{"id":11359,"date":"2018-06-22T07:00:49","date_gmt":"2018-06-22T07:00:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/berghahnbooks.com\/blog\/?p=11359"},"modified":"2025-05-06T08:18:47","modified_gmt":"2025-05-06T08:18:47","slug":"simulated-shelves-browse-june-2018-new-books","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.berghahnbooks.com\/blog\/simulated-shelves-browse-june-2018-new-books","title":{"rendered":"SIMULATED SHELVES: BROWSE June 2018 NEW BOOKS"},"content":{"rendered":"

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We\u2019re delighted to offer a selection of latest releases from our core subjects of\u00a0Archaeology, Anthropology, Film Studies, History, and Political Economy, along with our New in Paperback titles.<\/h3>\n
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Archaeology<\/a><\/h3>\n
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\"Archaeogaming:ARCHAEOGAMING<\/a><\/p>\n

An Introduction to Archaeology in and of Video Games<\/p>\n

Andrew Reinhard<\/p>\n

This book serves as a general introduction to “archaeogaming”; it describes the intersection of archaeology and video games and applies archaeological method and theory into understanding game-spaces as both site and artifact.<\/p>\n

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Anthropology<\/a><\/h3>\n
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\"WhoWHO ARE ‘WE’?<\/a><\/p>\n

Reimagining Alterity and Affinity in Anthropology<\/p>\n

Edited by Liana Chua and Nayanika Mathur<\/p>\n

Volume 34, Methodology & History in Anthropology<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

This volume explores how the anthropological \u201cwe\u201d has been construed, transformed, and deployed across history and the global anthropological landscape.<\/p>\n

Read Introduction:\u00a0<\/strong>Who Are ‘We’?<\/a><\/td>\n

\"ReconceivingRECONCEIVING MUSLIM MEN<\/a><\/p>\n

Love and Marriage, Family and Care in Precarious Times<\/p>\n

Edited by Marcia C. Inhorn and Nefissa Naguib<\/p>\n

Volume 38, Fertility, Reproduction and Sexuality: Social and Cultural Perspectives<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

This volume provides intimate anthropological accounts of Muslim men\u2019s everyday lives in the Middle East, Asia, Africa, and diasporic communities in the West.<\/p>\n

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\"TravellingTRAVELLING WITH THE ARGONAUTS<\/a><\/p>\n

Informal Networks Seen without a Vertical Lens<\/p>\n

Ma\u0142gorzata Irek<\/p>\n

Drawing on rich ethnographic materials from longitudinal fieldwork on informal trading routes across Europe, Travelling with the Argonauts<\/em> offers a new perspective in the research of the social space, reflecting on how best to investigate amorphous social phenomena, such as informal networks.<\/p>\n

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\"WorldwideWORLDWIDE MOBILIZATIONS<\/a><\/p>\n

Class Struggles and Urban Commoning<\/p>\n

Edited by Don Kalb and Massimiliano Mollona<\/p>\n

Volume 24, Dislocations<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

The book examines cases of mobilization across the globe, and employs a Marxian class framework, open to the diverse and multi-scalar dynamics of urban politics, especially struggles for spatial justice.<\/p>\n

Read Introduction:<\/strong>\u00a0Introductory Thoughts on Anthropology and Urban Insurrection<\/a><\/td>\n

\"FrontiersFRONTIERS OF CIVIL SOCIETY<\/a><\/p>\n

Government and Hegemony in Serbia<\/p>\n

Marek Miku\u0161<\/p>\n

Volume 22, Dislocations<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

Frontiers of Civil Society<\/em> asks why, exploring the roles of multiple civil society forces in a set of government \u201creforms\u201d of society and individuals in the early 2010s, and examining them in the broader context of social struggles over neoliberal restructuring and transnational integration.<\/p>\n

Read Introduction:<\/strong>\u00a0What and Whose Reform? Civil Society and Serbia’s Endless Transition<\/a><\/td>\n

\"TheTHE GLOBAL LIFE OF AUSTERITY<\/a><\/p>\n

Comparing Beyond Europe<\/p>\n

Edited by Theodoros Rakopoulos<\/p>\n

Volume 17, Critical Interventions: A Forum for Social Analysis<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

