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Book SynopsisMennonites in the Russian Empire and the Soviet Union is the first history of Mennonite life from its origins in the Dutch Reformation of the sixteenth century, through migration to Poland and Prussia, and on to more than two centuries of settlement in the Russian Empire and the Soviet Union.Leonard G. Friesen sheds light on religious, economic, social, and political changes within Mennonite communities as they confronted the many faces of modernity. He shows how the Mennonite minority remained engaged with the wider empire that surrounded them, and how they reconstructed and reconfigured their identity after the Bolsheviks seized power and formed a Soviet regime committed to atheism.Integrating Mennonite history into developments in the Russian Empire and the USSR, Friesen provides a history of an ethno-religious people that illuminates the larger canvas of Imperial Russian, Ukrainian, and Soviet history.Trade Review“An ambitious study of the Mennonites, stretching from the foundation of Anabaptism to the end of the Soviet Union … Friesen offers a compelling and coherent survey of the history of Mennonites in Imperial Russia and the Soviet Union, providing a useful guide to the questions answered by current historiography and the holes in scholarship yet to be filled.” -- Aileen Friesen, University of Winnipeg * The Russian Review *Table of ContentsList of Illustrations Acknowledgments A Note on Transliteration and Nomenclature Introduction Part I: Mennonite Origins 1. Foundations: An Ancient Faith, Swiss Reformation, and Anabaptist Renewal 2. Melchoir, Münster, and Menno: From Early Dutch Anabaptists to Mennonites 3. A Faith Community on the Move: Mennonites, Poland, and Prussia, 1536 to 1800 Part II: Mennonites in Imperial Russia 4. A New Homeland in New Russia: Mennonite Settlement in the Russian Empire, 1789–1830 5. Pietistic Progressivism: Johann Cornies and the Transformation of Russian Mennonitism, 1800–1848 6. A Community in Crisis: A Divided Faith, the Revolt of the Landless, and Threatened Military Service, 1860–1874 7. From Crisis to Consolidation: The Flourishing of Russian Mennonitism, 1865–1883 8. Glory Days: The Apogee of Russian Mennonitism, 1883–1904 9. Confession or Sect? German or German-Speaking? Mennonite Identity Politics on the Edge of the Abyss, 1881–1917 Part III: Mennonites in the Soviet Era 10. After Eichenfeld: Soviet-Era Mennonites between Reconstruction and Emigration, 1917–1927 11. When God Leads You into the Wilderness: Mennonites in the Stalinist Crucible, 1927–1934 12. The Road to Rochegda: Soviet Terror, Nazi Occupation, and Stalinist Repatriation, 1934–1953 13. Detour to Dzhetisai: The Soviet Mennonite Renaissance in Stalin’s Shadow, 1953–1991 14. Coda: Zaporozhe 1989: One Story Ends and Another Begins Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisDrawing on personal and transnational case studies, this book explores the factors that influence our lives within an able capitalist society.

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Book SynopsisWhy has Canada been unable to achieve any of its climate-change targets? Part of the reason is that emissions in two provinces, Alberta and Saskatchewan already about half the Canadian total when taken together have been steadily increasing as a result of expanding oil and gas production. Declining emissions in other provinces, such as Ontario, Quebec, Nova Scotia, and New Brunswick, have been cancelled out by those western increases. The ultimate explanation for Canadian failure lies in the differing energy interests of the western and eastern provinces, overlaid on the confederation fault-line of western alienation. Climate, energy, and national unity form a toxic mix. How can Ottawa possibly get all the provinces moving in the same direction of decreasing emissions? To answer this question, Douglas Macdonald explores the five attempts to date to put in place coordinated national policy in the fields of energy and climate change from Pierre Trudeau’s ill-fated NatTrade Review"Macdonald has written a book of transcendent importance for the development of a genuinely effective climate change plan. His formulation of negotiating scenarios, in particular, offers a constructive path forward, one that moves away from federal-provincial stalemates and the easy agreements that avoid actual solu­tions. And his masterful grasp of Canada's so far lame efforts in this arena is a major contribution to understanding where we have been and where we must go." -- Geoff White * Literary Review of Canada *Table of ContentsA Parable of West and East 1. Introduction 1.1 Subject 1.2 Purpose 1.3 Methodology 1.4 Theoretical approach 1.5 Format 2. Energy and climate change intergovernmental relations 2.1 Historical evolution of Canadian intergovernmental relations 2.2 Mechanisms of Canadian intergovernmental relations 2.3 A flawed policy making process 2.4 Intergovernmental policy co-ordination 2.5 Energy and climate change jurisdiction 2.6 Energy and climate-change policy co-ordination 2.7 Federal government energy and climate-change strategy 3. Historical overview: Canadian energy and climate politics 3.1 Energy policy 1867 to 1989 3.2 National climate change policy in the 1990s 3.3 The Martin government 3.4 Public opinion on climate change 3.5 The Harper government 3.6 Provincial climate change policies 3.7 Energy policy 1989 to 2019 3.8 The Justin Trudeau government 3.9 Summary 4. Three underlying challenges 4.1 The West-East divide . Differing fossil fuel energy interests . Differing interests respecting climate change policy . Alberta's planned emission increases undercut reductions elsewhere . Western alienation 4.2 The inherent need to allocate greenhouse gas emission reductions 4.3 The weak intergovernmental process 5. Canadian national energy policy, 1973 - 1981 5.1 Narrative 5.2 Analysis 6. The first national climate change process 1990-1997 6.1 Narrative 6.2 Analysis 7. The second national climate change process 1998 - 2002 7.1 Narrative 7.2 Analysis 8. The Canadian Energy Strategy 2005-2015 8.1 Narrative 8.2 Analysis 9. The Pan-Canadian Framework 2015-2019 9.1 Narrative 9.2 Analysis 10. Drawing lessons 10.1 The three challenges and federal strategy 10.2 Factors affecting case outcomes 11. Putting in place an effective national climate change program

