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This open access volume of A Cultural History of Youth, The Modern Age, explores the cultural history of youth from 1920 to the present day. With each chapter dedicated to a specific theme, it covers concepts of youth; spaces and places; education and work; leisure and play; emotions, gender, sexuality and the body; belief and ideology; authority and agency; war and conflict and towards a world history. Readers can trace one theme throughout history using all six volumes, or can gain an in-depth understanding of an individual period. A Cultural History of Youth presents historians, scholars and students of related fields with a comprehensive and interdisciplinary overview of youth from ancient times to modernity. With six highly illustrated volumes covering 2,500 years, they each focus on a specific period; Antiquity, the Medieval Age, the Renaissance, the Enlightenment, the Age of Empire and the Modern Age. The open access edition of this book is available under a CC-BY-ND 3.0 license on bloomsburycollections.com. Open access was funded by The Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada.

A Cultural History of Objects in the Modern Age covers the period 1900 to today, a time marked by massive global changes in production, transportation, and information-sharing in a post-colonial world. New materials and inventions - from plastics to the digital to biotechnology - have created unprecedented scales of disruption, shifting and blurring the categories and meanings of the object. If the 20th century demonstrated that humans can be treated like things whilst things can become ever more human, where will the 21st century take us? The 6 volume set of the Cultural History of Objects examines how objects have been created, used, interpreted and set loose in the world over the last 2500 years. Over this time, the West has developed particular attitudes to the material world, at the centre of which is the idea of the object. The themes covered in each volume are objecthood; technology; economic objects; everyday objects; art; architecture; bodily objects; object worlds. Laurie A. Wilkie is Professor at the University of California-Berkeley, USA. John M. Chenoweth, is Associate Professor at the University of Michigan-Dearborn, USA. Volume 6 in the Cultural History of Objects set. General Editors: Dan Hicks and William Whyte

List of Illustrations -- General Editor's Preface -- Introduction: Modern Hair in a Modern Age / Geraldine Biddle-Perry -- 1. Religion and Ritualized Belief / Yudit Greenberg and Hannah Cody -- 2. Self and Society Part I: The Social Dynamics of Hair / Elisha Renne -- Self and Society Part II: Fashioning Social Hair / Royce Mahawatte -- 3. Fashion and Adornment / Alice Beard -- 4. Production and Practice / Kim Smith -- 5. Health and Hygiene / Paul Deslandes -- 6. Gender and Sexuality / Kristen Barber and Chelsea Johnson -- 7. Race and Ethnicity / Shirley Tate -- 8. Class and Social Status / Geraldine Biddle-Perry -- 9. Cultural Representations / Nathalie Khan -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Notes on Contributors -- Index.

List of Illustrations -- Notes on Contributors -- Series Preface -- Introduction Danielle Celermajer, University of Sydney, Australia and Richard Sherwin, New York Law School, USA -- 1. Justice: Klimt's Jurisprudence - Sovereign Violence and the Rule of Law Desmond Manderson, Australian National University, Australia -- 2. Constitution: Performance Evidence in Aboriginal Land Claims Craig Elliott, Australia -- 3. Codes: Judging the Rwandan Soundscape James E. K. Parker, Melbourne Law School, Australia -- 4. Agreements: Truth, Politics, and the Value of Performing Impersonations Diana Taylor, New York University, USA 5. -- Arguments: Should Videos of Trees have Standing? An Inquiry into the Legal Rites of Unnatural Objects at the ICTY Susan Schuppli, Goldsmiths, University of London, UK -- 6. Property and Possession: On the Illegality of Situational Art Alison Young, University of Melbourne, Australia -- 7. Wrongs: A Conversation with Filmmaker Joshua Oppenheimer Danielle Celermajer, University of Sydney, Australia, Richard Sherwin, New York Law School, USA, and Joshua Oppenheimer, University of Westminster, UK -- 8. Legal Profession: Beaten Black and Blue - Lessons from Watching the Rodney King Case, Christian Delage, University of Paris VIII, France -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.

