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Book SynopsisTrade Review“Ellens is the first historian to tackle a comprehensive history of the church rates question, and he carries it off in a superlative fashion. The church rates issue was the great Dissenting issue during the period, and Ellens reveals with insight and admirable clarity the intricacies of the changing relationships as the Liberal party’s support waxed and waned. This book will be required reading for anyone interested in the history of Victorian Britain.”—R. W. Davis,Washington University

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Book SynopsisExamines theater and portraiture as interrelated social practices in seventeenth-century Spain. Features visual images and cross-disciplinary readings of selected plays that employ the motif of the painted portrait to key dramatic and symbolic effect.Trade Review“Bass has interwoven detailed research in Spanish art history, treatises on painting, and the social history of portraiture with illuminating readings of specific plays to present an enormously valuable perspective on a quintessential art form of the baroque.”—Emilie L. Bergmann,University of California, Berkeley“Despite the very complex ideas at work here, and the ambitious reach of the project, Bass’s prose is limpid and highly accessible. While The Drama of the Portrait is a tremendous contribution to both visual and literary studies in the field, it will also help disseminate this new and sophisticated approach to the comedia to a broad audience. The richly appealing book, with its over sixty sumptuous illustrations (many of them in color), itself makes a persuasive case for the seductiveness of the visual image.”—Barbara Fuchs Renaissance Quarterly“[Laura Bass’s] erudite, innovative, elegantly written, and—it should be mentioned—beautifully illustrated monograph is an essential contribution to studies of classical Spanish theatre and of early modern Spanish culture in general.”—Donald R. Larson Iberoamericana“[Laura R. Bass’s work] explores the drama of the portrait reenacted in seventeenth-century Spanish theater as a historical and cultural chapter of an ideal history of responses to human likeness. . . . Through the study of selected plays interwoven with visual images, crossed with the analysis of specific paintings, understood in the wider context of art theory and of social, political, and economic history, Bass gives a striking reading of the practice and culture of portraiture seen through the lens of theater as shaping the Spanish ideal of monarchy at the same time that it reveals the underlying anxiety about its crisis.”—Diane H. Bodart Art Bulletin“Laura R. Bass has written a beautiful and significant book: aesthetically pleasing in terms of the sixty-seven illustrations (a large number in colour) and the comprehensible scholarly style; and conceptually discerning in respect of the historical, material and theoretical readings of select plays interwoven with visual images, the thorough documentation in the accompanying notes, and the exhaustive bibliographical apparatus.”—Susan L. Fischer Bulletin of Spanish StudiesTable of ContentsContentsList of IllustrationsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction: Dramas of the Portrait1. Visual Literacy and Urban Comedy2. Stolen Identities3. Blood Portraits4. The Powers and Perils of Doubles5. Framing the Margins on Center StageConcluding ReflectionsNotesWorks CitedIndex

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Book SynopsisAn analysis of social and economic policies in the United States, with emphasis on the 1960s War on Poverty.Trade Review“What is it like to fly back in time and then to move forward to the present, stopping off at various agencies, state-funded programs, and other service-providing organizations that have fought poverty? A careful reading of William Epstein’s book allows one to do just that. It is an exciting journey, one that is full of meaning and social importance. This is an engrossing study for social-change makers, policy and program creators, sociologists, and students from various disciplines. There is a great deal of knowledge to be gained here. And there are many lessons to be learned by those who address inequalities in social services, health care, and education, and by those who work to end the polarization of classes. This book has the potential to change social policy.”—Torry Dickinson Contemporary Sociology“This masterfully conceptualized book turns policy debates upside down. Economists from Adam Smith to Larry Summers have ignored the facts that breed poverty in the land of plenty. William Epstein’s critique highlights the inanity of the poorly designed programs of the War on Poverty as well as subsequent antipoverty efforts and their consistency with mass preferences. Not many social scientists, especially economists, realize that poverty is not an economic issue. The roots of poverty lie in a political climate. It’s the ‘poverty of culture’ that sustains inequality as a national character. In this case, American individualism and its rituals of affirmation of good citizenship perpetuate the corruption of rationality.“Epstein’s brilliant analysis brings home the stark realities of the nation’s unfortunate preferences—which usually escape the attention and ability of most policy thinkers—in a very engaging discussion. Students, academics, and policy makers will find this book refreshingly useful in their professional deliberations.”