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Genocide
(2016)
The twentieth century has been called, not inaccurately, a century of genocide. And the beginning of the twenty-first century has seen little change, with genocidal violence in Darfur, Congo, Sri Lanka, and Syria. Why is ...
Contesting Cosmopolitan Europe
(2022)
The project of European integration has undergone a succession of shocks, beginning with the Eurozone crisis, followed by reactions to the sudden growth of irregular migration, and, most recently, the Coronavirus pandemic. ...
Diaspora and Transnationalism
(2010)
Diaspora and transnationalism are widely used concepts in academic as well as political discourses. Although originally referring to quite different phenomena, they increasingly overlap today. Such inflation of meanings ...
L'Imaginaire du Complot
(2009)
This book explores the importance of conspiracy rhetoric within populist and far right speeches in Europe and the United States. It shows how a "New World Order" plot give to populist and far right parties an opportunity ...
Regional Pathways to Complexity
(2010)
Synthesizing almost 30 years of Dutch archaeological research in central and southern Italy, this book discusses and compares settlement and land use patterns from the late protohistoric period to the late Roman Republic. ...
De Lage Landen en het hogere
(2012)
Sociology
Fish for Life
(2005)
One billion people around the world rely upon fish as their primary-and in many cases, their only-source of protein. At the same time, increasing demand from wealthier populations in the U.S. and Europe encourages dangerous ...
Born Entrepreneurs?
(2010)
Are immigrants more enterprising than natives in Spain? How successful are migrant entrepreneurs compared to those who start businesses in their country of birth? With the growth of migration worldwide, questions such as ...
Cinephilia
(2005)
This anthology explores new periods, practices and definitions of what it means to love the cinema. The essays demonstrate that beyond individualist immersion in film, typical of the cinephilia as it was popular from the ...
Hitchcock's Motifs
(2005)
Among the abundant Alfred Hitchcock literature, Hitchcock's Motifs has found a fresh angle. Starting from recurring objects, settings, character-types and events, Michael Walker tracks some forty motifs, themes and clusters ...
Sound Souvenirs
(2009)
In recent decades, the importance of sound for remembering the past and for creating a sense of belonging has been increasingly acknowledged. We keep "sound souvenirs" such as cassette tapes and long play albums in our ...
Ripples of Hope: How Ordinary People Resist Repression Without Violence
(2015)
In Ripples of Hope, Robert M. Press tells the stories of mothers, students, teachers, journalists, attorneys, and many others who courageously stood up for freedom and human rights against repressive rulers — and who helped ...
Chapter 2 Actuele bestaansonzekerheid
(2016)
Sociale zekerheid dient de bestaanszekerheid te garanderen. Maar bestaanszekerheid is een steeds groter begrip geworden, dat ook te
maken heeft met vraagstukken van identiteit en veiligheid. Door grote
migratiebewegingen ...
Studying Film with André Bazin
(2019)
The impact of French film critic André Bazin (1918-1958) on the development of film studies, though generally acknowledged, remains contested. A passionate initiator of film culture during his lifetime, his ideas have been ...
New Perspectives on Investment in Infrastructures
(2008)
Over the last two decades most infrastructures were subject to significant regime change. Once a state monopoly, infrastructures have now been liberalised or even fully privatised, thereby introducing new actors and new ...
Livestock for Sale
(2016)
The civitas Batavorum was a settlement on the north-western frontier of the Roman Empire, and it is now the site of numerous archaeological excavations. This book offers the most up-to-date look yet at what has been ...
Understanding Processes of Ethnic Concentration and Dispersal
(2009)
Questions surrounding 'race' as a spatial divider have come to the forefront of the political agenda, compelling us to revisit the debate on residential segregation. Drawing on the spatial analysis of changing dynamics in ...
Diaspora and Transnationalism
(2010)
Diaspora and transnationalism are widely used concepts in academic as well as political discourses. Although originally referring to quite different phenomena, they increasingly overlap today. Such inflation of meanings ...
Gender, Generations and the Family in International Migration
(2011)
Family-related migration is moving to the centre of political debates on migration, integration and multiculturalism in Europe. It is also more and more leading to lively academic interest in the family dimensions of ...
Het heilige huis
(2006)
Culture and history; Literature (Belles lettres) and rhetoric; Culture and institutions
Gender and Animals in History
(2024)
The category of species has remained largely understudied in mainstream gender scholarship. This edition of the Yearbook of Women’s History attempts to show how gender history can be enriched through the study of animals. ...
