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Across Colonial Lines takes a multi-perspective approach to the study of empire and commodities, and encourages readers to look at commodity histories in alternative spatial and temporal contexts. It offers a comparative understanding of commodities in the Venetian, Portuguese, Dutch, French and British Empires. Highlighting the interwoven character of multiple commodity networks, this book situates commodities like gold, coffee, tea and indigo, to name a few, within pre-existing networks of labour, consumption and knowledge production. It explores the nexus between the local and the global, and highlights the role played by individual producers, petty traders, sailors and even consumers in creating regional circulations within a global political economy. In this volume, commodity networks are not just sites of production and trade, but also of political control, social organisation and consumption choices. They provide the impetus for globalisation from as early as the thirteenth century. Each chapter takes an individual commodity to illustrate the history of commodity transmission within imperial contexts. From early modern Venetian commerce to the trade networks of the Eurasian world; from the trading ambitions of British sailors to Portuguese global imperial ambitions; from the cross-imperial knowledge networks of indigo to the assertion of indigenous agency in Angola; and from the commodification of labour to the experience of tourism in the Caribbean and Indian Ocean World, Across Colonial Lines uses commodity networks as a lens to study empire building across varied yet connected geographies and chronologies

"This book examines how the young in Northeast Asia engage with the political, especially in terms of the production, reformulation, or contestation of their national identities. Through case studies covering China, Japan, South Korea, North Korea and Taiwan, the contributions provide a study of the online spaces where youth engage with current debates regarding national identities. The book also unpacks the distinctive forms of expression and negotiation of national identities favoured by younger generations across Northeast Asia and asks questions specifically raised by their political mobilisation. For example, how their public mobilisation for a given cause has forced them to rethink their place in national and global communities. This book will be a valuable resource for scholars and students of East Asian culture and politics, media studies and youth studies"--

Achille Mbembe invokes the architectural aesthetic of brutalism to describe our moment, caught up in the pathos of demolition and production on a planetary scale, arguing that the solution is to develop a new planetary consciousness and a community of humans in solidarity with all living things.

The United States and Polish October -- The swan song of the liberation -- First PL 480 Agreement -- Activities at the political level -- Activities at the economic level -- Public diplomacy : cultural and scientific cooperation and humanitarian aid -- Radio Free Europe in the Eisenhower administration's policy toward Poland -- New hopes and first disappointments -- Economic negotiations in the shadow of politics -- Other fields of cooperation -- The laborious "bridge building" -- Poland in the policy of "building bridges" -- RFE and other propaganda efforts -- The Oder-Neisse border in US policy towards Poland.

Volume II of The Cambridge History of Strategy focuses on the practice of strategy from 1800 to the present day. A team of leading scholars examine how leaders of states and empires and non-state groups, such as guerrilla forces, rebel- groups and terrorists have attempted to practice strategy in the modern period. With a focus in the actual 'doing' of strategy, the volume aims to understand the real world experiences when ideas about conflict are carried out against a responding and pro-active opponent. The case studies and the material presented in the volume form an invitation to rethink dominant perspectives in the field of strategic studies. As the case studies demonstrate, strategy is most often not a stylized, pre-meditated and wilful phenomenon. Rather it is a product of circumstance and opportunity, both structural and agential, leading to a view of strategy as an ad hoc, if not chaotic, enterprise

"The Routledge Handbook of Sociophonetics is the definitive guide to sociophonetics. Offering a practical and accessible survey of an unparalleled range of theoretical and methodological perspectives, this is the first handbook devoted to sociophonetic research and applications of sociophonetics within and beyond linguistics. It defines what sociophonetics is as a field and offers views of what sociophonetics might become"--