Using historical analysis and ethnographically-grounded research, this volume shows the similarities of the European conundrum with realities outside Europe, seeing austerity in a non-Eurocentric fashion.<\/p>\n

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Film Studies<\/a><\/h3>\n
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\"Lessons<\/p>\n

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LESSONS IN PERCEPTION<\/a><\/p>\n

The Avant-Garde Filmmaker as Practical Psychologist<\/p>\n

Paul Taberham<\/p>\n

Lessons in Perception<\/em> melds film theory and cognitive science in a stimulating investigation of the work of iconic experimental artists such as Stan Brakhage, Robert Breer, Maya Deren, and Jordan Belson.<\/p>\n

Lessons in Perception<\/em> is available open access under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License\u00a0(CC BY-NC-ND 4.0).<\/a><\/p>\n

This edition is supported by\u00a0Knowledge Unlatched<\/a>.\u00a0Full Text.<\/em><\/strong><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n

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History<\/a><\/h3>\n
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\"DemocracyDEMOCRACY IN MODERN EUROPE<\/a><\/p>\n

A Conceptual History<\/p>\n

Edited by Jussi Kurunm\u00e4ki, Jeppe Nevers, and Henk te Velde<\/p>\n

Volume 5, European Conceptual History<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

Democracy in Modern Europe<\/em> surveys the conceptual history of democracy in modern Europe, from the Industrial Revolutions of the nineteenth century through both world wars and the rise of welfare states to the present era of the European Union.<\/p>\n

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\"HistoryHISTORY AND BELONGING<\/a><\/p>\n

Representations of the Past in Contemporary European Politics<\/p>\n

Edited by Stefan Berger and Caner Tekin<\/p>\n

Volume 33, Making Sense of History<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

Combining studies of national politics, supranational institutions, and the fraught EU-Mideast periphery with a particular focus on the twentieth century, the contributors to History and Belonging<\/em> offer a fascinating survey of the attempt to forge a post-national identity politics.<\/p>\n

Read Introduction:<\/strong>\u00a0Towards a \u2018Europeanised\u2019 European History?<\/a><\/td>\n

\"TheTHE ETHOS OF HISTORY<\/a><\/p>\n

Time and Responsibility<\/p>\n

Edited by Stefan Helgesson and Jayne Svenungsson<\/p>\n

Volume 34, Making Sense of History<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

These intellectually adventurous essays demonstrate how ethos\u2014a term evoking a society\u2019s \u201cfundamental character\u201d as well as an ethical appeal to knowledge and commitment\u2014can serve as a conceptual lodestar for history today, not only as a narrative, but as a form of consciousness and an ethical-political orientation.<\/p>\n

Read Introduction:<\/strong>\u00a0The Ethos of History<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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Political Economy<\/a><\/h2>\n
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\"TheTHE REVOLT OF THE PROVINCES<\/a><\/p>\n

Anti-Gypsyism and Right-Wing Politics in Hungary<\/p>\n

Krist\u00f3f Szombati<\/p>\n

Foreword by Ivan Szelenyi<\/p>\n

Volume 23, Dislocations<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

The first in-depth ethnographic monograph on the New Right in Central and Eastern Europe, The Revolt of the Provinces<\/em> explores the making of right-wing hegemony in Hungary over the last decade.<\/p>\n

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\"Designing<\/p>\n

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DESIGNING WORLDS<\/a><\/p>\n

National Design Histories in an Age of Globalization<\/p>\n

Edited by Kjetil Fallan and Grace Lees-Maffei<\/p>\n

Volume 24, Making Sense of History<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

This diverse but rigorously curated collection recalibrates our understanding of design history, reassessing regional and national cultures while situating them within an international context.<\/p>\n

Designing Worlds<\/em>\u00a0is available open access under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License\u00a0(CC BY-NC-ND 4.0).<\/a><\/p>\n

This edition is supported by the University of Oslo and the University of Hertfordshire.\u00a0Full text<\/em><\/a><\/strong>.<\/td>\n

\"MigrationMIGRATION BY BOAT<\/a><\/p>\n

Discourses of Trauma, Exclusion and Survival<\/p>\n

Edited by Lynda Mannik<\/p>\n

Volume 35, Forced Migration<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

