More Dangerous Times 127 Notes 136 References 151 Index 165
£25.20
Princeton University Press Rough Country
Book SynopsisTracing the intersection of religion, race, and power in Texas from Reconstruction through the rise of the Religious Right and the failed presidential bid of Governor Rick Perry, Rough Country illuminates American history since the Civil War in new ways, demonstrating that Texas's story is also America's. In particular, Robert Wuthnow shows how disTrade ReviewWinner of the 2015 Coral Horton Tullis Memorial Prize, Texas State Historical Association "[Wuthnow's] goal is to explain the pitch, moral tone, sharp focus, and sheer loudness of Texas politics as a product of Texas religion... Rough Country is chock-a-block with facts and numbers."--Thomas Powers, New York Review of Books "The great strength of Rough Country is the author's resolute commitment to exploring subtle distinctions... Mr. Wuthnow's thoughtful, careful account is a valuable addition to America's endless church-and-state debates."--Erica Grieder, Wall Street Journal "Anyone seeking to examine the relationship between modern American religious conservatism and politics needs to look no further than Wuthnow's authoritative, encyclopedic survey of Texas's influence on national trends."--Publishers Weekly (starred review) "In this brilliantly detailed book, Wuthnow draws on newspapers, eyewitness accounts and archival material as well as sociological theory, showing how notions of self and other emerged through institution-building practices that helped define Texan (and ultimately, national) identity."--Kirkus "In Rough Country, Wuthnow draws on an Everest of data to provide a comprehensive analysis of the connections between religion, race, and politics in the state that has given us Lyndon Johnson, George W. Bush, Ted Cruz, Roe v. Wade, FreedomWorks, a key sponsor of the Tea Party, and secessionist threats."--Glenn Altschuler, Huffington Post "[A] commanding sociological history... Mr. Wuthnow offers a clear-eyed view of the lingering legacies of slavery and segregation, matters that many Texans today prefer to pass over in favour of Alamo heroics... His research, much of it culled from the archives of Texan publications, is exhaustive, and his command of data impressive, from the changing number of clergy in Texas to the growth of livestock handling in the Fort Worth stockyards more than a century ago. There are nuggets on every page, for historians, journalists, clergy and policymakers."--The Economist "Using the stories of the colorful men and women who drove Texas history, Wuthnow injects surprising life into such normally tame subjects as political theory or statistics about household incomes and the racial breakdowns of counties. For anyone looking to dive into the big, knotty history of one of the most iconic states, this book is well worth the time."--William O'Connor, Daily Beast "Wuthnow's elaboration on the point of morality is especially illuminating... Throughout the book, Wuthnow emphasizes that aside from its size and natural resources, Texas should be considered a microcosm of the United States, rather than a national exception."--Robyn Ross, Texas Observer "Combining a wealth of detail with a broad narrative reach, Mr. Wuthnow's book tells the story of how faith, right-wing politics, and big money have shaped the state in complex ways... Rough Country makes for encouraging or disturbing reading, depending upon which side of the Left-Right divide you are on."--Barry Alfonso, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette "Wuthnow seeks ... to account for the raw power of Texas's red state religion and he has undertaken that massive task with all of the skill expected of such an accomplished scholar."--Journal of Southern Religion "I have no idea of Robert Wuthnow is a Texan, but if only those born in Texas understand the state, he must be... [A]ll readers will, I believe, find amid the details that make this such a rich book an important account of the complex role religion has played and continues to play in American life."--Stanley Hauerwas, First Things "Mixing historical anecdotes gleaned from newspaper accounts, memoirs, and diaries with demographic studies and sociological analysis and using historical narrative as a framework, Wuthnow shows how this rough state with its rough religion and its rough relationship with race became such a powerful force in Bible Belt politics... Wuthnow is a careful sociologist and his research is meticulous: he is a master of telling what happened and how it happened."--Kyle Childress, Christian Century "Rough Country combines a careful treatment of religious history in Texas with sociological insights about the way religion functions in people's lives. Like everything Wuthnow writes, it demands careful attention... A stoutly researched book full of interesting stories and important multi-layered interpretations, Rough Country should be required reading for every evangelical leader concerned with race, religion, or politics."--Miles Mullin, Christianity Today "Wuthnow's comprehensive study of religion in Texas examines how evangelical Christianity has shaped a state with a powerful influence on US politics, especially in recent decades... Though the book is primarily a historical narrative, this study of how faith and politics intertwine in Texas has much to offer to sociologists, political scientists, and scholars of religion in the U.S."--Choice "It is well-written, well-argued, thorough, and engaging."--Sean P. Cunningham, Journal of Church and State "No other study of Texas is quite like this one, certainly no other is as comprehensive, and anyone interested in religion in America and its intertwining with conservative politics, especially scholars, will find the work enlightening."--John W. Storey, The Journal of American History "Whether you are a Lone Star native with a Texocentric worldview or simply an interested observer of American civil religion, Rough Country provides a clear glimpse at religion's past that can reshape how evangelicals engage the future."--Phillip Bethancourt, The Gospel Coalition "Rough Country is a well-written and nuanced narrative of Texas religious history... A timely and important contribution that should be read by those in the academy and those outside it."--Emily Suzanne Clark, Common Reader "One of the most thorough studies of a southern state's religious history to date... Rough Country is an impressive piece of scholarship... Wuthnow writes with characteristic precision and clarity, and the book is filled with fascinating characters and memorable anecdotes that routinely illustrate points and subpoints."