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Clientelism and Nationality in an Early Soviet Fiefdom The Trials of Nestor Lakoba

Clientelism and Nationality in an Early Soviet Fiefdom The Trials of Nestor Lakoba

Based on extensive original research this book tells the astonishing story of early Soviet Abkhazia and of its leader the charismatic Bolshevik revolutionary Nestor Lakoba. A tiny republic on the Black Sea coast of the USSR Abkhazia became a vacation retreat for Party leaders and a major producer of tobacco. Nestor Lakoba became the unquestioned boss of Abkhazia constructing a powerful local ethnic machine that became an influential component of Soviet patronage politics provoking along the way accusations of nepotism corruption blood feuds embezzlement racketeering and extrajudicial murder on a scale that shocked even hardened Communist Party investigators. Lakoba and his group faced a series of trials investigatory commissions and tribunals over allegations of malfeasance yet they were repeatedly able to convince their powerful patrons of their irreplaceability until at last they were destroyed through a public show trial during the peak of the Stalinist Terror. Through the prism of tiny Abkhazia this book provides invaluable insights into the nature of the early Soviet system and the governance of Soviet national republics. | Clientelism and Nationality in an Early Soviet Fiefdom The Trials of Nestor Lakoba

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Dickens in America Twain Howells James and Norris

Dickens in America Twain Howells James and Norris

First published in 1988 this book looks at the enormous impact Dickens’ writings had on American novelists in the second half of the nineteenth century. Dickens dominated not only popular taste but the American novel for sixty years and the author argues that even the most original writers showed themselves again and again to be in ‘conscious sympathy’ with Dickens. Along with Dickens this book examines four radically different American writers — Mark Twain William Dean Howells Henry James and Frank Norris — whose debt to Dickens the author asserts is nevertheless clearly evident in their work. This book will be of interest to students of literature. | Dickens in America Twain Howells James and Norris

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Translating the Relics of St James From Jerusalem to Compostela

Translating the Relics of St James From Jerusalem to Compostela

Analysing the narration of the translatio of the body of Saint James from Palestine to Santiago de Compostela and its impact on the historical and biblical construction of Jacobean pilgrimages this book presents an interdisciplinary approach to the two cities at the centre of the legend: Jerusalem and Compostela. Using a range of political anthropological historical and sociological approaches the contributors consider archaeological research into Palestine in the early centuries and explore the traditions iconography and literary and social impact of the translatio on the current reality of pilgrimages to Compostela. | Translating the Relics of St James From Jerusalem to Compostela

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Reasons for Realism Selected Essays of James J. Gibson

Reasons for Realism Selected Essays of James J. Gibson

James J. Gibson’s numerous theoretical and empirical contributions to the understanding of how people perceive were innovative controversial often radical and always profound. Many of his ideas revolutionized the science of perception and his influence continued to grow throughout the world. This book originally published in 1982 is a collection of the most important of Gibson’s essays on the psychology of perception. Drawing from the entire corpus of Gibson’s papers the editors have selected over thirty works dealing with such diverse topics as ecological optics event perception pictorial representation and the conceptual foundations of psychology. The editors’ goals in preparing the volume were twofold: first to provide easy access to Gibson’s most outstanding papers and talks including some that were previously unpublished; and second to provide an intellectual biography of Gibson by including essays from the different periods of his career. | Reasons for Realism Selected Essays of James J. Gibson

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James Joyce's World (Routledge Revivals)

James Joyce's World (Routledge Revivals)

First published in 1957 this book explores what remained of Joyce’s background not only in Ireland but in those cities abroad where his books were written. With the co-operation of those who knew the author including his brother much new material was brought together to shed new light on Joyce’s life character and methods of writing. The author traces Joyce and his writings from his beginnings in Ireland through Zürich London and Paris to his difficult final year at Vichy in 1940. Previously unpublished letters illustrate his relationships with important figures of the period like Ezra Pound T. S. Eliot and H. G. Wells. This title will be of interest to student of literature. | James Joyce's World (Routledge Revivals)