—Brij Mohan,Louisiana State University“William Epstein’s Democracy Without Decency is a shattering of shibboleths, an exercise in iconoclasm, and a sober and in-depth critical analysis of the lamentable failures of many large-scale American social welfare programs. He effectively demonstrates that hugely expensive programs intended to materially assist the poor and oppressed within the United States have accomplished very little—except, all too often, to add to the burdens of those they are aimed at helping. This volume should be required reading for all students of social welfare, government, public policy, and public administration. It would also make an excellent gift for your congressional representatives and senators. Epstein dissects the supposed accomplishments of major welfare programs—those dealing with poverty, unemployment, malnutrition, and housing—one by one. Using both government and independent research studies, he shows how these programs have failed to produce their anticipated gains. This is a steep and thorny path, and not for the faint of heart, but those who undertake this admirable and exceptionally scholarly intellectual journey will be well rewarded.”—Bruce A. Thyer,Florida State University“Appearing during the Great Recession, Democracy Without Decency is a timely indictment of the nation’s failure to address the poverty experienced by millions of Americans. Despite the advent of the welfare state, social programs that evolved during the New Deal and the War on Poverty are notable for their inadequacy. Nor do complementary efforts by voluntary private groups compensate for the failure of government social programs. Epstein attributes protracted poverty and widening inequality to Americans’ philosophical romanticism, managers’ adherence to a cult of social efficiency, and patronage on the part of stakeholders, all bound by popular consensus. Required reading for Obama supporters worshipping at the altar of hope and change.”—David Stoesz,Virginia Commonwealth University“Despite a screen of self-deceiving rhetoric, the United States remains one of the most ruthlessly unequal societies in the world. William Epstein’s disturbing argument—constructed so powerfully that effective rebuttal seems at times impossible—is that this is so because that’s the way the American people want it. Anyone seeking to understand the nature of Western societies needs to engage with this book.”—David Smail,formerly Special Professor in Clinical Psychology, University of Nottingham“Epstein makes an interesting case for seeing public policy, in a relatively open society such as the United States, as a generally reliable indicator of popular wishes. His arguments are always vigorously expressed. . . . This book will be of interest to students of American social policy, and will give food or thought to readers in countries, such as the UK, that have looked to the US for social policy ideas.”—A. P. Connell Political Studies Review“This is a compelling work. Epstein is a wordsmith. The writing is concise and prickly. The reader will remember his words and thoughts. . . . It is one of the great social welfare muckraking books of all time.”—Harris Chaiklin Research on Social Work PracticeTable of ContentsContents Acknowledgments Preface Introduction: The Good Citizen and American Social Welfare 1. The Programmatic Precursors to the War on Poverty2. The War on Poverty: Programs of the Office of Economic Opportunity 3. Other War on Poverty Programs 4. The Social Insurances and Welfare 5. Charity and Community Organization Conclusion: The Iron Sculpture Tables References Index

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Book SynopsisAddresses the question of why institutions meant to attract citizen participation succeed in strengthening civil society and improving state responsiveness and transparency in some places, but fail in others. Focuses on urban politics in Porto Alegre (Brazil), Montevideo (Uruguay), and Caracas (Venezuela).Trade Review“Benjamin Goldfrank’s proposal to compare various leftist-sponsored experiments in collective participation in local decision-making represents a valuable contribution. . . . This book is an example of exceptional scholarship. It is well focused, explores the theoretical and practical implications of its findings and draws on extensive fieldwork and considerable secondary literature.”—Steve Ellner Journal of Latin American Studies“This is a superb book, built on in-depth comparisons of local experiments with participatory processes in Venezuela, Uruguay, and Brazil, mainly in the 1990s. . . . Benjamin Goldfrank’s book should become a key reference on the deepening of local democracy in Latin America and beyond. . . .“Beyond elaborating a compelling, well-substantiated, and substantively significant argument, this book helps to extend a literature that deserves continued attention. Goldfrank rightly recognizes the impressive works on participatory democracy in these cases individually, as well as comparative subnational work. . . .“ . . . This book delivers on all counts. It will be referenced for its arguments, but it also deserves to be read as a book. It is a model for careful empirical work and theory building on questions of lasting and growing importance.”