{"id":12864,"date":"2019-05-29T20:21:41","date_gmt":"2019-05-29T20:21:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/berghahnbooks.com\/blog\/?p=12864"},"modified":"2025-04-29T09:17:19","modified_gmt":"2025-04-29T09:17:19","slug":"simulated-shelves-browse-may-2019-new-books-journals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.berghahnbooks.com\/blog\/simulated-shelves-browse-may-2019-new-books-journals","title":{"rendered":"SIMULATED SHELVES: BROWSE May 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, Cultural Studies, History, and Theory & Methodology in Anthropology, along with our new in paperback titles and new Berghahn Journal issues published in May.<\/h3>\n

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Anthropology<\/a><\/h4>\n

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\"ManagementMANAGEMENT BY SECLUSION<\/a>
\nA Critique of World Bank Promises to End Global Poverty
\nGlynn Cochrane<\/p>\n

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Assessing the World Bank\u2019s attempts to combat global poverty over the past 50 years, anthropologist and former World Bank Advisor Glynn Cochrane argues that instead of the Bank\u2019s prevailing strategy of \u201cmanagement by seclusion,\u201d poverty alleviation requires personal engagement with the poorest by helpers with hands-on local and cultural skills.<\/p>\n

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\"MarketingMARKETING HOPE<\/a>
\nGet-Rich-Quick Schemes in Siberia
\nLeonie Schiffauer<\/p>\n

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Marketing Hope<\/em> looks at how different types of get-rich-quick schemes manifest themselves in a Siberian town. By focusing on their social dynamics, Leonie Schiffauer provides insights into how capitalist logic is learned and negotiated, and how it affects local realities in a post-Soviet environment.<\/p>\n

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\"TheNEW SERIES! <\/strong>Volume 1, Transnational Girlhoods<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

THE GIRL IN THE TEXT<\/a>
\nEdited by Ann Smith<\/p>\n

How are girls represented in written and graphic texts, and how do these representations inform our understanding of girlhood? In this volume, contributors examine the girl in the text in order to explore a range of perspectives on girlhood across borders and in relation to their positionality.<\/p>\n

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\"TheTHE BRAZILIAN TRUTH COMMISSION<\/a>
\nLocal, National and Global Perspectives
\nEdited by Nina Schneider<\/p>\n

Volume 4, Studies in Latin American and Spanish History<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

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Bringing together some of the world\u2019s leading scholars, practitioners, and human rights activists, this groundbreaking volume provides the first systematic analysis of the 2012\u20132014 Brazilian National Truth Commission.<\/p>\n

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\"Jos\u00c3\u00a9JOS\u00c9 ANTONIO PRIMO DE RIVERA<\/a>
\nThe Reality and Myth of a Spanish Fascist Leader
\nJoan Maria Thom\u00e0s
\nTranslated from the Spanish by John Bates<\/p>\n

Volume 3, Studies in Latin American and Spanish History<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

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Praise for the Spanish edition:<\/p>\n

\u201c[A] definitive and up-to-date biography that sheds new light on the brief life of one who wanted to \u201cdirect the course of the great ship of the Fatherland.\u201d<\/em>\u00a0\u2022 El Pa\u00eds<\/strong><\/p>\n

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\"PoliticalPOLITICAL NETWORKS AND SOCIAL MOVEMENTS<\/a>
\nBolivian State\u2013Society Relations under Evo Morales, 2006\u20132016
\nSoledad Valdivia Rivera<\/p>\n

Volume 106, CEDLA Latin America Studies<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

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This study examines how the state and social movements have impacted democratization in Bolivia, along with other sectors such as NGOs and the media. Soledad Valdivia Rivera\u2019s analysis helps us to understand how their relationships have come to transform the Bolivian political process as we know it.<\/p>\n

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\"GustavGUSTAV STRESEMANN<\/a>
\nThe Crossover Artist
\nKarl Heinrich Pohl
\nTranslated from the German by Christine Brocks, with the assistance of Patricia C. Sutcliffe<\/p>\n

Volume 23, Studies in German History<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

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Praise for the German edition:
\n\u201c[A] substantial contribution \u2026 Pohl succeeds admirably in locating the statesman Stresemann within his personal experiences and his reactions to a tumultuous, sometimes fortuitous web of events.\u201d<\/em> \u2022 German History<\/strong><\/p>\n

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\"OneONE SOUND, TWO WORLDS<\/a>
\nThe Blues in a Divided Germany, 1945-1990
\nMichael Rauhut
\nTranslated from the German by Jessica Ring<\/p>\n

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\u201cRauhut proves himself to be a true specialist with outstanding expertise \u2026 For anyone seeking a basic understanding of blues music in Germany, Rauhut\u2019s study is indispensable.\u201d<\/em>\u00a0\u2022 American Studies<\/strong><\/p>\n

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\"NamesNAMES AND NAMING IN EARLY MODERN GERMANY<\/a>
\nEdited by Marjorie Elizabeth Plummer and Joel F. Harrington
\nAfterword by Randolph C. Head<\/p>\n

