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John Wiley & Sons Women and Monarchy in Macedonia
Book SynopsisIn this groundbreaking work, Elizabeth Donnelly Carney examines the role of royal women in the Macedonian Argead dynasty from the sixth century BC to 168 BC. Carney shows that the wives, mothers, and daughters of kings played important roles in Macedonian public life and occasionally determined the course of national events.
£23.36
Cornell University Press Unfinished Utopia
Book SynopsisUnfinished Utopia is a social and cultural history of Nowa Huta, dubbed Poland''s first socialist city by Communist propaganda of the 1950s. Work began on the new town, located on the banks of the Vistula River just a few miles from the historic city of Kraków, in 1949. By contrast to its older neighbor, Nowa Huta was intended to model a new kind of socialist modernity and to be peopled with new men, themselves both the builders and the beneficiaries of this project of socialist construction. Nowa Huta was the largest and politically most significant of the socialist cities built in East Central Europe after World War II; home to the massive Lenin Steelworks, it epitomized the Stalinist program of forced industrialization that opened the cities to rural migrants and sought fundamentally to transform the structures of Polish society.Focusing on Nowa Huta''s construction and steel workers, youth brigade volunteers, housewives, activists, and architects, Katherine Lebow exploresTrade ReviewUnfinished Utopia is an extremely interesting and beautifully executed book.... This book will appeal to a very wide audience. It will of course interest historians of the Polish postwar first and foremost, but beyond that it will appeal to Eastern Europeanists and, notably, to historians of the Western European postwar as well. The book succeeds on many levels: as Polish history, as a history of postwar European recovery, as a history of Stalinism and of Communist identity formation, and, lastly, as a history of twentieth-century political and social transformations. -- Eva Plach * The Journal of Modern History *Each chapter provides the reader with fascinating material that ultimately illuminates the problems at the heart of the most recent discussions in Polish historiography. This includes the nature of Polish Stalinism, which Lebow sees as much more than mere ideology, but rather as a set of practices that individuals creatively appropriated. -- Anna Muller * Austrian History Yearbook *In this richly researched book, Lebow explores how Poland's socialistregime and the residents of Nowa Huta built the city and forged a new way oflife.... It is remarkable that Lebow is able to tell the story of Nowa Huta anddevelop these provocative arguments in such a short book. -- Steven E. Harris * East Central Europe *Katherine Lebow has redirected the study of Stalinism in scholarly debates. Unlike practitioners of traditional sovietology—now morphing into victimologyfor popular consumption—she seeks out the complexities and ambiguities of Stalinism in eastern Europe... This book will appeal to a wide readership across many disciplines. The range is extensive: urban geography, political mobilization, social structure, gender, youth culture, and film studies. It crosses boundaries within Poland and beyond. -- Anthony Kemp-Welch, University of East Anglia * Slavic Review *With its monumental architecture and bold layout, Nowa Huta appears to be the quintessence of Communist urban planning. Yet, as Katherine Lebow's rich yet concise study demonstrates, underneath the regimented spaces and ubiquitous concrete lie more complex and nuanced stories.... [Unfinished Utopia] also provides important general insights into the intricate processes by which modernist urban spaces, despite their aspiration to control, become powerful sites of negotiation and resistance. -- Uilleam Blacker * Times Literary Supplement *Table of ContentsIntroductionChapter 1: Unplanned CityChapter 2: New MenChapter 3: The Poor Worker Breaks His LegChapter 4: Women of SteelChapter 5: The Enlightenment of KaszaChapter 6: Spaces of Solidarity, 1956–89ConclusionNotes Bibliography Index
£16.99
Crossway Books The Bookends of the Christian Life
Book SynopsisIn this little book with a big message, the authors use bookends as an extended metaphor to help readers grasp two essentials for an authentic Christian life and a personal relationship with God. Now available in paperback.
£10.44
University of Texas Press The Recurring Dream
Book SynopsisEmotionally evocative and painterly in execution, Rocky Schenck’s photographs invite viewers to enter an otherworldly realm where reality becomes a dream landscape haunted by paranoia, isolation, longing, beauty, betrayal, fear, humor, and death. The author John Berendt describes Schenck’s photographs as stills “taken from a movie that exists not on film but rather in one’s memory, with all the fuzziness typical of remembered impressions.” Photo District News proclaims, “It is a measure of the curious strength and unity of vision of the photographs that after you’ve examined all of them, you feel that there is no other way of seeing the world than his, that there is no other photography you’d rather be looking at.”The Recurring Dream presents new work by Rocky Schenck. In addition to his signature black-and-white dreamscapes, the book introduces color images that Schenck creates by hand tinting black-and-whit
£35.10
University of Illinois Press Philosophical Writings
Book SynopsisDespite growing interest in her philosophy, Simone de Beauvoir remains widely misunderstood. She is typically portrayed as a mere intellectual follower of her companion, Jean-Paul Sartre. In Philosophical Writings, Beauvoir herself shows that nothing could be further from the truth. Beauvoir''s philosophical work suffers from a lack of English-language translation or, worse, mistranslation into heavily condensed popular versions. Philosophical Writings provides an unprecedented collection of complete, scholarly editions of philosophical texts that cover the first twenty-three years of Beauvoir''s career, including a number of recently discovered works. Ranging from metaphysical literature to existentialist ethics, Philosophical Writings brings together diverse elements of Beauvoir''s work while highlighting continuities in the development of her thought. Each of the translations features detailed notes and a scholarly introduction explaining its larger sigTrade Review"A valuable addition to collections of philosophy, feminism, and modern French literature. Recommended."--Choice"What emerges from the essays Philosophical Writings collects will neither shock nor surprise Beauvoir scholars but is sure to delight. . . . The editors and contributors to Philosophical Writings have crafted an engaging text that is sure to encourage a deeper interest in the study of Beauvoir and her place in the philosophical canon."--Hypatia"This work is a treasure. Now, English-speaking readers who are not fluent in French will have the opportunity to read these selections for themselves. Each piece is preceded by a very helpful introduction and commentary by a well-known Beauvoir scholar, who places the piece in context and notes how it relates to one or more of Beauvoir's better-known works that have long been translated into English. Each selection also has its own translator (distinct from the commentator). The translations read beautifully, and they also have appropriately detailed scholarly notes, which make the selections even more accessible to students. . . . There is no other book to compete with this one."--Claudia Card, editor of Cambridge Companion to Simone de Beauvoir"I am amazed by this volume, which alone makes it clear that Beauvoir's philosophy informs rather than is derived from Sartre's. Philosophical Writings is an outstanding gem. This series will change the history of philosophy."--Kelly Oliver, author of Witnessing: Beyond Recognition
£17.99
Jewish Publication Society The Book of Psalms
Book SynopsisThe "Psalms" have long brought comfort to those who mourn and have helped us find the spiritual in everyday life. This edition presents a translation based on the original Hebrew text, as well as the entire range of "Psalms" interpretation and modern linguistic scholarship.