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Thinking the Greeks A Volume in Honor of James M. Redfield

Thinking the Greeks A Volume in Honor of James M. Redfield

This volume from an international and interdisciplinary cohort of scholars offers independent-minded essays about central Greek texts and about the relation of social theory and comparative method to the study of archaic and classical Greek literature. It is in honour of James M. Redfield whose innovative and theoretically-informed work has been a touchstone for the contributors; it includes an Introduction that discusses Redfield’s work as well as a complete Bibliography of Redfield’s scholarship. The volume is divided into three parts: on Homer; Plato in conversation with epic tragedy and comedy; and finally reception and transmission. An exploration of the dialectical relationship between literary genre and social form animates many of the essays. Drawing on work in anthropology linguistics sociology art history and philosophy this volume offers ground-breaking perspectives on the study of Greek literature. It will be an invaluable resource to students and researchers alike. | Thinking the Greeks A Volume in Honor of James M. Redfield

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A King Translated The Writings of King James VI & I and their Interpretation in the Low Countries 1593–1603

A King Translated The Writings of King James VI & I and their Interpretation in the Low Countries 1593–1603

King James is well known as the most prolific writer of all the Stuart monarchs publishing works on numerous topics and issues. These works were widely read not only in Scotland and England but also on the Continent where they appeared in several translations. In this book Dr Stilma looks both at the domestic and international context to James's writings using as a case study a set of Dutch translations which includes his religious meditations his epic poem The Battle of Lepanto his treatise on witchcraft Daemonologie and his manual on kingship Basilikon Doron. The book provides an examination of James's writings within their original Scottish context particularly their political implications and their role in his management of his religio-political reputation both at home and abroad. The second half of each chapter is concerned with contemporary interpretations of these works by James's readers. The Dutch translations are presented as a case study of an ultra-protestant and anti-Spanish reading from which James emerges as a potential leader of protestant Europe; a reputation he initially courted then distanced himself from after his accession to the English throne in 1603. In so doing this book greatly adds to our appreciation of James as an author providing an exploration of his works as politically expedient statements which were sometimes ambiguous enough to allow diverging - and occasionally unwelcome - interpretations. It is one of the few studies of James to offer a sustained critical reading of these texts together with an exploration of the national and international context in which they were published and read. As such this book contributes to the understanding not only of James's works as political tools but also of the preoccupations of publishers and translators and the interpretative spaces in the works they were making available to an international audience. | A King Translated The Writings of King James VI & I and their Interpretation in the Low Countries 1593–1603

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Revelation Scripture and Church Theological Hermeneutic Thought of James Barr Paul Ricoeur and Hans Frei

Revelation Scripture and Church Theological Hermeneutic Thought of James Barr Paul Ricoeur and Hans Frei

How does God's involvement with the generation of Holy Scripture and its use in the life of the Christian church figure into the human work of Scripture interpretation? This is the central question that this book seeks to address. In critical conversation with the influential hermeneutic programs of James Barr Paul Ricoeur and Hans Frei Topping demonstrates how God's agency has been marginalized in the task of Scripture interpretation. Divine involvement with the Bible is bracketed out (Barr) rendered in generic terms (Ricoeur) or left implicit (Frei) in these depictions of the hermeneutic field. The result is that each of these hermeneutic programs is less than a ’realist’ interpretative proposal. Talk of God is eclipsed by the terminal consideration of human realities. Topping argues for the centrality of doctrinal description in a lively theological understanding of Scripture interpretation for the life of the church. | Revelation Scripture and Church Theological Hermeneutic Thought of James Barr Paul Ricoeur and Hans Frei

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James McNeill Whistler and France A Dialogue in Paint Poetry and Music

