Editors Dwyer (history, U. of Newcastle) and Ryan (history, U. of Newcastle) compile studies of massacres, mass killings and atrocities in the context of war and colonization throughout history to ill
This text presents a beautiful collection of drawings and other art by Ernst Barlach that draw on the Nibelungen, the royal family of the Burgundians who settled in Worms, Germany in the 5th century.
A memorable sight for the tourist traveling through Bavaria is the plethora of solar panels on the iconic red roofs of the houses in the towns and villages. To the outsider this may be singular eviden
"This book serves an invaluable function by capturing the rich complexity of nostalgia and marking a moment when questions of postmodern historiography can be applied to a past, the recent Communist o
."..an impressive collection that makes a strong contribution to sociological theory and Durkheimian scholarship. Its particular strength is how it makes available the robustness and enduring importan
."..essential reading for scholars interested in understanding sociopolitical change under globalization in the early 21st century...I recommend [this volume] for advanced undergraduate and graduate c
This collection of sixteen articles on European culture in the mid-to-late twentieth century examines popular culture surrounding the Cold War and explores the development of Cold War contexts in the
Gulbrandsen (social anthropology, U. of Bergen) presents a holistic, anthropological account of the emergence of the Botswana nation-state. He pays special attention to political practices and social
In this collection of papers from the sixth and seventh annual Oxford Travel Writing colloquiums, editor Skinner (social anthropology, Queen's U.-Belfast) unites 10 contributors in anthropology, socio
Drawn from discussions surrounding a series of conferences of European social anthropologists, this collection of nine articles on economic behavior examines the concept of ethical consumption and exp
Both historians and the general public continue to be infatuated with the end of the Cold War, which was marked by the liberation of Eastern Europe from Soviet rule in 1989, the unification of Germany
This work presents theoretical and practical perspectives on museum collection practices, with a view toward updating collecting policies for the 21st century, especially in 'difficult' areas such as
Thomas (film studies, Aberystwyth U., Wales) analyzes the career of Hungarian-born actor Lorre (1904-64) in Europe and in Hollywood during the 1930s after he fled Germany. She discusses him on the Eur
"[The authors'] analysis is thought-provoking, ... offers thoughtful reading and is well-written and engaging." Open Citizenship "In contrast to most books on EU citizenship this book is a page-turner
."..the book offers a platform to raise thought-provoking questions and encourages in-depth analyses to bridge the gulf between ethnobotany and medical anthropology...Highly recommended." Choice "The
Sex is often regarded as a dangerous business that must be rigorously controlled, regulated, and subjected to rules. Sexual acts that defy acceptable practices may be seen as variously defiling, immor
"Kosta's book not only adds new material..., but performs the invaluable tasks of synthesizing and building on the massive amounts of writing that has accrued around the film, its director, and stars.
The 11 essays have been hammered out from earlier versions, some published in the journal Thesis Eleven (no. 77, 2003) and some from an April 2005 workshop in Uppsala. Historians and political scienti
."..convincing in its arguments, Baer's Dismantling the Dream Factory is a nicely structured work that offers a good mixture of historiography and close analysis. Baer effectively draws on contemporar
Having lived and conducted research in Naples from 1998 to 2004, British geographer Dines examines the transformation and redefinition of the Italian city's historic center during the final decade of
Although anthropologists and cultural geographers have explored "place" in various senses, little cross-cultural examination of "kinds of place," or ecotopes, has been presented from an ethno-ecologic
"Good books capture critical moments. Liu has captured one here." Asian Anthropology "The book as a piece of writing is fluid and graceful. Liu's ethnographic accounts are indeed masterly--deftly weav
..".a scholar with extensive knowledge of indigenous life in the Canadian North, has compiled a valuable and timely compendium on how Native societies from the Arctic to Australia use new media techno
McEwen (European history, Creighton U., Nebraska) explores how knowledge about sex was made and shared in Vienna from the explosion of sexual science in the late Imperial period to the incomplete cult
"'The world today is as furiously religious as it ever was.' This quote from Peter Berger now appears to be undisputed in the contemporary social and cultural sciences. A look around the globe reveals
..".a worthwhile and timely contribution to the field of Latin American urban studies, which will help to fill the current gap in literature on the Latin American city...this book's major contribution
"Turner's ethnography of camp dynamics offers a detailed analysis of the tension between humanitarian constructions of refugees and refugees' own subjectivities. Through the analysis of the politics o
."..presents an excellent overview of the study of traditional environmental knowledge (TEK) and the directions in which it has evolved in recent years...Individually but especially together, the cont
Olsen, a postdoctoral fellow at University of Copenhagen, presents an intellectual biography of 20th-century historian, Reinhart Koselleck. Koselleck's work was wide-ranging and included political his
"Dollard's work makes important contributions to German cultural history, social history, and gender history, focusing attention on the construction of the stereotype of single women as abnormal, a pr
The First World War has been described as the "primordial catastrophe of the twentieth century." Arguably, Italian Fascism, German National Socialism and Soviet Leninism and Stalinism would not have e
."..with its useful bibliography and index, this is a most lucid and helpful contribution to a satisfying growth in English language material devoted to Austria under the Allied occupation." German Hi
"With its ... over thousand] detailed and expansive footnotes drawing on twenty-four different archive collections in eight countries and three continents and an enormous secondary literature, this is
"As the most comprehensive scholarly venture to use the memory concept for a broad assessment of the dark legacies of Nazism, Communism, and World War II for a common European identity, the volume has
Revised and expanded versions of 10 papers selected from presentation at the international conference "Social Policy in the New Europe: The Experience of Austria and the Smaller EU Members," held in T
Ayora-Diaz (anthropology, Universidad Autonoma de Yucatan) examines the regional cuisine of the Yucatan as an essential ingredient of the identity of the region's indigenous people and as a form of cu
Research has been considerable on various aspects of life for Holocaust survivors as they settled into society in Israel and the US, but little has been written about survivors in Europe or South Amer
Money is rarely mentioned in relation to women's organizing for equality, contend economic historians Jonsson (Swedish National Audit Office) and Neunsinger (Labour Movement Archives and Library, Stoc
Kapferer (anthropology, U. of Bergen, Norway) argues that nationalist ideology can distort and skew what are otherwise diverse sociocultural possibilities in potentially disastrous directions for huma
Technologies of the allied warfare in Iraq and Afghanistan, such as remote-controlled drones and night vision goggles, allow the user to “virtualize” human targets. This coincides with increased civil