£9.99
New York University Press DislikeMinded
Book SynopsisExplains why audiences dislike certain media and what happens when they doThe study and discussion of media is replete with talk of fans, loves, stans, likes, and favorites, but what of dislikes, distastes, and alienation?Dislike-Minded draws from over two-hundred qualitative interviews to probe what the media's failures, wounds, and sore spots tell us about media culture, taste, identity, representation, meaning, textuality, audiences, and citizenship. The book refuses the simplicity of Pierre Bourdieu's famous dictum that dislike is (only) snobbery. Instead, Jonathan Gray pushes onward to uncover other explanations for what it ultimately means to dislike specific artifacts of television, film, and other media, and why this dislike matters.As we watch and listen through gritted teeth, Dislike-Minded listens to what is being said, and presents a bold case for a new line of audience research within communication, media, and cultural studies.Trade ReviewDislike-Minded offers rich theories and much-needed vocabularies for understanding our complex relationships with media that annoy, bother, and haunt us. It helps us make sense of anti-fans, media failure, involuntary reception, second-hand media exposure, and all those negative feelings generated by media engagements. Rooted in lived experience, it explores routine audience practices in their social contexts and uncovers the reasons why we consume media we simply do not like. Clearly written and evocatively argued, this book is a must-read for anyone interested in audience research, media affect, and everyday life. * Andre Cavalcante, author of Struggling for Ordinary: Media and Transgender Belonging in Everyday Life *A critical and incisive expansion of Jonathan Gray’s foundational work on antifandom, Dislike-Minded offers a nuanced and theoretically rich model for understanding the motivations and mechanics of dislike. Gray’s insightful exploration of taste cultures and the ways in which degrees of privilege shape our relationships to media objects makes this an essential book for better understanding our deeply polarized culture. As Gray’s robust ethnographies make clear, there are many things to dislike about our contemporary media landscape, but I am happy to report I found nothing to dislike about this book. * Suzanne Scott, author of Fake Geek Girls: Fandom, Gender, and the Convergence Culture Industry *In Dislike-Minded, [Gray] makes a deeply compelling argument to stare directly into the face of an idea that we find distasteful and inappropriate, but in the name of bettering ourselves, through an entertaining, yet thoroughly complex piece of research that is indeed worthy of its name. * Communication Design Quarterly *
£22.79
University of Washington Press The Social Life of Inkstones
Book SynopsisFollows the path of an everyday object, from quarry to deskAn inkstone, a piece of polished stone no bigger than an outstretched hand, is an instrument for grinding ink, an object of art, a token of exchange between friends or sovereign states, and a surface on which texts and images are carved. As such, the inkstone has been entangled with elite masculinity and the values of wen (culture, literature, civility) in China, Korea, and Japan for more than a millennium. However, for such a ubiquitous object in East Asia, it is virtually unknown in the Western world. Examining imperial workshops in the Forbidden City, the Duan quarries in Guangdong, the commercial workshops in Suzhou, and collectors' homes in Fujian, The Social Life of Inkstones traces inkstones between court and society and shows how collaboration between craftsmen and scholars created a new social order in which the traditional hierarchy of head over hand no longer predominated. Dorothy Ko also highlights the craftswomanTrade Review"A template for the successful marriage of material culture and intellectual history. . . . Embracing the entanglement of production, consumption, and use, the author expertly unearths the ambient voices in China’s knowledge cultures often subdued by historical accounts: women, labourers and artisans. . . . [The Social Life of Inkstones] brings to light the value and knowledge of an artefact which has, until now, been hidden in plain sight." -- Dagmar Schäfer * Monumenta Serica *"This is in almost every sense an excellent book. . . . The University of Washington Press has produced a fascinating contribution to the study of the art and aesthetics of writing in China, and to the cultural history of the Qing." -- Simon Wickhamsmith * New Books Asia *"The Social Life of Inkstones lays a solid and fascinating foundation for scholars in a variety of fields to engage with material objects in order to take on the larger issues of the dramatic changes to knowledge, craft, and culture that occurred in Ming and Qing China." * China Review International: A Journal of Reviews of Scholarly Literature in Chinese Studies *"Impressive . . . Ko’s book positions inkstones, their makers, and collectors, in the socio-political context of the early Qing without ever losing sight of her aim: to dwell with the often-illiterate miners and artisans who drew on deeply embedded rituals, experience and local knowledge in their production of exquisite objects. . . . For those interested in material cul-ture histories, Chinese art history or Chinese culture more broadly, this is a must-read." * Bulletin of the School of Asian and African Studies *"Advocate[s] for the unsung craftspeople of China, effectively giving them voice and visibility. . . . Beautifully and informatively illustrated, this thoughtful study is a model of scholarship." * Art Bulletin *"Enchanting . . . thoroughly researched, lucidly written, and beautifully illustrated. [Ko] guides us through a long and winding journey from prospectors and quarrymen deep in the mountains of Manchuria and Guangdong to carvers and customers in the alleys of Suzhou and Fuzhou, not to mention imperial patrons and bondservant designers behind the high walls of the Forbidden City. . . . Meticulously worked like the best stone from the old pit, it surely will be bought, read, discussed, envied, and remembered by the students of generations to come." * Journal of Chinese History *"The Social Life of Inkstones is likely to captivate the reader by conjuring a material world in which the inkstone comes into being and acts within the productive conduits constituted by stoneworkers and carvers as well as in the social networks of collectors." * Journal of Asian Studies *"Eloquently written and beautifully produced." * Material Culture *"Ko’s book, in its reach and ambition, manages to make inkstones diagnostic of, among other things, “the state of politics, art, and manufacture” and “contend-ing knowledge cultures, entanglements between words and things, as well as sensitivities about gender and embodied skills.”" * Harvard Journal of Asiatic Studies *"For those interested in material culture histories, Chinese art history or Chinese culture more broadly, this is a must-read." * Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Conventions Chinese Dynasties and Periods Map of China Introduction 1. The Palace Workshops: The Emperor and His Servants 2. Yellow Hill Villages: The Stonecutters 3. Suzhou: The Crafts(wo)man 4. Beyond Suzhou: Gu Erniang the Super-Brand 5. Fuzhou: The Collectors Epilogue: The Craft of Wen Appendix 1: Inkstones Made by Gu Erniang Mentioned in Textual Sources Contemporary to Gu Appendix 2: Inkstones Bearing Signature Marks of Gu Erniang in Major Museum Collections Appendix 3: Members of the Fuzhou Circle Appendix 4: Textual History of Lin Fuyun’s Inkstone Chronicle (Yanshi) Appendix 5: Chinese Texts Notes Glossary of Chinese Characters References Index
£38.30
The University of Chicago Press Gossip Men J. Edgar Hoover Joe McCarthy Roy Cohn
Book SynopsisTrade Review“A juicy introduction to three of the most controversial figures in 20th-century American politics. . . . Well-researched and stimulating. . . Elias vividly describes the era’s political battles, tabloid magazines, and dramatic Senate hearings, and persuasively identifies the influence of the 'surveillance state masculinity' embodied by his three subjects on the political rise of Donald Trump.” * Publishers Weekly *“A perceptive, well-informed political and cultural history. . . . Elias makes a stimulating book debut with interwoven biographies of FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover, Wisconsin Sen. Joseph McCarthy, and lawyer Roy Cohn.” * Kirkus Reviews *"Informative, entertaining. . . An important, novel history text." * Foreword Reviews *“This finely crafted book, based on meticulous use of archival records, satisfies on many levels and sheds light on often overlooked history. . . . Elias adeptly details the Lavender Scare of the mid-20th century, and the lasting impact of the use of fabrication and hyperbole.” * Library Journal (starred review) *“Elias brings fresh detail to how the trio worked together in pursuit of common enemies, and he persuasively argues that McCarthy’s death from alcoholism, at age 47 in 1957, failed to slow the Communist witch hunt he had done so much to foster. He also explores why the cross-dressing rumors about Hoover remain so much a part of his legacy (Elias skillfully skewers the more outlandish tales of Hoover being dressed “like an old flapper” at the Plaza and having the Bible read to him by a young man while another, wearing rubber gloves … well, let’s stop there) and deftly illustrates how the playbook these three men developed came to be used so devilishly by Cohn’s onetime client—the 45th president of the United States. Gossip Men manages the neat trick of portraying three monsters in ways that induce as much pity as fury." * Air Mail *"The writing is crisp and intelligent. . . Elias has written a sociological thesis, dense with information, extensively footnoted, and carefully hewing to the facts." * The Gay & Lesbian Review *“This may be a case of scholarship catching up with James Ellroy, whose novel American Tabloid pursued that thesis with all due imaginative embellishment.” * Inside Higher Education *"This engrossing work blends the best of standard political history with superb cultural analysis. . . . Recommended." * Choice *“A masterful interpretation of the politics of the early Cold War." * Commonweal *“Gossip Men is a fast-paced and absorbing account of how the men who were most vulnerable to gossip about their sexuality—Joseph McCarthy, Roy Cohn, and J. Edgar Hoover—rose to power by mastering the art of masculine performance. As the United States struggles once again with the perils of political manhood, Elias reminds us that alpha-male conservatism was born in a Cold War information economy where gossip, rumor, and innuendo were weapons—but also assets to a career.” * Claire Potter, The New School for Social Research *“Gossip Men is a terrific book about a trio of fascinating (if not necessarily terrific) political men. Hoover, McCarthy, and Cohn helped to create the modern security state. As this book shows, they also helped to create—and were created by—fierce public and private contests over masculinity, sexuality, and secrecy. Gossip Men is an important cultural history and a thoroughly engaging read.” * Beverly Gage, Yale University *“Gossip Men is compellingly written and fun to read from beginning to end. Elias tracks the emergence of surveillance state masculinity and highlights the role of the gossip industry in its creation and reproduction in a novel way, excellently integrating biography, media studies, and history.” * Shanon Fitzpatrick, McGill University *"For those who want a deeper understanding of the underlying cultural force influencing the work and actions of Federal Bureau of Investigation director J. Edgar Hoover, Senator Joseph McCarthy, and his aide, Roy Cohn, this fine book is a must-read. In a sophisticated analysis, Christopher M. Elias focuses on changing understandings of manhood and their intersection with the rising power of gossip from the turn of the nineteenth century to the mid-twentieth century." * Journal of American History *Table of ContentsIntroduction Chapter One: The Topography of Modernity Chapter Two: The Professional Bureaucrat in the Public Eye Chapter Three: Populist Masculinity in the American Heartland Chapter Four: The Power Broker as a Young Man Chapter Five: Scandal as Political Art Chapter Six: Under the Klieg Lights Epilogue: The Long Life of Surveillance State Masculinity Acknowledgments Abbreviations Notes Bibliography Index
£999.99
University of Toronto Press Falsehood and Fallacy
Book SynopsisFalsehood and Fallacy shows students how to evaluate what they read in a digital age now that old institutional gatekeepers, such as the media or institutions of higher education, no longer hold a monopoly on disseminating knowledge. Short chapters cover the problems that exist as a result of the current flow of unmediated information, Fake News, and bad arguments, and demonstrate how to critically evaluate sources particularly those that appear online. Kilcrease provides a range of tools to help students evaluate the legitimacy of what they read. She discusses how to be on the lookout for bad arguments and logical fallacies and explains how students can produce clear and convincing academic writing. Exercises are included throughout the book to test student knowledge. Written in a positive style and full of useful tools and exercises, Falsehood and Fallacy embraces the idea that everyone is a writer and has aptitude for further growth.Table of Contents1. Introduction Part One: Falsehoods 2. You’re in College, But You Don’t Know Everything 3. Evaluating Statements and Identifying Sources 4. Evaluating Sources with the CRAAP Test 5. Reading Your Sources Part Two: Fallacies 6. Evaluating the Content of Sources: Fallacies of Causation 7. Fallacies of Narration, Generalization, and Evidence 8. Fallacies of Diversion Part Three: Bringing it Together 9. Writing about Anything
£15.19
MP-AMM American Mathematical Illustrating Mathematics
Book SynopsisA book for anyone who wishes to illustrate their mathematical ideas. It is organised by material, rather than by subject area, and purposefully emphasizes the process of creating things, including discussions of failures that occurred along the way.Table of Contents Drawings Paper & fiber arts Laser cutting Graphics Video & virtual reality 3D printing Mechanical constructions and other materials Multiple ways to illustrate the same thing Acknowledgments Image credits Index.