Arma 53
(2024)
The Netherlands Defence Museums, the National Military Museum in Soesterberg, the Navy Museum in Den Helder and the Marines Museum in Rotterdam jointly manage a vast collection of military heritage from the National ...
Reformation of Islamic Thought
(2006)
Ever since the dramatic events of September 11, 2001 the fundamentalist and exclusivist trend prevails in most presentations of Islamic thinking. Indeed, these events have given extremists and fundamentalists a much more ...
Reformation of Islamic Thought
(2006)
Ever since the dramatic events of September 11, 2001 the fundamentalist and exclusivist trend prevails in most presentations of Islamic thinking. Indeed, these events have given extremists and fundamentalists a much more ...
Educational Mobility of Second-generation Turks: Cross-national Perspectives
(2014)
This volume investigates educational inequalities among children of Turkish immigrants in Austria, France, and Sweden. One of the largest immigrant groups in these countries, Turks nonetheless face discrimination and limited ...
The Archaeology of South-East Italy in the First Millennium BC
(2013)
"Synthesizing some 30 years of archaeological research in south-east Italy, this book discusses a millennium that witnessed breathtaking changes: the first millennium BC. In nine to ten centuries the Mediterranean societies ...
Oog voor elkaar
(2008)
People like to live in a safe neighborhood. Areas with a variety of facilities like houses, offices and shops seem to be an important strategy to improve the safety of a neighborhood. More people on the streets means better ...
Feminsms: Diversity, Difference and Multiplicity in Contemporary Film Cultures
(2015)
This collection brings together an exciting group of established and emerging scholars to consider the history of feminist film theory and new developments in the field and in film culture itself. Opening the field up to ...
Travel Writing in Mongolia and Northern China, 1860-2020
(2023)
Travel Writing in Mongolia and Northern China, 1860–2020 invites readers to explore Mongolia as an important cultural space for Western travelers and their audiences over three historical eras. Travelers have framed their ...
Travel Writing in Mongolia and Northern China, 1860-2020
(2023)
Travel Writing in Mongolia and Northern China, 1860–2020 invites readers to explore Mongolia as an important cultural space for Western travelers and their audiences over three historical eras. Travelers have framed their ...
Nazism and Neo-Nazism in Film and Media
(2018)
This timely book takes an original transnational approach to the theme of Nazism and neo-Nazism in film, media, and popular culture, with examples drawn from mainland Europe, the UK, North and Latin America, Asia, and ...
The European Second Generation Compared
(2012)
Integration of newcomers is a foremost challenge for contemporary Europe. The 'second generation' - children born of immigrant parentage - is crucial in this process, for they constitute a growing and increasingly vocal ...
Chapter Kunst in dienst van het eerste leesonderwijs
(2022)
In 1906, a new primer was published in the German city of Bremen: The Bremer
Fibel. Its illustrations were created by Cornelis Jetses (1873-1955) one of the bestknown
illustrators of teaching material in the Netherlands, ...
Arma 53
(2024)
The Netherlands Defence Museums, the National Military Museum in Soesterberg, the Navy Museum in Den Helder and the Marines Museum in Rotterdam jointly manage a vast collection of military heritage from the National ...
Humour and Irony in Dutch Post-war Fiction Film
(2016-01-01)
If Dutch cinema is examined in academic studies, the focus is usually on pre-war films or on documentaries, but the post-war fiction film has been sporadically addressed. Many popular box-office successes have been steeped ...
Oog voor elkaar
(2008)
People like to live in a safe neighborhood. Areas with a variety of facilities like houses, offices and shops seem to be an important strategy to improve the safety of a neighborhood. More people on the streets means better ...
Wijdvertakte wortels. Over etnolectisch Nederland
(2015)
Waaraan herkennen wij een spreker als een Amsterdammer met een Marokkaanse achtergrond? En waaraan horen wij dat iemand een Nijmegenaar met Turkse wortels is? Wat heeft het taalgebruik van mensen met een Marokkaans een ...
Gender and Animals in History
(2024)
The category of species has remained largely understudied in mainstream gender scholarship. This edition of the Yearbook of Women’s History attempts to show how gender history can be enriched through the study of animals. ...
Urban Europe
(2016)
In Urban Europe, urban researchers and practitioners based in Amsterdam tell the story of the European city, sharing their knowledge of and insights into urban dynamics in short, thought-provoking pieces. Their essays were ...