James McNeill Whistler and France A Dialogue in Paint Poetry and Music

James McNeill Whistler and France: A Dialogue in Paint Poetry and Music is the first full-length and in-depth study to position this painter within the overall trajectory of French modernism during the second half of the nineteenth century and to view the artist as integral to the aesthetic projects of its most original contributors. Suzanne M. Singletary maintains that Whistler was in a unique situation as an insider within the emerging French avant-garde thereby in an enviable position to both absorb and transform the innovations of others – and that until now his widespread influence as a catalyst among his colleagues has been neither investigated nor appreciated. Singletary contends that Whistler’s importance rivals that of Manet whose multi-layered (and often unexpected) interconnections with Whistler are the focus of one chapter. In addition Whistler’s pivotal role in linking the legacies of Baudelaire Delacroix Gautier Wagner and other mid-century innovators to the later French Symbolists has previously been largely ignored. Courbet Degas Monet and Seurat complete the roster of French artists whose dialogue with Whistler is highlighted. | James McNeill Whistler and France A Dialogue in Paint Poetry and Music

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Class in Turn-of-the-Century Novels of Gissing James Hardy and Wells

Class in Turn-of-the-Century Novels of Gissing James Hardy and Wells

This book argues that due to political and ideological shifts in the last decades of the nineteenth century-a time when the class system in England was in a state of flux-a new depiction of social class was possible in the English novel. Late-century writers such as Gissing James Hardy and Wells question the middle-class Victorian views of class that had dominated the novel for decades. By disrupting traditional novelistic conventions these writers reveal the ideology of the historical moment in which those conventions obtained thereby questioning the 'naturalness' of class assumed by earlier middle-class Victorian writers. The book contextualizes novels by these writers within their historical moment with reference to relevant maps journalism artwork or photography and specific historical events. It illuminates the relationship between fiction and history in late nineteenth- and early twentieth-century fiction and especially the relationship between changing depictions of class and the development of realism. Examining the nineteenth-century English novel through the lens of social class allows the twenty-first century critic and student not only to understand the issues at stake in much Victorian fiction but also to recognize powerful present-day vestiges of this social class system. | Class in Turn-of-the-Century Novels of Gissing James Hardy and Wells

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The New Black Sociologists Historical and Contemporary Perspectives

The New Black Sociologists Historical and Contemporary Perspectives

The New Black Sociologists follows in the footsteps of 1974’s pioneering text Black Sociologists: Historical and Contemporary Perspectives by tracing the organization of its forbearer in key thematic ways. This new collection of essays revisit the legacies of significant Black scholars including James E. Blackwell William Julius Wilson Joyce Ladner and Mary Pattillo but also extends coverage to include overlooked figures like Audre Lorde Ida B. Wells James Baldwin and August Wilson - whose lives and work have inspired new generations of Black sociologists on contemporary issues of racial segregation feminism religiosity class inequality and urban studies. | The New Black Sociologists Historical and Contemporary Perspectives

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Russian War 1854 Baltic and Black Sea Official Correspondence

Russian War 1854 Baltic and Black Sea Official Correspondence

This volume reproduces the Cabinet Confidential print of January 1855 a time of crisis in British Government when the Aberdeen Ministry heavily defeated on a vote of confidence was eventually replaced by Lord Palmerston’s Ministry. The First Lord of the Admiralty Sir James Graham survived the change and the print reflected his decision to use the Vice Admirals commanding the principal theatres of war the Baltic and the Black sea as scapegoats for the failure of his overly ambitious under-funded strategy. While Sir James Dundas went quietly Sir Charles Napier fought back. While the two collections provide a sound introduction to the key issues of the campaign including the capture of Bomarsund plans to attack other Baltic fortresses the economic blockade the bombardment of Odessa the invasion of the Crimea and the disastrous loss of shipping of Balaklava in November 1854 this collection should be read in conjunction with the other official and private correspondence. | Russian War 1854 Baltic and Black Sea Official Correspondence

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Class and Conflict in an Industrial Society