£25.60
Galison Christian Lacroix Heritage Collection Lacroix
Book SynopsisTo celebrate a heritage rich in unique, exuberant, and iconic design from Christian Lacroix stationery and gift, the house reintroduces some of the most beloved artwork on our most popular gift items. The Photocall A5 Notebook features haute couture fashion sketches with multi-color bursts. With ruled ivory pages with gilded edges, you can add some glamour to your desk and keep your notes in style. A5 Size: 6 x 8.5, 148 x 210 mm Gilded Page Edges Spot UV Cover Effects Chevron Ribbon Marker Layflat Pages
£18.37
Dumbarton Oaks Research Library & Collection Sign and Design
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£53.51
Liverpool University Press Aristophanes Clouds
Book SynopsisClouds has always fascinated students of philosophy because of its portrayal of Socrates as an atheist and a teacher of dishonest rhetoric, justly punished by the agents of the gods whom he refuses to recognise. [Greek text with facing translation, commentary and notes. 2007 reprint of the 1991 third edition, with addenda and a new bibliography.]Trade Review‘For an overall series of the entire corpus, including critical text, commentary, translation, and full introduction, all subsumed to one man’s intelligent analysis and wide-ranging scholarship, Sommerstein stands triumphantly alone. [...] Aristophanes is lucky to have so devoted, erudite, and witty a modern celebrant.’Scholia‘This work is a fine and unpretentious introduction to Aristophanic comedy.’Journal of Hellenic Studies'Sommerstein has exercised throughout the refreshing independence of judgement, backed by learning.’JACTTable of ContentsPrefaceAddenda 2007Select BibliographyBibliography to CloudsReferences and AbbreviationsCLOUDS Introductory Note Select Bibliography Note on the Text Sigla Text and Translation Notes
£27.99
Haynes Publishing Group Suzuki 380750Cc Triples 7277
Book SynopsisSpecific Models Covered:GT380 72-77; GT550 72-77; GT750 72-77
£33.75
New York University Press Just the Facts How Objectivity Came to Define
Book SynopsisIf American journalism were a religion, as it has been called, then its supreme deity would be "objectivity." This book draws on high profile cases, showing the degree to which journalism and its evolving commitment to objectivity altered - and in some cases limited - the public's understanding of events and issues.Trade Review"Few issues are as central to our understanding of journalism as the debate over objectivity. In this original and engaging book, David Mindich extends our understanding of it in many directions." -- Mitchell Stephens,author of A History of News"Refreshing, imaginative and thoughtful, David Mindich here reveals intriguing pictures of America's past as he probes terrain generally obscured beneath unquestioned generalizations. He takes readers on a guided tour of nineteenth-century American culture and journalism as he explores changes in print news structure and presentation through a focus on reportage of major events and ideas across nearly seven decades." -- Hazel Dicken-Garcia,Professor of Journalism and Mass Communication, University of Minnesota"Superb. . . . Mindich links history to contemporary practice by examining the current debate about objectivity through his 100-year-old lens." -- Steve Weinberg * The Christian Science Monitor *"Taking a fresh, panoramic view of objectivity, David Mindich improves our understanding of a key journalistic concept. This perceptive book offers both intriguing stories and a helpful historical framework for current debates on press performance." -- Jeffery Smith,University of Iowa"There is a growing unhappiness about the direction of news coverage. Readers and viewers want 'objectivity' back. The first step toward doing that is to understand where 'objective' journalism came from in the first place. Just the Facts is a good place to begin." -- Jonathan Alter * The Washington Monthly *
£20.99
New York University Press Tituba Reluctant Witch of Salem Devilish Indians
Book SynopsisReconstructing the life of the slave woman at the center of the notorious Salem witch trials, this book follows Tituba from her likely origins in South America to Barbados, forcefully dispelling the commonly-held belief that Tituba was African.Trade Review"A fine example of readable scholarship." * Baltimore Sun *"An imaginative reconstruction of what might have been Tituba's past." * Times Literary Supplement *"A fascinating theory about the origins of the witch hunt that is sure to influence future historians. . . . a valuable probe of how myths can feed hysteria" * The Washington Post Book World *
£22.79
New York University Press A Watched Pot How We Experience Time
Book SynopsisPresents what may well be the first fully integrated theory of timeTrade Review"A highly original and colorful book, filled with compelling, real life and fictional examples." -- Jack Katz,UCLA"Flaherty invites us to the fascinating world of the phenomenology of time. Particularly sensitive to the inherent tension between the standard and the idiosyncratic, he offers a cross-situational, generic analysis of the circumstances when there is a considerable discrepancy between clock time and our subjective experience of duration such that we feel that time is either compressed (‘flies') or protracted (‘stands still'). . . . Clearly conceptualized and elegantly written, A Watched Pot is phenomenology at its best." -- Eviatar Zerubavel,author of Hidden Rhythms and The Seven Day Circle"Masterful. This is arguably the most comprehensive inquiry to date by a sociologist on the perception of time, its passage and duration." -- Barry Glassner,University of Southern California"An engaging and profound analysis of a central aspect of the human condition, for, as Flaherty shows, our experiences of the world around us affect how we experience time." * Qualitative Sociology,Vol. 24, No. 3, 2001 *
£20.99
Jewish Publication Society An Introduction to Islam for Jews
Book SynopsisDeals with Muslim-Jewish relations in the United States, Israel, and Europe. This title explains the similarities and differences between Judaism and Islam, the history of Jihad, the legal and religious positions of Jews in the world of Islam, how various expressions of Islam regard Jews, the range of Muslim views about Israel, and more.Trade Review"Reuven Firestone's eminently readable book contains a comprehensive, authoritative, and sympathetic introduction to Islam, written for Jews, but speaking to all men and women of good will. Throughout, the author offers a sober and nuanced analysis of relations between Islam and other religions, particularly Judaism, without succumbing to the temptation to say who took what from whom. The book represents a major contribution to better understanding of the "real" Islam, which differs from the extremist and militant variety that dominates the news."—Marc Cohen, professor of Near Eastern Studies, Princeton University"Firestone's book shines as a beacon of scholarship and humanity. While Muslims might challenge some of Firestone's interpretations of Islam, they will never find him mean-spirited or ill-informed . . . Firestone has demonstrated that it is possible for Jews and Muslims to engage in an honest evaluation of their shared history and still find enough common ground to work for a better shared future."—Ingrid Mattson, President, Islamic Society of North America"Reuven Firestone has made a valuable contribution toward making Islam understood and appreciated by the Jewish people . . . . The work is balanced and careful. It will help dispel many misconceptions about Islam and hopefully promote more dialogue and better relations between our two communities of faith."—Muzammil H. Siddiqi, Chairman, Fiqh Council of North America"This book provides the Jewish reader with a valuable tool: a readable, comprehensive, and reliable introduction to Islam with special attention to issues relevant to Jews regarding past and present events and attitudes . . . This authoritative and readable book is of value for students and general readers alike."—AJL Newsletter"An Introduction to Islam for Jews is perfect for any Jewish reader seeking an understanding of Islam . . . a scholarly yet accessible title."— Midwest Book Review"Firestone provides a balanced introduction to Islam that will be helpful for all beginners, but particularly for the Jewish readers for whom it is intended."—Publisher's Weekly
£15.99
Indiana University Press Soundies and the Changing Image of Black America