--Darren E. Grem, Journal of Southern HistoryTable of ContentsIntroduction 1 Chapter 1 In Rough Country 14 Bringing Order to the New Frontier Chapter 2 For the Advance of Civilization 51 Institution Building and Moral Character Chapter 3 With Liberty of Conscience 88 Defining the Separation of Church and State Chapter 4 The Fundamentalist Belt 121 Coming to Terms with Science Chapter 5 From Judge Lynch to Jim Crow 154 Celebrating Limited Inclusion Chapter 6 A Load Too Heavy 196 Religion and the Debate over Government Relief Chapter 7 Moving onto the National Stage 225 Everything Is Big Chapter 8 Meanest, Dirtiest, Low-Down Stuff 269 The Politics of Tumult Chapter 9 Power to the People 303 Framing the Issues, Taking Sides Chapter 10 God Can Save Us 325 The Campaign for a Moral America Chapter 11 In a Compassionate Way 369 Connecting Faith and Politics Chapter 12 An Independent Lot 409 Religion and Grassroots Activism Chapter 13 Afterword 448 Religion and the Politics of Identity Acknowledgments 483 Notes 485 Selected Bibliography 593 Index 627
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Princeton University Press Democracys Infrastructure
Book SynopsisTrade Review"Von Schnitzler provides a well-documented scholarly analysis of threats to democracy in South Africa. Specifically, she analyzes the gap between South Africa's success in conducting open elections and maintaining a relatively open political system and the continued reliance upon illiberal techno-political infrastructure from the previous regime in the form of prepaid meters for such public services as electricity and water."--ChoiceTable of ContentsAcknowledgments ix Chapter 1 Introduction 1 Democracy's Infrastructure, Apartheid's Debris Chapter 2 The "Discipline of Freedom" 31 Neoliberalism, Translation, and Techno-Politics after the 1976 Soweto Uprising Chapter 3 After the Rent Boycotts 65 Infrastructure and the Politics of Payment Chapter 4 The Making of a Techno-Political Device 105 Chapter 5 Measuring Life 132 Living Prepaid and the Politics of Numbers after Apartheid Chapter 6 Performing Dignity 168 Human Rights and the Legal Politics of Water Conclusion 196 Infrastructure, Democracy, and the Postapartheid Political Terrain References 203 Index 233
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Princeton University Press The Management of Hate
Book SynopsisTrade Review"Winner of the 2017 William A. Douglass Prize in Europeanist Anthropology, Society for the Anthropology of Europe of the American Anthropological Association""Honorable Mention for the 2017 Gregory Bateson Prize, The Society for Cultural Anthropology""Honorable Mention for the 2017 APLA Book Prize, Association for Political and Legal Anthropology""As a study of the political self-understanding and everyday lives of young right-wing extremism in the outskirts of the former East Berlin, Shoshan’s study is very much worth reading."---John Abromeit, German Studies ReviewTable of ContentsList of Illustrations ix Preface xi Acknowledgments xv Abbreviations xix Part I 1 A Specter of Nationalism 3 Taming the Demons 6 The National Remains 10 New Poor, Old Ghosts 15 On the Streets of Treptow-Kopenick 21 2 East and West , Right and Left 29 Young, National, Social 32 Imagining Ossis 38 Grandpa Was SS, Dad Was Stasi 42 3 The Kebab and the Wurst 55 The Beer at Little Istanbul Tastes Better 56 Distinctions in the Landscape of Otherness 64 Talking Immigrants 71 Everything in Moderation 79 Part II 4 Penal Regimes of Political Delinquency 87 "There Shall Be No Censorship" 91 Legal (In)distinctions 99 Indeterminate Injunctions 114 5 The State Inside 117 Police Overkill 124 Men of Confidence 129 Friends and Traitors 133 Cops and Thieves 137 6 Knowing Intimately 141 A Close Call, or, The Occult Paths of Knowledge 144 The Surveillance Machine 149 The Ethics and Praxis of Street Social Work 154 Governance Up Close 159 7 Advances in the Sciences of Exorcism 169 Etiologies 173 Facing the Facts 176 The Rational Kernel 182 If It Walks Like a Nazi 188 The Nationalist Thing 192 Part III 8 Inoculating the National Public 199 A Civilizing Mission 204 Building Coalitions 209 Whose Demonstration? 214 Crafting Resilience 221 9 National Visions 227 Stars over Berlin 227 Reading the Stars 230 Heterotopic Landscapes 232 Tactics of Visibility 237 Just Mourning 248 Catastrophe at the Gate 251 Afterword 261 Bibliography 269 Index 291
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Princeton University Press Biomedical Odysseys
Book SynopsisTrade Review"Winner of the 2018 Francis L.K. Hsu Book Prize, Society for East Asian Anthropology of the American Anthropological Association"Table of ContentsList of Illustrations ix Acknowledgments xi 1 Introduction 1 I Online Mediations 21 Interlude: Planet Paralyzed 23 2 Mobilizing the Paralyzed Online 25 3 Cyberanatomies of Hope 49 4 Where the Virtual Becomes Visceral 73 II Chinese Experiments 99 Interlude: Ode to Olfactory Ensheathing Cells 101 5 Medical Entrepreneurs 105 6 Borderline Tactics 132 III Heterogeneous Evidence 155 Interlude: Clinical Outcomes 157 7 Seeking Truth from Facts 158 8 i-Witnessing 181 Epilogue: On the Cutting Edge 197 Glossary of Chinese Terms 207 Notes 211 Bibliography 241 Index 287
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Princeton University Press Chasing Innovation
Book Synopsis"A vivid look at how India has developed the idea of entrepreneurial citizens as leaders mobilizing society and how people try to live that promise"--Provided by publisher.Trade Review"Winner of the ICA Outstanding Book Award, International Communication Association""Winner of the Diana Forsythe Prize, Committee on the Anthropology of Science, Technology, and Computing of the General Anthropology Division, and the Society for the Anthropology of Work""... profoundly comparative with important theoretical implications. This book certainly needs to be read carefully and very widely." * American Journal of Sociology *"Brilliant ethnography."---Elliott Prasse-Freeman, Asian Journal of Social Science
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Princeton University Press Chasing Innovation
Book Synopsis"A vivid look at how India has developed the idea of entrepreneurial citizens as leaders mobilizing society and how people try to live that promise"--Provided by publisher.Trade Review"Winner of the ICA Outstanding Book Award, International Communication Association""Winner of the Diana Forsythe Prize, Committee on the Anthropology of Science, Technology, and Computing of the General Anthropology Division, and the Society for the Anthropology of Work""... profoundly comparative with important theoretical implications. This book certainly needs to be read carefully and very widely." * American Journal of Sociology *"Brilliant ethnography."---Elliott Prasse-Freeman, Asian Journal of Social Science