Cover page -- Halftitle page -- Series page -- Title page -- Copyright page -- CONTENTS -- ILLUSTRATIONS -- GENERAL EDITOR'S PREFACE -- Introduction -- I. A LONG VIEW OF WAR AND PEACE IN THE MODERN ERA -- II. NUCLEAR FEAR -- III. WAR AVERSION -- IV. THE CULTURAL CONSEQUENCES OF MODERN WARFARE -- V. GLOBAL PEACE CULTURE -- CHAPTER ONE Definitions of Peace -- INTRODUCTION -- THE MEANINGS OF PEACE -- PEACE AND RECONCILIATION -- PEACE AND DEVELOPMENT -- STRUCTURAL AND CULTURAL VIOLENCE -- A WORLD OF PEACES -- SOME AFRICAN DEFINITIONS OF PEACE -- SOME ASIAN DEFINITIONS OF PEACE -- A LATIN AMERICAN DEFINITION OF PEACE -- SOME RUSSIAN DEFINITIONS OF PEACE -- SOME NORTH AMERICAN AND WESTERN EUROPEAN DEFINITIONS OF PEACE -- PEACE TALK, PEACE MAKING, AND PEACE MOVEMENTS -- WHAT IS, AND WHAT MIGHT BE, PEACE? -- THE "EVOLUTION" OF PEACE -- A DIALECTICAL DEFINITION OF PEACE -- IS PEACE POSSIBLE? -- CHAPTER TWO Human Nature, Peace, and War -- THE HUMAN NATURE CONCEPT -- THE CLASSIC WESTERN VIEW OF HUMAN NATURE: NASTY AND BRUTISH -- A MODERN SCIENTIFIC UNDERSTANDINGOF HUMAN NATURE -- EVALUATING THE EVIDENCE: HUMAN NATURE IS NOT SO NASTY AFTER ALL -- PARADIGM SHIFT: CHANGING THE HUMAN NATURE NARRATIVE -- CHAPTER THREE Peace, War, and Gender -- INTRODUCTION -- GENDERING PEACE AND DEVELOPMENT: THE CONCEPTS -- GENDERED WARS -- PEACE MOVEMENTS, PEACEBUILDING, AND WOMEN -- GENDERED PEACEBUILDING -- THE GENDERED POSTWAR PEACE -- CONCLUSION -- CHAPTER FOUR Peace, Pacifism, and Religion -- JUST WAR TRADITIONS -- NONVIOLENCE -- PEACE BUILDING -- SOCIAL JUSTICE -- SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT AND FUTURES -- HUMAN RIGHTS -- INTERFAITH DIALOGUE -- CONCLUSION -- CHAPTER FIVE Representations of Peace -- I. REPRESENTATIONS OF PEACE IN "THE GLOBAL COMMONS" -- II. THE NOBEL PEACE PRIZE -- III. WAR JOURNALISM -- IV. PEACE JOURNALISM -- V. CONCLUSION -- CHAPTER SIX Peace Movements.

Cover -- Contents -- List of Figures -- General Editors' Preface -- Contributors -- Introduction -- 1 The Economy of Work -- 2 Picturing Work -- 3 Work and Workplaces -- 4 Workplace Cultures -- 5 Work, Skill, and Technology -- 6 Work and Mobility -- 7 Work and Society -- 8 The Political Culture of Work -- 9 Work and Leisure -- Notes -- Further Readings -- Index.

This volume explores democracy in the 20th century, examining the triumph, crises, recovery, and resilience of democracy and its associated cultures in this period. From 1920 democracy became the hegemonic discourse in political cultures, to the extent that even its enemies claimed its legacy. The end of empires ushered in an unprecedented globalization of democratic aspirations. Barriers of gender and race were gradually removed, and greater equality gave new meaning to citizenship. Yet, already in 1922 democracy was on its back foot with the rise of fascism. Even after the latter s defeat in 1945, liberal democracy died wherever communist democracy triumphed. The situation changed again from 1989, but democratic hubris was then checked by the rise of a new enemy-populism. The paradox is that the century of democracy s triumph was also that of its near final defeat, while the peace and stability that everybody desired and many expected as the outcome of the extension of democracy were, at best, intermittent and geographically limited. Each chapter takes a different theme as its focus: sovereignty; liberty and the rule of law; the common good ; economic and social democracy; religion and the principles of political obligation; citizenship and gender; ethnicity, race, and nationalism; democratic crises, revolutions, and civil resistance; international relations; and democratic politics beyond the polis. These ten different approaches to democracy since 1920 offer a global, synoptic, and probing exploration of the subject