Book SynopsisPerfect for readers interested in film, American history, and Black entertainment history, Soundies and the Changing Image of Black Americans on Screen and its companion video website (susandelson.com) bring the important contributions of these Black artists into the spotlight once again.Trade ReviewEssential. In this comprehensive work, Delson locates soundies within cinema history. The book provides a fascinating exploration of performers, musicians, and filmmakers who contributed to these productions. Most revealing is Delson's assessment that soundies created images "that boldly contradicted Hollywood's usual depictions of Black people, in images of success, competence, and style" (p. 5)—a direct contrast to studio productions. According to Delson, soundies were historically significant because they impacted the social and cultural fabric of a racially divided America; they played a role in advancing the country's racial politics even when the country seemed reluctant to do so. This definitive study includes rarely seen photos and lists of performers, filmmakers, and titles. A fascinating resource for those interested in film, jazz, performance, WW II, race, Black film history, and socio-cultural history broadly. -- C. B. Regester, Univ. of North Carolina—Chapel Hill * Choice *Table of ContentsPart 1: Follow the MoneyIntroduction: Turning on a Dime1. Circa 1940: Race and the Pop-Culture Landscape2. Risky Business3. Starting in Hollywood, Heading to HarlemPart 2: Follow the Music4. Going to War 5. Encounter and Improvisation: Reimagining the City6. Rural Reverb7. Romance, Relationships, Legs8. One Performer, Ten Soundies: Another Look at Dorothy Dandridge9. Visual Music: Big Bands, Combos, Solo Musicians10. Backing into Integration11. Unplugged, with an AfterlifeAcknowledgmentsPart 3: Following UpAppendix 1: Directory of Black-Cast SoundiesAppendix 2: Performers and Their FilmsAppendix 3: Makers and Their FilmsBibliographyIndex
£25.19
Duke University Press The Cinema of Naruse Mikio
Book SynopsisOne of the most prolific and respected directors of the Japanese cinema, Naruse Mikio (1905-69) made eighty-nine films between 1930 and 1967. This book illuminates Naruse's contributions to Japanese and world cinema.Trade Review“The Cinema of Naruse Mikio presents not only a deft and subtle run-through of the world of an important auteur, but also a virtual encapsulation of the intellectual history of Japanese cinema during its most important period, the 1930s–60s. Catherine Russell contextualizes Naruse in the commercial situation in which he worked and in the historical, social, political, and intellectual project of mid-twentieth-century Japan. I came away firmly believing that Naruse was more attuned to how modernity was leaving its indelible marks on Japanese women than any other director of classical Japanese cinema. For students of feminist film criticism, Russell’s book is an absolute must.”—David Desser, author of Eros Plus Massacre: An Introduction to the Japanese New Wave Cinema“A confluence of many forces produced the great (and stereotypical) triumvirate of Japanese cinema: Kurosawa/Mizoguchi/Ozu. However, even as these three took their positions at the forefront of auteurism, a fourth name was regularly invoked and too often ignored. Perhaps this was to be expected. Naruse Makio’s films lacked period color for those searching for Oriental spectacle. Likewise, scholars celebrating formal inventiveness mistook Naruse’s cinematic style for pedestrian convention. Those who looked at the director’s films closely, however, knew that this was an extraordinary body of films and for a good many reasons. Catherine Russell looked closer than anyone, and has discovered a critical framework that provides us solid footing for exploring Naruse’s modern world. Working meticulously through all sixty-seven extant films, Russell gradually reveals a director and team of technicians and actors exploring the contradictions, hopes, and disappointments of modern Japan—particularly for women, who participate in and contribute to modernity both on and off Naruse’s screen. The Cinema of Naruse Mikio is a vivid and long-needed survey of the director’s life work and the everyday landscape of twentieth-century Japan.”—Abé Mark Nornes, author of Forest of Pressure: Ogawa Shinsuke and Postwar Japanese Documentary“A confluence of many forces produced the great (and stereotypical) triumvirate of Japanese cinema: Kurosawa/Mizoguchi/Ozu. However, even as these three took their positions at the forefront of auteurism, a fourth name was regularly invoked and too often ignored. Perhaps this was to be expected. Naruse Makio’s films lacked period color for those searching for Oriental spectacle. Likewise, scholars celebrating formal inventiveness mistook Naruse’s cinematic style for pedestrian convention. Those who looked at the director’s films closely, however, knew that this was an extraordinary body of films and for a good many reasons. Catherine Russell looked closer than anyone, and has discovered a critical framework that provides us solid footing for exploring Naruse’s modern world. Working meticulously through all sixty-seven extant films, Russell gradually reveals a director and team of technicians and actors exploring the contradictions, hopes, and disappointments of modern Japan—particularly for women, who participate in and contribute to modernity both on and off Naruse’s screen. The Cinema of Naruse Mikio is a vivid and long-needed survey of the director’s life work and the everyday landscape of twentieth-century Japan.”—Abé Mark Nornes, author of Forest of Pressure: Ogawa Shinsuke and Postwar Japanese Documentary“Even for those who read Japanese and are familiar with Naruse Mikio’s work, Catherine Russell’s book contributes to a new understanding of his cinema. Russell shows how Naruse’s films contributed to Japanese modernity as a cultural movement, and, using feminist film criticism and Miriam Hansen’s influential concept of ‘vernacular modernism,’ she traces how his films illuminate female subjectivity throughout the studio era.”—Daisuke Miyao, author of Sessue Hayakawa: Silent Cinema and Transnational StardomTable of ContentsAcknowledgments ix Preface xi Introduction: The Auteur as Salaryman 1 1. The Silent Films: Women in the City, 1930-1934 39 2. Naruse as P.C.L.: Toward a Japanese Classical Cinema, 1935-1937 81 3. Not a Monumental Cinema: Wartime Vernacular, 1938-1945 131 4. The Occupation Years: Cinema, Democracy, and Japanese Kitsch, 1945-1952 167 5. The Japanese Woman's Film of the 1950s, 1952-1958 226 6. Naruse in the 1960s: Stranded in Modernity, 1958-1967 315 Conclusion 398 Notes 405 Filmography 431 Bibliography 435 Index 447
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University of Oklahoma Press Alaska
Book SynopsisThe largest by far of the fifty states, Alaska is also the state of greatest mystery and diversity. And, as Claus-M. Naske and Herman E. Slotnick show in this comprehensive survey, the history of Alaska's peoples and the development of its economy have matched the diversity of its land- and seascapes.Trade ReviewBuckle your seat belt as distinguished historians Claus-M. Naske and Herman E. Slotnick take you on an Alaskan odyssey at rocket speed. Naske and Slotnick recount the journey with the accuracy of renowned historians, the intimate insights of anthropologists, and the warmth and wisdom of legendary storytellers. You will meet the courageous people who loved and settled this land, the patriots, the idealists, and the entrepreneurs, as well as the personalities, politics, power, and money that make it all happen."" - Tony Knowles, 7th Governor of Alaska (1994 - 2002)""Naske and Slotnick augment the facts and figures of Alaska's history with relevant and insightful stories. This is a must-read for people who want to understand Alaska today and the course the state is taking toward its next chapter."" - Fran Ulmer, Chair, Arctic Research Commission, and former Chancellor, University of Alaska Anchorage""Alaska: A History is not only an excellent classroom text but also an engaging history for the general reader and a valuable reference for scholars. Both readable and well researched, it represents a fine contribution to the literature of northern studies."" - Gordon Harrison, author of Alaska's Constitution; A Citizen's Guide""An unmitigated triumph. . . . A book that will effectively tell Alaska's story for some time to come."" - Alaska History
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Duke University Press Governing Gaza
