Historical concepts between eastern and western europe

More than a decade after the breakdown of the Soviet Empire and the reunification of Europe historiographies and historical concepts still are very much apart. Though contacts became closer and Russian historians joined their Polish colleagues in the effort to take up western discussions and me...

The anatomy of the holocaust

Historian Raul Hilberg produced a variety of archival research, personal essays, and other works over a career that spanned half a century. The Anatomy of the Holocaust collects some of Hilberg’s most essential and groundbreaking writings—many of them published in obscure journals or otherwise ...

Parliament and parliamentarism

This cross-disciplinary collection locates the essence of parliamentarism in four key aspects—deliberation, representation, responsibility, and sovereignty. Explores the different ways in which they have been contested, reshaped, and implemented in a series of representative national and...

The gaddi beyond pastoralism

Takes the reader on a fascinating journey through the social and religious landscapes as seen by the Gaddi people of Himachal Pradesh Paints a picture of contemporary Gaddi life that moves beyond their customary occupation as nomadic herders of sheep and goats Analyses religious prac...

The wars of yesterday

Together comprising one of the first modern conflicts of the twentieth century, the Balkan Wars (1912–13) served as precursors of the bloody wars to follow. This volume offers a fascinating exploration of the wars’ history, with a central focus on the experiences of both combatants and civilians.

The 1926/27 soviet polar census expeditions

Utilizes primary sources from recently opened archives as well as interviews with descendents of the expeditions The first book-size effort to address the status of the Siberian indigenous people The culmination of eight years of work with primary record cards and sources

European products

Illuminates how heritage management has provided inroads for the Europeanization of societies in southern Europe - this is unique and has hardly been tackled, neither in European Studies nor in Heritage Studies. Does not only address the notion that "heritage" is the outcome of processe...

Amnesia remembered

Our modern culture is increasingly expressed in the form of digital artifacts, yet archaeology is in its infancy when it comes to researching and understanding them. The study and reverse engineering of digital artifacts is no longer the exclusive domain of computer scientists. Presented by way...

Culture, catastrophe, and rhetoric

It develops the concept of political culture through case studies of communicative action. It introduces the concept of the texture of political action, which refers to how social context operates on the surface of an event to shape political experience. It focuses on thecatastrophic...

The paris peace conference of 1919

An illuminating and geographically wide-ranging reassessment of the Paris Peace Conference of 1919, this volume reconsiders how this watershed treaty gave rise to new dynamics of global power and politics, reshaping the ideas of imperiality and nationality that have continued to shape the geopo...

Expeditionary anthropology

Fills a gap in the history of anthropology by examining the role of expeditions in structuring both anthropological inquiry and its antecedent forms of human research. It does this by providing a long-term historical perspective, beginning in the seventeenth century and following it through ...

Where saints show respect

This book draws on three decades of ethnographic research to explore the penetration of mafia values in Sicilian society. By exploring rituals through which local society learns deep respect for those values, this study aims to offer a critical perspective on Sicilian modernity.

The discipline of leisure

The burgeoning social scientific study of tourism has emphasized the effects of the post-industrial economy on travel and place. However, this volume takes some of these issues into a different area of leisure: the spare-time carved out by people as part of their everyday lives - time that is m...

The hidden minority

The Russian minority in Finland is imbued with ’being hidden‘ or ’hiding oneself‘. The book explores informants’ reflections, together with the author, on the mental and physical crossing of national borders. Perceptions of belonging and/or Otherness and lived experience reveal a complex relati...

Empire of pictures

Based on multi-lingual sources (German, Spanish, and English) and multi-archival research conducted in six different countries around the world. At the cutting edge of new research trends in the field of international/global history. The first work to analyze the important history of...

The origins of cultural customs

Written in an accessible style. Explores the theme of ‘origin’ and examines how people view thinks from their beginning. Examines why an engaging story that is false is more commonly believed than a bland story that is the truth.

Colonial collecting and display

First study dedicated to the historical collecting and display of the material cultures of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands Critiques established conceptions of the act of collecting Queries the notion of a homogenous British approach to material culture from the Andaman and Nicobar I...

Sofia coppola

Not born a refugee woman

Not Born a Refugee Woman is an in-depth inquiry into the identity construction of refugee women. It challenges and rethinks current identity concepts, policies, and practices in the context of a globalizing environment, and in the increasingly racialized post-September 11th context, from the pe...

Modern germany in transatlantic perspective

Includes chapters by major scholars. Deals with central historiographical questions in German history.

Vienna is different

First comprehensive study of Viennese Jewish literature from the 19th century to the present Interdisciplinary approach to history and literature

Destination london

The legacy of emigrés in the British film industry, from the silent film era until after the Second World War, has been largely neglected in the scholarly literature. Destination London is the first book to redress this imbalance. Focusing on areas such as exile, genre, technological transfer, ...

