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Map is not Territory: Studies in the History of Religions

3 reviews
Jonathan Z. Smith

University Of Chicago Press, 1993

A classic!
This book is insightful, stimulating and truly well written. JZS injects excitement, and even humor, into what many would consider a 'dry' topic. I first read it in college over a decade ago, and I still have the original hardcover copy sitting right next to me on the shelf, even though my current studies would *appear* to have little in common :) I can only say this once: this book gets the ...

Lighting Out for the Territory: Reflections on Mark Twain and American Culture

7 reviews
Shelley Fisher Fishkin

Oxford University Press, USA, 1998

idiosyncratic, thought-provoking outing
Bear with me for a moment: Sometime around 7th grade, a teacher had my class keep scrapbooks with modern representations of Greek mythology. How quickly the books filled up with examples ranging from cartoons to place names, museum exhibits, sports writing and more! After cataloguing, we were asked, why do the myths live on? Lighting Out For the Territory reminds me of that exercise. It ...

Territory, Authority, Rights: From Medieval to Global Assemblages

1 review
Saskia Sassen

Princeton University Press, 2008

An ambitious undertaking
Famous Chicago sociologist, Saskia Sassen, returns with an ambitious new book on cities as the main locus of globalization. Despite being quite long (almost 500 pages!), it's quite an engaging reading. For someone interested in expanding his/her knowledge on the various facets of the process of globalization, including its economic, political and cultural dimensions, this volume is a must. In ...

Territory

24 reviews
Emma Bull

Tor Books, 2007

My first book by Bull; but not the last
What a delight to be in the hands of a master storyteller! Characters are engaging and the book does not get in the way of the story, but pulls you in. Off now to buy everything else she has ever written. LATER: Well, this will teach me to write a review before I've finished the book. I still very much like "Territory", but the voice of the book is more like a voice I am used to reading in ...

Security, Territory, Population (Lectures at the College De France)

3 reviews
Michel Foucault

Palgrave Macmillan, 2007

Indespensible
These are the complete course lectures in which Foucault developed his theory and history of "governmentality" as a discursive threshold of modern society. This volume is critical to any student of Foucault or government in general. To the Foucault student, it refines his concept of power and signifies a break from power as "domination" to power as the "conduct of conduct." This is the first ...

Territory: A Short Introduction (Short Introductions to Geography)
David Delaney

Wiley-Blackwell, 2005

This short introduction conveys the complexities associated with the term "territory" in a clear and accessible manner. It surveys the field and brings theory to ground in the case of Palestine. A clear and accessible introduction to the complexities associated with the term "territory". Provides an interdisciplinary survey of the many strands of research in the field. Addresses specific areas including interpretations of territorial ...

Coping in New Territory: The Handbook for Children of Aging Parents, Third Edition

5 reviews
Suzanne Roberts

Cheltenham Press, 2004

Coping In New Territory, A Handbook for Children of Aging Pa
This book saved my family. I read it, then got copies for my four siblings. When we came home to meet with my parents, we were all in agreement about how to support them, but keep them safe. Every chapter talked to us. It was as though Suzanne had been one of our family describing what we had all experienced. Thank heaven for this book. Our parents are accepting in home care and we can ...

The Unknown Black Book: The Holocaust in the German-Occupied Soviet Territories

7 reviews

Indiana University Press, 2007

Weeping in Babylon
It's a rare reader who'll be able to get through The Unknown Black Book without having to walk away from it several times. The tragedies it documents are just too horrible to bear except in small doses. Both text and photographs stun the imagination and freeze the heart. The UBB is a narrative history of Nazi atrocities against the Jews in the German-occupied Soviet territories (Ukraine, ...

Chaos, Territory, Art: Deleuze and the Framing of the Earth (The Wellek Library Lectures)
Elizabeth Grosz

Columbia University Press, 2008

The American Civil War in Indian Territory (Elite)

2 reviews
John Spencer

Osprey Publishing, 2006

Very detailed
Native Americans fought in both Union and Confederate units during the Civil War and the Indian Territory saw its share of battles and campaigns, some of which spilled into nearby states. Some of the detail is a bit mind-numbing but if you are a reenactor or modeler this is probably the kind of detail that you need. The photos and artwork make this a must-have if this chapter of U.S. history is ...

