The Idealism of the Sovversivi in the United States, 1890-1940
Compellingly documents the wide spectrum of this oppositional culture and examines the many cultural and artistic forms it took, from newspapers to literature and poetry to theater and visual art.
Capital, as Marx once wrote, comes into the world "dripping from head to foot, from every pore, with blood and dirt." He might well have been describing the long, grim history of rubber. From the early stages of primitive accumulation to the heights of the industrial revolution and beyond, rubber is one of a handful of commodities that has played ......
Black Orientalism and Asian Uplift from Pre-Emancipation to Neoliberal America
Explores how the history of US citizenship has positioned Asian Americans and African Americans in interlocking socio-political relationships since the mid nineteenth century.
Black Orientalism and Asian Uplift from Pre-Emancipation to Neoliberal America
Explores how the history of US citizenship has positioned Asian Americans and African Americans in interlocking socio-political relationships since the mid nineteenth century.
The European Professions from the 19th Century until Today
This book tells the story of the principal European intellectual professions from the demise of the ancien regime to the rise of the European Union. A historical study which applies sociological concepts it creates a European-scale picture of the professions spanning over two centuries of change. Uniting the legal, medical, engineering and accounting professions it provides a comparative historical and sociological exploration of 'Professional Europe'. Inspired by Bourdieu it rejects theories of professionalization drawing instead upon the sociology of crisis and theories on the decline of the professions to introduce among others, the topic of the intellectual professions' relationship with the fascist and authoritarian regimes. Detailed, well defined and critical in its application Professional Men, Professional Women also examines the role of women within the professions and includes a devoted chapter conducting a twofold comparison between countries and professions.
Fremont is a culture (ca. 300-1300 A.D.) first defined by archaeologist Noel Morss in 1928 based on characteristics unique to the area. Initially thought to be a simple socio-political system, recent reassessments of the Fremont assume a more complex society. This volume places Fremont rock art studies in this contemporary context. Author Steven ......
Analyzes the symbolic importance of the flag to the national consciousness of America and sees in it the very contradictions that make up our history: secularism and sacredness, freedom and empire, inclusiveness and aggressive self-confidence.
