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AFTER THE PINK TIDE<\/a> 
Corporate State Formation and New Egalitarianisms in Latin America <\/strong>
Edited by Marina Gold and Alessandro Zagato 
Afterword by Bruce Kapferer <\/em>
Vol. 1, EGALITARIANISM<\/a> 

This book analyses the emergence of corporate power within Latin America and the response of egalitarian movements across the continent trying to break open the constraints of the state. Through an ethnographically grounded and localized anthropological perspective, this book argues that at a time when the regular structures of political participation have been ruptured, the Latin American context reveals multiple expressions of egalitarian movements that strive (and sometimes momentarily manage) to break through the state\u2019s apparatus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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DIFFICULT FOLK?<\/a> 
A Political History of Social Anthropology<\/strong> 
David Mills<\/em> 
Vol 19, METHODOLOGY & HISTORY IN ANTHROPOLOGY <\/a>
\u201cDavid Mills\u2019s political history of social anthropology in the UK from the 1930s to the 1960s is increasingly valuable to British anthropologists and looks set to become a set textbook in the history of the discipline. There is much in this book that might prompt us to consider both what might have been, and what might yet be.<\/em>\u201d  \u00b7  JRAI<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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CONTEXTUALIZING DISASTER 
<\/a>Edited by Gregory V. Button and Mark Schuller<\/em> 
Vol. 1, CATASTROPHES IN CONTEXT 
<\/a>\u201c<\/em>Contextualizing Disaster makes a significant contribution to a better understanding of the social construction of disasters by contextualizing them in novel and diverse ways. The eight book chapters offer new and innovative analysis of recent disasters that to varying degrees are all translocal, and each chapter is carried by its own \u2018narrative.\u2019 The book provides fresh impetus not only for disaster scholars but also for DRR institutions and media.\u201d<\/em> \u2022 Anthropos<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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FROM CLANS TO CO-OPS<\/a> 
Confiscated Mafia Land in Sicily<\/strong> 
Theodoros Rakopoulos<\/em> 
Vol. 4, THE HUMAN ECONOMY<\/a> 
\u201cErudite and readable, scholarly and passionate, this stunning ethnography reveals how the Sicilian anti-mafia movement shares with the mafia deep-seated social bonds no less significant than the mutual enmity that divides and defines them.  Focusing on the anti-mafia\u2019s cooperative movement, which credits itself with the relative peace that Sicily now enjoys, Rakopoulos whisks from the mists of sinister secrecy a detailed and riveting portrait of the pas de deux of social complicity and ethical engagement that has enabled this new configuration to emerge within the ethos of modern capitalism.<\/em>\u201d \u00b7 Michael Herzfeld, Harvard University<\/em><\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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PATRONS OF WOMEN<\/a> 
Literacy Projects and Gender Development in Rural Nepal<\/strong> 
Esther Hertzog<\/em> 
\u201cHertzog has produced a valuable anthropological work, and it is a good contribution to the ongoing anthropological discourse on aid politics.\u201d<\/em> \u2022 JRAI<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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SETTLING FOR LESS<\/a> 
The Planned Resettlement of Israel’s Negev Bedouin <\/strong>
Steven C. Dinero<\/em> 
Vol. 3, SPACE AND PLACE<\/a> 
The resettlement of the Negev Bedouin (Israel) has been wrought with controversy since its inception in the 1960s. Presenting evidence from a two-decade period, the author addresses how the changes that took place over the past sixty to seventy years have served the needs and interests of the State rather than those of Bedouin community at large. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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THE UPPER GUINEA COAST IN GLOBAL PERSPECTIV<\/a>E<\/a> 
Edited by Jacqueline Kn\u00f6rr and Christoph Kohl<\/em> 
Vol. 12, INTEGRATION AND CONFLICT STUDIES<\/a> 
For centuries, Africa\u2019s Upper Guinea Coast region has been the site of regional and global interactions, with societies from different parts of the African continent and beyond engaging in economic trade, cultural exchange, and various forms of conflict. This book provides a wide-ranging look at how such encounters have continued into the present day, identifying the disruptions and continuities in religion, language, economics, and various other social phenomena that have resulted. These accounts show a region that, while still grappling with the legacies of colonialism and the slave trade, is both shaped by and an important actor within ever-denser global networks, exhibiting consistent transformation and creative adaptation. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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GOING TO PENTECOST<\/a> 