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Book SynopsisDuring the Second World War, Mennonites in the Netherlands, Germany, occupied Poland, and Ukraine lived in communities with Jews and close to various Nazi camps and killing sites. As a result of this proximity, Mennonites were neighbours to and witnessed the destruction of European Jews. In some cases they were beneficiaries or even enablers of the Holocaust. Much of this history was forgotten after the war, as Mennonites sought to rebuild or find new homes as refugees. The result was a myth of Mennonite innocence and ignorance that connected their own suffering during the 1930s and 1940s with earlier centuries of persecution and marginalization. European Mennonites and the Holocaust identifies a significant number of Mennonite perpetrators, along with a smaller number of Mennonites who helped Jews survive, examining the context in which they acted. In some cases, theology led them to accept or reject Nazi ideals. In others, Mennonites chose a closer embrace of GermaTrade Review"In addition to standing as an important historical study, European Mennonites and the Holocaust should prompt Anabaptists in North America — particularly white Anabaptists — to reflect on their own legacies of anti-Jewish prejudice and discern how to stand against antisemitism as part of their antiracist commitments." -- Alain Epp Weaver * Anabaptist World *"The value of this book reaches well be­yond telling tales of depraved Mennonites. Several chap­ters reflect on the thinking and rationalizations which emboldened Mennonites to reject historic Anabaptism." -- David Giesbrecht * Roots and Branches *"European Mennonites and the Holocaust adds telling details to the picture of Mennonites during the Nazi era … The contributors do not shrink from addressing the gray eras, especially the question of who can be regarded as a ‘Mennonite’ and where boundaries are to be drawn." -- Astrid von Schlachta * The Mennonite Quarterly Review *"For readers who may feel overwhelmed by the volume of books and articles that have appeared in recent years, European Mennonites and the Holocaust offers an excellent summary of the current state of scholarship. Anyone looking for an entry point into the rapidly growing literature on this sober, if controversial, topic would do well to start with this collection." -- John D. Roth, Goshen College * Directions *"This collection will be a precious source for further archival research about these connections for future generations of Mennonite historians." -- Sergei I. Zhuk, Ball State University * Journal of Mennonite Studies *Table of ContentsList of Illustrations Acknowledgments Introduction – Neighbours, Killers, Enablers, Witnesses: The Many Roles of Mennonites in the Holocaust Doris L. Bergen, Mark Jantzen, and John D. Thiesen Introduction to Chapter 1 – Mennonites and Nazi Crimes: Gerhard Rempel's Call for Historical Reckoning Doris L. Bergen 1. Mennonites, War Crimes, and the Holocaust Gerhard Rempel, edited by Doris L. Bergen with John D. Thiesen 2. Enjoying the Entitlements of German Freedom: German Mennonites and Nazi Church-State Policy James Irvin Lichti 3. Antisemitism and the Concept of Volk: The Mennonite Youth Circular Community at the Beginning of the Nazi Dictatorship Imanuel Baumann 4. German Mennonite Theology in the Era of National Socialism Arnold Neufeld-Fast 5. Dutch Mennonite Theologians and Nazism Pieter Post 6. Mennonite Collaboration with Nazism: A Case Study of the Responses of Mennonites in Deutsch Wymyschle, Poland, to the Plight of Local Jews during the Early Nazi Occupation Period (1939–1942) Colin Neufeldt 7. Mennonites in Ukraine before, during, and Immediately after the Second World War Dmytro Myeshkov 8. A Portrait of Khortytsya/Zaporizhzhia under Occupation Aileen Friesen 9. Dutch Mennonites and Yad Vashem Recognition Alle G. Hoekema 10. Identity and Complicity: The Post-Second World War Emigration of Chortitza Mennonites Erika Weidemann 11. A Usable Past: Soviet Mennonite Memories of the Holocaust Hans Werner 12. Selective Memory: Danziger Mennonite Reflections on the Nazi Era, 1945–1950 Steve Schroeder List of Contributors Index

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Book SynopsisBringing together international and interdisciplinary perspectives, this collection explores how feminism has influenced the connected histories of gender, class, race, labour, and colonialism.

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Book SynopsisThis book analyses tensions that arise between the principles of social justice and the need for cooperation to advance collective goals.Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction 1. On the Scalability of Cooperative Structures 2. Why Profit Is Not the Problem 3. Egalitarianism and Status Hierarchy 4. A Defence of Stigmatization 5. A Unified Theory of Border Control and Reasonable Accommodation 6. Two Dilemmas for U.S. Race Relations Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisThe auto sector is North America’s most iconic of industries. Since the North American Free Trade Agreement came into existence in 1994, the sector has undergone tremendous change: escalating concerns around climate change, advances in electric and automated vehicles, deindustrialization/reindustrialization, and the rise of low-cost locations as hubs for manufacturing. The North American Auto Industry since NAFTA examines the issues that have preoccupied the development of policy associated with the manufacture of automobiles in North America. The collection addresses the punctuations that have afflicted the industry since NAFTA’s implementation as well as the slower, incremental evolutions that have also occurred. Several aspects of automobility and the industry are explored, including but not limited to the Canadian, American, and Mexican automotive sectors and their evolution and interaction under evolving trade regimes. The book analyses issues surr

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Book SynopsisLaw today is incomplete, inaccessible, unclear, underdeveloped, and often perplexing to those whom it affects. In The Legal Singularity, Abdi Aidid and Benjamin Alarie argue that the proliferation of artificial intelligenceenabled technology and specifically the advent of legal prediction is on the verge of radically reconfiguring the law, our institutions, and our society for the better. Revealing the ways in which our legal institutions underperform and are expensive to administer, the book highlights the negative social consequences associated with our legal status quo. Given the infirmities of the current state of the law and our legal institutions, the silver lining is that there is ample room for improvement. With concerted action, technology can help us to ameliorate the problems of the law and improve our legal institutions. Inspired in part by the concept of the technological singularity, The Legal Singularity presents a future state in which technoloTable of Contents1. Introducing the Legal Singularity I. Introduction II. What Is the Legal Singularity? a. The Technological Singularity b. The Economic Singularity c. The Legal Singularity III. Hazards Ahead IV. Our Story and Objectives V. Orienting Ourselves VI. Towards the Legal Singularity 2. The Nature of Legal Information I. Introduction II. The Centrality of Information to Law a. Law before Text b. Prediction and Law’s Information Environment III. Analogue, Digital, Computational a. The Analog Era b. The Digital Era IV. The New Information Environment a. Impact of Digitalization b. Access to Data and Access to Justice c. An Open Source Movement? 3. Computational Law I. Introduction II. Understanding Artificial Intelligence III. Applying AI to the Law: Computational Law a. Should Law Be Computed? b. On “Computational Values” 4. Complete Law I. Introduction II. Incomplete Law and Its Problems a. What Is Incomplete Law? b. In Search of Specificity c. Degradation of Legal Certainty III. How Computation Encourages Completeness IV. Complete, as in No Gaps – Not Complete, as in Done 5. Defending the Legal Singularity from Its Critics I. Introduction II. Is Computational Law Reductionist? a. Pasquale, Hildebrandt, and Law’s Unquantifiable Essence b. Ideology, Social Context, and the Legal Singularity c. The Limits of Techno-Critique III. Does the Legal Singularity Threaten the Rule of Law? 6. Implications for the Judiciary I. Introduction II. The Pitfalls of the Modern Judiciary a. Biases and Human Weaknesses b. Courthouse Overcrowding and Delayed Justice c. The Implications of Court Design III. Computational Solutions in the Courtroom a. Human Experts b. Legal Research c. Document Drafting d. Expert Evidence e. Changes to Fact-Finding Procedures f. Discovery g. Predictive Technology h. Case Management i. Fair Settlements IV. The Paradox of Judging in the Computational Era a. Beyond Physical Courtrooms and Human Judges i. Neural Laces ii. Online Courts and Dispute Resolution iii. Alternative Dispute Resolution V. Possible Roadblocks to Adoption VI. Looking Ahead: The Evolution of the Judiciary 7. Towards Universal Legal Literacy I. Introduction II. The Legal Profession’s Problem State a. Problem I: The Market for Legal Services i. The Unaffordability Problem ii. Consequences of Unaffordability iii. Responses to the Unaffordability Problem by the Legal Profession b. Problem II: Excessive Legal Complexity III. The Solution: Universal Legal Literacy a. Imagining Universal Legal Literacy b. Universal Legal Literacy in the Legal Singularity 8. Implications for Governments I. Introduction II. Governments and Technology III. Artificially Intelligent Governments IV. Current Government Applications of AI V. Applications of AI in Service Provision and Regulation a. Tax Regulation b. Government Benefits Programs c. Immigration VI. Applications of AI in Legislation a. Drafting Legislation b. Normative Contributions and Second-Order Modelling 9. Towards Ethical and Equitable Legal Prediction I. Introduction II. The Problem Framework a. Reflection and Amplification Problems b. Techno-Epistemic Problems 10. Conclusion Afterword Acknowledgments Index