£27.00
Princeton University Press Below the Surface
Book SynopsisTrade Review“This is essential reading for all who wish to understand how to help adolescents navigate the critical developmental task of identity formation in our diverse society. Below the Surface is a beacon of intergroup empathy and understanding, providing tangible strategies for thoughtful engagement in complicated but crucial conversations with young people.”—Carola Suárez-Orozco, coauthor of Learning a New Land“The authors of Below the Surface are rising stars in their field. In this fast-paced and accessible book, they engage with the research on race-ethnicity, social justice, and cross-cultural communications for adolescent and college-age youth development, and their analysis is on target. The wonderful final chapter alone is worth the entire book and should be required reading.”—William E. Cross Jr., University of Denver"This book is an absolute pleasure to read. It is timely and beautifully written by two scholars who have enjoyed a long and productive collaboration. The topics covered are a valuable review for researchers who study ethnic-racial identity development. What makes the volume especially appealing is that it also speaks to parents, educators, and anyone else committed to helping today’s youth navigate the joys and challenges of growing up in an increasingly diverse society."—Sandra Graham, University of California, Los AngelesBelow the Surface is a refreshing and comprehensive review of the current state of the research literature on ethnic-racial identity and socialization processes. It is a must-read for scholars interested in conducting research in the area as well as for practitioners committed to delivering effective educational services to adolescents.—Robert M. Sellers, University of Michigan “This amazing, brilliant book draws on a range of theories and findings to weave a narrative about race and ethnicity in the United States. The authors, both top-notch researchers in their field, bring together the goals of developing ethnic identity and positive intergroup interactions into one volume. Given the polarized conversation about race and ethnicity happening nationally and globally today, this compelling book could not be timelier.” —Melanie Killen, University of Maryland
£26.60
Princeton University Press Becoming Better Muslims
Book SynopsisTrade Review"Winner of the EuroSEAS Social Science Book Prize, European Association for Southeast Asian Studies""Becoming Better Muslims is an important contribution to the study of state-Islam relations in Indonesia and beyond. It is beautifully written and therefore provides easy access to a complex topic."---Michael Buehler, Politics, Religion & Ideology"Kloos’ and Hew’s beautifully written ethnographies present different faces of Indonesian Islam that are equally complex, contrasting and plural in their own ways."---Charlotte Setijadi, Contemporary Southeast Asia
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Princeton University Press Waiting for Jos233 The Minutemens Pursuit of
Book SynopsisTrade ReviewWinner of a 2013 Southwest Book Award, Border Regional Library Association "A valuable look at the birth of a populist paramilitary formation, one whose opponents may not dismiss so easily after reading this evenhanded book."--Kirkus Reviews "This fascinating study is an honest, nuanced, and intimate look at not so much a movement but the people who make it happen. Shapira offers enough sociological theory to appeal to sociologists, but his stories of the Minutemen make this work appealing to all who want to understand the movement and immigration issues in general."--Library Journal "Regardless of one's political leanings, this is a promising, accessible book...[Shapira] describes the Minutemen he finds as, at heart, the detritus of lost wars and people who are 'afraid of America turning into Mexico.'"--Lee Maril, Times Higher Education "Applying basic principles of ethnographic research, Shapira was interested not so much in what the Minutemen had to say, but what they did and why. In describing, what they wear, what they carry, and how they spend their time, his book has the kind of authenticity that comes from painstaking observation. You can't phone it in. You have to go."--Julia Ann Grimm, Santa Fe New Mexican "Deeply insightful... Reading Waiting for Jose to learn about the mythic Minuteman movement doesn't simply satisfy the sociological curiosity of comprehending anti-immigrant warriors whose heyday may soon be coming to a close. It's also instructive in helping us realize that immigrants are not the only ones finding it difficult to 'assimilate' themselves to a very different America than the one many of us grew up in."--Esther Cepeda, Anchorage Daily News "Although the book will be of specific interest to those with an interest in migration, security, social movements, and masculinities, it invites a much broader readership. Its narrative style and uncomplicated prose make it accessible to a wider public."--Maryann Bylander, Journal on Migration and Human Security "Although the book will be of specific interest to those with an interest in migration, security, social movements, and masculinities, it invites a much broader readership. Its narrative style and uncomplicated prose make it accessible to a wider public. This, coupled with its accessible length and topical nature, makes it an ideal text for teaching at any level. Undergraduates and graduate students alike will find this a readable, refreshing, and insightful work."--Maryann Bylander, Journal on Migration and Human Security "Shapira, an ethnographer, writes with sensitivity and professional detachment."--John Paul Rathbone, Financial Times "Harel Shapira has crafted a fascinating and insightful account of the complex practices of civic identity in contemporary US society. In all, Waiting for Jose represents a significant contribution to current scholarship on social movements, border rhetorics, and the formation of the US civic imaginary."--D. Robert DeChaine, International Review of Modern Sociology "Shapira explores the Minutemen's varied motivations exceptionally well, even noting the organization's internal conflicts. His sociological explanations are relevant and help to interpret the Minutemen's culture... Waiting for Jose provides a unique vantage point of individuals experiencing a loss of place in an ever-increasing diverse America."