In the 1960s, Israel began a policy of resettling the nomadic Bedouin of the Negev Desert into towns, making it easier for the government to provide health, education, and other government services. B
"This is a high-quality publication. Many of the chapters are excellent reviews of methods and perspectives in their particular area. The editors have clearly done a good job... There is a strong mix
Despite clear evidence of collaboration and shared concerns, French and British cinematic cultures have generally been seen as polar opposites. This rich collection of essays moves beyond this limitin
Passerini (cultural history, University of Turin) Ellena (history, University of Turin) and Geppert (Freie Universitat, Berlin) bring together essays on the concept of romantic love in Europe and how
Based on her fieldwork in a Mayan community in postwar Guatemala, Berry (health sciences, Simon Fraser U., Vancouver, BC) presents ethnographic vignettes in a case study of challenges facing, and effo
Israeli youth voyages to Poland are one of the most popular and influential forms of transmission of Holocaust memory in Israeli society. Through intensive participant observation, group discussions,
In writings about travel, the Balkans appear most often as a place travelled to. Western accounts of the Balkans revel in the different and the exotic, the violent and the primitive - traits that serv
Deportations by train were critical in the Nazis' genocidal vision of the "Final Solution of the Jewish Question." Historians have estimated that between 1941 and 1944 up to three million Jews were tr
Gender, especially masculinity, is a perspective rarely applied in discourses on cinema of Eastern/Central Europe. Masculinities in Polish, Czech and Slovak Cinema exposes an English-speaking audience
A historian of the Cold War currently based in the US, Schaefer decided in 1987 to write his dissertation on the state and the Catholic Church. Then East Germany ended and a cornucopia of archival rec
During the Second World War, almost 20 million people were forced laborers for Nazi Germany--about one-third of them in POW and concentration camps and most of the rest working in industry, agricultur
Edited by the late Jilberto (formerly, international relations, U. of Amsterdam, the Netherlands) and Hogenboom (political science, Center for Latin American Research and Documentation, the Netherland
Coy (history, College of Charleston, NC) and his American and German colleagues present essays that rehabilitate the image of the Holy Roman Empire during the Early Modern period. The authors of these
Giuliani (comparative politics, U. of Milan, Italy) and Jones (European studies, Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies Bologna Center, Italy) present the latest iteration of an annual
The editors (professors of government at Georgetown U) present a collection of 20 papers that are presented with the straightforward goal of offering "a comprehensive portrait of German politics and s
Langenbacher (government, Georgetown U.) presents ten papers exploring issues and consequences of the 2009 Bundestag elections in Germany. Written by academics from the US, UK, Canada, and Germany, ch
Plants have cultural histories, and their culturally known applications change through time and across contexts. The impact of individual plant species on human cultures has been profound, whether it
After two centuries of nation-building, the world has entered an era of region-building in search of political stability, cultural cohesion, and socio-economic development. Nations involved in the re
After two centuries of nation-building, the world has entered an era of region-building in search of political stability, cultural cohesion, and socio-economic development. Nations involved in the re
The immense dislocations and suffering caused by neo-liberal globalization, the retreat of the welfare state in the last decades of the twentieth century, and the heightened military imperialism at t
Whereas in English-speaking countries comics are for children or adults "who should know better," in France and Belgium the form is recognized as the "ninth art" and follows in the path of poetry, ar
The establishment of the Communist social model in one part of Germany was a result of international postwar developments, of the Cold War waged by East and West, and of the resultant partition of Ger
The creation of good citizens is the goal of most government-sponsored educational systems. Schumann (modern history, Georg-August-University, Gottingen) and his contributors take a comparative look a
"A fascinating subject, based on extensive fieldwork and excellent case studies of diaspora communities."---Christopher Davison, Centre for Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies, Durham, UKThe Hadramis
Anthropologist Krause-Jensen (education Aarhus University, Denmark) spent several months living in the "culture" of the Danish electronics company Bang & Olufsen and several years studying and wri
Whether the coordinated European protests against the US invasion of Iraq was really the "birth of a European public sphere," as Habermas and Derrida suggested in their plea for a common European fore
Anthropologists cast light on possible links between emerging religious devotion and political and social changes associated with the decline of states around the world. Among their perspectives are f
In its original conception, this interdisciplinary collection on the political culture and cultural politics of Weimar Germany was organized by the editors (all of the U. of Michigan) in order to crit
How should we tell the histories of academic disciplines? All too often, the political and institutional dimensions of knowledge production are lost beneath the intellectual debates. This book redress
Research on health involves evaluating the disparities that are systematically associated with the experience of risk, including genetic and physiological variation, environmental exposure to poor nut
Friendship is an essential part of human experience, involving ideas of love and morality as well as material and pragmatic concerns. Making and having friends is a central aspect of everyday life in
Like other industrial nations, Japan is experiencing its own forms of, and problems with, internationalization and multiculturalism. This volume focuses on several aspects of this process and examines
"This is a persuasive and timely collection. Celebrity and charisma are very much on the current research genda. This volume deals with these issues in a serious, insightful manner, making an origina
Stroeken (medical anthropology, Ghent U.) explores rituals and sensory initiation of the Sukuma people in Tanzania, among whom he lived from 1995 to 1997 and returned to visit in 2000. His topics incl
This series, published in association with the Refugee Studies Centre, niversity of Oxford, reflects the multidisciplinary nature of the field and includes within its scope international law. anthropo
Parkin (social anthropology, U. of Oxford, UK) and de Sales (National Centre for Scientific Research, U. of Paris Ouest Nanterre, France) collect 11 essays that originated in a conference held at the
'Impressively well informed and up to date both factually and theoretically, the book should be read by all those interested in new African diasporas. It will undoubtedly constitute a baseline for an
'This is a fascinating and beautiful organized and written manuscript'-Rebecca Lester, Washington University in St. LouisFolk, alternative and complementary health care practices in contemporary West
"This is an interesting, informative, and important work. Overall, the quality of the essays is very high, and the focus of the book is on a topic of great importance." Stephen Nathanson, Northeaster
The ambiguous nature of historical memory during times of social upheaval and transformation is explored by scholars of the humanities and social sciences. The study pivots on a number of cases in Afr