"The Unnatural and Detestable Sin": The Ban on Same-Sex Contact in the Articles of War (1661 and 1749) -- "He was Pleased with all his other Attempts upon Him": Relationships between Three Sailors from HMS Expedition (1705) -- Vigilante Violence: An Attack on a Member of the "Vile Clan" (1731) -- Avoiding Trial: A Newspaper Reports Discretionary Punishments (1735) -- Sex in the Foretop: The trial of Hugh Ducaty and William Tofts (1738) -- "A Very Extraordinary Kind of Sea Discipline": "Amazonian" Women Punish Buggery on HMS Princess Amelia (1742) -- Punishing and Permitting Same-Sex Acts at Sea: Press Coverage (1747, 1757) -- Executing a Boy for Buggery: The George Newton and Thomas Finley Trial (1761) -- "I Did What I Had no Right to Do": Captain Graham Moore Chooses Summary Punishment (1788, 1793) -- "Striking Examples": The Admiralty Attempts to Punish Marine James Parker (1811) -- How to Prosecute Same-Sex Acts: Naval Jurist John McArthur on Buggery at Sea (1813) -- "The Last Person in the Ship I Should Have Suspected": The Trial of Seaman Thomas Randall (1815) -- "A Tragic Incident": Lieutenant John Towne's Account of a Buggery Hanging (1833) -- Part 2: Queer Tars -- "It was much better to lay with one another": Quartermaster Thomas Pike Plans an Assignation on HMS York (1701) -- "An Odd Affair which Lately Happened": A Cross-Dressing Cabin Boy (1739) -- "A Backdoor Man": Marine Officers Fight over Masculinity in a Plymouth Tavern (1755) -- "Tender Expressions... Not Becoming Men": Intimacy Between Officers on HMS Raven (1775) -- "The Little Female Tar": A Cross-Dressing Sailor Testifies in a Buggery Trial (1809) -- "A Correspondence... Not Fit to be Named": Tobias Smollett's Captain Whiffle and Mr. Simper (1748) -- "I am No Man to be Tried by a Court Martial": A Sailor Pleads "Neutrality of Gender" (1803) -- "The Childish Vice of Boys": Adolescent Sexual Activity Aboard HMS Africaine (1816) -- "A Thorn Has Been Given Him In the Flesh": Naval Officer James Woolls Describes His Same-Sex Desire (1818) -- Part 3: In Print -- Reports of Same-Sex Acts in Seventeenth-Century Newspapers (1650, 1654) -- "Any Port in a Storm": A Sailor Risks Sodomy in Fanny Hill (1748) -- The Lieutenant Thomas Wye Affair: A Buggery Case on Shore (1755-56) -- "Indecent Familiarities with Mankind": William Benbow Recalls the Captain Charles Sawyer Scandal (1823) -- "A Case of Unparalleled Hardship": Lieutenant Arthur W. Adair Appeals to the Nation for Justice (1807, 1809) -- "A Full Acquittal": Captain Thomas G. Muston Insists on his Innocence in Print (1812) -- "Familiarity with Gross Pollution": Captain Edward Hawker on Female Sex Workers and Same-Sex Intimacy in the Navy (1821) -- Part 4: Naval Buggery Scandals -- "Is It Not What Great Men Do?": The Edward Rigby Scandal (1698) -- The HMS Stag Affair: Captain Henry Angel is Arrested by His Officers (1762, 1805) -- "But for this Detestable Propensity": Lieutenant William Berry (1807) -- "Guilty of an Abominable Offence": Naval Surgeon James Nehemiah Taylor (1809) -- Part 5: "A Man F -- g Ship": The Same-Sex Subculture on HMS Africaine -- Sworn Statements from the Officers' Investigation on HMS Africaine (October-November 1815) -- Sworn Statements from the Admiralty's investigation (December 1815) -- Admiral Edward Thornbrough's Report on the Africaine Punishments (1816) -- Press Coverage of the Africaine Trials and Punishments -- Part 6: The Victorian Navy -- "Considered the Prisoner as a Father": The Lieutenant Richard Inman Scandal (1838) -- "So Full an Acquittal": The Trials of Lieutenant Lionel R. Place (1842) -- "To Throw Himself Upon the Protection of the Publick": Defending Lieutenant Henry Stokes (1844-1845) -- "Revolting Charges Against a Naval Officer": Lieutenant George Armitage Brings a Perjury Accusation (1862-1864) -- "Charged with Insobriety and Indecency": The Trial of Lieutenant Frederick W. Kuper (1871) -- "Foul Offence and Exemplary Punishment": The Trial and Flight of Navigating Sub-Lieutenant William Renwick (1873) -- "In the Water Closet of a Café at Gibraltar": The Trial of Seamen Robert Simpson and Henry Keenor (1874).