An Experimental Approach to Studies in Pentecostalism <\/strong>
Annelin Eriksen, Ruy Llera Blanes, and Michelle MacCarthy <\/em>
Vol. 7, ETHNOGRAPHY, THEORY, EXPERIMENT<\/a>  
Co-authored by three anthropologists with long\u2013term expertise studying Pentecostalism in Vanuatu, Angola, and Papua New Guinea\/the Trobriand Islands respectively, Going to Pentecost<\/em> offers a comparative study of Pentecostalism in Africa and Melanesia, focusing on key issues as economy, urban sociality, and healing. More than an ordinary comparative book, it recognizes the changing nature of religion in the contemporary world \u2013 in particular the emergence of \u201cnon-territorial\u201d religion (which is no longer specific to places or cultures) \u2013 and represents an experimental approach to the study of global religious movements in general and Pentecostalism in particular. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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BORDERS ACROSS HEALTHCARE<\/a> 
Moral Economies of Healthcare and Migration in Europe<\/strong> 
Edited by Nina Sahraoui<\/em> 
Examining which actors determine undocumented migrants\u2019 access to healthcare on the ground, this volume looks at what happens in the daily interactions between administrative personnel, healthcare professionals and migrant patients in healthcare institutions across Europe. Borders across Healthcare<\/em> explores contemporary moral economies of the healthcare-migration nexus. The volume documents the many ways in which borders come to disrupt healthcare settings and illuminates how judgments of a health-related deservingness become increasingly important, producing hierarchies that undermine a universal right to healthcare. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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CYBORG MIND<\/a> 
What Brain\u2013Computer and Mind\u2013Cyberspace Interfaces Mean for Cyberneuroethics<\/strong> 
Calum MacKellar<\/em> 
With the development of new direct interfaces between the human brain and computer systems, the time has come for an in-depth ethical examination of the way these neuronal interfaces may support an interaction between the mind and cyberspace. In so doing, this book does not hesitate to blend disciplines including neurobiology, philosophy, anthropology and politics. It also invites society, as a whole, to seek a path in the use of these interfaces enabling humanity to prosper while avoiding the relevant risks. As such, the volume is the first extensive study in cyberneuroethics, a subject matter which is certain to have a significant impact in the 21st century and beyond.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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IDENTITY POLITICS AND THE NEW GENETICS<\/a> 
Re\/Creating Categories of Difference and Belonging <\/strong>
Edited by Katharina Schramm, David Skinner and Richard Rottenburg <\/em>
Vol. 6, STUDIES OF THE BIOSOCIAL SOCIET<\/a>Y<\/a> 
\u201cOverall, the book successfully highlights the complex and often contradictory nature of the relationship between politics and science. It offers an original contribution to debates on identity, race and genetics\u2026The overall strength of the collection (as the editors argue) lies in its use of a range of rich and illuminating case studies from locations across the globe.<\/em>\u201d  \u00b7  Ethnic and Racial Studies<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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IMPOTENT WARRIORS<\/a> 
Perspectives on Gulf War Syndrome, Vulnerability and Masculinity<\/strong> 
Susie Kilshaw<\/em> 
\u201cMedical dialogues are rarely solely about medical matters but serve as a proxy for feelings about the self and the way that an individual relates to others. Indeed, the inclusion of transcripts of interviews and discussions is of particular value\u2026A brave book that challenges popular assumptions about Gulf War syndrome; her analysis of the long-term effects of military service will serve as an important record not only for those with an interest in the armed forces, but also for researchers in the field of illness perception.\u201d<\/em>  \u00b7  The British Journal of Psychiatry<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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MAKING BODIES KOSHER<\/a> 
The Politics of Reproduction among Haredi Jews in England <\/strong>
Ben Kasstan <\/em>
Vol. 42, FERTILITY, REPRODUCTION AND SEXUALITY: SOCIAL AND CULTURAL PERSPECTIVES<\/a> 