Cover -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- General Editor's Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction Eugenio F. Biagini and Gary Gerstle -- 1 Sovereignty Emma Hunter and Joel Isaac -- 2 Liberty and the Rule of Law H. Kumarasingham and Marius Strubenhoff -- 3 The Common Good Eugenio F. Biagini and Ornit Shani -- 4 Social and Economic Democracy James T. Kloppenberg and John Gee -- 5 Religion and the Principles of Political Obligation Eugenio F. Biagini and Todd M. Thompson -- 6 Citizenship and Gender Ragnheiður Kristjánsdóttir and Anupama Roy -- 7 Race, Ethnicity, and Nationalism Saul Dubow and Gary Gerstle -- 8 Democratic Crises, Revolutions, and Civil Resistance Franco Andreucci -- 9 International Relations Elizabeth Borgwardt and Eugenio F. Biagini -- 10 Beyond the Polis Nadia Urbinati and Vikram Visana -- Notes -- References -- Notes on Contributors -- Index.

Cover -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Series Preface -- Introduction Laurie A. Wilkie and John M. Chenoweth -- 1 Objecthood Christopher Witmore -- 2 Technology Steven A. Walton and Timothy J. Scarlett -- 3 Economic Objects Paul Graves-Brown -- 4 Everyday Objects Stacey L. Camp -- 5 Art Susanne Küchler and Timothy Carroll -- 6 Architecture Paul R. Mullins -- 7 Bodily Objects Laurie A. Wilkie, Katrina C. L. Eichner, Kelly Fong, David G. Hyde, Alyssa Scott, and Annelise Morris -- 8 Object Worlds Alfredo González-Ruibal -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Notes on Contributors -- Index.

Cover -- Halftitle Page -- Title Page -- Contents -- List of Figures -- Notes on Contributors -- Series Preface -- Introduction -- 1. Justice: Klimt's Jurisprudence-Sovereign Violence and the Rule of Law -- 2. Constitution: Performance Evidence in Aboriginal Land Claims -- 3. Codes: Judging the Rwandan Soundscape -- 4. Agreements: Truth, Politics, and the Value of Performing Impersonations -- 5. Arguments: Should Videos of Trees Have Standing? An Inquiry into the Legal Rites of Unnatural Objects at the ICTY -- 6. Property and Possession: On the Illegality of Situational Art -- 7. Wrongs: A Conversation with Filmmaker Joshua Oppenheimer -- 8. Legal Profession: Beaten Black and Blue-Lessons from Watching the Rodney King Case -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- Imprint.

A Cultural History of Western Empires in the Modern Age covers the period from 1918 to the present. Through the lens of the political and international events shaping the period, the introduction traces the gradual demise of the cultural importance of European empires and the emergence of the United States as the predominant cultural model. The following eight chapters of the volume, authored by a diverse range of experts, highlight different aspects of this cultural shift while indicating the historiographical controversies and conceptual developments that shaped the century-long evolution related to each of the specific topics.This richly-illustrated and accessible volume provides deep historical context to the rise of the US as a major cultural force in the modern era. In so doing, it gives the reader a backdrop to the shift of Western empire from the European model of 18th and 19th century imperialism, to the emergence of the US as a cultural hegemon. A feature of contemporary geopolitics that continues to play a key role in the dynamics of cultural exchange and influence playing out on the world stage today.This is volume 6 in the Cultural History of Western Empires set

List of Illustrations -- Notes on Contributors -- Series Preface -- Introduction: The Great Dialogue Peter Goodrich, Cardozo School of Law, USA -- 1. Justice Valérie Hayaert, Institut des Hautes Etudes sur la Justice, France -- 2. Constitution Susan Byrne, University of Nevada, USA -- 3. Codes: Redressing London - sumptuary laws and the control of clothing in the early modern city Sophie Pitman, University of Cambridge, UK -- 4. Agreements Laurent de Sutter, Vrije Universiteit, Belgium -- 5. Arguments: The Visual Mediation of Arguments in the Renaissance Piyel Haldar, Birkbeck College, University of London, UK -- 6. Property and Possession Thanos Zartaloudis, University of Kent, UK and Richard Braude, University of Cambridge, UK -- 7. Wrongs Chloë Kennedy, University of Edinburgh, UK and Lindsay Farmer, University of Glasgow, UK -- 8. Legal Profession: Tudor laws and lawyers in an age of litigation Dominique Goy-Blanquet, University of Picardie, France -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index