Book SynopsisAn investigation into how government persists under even the most untenable conditions, based on an analysis of government in Gaza between 1917 and 1967.Trade Review“In revealing the regularity, singularity, contradiction, continuity, and rupture at the heart of governing Gaza, Feldman’s original and important book has much to teach scholars of the colonial and postcolonial world, as well as scholars concerned with the historicity and ethnography of government as such.” - Omnia E. Shakry, American Historical Review“A fascinating and sophisticated examination. . . . The richness of this study is in the mundane, in its reflections on, and deep understanding of, people’s lives and work as government employees. . . . By making Gaza seem normal, Feldman enables us to see beyond the current headlines and fearful murmurings.” - Rochelle A. Davis, Journal of Palestine Studies“This innovative and well-written book has brought to the fore immense detail, scholarly rigor of the first order, and a subtle but substantial political commitment that unearths the genealogy of adversity for residents of Gaza. . . . Feldman’s Governing Gaza, is a superb and imaginative piece of scholarship. As thorough and fascinating an ethnohistory related to Palestine as any other this reviewer has seen.” - Thomas Abowd, Anthropological Quarterly“Governing Gaza, Ilana Feldman's meticulously researched, well-argued and fluidly written book, is that rare thing: an historical ethnography of the instruments and institutions of bureaucracy beyond the bounds of Europe. What makes the book particularly important is its long time span. . . .” - Laleh Khalili, Times Higher Education Supplement“Feldman’s conclusion is powerful not just for her exploration of Gaza during these two important periods in its history, but for her keen insights about current conditions in the region relative to bureaucracy. . . . [T]his book contributes to our understanding of Gaza from an under-explored level of analysis, and is also significant because it furthers our understanding of what it means to be a Palestinian from Gaza.” - JoAnn Digeorgio-Lutz, Middle East Journal“In her remarkable and thoroughly researched book, Governing Gaza, Ilana Feldman unravels the relational aspects that underpin the governing of Gaza through defining periods in its history. . . . Feldman uses archival materials, interviews, and in-depth historical analysis in her meticulous examination of patterns of governance. . . . Her thorough approach makes this book compellingly useful to policymakers, social anthropologists and historians. . . . Feldman’s book deserves a wide reading; it is modest in tone and acutely rigorous in argument and presentation.” - Atef Alshaer, H-Net Reviews“Governing Gaza is a brilliant exploration of the everyday work of rule. In examining how people produce authority under exceptional circumstances, Ilana Feldman offers an original interpretation of the general conditions of modern bureaucratic power.”—Timothy Mitchell, author of Rule of Experts: Egypt, Techno-Politics, Modernity“Through a historical ethnography of everyday bureaucratic practices in British- and then Egyptian-ruled Gaza, this pathbreaking and lucidly written book offers challenging new perspectives on what government is and how it operates. Governing Gaza is a work of remarkable theoretical sophistication that makes a unique contribution to the anthropology of government and the state while remaining firmly grounded in the specificities of this crisis-ridden place and in the experience of its long-suffering people.”—Zachary Lockman, author of Comrades and Enemies: Arab and Jewish Workers in Palestine, 1906–1948“Feldman’s beautifully written book stands as such a valuable documentation of site-specific history, where years of siege and seizures have attempted to erase the traces of the Palestinian people’s claims to legitimacy and annihilate their iron-forged bonds to place.” -- Micaela Sahhar * The Australian Journal of Anthropology *“Ilana Feldman’s book is a nuanced and illuminating attempt to understand the persistent forms of bureaucratic rule that have taken shape in the Gaza Strip. . . . This is a well-written and sophisticated blend of ethnography and history that sheds invaluable light on the Gaza Strip. It will be of interest to those with a specific interest in the region, as well as those grappling with issues of bureaucracy and political rule more generally.” -- Tobias Kelly * American Ethnologist *“In this monograph—one impressive in its meticulous attention to historical detail, its artful melding of ethnography and history, and its skillful engagement with a wide range of scholarly literatures—Feldman contends that the case of Gaza does much to illuminate both an understudied aspect of Palestinian history and the often fragile and makeshift nature of government bureaucracy per se. . . . What Governing Gaza provides is not merely the ethnographic and historic basis for a rethinking of the very notion of ‘government’—a shift from an aggregate institution to a body of ordinary practices—but also a vision of everyday Gaza that most scholars have neglected.” -- Rebecca L. Stein * American Anthropologist *“Governing Gaza, Ilana Feldman's meticulously researched, well-argued and fluidly written book, is that rare thing: an historical ethnography of the instruments and institutions of bureaucracy beyond the bounds of Europe. What makes the book particularly important is its long time span. . . .” -- Laleh Khalili * TLS *“A fascinating and sophisticated examination. . . . The richness of this study is in the mundane, in its reflections on, and deep understanding of, people’s lives and work as government employees. . . . By making Gaza seem normal, Feldman enables us to see beyond the current headlines and fearful murmurings.” -- Rochelle A. Davis * Journal of Palestine Studies *“Feldman’s conclusion is powerful not just for her exploration of Gaza during these two important periods in its history, but for her keen insights about current conditions in the region relative to bureaucracy. . . . This book contributes to our understanding of Gaza from an under-explored level of analysis, and is also significant because it furthers our understanding of what it means to be a Palestinian from Gaza.” -- JoAnn Digeorgio-Lutz * Middle East Journal *“In her remarkable and thoroughly researched book, Governing Gaza, Ilana Feldman unravels the relational aspects that underpin the governing of Gaza through defining periods in its history. . . . Feldman uses archival materials, interviews, and in-depth historical analysis in her meticulous examination of patterns of governance. . . . Her thorough approach makes this book compellingly useful to policymakers, social anthropologists and historians. . . . Feldman’s book deserves a wide reading; it is modest in tone and acutely rigorous in argument and presentation.” -- Atef Alshaer * H-Net Reviews *“In revealing the regularity, singularity, contradiction, continuity, and rupture at the heart of governing Gaza, Feldman’s original and important book has much to teach scholars of the colonial and postcolonial world, as well as scholars concerned with the historicity and ethnography of government as such.” -- Omnia E. Shakry * American Historical Review *“This innovative and well-written book has brought to the fore immense detail, scholarly rigor of the first order, and a subtle but substantial political commitment that unearths the genealogy of adversity for residents of Gaza. . . . Feldman’s Governing Gaza, is a superb and imaginative piece of scholarship. As thorough and fascinating an ethnohistory related to Palestine as any other this reviewer has seen.” * Thomas Abowd Anthropological Quarterly *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments ix Note on Transliteration xiii 1. Introduction: Government Practice and the Place of Gaza 1 Part One. Producing Bureaucratic Authority 2. Ruling Files 31 3. On Being a Civil Servant 63 4. Civil Service Competence and the Course of a Career 91 Part Two. Tactical Practice and Government Work 5. Service in Crisis 123 6. Servicing Everyday Life 155 7. Community Services and Formations of Civic Life 189 8. Conclusion: Gaza and an Anthropology of Government 219 Notes 237 Bibliography 297 Index 313
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University of Toronto Press Zarathustras Sisters
Book SynopsisAnalyzes the literary, cultural, and ethical effects of six woman writers - Nadezhda Mandel'shtam, Romola Nijinsky, Simone de Beauvoir, Lou Andreas-Salome, Asja Lacis, and Maitreyi Devi - whose lives were twined with the cultural vibrations of their time.