Urban Europe
(2016)
In Urban Europe, urban researchers and practitioners based in Amsterdam tell the story of the European city, sharing their knowledge of and insights into urban dynamics in short, thought-provoking pieces. Their essays were ...
Nazism and Neo-Nazism in Film and Media
(2018)
This timely book takes an original transnational approach to the theme of Nazism and neo-Nazism in film, media, and popular culture, with examples drawn from mainland Europe, the UK, North and Latin America, Asia, and ...
Navigating Borders
(2007)
Navigating Borders into the Netherlands provides a unique in-depth look at human smuggling processes. Based on biographical interviews with smuggled migrants in the Netherlands, the study reveals considerable differences ...
Navigating Borders
(2007)
Navigating Borders into the Netherlands provides a unique in-depth look at human smuggling processes. Based on biographical interviews with smuggled migrants in the Netherlands, the study reveals considerable differences ...
Duurzame Geesteswetenschappen
(2008)
Culture and institutions; Education
Wijdvertakte wortels. Over etnolectisch Nederland
(2015)
Waaraan herkennen wij een spreker als een Amsterdammer met een Marokkaanse achtergrond? En waaraan horen wij dat iemand een Nijmegenaar met Turkse wortels is? Wat heeft het taalgebruik van mensen met een Marokkaans een ...
European Development Cooperation
(2010)
Official Development Assistance, or foreign aid, disbursed by the EU member states reached record levels in 2008, when several member states raised their assistance considerably, while some of the new member states became ...
Realist Cinema as World Cinema
(2020)
"Lúcia Nagib redefines realism not as a mere question of rhetoric or style, or a product of a certain age and place, but as a deep and steadfast commitment of filmmakers to an "ethics of the real" based on various forms ...
Realist Cinema as World Cinema
(2020)
"Lúcia Nagib redefines realism not as a mere question of rhetoric or style, or a product of a certain age and place, but as a deep and steadfast commitment of filmmakers to an "ethics of the real" based on various forms ...
Feminsms: Diversity, Difference and Multiplicity in Contemporary Film Cultures
(2015)
This collection brings together an exciting group of established and emerging scholars to consider the history of feminist film theory and new developments in the field and in film culture itself. Opening the field up to ...
Privacy en vormen van 'intelligente' mobiliteit
(2011)
Public administration; Political science
Privacy en vormen van 'intelligente' mobiliteit
(2011)
Public administration; Political science
Humour and Irony in Dutch Post-war Fiction Film
(2016-01-01)
If Dutch cinema is examined in academic studies, the focus is usually on pre-war films or on documentaries, but the post-war fiction film has been sporadically addressed. Many popular box-office successes have been steeped ...
Duurzame Geesteswetenschappen
(2008)
Culture and institutions; Education
Chapter Kunst in dienst van het eerste leesonderwijs
(2022)
In 1906, a new primer was published in the German city of Bremen: The Bremer
Fibel. Its illustrations were created by Cornelis Jetses (1873-1955) one of the bestknown
illustrators of teaching material in the Netherlands, ...
Educational Mobility of Second-generation Turks: Cross-national Perspectives
(2014)
This volume investigates educational inequalities among children of Turkish immigrants in Austria, France, and Sweden. One of the largest immigrant groups in these countries, Turks nonetheless face discrimination and limited ...
The European Second Generation Compared
(2012)
Integration of newcomers is a foremost challenge for contemporary Europe. The 'second generation' - children born of immigrant parentage - is crucial in this process, for they constitute a growing and increasingly vocal ...
Transnational Archipelago
(2008)
The island nation of Cape Verde has given rise to a diaspora that spans the four continents of the Atlantic Ocean. Migration has been essential to the island since the birth of its nation. This volume makes a significant ...
Transnational Archipelago
(2008)
The island nation of Cape Verde has given rise to a diaspora that spans the four continents of the Atlantic Ocean. Migration has been essential to the island since the birth of its nation. This volume makes a significant ...
Our Nanotechnology Future
(2017)
This book explores nanotechnology, a rapidly evolving and growing field with applications in a large number of areas. The concepts and physics are highlighted through topics such as nanoscience, quantum effects, nanostructures, ...
Playful Identities
(2015)
In this edited volume, eighteen scholars examine the increasing role of digital media technologies in identity construction through play. Going beyond computer games, this interdisciplinary collection argues that present-day ...
