Life in rural Britain has changed beyond recognition since the beginning of the 20th century. Not only dramatic events such as the ban on hunting and mad cow disease but also the growth of the organic
Nordic and North American political scientists look at territory and politics in the Arctic, indigenous perspectives in the Arctic, and representations and experiences of the Arctic. Among their topic
This volume asks which national histories underpinned which national identity constructions in almost every nation state in Europe during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. It explores the constr
Over the last five decades American cities have been transformed as profoundly and tumultuously as they were during the industrialrevolution. In contrast to that earlier era, this contemporary transfo
'Beautifully up-to-date, old-fashioned work, where the dignity of English meters meets, as in a mosh pit, the vitality - and often the brutality - of American speech' Dan Chiasson, New YorkerI'm made
An incisive new collection of poetry on political and contemporary themesI’m made of murderers I’m madeOf nobodies and immigrants and the poor and a whole / Family the mother’sliver and her lungsIn T
The word 'iconoclasm' is most often used in relation to sculpture, because it is sculptures that most visibly bear witness to physical damage. But damage can also be invisible, and the actions of icon
The word 'iconoclasm' is most often used in relation to sculpture, because it is sculptures that most visibly bear witness to physical damage. But damage can also be invisible, and the actions of icon
Sixteen famous paintings from collections around the world have been stolen and replaced with clever forgeries. Now these fake paintings, along with sixteen others, are going up for auction. After an
This volume is a revised and improved edition of the auction catalogue of Kierkegaarda€?s private library. The catalogue has long served as one of the most valuable tools in Kierkegaard studies and ha
He was a man you didn't refuse Billionaire Garrett Miller had arrived in Texas under false pretenses. He told innkeeper Ali Moran that his stay at her bed-and-breakfast was strictly business. But the
Klein (political science, Bar-Ilan U.) is a board member of B'tselem, the Israeli Information Center for Human Rights in the Occupied Territories. He draws on a number of disciplines to detail the pol
Edward's controversial theory about the growing number of supervisory personnel argues that the decline of the individual employer and the rise of impersonal bureaucracies forced the managers to estab
During the four years of the Civil War, the border between eastern Kentucky and southwestern Virginia was highly contested territory, alternately occupied by both the Confederacy and the Union. Though
In Contested Communities Thomas Miller Klubock analyzes the experiences of the El Teniente copper miners during the first fifty years of the twentieth century. Describing the everyday life and culture
"Examines how the Jews in the Crown of Aragon in the twelfth through fourteenth centuries negotiated the overlapping jurisdictions and power relations of local lords and the crown"--Provided by publis
This in-depth study focuses on black women migrants to the North and in doing so examines the interaction of race, class, regionalism, and gender during the early years of the 20th century.
The Contested Commons explores the theme of common environmental resources from the dual perspectives of economics and anthropology, with a focus on developing countries. * Contributed readings writt