—J. Tyler Dickovick Latin American Politics and Society“An incisive and thorough analysis of the strengths and weaknesses of experiences of participatory democracy in contemporary Latin America.”—F. E. Panizza,The London School of Economics and Political Science“Before leftist parties began electing presidents in Latin America at the turn of the century, they were electing mayors and experimenting with participatory forms of democracy at the municipal level. In this outstanding book, Benjamin Goldfrank explores the most important of these participatory experiments in Brazil, Uruguay, and Venezuela. Drawing from intensive field research and original public opinion surveys, Goldfrank analyzes why some participatory programs are more effective than others, and he carefully explains how these different outcomes relate to the institutional features of decentralization policies and the nature of partisan opposition. For anyone who seeks to understand the opportunities for—and the constraints on—the ‘deepening’ of democracy in contemporary Latin America, this insightful book is essential reading.”—Kenneth M. Roberts,Cornell University“This volume is a well-researched comparative study of the empowerment of local citizens in the 1990s in three South American cities: Caracas, Venezuela; Montevideo, Uruguay; and Porto Alegre, Brazil.”—S. L. Rozman Choice“Goldfrank shows how participatory democracy's biggest challenges, including social inequality, bureaucratic inefficiency, and political rivalry, can be surmounted.”—NACLA Report on the Americas“Goldfrank has constructed an excellent and timely empirically grounded study into the emergence in the late 1980s and early 1990s of Latin American participatory innovations which resulted from attempts to deepen democracy by decentralising the vote for city mayors to the electorate. . . .. . . Deepening Local Democracy in Latin America provides an insight into the development of the left as a result of decentralisation and participation, by providing a detailed, comparative account of how they were opposed, badly designed or successfully supported by a range of government parties. Furthermore, the extent to which the quality of democracy varied across the three cases is explored through the degrees to which participatory innovations were decentralised, the degree of opposition they had, and whether they had an open, regulated or restrictive design. In its empirical approach and theoretical underwriting, the work succeeds in providing a convincing insight into the various issues facing citizen participation in Latin America. . . . As Goldfrank applies his understanding of participation in Latin America more recently in the conclusion, his work stands as an excellent statement on deepening democracy in Latin America, as well as the obstacles this process can encounter.”—Adam Gill Political Studies Review“This is an impressive book and a major contribution to the debates about the direction of democracy and of the Left in Latin America.”—Alan Angell Bulletin of Latin American ResearchTable of ContentsContentsList of FiguresList of TablesAcknowledgmentsList of AcronymsOverview1. Democracy, Participation, and Decentralization2. A Tale of Three Cities 3. Caracas: Scarce Resources, Fierce Opposition, and Restrictive Design4. Montevideo: From Rousing to Regulating Participation5. Porto Alegre: Making Participatory Democracy Work6. Stronger Citizens, Stronger State?Conclusion: The Diffusion of Participatory Democracy and the Rise of the LeftBibliographyIndex

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Book SynopsisExplores the democratization and decentralization of governance in Mexico and finds that informal political networks continue to mediate citizens’ relationships with their elected authorities. Analyzes the linkages between informal and formal power by comparing how they worked in three Mexican cities: Tijuana, Ciudad Nezahualcóyotl, and Chilpancingo.Trade Review“Decentralization, Democratization, and Informal Power in Mexico is a fascinating, beautifully crafted, and revealing account of just how much Mexican democratization has taken place at the local level. Andrew Selee has used extensive field research and years spent living in Mexico to examine the extent to which electoral democracy has taken hold as the primary means of communicating citizen demands in three distinct municipalities. He discovers that many of the informal processes that characterized decision-making at the local level before the democratic transition continue to the present, clearly demonstrating the limits of institutional change on citizen participation. Equally important, Selee demonstrates how informal power is significantly shaping democratic outcomes.”—Roderic Ai Camp,Claremont McKenna College“Andrew Selee has written a compelling, insightful book on decentralization and democracy in Mexico. Based on research that began in 1992, Selee illuminates the changes as well as the continuities in the politics of three Mexican municipalities. Although it mattered that each of the municipalities was governed by a different political party, past networks of informal power endured and mattered as well. Selee’s original, nuanced analysis is an extremely valuable contribution to scholarly understanding of democratic institutions.”