{"id":10654,"date":"2018-01-31T20:30:45","date_gmt":"2018-01-31T20:30:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/berghahnbooks.com\/blog\/?p=10654"},"modified":"2025-05-07T09:22:21","modified_gmt":"2025-05-07T09:22:21","slug":"simulated-shelves-browse-january-2018-new-books","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.berghahnbooks.com\/blog\/simulated-shelves-browse-january-2018-new-books","title":{"rendered":"SIMULATED SHELVES: BROWSE January 2018 NEW BOOKS"},"content":{"rendered":"

We\u2019re delighted to offer a selection of latest releases from our core subjects of\u00a0Anthropology<\/a>, Archaeology<\/a>, Genocide Studies<\/a>,\u00a0History<\/a>, Museum Studies<\/a>, Political Economy<\/a> and Refugee & Migration Studies<\/a>, along with our\u00a0New in Paperback<\/a>\u00a0titles.<\/p>\n

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\"\"CONTRARIAN ANTHROPOLOGY<\/a><\/p>\n

The Unwritten Rules of Academia
\nLaura Nader<\/p>\n

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Analyzing the workings of boundary maintenance in the areas of anthropology, energy, gender, and law, Nader contrasts dominant trends in academia with work that pushes the boundaries of acceptable methods and theories. Although the selections illustrate the history of one anthropologist\u2019s work over half a century, the wider intent is to label a field as contrarian to reveal unwritten rules that sometimes hinder transformative thinking and to stimulate boundary crossing in others.<\/p>\n

Read\u00a0Introduction<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

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\"\"EXPEDITIONARY ANTHROPOLOGY<\/a>
\nTeamwork, Travel and the ”Science of Man”
\nEdited by Martin Thomas and Amanda Harris<\/p>\n

Volume 33,\u00a0Methodology & History in Anthropology<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

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The origins of anthropology lie in expeditionary journeys. But since the rise of immersive fieldwork, usually by a sole investigator, the older tradition of team-based social research has been largely eclipsed. Expeditionary Anthropology<\/em> argues that expeditions have much to tell us about anthropologists and the people they studied. The book charts the diversity of anthropological expeditions and analyzes the often passionate arguments they provoked. Drawing on recent developments in gender studies, indigenous studies, and the history of science, the book argues that even today, the \u2018science of man\u2019 is deeply inscribed by its connections with expeditionary travel.<\/p>\n

Read\u00a0Introduction<\/strong>: Anthropology and the Expeditionary Imaginary: An Introduction to the Volume<\/a><\/p>\n

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\"\"ARCHAEOLOGIES OF RULES AND REGULATION<\/a>
\nBetween Text and Practice
\nEdited by Barbara Hausmair, Ben Jervis, Ruth Nugent, and Eleanor Williams<\/p>\n

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How can we study the impact of rules on the lives of past people using archaeological evidence? To answer this question, Archaeologies of Rules and Regulation<\/em> presents case studies drawn from across Europe and the United States. Covering areas as diverse as the use of space in a nineteenth-century U.S. Army camp, the deposition of waste in medieval towns, the experiences of Swedish migrants to North America, the relationship between people and animals in Anglo-Saxon England, these case studies explore the use of archaeological evidence in understanding the relationship between rules, lived experience, and social identity.<\/p>\n

Read\u00a0Introduction: <\/strong>Archaeologies of Rules and Regulation: An Introduction<\/a><\/p>\n

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\"\"ISLAND HISTORICAL ECOLOGY<\/a>
\nSocionatural Landscapes of the Eastern and Southern Caribbean
\nEdited by Peter E. Siegel
\nForeword by William Bal\u00e9e<\/em><\/p>\n

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In the first book-length treatise on historical ecology of the West Indies, Island Historical Ecology<\/em> addresses Caribbean island ecologies from the perspective of social and cultural interventions over approximately eight millennia of human occupations. Environmental coring carried out in carefully selected wetlands allowed for the reconstruction of pre-colonial and colonial landscapes on islands between Venezuela and Puerto Rico. Comparisons with well-documented patterns in the Mediterranean and Pacific islands place this case study into a larger context of island historical ecology.<\/p>\n

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\"\"NAZISM, THE HOLOCAUST, AND THE MIDDLE EAST<\/a>
\nArab and Turkish Responses
\nEdited by Francis R. Nicosia and Bo\u011fa\u00e7 A. Ergene<\/p>\n

Volume 7,\u00a0Vermont Studies on Nazi Germany and the Holocaust<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