--Leah N. Diaz, Contemporary Rural Social Work "Shapira has written a fine book about identity construction and masculinity fueled by racism and a longing for community. Very few books on politics do that."--Ronnee Schreiber, Perspectives on Politics "Shapira provides us with a window into the lives and practices of a group of ideologically inconsistent, sometimes confrontational, yet ultimately sympathetic, civic-minded actors."--Justin Allen Berg, American Journal of Sociology "Waiting for Jose brings the Minutemen's experience to the reader still warm. If the explanation is not airtight, it is because the Minutemen in the book are alive."--Nicolas Eilbaum, Contemporary Sociology "Shapria's balanced approach is quite rare, because he spends much time revealing close details of a conservative movement that was a precursor to the Tea Party; and he accomplishes this by writing with a level of empathy, balanced with professionalism that is refreshingly rare in today's political climate. Waiting for Jose would be a very suitable supplemental textbook for any Sociology or Political Science course dealing with issues of immigration on the United States southern border."--John R. Lewis, Journal of American Studies of Turkey
£18.00
Princeton University Press The Future of Immortality
Book SynopsisTrade Review"Winner of the William A. Douglass Book Prize in Europeanist Anthropology, Society for the Anthropology of Europe""Bernstein uses history as well as the contemporary landscape to riase questions about the chaging status of the category "human" in increasingly medically engineered bodies. In wonderfully thought-provoking passages, she muses over the relationships between body and mind, biology and technology to rethink, enlarge and playfully undermine the understanding of life itself."---Kate Brown, Times Literary Supplement"A magic dwells. . . By holding these different viewpoints up against each other, [and] Bernstein shows us just how intricate the question of what makes us human really is."---Justine Buck Quijada, Politics, Religion, & Ideology
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Princeton University Press Of Sand or Soil
Book SynopsisTrade Review"Runner-Up for the 2016 British-Kuwait Friendship Society Book Prize in Middle Eastern Studies""Of Sand or Soil is a pertinent, rich, and beautifully written book about Saudi Arabian identity politics. Samin offers anthropologists, historians, political scientists, and others the tools to analyze a contemporary Saudi debate in the field of genealogy and belonging. His book is, by all standards, a groundbreaking piece of academic research."---Marieke Brandt, American Ethnologist"Samin has produced one of the best monographs on Saudi culture and society and their relationship with the state."---Jörg Matthias Determann, Comparative Islamic Studies"An outstanding addition to the literature of modern Saudi Arabia that also serves to put the whole contemporary analysis of retribalization into a much broader context. Samin successfully demonstrates that despite religious, political, and economic forces that diminished tribal institutions, cross-pressures countered those trends, and in the process a culture of genealogy combined with a bureaucratic genealogical rule of governance to lead Saudis to assert tribal descent . . . and so establish their ancient roots in the Arabian Peninsula."---Calvin H. Allen, Jr., PhD, Middle East Media & Book Reviews"Of Sand or Soil is guaranteed to set one thinking. . . . [I]t is a measure of the book's worth that it suggests several lines of inquiry. [Samin] is to be congratulated . . . on a very well-written book, [and] . . . to be commended for productive fieldwork [in Saudi Arabia] requiring moral stamina."---P. Dresch, American Historical Review"The detailed historical and archival work and the deep ethnographic research shine throughout the book. . . . Of Sand or Soil is a welcome contribution to scholarship on Saudi Arabia, one that challenges the arguments of some of the most recent works in the field."---R. Bsheer, Arab Studies Journal"Samin's book . . . forces us to see Saudi society with new eyes. It shatters many stereotypes abundant among people in the west and the Arab world about the kingdom and leads us to reconsider outdated anthropological myths. . . . An indispensible tool for better understanding Saudi Arabia."---S. Maisel, SOAS Bulletin"An impressive piece of work. . . . Of Sand or Soil presents groundbreaking scholarship and as such, forms part of a growing trend of valuable in-depth studies on the kingdom."---J. E. Peterson, Bustan"Eloquent and free of jargon. . . . I highly recommend this book to scholars and students interested in kinship studies, state making and issues of belonging, object fetishisation, and textual authority."---Gabriele vom Bruck, Die Welt des Islams
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Princeton University Press Hydropolitics
Book SynopsisAn in-depth look at the people and institutions connected with the Itaipoe Dam, the world's biggest producer of renewable energy, Hydropolitics is a groundbreaking investigation of the world's largest power plant and the ways energy shapes politics and economics.ics.Trade Review"Hydropolitics is a lively account of the political maneuvering that led to the construction and operation of the planet’s largest generator of hydroelectricity. It speaks to urgent questions in environmental anthropology while advancing conversations in political and legal anthropology around sovereignty and social theories of the state."—Caroline Schuster, Australian National University "This fascinating and original book explores one of the most unusual feats of politics and engineering of the twentieth century. Itaipu Dam’s unique position among megadams as a binational corporation forces us to completely rethink the relationship between energy and sovereignty, and Folch invites us into the story with first-rate research, keen analysis, and narrative verve."—Kregg Hetherington, Concordia University
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Princeton University Press An Internet for the People
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Princeton University Press On the Move
