Sociology and anthropology Books
Princeton University Press In Amazonia A Natural History
Book SynopsisDemonstrates that the Amazon is an outcome of the intimately intertwined histories of humans and nonhumans. This book introduces a diverse range of characters - from sixteenth-century explorers and their native rivals to nineteenth-century naturalists and contemporary ecologists, logging company executives, and river-traders.Trade ReviewCo-Winner of the 2003 Victor Turner Prize in Ethnographic Writing, Society for Humanistic Anthropology and American Anthropological Association Honorable Mention for the 2004 Sharon Stephens First Book Prize, American Ethnological Society One of Choice's Outstanding Academic Titles for 2003 "A new classic of the Amazon... In a sweeping panorama of the history of the Amazon ... Raffles impresses with his enormous scholarship and lyrical language... [T]he range of Raffles's knowledge is exquisitely broad. What we thought we knew of the Amazon and the reasons for its devastation will forever be changed by this rapturous soliloquy on the region."--Choice "[It draws] upon a range of literature not typical of Amazonian studies. Specialists and general readers will appreciate the scope."--Stephen Nugent, Journal of Latin American Studies "A central challenge in studies of the Amazon region is apprehending its social and natural diversity. This book is amongst the most readable and penetrating analyses we have... The tension between being in a place and always on the move, between dissolution and creation, are ambiguities this book manages to capture with deftness and subtlety. It would have been enough to write about this in one locality, but to have done so connecting up various places and people, and across time transforms the argument into a major achievement."--Mark Harris, Journal of the Royal Anthropological InstituteTable of ContentsACKNOWLEDGMENTS xi CHAPTER 1. In Amazonia 1 CHAPTER 2. Dissolution of the Elements12The Floodplain, 11,000 BP-2002 CHAPTER 3. In the Flow of Becoming 44 Igarape Guariba, 1941-1996 CHAPTER 4. A Countrey Never Sackt 75 Guiana, 1587-1631 CHAPTER 5. The Uses of Butterflies 114 Bates of the Amazons, 1848-1859 CHAPTER 6. The Dreamlife of Ecology 150 South Para, 1999 CHAPTER 7. Fluvial Intimacies 180 Amapa, 1995-1996 NOTES 207 BIBLIOGRAPHY 265 CREDITS 297 INDEX 299
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Princeton University Press Theoretical Aspects of Population Genetics
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Princeton University Press Islamic Modern Religious Courts and Cultural
Book SynopsisHow do Islamic courts work? What sorts of cultural understandings inform judicial process and litigants' strategies? How do women's claims fare? Addressing such questions, this book provides ethnographic, historical, and transnational perspectives on contemporary Islam in the shifting landscape of an important region of the world - Malaysia.Trade Review"The author's ethnography is incredibly thorough and rich in detail, which distinguishes this volume among contemporary treatments of Muslim legal systems. Peletz undoubtedly establishes a new standard here... Islamic Modern stands out as a masterful integration of rich ethnography and important themes from contemporary social theory."--Peter Mandaville, International Sociology "In a brief review it is impossible to convey the rich texture of the material and style of an impressive amount of research over many years. Unquestionably, this volume supercedes the only previous attempt in English ... in understanding the intersection between the legal, ethical, moral, and customary domains of Muslim family law at the community level."--Judith Nagata, Pacific Affairs "[Peletz's] evidence is vividly presented. Consequently, this will be a valuable book for cross-cultural comparison for the contribution it makes both to legal anthropology and to understanding the articulation of Islamic values in contemporary settings."