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 New titles from Berg, Lawrence & Wishart, Pluto Press and the United Nations University Press at the cutting edge of politics, culture and anthropology are now on the system.

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Conjuring Hitler: How Britain and America Made the Third Reich
Publisher: Pluto Press
Author: Guido Giacomo Preparata
Published: May 2005
ISBN:   HB 0 74532 182 8   PB 0 74532 181 X
Subject: History |International Relations |
  • Argues that Hitler's rise to power was financed and supported by the US and Britain to prevent Germany allying with Russia.

    • The Global Circulation of African Fashion
    Publisher: Berg
    Author: Leslie W. Rabine
    Published: November 2002
    ISBN:   HB 1 85973 593 2   PB 1 85973 598 3
    Subject: Fashion;
  • Transnational movements of people, cultural objects, images and identities have played a vital role in creating an informal global network for African fashion - from clothing designers and tailors to dyers and jewellery makers.

    • South Asian Women in the Diaspora
    Publisher: Berg
    Author: Edited by Nirmal Puwar & Parvati Raghuram
    Published: April 2003
    ISBN:   HB 1 85973 696 3   PB 1 85973 602 5
    Subject: anthropology;sociology;
  • South Asian women have frequently been conceptualized in colonial, academic and postcolonial studies, but their very categorization is deeply problematic. This book, informed by theory and enriched by fieldwork, overturns these unhelpful categories.

    • The Great Reporters
    Publisher: Pluto Press
    Author: David Randall
    Published: August 2005
    ISBN:   HB 0 74532 297 2   PB 0 74532 296 4
    Subject: Media Studies |
  • Profiles the greatest journalists in history & their best stories -- chosen by David Randall of the Independent on Sunday

    • Philosophizing the Everyday: Revolutionary Praxis and the Fate of Cultural Theory
    Publisher: Pluto Press
    Author: John Roberts
    Published: March 2006
    ISBN:   HB 0 74532 411 8   PB 0 74532 410 X
    Subject: Cultural Studies |
  • Critical overview of philosophical approaches to the 'everyday' and its relation to art and popular culture.

    • A War Too Far: Iraq, Iran and the New American Century
    Publisher: Pluto Press
    Author: Paul Rogers
    Published: January 2006
    ISBN:   HB 0 74532 432 0   PB 0 74532 431 2
    Subject: Middle and Far East Studies |Conflict Resolution/Peace Studies |Current Affairs |
  • Leading security expert analyses the implications of war in Iraq, and the possibility of an attack on Iran and its consequences.

    • The Transnational Family: New European Frontiers and Global Networks
    Publisher: Berg
    Author: Edited by Paula G. Rubel & Abraham Rosman
    Published: November 2002
    ISBN:   HB 1 85973 676 9   PB 1 85973 681 5
    Subject: anthropology;sociology;
  • Migrant networks, in the form of families, associational ties and social organizations, stretch across the globe, connecting cultures and bridging national boundaries. The effects of this global networking are vast.

    • Translating Cultures: Perspectives on Translation and Anthropology
    Publisher: Berg
    Author: Edited by Paula G. Rubel & Abraham Rosman
    Published: April 2003
    ISBN:   HB 1 85973 740 4   PB 1 85973 745 5
    Subject: anthropology;
  • The task of the anthropologist is to take ideas, concepts and beliefs from one culture and translate them into first another language, and then into the language of anthropology. This process is both fascinating and complex.

    • Anti-Arab Racism in the USA: Where it Comes from and What it Means for Politics Today
    Publisher: Pluto Press
    Author: Steven Salaita
    Published: March 2006
    ISBN:   HB 0 74532 517 3   PB 0 74532 516 5
    Subject: Current Affairs |
  • A subtle account of anti-Arab racism in today's America and its place in supposedly 'liberal' communities, especially since 9/11.

    • Land and Territoriality
    Publisher: Berg
    Author: Edited by Michael Saltman
    Published: March 2002
    ISBN:   HB 1 85973 564 9   PB 1 85973 569 X
    Subject: archeology;
  • In the past, territorial conflict usually involved major powers seeking hegemony over strategic spaces and resources. More recently, however, the decline of opposing global power blocs has elevated ethnicity to a prime cause of conflict.

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