{"id":12535,"date":"2019-03-28T15:18:23","date_gmt":"2019-03-28T15:18:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/berghahnbooks.com\/blog\/?p=12535"},"modified":"2025-04-29T10:22:36","modified_gmt":"2025-04-29T10:22:36","slug":"simulated-shelves-browse-march-2019-new-books-journals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.berghahnbooks.com\/blog\/simulated-shelves-browse-march-2019-new-books-journals","title":{"rendered":"SIMULATED SHELVES: BROWSE March 2019 NEW BOOKS & JOURNALS"},"content":{"rendered":"

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We\u2019re delighted to offer a selection of latest releases from our core subjects of Anthropology, Development Studies, Gender Studies, History, and Media Studies, along with our new in paperback titles and new Berghahn Journal issues published in March.<\/h4>\n

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Anthropology<\/a><\/h5>\n

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\"HowHOW MATERIALS MATTER<\/a>
\nDesign, Innovation and Materiality in the Pacific
\nGraeme Were<\/p>\n

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Focusing on plant materials from the region, How Materials Matter<\/em> reveals ways in which a variety of people \u2013 from craftswomen and scientists to architects and politicians \u2013 work with materials to transform worlds.<\/p>\n

Read Introduction:<\/strong>\u00a0Materials and Design<\/a><\/p>\n

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\"Raccomandazione:RACCOMANDAZIONE<\/a>
\nClientelism and Connections in Italy
\nDorothy Louise Zinn
\nTranslated from the Italian<\/em><\/p>\n

Volume 7, European Anthropology in Translation<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

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Based on long-term ethnographic research in southern Italy, this book examines the concept and practice of raccomandazione:<\/em> the omnipresent social institution of using connections to get things done.<\/p>\n

Read Introduction:<\/strong>\u00a0The Art of\u00a0Raccomandazione<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

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\"PlayingPLAYING THE MARGINALITY GAME<\/a>
\nIdentity Politics in West Africa
\nAnita Schroven<\/p>\n

Volume 19, Integration and Conflict Studies<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

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Past periods of colonization, socialism and authoritarian regime are reflected in contemporary struggles to make sense of participatory democracy and the future of the embattled Guinean national state.<\/p>\n

Read Introduction:<\/strong>\u00a0Identity at the Margins: A Place in Guinea<\/a><\/p>\n

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Development Studies<\/a><\/h5>\n

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\"RethinkingRETHINKING AND UNTHINKING DEVELOPMENT<\/a>
\nPerspectives on Inequality and Poverty in South Africa and Zimbabwe
\nEdited by Busani Mpofu and Sabelo J. Ndlovu-Gatsheni<\/p>\n

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The authors explore how Africa can adapt Western development models suited to its political, economic, social and cultural circumstances, while rejecting development practices and discourses based on exploitative capitalist and colonial tendencies.<\/p>\n

Read Introduction:<\/strong>\u00a0Rethinking and Unthinking Development in Africa<\/a><\/p>\n

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Gender Studies<\/a><\/h5>\n

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\"CategoriesCATEGORIES IN CONTEXT<\/a>
\nGender and Work in France and Germany, 1900\u2013Present
\nEdited by Isabelle Berrebi-Hoffmann, Olivier Giraud, L\u00e9a Renard, and Theresa Wobbe<\/p>\n

Volume 31, International Studies in Social History<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

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Categories in Context<\/em> seeks to enrich our understanding of how cognitive categories such as status, law, and rights have been produced, comprehended, appropriated, and eventually transformed by relevant actors.<\/p>\n

Read Introduction:<\/strong>\u00a0Categories of Gender and Work in Context. Ways Toward a Research Agenda<\/a><\/p>\n

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History<\/a><\/h5>\n

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\"BeyondBEYOND THE BORDER<\/a>
\nYoung Minorities in the Danish-German Borderlands, 1955-1971
\nTobias Haimin Wung-Sung<\/p>\n

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Beyond the Border<\/em> reconstructs the experiences of both Danish and German minority youths living in the area from the 1950s to the 1970s, a period in which relations remained tense amid the broader developments of Cold War geopolitics.<\/p>\n