—Cynthia McClintock,George Washington University“Andrew Selee’s book is a remarkable contribution to our understanding of democratic transition and decentralization in Mexico—two of the most prominent processes shaping the Mexican state and society at the onset of the twenty-first century. Selee’s detailed case studies offer a well-organized and representative portrayal of local contexts in Mexico and provide rich insights into municipal governments. Demonstrating intellectual rigor and deep analysis, this excellent book is a must-read for scholars and policy makers interested in recent political developments in Mexico.”—Tonatiuh Guillén López,President, El Colegio de la Frontera Norte“Through careful analysis, Selee shows that decentralization in Mexico has been shaped by the traditional relationships between central and local political actors. He is convincing that more democratic governments and more effective local governments are constructed over time and are deeply affected by the contexts in which they develop. Decentralization, Democratization, and Informal Power in Mexico is a well-researched, informative, and welcome addition to the literature on decentralization and democratization.”—Merilee S. Grindle,John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University“Decentralization, Democratization, and Informal Power in Mexico challenges conventional notions about the interplay of decentralization and democracy. It is now clearly understood that decentralization in developing countries does not always lead to better governance, but Selee’s work takes the important step of explaining why this is the case. Its theoretical grounding and the author’s rich and insightful discussion of three case studies reveal the pivotal importance of informal power structures for determining the success or failure of decentralization efforts in Mexico. This book not only enriches our understanding of decentralization in Mexico but also provides important insights into decentralization and the role of informal power in the developing world.”—Emily Edmonds-Poli,University of San DiegoTable of ContentsContents List of Figures Acknowledgments 1. Introduction: The Paradoxes of Local Empowerment Part 1 State Formation and Political Change2. Centralization and Informal Power 3. Decentralization and Democratization Part 2 A Tale of Three Cities4. Chilpancingo: The Continuation of Corporatism? 5. Tijuana: Liberal Democracy? 6. Ciudad Nezahualcóyotl: Social Movement Democracy? Part 3 Conclusions7. Pathways of Democratic Change Index

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Book SynopsisExamines the history, theory, and politics behind the age qualifications for elected federal office in the United States Constitution. Argues that the right to run for office ought to be extended to all adult-age citizens who are otherwise office-eligible.Trade Review“John Seery’s book is applied political theory at its best: it enunciates a proposition that no doubt will be initially implausible to many readers and offers a superb defense that should change a lot of minds and, along the way, provide wonderful food for thought about what constitutes a truly democratic electorate.”—Sanford Levinson,University of Texas School of Law“So much is controversial nowadays, but not so the set age limits for public service in Washington. Why not? What historical reasons informed these age limits in the first place, and what contemporary reasons support their maintenance now, hundreds of years later? John Seery is a political theorist committed to interrogating questions that many of us never think to ask. When he takes a position, he does not always persuade everyone to his view, but in his intelligence, tenacity, and inventiveness, he never disappoints.”—Bonnie Honig,Northwestern University“Seery engages the important but neglected subject of the American age qualifications for public office and does so in an extraordinarily broad-gauged way that sheds a great deal of light on American democracy more generally.”—Robert Bennett,Northwestern University School of Law“This is a wonderful challenge to complacency about constitutional rights. Seery asks important questions and provides an energetic defense of the constitutional right of all citizens to hold office in the United States.”—Mark Graber,University of Maryland School of LawTable of ContentsContents Acknowledgments Introduction 1. History 2. Theory 3. Politics Postscript: An Appeal to U.S. Civics Educators Appendix 1: Federal Age Requirements in Other Democracies Appendix 2: Average Age of Congress Since 1949 Notes Index

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Book SynopsisAn exploration of the portrait art of Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres, focusing on his studio practice and his training of students. Trade Review“Ingres and the Studio is an exciting piece of scholarship that sheds new light on issues of paramount importance to our understanding of nineteenth-century French art: the increasingly interrelated destinies of portraiture and history painting; the importance of female agency within a complex cosmopolitan art world; and the centrality of imagery of women within both a specifically ingriste artistic enterprise and the modern creative imagination more generally.”—Andrew Shelton,Ohio State University“Ingres and the Studio offers a powerful new account of Ingres’s principally female portrait subjects, situated in the context of contemporary aesthetic and artistic debates—and no less situated within the context of Ingres’s studio practice and its psychological dynamics.”