--C.W. Watson, Journal of the Royal Anthropological InstituteTable of ContentsLIST OF MAPS ix LIST OF TABLES xi FOREWORD xiii ACKNOWLEDGMENTS xv NOTE ON SPELLING, TERMINOLOGY, AND CURRENCY xix INTRODUCTION 1 Background and Context Methods PART ONE: THE CULTURE, POLITICAL ECONOMY, AND HISTORY OF THE ISLAMIC COURTS 23 CHAPTER ONE: Locating Islamic Magistrates and Their Courts in History 25 Islamic Magistrates, Islamic Courts, and Islamic Law through the 1830s Colonial Representations of Islamic Magistrates and Their Courts, 1840s-1880s The Reorganization and Rationalization of the Courts, 1890s-1980s CHAPTER TWO: The Work of the Courts 64 Background and Setting Domains and Jurisdictions Operations The Cultural Logic of Judicial Process CHAPTER THREE: Litigant Strategies and Patterns of Resistance 128 Women's Strategies and Experiences Men's Strategies and Experiences Patterns of Resistance and Oppositional Discourses PART TWO: MODERNITY AND GOVERNMENTALITY IN ISLAMIC COURTS AND OTHER DOMAINS 193 CHAPTER FOUR: Reinscribing Authenticity and Identity 195 What's There and What's Not: The Said, the Unsaid, and the Unwritten Reinscribing Authenticity and Identity Rationalization and Resistance Revisited CHAPTER FIVE: Producing Good Subjects, "Asian Values," and New Types of Criminality 239 A Note on Gender Pluralism, Transgender Practices, and the Long Duree Narratives of "Asian Values" and the Rise of Social Intolerance New Types of Criminality: Azizah, Anwar, and Beyond CONCLUSION: Islam, Modernity, and Civil Society 277 Kinship Matters in the Dialectics of Civil Society and the State Back to the Malaysian Future NOTES 291 GLOSSARY OF FREQUENTLY USED MALAY TERMS 305 BIBLIOGRAPHY 307 INDEX 327
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Princeton University Press Diaspora Development and Democracy
Book SynopsisWhat happens to a country when its skilled workers emigrate? This book examines the complex economic, social, and political effects of emigration on India, and provides a framework for understanding the repercussions of international migration on migrants' home countries.Trade ReviewCo-Winner of the 2012 Distinguished Book Award, Ethnicity, Nationalism, and Migration Section of the International Studies Association "Kapur's innovative study examines the impact of international migration from India on Indian democracy and development. His analytical framework allows him to investigate how household decision making is affected among those considering emigration, how those left behind are affected, how the diaspora affects India from abroad, and how returning Indians make a difference."--Choice "Kapur's [book] provide[s] a useful academic and analytical foil to easy generalizations about the influence of the Indian diaspora at home and abroad."--William Crawley, Asian Affairs "[T]he value of this book is extraordinary because of the author's insightful and systematic analysis of the various aspects of the Indian diaspora."--Norio Kondo, Developing EconomiesTable of ContentsList of Figures and Tables ix Acknowledgments xiii Chapter 1: The Missing Leg of the Globalization Triad: International Migration 1 Chapter 2: Analytical Framework and Research Methodology 23 Chapter 3: Selection Characteristics of Emigration from India 50 Chapter 4: Economic Effects 84 Chapter 5: Social Remittances: Migration and the Flow of Ideas 124 Chapter 6: International Migration and the Paradox of India's Democracy 162 Chapter 7: The Indian Diaspora and Indian Foreign Policy: Soft Power or Soft Underbelly? 185 Chapter 8: Civil or Uncivil Transnational Society? The Janus Face of Long-Distance Nationalism 210 Chapter 9: Spatially Unbound Nations 253 Appendix I: Survey of Emigration from India (SEI) 273 Appendix II: Survey of Asian Indians in the United States (SAIUS): Methodology 281 Appendix III: Survey of Asian Indians in the United States (SAIUS): Questionnaire 287 Appendix IV: Database on India's Elites (1950-2000) 293 Bibliography 297 Index 315
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Princeton University Press Identity and Control
Book SynopsisRefines and enlarges the author's theory of how social structure and culture emerge from the chaos and uncertainty of social life. This book of social theory links social structure with the lived experience of individuals, providing a perspective on the kinds of social formations that develop in the process.Trade ReviewPraise for the original edition: "[In this book] White has managed to cram a lifetime of singularly deep thinking about the social order that makes the best start yet on augmenting the economic understanding of man."--David Warsh, Boston Globe Praise for the original edition: "This work is unique in that it presents a fully formed structural theory of human behavior and organization from the ground up, including seminal terms and the directions in which future research should proceed."