Book SynopsisTrade Review"Winner of the 2018 Mirra Komarovsky Book Award, Eastern Sociological Society""Co-Winner of the 2017 Best Book Award, Migration and Citizenship Section of the American Political Science Association""Winner of the 2017 Otis Dudley Duncan Award, Section on Population of the American Sociological Association""Honorable Mention for the 2019 ENMISA Distinguished Book Award, Ethnicity, Nationalism, and Migration Section the International Studies Association""Garip’s analysis is focused and fresh, representing an innovative approach to understand which theories of migration work for whom, when, and why. . . . [On the Move] provides an intricate and thorough analysis of the conditions, contexts, and composition of Mexican cohorts of migration since 1965, providing readers with a comprehensive understanding of the complex social, economic, and political processes that have led to this particular point in the trajectory of Mexican migration. This is a must read for anyone seeking to understand the history of Mexican migration to the United States over the past 50 years."---Elizabeth Aranda, American Journal of Sociology
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Princeton University Press Making It Count
Book SynopsisTrade Review"Arunabh Ghosh could not have imagined how timely his book would be when he set out more than a decade ago on his research project. But Making It Count, an academic work published by Princeton University Press examining the history of statistics in China, lands at a time when the world is wondering: How does Beijing collect data, and what did it know about COVID-19 and when?"---Melissa Chan, Foreign Policy"[Ghosh] deftly explores deeper questions about how state-making unfolded during the early years of the PRC, how ideology came to permeate every facet of the governing apparatus, and how strategies of enumeration are invariably bound, in complex ways, to the expression of political power. As such, Making It Count is an essential addition to any reading list on PRC history, as well to research methods in the social sciences and the humanities."---Patricia M. Thornton, China Quarterly"A remarkably well-researched and well-written book."---Kristin Shi-Kupfer, MERICS China Briefing"By mining rich archival materials in China, India, and the United States, and by balancing detailed descriptions of statistical work in the early PRC with lucid historiographical discussions on statistics, data science, and modern China, Ghosh has given us an exemplary case study of the social and political construction of sciences—natural or social—in the transnational context of the early Cold War."---Zuoyue Wang, Isis"The book presents an erudite history of China’s 1950s statistics system and the discussions about the role of statistics in the PRC. It delves into the writings of the actors at the time, explores the context of their writings and actions, and extracts a narrative that makes sense of historical developments. . . . Much of the book is readily accessible to a wider audience and highly informative thanks to its richness of details. It is a must read for academics interested in the PRC’s statistical system."---Carsten Holz, The China Journal"In this fascinating account of states and statistics in the early People’s Republic of China (PRC), Arunabh Ghosh explores the statistical agencies of a state with revolutionary aspirations but limited capacity to enumerate the society that it sought to transform. Making It Count stands out among the growing field of research conducted by historians on the society and politics of China in the 1950s."---Mark Frazier, Journal of Chinese Political Science"Essential reading for any historian of the PRC in the twentieth century, and it likewise provides a model for an increasingly globalized history of statistics that (rightly) decenters Europe and the United States."---Thomas A. Stapleford, History of Political Economy"[Making It Count] brilliantly shows a version of transcultural history beyond the usual China-Europe narrative."---Andrea Breard, East Asian Science, Technology, and Medicine"A welcome addition to the literature on socialist epistemology and statecraft, part of an expanding field that is helping us understand the ways in which scholars and bureaucrats in various fields sought to accommodate the ideological dictates of Marxism-Leninism and how this impacted governance in the PRC, USSR, and elsewhere."---Jeremy Friedman, American Historical Review"Ghosh’s rigorously researched book will appeal to more than just researchers interested in the history of statistics. Scholars specializing in the PRC and its governance will also find the book extremely informative, as it provides a detailed account of the making of the PRC’s statistical bureaucracy. With its copious references, it can also be used to decipher economic statistics published by the PRC. Reading the book cover-to-cover is a rewarding experience."---Yi-Tang Lin, East Asian Science, Technology and Society: An International Journal"Ghosh's book is an important contribution because the philosophy behind the statistical research is very poorly understood and the history of how statistics has evolved to the position that it now occupies is neither taught nor known even among the practitioners. The contribution of the book, while it looks at China specifically, is not only that it enables us to study the philosophy behind the statistical work in China but to see the ideological or philosophical underpinnings to much of statistical work in general."---Branko Milanovic, Global Inequality and More 3.0"The most illuminating point that Ghosh makes here . . . is that it would be wrong to assume homogeneity and stability in what ’Socialist statistics’ may have been and meant for its practitioners."---Bian He, Historical Studies in the Natural Sciences"Engaging with at least three important fields in contemporary history, Ghosh’s book is sure to meet with wide interest among historians of China, Asia, as well as intellectual historians and historians of science."---Sebastian Veg, Journal of Asian Studies"Ghosh deftly exposes the assumptions, beliefs, and fears embedded in the systems of counting that shaped so much of political, social, and economic life then and continue to influence our lives today."---Jeremy Wallace, Journal of Development Studies"Ghosh presents intriguing lessons on the relationship between a country’s ability to achieve developmental milestones and its data collection and analysis methods. His work sets a great precedent for future scholars and governments who might want to explore their statistical backgrounds to understand their history better."---Jiarui Wu, China Report"Statistics and the truth rarely line up, leaving us in the dark. That’s why this book, which tells the history of Communist China’s early challenge with finding out even the most basic numbers, is so unexpectedly fascinating."---Alec Ash, The Wire China
