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Comments delivered during Anu Lounela's public defense of her Ph.D. Dissertation, 'Contesting Forests and Power: Dispute, Violence, and Negotiations in Central Java', September 26, 2009

An interdisciplinary anthology that includes many primary resources never before published in English.

Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Editors' Introduction -- 1. The Falling-Out between Alexander Goldenweiserand Robert Lowie: Two Personalities, Two Visions of Anthropology -- 2. Forms of Relatedness: Harlan Smith and the Taxonomic Method -- 3. Echoes of the Class Struggle in France: Exoticism, Religion, and Politics in Fustel de Coulanges's The Ancient City -- 4. "I Have Not Advanced a Single Theory": Mayan Ruins, Popular Culture, and Academic Authority in 19th- Century America -- 5. Edmund Leach and the Rise of Cultural Polyvocality: A Case Study from the Ulúa Valley, Honduras -- 6. Anthropology in Cuba -- 7. An Unfinished Ethnography: Carl Withers's Cuban Fieldwork and the Book That Never Was -- 8. Reading "The Redbook Columns" -- Contributors.

Chapter 1: Somali society and custom 31. - Chapter 2: City states and dynasties - early history to early nineteenth century 69. - Chapter 3: Colonial impositions 79. - Chapter 4: The road to independence - British military administration and Italian trusteeship. - Chapter 5: The vibrancy and chaos of representative democracy 131. - Chapter 6: Scientific socialism and a new Ogaadeen War 1969-1977. - Chapter 7: Peace-building, declaring independence and new beginnings 161. - Chapter 8: Constitutional government and the end of one-party dominance 205. - Chapter 9: Voter registration, further crisis and consolidation of a nation-state 261. - Chapter 10: Conclusions 307

"Behind every traditional type of cheese there is a fascinating story. By examining the role of the cheesemaker throughout world history and by understanding a few basic principles of cheese science and technology, we can see how different cheeses have been shaped by and tailored to their surrounding environment, as well as defined by their social and cultural context. Cheese and Culture endeavors to advance our appreciation of cheese origins by viewing human history through the eyes of a cheese scientist. There is also a larger story to be told, a grand narrative that binds all cheeses together into a single history that started with the discovery of cheese making and that is still unfolding to this day. This book reconstructs that 9000-year story based on the often fragmentary information that we have available. Cheese and Culture embarks on a journey that begins in the Neolithic Age and winds its way through the ensuing centuries to the present. This tour through cheese history intersects with some of the pivotal periods in human prehistory and ancient, classical, medieval, renaissance, and modern history that have shaped western civilization, for these periods also shaped the lives of cheesemakers and the diverse cheeses that they developed. The book offers a useful lens through which to view our twenty-first century attitudes toward cheese that we have inherited from our past, and our attitudes about the food system more broadly. This refreshingly original book will appeal to anyone who loves history, food, and especially good cheese"--

This article provides a comprehensive overview of the Kurds, the world's largest people without a state of their own, and explores their complex and often tragic history. This brief overview challenges the notion that the Kurds are a people without a history and highlights their active role in shaping their social and political reality. The author discusses the existence of a Kurdish literate civilization with a rich literary tradition going back centuries, debunking the perception of the Kurds as rural, tribal and illiterate. The article also examines the impact of various historical events, such as the collapse of empires, the rise of nationalism and the Cold War, on Kurdish aspirations for self-determination. It examines Kurdish struggles with nationalist states, the influence of the Soviet Union and the United States, and the emergence of Kurdish liberation movements. By shedding light on Kurdish history, culture and political challenges, this survey aims to provide a deeper understanding of this vibrant and resilient people.