\u201cThis is a clear and engagingly written account of the experiences of Haredi Jews in the UK. It stands to be an important contribution to medical anthropology and anthropology of religions.\u201d<\/em> \u2022 Sallie Han<\/strong>, SUNY Oneonta<\/em> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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PARENTHOOD BETWEEN GENERATIONS<\/a> 
Transforming Reproductive Cultures<\/strong> 
Edited by Si\u00e2n Pooley and Kaveri Qureshi<\/em> 
Vol. 32, FERTILITY, REPRODUCTION AND SEXUALITY: SOCIAL AND CULTURAL PERSPECTIVES<\/a> 
\u201cThis is an exemplary edited collection\u2014it does what any edited collection should, in coming together to produce something collaborative than no scholar could achieve alone. Furthermore, it provides historians, sociologists, and other scholars a new way of thinking about generational change, continuity, and communication. Any framework such as this can be reductive and simplifying rather than instructive, but used well, as exemplified here, the nuanced nature of historical change and continuity over the individual life course and at a societal level is not lost.\u201d<\/em> \u00b7 Journal of Family History<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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POST-OTTOMAN COEXISTENCE<\/a> 
Sharing Space in the Shadow of Conflict<\/strong> 
Edited by Rebecca Bryant <\/em>
Vol. 16, SPACE AND PLACE<\/a> 
In Southeast Europe, the Balkans, and Middle East, scholars often refer to the \u201cpeaceful coexistence\u201d of various religious and ethnic groups under the Ottoman Empire before ethnonationalist conflicts dissolved that shared space and created legacies of division. Post-Ottoman Coexistence<\/em> interrogates ways of living together and asks what practices enabled centuries of cooperation and sharing, as well as how and when such sharing was disrupted. Contributors discuss both historical and contemporary practices of coexistence within the context of ethno-national conflict and its aftermath.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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VIOLENT BECOMINGS<\/a> 
State Formation, Sociality, and Power in Mozambique<\/strong> 
Bj\u00f8rn Enge Bertelsen <\/em>
Vol. 4, ETHNOGRAPHY, THEORY, EXPERIMENT<\/a> 
\u201cThis is a rich book, ambitious in its arguments, sweeping in its scope, and offering the kind of comprehensive, painstaking ethnographic observation, description, and analysis of rituals that one rarely encounters anymore. This speaks to the author\u2019s evident familiarity with and deep knowledge of the place and the people he has worked with, as well as the lasting relationships of trust he has built up over the years. This book provides a wealth of new and often fascinating empirical material on the history and social life of a largely underexplored region of Mozambique. More than that, it offers thought-provoking conceptual impetus to a readership interested in recent anthropological debates on state formation, power, and violence in postcolonial Africa.\u201d<\/em> \u2022 AmericanEthnologist<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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FOOTPRINTS IN PARADISE<\/a> 
Ecotourism, Local Knowledge, and Nature Therapies in Okinawa<\/strong> 
Andrea E. Murray<\/em> 
Vol. 40, NEW DIRECTIONS IN ANTHROPOLOGY<\/a> 
\u201cA wonderful ethnographic work\u2026As readers navigate through shared narratives and collective histories, they cannot help but feel they are immersed within the Okinawan culture. Libraries with anthropological collections focusing on Pacific Island studies (with a primary focus on Japan) or cultural heritage tourism should have a copy of this work. Highly recommended.\u201d<\/em> \u2022 Choice<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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ENDURING UNCERTAINTY<\/a> 
Deportation, Punishment and Everyday Life <\/strong>
Ines Hasselberg<\/em> 
2017 PROSE AWARD FOR ANTHROPOLOGY 
SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2017 THINKING ALLOWED<\/a> AWARD FOR ETHNOGRAPHY<\/em> 
Vol. 17, DISLOCATIONS<\/a> 
\u201c[Hasselberg\u2019s] findings are rooted in complex theory, but the lengthy quotations, short sentence structures, and logical chapter sequence make the book accessible beyond academic audiences. It is recommended reading for anyone wanting to better understand what life is like at the extreme end of exclusionary citizenship practices\u2026a deeply moving account about bodies caught in limbo by bureaucratic border policies.\u201d<\/em> \u00b7 International Migration Review<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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DRIVING MODERNITY<\/a> 
Technology, Experts, Politics, and Fascist Motorways, 1922-1943<\/strong> 
Massimo Moraglio<\/em> 