—Marc Gotlieb,Williams College“Betzer effectively points out the unique origins for Ingres’s approach to female portraiture and his distinct influence on a handful of painters marked by his inspiration and technique. . . .Betzer’s book is thoughtful, challenging, and impeccably well-documented. The quality of the reproductions is superb and the illustrations are well-placed in the text.””—Barbara Ann Day-Hickman H-France Review“Betzer’s book presents a welcome opportunity to expand one’s knowledge of some of the lesser known painters in Ingres’s circle and their involvement in painting some of the most influential women of their culture.”—M. T. Simms Choice“Through detailed (at times even meticulous) analyses, Betzer opens up prospects for engaging with [some paintings that] are as of yet well beyond the canon of nineteenth-century art. One of the great merits of this book is to make these paintings both interesting and accessible to specialists and non-specialists through Betzer’s passionate discussions and through high-quality reproductions.”—Mechthild Fend Oxford Art Journal“Betzer frames Ingres as an innovator whose contributions surpassed struggles waged on academic terrain. By probing the distinction between academic and ingriste, established via the portrait-as-history and negotiated through the bodies of Ingres’s female sitters, Betzer rejects old criticisms to establish ingriste practice as a crucial bridge to modernity, an idea forwarded by her conclusion’s examination of Edgar Degas’s The Bellelli Family (1858-67) as a history portrait. In this handsomely illustrated and persuasively written text, however, Betzer’s true contribution lies in her excavation of Ingres’s frequently dismissed students, many of whom have received relatively minimal critical consideration in the art historical literature.”—Mary Manning Nineteenth-Century French StudiesTable of ContentsContentsList of Illustrations Acknowledgments Introduction 1 The Ingriste Portrait as History 2 Ingres’s Studio and the Subjects of Art 3 Julie Mottez, Rome, and Ingriste Myths of Origin 4 Marie d’Agoult, the Aesthetics of Androgyny, and the Apotheosis of Ingrisme 5 Ingres’s Studio Between History and Allegory: Rachel, Antiquity, and Tragédie Conclusion Notes Selected Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisIn Poets, Saints, and Visionaries of the Great Schism, Renate Blumenfeld-Kosinski looks beyond the political and ecclesiastical storm and finds an outpouring of artistic, literary, and visionary responses to one of the great calamities of the late Middle Ages.Trade Review“Renate Blumenfeld-Kosinski writes with a real sympathy for her subjects, who emerge as flesh-and-blood humans struggling to make sense of a profound crisis that threatens to undermine their faith in the clergy. No book more vividly tells the story of the Great Schism or brings together a more fascinating set of characters and texts from the period. I can think of no finer introduction to the workings of the minds of medieval people than Poets, Saints, and Visionaries.”—Laura Ackerman Smoller,University of Arkansas at Little Rock“Many scholars have claimed that the two principal kinds of medieval visions, the ‘experience-based’ religious and the ‘literary-poetic’ ones, have to be examined together, but up to this moment no such analysis has been done. With an impressive tour de force and a smart, enjoyable narrative, Renate Blumenfeld-Kosinski examines the common motifs and the peculiar metaphors of saintly, prophetic and poetic visionaries during the period of the Great Schism.”—Gábor Klaniczay,Central European University“Renate Blumenfeld-Kosinski tells the story of the Great Schism not as a political or ecclesiastical event, but rather as a disturbing crisis profoundly felt by ordinary Christians at all levels of society. Her innovation is to focus on what she calls ‘the imaginaire,’ emotional responses to the division of Christendom expressed in visions, letters, poetry, prophecies, and artistic representations. Blumenfeld-Kosinski writes with a real sympathy for her subjects, who emerge as flesh-and-blood humans struggling to make sense of a profound crisis that threatens to undermine their faith in the clergy. No book more vividly tells the story of the Great Schism or brings together a more fascinating set of characters and texts from the period. I can think of no finer introduction to the workings of the minds of medieval people than Poets, Saints, and Visionaries.”—Laura Ackerman Smoller,University of Arkansas at Little Rock“Many scholars have claimed that the two principal kinds of medieval visions, the ‘experience-based’ religious and the ‘literary-poetic’ ones have to be examined together, but up to this moment no such analysis has been done. With an impressive tour de force and a smart, enjoyable narrative, Renate Blumenfeld-Kosinski examines the common motifs and the peculiar metaphors of saintly, prophetic, and poetic visionaries during the period of the Great Schism. This specific context also allows her the exploration of the different lobbies and pressure groups promoting and using those visions. It also gives an opportunity for a witty, incisive analysis, reaching back to the experiences of a previous schism in the twelfth century, with Hildegard of Bingen and Elisabeth Schönau taking stands on it, and then going into details with Birgitta of Sweden, Catherine of Siena, Philippe de Mézières, Christine de Pizan, and several other fascinating prophets, visionaries, mystics, and poets, exploring the limits of our imaginary. This book is the first to analyze this ensemble together, and its perspicacious observations will be the starting point of any future research on this subject.”