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University of Pittsburgh

14 posts

Guido F. Verbeck as Pioneer Missionary in Japan

  • Eleanor Robinson-Yamaguchi
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  • 11 minute read
A review of Verbeck of Japan: Guido F. Verbeck as Pioneer Missionary, Oyatoi Gaikokujin, and “Foreign Hero”, by James Mitchell…
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Leadership, Crisis, and Political Change in the Nepeña Valley, Peru

  • Paul R. Duffy
  • 8 shares
  • 11 minute read
A review of Leadership, Crisis, and Political Change: The End of the Formative Period in the Nepeña Valley, Peru, by…
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Money, Values and Change in Post-Socialist Romania

  • Emanuela Grama
  • 10 minute read
A review of Chary Opportunists: Money, Values, and Change in Postsocialist Romania, by Narcis Sorin Marius Tulbure.   “Make the…
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Politics, Land, and Religion in Colombia

  • Rebecca Tally
  • 14 minute read
A review of Negotiating Indigenous Autonomy: Politics, Land, and Religion in Tierradentro (Colombia) 1905-1950, by Alejandra Boza Villarreal. When one…
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“Queuetopia”: Modernity and Standing in Lines in the Second World

  • Susanna Weygandt
  • 5 minute read
A review of Queuetopia: Second-World Modernity and the Soviet Culture of Allocation, by Andrew H. Chapman. This dissertation traces the…
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Imperial Portraiture in 18th- and 19th-c. Japan

  • Doreen Mueller
  • 10 minute read
A review of Political and Ritual Usages of Portraits of Japanese Emperors in Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries, by Yuki Morishima.…
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Unwanted Pregnancy & Abortion in Bolivia 1952-2010

  • Molly Geidel
  • 7 minute read
A review of An Open Secret: The Hidden History of Unwanted Pregnancy and Abortion in Highland Bolivia, 1952-2010, by Natalie…
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William Harvey, Soul Searcher

  • Peter Distelzweig
  • 7 minute read
A review of William Harvey, Soul Searcher: Teleology and Philosophical Anatomy, by Benjamin I. Goldberg. In the preface to his…
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Black Peasantry of Para, Brazil 1850-1950

  • Alex Borucki
  • 10 minute read
A review of Freedom in Amazonia: The Black Peasantry of Pará, Brazil, 1850-1950, by Oscar de la Torre Cueva. Brazil…
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Early Nomadic Polities on the Mongolian Steppe

  • Xin Wen
  • 6 minute read
A review of Emergent Complexity on the Mongolian Steppe: Mobility, Territoriality, and the Development of Early Nomadic Polities, by Jean-Luc…
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