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Given their geographical separation from Europe, ethno-religious and cultural diversity, and subordinate status within the Nazi racial hierarchy, Middle Eastern societies were both hospitable as well as hostile to National Socialist ideology during the 1930s and 1940s. By focusing on Arab and Turkish reactions to German anti-Semitism and the persecution and mass-murder of European Jews during this period, this expansive collection surveys the institutional and popular reception of Nazism in the Middle East and North Africa. It provides nuanced and scholarly yet accessible case studies of the ways in which nationalism, Islam, anti-Semitism, and colonialism intertwined, all while sensitive to the region\u2019s political, cultural, and religious complexities.<\/p>\n

Read\u00a0Introduction:<\/strong> Responses to Nazism and the Holocaust in the Middle East and North Africa<\/a><\/p>\n

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\"\"THE ETHICS OF SEEING<\/a>
\nPhotography and Twentieth-Century German History
\nEdited by Jennifer Evans, Paul Betts, and Stefan-Ludwig Hoffmann<\/p>\n

Volume 21,\u00a0Studies in German History<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

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Throughout Germany\u2019s tumultuous twentieth century, photography was an indispensable form of documentation. Whether acting as artists, witnesses, or reformers, both professional and amateur photographers chronicled social worlds through successive periods of radical upheaval. The Ethics of Seeing<\/em> brings together an international group of scholars to explore the complex relationship between the visual and the historic in German history. Emphasizing the transformation of the visual arena and the ways in which ordinary people made sense of world events, these revealing case studies illustrate photography\u2019s multilayered role as a new form of representation, a means to subjective experience, and a fresh mode of narrating the past.<\/p>\n

Read\u00a0Introduction:<\/strong> Photography as an Ethics of Seeing<\/a><\/p>\n

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\"\"COMMUNIST PARTIES REVISITED<\/a>
\nSocio-Cultural Approaches to Party Rule in the Soviet Bloc, 1956-1991
\nEdited by R\u00fcdiger Bergien and Jens Gieseke<\/p>\n

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The ruling communist parties of the postwar Soviet Bloc possessed nearly unprecedented power to shape every level of society; perhaps in part because of this, they have been routinely depicted as monolithic, austere, and even opaque institutions. Communist Parties Revisited<\/em> takes a markedly different approach, investigating everyday life within basic organizations to illuminate the inner workings of Eastern Bloc parties. Ranging across national and transnational contexts, the contributions assembled here reconstruct the rituals of party meetings, functionaries\u2019 informal practices, intra-party power struggles, and the social production of ideology to give a detailed account of state socialist policymaking on a micro-historical scale.<\/p>\n

Read\u00a0Introduction:<\/strong> Communist Parties Revisited: Sociocultural Approaches to Party Rule in the Soviet Bloc, 1956-1991<\/a><\/p>\n

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\"\"THE WARS OF YESTERDAY<\/a>
\nThe Balkan Wars and the Emergence of Modern Military Conflict, 1912-13
\nEdited by Katrin Boeckh and Sabine Rutar<\/p>\n

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Though persistently overshadowed by the Great War in historical memory, the two Balkan conflicts of 1912\u20131913 were among the most consequential of the early twentieth century. By pitting the states of Greece, Bulgaria, Serbia, and Montenegro against a diminished Ottoman Empire\u2014and subsequently against one another\u2014they anticipated many of the horrors of twentieth-century warfare even as they produced the tense regional politics that helped spark World War I. Bringing together an international group of scholars, this volume applies the social and cultural insights of the \u201cnew military history\u201d to revisit this critical episode with a central focus on the experiences of both combatants and civilians during wartime.<\/p>\n

Read\u00a0Introduction: <\/strong>The Wars of Yesterday: The Balkan Wars and the Emergence of Modern Military Conflict, 1912\/13. An Introduction<\/a><\/p>\n

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\"\"THE WITNESS AS OBJECT<\/a>
\nVideo Testimony in Memorial Museums
\nSteffi de Jong<\/p>\n

Volume 10,\u00a0Museums and Collections<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

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In recent years, historical witnessing has emerged as a category of “museum object.” Audiovisual recordings of interviews with individuals remembering events of historical importance are now integral to the collections and research activities of museums. They have also become important components in narrative and exhibition design strategies. With a focus on Holocaust museums, this study scrutinizes for the first time the new global phenomenon of the “musealization” of the witness to history, exploring the processes, prerequisites, and consequences of the transformation of video testimonies into exhibits.<\/p>\n

Read\u00a0Introduction<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

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\"\"THE PARTIAL REVOLUTION<\/a>
\nLabour, Social Movements and the Invisible Hand of Mao in Western Nepal
\nMichael Hoffmann<\/p>\n