Translated from the Italian by Erin O’Loughlin<\/em> 
Vol. 3, EXPLORATIONS IN MOBILITY<\/a> 
\u201c\u2026a welcome contribution to the literature on Fascist public works, most of which focus on architecture or urban planning, few of which study road-building, one of the most proli\ufb01c areas of public works under Mussolini\u2019s regime\u2026 a much needed and valuable contribution to the history of motorway building in Europe.\u201d<\/em> \u2022 Journal of Transport History<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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GIRLHOOD AND THE POLITICS OF PLACE<\/a> 
Edited by Claudia Mitchell and Carrie Rentschler<\/em> 
\u201cFirmly grounded in gender and women\u2019s studies\u2019 core concepts and questions, students and scholars alike will find this an important contribution Girlhood Studies, which each chapter promising various applications perhaps not yet considered.\u201d<\/em> \u2022 Canadian Women\u2019s Studies<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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THE WITNESS AS OBJECT<\/a> 
Video Testimony in Memorial Museums<\/strong> 
Steffi de Jong <\/em>
Vol. 10, MUSEUMS AND COLLECTIONS<\/a> 
\u201cDe Jong\u2019s study is enriching and stimulating. Her strength lies in categorizing, in reflection, and taking the debate about contemporary witnesses to a new level. Whoever wants to learn about the role of eye witnesses in the Memorial Museum will not be able to ignore this study.<\/em>\u201d \u2022 H-Soz-Kult<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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WEARY WARRIORS<\/a> 
Power, Knowledge, and the Invisible Wounds of Soldiers<\/strong> 
Pamela Moss and Michael J. Prince<\/em> 
\u201c<\/em>Weary Warriors (the tragedies of its subject-matter aside) is a deeply satisfying book to read\u2026[It] provides an excellent example of an account of war which manages to weave the specificities of time and place of singular conflicts within a broader narrative accounting for the power and politics of a much wider and enduring set of practices around the treatment of those who carry with them the invisible marks of experience of conflict. This history of the militarised constitution of the idea of mental damage is pluralist in its sources, and the authors are unafraid of using a diversity of sources to make their case.\u201d<\/em> \u00b7 Cultural Geographies<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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WHAT WE NOW KNOW ABOUT RACE AND ETHNICITY<\/a> 
Michael Banton<\/em> 
\u201cBanton\u2019s s book is very thought-provoking: it made me think harder about the theoretical aspects of race and ethnicity than most books I have read recently on the topic. His willingness to challenge taken-for-granted theoretical stances is very bracing. There is also a lot of interesting information in this concise book, including material on the history of race and ethnicity studies that is highly relevant to understanding the field, but is often overlooked these days. His impressive mastery of the field gives readers a very informative and synthetic long and broad view, along with a coherent critique, which while it engages specialist academic also suits the book for an undergraduate audience.\u201d<\/em> \u00b7 Anthropos<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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AFTER THE ‘SOCIALIST SPRING’<\/a> 
Collectivisation and Economic Transformation in the GDR<\/strong> 
George Last<\/em> 
Vol. 26, MONOGRAPHS IN GERMAN HISTORY<\/a> 
\u201cI genuinely enjoyed reading this book, and would recommend it as worthwhile reading for scholars and general readers interested in the history of the GDR, the dynamics of collectivization, rural histories, and\/or state formation and interactions between states and their citizens. Last\u2019s work is tremendously useful for understanding the tools and processes that enabled socialist states to develop legitimacy and authority\u2026 [It] makes an important contribution in drawing our attention to the fascinating history of collectivization and in revealing the complex interactions between state and society that characterized collectivization in the GDR.\u201d<\/em> \u2022 German Politics & Society<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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BASIC AND APPLIED RESEARCH<\/a> 
The Language of Science Policy in the Twentieth Century<\/strong> 
Edited by David Kaldewey and D\u00e9sir\u00e9e Schauz<\/em> 
Vol. 4, EUROPEAN CONCEPTUAL HISTORY<\/a> 