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Princeton University Press Yeshiva Days
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Princeton University Press Yeshiva Days Learning on the Lower East Side
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Princeton University Press Chimpanzee Culture Wars
Trade Review"Langlitz has woven together an unprecedented and maximally diverse set of strands in seeking to explain what is cultural primatology. . . . The result of this intellectual weaving is a Bayeux Tapestry of cultural primatology."---William C. McGrew, Primates
£89.25
Princeton University Press Chimpanzee Culture Wars
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Princeton University Press What Is Religious Authority Cultivating Islamic
Book SynopsisTrade Review"Through this highly original study of such articulatory labours in Java, Alatas has written one of the most important books on Islam in Indonesia in years, and crafted a work that deserves to become a central reference for all scholars of Islam and Islamic authority."---Robert W. Hefner, Journal of Islamic Studies"Successfully argues that what is known as “Islam the universal religion” does not reside in the consistency of its teachings. However, one aspect of Islam that is universal is the work of congregational building."---Hasan Mustapa, International Journal of Asian Studies"Provides rich insights for readers who wish to gain a better understanding of comparative Islamic authority. The author’s success in blending historical, anthropological and political analyses together makes this book a worthwhile read and a useful source of reference for scholars interested in Islam in Indonesia." * Contemporary Southeast Asia *"A groundbreaking contribution. . . . The book will certainly find its ways to become an important reference in the historical and anthropological study of Islam and religious authority in Indonesia from the premodern to the present times."---Wahyuddin Halim, Religion and Social Communication"A theoretical contribution that presents not only a refined understanding of Islamic authority but also the universality of Islam as a ‘concrete universality.’"---Zacky Khairul Umam, International Quarterly for Asian Studies
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Princeton University Press Prototype Nation
Book SynopsisTrade Review"Winner of the Francis L.K. Hsu Book Prize, Society for East Asian Anthropology of the American Anthropological Association""Winner of the Joseph Levenson Post-1900 Book Prize, China and Inner Asia Council of the Association for Asian Studies"
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Princeton University Press Does Skill Make Us Human
Book SynopsisTrade Review"Winner of the Distinguished Scholarly Book Award, Labor and Labor Movements Section of the American Sociological Association""Winner of the Distinguished Scholarly Book Award, Sociology of Development Section of the American Sociological Association""Winner of the John Friedman Best Book Award, Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning"
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Princeton University Press An Internet for the People
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Princeton University Press Coral Lives
Book SynopsisA literary and cultural history of coralas an essential element of the marine ecosystem, a personal ornament, a global commodity, and a powerful political metaphorToday, coral and the human-caused threats to coral reef ecosystems symbolize our ongoing planetary crisis. In the nineteenth century, coral represented something else; as a recurring motif in American literature and culture, it shaped popular ideas about human society and politics. In Coral Lives, Michele Currie Navakas tells the story of coral as an essential element of the marine ecosystem, a cherished personal ornament, a global commodity, and a powerful political metaphor. Drawing on a wide range of sources, including works by such writers as Sarah Josepha Hale, Harriet Beecher Stowe, Frances Ellen Watkins Harper, and George Washington Cable, Navakas shows how coral once helped Americans to recognize both the potential and the limits of interdependenceto imagine that their society could grow, like a coral reef, by sustainTrade Review"[An] eloquent book. . . . Navakas integrates so many sources so well and with such a sharp eye on the complexities of race, cultural patterns, and global subjects that this book will become a ready model for scholarship in the environmental humanities."---Katharine Anderson, H-Environment"Smart and fascinating. . . . To see coral through the eyes of the myriad sources brought together here is to be stunned by what we have lost, are losing—not merely coral itself, but our memory and knowledge of it, our relationship to the very past the coral lives of our ancestors built and bequeathed to us, trusting us to keep building, to keep alive, the surprises of life’s ceaseless becomings."---Laura Dassow Walls, The Review of English Studies"Coral Lives takes an unexpected approach to the environmental humanities. It does not trace a genealogy of coral as a vanishing object reflecting increasing anthropogenic damage to the natural world; Instead, it recollects meanings that are all but lost to us today. But it is the potential inspiration that inheres in the act of recovering lost narratives that gives this book value in the current crisis."---Dana Luciano, ISLE: Interdisciplinary Studies in Literature and Environment
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Princeton University Press Coral Lives Literature Labor and the Making of
Book SynopsisTrade Review"[An] eloquent book. . . . Navakas integrates so many sources so well and with such a sharp eye on the complexities of race, cultural patterns, and global subjects that this book will become a ready model for scholarship in the environmental humanities."---Katharine Anderson, H-Environment"Smart and fascinating. . . . To see coral through the eyes of the myriad sources brought together here is to be stunned by what we have lost, are losing—not merely coral itself, but our memory and knowledge of it, our relationship to the very past the coral lives of our ancestors built and bequeathed to us, trusting us to keep building, to keep alive, the surprises of life’s ceaseless becomings."---Laura Dassow Walls, The Review of English Studies"Coral Lives takes an unexpected approach to the environmental humanities. It does not trace a genealogy of coral as a vanishing object reflecting increasing anthropogenic damage to the natural world; Instead, it recollects meanings that are all but lost to us today. But it is the potential inspiration that inheres in the act of recovering lost narratives that gives this book value in the current crisis."---Dana Luciano, ISLE: Interdisciplinary Studies in Literature and Environment
