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Beyond the Rising Sunby Bruce Stronach
ABC-CLIO 1995; US$ 31.95Japan's aggressive economic development has led many Americans to fear that it will lead to an equally aggressive nationalism reminiscent of the pre-World War II period. Beyond the Rising Sun demonstrates that such fears are unfounded. Although cultural nationalism is strong, Japan today is a stable and peaceful democracy. Professionals, academics, government officials, business people, and the general public will find this challenge to many current views about Japanese politics, people, and U.S.-Japanese relations provocative.||There has long been concern that Japan's aggressive economic development might be a harbinger of an equally aggressive nationalism, reminiscent of the dark era leading up to World War II. The media has fueled... more...
The Politics of Belongingby Nira Yuval-Davis
Sage Publications Ltd. 2011; US$ 42.95In this groundbreaking book, Yuval-Davis provides a cutting-edge investigation of the challenging debates around belonging and the politics of belonging. Alongside the hegemonic forms of citizenship and nationalism which have tended to dominate our recent political and social history, the author examines alternative contemporary political projects of belonging constructed around the notions of religion, cosmopolitanism and the feminist 'ethics of care'. The book also explores the effects of globalization, mass migration, the rise of both fundamentalist and human rights movements on such politics of belonging, as well as some of its racialized and gendered dimensions. A special space is given to the various feminist political movements... more...
Architecture of Oppressionby Paul B. Jaskot
Routledge 1999; US$ 79.95This book re-evaluates the architectural history of Nazi Germany and looks at the development of the forced-labour concentration camp system. more...
Nationalism and Modernismby Anthony Smith
Routledge 1998; US$ 59.95Explores the essential arguments of all the major theoretical interpretations of nationalism, from the modernist approaches of Gellner to the alternative paradigms of Geertz and Smith. more...
Nationalism and Internationalism in the Post-Cold War Eraby Kjell Goldmann; Ulf Hannerz; Charles Westin
Routledge 2000; US$ 54.95Mapping the post-Cold War political landscape, this text puts forward a critical reading of the term "post-Cold War" and what it implies, the changes in the world market economy and the strengthening of regional units. more...
States and Nationalism in Europe Since 1945by Malcolm Anderson
Routledge 2000; US$ 28.95Examines the ceaseless controversies surrounding the ideas of the nation and nationalism, and shows that they are far from dead in twenty-first century Europe. more...
Hitler and Nazismby Dick Geary
Routledge 2000; US$ 25.95This is an essential introduction to a notorius figure and crucial theme in modern history. The second edition also develops important new themes including race, genetics, class and the role of women. more...
Ethnic Nationalism and the Fall of Empiresby Aviel Roshwald
Routledge 2000; US$ 41.95An examination of the critical dilemmas of nationalist politics in the First World War. It proposes that the war catapulted nationalist movements into positions of authority well before they were ready culturally or politically. more...
Nation and Identityby Ross Poole
Routledge 1999; US$ 41.95This provides a concise and comprehensive account of the place of national identity in modern life. Poole offers us a new analysis of the concept of identity, arguing that we are now in a position to envisage the end of nationalism. more...
Women, Ethnicity and Nationalismby Rick Wilford; Robert E. Miller
Routledge 1998; US$ 52.95Using contemporary case studies, Women, Ethnicity and Nationalism asks whether societies caught in political and social transition provide new opportunties for women or, instead, create new burdens and obstacles for them. more...