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Book SynopsisThrough the Lens of Anthropology is a concise introduction to anthropology that uses the twin themes of food and sustainability to connect evolution, biology, archaeology, history, language, and culture. The third edition remains a highly readable text that encourages students to think about current events and issues through an anthropological lens.Beautifully illustrated with over 100 full-color images and maps, along with detailed figures and boxes, this is an anthropology book with a fresh perspective and a lively narrative that is filled with popular topics. The new edition has been updated to reflect the most recent developments in anthropology and the contributions of marginalized scholars, while the use of gender-neutral language makes for a more inclusive text. New content offers anthropological insight into contemporary issues such as COVID-19, Black Lives Matter, and #MeToo.Through the Lens of Anthropology continues to be an essential text forTable of ContentsList of Illustrations List of Boxes Acknowledgments About the Authors Preface Note to Instructors Note to Students 1. Introduction: Viewing the World through the Lens of Anthropology 2. We Are Primates: The Primate Background 3. Evolutionary Thought and Theory 4. Human Biological Evolution 5. Cultural Diversity from 2.53 Million to 20,000 Years Ago 6. Cultural Diversity from 20,000 to 5,000 Years Ago 7. Archaeology of the Last 5,000 Years 8. Studying Culture 9. Language and Culture 10. Food-Getting and Economics 11. Marriage, Family, and Gender, and Sexuality 12. Political Organization 13. Supernaturalism 14. Anthropology and Sustainability Glossary References Index

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Book SynopsisWith astonishing speed, we have been projected into a new reality where interactions with drones, robotic bodies, and high-level surveillance are increasingly mainstream. In this age of groundbreaking developments in robotic technologies, synthetic biology is merging with artificial intelligence, forming a newly blended reality of machines, bodies, and affect. Technologies of the New Real draws from critical intersections of technology and society including drones, surveillance, DIY bodies, and innovations in robotic technology to explore what these advances can tell us about our present reality, or what authors Arthur and Marilouise Kroker deem the new real of digital culture in the twenty-first century. Technologies of the New Real explores the many technologies of our present reality as they infiltrate the social, political, and economic static of our everyday lives, seemingly eroding traditionally conceived boundaries between humans and machines, anTable of Contents1. Preface: I Stepped into the Future and It Wasn’t There 2. DIY Bodies 3. Power under Surveillance, Capitalism under Suspicion 4. Dreaming with Drones 5. Robots Trekking Across the Uncanny Valley 6. Epilogue: From the Upsurge of the Blended Mind to Gen Z

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Book SynopsisSources for the History of Western Civilization is a primary source reader designed specifically to allow undergraduate students to interact with historical documents. Michael Burger provides only the editorial guidance that students truly require, without unnecessary interventions. The third edition gives special stress to certain genres, including letters and biographical writings, to facilitate comparisons across time. Introductions to sources are brief, encouraging students to make their own assessments and giving instructors the freedom to supplement where desired. The third edition features substantive revisions and additional coverage of key topics throughoutas well as new material  on the Crusades, Jewish persecution, and European expansion.

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Book SynopsisSources for the History of Western Civilization is a primary source reader designed specifically to allow undergraduate students to interact with historical documents. Michael Burger provides only the editorial guidance that students truly require, without unnecessary interventions. The third edition gives special stress to certain genres, including letters and biographical writings, in order to facilitate comparisons across time. Introductions to sources are reticent, encouraging students to make their own assessments and giving instructors the freedom to supplement where desired. Like the companion textbook, The Shaping of Western Civilization, this two-volume sourcebook ranges in space and time from the ancient Near East to twentieth-century Canada and twenty-first-century Central Europe. The third edition features substantive revisions and additional coverage of key topics throughout; Volume Two includes an extensive table of comparative GDPs of various

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Book SynopsisFor young people, the space of the drama classroom can be a space for deep learning as they struggle across difference to create something together with common purpose. Collaborating across institutions, theatres, and community spaces, the research in Hope in a Collapsing World mobilizes theatre to build its methodology and create new data with young people as they seek the language of performance to communicate their worries, fears, and dreams to a global network of researchers and a wider public. A collaboration between a social scientist and a playwright and using both ethnographic study and playwriting, Hope in a Collapsing World represents a groundbreaking hybrid format of research text and original script titled Towards Youth: A Play on Radical Hope for reading, experimentation, and performance. Table of ContentsDedication Figures and Tables Acknowledgements I Acknowledgements II Prologue Part I: Listening, Pedagogy, Theatre, and Cultural Citizenship Listening as an Artful Practice of Care Listening and Caring as Political Acts Creating Social Value from Theatre The System: Worlds Apart but Structurally Familiar The Settings: Brief Social, Political and Educational Portraits of Athens, Lucknow, Coventry, Tainan, Toronto Athens, Greece: Setting the Context Lucknow, India: Setting the Context Coventry, England: Setting the Context Tainan, Taiwan: Setting the Context Toronto, Canada: Setting the Context Ethnography and its Ecologies An Overview of Data Collection A Word about Ethnography The Qualitative Landscape: Care and Cultural Citizenship Daring to Dream in Greek Austerity Misfit Citizenship and Political Personhood in India: A Methodology of Critical Dialogue and Rehearsed Futurity Hope, Performance Pedagogies, and Democratic Citizenship Canley Youth Theatre’s Missive to the World—Listen A Pedagogy of Hope Tainan Students Making the World they Need The Self, the Collective: Theatre and Social Change Interdependency Against All Odds Voicing Toronto Stories for a more Equal World The Territory of Race, Racism, and Gender in Verbatim Theatre Creation Visible and Invisible Vulnerabilities in Oral History Storytelling Muckles’ Story of Hearing and Being Heard Youth Alienation from Mainstream Politics: Who is the Knowledgeable Citizen? Devising Theatre, Identity and the Search for Structure and Meaning Hope and Care in the Quantitative Landscape Key Quantitative Findings Across Sites ‘Outside the Mainstream’ and the Nature of Personal Hope and Experiences of Care Generating Hope through Self-Creation in the School, the Community, and in the Drama-Making Space Young People as Care-Givers Finding and Giving Care in Context To Conclude: Wrestling Towards Hope through Relationships of Care Epilogue: Acting in Concert Turning Towards Part II: Towards Youth Audience Research Part II: A Step Towards Youth By Andrew Kushnir Towards Youth: A Play on Radical Hope By Andrew Kushnir Appendix References Index

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Book SynopsisPoutine Nation traces the evolution of poutine from its origins in rural Quebec to its status as a global phenomenon. Though it was once dismissed as lowbrow junk food, poutine has now earned a place in fine dining, fast food chains, and global pop culture.Through a mix of history, cultural analysis, and personal anecdotes, Poutine Nation examines the social and economic forces behind food trends, exploring why some dishes fade into obscurity while others, like poutine, become beloved worldwide.With a keen eye for detail and a touch of humour, leading food scientist Dr. Sylvain Charlebois investigates poutine’s role in Quebec’s cultural identity, its place in Canada’s culinary landscape, and the politics surrounding its success. He also explores the evolution of food trends, the psychology of taste, and the ways in which poutine’s global popularity reflects broader changes in how we eat and connect through food.