Enemy Territory: QUAKE Wars (Consoles) Signature Series Guide (Brady Games) (Bradygames Signature Series)

1 review
BradyGames

Brady Games, 2008

Helpful, but not exhaustive
This book helpful because it reveals details that might not ever be discovered otherwise -- like at what distance each weapon's accuracy falls off, or where hidden hatches are located for quicker access into buildings. There are strategy tips, but they are helpful only for beginners. The maps are somewhat helpful, but more shots of the buildings and interiors were in order. Instead, you ...

Forbidden Territory and Realms of Strife: The Memoirs of Juan Goytisolo
Juan Goytisolo, Peter Bush

Verso, 2003

For forty-five years, the expatriate Juan Goytisolo has been widely acknowledged as both Spain's greatest living writer and its most scabrous critic. In some thirty books of fiction, autobiography, essays and journalism, he has turned the Spanish language against what he derides as "Sunnyspain", flaying the "Hispanos" while excavating their culture's Moorish and Jewish roots. This, his masterful two-volume autobiography first published in the ...

Converging Territories
Amanda Carlson

powerHouse Books, 2005

According to Islamic tradition, men dominate the public sphere and women are expected to remain indoors at most times. In photographer Lalla Essaydi's native Morocco this confinement has been further used as a punishment for those who transgress the rules of gender conduct. A practice only recently abandoned, women were at times even required to spend periods as long as a month inside otherwise uninhabited homes. In an exploration into her home ...

African Cherokees in Indian Territory: From Chattel to Citizens (John Hope Franklin Series in African ...
Celia E. Naylor

The University of North Carolina Press, 2008

Forcibly removed from their homes in the late 1830s, Cherokee, Creek, Choctaw, and Chickasaw Indians brought their African-descended slaves with them along the Trail of Tears and resettled in Indian Territory, present-day Oklahoma. Celia E. Naylor vividly charts the experiences of enslaved and free African Cherokees from the Trail of Tears to Oklahoma's entry into the Union in 1907. Carefully extracting the voices of former slaves from ...

Unassigned Territory

4 reviews
Kem Nunn

Laurel, 1988

A surrealistic journey in search of The Way
I was surprized to see that this book is out of print, as well as being amazed that no one had reveiwed this work here until now. Unassigned Territory is Kem Nunn's 2nd, and argualby best, novel. In it we follow junior missionary Obediah Wheeler on his first, and last, recruiting trip through the Mojave desert with a religious cult in search of fresh blood for the followers of The Way. ...

Suffering for Territory: Race, Place, and Power in Zimbabwe
Donald S. Moore

Duke University Press, 2005

Since 2000, black squatters have forcibly occupied white farms across Zimbabwe, reigniting questions of racialized dispossession, land rights, and legacies of liberation. Donald S. Moore probes these contentious politics by analyzing fierce disputes over territory, sovereignty, and subjection in the country’s eastern highlands. He focuses on poor farmers in Kaerezi who endured colonial evictions from their ancestral land and lived as ...

Israel & the Palestinian Territories (Country Guide)

9 reviews
Michael Kohn

Lonely Planet, 2007

If you're interested in hitting the main attractions as well as some off the beaten path suggestions, this is the guide for you!
This is the second Lonely Planet guide that I have used and am pleased to report that I was not disappointed. This guide offered a perfect blend of history, culture, and touristy tid-bits. While I only used the Jerusalem and West Bank sections, this book is great for traveling anywhere in the area. Often traveling to interesting places, at least for me, leads to prioritizing the 'must-sees' ...

Mastering Space: Hegemony, Territory and International Political Economy

1 review
John Agnew

Routledge, 1995

Great Book!!!!!
This book was excellent. The explanation for space was one of the best I've ever been exposed to as a Geography student.

Outlaw Territory Volume 1
Greg Pak, Joshua Ortega, ...

Image Comics, 2008

Outlaw Territory is a collection of stories from a rougher and grittier time in America. Tales of the old west from some of the best and brightest writers in the industry, lavishly illustrated by amazing talent both new and experienced. This book is sure to appeal to fans of such television and film as Deadwood and 3:10 To Yuma, as well as the work of No Country For Old Men author Cormac McCarthy.

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