The shields of the empire

This book reconstructs the involvement of the Eastern Roman military elite in various matters of the state during the reigns of the emperors Theodosius II, Marcian, and Leo I.

The shorter columbia anthology of traditional chinese literature

With its fresh translations by newer voices in the field, its broad scope, and its flowing style, this anthology places the immense riches of Chinese literature within easy reach. Ranging from the beginnings to 1919, this abridged version of The Columbia Anthology of Traditional Chinese Literatur...

Ukrainian public nationalism in the general government

Ernest Gyidel’s book deals with a little-studied page in the history of nationalism, namely its public expression in the legal press under German occupation in World War II.

A load of shit

John Berger’s essay is an extended reflection on shit as an emblem of what it means to be human.

Hemmed in

Populocracy

Populism has become a significant feature of mature democracies in the twenty-first century and the rise of populist parties is proving a powerful and disruptive force. Catherine Fieschi offers a comparative analysis of the rise of populist parties in France, Italy, the Netherlands and the UK in ...

Twilight of the saints

Twilight of the Saints examines the history of Salafism in Egypt from its 1920s emergence in Cairo’s scholarly circles through the present day, shedding new light on the movement’s shifting relationship to politics.

Advocating for palestine in canada

This collection brings together activists and engaged scholars to explore the challenges of Palestinian solidarity activism in Canada.

Honoring elders

Like many Native Americans, Ojibwe people esteem the wisdom, authority, and religious significance of old age, but this respect does not come easily or naturally. It is the fruit of hard work, rooted in narrative traditions, moral vision, and ritualized practices of decorum that are comparable in...

The arts of war: ukrainian artists confront russia

The stories presented here from the war’s third year highlight the ways in which Ukrainians have explored the meaning of their country and culture through the arts; and how the arts have empowered Ukrainians to confront the Russian invaders.

Buddhist philosophy of language in india

Jnanasrimitra (975-1025) was regarded by both Buddhists and non-Buddhists as the most important Indian philosopher of his generation. His theory of exclusion combined a philosophy of language with a theory of conceptual content to explore the nature of words and thought. Jnanasrimitra's theory in...

Metropolitan research

This book provides a scholarly and accessible overview of key methods and approaches in metropolitan research from a uniquely broad range of disciplines.

Unhappy families

Adam Ferner's short, engaging book explores the ethical and political dimensions of parenthood, childcare and reproduction, and the dominant ethos of the family, in a world riven by conflict, inequality and the absence of hope.

Shadow work

Blending personal narrative with literary criticism, Emily Hodgson Anderson considers what a life spent with books has taught her about loneliness and human connection.

Coming out, coming home

The discovery that a child is lesbian or gay can send shockwaves through a family. A mother will question how she's raised her son; a father will worry that his daughter will experience discrimination. From the child's perspective, gay and lesbian youth fear their families will reject them and th...

The dream revisited

The Dream Revisited brings together a range of expert viewpoints on the causes and consequences of the nation’s separate and unequal living patterns. Leading scholars and practitioners, including civil rights advocates, affordable housing developers, elected officials, and fair housing lawyers, d...

Journal of soviet and post-soviet politics and society

This special issue provides a forum for discussion of Belarusian studies today. It seeks to go beyond the narratives of dictatorship and authoritarianism as well as failed Belarusian nationalism. Bringing together original research on Belarusian history, politics, and society, it offers new appro...

Pariahs or partners?

Oliver Kossack provides a comprehensive study on government formation with radical right parties in Central and Eastern European countries.

Through vegetal being

A unique collaboration to map the ontology and epistemology of the human-plant relationship.

Harvard square

Diving into Harvard Square’s past and present, Catherine J. Turco, an economic sociologist and longtime Harvard Square denizen, tells the crazy, complicated love story of one quirky little marketplace and in the process, reveals the hidden love story Americans everywhere have long had with their ...

Transgender sex work and society

This is the only book that systematically examines transgender sex work in the United States and globally. Bringing together perspectives from a rich range of disciplines and experiences, it is an invaluable resource on issues related to commercial sex in the transgender community and in the live...