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Book SynopsisStates of Liberation traces the paths of gay men in East and West Germany from the violent aftermath of the Second World War to the thundering nightclubs of present-day Berlin. Following a captivating cast of characters, from gay spies and Nazi scientists to queer politicians and secret police bureaucrats, States of Liberation tells the remarkable story of how the two German states persecuted gay men and how those men slowly, over the course of decades, won new rights and created new opportunities for themselves in the heart of Cold War Europe. Relying on untapped archives in Germany and the United States as well as oral histories with witnesses and survivors, Huneke reveals that communist East Germany was in many ways far more progressive on queer issues than democratic West Germany. Trade Review"Samuel Clowes Huneke’s comparative look at gay life in postwar Germany, divided between a liberal capitalist West and a state socialist East, offers a unique opportunity to think through this history in more complicated ways that will resonate in many national contexts. Huneke is elegantly able to ‘weave together and to compare the trajectories of male homosexuality in the two German states across the span of forty years’ – an ambitious project which constitutes his primary intervention." -- Cristopher Ewing * Journal of Social History"States of Liberation is a pioneering, field-shaping masterpiece. This exceptional book will be a staple of the study of post-war Germany." -- Jason Johnson, History, Trinity University * German Politics and Society *“Through intricately detailed stories and rich sources – many of which were oral interviews conducted by Huneke himself – it illuminates the complexities of gay life and activism in both Germanys. Huneke’s work on the GDR is an especially welcome addition to a canon that often focuses on West Germany or overlooks entanglements between the two states.” -- Alexandria N. Ruble, Spring Hill College * Journal of History *“Huneke’s dialectical approach to this history is attuned to complexity and contradiction, delineating the main developments, interrelations, and transformations that occurred in the social processes of liberation.” -- George de Stefano * PopMatters *“States of Liberation makes a major historiographic intervention in the history of sexual citizenship, and deserves a wide readership not only among historians of sexuality but anyone interested in better understanding Cold War Germany.” -- Craig Griffiths, Manchester Metropolitan University“A much-needed corrective to the commonly held beliefs that gay liberation was – and is – only possible in Western consumer-capitalist nations … Huneke has written the first history of the gay movement in the two German states from the 1950s until reunification.” -- Javier Samper Vendrell, University of Pennsylvania * Central European History *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments A Note on Place Names Terms and Abbreviations List of Figures Introduction 1. Dance on a Volcano: Homosexuality from the German Empire to Zero Hour 2. Paranoid Republic: §175 and West Germany’s Persecution of Gay Men 3. Equivocal Animus: Homosexuality and Socialism in East Germany 4. Ever Disdained, Ever Despised: The Crooked Path of Emancipation in West Germany 5. Gay Spies in Cold War Germany 6. Three Million Votes: Gay Citizenship and Power in West Germany 7. Into the Labyrinth: When Gay Activists Met the Socialist State 8. “I’m not the Chancellor of the Gays”: Homosexual Politics in 1980s West Germany 9. A Golden Age in the Grey Republic: Liberation and the Stasi in East Germany Epilogue Appendices Bibliography

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Book SynopsisPart family history, part memoir, Behind the Glass tells the story behind the famous Villa Tugendhat.Table of ContentsList of Illustrations Preface Part I: House and Family 1. People Who Live in Glass Houses 2. Writing the Family Part II: Family and Firm 3. Before Löw-Beers 4. Founding the Firm 5. The Patriarch and His Siblings 6. The Sister Wives 7. The Double Cousins, before the War 8. Departures and After 9. The Patriarch’s Son Part III: Grete and Her World 10. Grete and Her Family, in Former Times 11. Grete and Her Family, the War Years 12. Grete and Her Family, after the War 13. The Philosophers: Helene Weiss, Käte Victorius, Ernst Tugendhat, Martin Heidegger 14. Tugendhat, after Heidegger Part IV: The Family Regrouped and Represented 15. The Reunion 16. Reconciliations in Brno 17. Looking Back: Conundrums of Identity and Representation Notes Timeline Acknowledgments Index

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Book SynopsisIndigenous Knowledges and Higher Education in Canada explores the intricate relationship between Indigenous knowledges and the evolving landscape of higher education in Canada, revealing their profound influence in shaping institutional policies, practices, and cultures. Grounded in decolonial perspectives, the book addresses the persistent struggle within universities to confront ongoing colonialism and achieve systemic change.Focused on shifts in institutional governance, policy, teaching, research, innovation, and culture, the book draws on extensive document analysis and personal narratives of Indigenous individuals across various Canadian universities. Embracing a decolonial perspective, it underscores the resilience of Indigenous communities in challenging traditional paradigms of higher education. The book reveals how, through critical grassroots efforts, Indigenous peoples are reclaiming their rightful place in academia, reshaping institutional dynamics from

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Book SynopsisWritten by leading Indigenous and non-Indigenous scholars, Voicing Identity examines the issue of cultural appropriation in the contexts of researching, writing, and teaching about Indigenous peoples. This book grapples with the questions of who is qualified to engage in these activities and how this can be done appropriately and respectfully.The authors address these questions from their individual perspectives and experiences, often revealing their personal struggles and their ongoing attempts to resolve them. There is diversity in perspectives and approaches, but also a common goal: to conduct research and teach in respectful ways that enhance understanding of Indigenous histories, cultures, and rights, and promote reconciliation between Indigenous and non-Indigenous peoples.Bringing together contributors with diverse backgrounds and unique experiences, Voicing Identity will be of interest to students and scholars studying Indigenous issues as well as Table of ContentsIntroduction John Borrows and Kent McNeil 1. Su-taxwiye: Keeping My Name Clean Sarah Morales 2. At the Corner of Hawks and Powell: Settler Colonialism, Indigenous People, and the Conundrum of Double Permanence Keith Carlson 3. Look at Your "Pantses": The Art of Wearing and Representing Indigenous Culture as Performative Relationship Aimée Craft 4. Indigenous Legal Traditions, De-sacralization, Re-sacralization, and the Space for Not-Knowing Hadley Friedland 5. Mino-audjiwaewin: Choosing Respect, Even in Times of Conflict Lindsay Borrows 6. How Could You Sleep When Beds Are Burning? Cultural Appropriation and the Place of Non-Indigenous Academics Felix Hoehn 7. Who Should Teach Indigenous Law? Karen Drake and A. Christian Airhart 8. Reflections on Cultural Appropriation Michael Asch 9. Turning Away from the State: Cultural Appropriation in the Shadow of the Courts John Borrows 10. Voice and Indigenous Rights Robert Hamilton 11. Guided by Voices? Perspective and Pluralism in the Constitutional Order Joshua Nichols 12. NONU WEL,WEL TI,Á NE TȺ,EȻEȽ: Our Canoe Is Really Tippy kQwa'st'not and Hannah Askew 13. Sharp as a Knife: Judge Begbie and Reconciliation Hamar Foster 14. On Getting It Right the First Time: Researching the Constitution Express Emma Feltes 15. Confronting Dignity Injustices Sa’ke’j Henderson Contributors