The distinction between basic and applied research was central to twentieth-century science and policymaking, and if this framework has been contested in recent years, it nonetheless remains ubiquitous in both scientific and public discourse. Employing a transnational, diachronic perspective informed by historical semantics, this volume traces the conceptual history of the basic\u2013applied distinction from the nineteenth century to today, taking stock of European developments alongside comparative case studies from the United States and China. It shows how an older dichotomy of pure and applied science was reconceived in response to rapid scientific progress and then further transformed by the geopolitical circumstances of the postwar era.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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BONDAGE 
<\/a>Labor and Rights in Eurasia from the Sixteenth to the Early Twentieth Centuries<\/strong> 
Alessandro Stanziani<\/em> 
Vol. 24, INTERNATIONAL STUDIES IN SOCIAL HISTORY<\/a> 
\u201cThe strength of Stanziani’s work is his lively engagement with numerous scholars over the meaning and significance of labor around the world. Whether or not one agrees or disagrees with the many arguments he posits, his ideas deserve attention, and are sure to inspire further research and discussion\u2026 Highly recommended.\u201d<\/em> \u00b7 Choice<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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 COMRADES IN ARMS<\/a> 
Military Masculinities in East German Culture<\/strong> 
Tom Smith<\/em> 
Without question, the East German National People\u2019s Army was a profoundly masculine institution that emphasized traditional ideals of stoicism, sacrifice, and physical courage. Nonetheless, as this innovative study demonstrates, depictions of the military in the film and literature of the GDR were far more nuanced and ambivalent. Departing from past studies that have found in such portrayals an unchanging, idealized masculinity, Comrades in Arms<\/em> shows how cultural works both before and after reunification place violence, physical vulnerability, and military theatricality, as well as conscripts\u2019 powerful emotions and desires, at the center of soldiers\u2019 lives and the military institution itself. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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CRIME AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE IN MODERN GERMANY<\/a> 
Edited by Richard F. Wetzell<\/em> 
Vol. 16, STUDIES IN GERMAN HISTORY<\/a> 
\u201cThe history of criminal justice in modern Germany has become a vibrant field of historical research. The chapters in Crime and Criminal Justice in Modern Germany not only lay the groundwork for writing a history of crime and criminal justice from the Kaiserreich to the early postwar period, but demonstrate that research in criminal justice history can make important contributions to other areas of historical inquiry.\u201d<\/em>  \u00b7  SirReadaLot<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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DESIGNING WORLDS<\/a> 
National Design Histories in an Age of Globalization <\/strong>
Edited by Kjetil Fallan and Grace Lees-Maffei <\/em>
Vol. 24, MAKING SENSE OF HISTORY<\/a> 
\u201c\u2026the contributions are valuable beyond question and the cases studied original. This book will therefore be a referent for future studies on national design histories.\u201d<\/em> \u2022 Journal of Design History<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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DIAMONDS AND WAR<\/a> 
State, Capital, and Labor in British-Ruled Palestine<\/strong> 
David De Vries <\/em>
\u201cThis book, aimed at labour historians but also interesting to scholars engaged in Colonial Studies, provides a valuable account of how government and private capital became intertwined, thereby wresting the power over policy from the common people and handing it to those motivated mainly by their own profit, resulting in painful inequalities that reverberate in Israel to this very day<\/em>.\u201d  \u00b7  European Review of History\u2014Revue europ\u00e9enne d\u2019histoire<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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ENTANGLED ENTERTAINERS<\/a> 
Jews and Popular Culture in Fin-de-Si\u00e8cle Vienna <\/strong>
Klaus H\u00f6dl <\/em>
Translated from the German by Corey Twitchell 
Vol. 24, AUSTRIAN AND HABSBURG STUDIES<\/a> 
\u201cThis is an excellent book, based on fascinating primary sources, and set within a sophisticated scholarly and theoretical frame. Klaus H\u00f6dl has for many years been one of the most dedicated and interesting scholars in the field of Austrian Jewish studies, and this book shows the fruits of his efforts.\u201d<\/em> \u2022 Steven Beller<\/strong>, author of The Habsburg Monarchy 1815\u20131918<\/em> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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GERMANY ON THEIR MINDS<\/a> 