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Princeton University Press Code Work
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Princeton University Press Chinese Espresso Contested Race and Convivial
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Princeton University Press Engage and Evade How Latino Immigrant Families
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Princeton University Press Middle Tech
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Princeton University Press Bordering on Indifference
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Princeton University Press Horizon Work
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Princeton University Press Explosive Emotions How Modern Society Shapes What We Feel
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Princeton University Press Ethnicity and Class Conflict in Rural Mexico
Book SynopsisIn this case study of a recent peasant uprising in an ethnically diverse region of Mexico, Frans Schryer addresses an important issue in the cultural history of Latin America: what is the relationship of class to ethnicity, and how do these two elements of cultural perception and social hierarchy reinforce or contradict each other? Examining the inTable of Contents*FrontMatter, pg. i*Contents, pg. vii*Figures, pg. xi*Tables, pg. xiii*Preface, pg. xv*Introduction, pg. 3*Part One. Ethnic Relations, Class Structure and the Peasant Community in Mesoamerica, pg. 15*Part Two. Historical Background, pg. 73*Part Three. Peasant Revolt in a Nahua Region, pg. 175*Part Four. The Forging of a New Hegemony, pg. 257*Conclusions, pg. 317*Postscrip, pg. 325*Bibliography, pg. 326*Index, pg. 343
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Princeton University Press Muslim Preacher in the Modern World
Book SynopsisRichard Antoun documents and exemplifies the single most important institution for the propagation of Islam, the Friday congregational sermon delivered in the mosque by the Muslim preacher. In his analysis of various sermons collected in a Jordanian village and in Amman, the author vividly demonstrates the scope of the Islamic corpus (beliefs, rituTable of Contents*FrontMatter, pg. i*Contents, pg. v*Illustrations, pg. vii*Tables and Figures, pg. ix*Key to Transliteration of Arabic Letters and Symbols, pg. xi*Preface, pg. xiii*Introduction, pg. 3*1. The Social Organization of Tradition, pg. 13*2. Islam in Its Local Environment: The Village, Its Constituent Units, and the Peasant Predicament, pg. 45*3. The Role of the Preacher, the Content of the Sermon: The Case of Luqman, pg. 67*4. The Rhetoric of Religion: An Analysis of Rahm (Womb, Kinship, Compassion), pg. 106*5. The Islamic Sermon (Khutba), The Islamic Preacher (Khatib), and Modernity, pg. 126*6. Islamic Ritual and Modernity: The Pilgrimage (Hajj) Interpreted, pg. 154*7. Religion and Politics: "Parties" (Ahzab), Processes, and the Complicated Relationship between "People's Religion" and "Government Religion", pg. 183*8. The Interpretation of Islam by Muslim Preachers in the Modern World: Five Views of the Prophet's Night Journey and Ascent, pg. 219*9. Islamization, Islamic Fundamentalism, Islamic Resurgence, and the Reinterpretation of Tradition in the Modern World, pg. 235*Bibliography, pg. 269*Index, pg. 283
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Princeton University Press Reversal of Development in Argentina Postwar
Book SynopsisCarlos Waisman has pinpointed the specific beliefs that led the Peronists unwittingly to transform their country from a relatively prosperous land of recent settlement, like Australia and Canada, to an impoverished and underdeveloped society resembling the rest of Latin America. Originally published in 1987. The Princeton Legacy Library uses theTable of Contents*FrontMatter, pg. i*Contents, pg. vii*List of Tables, pg. ix*Preface, pg. xi*1. The Argentine Riddle and Sociology of Development, pg. 1*2. Is Argentina a Deviant Case? Resource Endowments, Development, and Democracy in Sociological Theory, pg. 24*3. Images and Facts: Argentina Against the New Country and Latin American Mirrors, pg. 36*4. In Search of Argentina: The Adequacy of Various Factors for the Explanation of the Reversal, pg. 94*5. Why the State Became Autonomous in the Forties, pg. 128*6. The Primacy of Politics: The Question of Revolution in the Forties, pg. 164*7. Social Integration and the Inordinate Fear of Communism, pg. 207*8. The Disadvantages of Modernity, pg. 253*Bibliography, pg. 287*Index, pg. 319
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Princeton University Press The Language of Balinese Shadow Theater
Book SynopsisBali's shadow puppet theater, like others in Southeast Asia, is a complex tradition with many conventions that puzzle Western observers. Mary Zurbuchen demonstrates how the linguistic codes of this rich art form mediate between social groups, cultural influences, historical periods, and conceptual schemes. Originally published in 1987. The PrinceTable of Contents*FrontMatter, pg. i*CONTENTS, pg. vii*PREFACE, pg. ix*ACKNOWLEDGMENTS, pg. xiii*ORTHOGRAPHY, pg. xv*PART ONE. THE SHAPE OF THE WORD IN BALI, pg. 1*PART TWO. THE DISCOURSE OF BALINESE SHADOW THEATER, pg. 113*APPENDIX, pg. 267*GLOSSARY, pg. 269*BIBLIOGRAPHY, pg. 275*INDEX, pg. 287
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Princeton University Press Situated Meaning Inside and Outside in Japanese
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Princeton University Press Javanese Shadow Plays Javanese Selves 5134
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Princeton University Press Men Who Migrate Women Who Wait Population and