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Book SynopsisThis book shares the life story of William Playfair, the father of statistical graphics, who experienced extreme ups and downs in his various careers, including as a statistician, economist, and fraudster.Table of ContentsPreface: Playfair Is Introduced 1. Playfair Is Sent to Newgate Prison 2. Playfair Goes to Birmingham to Work for Boulton and Watt 3. Playfair Goes to London to Set Up His Own Business 4. Playfair Evolves into a Writer by Profession 5. Playfair Expresses His Early Political Views 6. Playfair Makes His Mark on Statistical Graphics 7. Playfair Goes to Paris 8. Playfair Tries to Take Advantage of the French Revolution 9. Playfair Escapes from France and Returns to England 10. Playfair Becomes an Avid Anti-Jacobin Propagandist 11. Playfair Gets Involved with Forged Assignats 12. Playfair Starts a Bank and Goes Bankrupt 13. Playfair Ekes Out a Living as a Bankrupt 14. Playfair Has a Good Year during 1805 with Hints of Ending Badly 15. Playfair Has Serious Legal and Other Problems 16. Playfair Dabbles Deeply into Family History and Political Biography 17. Playfair Continues Writing and Tries a Few More Scams to Get to Paris 18. Playfair Returns to Paris 19. Playfair Spends His Last Few Years in England in Poverty Afterword: Playfair Avoids a Shakespearean Epitaph Appendix: Assignat Forging by French Emigres in England Notes Index

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Book SynopsisFor observers of the European film scene, Federico Fellini’s death in 1993 came to stand for the demise of Italian cinema as a whole. Exploring an eclectic sampling of works from the new millennium, Italian Film in the Present Tense confronts this narrative of decline with strong evidence to the contrary. Millicent Marcus highlights Italian cinema’s new sources of industrial strength, its re-placement of the Rome-centred studio system with regional film commissions, its contemporary breakthroughs on the aesthetic front, and its vital engagement with the changing economic and socio-political circumstances in twenty-first-century Italian life. Examining works that stand out for their formal brilliance and their moral urgency, the book presents a series of fourteen case studies, featuring analyses of such renowned films as Il Divo, Gomorrah, The Great Beauty, We Have a Pope, The Mafia Only Kills in the Summer, and Fire at Sea, along with lesserTable of ContentsAcknowledgments Preface Introduction: An Overview Mafias 1. Toward a New Language of Engagement for the New Millennium: Marco Tullio Giordana’s The One Hundred Steps, 2000 2. The Anti-Mafia Martyr Film Takes an Unexpected Turn: Pierfrancesco Diliberto’s The Mafia Only Kills in the Summer, 2013 3. “This Is Not a Crime Film”: Michele Placido’s Crime Novel, 2005 4. “The Normality of Devastation”: Matteo Garrone’s Gomorrah, 2008 Neo-regionalism 5. “Non per vacanza, ma per viverci!” (Not to Vacation, but to Live Here!): Giorgio Diritti’s The Wind Blows Round, 2005 6. The Child as the “Custodian of Future Memory”: Giorgio Diritti’s The Man Who Is to Come, 2009 Migrants 7. Channeling the Geographic Unconscious: Federico Bondi’s Black Sea, 2009 8. “Your Position Please”: Gianfranco Rosi’s Fire at Sea, 2016 Leadership 9. The Ironist and the Auteur: Paolo Sorrentino’s Il Divo, 2008 10. Liberating the Left: Toward a Humanist Language of Engagement for a Post-Political Age: Roberto Andò’s Long Live Liberty, 2013 11. The Pontiff and the Shrink: Nanni Moretti’s We Have a Pope, 2011 Women 12. "It Ended the Way It Should Have”: Francesca Comencini’s The Blank Space, 2008 13. Comic Relief: Riccardo Milani’s Don’t Stop Me Now, 2019 In a Category unto Itself 14. Hidden Beneath the “Blah Blah Blah”: Paolo Sorrentino’s The Great Beauty, 2013 Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisSkating on Thin Ice exposes the culture of toxic masculinity in professional hockey and suggests how sport and society can change the narrative on sexual assault and violence.Why is it that professional sports, and notably hockey, remain a bastion for rape culture and violence against women? What are the conditions that allow a culture of toxic masculinity to persist despite awakenings elsewhere in society? What is the path forward, and how do we make officials, coaches, and athletes accountable?Drawing on decades of award-winning sociological research and sports journalism, Walter S. DeKeseredy, Martin D. Schwartz, and veteran sportswriter Stu Cowan find answers to these questions in Skating on Thin Ice.The book examines the abusive, misogynistic, racist, and homophobic behaviors found in professional hockey and explains the larger societal forces that perpetuate and legitimate these harms. Confirming a recent federal government inquiry iTable of ContentsPreface Acknowledgments Foreword Heather Mallick 1. More Than a Few Bad Men 2. In Their Own Words: Giving Voice to the Survivors of Professional Hockey Violence and Sexism 3. With a Little Help from Their Friends: Male Peer Support and Violence against Women 4. Other Key Elements of a Rape-Supportive Culture in Professional Hockey 5. The Puck Drops Here: Prevention and Control Strategies Afterword Jack Todd Notes Index About the Authors

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Book SynopsisThis updated and unabridged edition of The Stones of Venice introduces new readers to John Ruskin's classic Victorian text.

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Book SynopsisIn Jews, Judaism, and Success, Robert Eisen attempts to solve a long-standing mystery that has fascinated many: How did Jews become such a remarkably successful minority in the modern Western world?Eisen argues that Jews achieved such success because they were unusually well-prepared for it by their religion – in particular, Rabbinic Judaism, or the Judaism of the rabbis. Rooted in the Talmud, this form of Judaism instilled in Jews key values that paved the way for success in modern Western society: autonomy, freedom of thought, worldliness, and education. The book carefully analyses the evolution of these four values over the past two thousand years in order to demonstrate that they had a longer and richer history in Jewish culture than in Western culture. The book thus disputes the common assumption that Rabbinic Judaism was always an obstacle to Jews becoming modernized. It demonstrates that while modern Jews rejected aspects of Rabbinic Judaism, they also reTable of ContentsPreface Acknowledgments Translations of Texts and Transliterations Abbreviations Introduction: The Mystery of Jewish Success Part One. The Cultural Hypothesis Revisited: An Overview 1. Western Culture, Jewish Culture, and Four Key Values 2. Secular Jews (and Other Jews) Part Two. The Cultural Hypothesis Revisited: The Core Argument 3. Human Autonomy I: Sin, Grace, and Salvation 4. Human Autonomy II: Religious Authority 5. Human Autonomy III: Reason and Philosophy 6. Freedom of Thought and Expression 7. Valuing Life in This World I: 100–1000 CE 8. Valuing Life in This World II: 1000–1800 CE 9. Education I: 100–1500 CE 10. Education II: 1500–1950 CE Part Three. Final Matters 11. Conclusions Epilogue: Lessons for Jews, Lessons for Everyone Notes Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisLocalism in Hellenistic Greece explores, in exemplary fashion, how ancient societies positioned themselves in a swiftly expanding world.Table of ContentsPreface Sheila L. Ager and Hans Beck 1. Introduction: Localism in Hellenistic Greece Hans Beck 2. Localism and Environmental History in the Hellenistic Kopaic Basin Ruben Post 3. Healing a Battlefield: The Local World of Hellenistic Chaironeia Chandra Giroux 4. The Other Side of the Stone: Local Proxenia in the Hellenistic Euboian Gulf Alex McAuley 5. Notes on Matrimonial Strategies in Civic Contexts Sara Saba 6. Local Horizons for the Thessalian Eleutheria Denver Graninger 7. The Problematic Localism of the Hellenistic Aitolians Joseph B. Scholten 8. Aligning the Dots: Local Self-Assertion in a Politically Expanding World Peter Funke 9. The Local Voice of Enmity: Kleomenes III, Sparta, and Argos Elena Franchi 10. “Sparta is my country”: Competitive Localism in Hellenistic Sparta Sebastian Scharff 11. Shaping and Reshaping Local Memories in Megalopolis: The Case of the Tyrants Aristodamos and Lydiadas James Roy 12. Global Activities in a Localized Context: Mercenaries, Proxeny, and the Small Local World of Hellenistic Mani Chelsea A.M. Gardner 13. Being Syracusan in the Hellenistic World Mark Thatcher 14. Between the Local and the Global: Intersectional Elites at Antiochia ad Cragum in Roman Rough Cilicia Tim Howe 15. Afterword: Reflections on Hellenistic Localism Sheila L. Ager List of Contributors Index