Global exchanges

The first comprehensive book on the history of scholarship programs A book which takes into account all geographic areas A book focusing on the human dimension of scholarship programs A book that investigates the political, economic, and cultural interests involved in exchanges

Roads to the palace

Is Jewish education simply an ancient and archaic type of socialization into "customs and ceremonies" or a sophisticated practice, based on rich cultural conceptions of the educated individual, the decent society and the relationship of knowledge and virtue? This author, rather than offering a ...

The state and the social

Analyses the transformation of modern Botswana from the perspective of precolonial and colonial genealogies as well as the rise of structures of domination propelled by changing global forces An ethnographic and anthropological study of the unique formation of postcolonial Botswana T...

Oligarchs and oligopolies

As corporate practices are becoming more fused with state processes, the state itself is increasingly taking on a corporate structure, as well as a more overt oligarchic character. Evidence of this can be seen in the growing domination of political organizations and institutions by close-knit s...

Food research

A broad-based review of biocultural and archaeological research on food, past and present. Individual chapters provide opportunities to think through the adoption of methods by reviewing the history of their use along with a discussion of research conducted using those methods.

Other people's anthropologies

Anthropological practice has been dominated by the so-called "great" traditions (Anglo-American, French, and German). However, processes of decolonization, along with critical interrogation of these dominant narratives, have led to greater visibility of what used to be seen as peripheral schola...

The living ancestors

Original work both in terms of author’s chosen theoretical framework (phenomenology-holography) and the empirical richness of ethnographic detail through which the former is executed. Captivating and original ethnographic content and its articulation through conceptual and interpretive i...

Mimesis and pacific transcultural encounters

The book offers a new theory of what mimesis is and how it operates and theorizes mimesis in new contexts: in relation to history, historiography, cultural psychology, art production, tourism, colonialism, and other transcultural encounters. The book offers a unified view of mimesis in e...

The benefit of the gift

Archaeological data from the Late Archaic (4000-2000 years ago) in the Western Great Lakes are analyzed to understand the production and movement of copper and lithic exchange materials. Also considered in this volume are access to and benefits from exchange networks, as well as social changes ...

History in the plural

It offers the first comprehensive study of one of the most imposing and influential European intellectual historians in the twentieth century It contributes to the history of political, historical, and cultural thought in Germany from the 1950s until the present It contributes to our...

Creating a new public university and reviving democracy

No other book combines a conceptual analysis of academic freedom and integrity, critique of organizational design. A critique of the pseudo-corporate model used by universities now to justify their behavior and structures. A multi-stakeholder action research process to recreate unive...

Street vending in the neoliberal city

Analyzes street vending from an interdisciplinary and transnational perspective. Illustrates how street vending is conducted both in the global north and global south and shows how informal economies are inherent to neoliberal societies. Analyzes vendors’ positionalities and daily p...

Contested femininities

Contested Femininities for the first time contributes a long-view study of constructions of the Neue or Moderne Frau (New or Modern Woman) in the illustrated press providing an incredible scope of inquiry spanning the Weimar Republic, the Third Reich, post-war occupation, and a divided German.

Marking evil

Addresses manifestations of Holocaust-engendered global discourse by critically examining their function and inherent dilemmas. Investigates the ways in which Holocaust related matters still instigate public debate and academic deliberation. Contends that the contradiction between th...

Sight and sound entwined

Notwithstanding the economic hardship Russian people are experiencing, their cultural life is as rich and alive as ever, as Gerald Janecek shows us in this collection of his articles on contemporary Russian poetry, which are especially written for this publication or so far only available in Ru...

Migration, memory, and diversity

Explores the complex history of migration and diversity in Germany from 1945 to today. Shows how conceptions of “otherness” developed while memories of the Nazi era were still fresh. Identifies the continuities and transformations they exhibited through the Cold War and reunification...

Foucault's orient

Method: The book uses archival research supplemented by interviews Novelty of topic: Foucault’s view of the non-Western cultures has not been studied before. Range: The book covers three different countries. There were studies of Foucault’s view of Iran, but no book covers Iran, ...

Searching for the dao of medicine

A deepened understanding of the history of medicine in late imperial China through an entirely new perspective on this history A completely new understanding of the place of medicine in the intellectual history of late imperial China A resolution to several conceptual problems that c...

Americans in tuscany

The first ethnographic monograph of Americans living in Italy The study examines how American women use charity to create a sense of belonging in Italian migrant communities A new contribution to anthropological theories of gift giving, compassion and reflexivity

The man from the third row

The first book in English about Hasse Ekman. Discusses 1940s Swedish cinema, which has previously been overlooked outside of Sweden. The first book, in any language, that discusses the whole of Ekman’s career and places it in a social and political context.

Breaking boundaries

Explores the applicability of the concept of liminality to a variety of concrete social and political problems. Examines case studies of some of the most important crises in history, society, and politics, Describes how liminality has the potential to be a leading paradigm for under...

From hard rock to heavy metal

In North America metal use by hunter-gatherer populations began as early as 9,000 years ago and continued into modern times. The regional and cultural diversity of research in this volume contributes to how we conceptualize hunter-gatherer innovation, technological proficiency, and complex deci...