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Choreographies of 21st Century Wars
Wars in this century are radically different from the major conflicts of the 20th century--more amorphous, asymmetrical, globally connected, and unending. Choreographies of 21st Century Wars is the first book to analyze the interface between choreography and wars in this century, a pertinent inquiry since choreography has long been linked to war and military training. The book draws on recent political theory that posits shifts in the kinds of wars occurring since the First and Second World Wars and the Cold War, all of which were wars between major world powers. Given the dominance of today's more indeterminate, asymmetrical, less decisive wars, we ask if choreography, as an organizing stru...
The Problem of Universals in Early Modern Philosophy
This is a collection of essays from an international group of scholars that explore the ways in which the ancient problem of universals was transformed in modern philosophy. Essays consider the various forms of "Platonism," "conceptualism" and "nominalism" in the writings of a broad range of modern thinkers.
Home front heroism
Home front heroism investigates how civilians were recognised and celebrated as heroic during the Second World War. Through a focus on London, this book explores how heroism was manufactured as civilians adopted roles in production, protection and defence, through the use of uniforms and medals, and through the way that civilians were injured and killed. This book makes a novel contribution to the study of heroism by exploring the spatial, material, corporeal and ritualistic dimensions of heroic representations. By tracing the different ways that home front heroism was cultivated on a national, local and personal level, this study promotes new ways of thinking about the meaning and value of heroism during periods of conflict. It will appeal to anyone interested in the social and cultural history of Second World War as well as the sociology and psychology of heroism.
Flush Times and Fever Dreams
In 1834 Virgil Stewart rode from western Tennessee to a territory known as the "Arkansas morass" in pursuit of John Murrell, a thief accused of stealing two slaves. Stewart's adventure led to a sensational trial and a wildly popular published account that would ultimately help trigger widespread violence during the summer of 1835, when five men accused of being professional gamblers were hanged in Vicksburg, nearly a score of others implicated with a gang of supposed slave thieves were executed in plantation districts, and even those who tried to stop the bloodshed found themselves targeted as dangerous and subversive. Using Stewart's story as his point of entry, Joshua D. Rothman details wh...
Ethnographie und Geschichtsdidaktik
Ethnographie als Forschungsstil nähert sich ihrem Gegenstand durch genaue Beobachtungen und dichte Beschreibungen. Der enge Kontakt mit dem Forschungsfeld ermöglicht eine differenzierte Wahrnehmung der dort auffindbaren sozialen Praxis und der darin verankerten Denkleistungen. In der deutschsprachigen Geschichtsdidaktik sind Versuche rar, auf diesem Weg zu neuen und differenzierten Einsichten in den Umgang mit Geschichte zu gelangen. Der vorliegende Band, der internationale Untersuchungen ebenso aufgreift wie Diskursstränge im deutschsprachigen Raum, zeigt neue Optionen und Perspektiven für die empirische Geschichtsdidaktik auf. Es werden Grundlagen, Konzepte und Stimuli bereitgestellt, die einer ethnographisch orientierten Forschung Anschlussmöglichkeiten bieten und dazu inspirieren sollen, eigene Wege einzuschlagen. In den verschiedenen Beiträgen kommen nicht nur traditionelle Institutionen in den Blick, wie etwa die Schule bzw. der Geschichtsunterricht, sondern auch andere geschichtskulturelle Instanzen, Orte und vor allem Menschen, die mit historischem Lernen, Denken und Wahrnehmen in unterschiedlichen Feldern in Verbindung gebracht werden können.
Gift of Fire
Enter the Teutonic Fantasy Realm in this spicy enemies to lovers paranormal romance featuring a fire witch and her smoking hot boss. A wary fire witch searches for belonging, not love. But fate, it seems, has other plans.... After a decade of blending in with humanity, I’ve returned to my magic-infused hometown to start over. Within hours, I lock eyes with the jock who bullied me in high school. What’s worse, he’s set to be my new boss, his misty aura tantalizing my darkest desires. Now all the Teutons in town believe I’m fated to ascend as their next matriarch, thanks to some age-old tradition. But the priests consider my bloodline far too weak for such prestige. I’m a threat to t...
The Historical Atlas of American Crime
Traces the history of crime and punishment from American Colonial times to present day, listing in alphabetical order the states in which the crimes were committed, who committed them and what the punishment was.