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Book SynopsisChronicling sixteenth-century Spain to the present day, Beyond Human aims to decentre the human and acknowledge the material historicity of more-than-human nature. The book explores key questions relating to ecological equity, justice, and responsibility within and beyond Spain in the Anthropocene. Examining relations between Iberian cultural practices, historical developments, and ecological processes, Maryanne L. Leone, Shanna Lino, and the contributors to this volume reveal the structures that uphold and dismantle the non-humanhuman dichotomy and nature-culture divide. The book critiques works from the Golden Age to the twenty-first century in a wide range of genres, including comedia, royal treatises, agricultural reports, paintings, satirical essays, horror fiction and film, young adult and speculative literature, poetry, graphic novels, and television series. The authors contend that Spanish cultural studies must expose the material historicity thTable of ContentsList of Map and Illustrations Foreword Luis I. Prádanos Acknowledgments Introduction: Historicizing the Ecocrisis: Beyond-Human Experiences in Spanish Natureculture Maryanne L. Leone and Shanna Lino Part One: Tracing Environmental Culture in Spain 1. Lope’s Los guanches de Tenerife y conquista de Gran Canaria: An Ecolonialist Reading Bonnie L. Gasior 2. Birdsong and the Earth’s Polyrhythm: The Life of a Caged Blue Rock Thrush in Early Modern Spain John Beusterien 3. Water Grabbing and the Dammed Esla: The Enchanted Waters of Jorge de Montemayor and the Riaño Reservoir Margaret Marek 4. Of Witches and Land Reform in Enlightenment Spain Daniel Frost 5. Plant, Animal, and Human Consciousness in Julio Llamazares’s Luna de lobos Olga Colbert Part Two: Anthropocene, Capitalocene, Chthulucene 6. Leonardo Torres Quevedo’s Automata and the Consolidation of Technological Regenerationism Óscar Iván Useche 7. The Specter of Capitalism: Reading the Anthropocene in Vicente Blasco Ibáñez’s Cañas y barro Michael L. Martínez, Jr. 8. Jesús Carrasco’s Intemperie: The Literature of Post-Immunological Modernity William Viestenz 9. Transhumanism and Necropolitics in Rosa Montero’s Times of Hatred Juan Carlos Martín Galván 10. The Salvage Poetics of Ben Clark’s Basura Micah McKay Part Three: Disruptive Agentic Paradigms 11. Ecofeminist Materialism and Entanglements of Care in Sara Mesa’s Un incendio invisible Maryanne L. Leone 12. Trans-Corporeal Matter Narratives in Hierro Ma Luz González-Rodríguez and Ma Concepción Brito-Vera 13. ¡El toro no entiende de toreo!: Taurine Naturecultures, Wenceslao Fernández Flórez’s Antitaurine Essays, and the Emergence of Posthumanist Views of Animals in Spain Daniel Ares-López 14. Ecohorror as Critique of Anthropogenic (Self-)Destruction in Sánchez Piñol’s Cold Skin Shanna Lino Part Four: Medium as Activism Igniter 15. Monstrous Humanity: An Ecopostcolonial Reading of Laura Gallego García’s Trilogy Guardianes de la Ciudadela Victoria L. Ketz 16. La cuenta atrás: An Ecodystopian Graphic Novel on Spain’s Greatest Ecological Disaster Carla Almanza-Gálvez 17. Drawing Ecological Thought: Anthropomorphism and Satire as Critique of Capitalism in the Twenty-First-Century Spanish Comic Christine M. Martínez List of Contributors Index

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Book SynopsisIn Pluralist Politics, Relational Worlds, Didier Zúñiga examines the possibility for dialogue and mutual understanding in human and more-than-human worlds. The book responds to the need to find more democratic ways of listening to, giving voice to, and caring for the variety of beings that inhabit the earth. Drawing on ecology and sustainability in democratic theory, Zúñiga demonstrates the transformative potential of a relational ethics that is not only concerned with human animals, but also with the multiplicity of beings on earth, and the relationships in which they are enmeshed. The book offers ways of cultivating and fostering the kinds of relations that are needed to maintain human and more-than-human diversity in order for life to persist. It also calls attention to the quality of the relationships that are needed for life to flourish, advancing our understanding of the diversity of pluralism. Pluralist Politics, Relational Worlds ultimately presses us toTable of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction: Towards a Relational Ethics with Nature 1. Bound by Reasonableness 2. Vulnerability and the Need for Care 3. To Think and Act Ecologically: The Environment, Human Animality, Nature 4. What Vulnerability Entails: Sustainability and the Limits of Political Pluralism 5. Nature’s Relations: Ontology, Vulnerability, Agency 6. The Democracy of the Neglected: Mutual Understanding and Sustainability in a World of Many Worlds Conclusion: Retrieving Nature Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisSex Work in Popular Culture delves into provocative movies, TV shows, and documentaries about sex work produced in the last fifteen years a period of debate and change around the meaning of sex work in North American society. From Oscar-winning films to viral YouTube videos, and from indie documentaries to hit series many of which are made by women the book reveals how sex work is being recognized as real work and an issue of human rights. Lauren Kirshner shares how popular culture has responded by producing the dynamic new figure of a sex worker who challenges tropes and promotes understanding of the key issues shaping sex work. The book draws on labour and feminist theory, film history, current news, and popular culture, all within the context of neoliberal capitalism and the rise of transactional intimate labour. Kirshner takes us from erotic dance clubs to porn sets, illuminating the professional lives of erotic dancers, massage parlour workers, webcam models

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Book SynopsisSustainable Communities for a Healthy Planet presents an unconventional collection of ideas, practices, and ways of living together with the potential to enable long-term human and planetary health. Grounded in first-hand accounts from researchers, health practitioners, and social innovators across diverse fields, Katharine Zywert’s book argues that the most promising approaches often depart substantially from the incentive structures, goals, and mindsets that define the status quo and do not necessarily align with mainstream sustainability discourses. The book instead presents promising approaches that disrupt dominant ideas about mental health, ageing, and chronic illness; circumvent exploitative markets for medications, medical technologies, and professionalized care; attend not only to the health of individual human bodies, but to the health of internal ecologies, human populations, nonhuman species, and the planet as a whole; and embody alternative, more

