Buildings are analysed for their construction, but what about their end? This innovative book explores the complex meanings of destruction across time and cultures, asking what it is, who defines it, and how it is remembered or forgotten.
Sapphists and Sexologists contributes to the debates on lesbian lives and histories. This international collection features reflections by author Emma Donoghue, an exclusive conversation with Joan Nestle, and scholars questioning established sexual histories.
Leading experts on Sudan analyze its chronic history of conflict since 1956 and the international efforts for peace. As the nation faces the separation of South Sudan, these essays offer compelling lessons from six decades of war. Must reading for what unfolds.
500 years after the first colonial borders were drawn, new boundaries are still being created in Latin America. This volume examines how the concept of the border has expanded beyond political lines to include those constructed by art, gender, and social policy.
Africa Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow
Authored by emerging African scholars, this book challenges Western notions of ‘progress’ and the view of Africa as a basket case. It rethinks predominant ideas on development, examining the challenges and possibilities of Africa’s sustainable future.
Under Occupation
Probing the militarisation of East Asia and the Pacific, this volume explores how communities navigate occupation, how identities are shaped and erased, and the struggle for self-determination against centralised power.
This multi-faceted account reveals the complex foundations of conflicts between north and south, and recently within South Sudan itself. Hopes for a new democratic society have devolved to dysfunction as both nations face grave problems in security and stability.
This book describes the different forms of aid over the last 65 years and analyses why they changed. As old concepts reappear with new donors, professionals and students will benefit from studying this history. Is the pendulum swinging back?
New narratives are produced from what was once overlooked as mundane. Decades ago, historian Fernand Braudel called for more research into everyday life. This volume is a response to that call for more synthesis, analysis, discussion, and extension.
Becoming Something Else
This edited collection examines the trends, perspectives and changes witnessed in the previously undocumented communities of India’s northeast, emphasising the continuity and transformations of these societies.
The studies included here stem from the assumption that broadly-understood borderlands, as well as peripheries, are abodes of significant culture-generating forces, and focus on various aspects of borderland art and literature.
Containing chapters from both Turkish- and Greek-Cypriots, as well as outside scholars, this volume explores the difficulty of producing viable constitutional and civic arrangements in an ethnically-divided polity.
Contemporary Issues in Africa’s Development
This text reports on the state of crisis in Africa in the early twenty-first century. It questions ideologically protected assumptions, presenting Africa as it is, because it is only by knowing where Africa truly stands that a proper direction can be charted for it.
For those who want to understand the reasons behind the Israel-Palestine conflict, this book offers a rational explanation. It takes a world tour of Jewish communities and their thoughts on the Palestinian question, from over a century ago to the present day.
Modern Cities
This book explores ten types of city born from modernization. Some, like national capitals and resorts, are modern takes on old forms. Others, like megacities and boom towns, are unique to our time. Discover over 50 cities, from Singapore to Shenzhen, through analysis and photos.
The Age of Emperor Akihito
This book scrutinizes historical controversies regarding the past and future of Japan in the age of Emperor Akihito. Analyzing his public discourse and his role as a national symbol, it helps the reader understand contemporary Japanese society.
Opposing Colonialism, Antisemitism, and Turbo-Nationalism
This volume explores how racism and nationalism are shaped by collective amnesia. Essays connect disparate genocides, from Belgian colonialism to Bosnia, to show how nation-states are built on practices of oblivion, demanding we critically rethink the past for a new future.
Explaining and Resisting Trumpism Post-2020
Why did 74 million people vote for Donald Trump in 2020? Authored by scholars and activists, this book addresses why certain voters found Trump appealing, how his campaign used fear and conspiracy, and the role activism plays in the future of Trumpism.
America’s project to privatize the world’s resources via the dollar is igniting a nationalist backlash. As these forces clash, the entire global system faces a greater, existential threat: climate change.
This book contextualises Nigerian cultural history as an instrument for sustainable development. While Nigeria’s rich past defines its present, its potential as inspiration for development is ignored, leaving the country vulnerable to repeating past mistakes.