—Gabor Klaniczay,Central European University“This engaging book will satisfy any academic or layperson interested in the history of the Church, but also in the history of mentalities at large. The book is well-written and comprehensive on many levels.”—Joëlle Rollo-Koster Canadian Journal of History“Blumenfeld-Kosinski’s choice to focus on the imaginaire of the Great Schism is extremely productive; since the book focuses so extensively on visions and prophecies, one might even say it is an inspired choice. One of the most fascinating dimensions of her approach is the way in which it enables exploration of concepts and images across generic boundaries. Her book offers a fresh perspective on a rich period as well as some extremely well-known medieval writers.”—Nancy Bradley Warren Spiritus“[This book] is an excellent complement to our general knowledge of the schism in that it provides an intelligent reading of authors who are often overlooked in this context. The illustrations are particularly well chosen, and the bibliography gratifyingly full.”—F. Donald Logan Religion and the Arts“This book is provided with a genealogy of popes, with maps having excellent legends, fourteen illustrations, a good bibliography . . . and an index. The author’s style is leisurely and reads well. Poets, Saints, and Visionaries certainly belongs in university libraries and will profit students and teachers of the late Middle Ages and of Church history.”—Edelgard E. DuBruck Fifteenth-Century Studies“This well-researched and lively read will delight enthusiasts of medieval French literature. Its pace accelerates as it reaches its conclusion, leaving the reader wanting more.”—Jennifer Anne Morrissey French ReviewTable of ContentsContentsAcknowledgmentsPopes During the Great SchismMapsIntroduction1. A Twelfth-Century Prelude: Hildegard of Bingen, Elisabeth of Schönau, John of Salisbury, and the Schism of 11592. Saints and Visionaries I: From the 1360s to the Beginnings of the Schism3. Saints and Visionaries II: The Later Schism Years4. Poetic Visions of the Great Schism I: Philippe de Mézières and Eustache Deschamps5. Poetic Visions of the Great Schism II: Honoré Bovet and Christine de Pizan6. Prophets of the Great SchismConclusionBibliographyIndex

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Book SynopsisThis is the first comprehensive study of modernity’s preoccupation with willpower. Michael Cowan examines the emergence of “will therapy” and its impact on arts and culture in Germany after 1900. The book leads readers through modern German cultural history, including literature, aesthetics, medicine, economics, body culture and pedagogy.Trade Review“Cowan’s work presents a pathbreaking and truly meaningful discovery not only in the field of German studies. It belongs to the multiple merits of this book that it participates in the opening and development of a new discursive space within the Humanities. Over the past two decades, much of the historical research on the time between 1850 and 1950 concentrated on the ‘discovery’ of the human body—a historical discovery that took place above all against the hitherto unchallenged dominance of the Cartesian paradigm, and the control and repression of the Christian religious authorities. What Cowan presents is a tendency, during the same historical period, to ‘master’ the body and its fickleness (the ‘nervousness’ in Cowan’s subtitle, a tendency that had a strong impact not only on certain contexts and environments in Western intellectual life but also undoubtedly in the formation of Fascist ideologies and practices. This book should become obligatory reading for all Germanists, not only Germanists working in the period of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. The breadth of the epistemological and cultural dimension is well balanced by the astonishing variety of languages, literatures, and national cultural traditions that Cowan has managed to integrate into this amazing book.”—Hans Ulrich Gumbrecht,Stanford University“Cult of the Will is a superb study that covers familiar terrain with an entirely new approach. Cowan provides very fine examples of interdisciplinary interpretation. His book goes far beyond providing a history of ‘nervousness.’ It finds the implications of psychiatric theory in the internal structure of film, architecture, dance, and literature.”—Daniel Purdy,Penn State University“Cowan deftly incorporates many contemporary fin-de-siècle examples to argue his central contention that attempts at control were widespread and deemed crucial for a rapidly transforming German society.”—M. Deshmukh Choice“This story has been often told, but Cowan has found a fascinating and altogether novel way of retelling it, through the lens of the turn-of-the-century preoccupation with overcoming the condition of will impairment, or abulia.”—Andreas Killen Central European HistoryTable of ContentsContentsList of IllustrationsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction: Reimagining the Will in the Age of Nervousness1. Capitalism and AbuliaEntr'acte: Willpower in the Age of Enterprise2. Healing the Will: Popular Medicine and the Emergence of Will Therapy3. Training the Will: Gymnastics and Body Culture4. Educating the Will: Reform Pedagogy and the School of Rhythm5. Mapping the Will: European Nervousness and American Willpower.Afterword: Notes on the Persistence of Will TherapyBibliographyNotesIndex