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Book SynopsisStarting in the nineteenth century in Germany, colourful military uniforms became a locus for various queer male fantasies, fostering an underground sexual economy of male prostitution as well as a political project to exploit the army’s prestige for queer emancipation. In the first decade of the twentieth century, however, a series of scandals derailed this emancipatory project. Simultaneously, public debates began to invoke homosexuality, sadism, transvestism, and other sexological concepts to criticize military policies and practices.In pursuing the threads with which queer authors and activists stitched their fantasies about uniforms, Jeffrey Schneider offers fresh perspectives on key debates over military secrecy, disciplinary abuses in the army, and German militarism. Drawing on a vast trove of materials ranging from sexological case studies, trial transcripts, and parliamentary debates to queer activist tracts, autobiographies, and literary texts, Uniform FanTable of ContentsIllustrations Preface Acknowledgments Introduction 1. Outing Officers: Queer Activism, Melodrama, and the Harden-Moltke Trial 2. Disciplinary Abuses: From Military Secrecy to Sadism in the Army 3. The Obscure Object of Desire: Uniform Fetishism, Male Prostitution, and German Soldiers 4. Camping in His Own Private Militarism: Thomas Mann’s Queer Art of Failure and the Fantasies of Military Service 5. Perversions of Fantasy: Parody and the Left-Liberal Critique of German Militarism in Heinrich Mann’s The Loyal Subject Epilogue: The War on Fantasy Bibliography

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Book SynopsisTransformative Politics of Nature examines political barriers to land and wildlife conservation and presents possible transformative pathways forward that address both proximate and fundamental factors from Western and Indigenous perspectives.Table of ContentsList of Tables List of Figures Part A: Ceremony and Introduction Poem shalan joudry 1. From Politics to Transformative Politics: Wildlife and Species at Risk Policy in Canada Beazley, Olive, and Finegan Introducing Disruptions Finegan Part B: Barriers to Conservation in Canada 2. A Pathological Examination of Conservation Failure in Canada Lemieux, Groulx, Swerdfager, and Hagerman 3. Who Should Govern Wildlife? Examining Attitudes across the Country Williamson, Lischka, Olive, Pittman, and Ford 4. In a Rut: Barriers to Caribou Recovery Boan and Plotkin 5. Enacting a Reciprocal Ethic of Care: (Finally) Fulfilling Treaty Obligations McDermott and Roth Disrupting Dominant Narratives for a Mainstream Conservation Issue: A Case Study on “Saving the Bees” Colla The Role of National Parks in Disrupting Heritage Interpretation on Turtle Island Finegan Part C: Transformation through Values 6. Reconciliation or Apiksitaultimik? Indigenous Relationality for Conservation Pictou 7. “Etuaptmumk”/Two-Eyed Seeing and Reconciliation with Earth McGregor, Popp, Reid, Marshall, Miller, and Sritharan 8. Beacons of Teaching Young Indigenous Knowledge as a Disruption to State-Led Conservation Myhal The Misipawistik Cree Nation kanawenihcikew Guardians Program Cook Part D: Transformation through Actions 9. Transforming University Curriculum and Student Experiences through Collaboration and Land-Based Learning Zurba, Hache, Doucette, and Graham 10. Ecological Networks and Corridors in the Context of Global Initiatives Hilty and Woodley 11. The Imperative for Transformative Change to Address Biodiversity Loss in Canada Ray Conservation Bright Spots: Focusing on Solutions Instead of Reacting to Problems Frei Disrupting Current Approaches to Biodiversity Conservation through Innovative Knowledge Mobilization Nguyen Part E: Conclusion and Ceremony 12. Concluding Remarks: Achieving Transformative Change: Conservation in Canada Olive and Beazley Poem shalan joudry Author Biographies

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Book SynopsisThe Paradox of Parliament addresses the widespread and perennial dissatisfaction with Parliament in Canada.Table of Contents1. Introduction Explanations for Parliament’s Problems Paradox and the Competing Logics Conclusion 2. Historical Foundations and the Competing Logics Indigenous Peoples and Legislative Representation The Early Development of Canadian Legislatures The Logic of Governance The Logic of Representation Attempting to Reconcile the Logics: “Every Reform Creates A New Problem” Reforms of the 1960s–1980s The 1990s: The Reform Party and Paul Martin’s “Democratic Deficit” The 2004–2011 Minority Era and Beyond Consensus Legislatures Canada in Comparative Perspective Conclusion 3. Parties Canadian Political Parties: An Overview The Weakness of Canadian Parties Party Discipline: Is Canada Exceptional? Party Discipline in Practice “Excessive” Discipline Party Discipline and the Party System Parties in Minority Governments Electoral Systems and Parties Conclusion 4. MPs Why Do MPs Run? Who Gets Elected as an MP? Gender and Race Socioeconomic and Occupational Backgrounds Age Learning to Be an MP MPs in the House MPs in the Constituency Life as an MP: The Personal Dimension Managing Their Public Roles Managing Their Personal Lives MP Pay Staffing An MP’s Day Departure, Turnover, and “Amateurism” Conclusion 5. House of Commons Business The Roles The Speaker The Clerk and Procedural Staff House Leaders and Whips The Setting The Chamber and Decorum The Parliamentary Day The House of Commons at Work: Four Aspects Government Bills and Debate Question Period Private Members Business Opposition Days and Confidence/Non-confidence Motions Process in Minority Parliaments Committees Conclusion 6. Diversity Persons with Disabilities LGBT Persons Women in Parliament Women in the Senate Women in the House Figure 9.1 Women in the House of Commons since 1968 (%) Women as Legislators Race Symbolic Descriptive Table 9.1 Racialized MPs in the House of Commons Compared to General Population Substantive Conclusion 7. The Senate Bicameralism A Brief Description of the Senate History of the Senate Senate Reform The Senate since 2016 8. Scrutiny Scrutiny in Theory and Practice Parliament and Money Officers of Parliament Parliamentary Scrutiny: How Far Can It Go? Parliament’s Access to Documents and People Conclusion 9. The Future of Parliament Technological Sociological Citizen Attitudes Conclusion

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Book SynopsisDrawing from evidence-based global health innovations, this book elucidates how implementation science can support the scale-up of innovations in Africa.

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Book SynopsisRedesigning Value is an inspiring and practical road map for how leaders can unleash the power of design to deliver new forms of value for organizations and for society.

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Book SynopsisIn the early 1990s, “queer anthropology” represented a new and radically different approach to anthropological research on sexuality and gender, but it is now an established subfield of sociocultural anthropology. Queer Anthropology provides a concise, accessible overview of queer anthropology’s academic and activist origins, its key theoretical and methodological principles, its strengths and weaknesses, and how it has changed since its first appearance over thirty years ago.Each chapter includes discussion questions, recommended readings, and ethnographic examples to illustrate key concepts or themes. The book is written in accessible language for students, instructors, and non-specialist readers interested in how anthropologists think, research, and write about gender, sex, and sexuality. Designed for introductory anthropology, gender, and/or queer studies courses, Queer Anthropology provides important insights into the past, present,

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Book SynopsisDrawing on archival documents and multidisciplinary research in linguistics, archaeology, and the environmental sciences, this book presents new interpretations of the Vancouver Island treaties.