German Jewish Refugees in the United States and Their Relationships with Germany, 1938\u20131988<\/strong> 
Anne C. Schenderlein<\/em> 
Vol. 25, STUDIES IN GERMAN HISTORY<\/a> 
Throughout the 1930s and early 1940s, approximately ninety thousand German Jews fled their homeland and settled in the United States, prior to that nation closing its borders to Jewish refugees. And even though many of them wanted little to do with Germany, the circumstances of the Second World War and the postwar era meant that engagement of some kind was unavoidable\u2014whether direct or indirect, initiated within the community itself or by political actors and the broader German public. This book carefully traces these entangled histories on both sides of the Atlantic, demonstrating the remarkable extent to which German Jews and their former fellow citizens helped to shape developments from the Allied war effort to the course of West German democratization.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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JUDGING ‘PRIVILEGED’ JEWS<\/a> 
Holocaust Ethics, Representation, and the ‘Grey Zone’<\/strong> 
Adam Brown<\/em> 
Vol. 18, WAR AND GENOCIDE<\/a> 
\u201cBrown deals in detail with the touchiest aspect of the Holocaust, so-called privileged Jews, and he does so with scholarly thoroughness\u2026Highly recommended.<\/em>\u201d  \u00b7 Choice<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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OPTIMIZING THE GERMAN WORKFORCE<\/a> 
Labor Administration from Bismarck to the Economic Miracle<\/strong> 
David Meskill<\/em> 
Vol. 31, MONOGRAPHS IN GERMAN HISTORY<\/a> 
\u201c[A] rich and closely argued work. He shows convincingly how a bureaucracy could adapt to the specific interests of labor, employers, and the state itself under successive regimes to create such continuity. This study prompts one to ask whether other administrative areas with similar continuities quietly existed elsewhere as well, while providing the methodological tools to explore those continuities.<\/em>\u201d  \u00b7 German Studies Review<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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REMAPPING KNOWLEDGE<\/a> 
Intercultural Studies for a Global Age<\/strong> 
Mihai I. Spariosu<\/em> 
Vol. 8, MAKING SENSE OF HISTORY<\/a> 
The growing interdependence of the local and the global demand innovative approaches to human development. Such approaches, the author argues, ought to be based on the emerging ethics of global intelligence<\/em>, defined as the ability to understand, respond to, and work toward what will benefit all human beings and will support and enrich all life on this planet. As no national or supranational authority can predefine or predetermine it, global intelligence<\/em> involves long-term, collective learning processes and can emerge only from continuing intercultural research, dialogue, and cooperation. In this book, the author elaborates the basic principles of a new field of intercultural studies, oriented toward global intelligence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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SELLING THE ECONOMIC MIRACLE<\/a> 
Economic Reconstruction and Politics in West Germany, 1949-1957 
Mark E. Spicka 
Vol. 18, MONOGRAPHS IN GERMAN HISTORY<\/a> 
\u201cSpicka\u2019s conclusions are insightful and plausible; his arguments are logical and stringent. His research foundation, comprising varied sources, is solid; he \u2026supports his text with many instructive pictures\u2026 Also informative are the detailed and convincing explanations of how American campaigning techniques and public relations strategies were combined with older national German practices\u2026Altogether, Spicka has produced a sound, informative study.<\/em>\u201d  \u00b7  Business History Review<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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A STATE OF PEACE IN EUROPE<\/a> 
West Germany and the CSCE, 1966-1975<\/strong> 
Petri Hakkarainen<\/em> 
Vol. 10, CONTEMPORARY EUROPEAN HISTORY<\/a> 
\u201cHakkarainen\u2019s monograph derives from a prize-winning dissertation, and the accolades are well deserved. The research base is admirably wide-ranging\u2026[This is] an excellent study that constitutes essential reading for historians of d\u00e9tente in Europe\u2026One can only hope that other researchers will write as fluidly and skillfully about those conferences\u2014or about that other grindingly slow multilateral framework of the 1970s and 1980s: the talks on MBFR (Mutual and Balanced Force Reductions). Hakkarainen\u2019s book provides a worthy model.<\/em>\u201d  \u00b7  German Studies Review<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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SUBMERGED ON THE SURFACE<\/a> 
