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April 2025 Transnationalities of Migrant Moral Economies in a Transforming World
Čiubrinskas, V. & Glick Schiller, N. (eds)
An enlightening reassessment of migrant moral economies, Transnationalities of Migrant Moral Economies in a Transforming World examines the transformative potential of transnational mobility to create social networks capable of resisting authoritarianism and of rethinking reciprocity in a rapidly changing world.
Subjects: Refugee and Migration Studies Political and Economic Anthropology Sociology
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April 2025 Building Social Worlds
Thinking forwards with Esther Newcomb Goody
Bodenhorn, B., Fenitman, A., & Goody, M. (eds)
This collection draws on ethnography across Africa, Europe, Oceania and the Americas, and uses Goody’s ideas to expand contributors understanding of the nature of relationships, communication, intimacy, resistance and resilience with a particular focus on rich ethnographies of childhood and learning.
Subjects: Anthropology (General) Sociology
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April 2025 Women in Israel
Anthropological, Feminist, and Personal Perspectives
Hertzog, E.
This book is a comprehensive feminist examination of women's diverse experience in Israeli society over four decades and analyzes society during this time. As an ethnography, the book emphasizes a commitment to social justice and equality, and challenges prevailing social and gender research approaches.
Subjects: Political and Economic Anthropology Gender Studies and Sexuality
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April 2025 Dreaming and the Imagination
Theoretical Intersections in Cross-Cultural Perspective
Newsom, M. D. (eds)
Of all the human behaviors anthropologists consider, perhaps the most conceptually challenging are those that cannot by directly observed. This volume draws from rich ethnographic data to offer theoretical and methodological tools for mapping the intersections between two such behaviors: dreaming and imagination.
Subjects: Anthropology (General) Theory and Methodology Sociology
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April 2025 From Legacies to Futures
The Lifeworlds of Older Adults in Europe
Seidel, K., Prendergast, D., & Saris, A. J.
Through ninety-four ethnographic case studies of community dwelling older adults in Europe before and during the COVID-19 pandemic, this book highlights the importance of agency, friction between self-perceptions on age and outside impositions and the need to deconstruct old age as a homogenizing category of belonging.
Subjects: Anthropology (General) Medical Anthropology Sociology
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April 2025 Passing Misery
The Journal of a Forced Laborer in the Third Reich
Pasquiers, J. L. M. (au) & Thompson, R.L. (ed)
An illuminating translation of the journal of Jean Louis Mary Pasquiers, a former teacher and forced laborer, Passing Misery documents Pasquiers’ life within war-torn Europe, in unwilling service to the Nazi regime. In doing so, this book offers an unrivalled insight into the reality of collaboration and culpability during war.
Subjects: History: World War II Genocide History History: 20th Century to Present
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April 2025 Germany’s Struggle for Modernity
Society, Economy, Culture, and Politics, 1780-1918
Kocka, J.
In this history of Germany from 1780 to 1918, Jürgen Kocka re-examines the seismic changes that took place within society, economy, culture, and politics. Innovatively resituating these developments within a wider, European context, this book provides fresh insights into the emergence of classical modernity within the nineteenth century.
Subjects: History: 18th/19th Century History: 20th Century to Present History: World War I
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April 2025 Political and Legal History of German Jews
A Short Introduction
Jensen, U.
An insightful reassessment of the political and legal history of German Jews, this book innovatively resituates German Jews as active and engaged political agents, who were invested in engaging with, resisting, and shaping policy, from the early modern period to the present day.
Subjects: Jewish Studies History: 18th/19th Century History: 20th Century to Present
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May 2025 Sex, Risk, and Society
When Is Sex Dangerous?
Pollock, S. H.
When is sex abnormal and when is it dangerous? A multi-disciplinary approach that includes sociology, anthropology, history, and philosophy provides an understanding of how cultural norms have shifted over time and the implications of these shifts.
Subjects: Sociology Anthropology (General) Gender Studies and Sexuality
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May 2025 Children Dancing in Bali
Practice, Performance, and Power
McIntosh, J.
An illuminating ethnographic study of Balinese dance traditions, Children Dancing in Bali examines how children navigate the nexus of power, practice, and performance through the medium of Balinese culture, in order to negotiate fluctuations in their identity and society.
Subjects: Performance Studies Anthropology (General) Heritage Studies
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May 2025 The Northern Ireland Conflict on the Margins of History
Protestant Memory on the Border
Funston, K. & McGrattan, C.
In thisexacting re-examination of paramilitary violence upon border Protestants within Northern Ireland, The Northern Ireland Conflict on the Margins of History illuminates the understudied impact the Troubles had upon the Protestant community’s physical, economic, and cultural presence within the border counties.
Subjects: History: 20th Century to Present Peace and Conflict Studies Heritage Studies
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May 2025 Participating in the Global Enterprise
Anthropological Research at Automobili Lamborghini
D'Aloisio, F.
Viewed through an anthropological lens, Automobili Lamborghini, the renowned Italian factory of super cars, presents a compelling case study. As an ethnography spanning three years, the book focuses on the different perspectives of the managers and the workers and the effects of the organization on their lives. It highlights the increasing value of Automobili Lamborghini for the VW Group globally.
Subject: Political and Economic Anthropology
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May 2025 Conservation and Mobile Indigenous Peoples
Displacement, Forced Settlement and Sustainable Development
Chatty, D. & Colchester, M. (eds)
The second edition of this remarkable book updates the immense advances in policy and soft international law with regards to the rights of mobile indigenous peoples in conservation.
Subjects: Refugee and Migration Studies Environmental Studies (General) Development Studies
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May 2025 History and Historiography in Greece
Recent Trends
Christofis, N. (ed)
A comprehensive and temporally wide-ranging reassessment, History and Historiography in Greece examines how historical scholarship in Greece is evolving by reviewing the ideas, methods, and schools of history shaping the field, how this juxtaposes with international trends, and whether Greek historiographical traditions are developing at the same pace as global trends.
Subjects: History: Medieval/Early Modern History: 18th/19th Century History: 20th Century to Present
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May 2025 Habsburg Civil Servants
Between Civil Society and the State
Maxwell, A. & Ličen, D. (eds)
An innovative exploration of the lives of Habsburg civil servants from the nineteenth century onwards, this volume spotlights the role they played in maintaining the Habsburg Empire’s rule over geographically disparate domains. In doing so, Habsburg Civil Servants illuminates how this social group both constituted and challenged state power.
Subjects: History: 20th Century to Present History: 18th/19th Century History: World War I
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