ANTHROPOLOGY
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EXTREME HERITAGE MANAGEMENT
The Practices and Policies of Densely Populated
Islands
Edited by Godfrey Baldacchino
Foreword by Mark B. Lapping, University of Southern Maine
Published in association with Island Studies Press, Institute of Island Studies, University of Prince Edward Island, Canada
“The book is highly topical. It brings into sharp focus one of the pressing problems of our times: the growing tension between finite land/space, especially on islands, and the mounting pressure generated by increasing population growth, tourism, and globalwarming.” • Jeremy Boissevain, University of Amsterdam
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RECONSTRUCTING THE HOUSE OF CULTURE
Community, Self, and the Makings of Culture in Russia and Beyond
Edited by Brian Donahoe and Joachim Otto Habeck
“This book has a clear immediate aim that has not been covered in the anthropology of Russia—to describe and analyse the ‘House of Culture,’ a prominent institution in every Soviet town and village… is a very interesting, ambitious, worthwhile and readablebook.” • Caroline Humphrey, University of Cambridge
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YOUNG MEN IN UNCERTAIN TIMES
Edited by Vered Amit and Noel
Dyck
Edited by Vered Amit and Noel Dyck
“ very well written, timely and scholarly collection on young men in changing times, in the context of a global perspective, written by notable scholars in the field… has a very lively and contemporary feel, which connects both to key theoretical debates around youth and also to everyday experience mediated through difference, e.g., class and ethnicity, or in terms of gender relations.” • Victoria Robinson, University of Sheffield
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CARING FOR THE 'HOLY LAND'
Filipina Domestic Workers in
Israel
Claudia Liebelt
The case of Israel is unique in that the country has a special significance as the ‘Holy Land’ for the predominantly devout Christian Filipina women and is at the center of an often violent conflict, which affects Filipinos in many ways. The author provides a more nuanced account and shows how Filipina caregivers in Israel have succeeded in creating their own collective spaces, as well as negotiating rights and belonging.
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HISTORY
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DARK TRACES OF THE PAST
Psychoanalysis and Historical Thinking
Edited by Jürgen Straub and Jörn Rüsen
The following question has not been previously answered satisfactorily: what distinguishes a psychoanalytically oriented study of historical realities from a historical psychoanalysis? This volume undertakes to answer this question by combining psychoanalytical and historical perspectives and thus exploring the underlying “unconscious” dimensions and by informing academic and nonacademic forms of historical memory.
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SOCIAL POLICY IN THE SMALLER EUROPEAN UNION STATES
Edited by Gary B. Cohen, Ben W. Ansell, Robert Henry Cox and Jane Gingrich
“…a rich book for anyone interested in the broad theme of change in European social policy, not least because it takes up a number of areas and countries which are not often covered in the literature.” • Christoffer Green-Pedersen, Aarhus University
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JUDGMENT AT ISTANBUL
The Armenian Genocide Trials
Vahakn N. Dadrian and Taner Akçam
Turkey’s bid to join the European Union has lent new urgency to the issue of the Armenian Genocide as differing interpretations of the genocide are proving to be a major reason for the delay of the its accession. This book provides vital background information and is a prime source of legal evidence and authentic Turkish eyewitness testimony of the intent and the crime of genocide against the Armenians.
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SOON TO BE RELEASED
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GENDERED MONEY
Financial Organization in Women's Movements,
1880-1933
Pernilla Jonsson and Silke Neunsinge
“This richly-documented volume raises questions of great interest to feminist historians and students of social movements. It employs a variety of sources that historians will appreciate and demonstrates a familiarity with the literature on social mobilization and on feminism that will appeal to sociologists and political scientists. It contributes to ongoing scholarly discussions and provides an important comparative perspective.” • Michael Hanagan, Vassar College
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EDUCATION POLICY AND EQUAL OPPORTUNITY IN
JAPAN
Akito Okada
“… a significant contribution to knowledge in the field of Japanese educational studies. The author provides detailed analysis of the theme of educational opportunity in post-war Japan ... makes available to an audience that cannot read Japanese a wealth of detail about this key area of educational policy and practice.” • Robert W. Aspinall, Shiga University
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FOODSCAPES, FOODFIELDS, AND IDENTITIES IN YUCATÁN
Steffan Igor Ayora-Diaz
"Mexicans recently celebrated UNESCO’s recognition of their cooking as an ‘intangible cultural heritage of humanity,’ but who defines the boundaries of a cuisine? Steffan Igor Ayora-Diaz's vivid account of Yucatecan culinary nationalism offers a timely reminder of the hegemonic reach of Mexico’s national cuisine. He also employs valuable theoretical tools for analyzing the historical processes of culinary change that will be of interest to all students of food studies.” • Jeffrey M. Pilcher, University of Minnesota
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HISTORY IN THE PLURAL
An Introduction to the Work of Reinhart
Koselleck
Niklas Olsen
“This is a very thorough and, at the same time, original take on Reinhard Koselleck’s work…As the major representative of German Begriffsgeschichte, he deserves to be better known in the English-speaking world, and this volume will go a long way to achieve this aim…It is an excellent contribution to historical theory and the history of historiography.” • Stefan Berger, University of Manchester
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NORDIC PATHS TO
MODERNITY
Edited by Jóhann Páll Árnason and Björn Wittrock
“…the chapters are lucidly composed, and consequently pleasant to read… I find something compellingly interesting everywhere in the text. The combination of theory, conception and fact is quite gracefully handled. No heavy-footed jargon here.” • Sheldon Rothblatt, University of California, Berkeley
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THE STATE AND THE SOCIAL
State Formation in Botswana and its Precolonial and Colonial
Genealogies
Ørnulf Gulbrandsen
With a Foreword by Bruce Kapferer
“This is a wonderful book rich in ethnography and every bit as rich in careful and considered thought. The book is exemplary in its anthropology and demonstrates the continuing value of an anthropological perspective across the disciplines.” • From the Foreword
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TUFF CITY
Urban Change and Contested Space in Central
Naples
Nick Dines
“This is one of the best books I have read: beautifully written and extremely well researched (a refreshing mix of archival research and participant observation) and superbly theorized, with an impressive knowledge of the range of urban theory, as well as meticulous historical contextualization.” • Jo Labanyi, New York University
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FEATURED BACKLIST
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PATRONS OF WOMEN
Literacy Projects and Gender Development in Rural
Nepal
Esther Hertzog
Analyzing her own experience as a practicing “development expert,” the author demonstrates that the professed goal of “women’s empowerment” is a pretext for promoting economic organizational goals and the interests of local elites. She shows how a project intended to benefit women, through teaching them literary and agricultural skills, fails to provide them with any of the promised resources. The book makes an important contribution to the growing critique of “development” projects.
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THE LIVES OF CHINESE OBJECTS
Buddhism, Imperialism and
Display
Louise Tythacott
“The stories uncovered are riveting, a mix of curatorial detail and description, historical research and theoretical analysis. The author is ever present in the text and the book is as much a story of her journey, as it is a story of the lives of the ‘Putuo Five’. I just wanted to keep reading.” • Suzanne MacLeod, University of Leicester
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