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Book SynopsisToday, we think of Canada as a compassionate, open country to which refugees from other countries have always been welcome. However, between the years 1933 and 1948, when the Jews of Europe were looking for a place of refuge from Nazi persecution, Canada refused to offer aid, let alone sanctuary, to those in fear for their lives.Rigorously documented and brilliantly researched, None Is Too Many tells the story of Canada’s response to the plight of European Jews during the Nazi era and its immediate aftermath, exploring why and how Canada turned its back and hardened its heart against the entry of Jewish refugees. Recounting a shameful period in Canadian history, Irving Abella and Harold Troper trace the origins and results of Canadian immigration policies towards Jews and conclusively demonstrate that the forces against admitting them were pervasive and rooted in antisemitism.First published in 1983, None Is Too Many has become one of the most signTrade Review“A brilliant work of history.” -- Leonard Dinnerstein * The Globe and Mail *“Irving Abella and Harold Troper have done a superb job of unearthing this sorry chapter in our hidden history. The general outlines were dimly known before, but by exhaustively pursuing primary sources they have documented the details with chilling precision.” -- William French * The Globe and Mail *“[A] heart-rending book.” -- Carol Goar * The Toronto Star *“An exceedingly powerful and detailed examination of the application of an illiberal immigration policy by an equally illiberal government so as to exclude from this country the oppressed, persecuted Jews...Abella and Troper have produced an enormously vigorous and diligently prepared description and analysis of what must be the most inhumane period in the history of Canadian immigration policy.” -- Gerald E. Dirks * Canadian Journal of Political Science *“The definitive study of our pre-war treatment of Jews.” -- Bob Harvey * Canadian Journal of Political Science *"If Canada and particularly its immigration policies now indeed live up to its positive image, this book was an important catalyst of the change. It remains as relevant as it was years ago." -- Walter D. Kamphoefner * Society for German-American Studies *Table of ContentsForeword Introduction to New Edition Preface Acknowledgement 1. Where They Could Not Enter 2. The Line Must Be Drawn Somewhere 3. Der Feter Yiuv ist bei uns 4. The Children Who Never Came 5. Ottawa or Bermuda? A Refugee Conference 6. In the Free and Civilized World 7. One Wailing Cry 8. A Pleasant Voyage 9. Conclusion 10. Epilogue Afterword Note on Sources Notes Index

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Book SynopsisFocusing on the entanglement of art, technology, and culture, The Quantum Revolution illuminates the contemporary scientific imagination as a new way of understanding everyday life.Table of Contents1.The Quantum Revolution Riders of the Information Storm Theses on the Quantum Revolution Art as Quantum Gateway Rebecca Belmore and the Art of Duality Quantum Vision. Energetic Art Particle Poetics Wave Aesthetics 2. Particle Poetics: Street Scenes from the Quantum Revolution A. Art of the Fourth Dimension B. Blasts of Graffiti for Life on the Run C. Cutaways to Street Memories of the Future D. Dark Matter/Dark Energy E. “The Last Human Being” F. Forensic Architecture and the Empire of Crime G. Gateways to Blue Stragglers H. Hybrid Bodies I. Interference Patterns J. Jet Streams of Gravity Waves K. Kinetics of Atrocity L. Lonesome Cowboys to the Stars: Perseverance Has Landed on Mars M. Macrobursts and Sun Dogs in the Gathering Sky of Global Politics N. Nostalgia for Nostalgia: The Eclipse of Right-Wing Populism O. Open-Source Speed Runners P. Primordial Black Holes Q. Quantum Bodies: From Louise Bourgeois and Abject Bodies to Siren lll R. Scorpio Rising S. Streaming SuperStream T. Trouble in the Global Village U. Undone by Screen Addiction V. Vector Zero Vector W. Baby Algorithms at Warp Speed X. X-Raying Scavenger Culture Y. Yesteryear Futurism Z. Zoom Kids 3. Wave Aesthetics: Art of Resurgence Vectors of Extinction in the Quantum Revolution Fold 1: Ecological Death Ecological Death and Fairy Creek Fold 2: Violent Event Horizons The Pacific Wall of Kienholz/Lyotard Counter-Gradient: Autopsy of the Future: Nadia Myre’s Indian Act & The Scar Project Fold 3: From the Slaughterhouse From the Slaughterhouses to the Butchers to the Tate: Deleuze/Bacon Counter-Gradient: Wolf Girl: Kiki Smith and the Butchered Self Fold 4: The Quantum Citizen TRANS/formers: More than Meets the Eye Duchamp/Lyotard Fold 5: The Vortex of Immaterial Bodies Alberto Giacometti and The Quantum Void Fold 6: Art with the Density of a Black Hole The Gates of Hell: Rodin and the Promised Land Counter-Gradient: The World Screen of the Twenty-First Century: “In the future, everything will be fine” Datamoshing Intimacy and Memory for a Time of Lonesome Remix Identity Time Tunnelling Spinning, Dying Neutron Stars from Deep Space AI Goes Psychic Harvesting the Brain 4D Organs Looping in the Fifth Dimensional Plane Hoping for the Best but Mourning for the Rest From Kathy Acker Neon Dreams When Drones Rain Murder from the Sky Cold War Redux/Drive-Thru Insurgency Fold 7: Cold Blue with Skies the Color of Melancholy Quantum Assassin: Jacques Monory 4. Epilogue: I Stepped into The Future and It Was Now Index

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Book SynopsisIn Amdo, a region of eastern Tibet incorporated into mainland China, young children are being raised in a time of social change. In the first decades of the twenty-first century, Chinese state development policies are catalysing rural to urban migration, consolidating schooling in urban centres, and leading Tibetan farmers and nomads to give up their traditional livelihoods. As a result, children face increasing pressure to adopt the state’s official language of Mandarin. Amdo Lullaby charts the contrasting language socialization trajectories of rural and urban children from one extended family, who are native speakers of a Tibetan language known locally as Farmer Talk. By integrating a fine-grained analysis of everyday conversations and oral history interviews, linguistic anthropologist Shannon M. Ward examines the forms of migration and resulting language contact that contribute to Farmer Talk’s unique grammatical structures, and that shape Amdo Tibet

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Book SynopsisPossession aptly describes the explicit manifestations of spirits when they temporarily displace individuals by assuming control of their bodies and minds, but the word does not account for what it means to cohabit with them. Cohabiting with Spirits offers an intimate portrait of the intertwined lives of a married couple together with the various spirits who came to possess each of them. Set against the backdrop of the island of Mayotte during the twentieth century, the book paints a vivid picture of the couple’s lives, navigating the demands of their respective spirits while practising an art of cohabitation, both with the spirits and with each other.While studies of spirit possession often focus on ceremonial practices and dramatic performances of spirit mediums in trance, Michael Lambek shifts the focus to explore what it can be like to cohabit with spirits. The book examines the ways in which various spirits entered the lives of this married couple and how

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Book SynopsisBy Consent Alone reveals how medieval German literature responded to the evolving laws of marriage and consent in medieval Europe.

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Book SynopsisThe 1960s transformed art in Canada. The Scene traces the remarkable reshaping of the Canadian art landscape during that era. Written by renowned art critic Harry Malcolmson, the book offers a captivating insider’s perspective on how a surge of artists, galleries, collectors, and critics propelled Canadian art into the global spotlight.Malcolmson identifies the catalysts that ignited this artistic renaissance, including an outpouring of pride in the country linked to Canada's Centennial, Expos ’67, and the Toronto City Hall. With rich anecdotes and insights, the book paints a comprehensive portrait of the era, while showcasing over twenty portraits of influential Canadian artists. Richly illustrated, the book illuminates the totality of the Scene’s evolution, and delves into the impact of Canadian nationalism and economic prosperity on the Scene. It examines the rise of contemporary institutions, such as the Art Gallery of Ontario and the Nationa

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