Secularism, Assimilation and the Crisis of Multiculturalism
(2013)
This remarkable study develops a theoretical critique of contemporary discourses on secularism and assimilation, arguing that the perspective of assimilating distinct religious minorities by incorporating them into a secular ...
Labour in a Single Shot
(2022)
This collection of essays offers a critical assessment of Labour in a Single Shot, a groundbreaking documentary video workshop. From 2011 to 2014, curator Antje Ehmann and film- and videomaker Harun Farocki produced an art ...
Enhanced Publications
(2009)
In the digital world of scholarly publishing online access is provided to articles, hyperlinked reference and supplementary data. Connection with social networking, e.g. blogs, relation with other materials, e.g. multimedia, ...
Livestock for Sale
(2016)
The civitas Batavorum was a settlement on the north-western frontier of the Roman Empire, and it is now the site of numerous archaeological excavations. This book offers the most up-to-date look yet at what has been ...
Medieval Communities and the Mad
(2020)
The concept of madness as a challenge to communities lies at the core of legal sources. This book considers how communal networks, ranging from the locale to the realm, responded to people who were considered mad. The ...
Chinese Environmental Contention
(2019)
A plethora of new actors has in recent years entered China’s environmental arena. In Western countries, the linkages and diffusion processes between such actors often drive environmental movements. Through a study of Chinese ...
Microfoundations of the Arab Uprisings
(2017-05-10)
This book brings together a roster of prominent contributors to present a strategic interactionist perspective on the study of contentious politics in the Middle East in response to the Arab uprisings. The common thread ...
Turning Gardens in Japan into Japanese Gardens
(2025)
In the mid nineteenth century, as Japan rapidly modernized, garden building declined in popularity. Only in the late nineteenth century did a new class of political and business leaders revive interest in horticulture, ...
Sovereignty as a Vocation in Hobbes’s Leviathan
(2024)
Hobbes, Leviathan, Virtue, Rhetoric, Sovereignty
Visions of Electric Media
(2019)
*Visions of Electric Media* is an historical examination into the early history of television, as it was understood during the Victorian and Machine ages. How did the television that we use today develop into a functional ...
Stigmatics and Visual Culture in Late Medieval and Early Modern Italy
(2022)
This book places the discourse surrounding stigmata within the visual culture of the late medieval and early modern periods, with a particular focus on Italy and on female stigmatics. Echoing, and to a certain extent ...
Collective Memory and the Dutch East Indies
(2021)
This book examines the afterlife of decolonization in the collective memory of the Netherlands. It offers a new perspective on the cultural history of representing the decolonization of the Dutch East Indies, and maps out ...
Adaptation in the Age of Media Convergence
(2019)
This collection considers new phenomena emerging in a convergence environment from the perspective of adaptation studies. The contributions take the most prominent methods within the field to offer reconsiderations of ...
Advertising and the Transformation of Screen Cultures
(2021)
Advertising has played a central role in shaping the history of modern media. While often identified with American consumerism and the rise of the 'Information Society', motion picture advertising has been part of European ...
De puber en de pedagoog
(2025)
While the First World War raged outside, fifteen-year-old Jaap Kann sat indoors and struggled with his schoolwork. He was the terror of his teachers and consistently failed his subjects. Rather than studying, he preferred ...
Pacific Strife
(2015-03-13)
In the late 1800s and early 1900s, colonial powers clashed over much of Central and East Asia: Great Britain and Germany fought over New Guinea, the Bismarck Archipelago, Fiji, and Samoa; France and Great Britain competed ...
Educational mobility of Second-Generation Turks
(2014)
This definitive study investigates the variations in educational mobility of Turkish second-generation immigrants in France, Austria and Sweden. The findings show that differences are most pronounced in the Austrian education ...
Trans and Genderqueer Subjects in Medieval Hagiography
(2021)
Trans and Genderqueer Subjects in Medieval Hagiography presents an interdisciplinary examination of trans and genderqueer subjects in medieval hagiography. Scholarship has productively combined analysis of medieval literary ...
Borderland City in New India
(2016)
Borderland Cities in New India explores contemporary urban life in two cities in India’s Northeast borderland at a time of dramatic change. Social and economic transformation from India’s embrace of neoliberalism and ...
Slavery in the Cultural Imagination
(2025)
With the rising tide of scholarly and societal interest in the history and legacy of colonialism and slavery, this collection offers a much-needed diachronic analysis of the cultural representations of the lives and ...