--C. A. Pressler, Choice Praise for the original edition: "[This book] deserves to be widely read and discussed. White attempts nothing less than a comprehensive theoretical synthesis of social scientific ideas."--John Scott, British Journal of SociologyTable of ContentsDETAILED CONTENTS vii ACKNOWLEDGMENTS xv PROLOGUE: Preview of Themes xvii CHAPTER ONE: Identities Seek Control 1 Contributors: Anna Mitschele and Frederic Godart CHAPTER TWO: Networks and Stories 20 Contributors: Haiko Lietz and Sabine Wuerkner CHAPTER THREE: Three Disciplines 63 Contributors: Rozlyn Redd and Don Steiny CHAPTER FOUR: Styles 112 Contributors: Frederic Godart and Larissa Buchholz CHAPTER FIVE: Institutions and Rhetorics 171 Contributors: Victor Corona and Matthias Thiemann CHAPTER SIX: Regimes of Control 220 Contributors: Matthias Thiemann and Millie Su CHAPTER SEVEN: Getting Action 279 Contributors: Larissa Buchholz and Haiko Lietz CHAPTER EIGHT: Overview and Contexts 334 Contributors: Frederic Godart and Victor Corona REFERENCES 377 CHAPTER INDEX 419
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Princeton University Press History Man The Life of R. G. Collingwood
Book SynopsisA biography of the last and greatest British idealist philosopher, R G Collingwood (1889-1943), a man who both thought and lived at full pitch. Best known for his philosophies of history and art, Collingwood was also a historian, archaeologist, sailor, artist, and musician.Trade Review"Inglis gives us a clear line of development from the thought of Vico and Croce to the philosophy of the later years with its crowning achievement in recognizing the need to historicize ideas rather than treat them as algebraic constraints. The story is enriched with an often riveting account of Collingwood's psychological difficulties and of his final challenge to posterity in his affair with Kathleen Edwardes and decision to become a father again as death beckoned."--Michael Bentley, Times Literary Supplement "A warm-hearted, affectionate biography of an irascible but brilliant philosopher and historian... By placing Collingwood in his context, Fred Inglis does much to rectify the slightly paranoid portrait of [Collingwood's] autobiography. Even if Collingwood was not the jovial, beer-drinking common man that Inglis would have liked him to be, it is good to see him brought some way back to the human fold."--Simon Blackburn, New Republic "Vividly written biography... Inglis's great achievement in this book is to apply the question-and-answer method to Collingwood's biography, the 'interpreted life' being no more susceptible to instant appraisal than the interpreted text."--Jonathan Derbyshire, Literary Review "It is a strange fact that until the recent appearance of History Man: The Life of R. G. Collingwood, the world had no 'life' of the greatest philosopher of history writing in English, nor England's leading 20th-century philosopher of art, and no apparent attempt at one... Fred Inglis' biography is a courageous act of cultural and intellectual re-contextualisation that should be applauded... The prose moves with fluid ease, and the book is intensely readable, with much to reward non-philosophers and non-Collingwoodians interested in the educational, social and political history of the era."--Philip Smallwood, Times Higher Education "Collingwood's life is a full, fascinating and complicated story that needs to be told, and Fred Inglis tells it as an avowed partisan, an admirer who desires to breathe new life into our understanding of Collingwood... The picture is vivid, lively and colorful."--James Connelly, Philosophers' MagazineTable of ContentsPreface ix Chapter 1: By Coniston Water 1 Chapter 2: Brought Up by Hand: The Moral Point of English Public Schools 34 Chapter 3: Oxford and the Admiralty: The Science of Human Affairs; God and the Devil 63 Chapter 4: Against the Realists: Liberalism and the Italians 101 Chapter 5: On Hadrian's Wall: "Question-and-Answer logic" 139 Illustrations, following page 166 Chapter 6: The Idea of the Ideas: The New Science 180 Chapter 7: "Fighting in the Daylight": Metaphysics against Fascism 210 Chapter 8: The Valley of the Shadows: Java, Oxford, Greece 247 Chapter 9: The Passionate Man's Pilgrimage: On Barbarism and Civilisation 288 Chapter 10: The Time of the Preacher: Collingwood's Resurrection 314 Abbreviations 349 Notes 351 Index 377
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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 On the Move Changing Mechanisms of MexicoU.S.