Book SynopsisThe author examines not only the imbalance in the marital fortunes of men and women but its effect on the roles of women in the community. Originally published in 1987. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton UniversiTable of Contents*FrontMatter, pg. i*CONTENTS, pg. vii*List of Tables, pg. ix*List of Figures and Map, pg. xi*Acknowledgments, pg. xiii*Introduction, pg. 1*Chapter One. The Parish of Lanheses: Demography, Economy, Social Structure and Religion, pg. 14*Chapter Two. Emigration and Return Migration in Portuguese History, pg. 70*Chapter Three. Family and Household: Nuptiality in Lanheses, pg. 98*Chapter Four. Having Children: Fertility in Lanheses, pg. 166*Chapter Five. Children Out of Wedlock: Illegitimacy in Lanheses, pg. 210*Conclusion, pg. 263*Appendix One. Sources: The Parish Registers and Other Documents, pg. 269*Appendix Two. Recognition Which the Inhabitants of This Parish Made of Their Practices and Customs, pg. 277*Notes, pg. 279*Bibliography, pg. 299*Index, pg. 321
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Princeton University Press Asiwinarong Ethos Image and Social Power among
Book SynopsisProfessor Wagner's study of Barok social and ritual life pays special attention to the men's-house feasting cycle. The kaba. or culminating death feast" of that cycle, is invoked by the word "asiwinarong," which symbolizes the leadership succession on which Barok claims to ethical integrity and precedence rest Originally published in 1986. The PrTable of Contents*FrontMatter, pg. i*Contents, pg. vii*List of Illustrations and Tables, pg. ix*Prologue, pg. xi*Acknowledgments, pg. xxi*A Note on Barok Phonology, pg. xxiv*One. Bakan Village, pg. 1*Two. The Barok World, pg. 24*Three. Moiety and Relationship: The Core of Kastam, pg. 49*Four. The Clan: Exchange and Alliance, pg. 79*Five. A Tadak, pg. 99*Six. Pidik and Power, pg. 121*Seven. The Icon of Containment, pg. 146*Eight. Asiwinarong: Preemptive Successorship, pg. 176*Nine. Conclusion, pg. 214*Appendix: Reciprocity and the Orong, pg. 223*Glossary, pg. 227*Bibliography, pg. 231*Index, pg. 235
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Princeton University Press A History of the American Worker
Book SynopsisOffering the six historical essays from the out-of-print Bicentennial volume originally published by the U.S. Department of Labor, this book tells the richly dramatic and rewarding story of the working men and women who built the nation, from colonial settlement and the beginning of the republic through the modern labor movement and the space age.Table of Contents*FrontMatter, pg. i*CONTENTS, pg. v*INTRODUCTION, pg. 1*1. The Emergence of American Labor, pg. 7*2. Builders of the Young Republic, pg. 43*3. Labor in the Industrial Era, pg. 79*4. Workers of a New Century, pg. 115*5. Americans in Depression and War, pg. 151*6. Unions and Rights in the Space Age, pg. 187*The Bargaining Table, pg. 215*Authors' Biographies, pg. 223*BIBLIOGRAPHY, pg. 229*GLOSSARY, pg. 241*CHRONOLOGY, pg. 252
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Princeton University Press Black Violence Political Impact of the 1960s
Book SynopsisWhile many studies of domestic collective violence, especially of the black riots of the 1960s, emphasize the causes of violence, James Button's is a major investigation of the consequences of violence. He not only analyzes how and to what extent the national government responded to the black urban riots, but he also moves toward a theoretical defiTable of Contents*Frontmatter, pg. i*Contents, pg. v*List of Tables, pg. viii*List of Diagrams, pg. x*Preface, pg. xi*List of Abbreviations, pg. xiii*CHAPTER I. The Urban Riots as Collective Violence: What Were the Political Consequences?, pg. 1*CHAPTER II. OEO: The "Fire-Brigade" Approach to Riots, pg. 24*CHAPTER III. HUD and HEW: The Case of Moderate Response, pg. 58*CHAPTER IV. Justice and Defense: From Riot Prevention to Riot Control, pg. 107*CHAPTER V. Toward a Theory of the Political Impact of Collective Violence, pg. 156*Appendix 1, pg. 180*Appendix 2, pg. 192*Appendix 3, pg. 196*Notes, pg. 199*Selected Bibliography, pg. 232*Index, pg. 241
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Princeton University Press Salutary Neglect Colonial Administration Under
Book SynopsisDuring the remarkably long period (1724-1754) that Thomas Pelham-Holles, Duke of Newcastle, served as England's secretary of state, private interests and the exigencies of domestic politics rather than a rational assessment of England's stake in America determined colonial policy. As no purposeful effort was made to administer the colonies" politicTable of Contents*Frontmatter, pg. i*Preface, pg. vii*Contents, pg. xi*List of Abbreviations, pg. 2*CHAPTER I. The Structure and Politics of Colonial Administration, 1721-1730, pg. 3*CHAPTER 2. The Movement for Reform, pg. 60*CHAPTER 3. The Beginning of the Newcastle Era, pg. 107*CHAPTER 4. The Great Struggle for Power, 1737-1741, pg. 166*CHAPTER 5. The Rewards of Victory, pg. 220*CHAPTER 6. The Consolidation of Power, 1742-1754, pg. 272*CHAPTER 7. The Legacy of the Past, pg. 319*Bibliography, pg. 351*Index, pg. 365
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Princeton University Press Knowledge for What The Place of Social Science
Book SynopsisContents: Foreword ix; I. Social Science in Crisis 1; II. The Concept of "Culture" 11; III. The Pattern of American Culture 54; IV. The Social Sciences as Tools 114; V. Values and the Social Sciences 180; VI. Some Outrageous Hypotheses 202; Index 251 Originally published in 1939. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technoTable of Contents*Frontmatter, pg. i*Contents, pg. vii*Foreword, pg. ix*I. Social Science in Crisis, pg. 1*II. The Concept of "Culture", pg. 11*III. The Pattern of American Culture, pg. 54*IV. The Social Sciences as Tools, pg. 114*V. Values and the Social Sciences, pg. 180*VI. Some Outrageous Hypotheses, pg. 202*Index, pg. 251
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Princeton University Press Origin of Civilized Societies
Book SynopsisThe receding of the ice in the last Pleistocene Ice Age, the resulting dessication, and the emigration of peoples into river valleys and other places where control of water required new forms of civilization are here seen as the chief causes of the origin of the seven primary societies-Egyptian, Mesopotamian, Indian, Cretan, Chinese, Middle AmericaTable of Contents*Frontmatter, pg. i*Preface, pg. vii*Note to the Paperback Edition, 1969, pg. xi*Contents, pg. xv*1. Civilized Man and His History, pg. 1*2. Mesolithic and Early Agricultural Societies, pg. 31*3. The River Valleys, pg. 67*4. Middle America and Crete, pg. 110*5. The New Religions, pg. 129*6. Conclusion: The Meaning of the Advent of Civilized Societies, pg. 172*Index, pg. 187
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Princeton University Press Southeast Asian Tribes Minorities and Nations
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