“This impressive collection of essays, centred on migration, borders, identities, and humanitarian ideals is both theoretically astute and ethnographically rich. Each contribution is solid and together they challenge readers to rethink the politics of migration.”<\/em> \u00b7 Refuge<\/strong><\/p>\n

Read Chapter 1.<\/strong>\u00a0Children\u2019s Literature and Memory Activism: British Child Labor Migrants’ Passage to Canada<\/a><\/td>\n

\"BeyondBEYOND THE DIVIDE<\/a><\/p>\n

Entangled Histories of Cold War Europe<\/p>\n

Edited by Simo Mikkonen and Pia Koivunen<\/p>\n

\u201cBeyond the Divide introduces new themes to the field of the Cold War culture by giving voice to themes that have not been widely discussed in Cold War historiography. Not only the geographical coverage but also topics from politics to science, from friendship societies to media, from television to popular culture create a picture of active exchanges that took place in spite of the division and restriction caused by the Cold War\u2026It is a volume that is worth reading.\u201d<\/em> \u2022 European History Quarterly<\/strong><\/p>\n

Read Introduction:<\/strong>\u00a0Beyond the Divide<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

\"RecoveredRECOVERED TERRITORY<\/a><\/p>\n

A German-Polish Conflict over Land and Culture, 1919-1989<\/p>\n

Peter Polak-Springer<\/p>\n

\u201c<\/em>Recovered Territory\u00a0makes a substantial contribution to the existing literature. With its focus on Upper Silesia, [it] provides a good entr\u00e9e for nonspecialists into the complexities of this history, even as the sophistication of Polak-Springer\u2019s argument will be of great interest to specialists.\u201d<\/em>\u00a0\u2022 Journal of Modern History<\/strong><\/p>\n

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\"RethinkingRETHINKING ANTIFASCISM<\/a><\/p>\n

History, Memory and Politics, 1922 to the Present<\/p>\n

Edited by Hugo Garc\u00eda, Mercedes Yusta, Xavier Tabet, and Cristina Cl\u00edmaco<\/p>\n

\u201cThis rich and comprehensive book opens up around the historiographical question of antifascism a series of passionate debates of which the last word has not been said.\u201d<\/em>\u00a0\u2022 Vingti\u00e8me Si\u00e8cle. Revue d’histoire<\/strong><\/p>\n

Read Introduction:<\/strong>\u00a0Beyond Revisionism: Rethinking Antifascism in the Twenty-First Century<\/a><\/td>\n

\"FascistFASCIST INTERACTIONS<\/a><\/p>\n

Proposals for a New Approach to Fascism and Its Era, 1919-1945<\/p>\n

David D. Roberts<\/p>\n

\u201c\u2026this remarkable study\u2026 combines extraordinary command and interpretation of the literature on 1919\u201345 across many countries with very promising approaches for inquiry. \u2026Essential.\u201d<\/em> \u00b7 Choice<\/strong><\/p>\n

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\"Migration,MIGRATION, MEMORY, AND DIVERSITY<\/a><\/p>\n

Germany from 1945 to the Present<\/p>\n

Edited by Cornelia Wilhelm<\/p>\n

Preface by Konrad Jarausch<\/p>\n

Volume 21, Contemporary European History<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

“Wilhelm\u2019s carefully assembled volume offers impressive and fresh overviews of postwar German history\u2026an overall excellent contribution to the history of migration and diversity in Germany. Surely not only historians will welcome Wilhelm\u2019s fine collection.\u201d<\/em>\u00a0\u00b7 Contemporary Austrian Studies<\/strong><\/p>\n

Read Introduction: Migration, Memory, and Diversity in Germany after 1945<\/strong><\/a><\/td>\n

\"MemoryMEMORY UNBOUND<\/a><\/p>\n

Tracing the Dynamics of Memory Studies<\/p>\n

Edited by Lucy Bond, Stef Craps, Pieter Vermeulen<\/p>\n

Memory Unbound<\/em>\u00a0places leading researchers in conversation with emerging voices in the field to recast our understanding of memory\u2019s distinctive variability.<\/p>\n

Read Introduction:<\/strong>\u00a0Memory on the Move<\/a><\/td>\n

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