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 SociologyTable of ContentsList of Illustrations ix List of Tables xi Acknowledgments xiii Introduction 1 1 Why Do People Migrate? Identifying Diverse Mechanisms of Migration 10 2 "Go Work Over There and Come Do Something Here" Circular Migrants 39 3 "We Leave to Help Our Parents Economically" Crisis Migrants 67 4 "Your Place Is Where Your Family Is" Family Migrants 95 5 "Putting Down Roots" Urban Migrants 122 6 Where Do We Go from Here? Conditional Theories and Diverse Policies 153 Appendixes 181 Notes 225 References 259 Index 289
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Princeton University Press Martyrs and Tricksters An Ethnography of the
Book SynopsisTrade Review“In Martyrs and Tricksters, Armbrust examines the public surfaces of the Egyptian revolution of 2011, linking them to deeper political, economic, and social structures operating on local, regional, and global scales. This ambitious and well-researched book demonstrates once again the author’s deep fluency in Egyptian popular culture and history.”—Gregory Starrett, University of North Carolina, Charlotte “Martyrs and Tricksters offers an original, compelling framework for comprehending the 2011 uprisings in Egypt and their aftermath. With encyclopedic knowledge of Egyptian popular culture and sophisticated mass media analysis, Armbrust shows how these liminal figures embody the tensions of political change. This book is crucial reading for anyone seeking to understand the downfall of Mubarak and the resurgence of authoritarianism in Egypt, and the role of liminality in revolutions more generally.”—Jessica Winegar, Northwestern University
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Princeton University Press Being German Becoming Muslim Race Religion and
Book SynopsisEvery year more and more Europeans, including Germans, are embracing Islam. It is estimated that there are now up to one hundred thousand German converts--a number similar to that in France and the United Kingdom. What stands out about recent conversions is that they take place at a time when Islam is increasingly seen as contrary to European valueTrade Review"The result of her research is a fascinating exploration of the dynamics of Islam in contemporary Germany, seen through the prism of its capital, Berlin. Her account provides a multifaceted profile of the many faces of Islam in one Western European country, and it offers readers a good sense of the diversity of contemporary Sunni Muslims in Germany... [A]n excellent study."--Ursula King, Times Higher Education "This book provides a judicious and well thought-through consideration of such contradictions and challenges in the lives of German Muslims and offers a fascinating discussion on blurring boundaries between Germans and Muslim, and the changing realities of European identity."--Dr. Digdem Soyaltin, Turkish Review "This book is remarkable."--Ruth Mandel, History and Anthropology "Ozyurek's Being German, Becoming Muslim makes a welcome and distinctive contribution to--as the subtitle sums up--the study of Race, religion and conversion in the New Europe."--Nasar Meer, History and Anthropology "An engaging, poignant study of how the different paths taken by converts converge in life-long, collective practices of self-pedagogy that involve learning how to negotiate German secular-Christian social norms and institutions."--Paul A. Silverstein, History and Anthropology "A powerful work about the politics of inclusion and exclusion, security and threat, and recognition and fairness."--Joel Robbins, History and Anthropology "A groundbreaking book that sheds much light on the lives of German converts to Islam, their ways of becoming Muslims and being German in the aftermath of conversion, their ambivalent relationships with immigrant Muslims, their strategies and struggles with respect to broadening a space of Islam, and even making it a German religion, and finally their curious relationship with the Salafis in Germany."--Erdem Dikici, Islam and Christian-Muslim RelationsTable of ContentsAcknowledgments ix Introduction Germanizing Islam and Racializing Muslims 1 Chapter 1 Giving Islam a German Face 24 Chapter 2 Establishing Distance from Immigrant Muslims 51 Chapter 3 East German Conversions to Islam after the Collapse of the Berlin Wall 69 Chapter 4 Being Muslim as a Way of Becoming German 87 Chapter 5 Salafism as the Future of European Islam? 109 Chapter 6 Conclusion 132 Notes 137 References 149 Index 163
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Princeton University Press Disruptive Fixation School Reform and the
