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ISLAM AND MAOISM IN SOUTHERN YUNNAN by Xian Aubin Wang investigates decades of contentious relations between the Communist party-state of #China and the #Muslim community of southern #Yunnan centered on the village of #Shadian, site of an incident of state violence in 1975 that resulted in 1600 civilian deaths. Examining the causes and legacies of the Shadian massacre, Wang draws on internal official documents, written testimonies, and firsthand interviews. #Politics #History

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TREE-BECOMING by Shannon Kelley explores how Shakespeare uses his characters' identification with cypress, #balsam, bay-laurel, myrrh, and pine trees as #metaphors to express emotional distress. Kelley traces the Ovidian conceit of arboreal transformation in A Midsummer Night's Dream, King Lear, Othello, and The Tempest. #Shakespeare

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VIOLENCE IN THE SHADOWS by Jonathan Kishen Gamu challenges the supposedly #progressive nature of corporate social responsibility (#CSR) as a catalyst for more accountable and humane forms of corporate #capitalism. He shows that within the global mining industry, #humanrights abuse, environmental destruction, #marginalization, and violent social conflict persist despite widespread CSR uptake among major companies.

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HERZEN'S LETTERS by Kathleen Parthé offers readers a biographical narrative based on translated and annotated correspondence written by and to Alexander Herzen, one of the most consequential figures in the run-up to the #Russian Revolution and an inspiration to dissidents fighting authoritarianism and imperialism ever since. Parthé has selected the most significant epistolary material from over a dozen volumes, interweaving letters with commentary to provide context. #History #PoliticalThought #Dissent #Biography

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A PROTESTANT AIR by Clémentine Fauré-Bellaïche focuses on the Protestant connection linking André Gide, Jean-Paul Sartre, and Roland Barthes. All three came from a Protestant background and thus shared a common marginality in a nation culturally marked by Catholicism, one that profoundly shaped their personalities, thinking, and literary careers. #French #History #Religion

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THE ARCHAEOLOGY OF DISEASE by Charlotte A. Roberts, Mary E. Lewis, Jacalyn Duffin, and Keith Manchester focuses on reconstructing the origin, #evolution, and #history of #disease as seen mainly through human skeletons from #archaeological sites. In addition, this edition addresses new concepts in #medicine and explores the challenges faced by individuals and populations, including their children.

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Join us on June 2 for a discussion and presentation on The Finnish Front Line: Kekkonen, Kennedy, and Khrushchev’s Cold War Showdown with author Gordon F. Sander and Consul General of Finland Jarmo Sareva!

The Finnish Front Line is a historical biography of Urho Kekkonen, the eighth and longest-serving president of Finland. The most controversial as well as the most misunderstood figure in Finnish history, Kekkonen governed Finland for 25 years from 1956–81.

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Thrilled ✨Entangled Alliances✨ (@CornellPress) is recognized with the @SDUSMP Phillis Wheatley Book Award, alongside works of scholars & artists Marlene Daut, @BrianKwoba, Michelle Knight, Cheryl McKissack Daniel, @OriceJenkins, @thejamiemustard Mustard, @nancyjloewen.📚

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SPITTLEBUGS by Vinton Thompson is a comprehensive introduction to an economically important but relatively little-known group of #insects of the superfamily #Cercopoidea. Spittlebugs are found across all continents except #Antarctica. Although harmless to a majority of their host plants, several species have become significant pests of sugarcane and pasture grasses in #LatinAmerica.

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HIGH LANDS, PURE EARTH by Eveline Washul foregrounds #Tibetan experiences of urban transitions in #China's late-reform period. In the twenty-first century, China's accelerated urbanization has transformed the Tibetan Plateau. Yet Tibetan urban experiences continue to be profoundly shaped by senses of being in the world that long predate Tibet's subjugation into the modern Chinese nation-state. #IndigenousStudies

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So thrilled to have my book named as a finalist for the ACLS Open Access Book Prizes and Arcadia Open Access Publishing Awards!! Many thanks to all who helped this happen, especially my editors at the OA Environments of East Asia book series @CornellPress !

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COLONIAL NEGATIVES by Patricia Goldsworthy examines the intertwined histories of #French, Moroccan #Muslim, and Moroccan #Jewish photographers in establishing a #photography industry in #Morocco. She demonstrates how photography in Morocco became linked to French imperialism when Sultan 'Abd al-'Aziz hired French cinematographer Gabriel Veyre as his private photography instructor.

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In THE TRIUMPH OF CHRISTIANITY REDESCRIBED, Éric Rebillard argues that the appearance of #Christian signs and practices in the #RomanEmpire has long been misunderstood. Rather than marking a rapid wave of conversions or the triumph of belief, the spread of Christian signs reflected a more complex and fluid #religious landscape.

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RIGHTLESS RESISTANCE by several authors investigates why #resistance to land grabbing so often fails. The rapid expansion of oil palm plantations has triggered widespread conflict across rural #Indonesia as communities lose their land with little compensation. Based on an unprecedented study of 150 such conflicts, this book uncovers how villagers fight back against palm oil companies, and what their struggles reveal about power, #law, and citizenship in #postcolonial Indonesia.

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PLAYING THE GAME by Marc A. VanOverbeke uncovers the history of state and regional colleges as engines of opportunity in postwar #America. By 1970, these institutions enrolled more #students than elite private or flagship public universities did. #History

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TAKING TERRITORY by Dan Altman is an eye-opening account of why territorial conquest remains a phenomenon today. Drawing on his own original data consisting of 175 conquest attempts between 1918 and 2024, Altman explains why conquest persists, what motivates it, when it turns violent, and when it succeeds. #Geopolitics

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MEMOIRS OF PHẠM DUY by Eric Henry tells the story of the triumphs, scandals, and adventures of #Vietnam’s most prolific songwriter. This four-volume memoir, translated into English by Eric Henry with clarity and care, spans a century of Vietnamese #history as lived, sung, and questioned by an unrelenting truthteller dedicated to #freedom of expression.

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THE SUDANS by Alex de Waal and Willow Berridge tells the story of the African Union's efforts to make peace in the Sudans during the years 2009 to 2013. It details the work of the AU High-Level Panel, led by former South African President Thabo Mbeki, to resolve the war in Darfur, promote #democracy in #Sudan, steer the independence of South Sudan, and make peace between Sudan and South Sudan. It was #Africa's most ambitious peace-making effort.

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VITAL TIES by Molly Hales depicts an emergent form of #intimacy with the dead mediated by #digital technologies. As digital media offer ways to bring the dead to presence, the living and the dead are haunted in new ways, affecting relationships to both media and death. Lyrical and moving, VITAL TIES offers a powerful rethinking of death, memory, and mediation in the digital age. #DigitalCulture #Anthropology

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