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Kingdom of Barracks depicts the texture of everyday life in refugee camps in postwar Europe. Taking a bottom-up perspective, Katarzyna Nowak examines the experiences of Polish Displaced Persons in the shadow of the mounting Cold War and explores the formation of cultural identity in exile through the lenses of class, gender, body, and nationality.

The New White Race: Journalism and Civilization in French Algeria -- The Settler Colonial Family Romance: Political Imaginaries under the Second Empire and the Third Republic -- Foreigners into Frenchmen? The Press and the Algerian Antijuif Movement -- Pages without Borders: Local Publications in Global Networks -- 'Algerians of any nationality': Articulating Communities in Multilingual Publications -- Conclusion.

In 1984, Italian Foreign Minister Giulio Andreotti aptly summarized popular perception of the divided nationality of the two Germanys, East and West: "There are two German states, and two they shall remain." Few would have disagreed. By the 1980s, both German states had come to occupy respected niches in the international community.

No matter the war, no matter the nationality, common threads run through the experiences of men at war. Soldiers highlights these shared experiences across 150 years of warfare, from the Napoleonic Wars through World War II. Haymond explores these threads, drawing heavily from firsthand accounts to craft a narrative with flesh-and-blood immediacy.

Embedded Racism untangles Japan's complex narrative on nationality and race and how it threatens its very survival. Incorporating a quarter-century of research by a naturalized Japanese citizen, it argues that Japan's economic and demographic decline is irreversible until it can accept immigrants, regardless of physical appearance, as 'new Japanese.'.

Jewish peoplehood has eclipsed religion-as well as ethnicity and nationality-as the prevailing definition of what it means to be a Jew. In Jewish Peoplehood, Noam Pianko examines the history, the current significance, and the future relevance of a term that assumes an increasingly important position in American Jewish and Israeli life

Jewish peoplehood has eclipsed religion--as well as ethnicity and nationality--as the prevailing definition of what it means to be a Jew. In Jewish Peoplehood, Noam Pianko examines the history, the current significance, and the future relevance of a term that assumes an increasingly important position in American Jewish and Israeli life

The meanings of place for identity -- Narrative in a contemporary identity project -- Place, gender and identity -- Places I remember: memory and continuity in a life narrative -- A place for the future? : trouble in identity work -- New identities of place? : opportunity, choice and personalization -- Places of my own : residence and nationality in one woman's identity -- Conclusion

Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- INTRODUCTION Embodiment and the Nation -- 1. Immigration, Demography, and Pronatalism -- 2. Labor Power and the Racial Economy -- 3. Hybridity and Its Discontents -- 4. Black Migrants, White Slavery: Métissage in the Metropole and Abroad -- 5. Intermarriage, Independent Nationality, and Individual Rights -- CONCLUSION Gender, Race, and Republican Embodiment -- NOTES -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface and Acknowledgments -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Racial Boundaries and Ethnic Binds -- 3. Maintaining Meaningful Connections -- 4. Constructing Ethnic Boundaries: Negotiations and Conflicts over Gender, Religion, Race, and Nationality -- 5. Ethnic Practices, Cultural Consumption -- 6. Sifting Through "Traditions" -- 7. Bridges and Chasms -- Appendix -- Notes -- References -- Index -- About the Author

This book examines how people respond to, experience and think about risk. The authors stress the need to take into account the cultural dimensions of risk and risk-taking and consider the influence that gender, social class, ethnicity, sexual orientation, occupation, geographical location and nationality have on our perceptions of risk.