Book SynopsisTrade Review"Winner of the 2018 CITAMS Book Award, Communication, Information Technologies, and Media Sociology Section of the American Sociological Association"Table of ContentsAcknowledgments xi Preface xiii 1 Introduction 1 2 Cycles of Disruptive Fixation 24 3 Spatial Fixations 56 4 Pedagogic Fixations 87 5 Amenable and Fixable Subjects 111 6 Community Fixations 139 7 Conclusion: The Resilience of Techno-Idealism 163 Appendix Ethnographic Fixations 179 Notes 185 References 195 Index 207
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Princeton University Press Creativity Class Art School and Culture Work in
Book SynopsisThe last three decades have seen a massive expansion of China's visual culture industries, from architecture and graphic design to fine art and fashion. New ideologies of creativity and creative practices have reshaped the training of a new generation of art school graduates. Creativity Class is the first book to explore how Chinese art students deTrade Review"A fascinating study."--ChoiceTable of ContentsList of Illustrations vii Preface ix 1 Creative Human Capital 1 2 Thirty Years of Reform 21 3 Art Test Fever 60 4 New Socialist Realisms 93 5 Self-Styling 122 6 Aesthetic Community 158 Conclusion Masters of Culture? 188 Acknowledgments 201 Notes 203 References 225 Index 239
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Princeton University Press Making War at Fort Hood
Book SynopsisMaking War at Fort Hood offers an illuminating look at war through the daily lives of the people whose job it is to produce it. Kenneth MacLeish conducted a year of intensive fieldwork among soldiers and their families at and around the US Army's Fort Hood in central Texas. He shows how war's reach extends far beyond the battlefield into military cTrade ReviewThird Place for the 2013 Victor Turner Prize in Ethnographic Writing, Society for Humanistic Anthropology and American Anthropological Association Honorable Mention for the 2015 Delmos Jones and Jagna Scharff Memorial Book Award, Society for the Anthropology of North America "MacLeish writes eloquently... [T]his portrait of Army life on American turf is a welcome change of pace from the recent surge of battle-focused narratives."--Publishers Weekly "In bringing troops from the background to the front where they belong, this book should be required reading for Bush, Dick Cheney, Donald Rumsfeld and anyone else responsible for sending soldiers to that folly in the desert. They should read it before they go to bed and when they wake up. MacLeish has shown them, and us, what we do to others when we send them to fight our wars."--James T Crouse, Times Higher Education "Making War at Fort Hood is an ambitious, provocative book. It will be of significant value to historians of contemporary military conflicts, the organizational culture of the U.S. Army, and the lived experience of war... It is an important work that deserves attention."--Jacqueline Whitt, H-Net Reviews "Making War at Fort Hood is essential reading for those with an interest in modern Army life and for those in leadership positions."--Lieutenant Colonel G. Alan Knight, Journal of Army History "In Making War at Fort Hood, Kenneth MacLeish ... draws on interviews with [returning soldiers] and members of their families in an ethnographic exploration of the impact of deployment on their everyday lives... MacLeish documents, often poignantly, the difficulties soldiers have in making sense of their experiences and in moving on."--Dr. Glenn Altschuler, Florida Courier "The real thrust of [Making War at Fort Hood] is to show the American public--insulated from having to care greatly by an all-volunteer army and battles being fought on credit--that it nonetheless bears responsibility for the violence being done abroad and at home in its name."--ForeWord "To its great credit, MacLeish's project refuses to paint soldiers as either noble heroes or unwitting victims, two of the most dominant and therefore the most tired archetypes of our time. In a society that has exoticized and abstracted the military, MacLeish re-humanizes it. He is also remarkably precise in how he describes the institution of the Army: how its various bureaucracies, all geared at least tangentially toward killing people and destroying property, prescribe and encompass so many aspects of a soldier's life, from the most consequential to the seemingly benign, such as haircut styles and family day picnics. MacLeish's book is smart, necessary, and insightful."