Class and Conflict in an Industrial Society

Originally published in England in 1959 this book evolves a new theory of conflict in industrial society. By way of illustrating and testing this theory the book provides detailed analyses of various social phenomena. The author carries out a full critique of Marx in the light of history and modern sociology and discusses the theories of class-conflict of James Burnham Fritz Croner and Karl Renner. | Class and Conflict in an Industrial Society

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Dollars and Borders U.S. Governemnt Attempts to Restrict Capital Flows 1960-1980

Dollars and Borders U.S. Governemnt Attempts to Restrict Capital Flows 1960-1980

Originally published in 1987 Dollars and Borders explores the United States’ government’s relation to transnational capital. James P. Hawley traces the attempts of four presidents (John F. Kennedy Lyndon B. Johnson Richard Nixon and Jimmy Carter) in the 1960s and 1970s to restrict international movements of U. S. capital and analyses the political and economic issues confronted by the government during this period. This title will be of particular interest to students of Politics and Economics. | Dollars and Borders U. S. Governemnt Attempts to Restrict Capital Flows 1960-1980

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The Fate of the Apostles Examining the Martyrdom Accounts of the Closest Followers of Jesus

The Fate of the Apostles Examining the Martyrdom Accounts of the Closest Followers of Jesus

The Book of Martyrs by John Foxe written in the 16th century has long been the go-to source for studying the lives and martyrdom of the apostles. Whilst other scholars have written individual treatments on the more prominent apostles such as Peter Paul John and James there is little published information on the other apostles. In The Fate of the Apostles Sean McDowell offers a comprehensive reasoned historical analysis of the fate of the twelve disciples of Jesus along with the apostles Paul and James. McDowell assesses the evidence for each apostle’s martyrdom as well as determining its significance to the reliability of their testimony. The question of the fate of the apostles also gets to the heart of the reliability of the kerygma: did the apostles really believe Jesus appeared to them after his death or did they fabricate the entire story? How reliable are the resurrection accounts? The willingness of the apostles to die for their faith is a popular argument in resurrection studies and McDowell offers insightful scholarly analysis of this argument to break new ground within the spheres of New Testament studies Church History and apologetics. | The Fate of the Apostles Examining the Martyrdom Accounts of the Closest Followers of Jesus

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An Indolent and Blundering Art? The Etching Revival and the Redefinition of Etching in England

An Indolent and Blundering Art? The Etching Revival and the Redefinition of Etching in England

First published in 1999 Chambers explores English etching changed that radically during the nineteenth century. This book looks into the freedom and directness of the etching process became a key plank in a sustained attempt to raise the status of etching in Britain spearheaded by artists such as Francis Seymour Haden and James McNeill Whistler and members of the Etching Club. An Indolent and Blundering Art? Opens with a description of the use of language and art criticism to redefine etching | An Indolent and Blundering Art? The Etching Revival and the Redefinition of Etching in England

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Beyond February Teaching Black History Any Day Every Day and All Year Long K–3

Beyond February Teaching Black History Any Day Every Day and All Year Long K–3

Dawnavyn James believes Black history shouldn't be relegated to the month of February. In her groundbreaking book Beyond February: Teaching Black History Any Day Every Day and All Year Long K-3 she provides a practical guide for elementary educators who seek to teach history in truthful and meaningful ways that help young students understand the past the present and the world around them. Drawing on her experiences as a classroom teacher and a Black history researcher James illustrates the big and small ways that we can center Black history in our everyday teaching and learning practices across the curriculum using read-alouds music historical documents art and so much more. Inside this book you'll find: Essential ideas that guide our teaching of Black history Powerful People Sets: groups of Black historical figures organized by theme with resources for both teacher and student learning Book collections and lessons featuring nearly 100 children's books Strategies and tips for adapting and disrupting curriculum in order to center Black history Ideas for celebrating Black History Month in ways that go beyond February FAQ's to help you navigate the ins and outs of teaching Black history in the elementary classroom With Beyond February you'll have the tools to teach Black history all year long! | Beyond February Teaching Black History Any Day Every Day and All Year Long K–3