Volume 21,\u00a0Dislocations<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

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Located in the far-western Tarai region of Nepal, Kailali has been the site of dynamic social and political change in recent history. The Partial Revolution<\/em> examines Kailali in the aftermath of Nepal\u2019s Maoist insurgency, critically examining the ways in which revolutionary political mobilization changes social relations\u2014often unexpectedly clashing with the movement\u2019s ideological goals. Focusing primarily on the end of Kailali\u2019s feudal system of bonded labor, Hoffmann explores the connection between politics, labor, and Mao\u2019s legacy, documenting the impact of changing political contexts on labor relations among former debt-bonded laborers.<\/p>\n

Read\u00a0Introduction: <\/strong>The Maoist Victory Rally<\/a><\/p>\n

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\"\"PARALLEL LIVES REVISITED<\/a>
\nMediterranean Guest Workers and their Families at Work and in the Neighbourhood, 1960-1980
\nJozefien De Bock
\nForeword by Leo Lucassen<\/em><\/p>\n

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Originally coined in 2001 in a report on racial tensions in the United Kingdom, the concept of \u201cparallel lives\u201d has become familiar in the European discourse on immigrant integration. There, it refers to what is perceived as the segregation of immigrant populations from the rest of society. However, the historical roots of this presumed segregation are rarely the focus of discussion. Combining quantitative analysis, archival research, and over one hundred oral history interviews, Parallel Lives Revisited<\/em> explores the lives of immigrants from six Mediterranean countries in a postwar Belgian city to provide a fascinating account of how their experiences of integration have changed at work and in their neighborhoods across two decades.<\/p>\n

Read\u00a0Introduction<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

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\"\"THINKING THROUGH SOCIALITY<\/a>
\nAn Anthropological Interrogation of Key Concepts
\nEdited by Vered Amit<\/p>\n

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\u201c[The volume] advances conceptual tools for contemporary anthropology and in provides a valuable source of overviews of the examined concepts, stimulating reading on how to think the configuration of social life.\u201d<\/em> \u00b7 Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute<\/strong><\/p>\n

Read Introduction:<\/strong>Thinking through Sociality: The Importance of Mid-Level Concepts<\/a><\/p>\n

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\"\"THE ENEMY ON DISPLAY<\/a>
\nThe Second World War in Eastern European Museums
\nZuzanna Bogumi\u0142, Joanna Wawrzyniak, Tim Buchen, Christian Ganzer and Maria Senina<\/p>\n

Volume 7,\u00a0Museums and Collections<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

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“<\/i>…the book highlights the fascinating issue of displaying war, and, through display, defining and exposing certain concepts of national and local identity. In that sense the volume is an important contribution to the growing literature on Central and East European museums in particular, and the issue of presentation of war in museums in general.” <\/em>\u00b7 Canadian Slavonic Papers<\/strong><\/p>\n

Read\u00a0Introduction:<\/a><\/strong> The Enemy on Display<\/a><\/p>\n

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\"\"GYPSY ECONOMY<\/a>
\nRomani Livelihoods and Notions of Worth in the 21st Century
\nEdited by Micol Brazzabeni, Manuela Ivone Cunha, and Martin Fotta
\nAfterword by Keith Hart<\/p>\n

Volume 3, The Human Economy<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

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\u201cThe publication of<\/em> Gypsy Economy comes precisely at a time when both academics and the general public need cogent analyses of Roma\u2026 This edited volume, then, is a very welcome contribution to the crisis of anti-Gypsyism\u2026 [It] is a testament to the diversity and adaptability of Roma labor practices, many of which are traditionally in the nonwage sphere\u2026<\/em> Gypsy Economy is extremely valuable both to Roma ethnography and to economic anthropological theory.\u201d<\/em> \u00b7 American Ethnologist<\/strong><\/p>\n

Read\u00a0Introduction<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

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\"\"NEW HONG KONG CINEMA<\/a>
\nTransitions to Becoming Chinese in 21st-Century East Asia
\nRuby Cheung<\/p>\n

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\u201cAn impressive and comprehensive work of seminal scholarship,<\/em> New Hong Kong Cinema is an invaluable contribution to the study of the Chinese film industry in general, and the contributions of the Hong Kong cinema industry in particular. Enhanced with the inclusion of an eight page Filmography; a 28 page Bibliography; and a four page Index,<\/em> New Hong Kong Cinema will prove to be a greatly appreciated addition to academic library Cinematic History reference collections and supplemental studies reading lists.\u201d<\/em> \u00b7 Midwest Book Review<\/strong><\/p>\n

