Nationalism and Culture, Paperback

Reducere. Translated from the German by Ray E. Chase Nationalism and Culture is a detailed and scholarly study, originally published in 1937, of the developm...

States routinely and readily exploit the grey area between sentiments of national affinity and hegemonic emotions geared to nationalist aggression....

How does the current nationalist moment within British political culture, most acutely evidenced in the recent Brexit result, capture such a broad ...

Originally published over half a decade ago, Anatol Lieven's America Right or Wrong has become a classic analysis of the special character of Ameri...

Dangerous Creole Liaisons examines the neglected corpus of white Creole writers from the French Caribbean and how their discourse has been reapprop...

Reducere. DescriptionWhat are the origins of nationalism and why is it capable of arousing such intense emotions? In this major study, Azar Gat counters the ...

Throughout history, humanity has borne witness to the political and moral challenges that arise when people place national identity above allegianc...

Scottish nationalism is a powerful movement in contemporary politics, yet the goal of Scottish independence emerged surprisingly recently into publ...

Looks at the results of nationalist imagination in Asia and Africa that are posited not on identity but on difference with the nationalism propagat...

The world-famous work on the origins and development of nationalism The full magnitude of Benedict Anderson's intellectual achievement is still bei...

Reducere. As Christianity adopted to the needs of nations and empires over the centuries, the Gospel message as originally delivered by Christ and the Apostl...

In Ethnicity and Nationalism, Thomas Hylland Eriksen demonstrates that far from being an immutable property of groups, ethnicity is a dynamic and s...

In a sweeping synthesis of new research in a number of different disciplines, this book argues that we humans are not who we think we are. As he ex...

Drawing on the literary and vernacular traditions of Scottish culture, Hugh MacDiarmid's creates modern literature that is both nationalistic and i...

Naoki Sakai examines the decline of US hegemony in Japan and East Asia and its impact on national identity and legacies of imperialism.Publisher: D...

This book provides an up-to-date overview of sociolinguistics, including topics of nationalism and popular culture, style and identity, creole lang...

Investigates the emergence of a militant deterritorialized Islam that has fewer links to any particular country and/or culture. This book argues th...

This is the first book to examine "migrant-soldiers' in the British army and places the phenomenon of Britain's multicultural army in relation to B...

What can culture, and its manifestations in artistic and creative forms, 'do'? This book draws on original collaborative research that brings toget...

For centuries, Persian was the language of power and learning across Central, South, and West Asia, and Persians received a particular basic educat...

Reducere. One of the most influential leaders of the twentieth century, Ho Chi Minh was founder of the Indochina Communist Party and its successor, the Viet-...

DescriptionWithin the history of African American struggle against racist oppression that often verges on dystopia, a hidden tradition has depicted...

Reducere. Dubliners is a collection of fifteen short stories by James Joyce, first published in 1914. They form a naturalistic depiction of Irish middle clas...

How can a people overthrow 500 years of colonial oppression? What can be done to decolonize mentalities, economic structures, and political institu...

DescriptionNow in its second edition, International Marketing continues to provide its trademark integrated approach that explores marketing concep...

'Shanzhai' from Cantonese slang, refers to the production of fake goods in China, which enjoy an anti-authoritarian-like dissemination across the g...

Reducere. In Latinx Art Arlene D vila draws on numerous interviews with artists, dealers, and curators to explore the problem of visualizing Latinx art and a...

Reducere. This edition presents the life and legacy of the legendary Indian Political Leader written by Romain Rolland, French novelist and Nobel Prize winne...

Reducere. First published in 1973, revised in 1983, and updated in 2007 with new demographic information about the Arab world, The Arab Mind takes readers on...

The rise of non-Western Great Powers, the spread of transnational religiously-justified insurgencies, and the resurgence of ethno-nationalism raise...

Reducere. Jesus and John Wayne is a sweeping, revisionist history of the last seventy-five years of white evangelicalism, revealing how evangelicals have wor...

Contributor(s): Author: Julian D. RichardsThe Viking reputation is one of bloodthirsty seafaring warriors, repeatedly plundering the British Isles ...

In the 1930s, anarchists and socialists among Spanish immigrants living in the United States created Espa a Libre (Free Spain) as a response to the...

Reducere. The interwar years were a tumultuous time in South Africa. The effects of the worldwide economic slump gave rise to a huge number of 'poor whites' ...

Reducere. Follies in America examines historicized garden buildings, known as follies, from the nation's founding through the American centennial celebration...

Reducere. DescriptionIn the midst of the Yugoslav wars of the early 1990s, Dubravka Ugresic--winner of the 2016 Neustadt International Prize for Literature--...