"Mapping the New Left Antisemitism: The Fathom Essays provides a comprehensive guide to contemporary Left antisemitism. The rise of a new and largely left-wing form of antisemitism in the era of the Jewish state, and the distinction between it and legitimate criticism of Israel is now roiling progressive politics in the West and causing alarming spikes in antisemitic incitement and incidents. Fathom Journal has examined these questions relentlessly in the first decade of its existence, earning a reputation for careful textual analysis and cogent advocacy. In this book, the Fathom essays are contextualised by three new contributions: Lesley Klaff provides a map of contemporary antisemitic forms of antizionism, Dave Rich writes on the oft-neglected lived experience of the Jewish victims of contemporary antisemitism, and David Hirsh assesses the intellectual history of the left from which both Fathom and his own London Centre for the Study of Contemporary Antisemitism, as well as this book series, have emerged. Topics covered by the contributors include: antisemitic anti-Zionism and its under-appreciated Soviet roots; the impact of analogies with the Nazis; the rise of antisemitism on the European continent, exploring the hybrid forms emerging from a cross-fertilisation between new left, Christian, and Islamist antisemitism; the impact of anti-Zionist activism on higher education; and the bitter debates over the adoption of the oft-misrepresented International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) definition of antisemitism. This work will be of considerable appeal to scholars and activists with an interest in antisemitism, Jewish studies, and the politics of Israel"

"This book explores realist theories-also called power politics approaches, formulations of systems theories, and game theory in International Relations (IR). The first section of the book focuses on theories of Early Classical Realism-Thucydides, Machiavelli, and Hobbes, and two Asian exponents-Kautilya and Han Fei Tzu. It covers the rise and fall of different schools of imperial geopolitics including those developed during the Cold-War and postmodern periods. It also discusses theories proposed by three stalwarts of Neoclassical Realism- Niebuhr, Carr, and Morgenthau; the Neorealism of Waltz; Strategic Realism of Schelling; and Offensive Realism of Mearsheimer. The book also examines theoretic formulations of Kaplan, Modelski, Rosecrance, McClelland, Holsti, and Singer, as well as game theory and its relevance and application in international relations. It explores diverse variants of theories of power in international relations through a critical readings of texts and IR literature. This book will be of interest to researchers and students of political science, international relations, history and law"--

Aus der Einführung: "In this book, we use the case of China to examine how state actors can transform the Internet and online discourse into a key strategic element for maintaining the government and relieving domestic pressure on national institutions. While scholars have long known that the democratizing influence of the Internet can be blunted by autocratic states, in this book, we show that the online sphere can effectively be co-opted by states like China and transformed into a supporting institution. Our theory, Directed Digital Dissidence, explains how autocracies manage critical online information flows and the impact this management has on mass opinion and behavior. While the expansion of the Internet may stimulate dissidence, it also provides the central government an avenue to direct that dissent away and toward selected targets. Under the strategy of Directed Digital Dissidence, the Internet becomes a mechanism to dissipate threats by serving as a targeted relief valve rather than a building pressure cooker. We consider the process and impact of this evolving state led manipulation of the political Internet using data and examples from China. We use an original large-scale random survey of Chinese citizens to measure Internet use, social media use, and political attitudes. We also consider the impact of the state firewall. Beyond simply identifying the government strategy, we focus on testing the effectiveness of the strategy with empirical data. We also consider how the redirection of dissent can be done across a broader range of targets, including non-state actors and other nations"--

"This volume examines the interplay of society and economy against the backdrop of recent crises as well as technological, political and social change in Europe. Covering a range of case studies from different European countries and regions, the contributions analyse the effects of recent challenges such as the Corona Pandemic, the rise of economic nationalism, the functioning of illegal markets, as well as changes in markets and other economic institutions. The book presents the current state of European economic sociological perspectives as well as an overview of the latest theoretical and methodological advancements in the field. It will appeal to students and scholars of economic sociology, economics, political science, political economy, and comparative capitalism research"--