Read\u00a0Introduction:<\/a><\/strong> The New Hong Kong Cinema, Cinema of Transitions and East Asia<\/a><\/p>\n

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\"\"REVISED EDITION<\/b><\/u><\/em><\/p>\n

DOING CONCEPTUAL HISTORY IN AFRICA<\/a>
\nEdited by Axel Fleisch and Rhiannon Stephens<\/p>\n

Volume 25,\u00a0Making Sense of History<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

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\u201cThe volume offers conceptual historians of other world regions a rich trove of new sources and methods (rituals, historical linguistics, proverbs, songs, and patterns in the combination of lexical items, to name a few) for doing conceptual history in areas and for time periods for which we have few written records.\u201d<\/em> \u00b7 The International Journal of African Historical Studies<\/strong><\/p>\n

Read\u00a0Introduction:<\/strong> Theories and Methods of African Conceptual History<\/a><\/p>\n

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\"\"MARXISM AND FILM ACTIVISM<\/a>
\nScreening Alternative Worlds
\nEdited by Ewa Mazierska and Lars Kristensen<\/p>\n

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“This is an excellent collection of penetrating scholarly treatments, signifying a Renaissance in the study of how activist cinema has reflected Marxist themes and influences.The whole volume is strongly influenced by contemporary French philosophers, Jacques Ranci\u00e8re and Alain Badiou, by the dialectic between theory and praxis, by the dialectic of activism borne of theory and theory catching up with activism, and by the dialectic of ideological sophistication and broad popular impact.”<\/em> \u00b7 Dennis Rothermel<\/strong>, California State University, Chico<\/p>\n

Read\u00a0Introduction<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

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\"\"POLITICAL FELLINI<\/a>
\nJourney to the End of Italy
\nAndrea Minuz
\nTranslated from the Italian by Marcus Perryman<\/p>\n

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\u201cAs a scholar deeply immersed in Italian culture, Minuz knows the material inside and out, and his fresh interpretations of Fellini\u2019s films reference both the political and artistic climate in which they were created. Smoothly translated by Perryman,<\/em> Political Fellini is a truly valuable book, one that delves deep into Fellini as a critic of politics on a larger scale and society as a whole\u2026 Highly recommended.\u201d<\/em> \u00b7 Choice<\/strong><\/p>\n

Read\u00a0Introduction:<\/a><\/strong> Political Fellini?<\/a><\/p>\n

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\"\"GERMAN TELEVISION<\/a>
\nHistorical and Theoretical Perspectives
\nEdited by Larson Powell and Robert R. Shandley<\/p>\n

Volume 19,\u00a0Film Europa<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

\u201cThis collection of essays is the first of its kind in English \u2026 this volume offers well-researched, in-depth reflection on the subject of German television ranging from historical overview to case study and spanning the history of West and East Germany, the key relationship between film and television, and the transnational dimensions of programming, technology and audience.\u201d<\/em> \u00b7 Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television<\/strong><\/p>\n

Read\u00a0Introduction<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

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\"\"THE BOUNDED FIELD
\nLocalism and Local Identity in an Italian Alpine Valley
\nJaro Stacul<\/p>\n

Volume 18,\u00a0New Directions in Anthropology<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

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“This is all fascinating, well documented, and the relationship between local activism and the larger political movements is sensibly analysed\u2026Overall this is a revealing study of the power of locality in framing experience and action.”<\/em> \u00b7 JRAI<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Please note we have recently released our brand new Winter\/Spring 2018 New in Paperback Titles Catalog<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

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JOURNALS<\/h2>\n

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Journeys<\/b><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

The International Journal of Travel and Travel Writing<\/b><\/b><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Volume 18, Issue 2<\/b><\/a><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The articles in this issue of Journeys<\/i> range from the challenge of negotiating the territory between myth and reality in representing the ‘truth’ to the literary and physical space\u00a0that is the corpus of London. The interstitial perspective of the letters of Thomas Coryat is analyzed and the image of 1939 Greece Henry Miller’s writing presents is examined. This issue concludes with book reviews.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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Social Analysis<\/b><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

The International Journal of Social and Cultural Practice<\/b><\/b><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Volume 61, Issue 4: Quantifying Money’s Quality and Qualifying Money’s Quantity<\/b><\/b><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Contributors to this special issue of Social Analysis<\/i> interrogate dichotomies opposing money’s numerical quantities and its qualities by exploring material and qualitative aspects of quantities in the history of economic thought, through British jewelers, blood money payments in Germanic law codes, and the everyday use of money in Russia, Kenya, and Cuba and among Brazilian Gypsies.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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