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Book SynopsisCaspar Pearson offers a profoundly revisionist account of Leon Battista Alberti's approach to the urban environment. This book explores the ways in which Alberti sought to remedy urban problems, tracing key themes that manifest in De re aedificatoria.Trade Review“Pearson’s use of Alberti’s writings is imaginative and exhaustive, yet tactful. This is a rich and accessible account of a thinker whose concern with both rational reform and social stability could not be more timely.”—Charles Burroughs Renaissance QuarterlyTable of ContentsContentsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction1 Destruction2 The Divided City3 The Limits of Power4 Beyond the City5 The Suburbs and Other Places6 The Beautiful CityConclusionNotes Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisTraces the evolution of New York’s publishing trade from the end of the American Revolution to the Age of Jackson. Explores the gradual development of local, regional, and national distribution networks in the early republic.Trade Review“Through impressive research in primary sources and engaging portraits of individuals and preindustrial trade practices, An Empire in Print makes a valuable contribution to the history of print culture in the United States.”—Early American Literature“The amount of research undertaken by the author in producing his book is impressive, and its utility is enhanced by 26 statistical tables. Highly recommended.”—J. H. Kaimowitz Choice“Smith’s account—expansively researched and avidly written—is necessary reading for scholars interested in early American media history.”—Michael Millner Journal of American History“This book will be vitally important to those of us who are concerned with the nature of the book trade in the early Republic, most so for how it forwards our understanding of these crucial New York figures.”—Carolyn Eastman The William and Mary Quarterly“An important contribution to the history of the book and literacy in America.”—Howard B. Rock American Historical Review“Given the critical role of print culture, Smith’s comprehensive study of these early printers, booksellers, and publishers’ trials and successes as they developed a nascent American publishing trade is essential reading for Early American scholars, yet is still accessible for non-specialists.”—Joshua P. Canale New York History“Smith tells the story of New York publishing in An Empire of Print and in doing so, he develops the connection between publishing and government, and of interstate and international relations, from the historical point of view of America as a fledgling country. . . . The five case studies zoom in with microscopic human details, highlighting the trails and travails of notable figures (who are intriguing in their own right), drawing out how their microstruggles also speak to larger issues both within the publishing trade and with the developing nation. Scholars of book history will find Smith’s work a critical addition to the field.”—Dana Gavin Communication Booknotes QuarterlyTable of ContentsList of TablesAcknowledgementsIntroduction: The Pertinent Details Chapter 1: Samuel Loudon and the Building of the Empire State in Print Chapter 2: William Gordon, Print Culture, and the Politics of History Chapter 3: John Ward Fenno’s Book Shop Politics Chapter 4: Literary Fairs and National AmbitionsChapter 5: Evert Duyckinck and the National Book Trade Afterword: Print and Memory in an Age of Change Selected Bibliography Notes Index

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Book SynopsisExplores the late medieval concepts of absence and void, with a special focus on the materiality of emptiness in later medieval manuscripts. Trade Review“With a Midas-like touch, Elina Gertsman has a gift for turning her every subject into scholarly gold. The Absent Image is no exception.”—Brigitte Buettner Studies in Iconography“Gertsman makes a convincing argument, and at times shows a wonderful novelistic sensibility in describing the micro-dramas on display.”—Times Literary Supplement“Elina Gertsman’s The Absent Image is a rarefied treat for connoisseurs – a kind of apophatic art history. She explores a phenomenon that is seldom studied: the voids, gaps and empty frames that manuscript artists used to represent the unrepresentable.”—Barbara Newman London Review of Books“The book is amusing and thought-provoking in the best sense, and the lavish illustrations create much food for thought, not out of nothing but from a wealth of varied examples.”—Thomas Rainer CAA.Reviews“Gertsman’s book is absolutely brilliant, a paragon of scholarship to be held up as a model to students and colleagues alike.”—Lauren Mancia Medieval Review“This is an intellectually ambitious, rigorously argued, and erudite book that explores visual strategies and their theoretical underpinnings of ‘empty spaces’ in medieval manuscripts. A must-read for scholars of medieval and northern Renaissance art and intellectual history.”—Nino Zchomelidse,author of Art, Ritual, and Civic Identity in Medieval Southern Italy“This is one of the most original books I have read—original in its conception and subject, in the materials studied and illustrated, in the numerous questions posed, and in its compelling conclusions. It is a potentially paradigm-shifting work that will affect how we perceive illustrated manuscripts and that should finally put to rest for art historians the ‘intentional fallacy’ long rejected by literary historians.”—Richard K. Emmerson,author of Apocalypse Illuminated: The Visual Exegesis of Revelation in Medieval Illustrated Manuscripts