£47.70
New York University Press Time Longer than Rope A Century of African
Book Synopsis"Time Longer than Rope" unearths the ordinary roots of extraordinary change, demonstrating the depth and breadth of black oppositional spirit and activity that preceded the civil rights movement.Trade Review"An exciting and much needed anthology. Collectively, this astute selection of provocative essays and the powerful introduction effectively challenge worn frameworks and outmoded narratives of the civil rights movement. Pushing the time line back to before the Civil War, Charles M. Payne and Adam Green complicate our understanding of how everyday people transformed their own lives and changed this nations history. This splendid volume is a vital contribution to African American history and underscores the importance of dissent in America." -- Darlene Clark Hine,co-author of A Shining Thread of Hope: The History of Black Women in America"An exciting and much needed anthology. Collectively, this astute selection of provocative essays and the powerful introduction effectively challenge worn frameworks and outmoded narratives of the civil rights movement. Pushing the time line back to before the Civil War, Charles M. Payne and Adam Green complicate our understanding of how everyday people transformed their own lives and changed this nations history. This splendid volume is a vital contribution to African American history and underscores the importance of dissent in America." -- Darlene Clark Hine,co-author, A Shining Thread of Hope: The History of Black Women in America"Readers will find this volume a helpful companion to capturing an under explored area of black activism from the slavery era to the mid-twentieth century. These essays are especially helpful in assessing the rural historical experiences of African Americans and advancing our common historical understanding and knowledge on key aspects of this element of the black experience." * The Journal of Southern History *"The essays that make up Time Longer Than Rope skillfully express the variety, depth, and resilience of African Americans resistance in the effort to achieve political freedom and greater economic opportunities and to maintain viable intraracial community associations to fight for equality. A useful tool that will facilitate student awareness of the varied and long-term struggle for black freedom in America." * The Journal of American History *"A comprehensive collection of essays and narratives." * Ebony *
£23.74
New York University Press Intercultural Couples Crossing Boundaries
Book SynopsisAn analysis of intercultural couples in the USTrade Review"Intercultural Couples provides a nuanced and timely book-length study of couples both heterosexual and same sex...Bystydzienski's monograph is an essential contribution to the literature on families and intercultural relations." * International Journal of Comparative Sociology *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction 1 The Couples 2 Reinventing Cultural Identity in Intergroup Couple Relationships 3 Differences That Matter Within Couple Relationships 4 Differences That Matter Across Relationships 5 Accommodating Differences Conclusion Methodological Appendix: A Feminist Approach to Interviewing List of Study Participants Notes Bibliography Index About the Author
£22.79
University of Virginia Press Treasure in Heaven The Holy Poor in Early
Book SynopsisFrom the rise of Christian monasticism in Egypt and Syria to present day, Christians have argued fiercely about whether monks should work to support themselves. Peter Brown shifts attention from Western to Eastern Christianity, introducing us to this smoldering debate that took place across the entire Middle East from the Euphrates to the Nile.Trade ReviewOne of the most familiar phrases in the New Testament is Jesus's exhortation to forget about earthly riches and instead store up 'treasure in heaven.' Here, Peter Brown uses the phrase to pry open ancient attitudes about the relationship between work, leisure, and piety, and the way Christianity both reflected and threatened long-standing tensions. Treasure in Heaven is wide-ranging, accessible, and highly readable. Someday Brown will write a book that does not stimulate new thinking. But this is not that day, nor is this that book."" — H. A. Drake, University of California, Santa Barbara, author of Constantine and the Bishops""The poor were a special focus of early Christianity, but who were they? And what made them so deserving? These questions have preoccupied Peter Brown for more than a decade. After Poverty and Leadership in the Later Roman Empire and Through the Eye of a Needle, he turns here to the eastern edges of the Roman Empire and to the ‘holy poor,’ those men and women who deliberately chose poverty in order to be closer to God, and who must therefore be supported by the rest of society. With his accustomed virtuosity Brown reveals hitherto unsuspected tensions between the ‘real poor’ and the ‘holy poor,’ and the anxious questions asked about the value of work, the impact of wealth, and the nature of the ‘angelic life.’ Above all, what did ‘treasure in heaven’ really mean? In the third book of his trilogy, Brown lays bare in vivid and arresting detail the legacies of Syria and Egypt, the variety and contradictions within Christianity, and the intense self-questioning of Christians in the early centuries.""— Dame Averil Cameron, University of Oxford
£18.00
Duke University Press Earth Beings
Book SynopsisConversing with Mariano and Nazario Turpo, father and son, Marisol de la Cadena explores the entanglements and partial connections between indigenous and non-indigenous worlds, and the ways in which indigenous knowing both include and exceed modern and non-modern practices.Trade Review"While theoretically sophisticated, the book’s concrete language and brief introductory asides make it suitable for advanced undergraduates unfamiliar with its core concepts." -- Carwil Bjork-James * Anthropological Quarterly *"Earth Beings is essential reading for those following current research on relational ontologies and the importance of other-than-human contributions to society (ayllu) by encouraging us to think about how beings, places, knowledges, and power interact, particularly in the Peruvian Andes, but in a way that is relevant to much of South America and beyond.... [T]he exceptional ethnographic narratives and the clarity of writing make this a monograph that could be incorporated into a senior undergraduate or, more likely, a graduate level anthropology, geography, environmental studies, political sciences, or Indigenous studies class." -- Katherine MacDonald * Canadian Journal of Latin American and Caribbean Studies *"De la Cadena's Earth Beings reads, from start to finish, as a labor of love. . . . Each page is dense with insights about the intricacies and challenges of collaborative politics." -- Emily Yates-Doerr * Medicine Anthropology Theory *"De la Cadena’s book is an important read and a profound application of contemporary theory to Quechua struggles in South America. It is a moving yet challenging read where the discussions, specifically on cultural politics and representation, can be applied in numerous Indigenous contexts to better transform the relational mode of interactions and divisions between nature, humans and other- than- human entities within a political realm." -- Agnieszka Pawlowska-Mainville * AlterNative *"Earth Beings is a powerful ethnography, the result of more than a decade of fieldwork in the Peruvian Andes.... [T]he reader can visualize the changes in the political opportunities for indigenous peoples in Peru’s political trajectory from liberalism to socialism to, most recently, the neoliberal multiculturalism of the new millennium." -- Anita Carrasco * American Ethnologist *"[T]his book is important and vividly written and deserves to be widely read for how it revalorizes and brings fresh insight to the Andean living earth as a subject of social relations." -- Peter Gose * Journal of Latin American and Caribbean Anthropology *"A remarkable feat of ethnographic writing with a keen linguistic sensitivity and a stunning accomplishment of cultural translation." -- Enrique Mayer * Journal of Anthropological Research *"A remarkable achievement, not only merely in the compelling case it makes for ecologies of nature-humanity practices, but above all, at the level of method and authorship, where it models a concept of anthropology as of colaboring and writing 'from' rather than 'about' a specific place and land." -- Valentina Napolitano * Hau: Journal of Ethnographic Theory *Table of ContentsForeword xi Preface. Ending This Book without Nazario Turpo xv Story 1. Agreeing to Remember, Translating, and Carefully Co-laboring 1 Interlude 1. Mariano Turpo: A Leader In-Ayllu 35 Story 2. Mariano Engages "the Land Struggle": An Unthinkable Indian Leader 59 Story 3. Mariano's Cosmopolitics: Between Lawyers and Ausangate 91 Story 4. Mariano's Archive: The Eventfulness of the Ahistorical 117 Interlude 2. Nazario Turpo: "The Altomisayuq Who Went to Heaven" 153 Story 5. Chamanismo Andino in the Third Millennium: Multiculturalism Meets Earth-Beings 179 Story 6. A Comedy of Equivocations: Nazario Turpo's Collaboration with the National Musuem of the American Indian 209 Story 7. Munayniyuq: The Owner of the Will (and How to Control That Will) 243 Epilogue. Ethnographic Cosmopolitics 273 Acknowledgments 287 Notes 291 References 303 Index 317
£21.59
MP-NCA Uni of North Carolina The American Ascendancy How the United States
Book SynopsisWhat road did Americans travel to reach global preeminence? Taking the long historical view, this book demonstrates that wealth, confidence, and leadership were key elements to America's ascent.Trade Review"Should be on the desk of every candidate for national office." - American Historical Review "Explains how a weak and peripheral New World republic turned itself into the preeminent power of the twentieth century." - Foreign Affairs"
£28.76
University of Pennsylvania Press The Gibraltar Crusade Castile and the Battle for
Book SynopsisJoseph O'Callaghan offers the first full and authoritative history of the epic battle for control of the Strait of Gibraltar waged by Castile, Morocco, and Granada in the late thirteenth and early fourteenth centuries-a major, but often overlooked chapter in the Christian reconquest of Spain.Trade Review"Through a meticulous choice and interpretation of Arabic, Catalan, Castilian, English, and Latin chronicles and ecclesiastical, municipal, and royal notarial records, O'Callaghan lays out with consummate care and with great detail the story of the brutal struggle for control of the Strait of Gibraltar-a struggle that would ultimately seal the fate of Spanish Islam." * The Medieval Review *"[O'Callaghan] does a superb job of sifting through the chronicles of the Christian and Muslim rulers that provide the foundation for this entire narrative. . . . This very interesting book makes it abundantly clear that pragmatism and financial gain had as much to do with the correlation of forces as did religious practice." * Journal of Military History *"What truly makes this work a prominent addition to the field of Iberian reconquest lore are the Castilian, Latin, Arabic, and English sources O'Callaghan uses with proficient erudition to tell the story of this 'epic battle'-one that certainly needed to be told." * Historian *Table of ContentsList of Illustrations Genealogical Tables Chapter 1. Spain and the Strait of Gibraltar Chapter 2. Alfonso X's African Crusade Chapter 3. The Crusade Against the Mudéjars Chapter 4. The Crusade Against the Marinids Chapter 5. Sancho IV and the Conquest of Tarifa Chapter 6. The Crusades of Gibraltar, Almería, and Algeciras Chapter 7. The Early Crusades of Alfonso XI's Reign Chapter 8. The Loss of Gibraltar and the Crusade of Salado Chapter 9. The Crusade of Algeciras and Gibraltar Chapter 10. Waging the Crusade of Gibraltar Chapter 11. The Aftermath: The Strait of Gibraltar to 1492 List of Abbreviations Notes Bibliography Index Acknowledgments