--Brian Van Reet, Daily Beast "The book illuminates the impact that two wars over a 12-year period can have on deployed soldiers, their families and their community."--San Antonio Express-News "Drawing on observations and interviews conducted during a year at Fort Hood, this ethnography provides a poignant account of military life, especially the impact of war on U.S. soldiers and their families... This concise, engaging, and well-referenced text is a welcome addition to the field of military ethnography."--Choice "MacLeish offers us something richer: a sensitively rendered portrait of social actors who both do and do not get to choose their course, who force us to rethink basic notions of agency and autonomy from the vantage point of violence as a way of life."--Marcel La Flamm, Public Books "A refreshing approach."--Annessa Ann Babic, Journal of American Studies of Turkey "In this theoretically rich, empathic, and revelatory ethnography, Kenneth MacLeish ably tackles the challenges that face all US anthropologists who engage with the military... The book is impressive and engaging in theoretical terms... MacLeish has made an incisive contribution to military anthropology that will be of particular value to students of violence, care, US society, or fine ethnographic writing."--Keith Brown, Great Plains ResearchTable of ContentsAbbreviations ix Prologue: "Don't Fuckin' Leave Any of This Shit Out" 1 Introduction 6 1A Site of Exception 27 2Heat, Weight, Metal, Gore, Exposure 50 3Being Stuck and Other Problems in the Reproduction of Life 93 4Vicissitudes of Love 134 5War Economy 179 Postscript: So-called Resiliency 223 Acknowledgments 231 Appendix: Army Rank Structure 235 Notes 239 References 249 Index 261
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Princeton University Press Marcel Mauss A Biography
Book SynopsisThis book is the first intellectual biography of Marcel Mauss (1872-1950), the father of modern ethnology and a leading early figure in the French school of sociology. Mauss left a rich intellectual legacy in the social sciences, influencing the work of Claude Levi-Strauss and others. His masterpiece, the 1925 essay The Gift, on reciprocity and gifTrade Review"Fournier's book is an intellectual biography rather than just the biography of an intellectual, and has plenty of value to say about Mauss' ideas."--Terry Eagleton, London Review of Books "Fournier achieves with flying colors the ambitious goals of intellectual biography ... [T]he book is overall very fluid and engaging. It has great potential as a teaching tool and also makes excellent anthropologist bedtime reading."--Evelyn Dean, Anthropological QuarterlyTable of ContentsIntroduction 1 PART I: DURKHEIM'S NEPHEW 7 CHAPTER 1: Epinal, Bordeaux, Paris 9 CHAPTER 2: Student at the Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes 37 CHAPTER 3: Rites of Institution: Early Publications and Travel Abroad 56 PART II: THE TOTEM AND TABOO CLAN 81 CHAPTER 4: In the Cenacle 85 CHAPTER 5: Citizen Mauss 96 CHAPTER 6: Rue Saint-Jacques 113 CHAPTER 7: Journalist at Humanite 123 CHAPTER 8: Collective Madness 133 CHAPTER 9: A Heated Battle at the College de France: The Loisy Affair 149 CHAPTER 10: Not a Very Funny War 168 PART III: THE HEIR 185 CHAPTER 11: (The Socialist)Life Goes On 189 CHAPTER 12: A Burdensome Inheritance 215 CHAPTER 13: The Institut d'Ethnologie 233 CHAPTER 14: Sociology, a Lost Cause? 246 PART IV: RECOGNITION 259 CHAPTER 15: A Place at the College de France 263 CHAPTER 16: Where Professors Devour One Another 276 CHAPTER 17: Enough to Make You Despair of Politics 303 CHAPTER 18: The Time of Myths 315 EPILOGUE: The War and Postwar Years 333 Notes 351 Index 427
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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
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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 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
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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
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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
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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 The Nuclear Borderlands The Manhattan Project in
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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
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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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