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\"NegotiatingNEGOTIATING THE SECULAR AND THE RELIGIOUS IN THE GERMAN EMPIRE<\/a>
\nTransnational Approaches
\nEdited by Rebekka Habermas<\/p>\n

Volume 10, New German Historical Perspectives<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

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In this volume, leading scholars of sociology, religious studies, and history study the interplay of secular and religious worldviews beyond the simple interrelation of practices and ideas.<\/p>\n

Read Introduction:<\/strong>\u00a0Negotiating the Religious and the Secular in Modern German History<\/a><\/p>\n

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Media Studies<\/a><\/h5>\n

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\"PersistentlyPERSISTENTLY POSTWAR<\/a>
\nMedia and the Politics of Memory in Japan
\nEdited by Blai Guarn\u00e9, Artur Lozano-M\u00e9ndez, and Dolores P. Martinez<\/p>\n

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Through a series of stimulating case studies, this volume examines the political and cultural representations of Japan\u2019s past, showing how they have reinforced personal and collective narratives while also formulating new cultural meanings, both on a local scale and in the context of transnational media production and consumption.<\/p>\n

Read Introduction:<\/strong>\u00a0The Politics of Media and Memory Representation in Japan<\/a><\/p>\n

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\"MoneyMONEY AT THE MARGINS<\/a>
\nGlobal Perspectives on Technology, Financial Inclusion, and Design
\nEdited by Bill Maurer, Smoki Musaraj, and Ivan V. Small<\/p>\n

Volume 6, The Human Economy<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

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\u201cIndispensable reading material for scholars as well as industry specialists interested in payment infrastructures and the questions of money and value, this book entails fruitful applications for classroom use. One can hope that this innovative volume will inspire a similarly creative following that continues to combine empirical and industry-based insights with those of anthropological theory, along with an inclusive platform of diverse collaborators.\u201d<\/em> \u2022 American Ethnologist<\/strong><\/p>\n

Read Introduction:<\/strong>\u00a0Money and Finance at the Margins<\/a><\/p>\n

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\"InternationalINTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS AND ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION<\/a>
\nConservation and Globalization in the Twentieth Century
\nEdited by Wolfram Kaiser and Jan-Henrik Meyer<\/p>\n

Volume 11, Environment in History: International Perspectives<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

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This volume is the first to comprehensively explore the environmental activities of professional communities, NGOs, regional bodies, the United Nations, and other international organizations during the twentieth century.<\/p>\n

Read Introduction:<\/strong>\u00a0International Organizations and Environmental Protection in the Global Twentieth Century<\/a><\/p>\n

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\"CyclingCYCLING AND RECYCLING<\/a>
\nHistories of Sustainable Practices
\nEdited by Ruth Oldenziel and Helmuth Trischler<\/p>\n

Volume 7, Environment in History: International Perspectives<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

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\u201c\u2026an informative and very readable volume that offers stimulating ideas for further research.\u201d<\/em>\u00a0\u2022 Technikgeschichte<\/strong><\/p>\n

Read Introduction:<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0How Old Technologies Became Sustainable: An Introduction<\/a><\/p>\n

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Focaal: Journal of Global and Historical Anthropology<\/a><\/p>\n

Issue 83: The anthropology of austerity<\/a><\/p>\n

A peer-reviewed journal advocating an approach that rests in the simultaneity of ethnography, processual analysis, local insights, and global vision.<\/p>\n

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Social Analysis: The International Journal of Anthropology<\/a><\/p>\n

Vol. 62, Issue 4: Matsutake Worlds<\/a><\/p>\n

An international peer-reviewed journal devoted to exploring the analytical potentials of anthropological research.<\/p>\n

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Transfers: Interdisciplinary Journal of Mobility Studies<\/a><\/p>\n

Vol. 8, Issue 3: Postcolonial Intersections<\/a><\/p>\n

A peer-reviewed journal publishing cutting-edge research on the processes, structures, and consequences of the movement of people, resources, and commodities.<\/p>\n

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