£27.90
Stanford University Press Getting to Yes And
Book SynopsisTrade Review"You don't have to spend years on stage to be good at the art of improvisation. In his new book, Getting to 'Yes, And', improv veteran Bob Kulhan shows you how improvisation techniques can positively impact almost any business situation. Read this intriguing book and get ready to take communication at work to a whole new level."—Ken Blanchard, coauthor of The New One Minute Manager and Collaboration Begins with You"Prescriptive, educational, and funny, this book is filled with disarmingly easy improv techniques to up our game at work. Getting to "Yes and" has earned its place on the bookshelves, desks, and nightstands of savvy business readers. It's Dale Carnegie Training for the 21st century."—Jack Canfield, CEO, The Canfield Training Group and bestselling author of The Success Principles "For years, the business world has echoed 'yes and,' but we were light on details—until now. In a fun romp from Chicago's Second City to Duke University's Fuqua School of Business and beyond, this book threads together improv and such business essentials as negotiation, sales, goal setting, and conflict resolution. Read it, follow it, and you'll get better results, maybe even a few laughs along the way."—Dave Logan, USC Marshall School of Business and bestselling co-author, Tribal Leadership"Improvisation is the key to collaboration and innovation, and Bob Kuhlan is an improv star! This book shows you how to use improvisation for business success. It's filled with specific, practical, actionable advice, and it's lots of fun to read."—Keith Sawyer, author of Group Genius and Zig Zag: The Surprising Path to Greater Creativity"Kulhan is an experienced improviser with a deep understanding of the art form. And, he is a talented teacher with years of experience translating the essence of improv into valuable business lessons. His no nonsense (yet entertaining) style is perfect for anyone in either business or improv who wants to bring the two worlds together."—Daniel Klein, Stanford Graduate School of Business, Department of Theater, and d.school"Kulhan was early to the realization that we are constantly innovating in business and in life, and that there is a method to doing it better. He brings very sharp tools to promote collective success, through motivating, making decisions, energizing, building ideas, and managing status differences. Although a key insight in the book is that improvisation isn't synonymous with comedy, nobody will mind that Bob presents these important ideas with a lively and fun way."—Paul Ingram, Columbia Business School"Getting To 'Yes And' is a transformative book. With focus, care, professionalism, and good humor, Kulhan delivers a how-to guide for implementing improvisation in business. At the center, we will definitely be incorporating his techniques into our future programs."—Rick Barrera, COO The Center for Heart Led Leadership and author of Overpromise and Overdeliver"I don't know anyone who likes this more or commits harder than Bob. Bob is an improviser's improviser. Buy this book!"—TJ Jagodowski, Improviser and author of Improvisation at the Speed of Life"When it comes to the application of improv tenets in the business world, there is no one better than Bob Kulhan. Any university, business, and (now) reader is fortunate to have him as their lead facilitator. If I ran the business world, I would insist this book be a part of every curriculum, in every company."—Susan Messing, Instructor and Performer, iO, The Annoyance, and The Second City and Adjunct Professor, DePaul University, The University of Chicago, The School at Steppenwolf, and The World"I have known Bob Kulhan for a damn 20 years. He's a great improviser, a great teacher, and an o.k. guy. His commitment to improvisation is spring loaded and fuel injected. He's super positive (too positive) and rather smart! Read this book because why not?"—Mick Napier, Founder, The Annoyance Theatre and author of Behind the Scenes and Improvise"Bob Kulhan's skills as an improvisational teacher and player offer an insightful and energetic point of view to any group.I have thoroughly enjoyed playing with this dummy for almost twenty years now. And I look forward to many more."—Jack McBrayer, Actor, 30 Rock, The Middle, Wreck-It Ralph"Bob is a thoughtful and caring teacher of improvisation. He's a tireless champion of the art form and he'd stop me from singing his praises if that didn't directly contradict improv's first rule: Acceptance. Deal with it, Bob."—Jordan Klepper, anchor of Comedy Central's The Opposition with Jordan Klepper and former correspondent on The Daily Show with Trevor Noah"Getting to "Yes And" is an eye-opening and innovative business book written by a business person and professor for business people."—Soundview Executive Summaries"It's impossible not to smile when you read this book. Whether it is the 'Eights' exercise or celebrating ridiculous ideas, "Yes And"will remind you how to have fun at work – and as a result I'm convinced your business will be more effective...Can't recommend this book highly enough. It will be a GREAT addition to your bookshelf."—MyBusinessBookClub"Teaching momentary situational analysis, snap decision making and workplace camaraderie makes this book an excellent read for any manager looking to build a great team."— Kelly Gibbons, ForbesTable of ContentsIntroduction: More than One Way to Hit a Piñata 1. Thinking Outside of Thinking Outside of the Box 2. Just Say "Yes, and . . ." 3. I'm with the Brand 4. Energy Independence 5. Teaming Up 6. Must Be Something Ideate 7. Busted 8. Take Me to Your Leadership 9. How to Eat an Elephant 10. And Wait . . . There's More!
£22.49
John Wiley & Sons Plowmans Folly
Book SynopsisIt was on July 5, 1943, when Plowman's Folly was first issued, that the author startled a lethargic public, long bemused by the apparently insoluble problem of soil depletion, by saying, simply, “The fact is that no one has ever advanced a scientific reason for plowing.” With the key sentence, he opened a new era.Trade ReviewProbably no book on an agricultural subject has ever prompted so much discussion in this country.""- Louis Bromfield in The Reader's Digest
£17.06
Stanford University Press Bound Feet Young Hands
Book SynopsisTrade Review" Bound Feet, Young Hands provides a detailed, much-needed analysis of Chinese footbinding and women's labor during the late nineteenth and early twentieth century. Bossen and Gates break new ground in our understanding of the role and status of women's work during a period of enormous economic, political and cultural change."— Rubie S. Watson, anthropologist and former director of Peabody Museum, Harvard University"Bound Feet, Young Hands represents the most empirically grounded and analytically bold contribution to studies of gender, labor, and economic transformation in imperial China. Based on a staggering volume of surveys, field interviews, and local sources, this meticulously researched volume persuasively illuminates the economic rationale underlying the rise and fall of foot binding, shattering multiple strands of conventional wisdom about the social and cultural milieu of restraining the mobility of young women."—Kellee S. Tsai, Hong Kong University of Science & Technology"[T]his well-written and carefully argued book makes a significant contribution to both women's history and economic history in China. Linking footbinding with women's hand labor, the book brings to light the important yet largely overlooked contributions of women, and especially young girls, to the household economy and to handcraft industry prior to industrialization in China. With this groundbreaking study, images of Chinese women idling with bound feet, which has symbolized women's submission and confinement to domestic labor, should be replaced by images of young girls laboring at textiles and handcrafts for their families and China's commercial economy."—Lihong Shi, Current AnthropologyTable of Contents1. Questions About Footbinding 2. Seeking Answers: Research Methods and Fieldwork 3. North China Plain 4. Northwest China 5. Southwest China 6. Bound Feet Across China.
£40.50
Stanford University Press A Sense for the Other The Timeliness and
Book SynopsisThis approach to anthropology focuses on negotiating the social meanings used in making sense of the world, and on the processes of identification that create the difference between same and other.Trade Review"Like the work of anthropology itself, [An Antyhropology for Contemporaneous Worlds] is difficult but well worth the effort."—Anthropology of Work ReviewTable of ContentsPreface to the English edition An introductory word 1. Who is the other? 2. Others and their meaning 3. The proximal other, or the other next door 4. The others' norm 5. Knowledge and recognition anthropology's meaning and end 6. The conquest of space Conclusion: a changed world, a changed object Notes Complementary sources.
£16.14
John Wiley & Sons History of the Indies of New Spain
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The University of Chicago Press Simone A Novel
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Indiana University Press The Future of the Soviet Past The Politics of
Book SynopsisTrade ReviewOverall, this is a popular topic well handled and essential for students and scholars across several disciplines. The volume provides a good overview of contemporary Russia, and as scholars we should now consider how else these new avenues of research can be unlocked. -- James C. Pearce - College of the Marshall Islands * The Russian Review *This volume considers the relationship between the history of the Soviet Union and contemporary Russian culture, exploring how cinema, television, music, education and more reflect historical narratives, particularly in relation to Josef Stalin. The contributors contend that 'Russia's inability to fully rewrite Soviet history plays [a] part in its current political agenda'. * Survival *Table of ContentsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction: Revisiting the Future of the Soviet Past and the Memory of Stalinist Repression, by Nanci Adler and Anton Weiss-WendtPart I: The Present Memory of the Past1. Presentism, Politicization of History, and the New Role of the Historian in Russia, by Ivan Kurilla2. Secondhand History: Outsourcing Russia's Past to Kremlin's Proxies, by Anton Weiss-Wendt3. The Soviet Past and the 1945 Victory Cult as Civil Religion in Contemporary Russia, by Nikita Petrov4. Russia as a Bulwark against Anti-Semitism and Holocaust Denial: The Second World War according to Moscow, by Kiril FefermanPart II: Museums, Pop Culture, and Other Memory Battlegrounds5. Keeping the Past in the Past: The Attack on the Perm 36 Gulag Museum and Russian Historical Memory of Soviet Repression, by Steven A. Barnes6. Known and Unknown Soldiers: Remembering Russia's Fallen in the Great Patriotic War, by Johanna Dahlin7. Fighters of the Invisible Front: Re-imaging the Aftermath of the Great Patriotic War in Recent Russian Television Series, by Boris Noordenbos8. War, Cinema, and the Politics of Memory in Putin 2.0 Culture, by Stephen M. NorrisPart III: Remembering and Framing the Soviet Past beyond Russia's Borders9. The 2014 Russian Memory Law in European Context, by Nikolay Koposov10. Tenacious Pasts: Geopolitics and the Polish-Russian Group on Difficult Issues, by George Soroka11. The 1968 Invasion of Czechoslovakia: Return to the Soviet Interpretation, by Štěpán ČernoušekIndex
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Random House USA Inc Dragons Love Tacos Party-in-a-Box
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MP-SYR Syracuse University P The Undying Flame
Book SynopsisHere for the first time is a stirring collection of rare songs of the Holocaust; songs of resistance, despair, rage, hope and even humour, written in the face of utter evil. The very existence of these songs raises haunting questions. The historical notes and insightful survivor testimony in this groundbreaking volume provide moving answers.