A buddhist sensibility

Founded in 1676, Mindröling monastery became a key site for Buddhist education and a Tibetan civilizational center. Dominique Townsend investigates the ritual, artistic, and cultural practices inculcated at Mindröling to demonstrate how early modern Tibetans integrated Buddhist and worldly activi...

Essential law for social workers

Whether protecting their own rights or those of their clients, or navigating the juvenile justice, immigration, or welfare systems, social workers confront legal issues every day. This book explores legal concepts, legal reasoning, and legal processes—illustrated with case vignettes from social w...

Nagarik

Set in Calcutta in the aftermath of Partition, Ritwik Ghatak’s Nagarik (released in 1977 after Ghatak’s death in 1976) chronicles the struggles of a refugee family from East Bengal as they desperately strive to survive in a metropolis that is unable to address the necessities of thousands of peop...

The political economy of housing financialization

Greg Fuller explores the growing role of mortgage markets in the macroeconomy and provides a comparative analysis of housing finance and its growth across a number of European economies and the United States. The book offers an insightful and timely discussion of the key political-economic conseq...

Democratic transition in the muslim world

This book convenes leading scholars to consider the implications of democratic success in Tunisia and failure in Egypt in comparative perspective. Contributors analyze similarities and differences among democratizing countries with large Muslim populations, considering universal challenges as wel...

Extremism and violent extremism in serbia

This volume explores the issues of extremism and violent extremism in Serbia through research from a multitude of different interdisciplinary perspectives. It explores the issue as evident on the ground in Serbia in 2017 and 2018, using fresh and original research and perspectives that demonstrat...

Doing time

Kristian Vistrup Madsen deliberates on his correspondence with an inmate in a California prison named Michael.

Moral geography

Moral Geography traces the development of a moral basis for American expansionism, as Protestant missionaries, using biblical language and metaphors, imaginatively conjoined the cultivation of souls with the cultivation of land and made space sacred. While the political implications of the mappin...

The heist film

A concise introduction to the genre about that one last big score, The Heist Film: Stealing With Style traces this crime thriller's development as both a dramatic and comic vehicle growing out of film noir (Criss Cross, The Killers, The Asphalt Jungle), mutating into sleek capers in the 1960s (Oc...

“there it is”

This book provides a critical survey of the literature on the Vietnam War and is intended both for academic and general readers. It discusses a far greater number and variety of works than is typical of previous studies of Vietnam literature.

Soft burial

Soft Burial is one of the most remarkable—and most controversial—recent works of Chinese literature. Part mystery, part historical fiction, and part social exposé, the novel intercuts different generations, regions, and time periods.

Case studies in us trade negotiation

Between 1992 and 2000, US exports rose by 55 percent. By the year 2000, trade summed to 26 percent of US GDP, and the United States imported almost two-thirds of its oil and was the world's largest host country for foreign investors. America's interest in a more open and prosperous foreign market...

Nature and landscape

The roots of environmental aesthetics reach back to the ideas of eighteenth-century thinkers who found nature an ideal source of aesthetic experience. Today, having blossomed into a significant subfield of aesthetics, environmental aesthetics studies and encourages the appreciation of not just na...

The fall of language in the age of english

An award-winning novelist composes a multifaceted critique of the politics of personal expression.

Arctic archives

This pioneering volume explores the Arctic as an important and highly endangered archive of knowledge about natural as well as human history of the Anthropocene. Focusing on the Arctic as an archive means not only to investigate it as a place of human history and memory but to take into account i...

Regional planning in america

This best seller for regional planners introduces the foundations and applications of their practice in the United States. It offers guidance and inspiration to help professionals and students understand local issues in a regional and global context, define planning regions based on functional pr...

Performing technocapitalism

Based on ethnographic research in makerspaces and co-working spaces in Nairobi, Alev Coban argues that postcolonial technology entrepreneurship is neoliberal, and inherently political work.