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Although published in 2014, Jablonka's History is a Contemporary
Literature provides important insights into the Trump phenomenon. Why
does a significant portion of the American population overlook Trump's
litany of lies and falsehoods? Journalist Adam Kirsch argued after the election
that popular culture, Reality TV for example, blurred the line between
fiction and truth, creating a "post-truth" atmosphere that paved the way for
Trump. Kirsch echoes Jablonka, who advocates that historians use literary
techniques in the interest of truth. Jablonka insists that history as contemporary
literature must rest on historical research and methodology, using
good historical story-telling to reach broader audiences, increase knowledge
and deepen understanding. Jablonka's manifesto defines writing history as a
form of public service and presciently warns of the potentially catastrophic
results of relinquishing the quest for historical truth.

Recent studies of publication patterns in accounting history portray a myopic and introspective discipline. Analyses reveal the production and dissemination of accounting history knowledge which focus predominantly on Anglo-American settings and the age of modernity. Limited opportunities exist for contributions from scholars working in languages other than English. Many of the practitioners of accounting history are also shown to be substantially disconnected from the wider community of historians. It is argued in the current paper that interdisciplinary history has the potential to enhance theoretical and methodological creativity and greater inclusivity in the accounting history academy. A practical requirement for this venture is the identification of points of connectedness between accounting and other historians. An analysis of publications with accounting content in Historical Abstracts reveals increasing interest among historians in the history of accounting. This substantial literature incorporates sites largely unfamiliar to accounting historians, such as Eastern and Central Europe and Central and South America. Historians also communicate their findings on accounting in a variety of languages. Subjects particularly deserving of interdisciplinary research engaging accounting and other historians include accounting in agricultural economies, the institutions of pre-industrial rural societies and diverse systems of government.

section 1. Caste and colonialism -- section 2. Caste in practice -- section 3. Caste and politics -- section 4. Caste in everyday life

"Too often philosemitism, the idealization of Jews and Judaism, has been simplistically misunderstood as merely antisemitism in sheep's clothing. This book takes a different approach, surveying the phenomenon from antiquity to the present day, and highlighting its rich complexity and broad impact on Western culture. Philosemitism in History includes fourteen essays by specialist historians, anthropologists, literary scholars and scholars of religion, ranging from medieval philosemitism, to such modern and contemporary topics as the African American depiction of Jews as ethnic role models, the Zionism of Christian evangelicals, pro-Jewish educational television in West Germany, and the current fashion for Jewish kitsch memorabilia in contemporary East-Central Europe. An extensive introductory chapter offers a thorough and original overview of the topic. The book underscores both the endurance and the malleability of philosemitism, drawing attention to this important, yet widely neglected, facet of Jewish - non-Jewish relations"--

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