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Book SynopsisA collection of essays examining literary discussions of the role of science, focusing on the interactions between processes of knowledge formation and the socioeconomic and political spheres. Trade Review“By examining the creative space opened up by science novels, the book helps, in turn, to open up and establish an interdisciplinary space. Under the Literary Microscope is both an introduction and a valuable contribution to the study of the relationship between science, society and fiction.”—Peter Broks Public Understanding of Science“This lively collection is valuable for its placement of literary criticism alongside scholarship on public engagement with science. It grants to authors a more nuanced understanding of the various dimensions of scientific personnel and practice than critics have previously acknowledged, and it offers such texts as spaces where the reading public can engage with questions concerning the nature of science.”—Charlotte Sleigh,author of Literature and Science

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Book SynopsisThe first English translation of the national epic of Turkey, which is the heritage of the ancient Oghuz Turks and was composed as they migrated westward from their homeland in Central Asia to the Middle East, eventually to settle in Anatolia.Trade Review...Dede Korkut stands as a masterwork of [tenth-century] Turkish literature—and perhaps as one of the world’s most impressive national epics.... with its action-packed narrative in prose and verse, [it] unfurls a fascinating panorama of Turkish tribal and feudal life—warfare, hunts, festivities, plunders, preternatural phenomena, heroics and love. The socio-political characteristics, cultural values, morals and manners as well as ethnographic features it embodies make the epic a rich source for historians, folklorists and anthropologists. * Middle East Journal *The Book of Dede Korkut has been called the Iliad of the Turks.... the stories of Dede Korkut represent and embody the epic élan of a nation’s literary imagination... an excellent translation in English.... smooth, highly readable, enlightening. * Books Abroad *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction Prologue Legend I: The Story of Bugach Khan, Son of Dirse Khan Legend II: The Sack of the House of Salur Kazan Legend III: The Story of Bamsi Beyrek, Son of Kam Büre Legend IV: The Story of the Capture of Uruz Bey, Son of Kazan Bey Legend V: The Story of Delü Dumrul, Son of Duha Koja Legend VI: The Story of Kan Turali, Son of Kanli Koja Legend VII: The Story of Yigenek, Son of Kazilik Koja Legend VIII: The Story of Basat, Killer of the One-Eyed Giant Legend IX: The Story of Emren, Son of Begil Legend X: The Story of Seghrek, Son of Ushun Koja Legend XI: The Story of Salur Kazan’s Captivity and His Rescue by His Son Uruz Legend XII: The Story of the Revolt of the Outer Oghuz against the Inner Oghuz and of the Death of Beyrek Notes Bibliography

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Book SynopsisThis book examines the ways in which the people of an Oaxacan village practice traditional cooperative and reciprocal relationships.Trade Review"This is a clearly argued, well-documented ethnography of social cooperation in the face of economic and social change in [a] Zapotec town." --John M. Watanabe, author of Maya Saints and Souls in a Changing WorldTable of Contents List of Illustrations List of Abbreviations Preface Introduction: Cooperation in Context: A Framework for Analysis Chapter One: Four Eras, One Village: Geography and History in Santa Ana del Valle Chapter Two: Economy and the Structure of lroduction in Santa Ana del Valle Chapter Three: Patterns of Cooperation in the Santañero Household Chapter Four: Guelaguetza and Compadrazgo: Interhousehold Cooperation in Santa Ana Chapter Five: Cooperation and Community: Tequio, Cooperación, and Servicio Chapter Six: Cooperation, the Politics of Leadership, and Civil Society Conclusions: Santa Ana in the World and Cooperation in Southern Mexico Notes References Cited Index

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Book SynopsisA richly researched historical and cultural study of capoeira, the Brazilian martial art/dance that is spreading around the world.Table of Contents List of Abbreviations Foreword Acknowledgments Introduction Chapter 1. A Rio de Janeiro Slave Game Chapter 2. The Battle and the Game (1840s-1870s) Chapter 3. Patrons and Oppressors (1870s-1930s) Chapter 4. New Center, New Style: Capoeira Regional and Capoeira Angola in Twentieth-Century Bahia Chapter 5. The Game of Life: Battle of Cultures Epilogue Notes Glossary Bibliography Index

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