Breathtaking
August 8, 2022
Geared up with two tents, six panniers, two tandem bicycles and one stuffed pink pig, Paula and Lorenz Eber set off from Seattle, Washington to cycle the world with their
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How the Soviet Jew Was Made
May 31, 2022
A close reading of postrevolutionary Russian and Yiddish literature and film recasts the Soviet Jew as a novel cultural figure: not just a minority but an ambivalent character navigating between
The Evolution of Chinese Filiality
April 19, 2022
This unique book brings a fresh interdisciplinary approach to the analysis of ancient Chinese history, creating a historical model for the emergence of cultural mainstays by applying recent dramatic findings
The Oxford Handbook of Japanese Politics
January 28, 2022
The study of Japanese politics is a vibrant field that has changed substantially over time. This work provides an in-depth exploration of current research. Moreover, it addresses theoretical questions and
Cooking Greek, Becoming American
September 27, 2021
When Taso G. Lagos began to memorialize his family’s beloved Greek restaurant The Continental, he wrestled with 40 years of history and a clientele that stretched for generations. His family
The Oldest Guard
July 13, 2021
The Oldest Guard tells the story of Zionist settler memory in and around the private Jewish agricultural colonies (moshavot) established in late nineteenth-century Ottoman Palestine. Though they grew into the
Party Personnel Strategies
June 7, 2021
Key party goals serve to advance a policy brand and maximize seats in the legislature. This book offers a theory of how political parties assign their elected members — their
On My Right Michael, On My Left Gabriel
May 11, 2021
Angelic beings can be found throughout the Hebrew Bible, and by late antiquity the archangels Michael and Gabriel were as familiar as the patriarchs and matriarchs, guardian angels were as
Revealing Schemes
April 6, 2021
Conspiracy theories are not just outlandish ideas. They can also be political weapons. Conspiracy theories have come to play an increasingly prominent role in political systems around the world. In
Empire of Convicts
January 25, 2021
Empire of Convicts focuses on male and female Indians incarcerated in Southeast Asia for criminal and political offenses committed in colonial South Asia. From the seventeenth century onward, penal transportation