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The University of North Carolina Press The Thing about Religion An Introduction to the
Book SynopsisLays out a range of theories, terms, and concepts and shows how they work together to centre materiality in the study of religion. Integrating carefully curated visual evidence, Morgan applies these ideas and methods to case studies across a variety of religious traditions, modeling step-by-step analysis and emphasizing historical context.
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Insight Editions Harry Potter: Hufflepuff Constellation Postcard
Book SynopsisFrom your desk to theirs, celebrate your love of HARRY POTTER™ and HUFFLEPUFF™ with this beautiful collection of postcard-style note cards in a collectible tin. With gold foil accents throughout, this stunning collection includes five different Hufflepuff™ designs. These note cards are the perfect size for a personalized note, thank you, or greeting from you to a friend, loved one, or fellow Harry Potter™ fan.
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University of Pennsylvania Press Philadelphia Stories People and Their Places in
Book SynopsisTable of ContentsContents Foreword Daniel K. Richter Introduction. Places and People Completed by Rodney Hessinger Part I. For the Love of God: Three Colonial Men of Faith Prologue Daniel K. Richter Chapter 1. Anthony Benezet Completed by Jean R. Soderlund Chapter 2. Henry Muhlenberg Completed by Lisa Minardi Chapter 3. William White Completed by Sarah Barringer Gordon Part II. Declaring Independence: Three Revolutionary Wives Prologue C. Dallett Hemphill Chapter 4. Grace Growden Galloway Completed by Judith L. Van Buskirk Chapter 5. Anne Shippen Livingston Completed by Susan Branson Chapter 6. Deborah Norris Logan Completed by Rodney Hessinger Part III. Striving to Succeed: Three "Self-Made Men" in the New Nation Prologue Rodney Hessinger Chapter 7. Charles Willson Peale Completed by Nenette Luarca-Shoaf Chapter 8. Stephen Girard Completed by Brenna O'Rourke Holland Chapter 9. Joseph Hemphill Completed by Sarah K. Rodriguez Part IV. Pursuing an Inclusive America: Three Aspiring Antebellum Lives Prologue Rodney Hessinger Chapter 10. Francis Johnson Completed by Richard S. Newman Chapter 11. Sarah Thorn Tyndale Completed by Susan E. Klepp Chapter 12. William Darrah Kelley Completed by Andrew Shankman Notes Index Acknowledgments
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University of Pennsylvania Press An Illustrated Business History of the United
Book SynopsisTrade Review"The breadth of [Vague's] scholarship and sourcing of materials offers lessons of great value to political decision-makers and businesspeople. The stories and brief biographies of characters are amusing but readers should learn from the successes and failures." * The Jerusalem Post *Vague offers a fast-paced and readable chronological survey of American business history that takes note of individuals and companies that have contributed to the nation’s economic development. * Choice *
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University of Toronto Press Topographies of Fascism Habitus Space and
Book SynopsisTopographies of Fascism offers the first comprehensive exploration of how Spanish fascist writing essays, speeches, articles, propaganda materials, poems, novels, and memoirs represented and created space from the early 1920s until the late 1950s.Trade Review‘Topographies of Fascism is an original, ambitious, and innovative study which offers fascinating insights into the use and representation of space in Spanish fascism… Only with books like this will the spectre of Spanish fascism be finally exorcised.’ -- Jordi Cornellà * Bulletin of Spanish Studies January 2016 *‘This is a good tool for writers and researchers interested in Spanish Civil War, fascist politics, and literature.’ -- C. Prieto * Choice Magazine, vol 51:06:2014 *Table of ContentsIllustrations Acknowledgments Note on Translations and Quoted Material Introduction 1. A Politics of Space Concepts of Space Mapping Planning Ordering 2. Morocco: The Forging of a Habitus Colonial Space and Fascism Technologies of Tropological Striation Spatial History and Tropological Striation The Legion: A Pedagogy of the Habitus Places of Radical Evil Warmongering and the Colonization of Spain 3. Spatial Myths Fascist Journeys Habitus and Myth Castile, or the Ur-topia The Telluric Being Rome, Epicentre of a Totalitarian Production of Space Rome, Capital of Spanish Fascism The Grammar of Empire 4. The City Hegemony and the City Spatial Antagonisms and the Rhetoric of Walking The City at War Spatial Form and the Rhetoric of Mapping Into the Battlefield Longing for the City Representing Fascist Urban Space The Performance of Victory 5. Russia: Spectres and Paratopos Returning a Courtesy Call Territorial Alterity and Absolute War The Paratopos The House of the Spectre The Visit The Being-for-War Unforgiving Ghostly Cities Revenants Notes Works Cited Index
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Princeton University Press Iran Rising The Survival and Future of the
Book SynopsisTrade Review"One of 20 essential books about the Middle East, compiled by the Middle Eastern Studies community at Anhui University in central China"
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Galison Mudpuppy Frank Lloyd Wright Saguaro Forms Cactus
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University of Toronto Press The Stoic Origins of Erasmus Philosophy of Christ
Book SynopsisThis original and provocative engagement with Erasmus’ work argues that the Dutch humanist discovered in classical Stoicism several principles which he developed into a paradigm-shifting application of Stoicism to Christianity. Ross Dealy offers novel readings of some lesser and well-known Erasmian texts and presents a detailed discussion of the reception of Stoicism in the Renaissance. In a considered interpretation of Erasmus’ De taedio Iesu, Dealy clearly shows the two-dimensional Stoic elements in Erasmus’ thought from an early time onward. Erasmus’ genuinely philosophical disposition is evidenced in an analysis of his edition of Cicero’s De officiis. Building on stoicism Erasmus shows that Christ’s suffering in Gethsemane was not about the triumph of spirit over flesh but about the simultaneous workings of two opposite but equally essential types of value: on the one side spirit and on the other involuntary and intractableTrade Review‘This meticulous study of 16th century thinking can be dense, but the picture of Erasmus that emerges will prove worth the effort.’ -- D.A. Brown * Choice Magazine vol 55:01:2017 *"The Stoic Origins of Erasmus’ Philosophy of Christ contains many interesting ideas, which Dealy presents in an engaging way and is a welcome addition to the literature. " -- George Lazaroiu * Sixteenth Century Journal vol. 49, no. 1 2018 *"The Stoic Origins of Erasmus’ Philosophy of Christ is a challenging and thought-provoking book. It is a book that goes to the heart of the philosophical subject matter that is everywhere apparent in Erasmus’s writings, but hardly ever studied in serious ways." -- Han van Ruler, Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam * Renaissance Quarterly, vol 71 4, Winter 2018 *"The Stoic Origins of Erasmus’ Philosophy of Christ makes an important contribution to Erasmus scholarship through a close reading of two of Erasmus’ early works that are rarely considered alongside one another, the De taedio Iesu and the Enchiridion, in an attempt to trace their considerable Stoic elements."v -- Kirk Essary, University of Western Australia * Erasmus Studies, vol 39 *Table of ContentsPreface Abbreviations Introduction A Philosophy Beneath The Rhetoric Part I The Fifteenth-Century Background Part Ii Erasmus' Two-Dimensional Stoicism Part Iii Stoic Natural Instinct and Christ's Fear of Death, De Taedio Iesu Part Iv Larger Philosophical Issues Part V Correcting a Thousand Years of Christology Part Vi Beyond Devotionalist Assumptions Part Vii Spiritual Warfare Conclusion Bibliography Index
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Moleskine Passion Journal Film TV
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