Volume 20, Spektrum: Publications of the German Studies Association<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

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Centered on onomastics\u2014the study of names\u2014in the German-speaking lands, this volume, gathering leading scholars across multiple disciplines, explores the dynamics and impact of naming (and renaming) processes in a variety of contexts\u2014social, artistic, literary, theological, and scientific\u2014in order to enhance our understanding of individual and collective experiences.<\/p>\n

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Theory & Methodology in Anthropology<\/a><\/h4>\n

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\"EngagingENGAGING EVIL<\/a>
\nA Moral Anthropology
\nEdited by William C. Olsen and Thomas J. Csordas
\nAfterword by David Parkin<\/p>\n

Volume 36, Methodology & History in Anthropology<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

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Addressing the problem of evil as a distinctly human phenomenon and a category of ethnographic analysis, this volume shows the usefulness of engaging evil as a descriptor of empirical reality where concepts such as violence, criminality, and hatred fall short of capturing the darkest side of human existence.<\/p>\n

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\"TheTHE STATE WE’RE IN<\/a>
\nReflecting on Democracy’s Troubles
\nEdited by Joanna Cook, Nicholas J. Long, and Henrietta L. Moore<\/p>\n

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\u201c[This volume] successfully demonstrates that, globally, democracy has \u201csystematically maintained inequality\u201d, and that attention must be served to the current inadequacies in the execution of this theoretical concept. This book is appropriate for students and academics in the fields of political science, anthropology, and sociology.\u201d<\/em> \u00b7 International Social Science Review<\/strong><\/p>\n

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\"StateSTATE COLLAPSE AND RECONSTRUCTION IN THE PERIPHERY<\/a>
\nPolitical Economy, Ethnicity and Development in Yugoslavia, Serbia and Kosovo
\nJens Stilhoff S\u00f6rensen<\/p>\n

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\u201cS\u00f6rensen has produced a detailed and comprehensive work on the reconstruction efforts of western states at the European periphery. Thanks to his knowledge of the region, the chosen theoretical framework and the detailed historical background information the book offers far more than an introduction to the topic and problematic.\u201d<\/em> \u00b7 S\u00fcdosteuropa<\/strong><\/p>\n

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\"AA LIVING PAST<\/a>
\nEnvironmental Histories of Modern Latin America
\nEdited by John Soluri, Claudia Leal, and Jos\u00e9 Augusto P\u00e1dua<\/p>\n

Volume 13, Environment in History: International Perspectives<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

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\u201cThis book provides a model going forward in presenting the historical background of current crises. Meanwhile, undergraduate students will benefit from how each chapter situates the question at hand in social, cultural, economic, and political history. Graduate students will appreciate the thorough research outlined in the chapters and in the footnotes. Overall,<\/em> A Living Past lives up to its name and frames the past as very much alive in the Latin American environment.\u201d<\/em> \u2022 H-Net Reviews<\/strong><\/p>\n

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\"FaithfullyFAITHFULLY URBAN<\/a>
\nPious Muslims in a German City
\nPetra Kuppinger<\/p>\n

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\u201cFocusing on the transformation of Muslims and urban Islam in Germany, this examination of the dynamics of the socioreligious lifeworlds in a European city is a useful contribution to discussions about the integration of ‘immigrant religions’ into mainstream European cultures. This work is a valuable source for researchers and students working on minority religions in urban spaces and on Muslims in Germany.\u201d<\/em> \u2022 Current Anthropology<\/strong><\/p>\n

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\"Shamanism:SHAMANISM<\/a>
\nTraditional and Contemporary Approaches to the Mastery of Spirits and Healing
\nMerete Demant Jakobsen\u2020<\/p>\n

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NEW & REVISED PAPERBACK EDITION<\/p>\n

“The book is clearly written, and contains some wonderfully vivid quotations from texts that have never previously appeared in English … Much valuable and suggestive material … of value to scholars and students.”<\/em>\u00a0\u00a0\u00b7 Ethnos<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Anthropology in Action: Journal for Applied Anthropology in Policy and Practice<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

Volume 26, Issue 1<\/a><\/p>\n

Anthropology in Global Health? Creating a Space for Critical Incongruity.<\/p>\n

Anthropology in Action<\/em> is Open Access<\/strong> through Knowledge Unlatched<\/p>\n

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The Cambridge Journal of Anthropology<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

Volume 37, Issue 1<\/a><\/p>\n

Experiencing Anticipation. Guest Editors: Devin Flaherty and Christopher Stephan<\/p>\n

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Israel Studies Review: An Interdisciplinary Journal<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

Volume 34, Issue 1<\/a><\/p>\n

Published on behalf of the Association for Israel Studies<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

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The International Journal of Social Quality<\/a><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

Volume 8, Issue 2<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Published in partnership with the International Association on Social Quality<\/a> and the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

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