Guido F. Verbeck as Pioneer Missionary in Japan
A review of Verbeck of Japan: Guido F. Verbeck as Pioneer Missionary, Oyatoi Gaikokujin, and “Foreign Hero”, by James Mitchell…
Leadership, Crisis, and Political Change in the Nepeña Valley, Peru
A review of Leadership, Crisis, and Political Change: The End of the Formative Period in the Nepeña Valley, Peru, by…
Money, Values and Change in Post-Socialist Romania
A review of Chary Opportunists: Money, Values, and Change in Postsocialist Romania, by Narcis Sorin Marius Tulbure. “Make the…
Politics, Land, and Religion in Colombia
A review of Negotiating Indigenous Autonomy: Politics, Land, and Religion in Tierradentro (Colombia) 1905-1950, by Alejandra Boza Villarreal. When one…
“Queuetopia”: Modernity and Standing in Lines in the Second World
A review of Queuetopia: Second-World Modernity and the Soviet Culture of Allocation, by Andrew H. Chapman. This dissertation traces the…
Imperial Portraiture in 18th- and 19th-c. Japan
A review of Political and Ritual Usages of Portraits of Japanese Emperors in Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries, by Yuki Morishima.…
Unwanted Pregnancy & Abortion in Bolivia 1952-2010
A review of An Open Secret: The Hidden History of Unwanted Pregnancy and Abortion in Highland Bolivia, 1952-2010, by Natalie…
William Harvey, Soul Searcher
A review of William Harvey, Soul Searcher: Teleology and Philosophical Anatomy, by Benjamin I. Goldberg. In the preface to his…
Black Peasantry of Para, Brazil 1850-1950
A review of Freedom in Amazonia: The Black Peasantry of Pará, Brazil, 1850-1950, by Oscar de la Torre Cueva. Brazil…
Early Nomadic Polities on the Mongolian Steppe
A review of Emergent Complexity on the Mongolian Steppe: Mobility, Territoriality, and the Development of Early Nomadic Polities, by Jean-Luc…