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(1) Islam and the Challenge of Civilization
Abdelwahab Meddeb; Translated by Jane Kuntz
ISBN: 9780823264360
View at publisher (Fordham University Press)


(2) Intersections of Harm: Narratives of Latina Deviance and Defiance
Laura Halperin
ISBN: 9780813570365
View at publisher (Rutgers University Press)


(3) Jewish Peoplehood: An American Innovation
Noam Pianko
ISBN: 9780813563640
View at publisher (Rutgers University Press)


(4) Movie Migrations: Transnational Genre Flows and South Korean Cinema
Hye Seung Chung and David Scott Diffrient
ISBN: 9780813569970
View at publisher (Rutgers University Press)


(5) The Transatlantic Zombie: Slavery, Rebellion, and Living Death
Sarah J. Lauro
ISBN: 9780813568836
View at publisher (Rutgers University Press)


(6) Urban Villages and Local Identities: Germans from Russia, Omaha Indians, and Vietnamese in Lincoln, Nebraska
Kurt E. Kinbacher; Foreword by Timothy R. Mahoney
ISBN: 9780896728943
View at publisher (Texas Tech University Press)


(7) Heart of Creation: The Mesoamerican World and the Legacy of Linda Schele
Edited by Andrea Stone; Contributions by Andrea Stone, Marc Zender, Barbara MacLeod, David B. Kelley, Federico Fahsen, Nikolai Grube, Elin C. Danien, Dunca
ISBN: 9780817311384
View at publisher (University of Alabama Press)


(8) Kay Boyle: A Twentieth-Century Life in Letters
Kay Boyle
ISBN: 978-0-252-03931-7
View at publisher (University of Illinois Press)


(9) Patient Expectations: How Economics, Religion, and Malpractice Shaped Therapeutics in Early America
Catherine L. Thompson
ISBN: 9781625341594
View at publisher (University of Massachusetts Press)


(10) A Traveling Homeland: The Babylonian Talmud as Diaspora
Daniel Boyarin
ISBN: 9780812247244
View at publisher (University of Pennsylvania Press)


(11) Secularism in Question: Jews and Judaism in Modern Times
Edited by Ari Joskowicz and Ethan B. Katz
ISBN: 9780812247275
View at publisher (University of Pennsylvania Press)


(12) Andean Waterways: Resource Politics in Highland Peru
Mattias Borg Rasmussen
ISBN: 9780295994932
View at publisher (University of Washington Press)


(13) I. L. Peretz and the Making of Modern Jewish Culture
Ruth R. Wisse
ISBN: 9780295994796
View at publisher (University of Washington Press)


(14) Seven Masters: 20th Century Japanese Woodblock Prints from the Wells Collection
Andreas Marks
ISBN: 9780989371872
View at publisher (University of Washington Press)


(15) Ukrainian Otherlands: Diaspora, Homeland, and Folk Imagination in the Twentieth Century
Natalia Khanenko-Friesen
ISBN: 978-0-299-30344-0
View at publisher (University of Wisconsin Press)


(16) China’s Contested Internet
Yang, Guobin
ISBN: 9788776941765
View at publisher (University Press of Chicago)


(17) Demolition Means Progress: Flint, Michigan, and the Fate of the American Metropolis
Highsmith, Andrew R.
ISBN: 9780226419558
View at publisher (University Press of Chicago)


(18) Forensics of Capital
Ralph, Michael
ISBN: 9780226198576
View at publisher (University Press of Chicago)


(19) Holy Nation: The Transatlantic Quaker Ministry in an Age of Revolution
Crabtree, Sarah
ISBN: 9780226255767
View at publisher (University Press of Chicago)


(20) Interanimations: Receiving Modern German Philosophy
Pippin, Robert B.
ISBN: 9780226259659
View at publisher (University Press of Chicago)


(21) Journal, Memorials and Letters of Cornelis Matelieff de Jonge: Security, Diplomacy and Commerce in 17th-century Southeast Asia
Borschberg, Peter
ISBN: 9789971695279
View at publisher (University Press of Chicago)


(22) Making Modern Japanese-Style Painting: Kano Hogai and the Search for Images
Foxwell, Chelsea
ISBN: 9780226110806
View at publisher (University Press of Chicago)


(23) Paul Klee: The Visible and the Legible
Bourneuf, Annie
ISBN: 9780226091181
View at publisher (University Press of Chicago)


(24) Preserving the Spell: Basile’s "The Tale of Tales" and Its Afterlife in the Fairy-Tale Tradition
Maggi, Armando
ISBN: 9780226242965
View at publisher (University Press of Chicago)


(25) Reading Clocks, Alla Turca: Time and Society in the Late Ottoman Empire
Wishnitzer, Avner
ISBN: 9780226257723
View at publisher (University Press of Chicago)


(26) Teaching Embodied: Cultural Practice in Japanese Preschools
Hayashi, Akiko
ISBN: 9780226263106
View at publisher (University Press of Chicago)


(27) The Beauty of a Social Problem: Photography, Autonomy, Economy
Michaels, Walter
ISBN: 9780226210261
View at publisher (University Press of Chicago)


(28) The Calling of History: Sir Jadunath Sarkar and His Empire of Truth
Chakrabarty, Dipesh
ISBN: 9780226100456
View at publisher (University Press of Chicago)


(29) The Cube and the Face: Around a Sculpture by Alberto Giacometti
Didi-Huberman, Georges
ISBN: 9783037345207
View at publisher (University Press of Chicago)


(30) The Reformation of Emotions in the Age of Shakespeare
Mullaney, Steven
ISBN: 9780226547633
View at publisher (University Press of Chicago)


(31) Victorian Connections: The Literary and Artistic Circles of William and Helen Allingham from the Collections of Grolier Club Members
Moore, Natasha
ISBN: 9781605830599
View at publisher (University Press of Chicago)


(32) Vital Minimum: Need, Science, and Politics in Modern France
Simmons, Dana
ISBN: 9780226251561
View at publisher (University Press of Chicago)


(33) China Looks at the West: Identity, Global Ambitions, and the Future of Sino-American Relations
Christopher A. Ford
ISBN: 9780813165400
View at publisher (University Press of Kentucky)


(34) Democracy in Central Asia: Competing Perspectives and Alternative Strategies
Mariya Y. Omelicheva
ISBN: 9780813160689
View at publisher (University Press of Kentucky)


(35) The Mind of Empire: China's History and Modern Foreign Relations
Christopher A. Ford
ISBN: 9780813165431
View at publisher (University Press of Kentucky)


(36) The Price of China's Economic Development: Power, Capital, and the Poverty of Rights
Zhaohui Hong
ISBN: 9780813161150
View at publisher (University Press of Kentucky)


(37) Nineteenth-Century Spanish America: A Cultural History
Christopher Conway
ISBN: 9780826520609
View at publisher (Vanderbilt University Press)