The Not-So-Hidden Jews of Nazi Berlin, 1941\u2013194<\/strong>5 
Richard N. Lutjens Jr.<\/em> 
\u201cThe topic of Jews hiding in Germany has long been neglected on the assumption that historical evidence was too scarce. That makes it all the more remarkable that Richard N. Lutjens Jr. has been able to combine new archival materials with a large sample of survivor testimonies to provide a thoughtful analysis of the act of hiding, its changing conditions, and its impact on the people involved.\u201d<\/em> \u2022 Wolf Gruner<\/strong>, University of Southern California<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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THE SURPLUS WOMAN<\/a> 
Unmarried in Imperial Germany, 1871-1918<\/strong> 
Catherine L. Dollard<\/em> 
Vol. 30, MONOGRAPHS IN GERMAN HISTORY<\/a> 
\u201cDollard\u2019s work makes important contributions to German cultural history, social history, and gender history, focusing attention on the construction of the stereotype of single women as abnormal, a problem to be solved, in Imperial Germany, and the way that the German women\u2019s movement co-opted this icon for its own purposes of reform. She also brings to attention several lesser-known German female activists who have often been overlooked<\/em>.\u201d  \u00b7  German Studies Review<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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THE TRAIN JOURNEY<\/a> 
Transit, Captivity, and Witnessing in the Holocaust<\/strong> 
Simone Gigliotti<\/em> 
Vol. 13, WAR AND GENOCIDE<\/a> 
NOMINATED FOR THE RAPHAEL LEMKIN AWARD BY THE INSTITUTE FOR THE STUDY OF GENOCIDE<\/strong> 
\u201c\u2026an important and, at times, harrowing book. By tackling a much-neglected topic and giving the deportees a voice in her use and analysis of their testimonies, the author does indeed succeed in finding \u2018a place for them in the history of victims suffering during the Holocaust\u2019.<\/em>\u201d  \u00b7 Journal of Contemporary History<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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A FOREIGN AFFAIR<\/a> 
Billy Wilder’s American Films 
Gerd Gem\u00fcnden 
Vol. 5, FILM EUROPA<\/a> 
\u201c\u2026provides a hugely readable, insightful examination of Billy Wilder\u2019s American films as the product of transnational cultural exchange.\u201d<\/em>  \u00b7  Monatshefte<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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FROM SELF-FULFILMENT TO SURVIVAL OF THE FITTEST<\/a> 
Work in European Cinema from the 1960s to the Present<\/strong> 
Ewa Mazierska<\/em> 
\u201cWhat Mazierska\u2019s invaluable book demonstrates\u2026[is] the importance of expanding our investigations of work into unemployment, leisure and idleness, in order to help us understand the ongoing privileging of precarisation by capital, as well as to help us dismantle the unquestioned edi\ufb01cation of today\u2019s \u2018labour idols.\u2019\u201d<\/em> \u2022 Studies in European Cinema<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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LESSONS IN PERCEPTION<\/a> 
The Avant-Garde Filmmaker as Practical Psychologist<\/strong> 
Paul Taberham<\/em> 
\u201cThis intense, compact book examines avant-garde and experimental film in an entirely new light\u2026Armed with an authoritative grasp of the subject matter and aided by numerous frame grabs throughout the volume, Taberham \u2026[offers] something new: an exploration into the psychological terrain of the cinematic avant-garde, demonstrating how it completely abrogates the conventions of commercial cinema\u2026Highly Recommended.\u201d<\/em> \u2022 Choice<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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TRANSACTIONS WITH THE WORLD<\/a> 
Ecocriticism and the Environmental Sensibility of New Hollywood<\/strong> 
Adam O’Brien<\/em> 
In their bold experimentation and bracing engagement with culture and politics, the \u201cNew Hollywood\u201d films of the late 1960s and early 1970s are justly celebrated contributions to American cinematic history. Relatively unexplored, however, has been the profound environmental sensibility that characterized movies such as The Wild Bunch<\/em>, Chinatown<\/em>, and Nashville<\/em>. This brisk and engaging study explores how many hallmarks of New Hollywood filmmaking, such as the increased reliance on location shooting and the rejection of American self-mythologizing, made the era such a vividly \u201cgrounded\u201d cinematic moment. Synthesizing a range of narrative, aesthetic, and ecocritical theories, it offers a genuinely fresh perspective on one of the most studied periods in film history. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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