Selected writings from the author of Brave New World and The Doors of Perception on the role of psychedelics in society. - Includes letters and lec...

Reducere. Forbidden Signs explores American culture from the mid-nineteenth century to 1920 through the lens of one striking episode: the campaign led by Ale...

Reducere. In this beautifully written memoir (Publishers Weekly), Jean Said Makdisi illuminates a century of Arab life and history through the stories of her...

Reducere. DescriptionIn this acclaimed study of British statehood, identity and culture, Tom Nairn deftly dispels the conviction that the Royal Family is not...

In this short and timely book, Amy S. Kaufman and Paul B. Sturtevant examine the many ways in which the medieval past has been manipulated to promo...

DescriptionThis introductory book on Thai politics and the rule of law explains why chronically unstable Thailand struggles to mediate and adjudica...

Focus: Music of the Caribbean presents the most important issues of Caribbean musical history and current practice, discussing thought-provoking qu...

Contributor(s): Author: Partha MitterThis concise yet lively new survey guides the reader through 5, 000 years of Indian art and architecture. A ri...

Reducere. Pagpag is a provocation, connoting both debris and creative refashioning of memory fragments from the Marcos dictatorship--a legacy that, in the wo...

A new, fully-revised and updated edition of the leading introduction to social movements and collective action - covers a broad range of approaches...

DescriptionWho were the ancient Phoenicians--and did they actually exist?The Phoenicians traveled the Mediterranean long before the Greeks and Roma...

Reducere. Japanese historian Louis Perez brings Mikiso Hane's rich and beloved account of early Japanese history up-to-date in this thoroughly revised Second...

DescriptionA Judeo-Christian Response to the Social Issues of Our Age 'Smokescreens' is a Judeo-Christian manifesto that addresses our responsibili...

Contributor(s): Author: Jasbir K. PuarTenth Anniversary Expanded Edition Ten years on, Jasbir K. Puar's pathbreaking Terrorist Assemblages remains ...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Marc DollingerMarc Dollinger charts the transformation of American Jewish political culture from the Cold War liberal conse...

Reducere. DescriptionThis sweeping yet succinct new survey introduces readers to the history of the crusades from the eleventh to the twenty-first century. B...

Reimagines the American 19th century through a sweeping interdisciplinary engagement with oceans, genres, and timeEmergent Worlds re-locates ninete...

This book examines the role of the cultural factor, and patterns of its interaction with social, economic and political developments, in fostering ...

One of America's most celebrated poets challenges us with this powerful and deeply personal collection of verse that speaks to the injustices of so...

Reducere. The perfect introduction to the Irish story-a story wrapped in mythology and legend. Since its very origins, Ireland has become the home for a succ...

Reducere. An updated new edition of a classic history of the Hungarians from their earliest origins to today In this absorbing and comprehensive history, Pau...

Reducere. A Concise History of Bosnia integrates the political, economic and cultural history of this fascinating, beautiful, but much misunderstood country....

Reducere. While John Whelpton's history of Nepal focuses on the period since the overthrow of the Rana family autocracy in 1950-51, the early chapters are de...

The extraordinary and amorphous Hapsburg Empire--"that ramshackle realm" as Lloyd George called it--extended from cultivated Vienna to the remote h...

Hinduism is practised by nearly eighty per cent of India's population, and by some seventy million people outside India. In this Very Short Introdu...

Reducere. Woven coverlets have appeared in several guises within the history of folk textiles. Created on four-harness looms, coverlets made in the nineteent...

Reducere. Right-wing militias and other antigovernment organizations have received heightened public attention since the Oklahoma City bombing. While such gr...

Reducere. During the rise of fascism in the early twentieth century, American philosopher and educational reformer John Dewey argued that the greatest threat...

Reducere. Conversations with Toni Cade Bambara reveals an artist and activist whose work deftly negotiates boundaries of feminism, nationalism, and film. The...

To the surprise of many, the Soviet Union ceased to exist in 1991, and out of its ruins arose an independent Ukraine. This was a remarkable achieve...

Reducere. Race is our age's great taboo. Public intellectuals insist that it does not exist-that it's a "social construct" and biological differences between...

Kazan, Russia. Travel and Tourism, Guide. Kazan (meaning 'cooking pot' in Tatar) is the Istanbul of the Volga, a place where Europe and Asia curiou...

Uniting Catholic Ireland and Protestant Ireland was a central idea of the "Irish Revival, " a literary and cultural manifestation of Irish national...

Reducere. In Curative Violence Eunjung Kim examines what the social and material investment in curing illnesses and disabilities tells us about the relations...