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Social Cognition Selected Works of Susan Fiske

Social Cognition Selected Works of Susan Fiske

In the World Library of Psychologists series international experts present career-long collections of what they judge to be their finest pieces—extracts from books key articles salient research findings and their major practical theoretical contributions. Susan T. Fiske has an international reputation as an eminent scholar and pioneer in the field of social cognition. Throughout her distinguished career she has investigated how people make sense of other people using shortcuts that reveal prejudices and stereotypes. Her research in particular addresses how these biases are encouraged or discouraged by social relationships such as cooperation competition and power. In 2013 she was elected to the National Academy of Sciences and in 2011 to the British Academy. She has also won several scientific honours including the Guggenheim Fellowship the APA Distinguished Scientific Contributions Award the APS William James Fellow Award as well as the European Federation of Psychologists’ Associations Wundt-James Award and honorary degrees in Belgium the Netherlands Spain and Switzerland. This collection of selected publications illustrates the foundations of modern social cognition research and its development in the late twentieth and early twenty-first century. In a specially written introductory chapter Fiske traces the key advances in social cognition throughout her career and so this book will be invaluable reading for students and researchers in social cognition person perception and intergroup bias. | Social Cognition Selected Works of Susan Fiske

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The Crusades The Kingdom of Sicily and the Mediterranean

The Crusades The Kingdom of Sicily and the Mediterranean

In this collection of studies by James M. Powell two related centres of attention can be seen. One is the campaigns undertaken by western Europeans in the eastern Mediterranean chiefly in the late twelfth and thirteenth centuries - the Crusades - the reasons for them and manner in which they were organized and promoted. The other is the Kingdom of Sicily under Frederick II himself a Crusader and its society and economy including its Muslim population. A characteristic feature is the author's interest in ordinary participants and the attempt to get behind the generalizations of macro-historians to the extent that may be possible. | The Crusades The Kingdom of Sicily and the Mediterranean

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What Painting Is

What Painting Is

In this classic text James Elkins communicates the experience of painting beyond the traditional vocabulary of art history. Alchemy provides a strange language to explore what it is a painter really does in the studio—the smells the mess the struggle to control the uncontrollable the special knowledge only painters hold of how colors will mix and how they will look. Written from the perspective of a painter-turned-art historian this anniversary edition includes a new introduction and preface by Elkins in which he further reflects on the experience of painting and its role in the study of art today. | What Painting Is

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Psychoanalysis and

Psychoanalysis and

Originally published in 1990 Psychoanalysis and… brings together essays by critics whose work demonstrates the lively interpenetration of psychoanalysis and other disciplines. Andrew Ross investigates psychoanalysis and Marxist thought; Joel Fineman reads the sound of O in Othello; Jane Gallop asks Why does Freud giggle when the women leave the room?; and Ellie Ragland-Sullivan examines Lacan’s seminars on James Joyce. This stimulating collection of work should still be required reading especially for students of literature. But Psychoanalysis and… demonstrates that psychoanalysis – and theoretical criticism and feminism and Lacanian theory and semiotics and Marxism and deconstruction and literary criticism – was at the time a rich and expanding terrain.

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Middlemarch

Middlemarch

First published in 1984. Although Middlemarch was extravagantly praised by Henry James Emily Dickinson and Virginia Woolf it is only in the last few decades that the novel has been widely recognised as George Eliot’s finest work one of the greatest English novels and one of the classic texts of nineteenth-century fiction. The intellectual religious and aesthetic background to Middlemarch are fully examined with particular attention paid to Eliot’s key doctrines of fellow-feeling and the humanistic economy of salvation. Professor McSweeney also provides fresh and thought-provoking discussions of the role of the omniscient narrator and of character and characterisation. This title will be of interest to students of literature.

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