Columbia University Press: 2355 books
Ethnic Conflict and Protest in Tibet and Xinjiang
Unrest in China's West
Language: English
Release Date: April 5, 2016
Despite more than a decade of rapid economic development, rising living standards, and large-scale improvements in infrastructure and services, China's western borderlands are awash in a wave of ethnic unrest not seen since the 1950s. Through on-the-ground interviews and firsthand observations, the...
South Korea at the Crossroads
Autonomy and Alliance in an Era of Rival Powers
Language: English
Release Date: January 2, 2018
Against the backdrop of China’s mounting influence and North Korea’s growing nuclear capability and expanding missile arsenal, South Korea faces a set of strategic choices that will shape its economic prospects and national security. In South Korea at the Crossroads, Scott A. Snyder examines the...
by Michel Hockx
Language: English
Release Date: February 10, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: February 10, 2015
Since the 1990s, Chinese literary enthusiasts have explored new spaces for creative expression online, giving rise to a modern genre that has transformed Chinese culture and society. Ranging from the self-consciously avant-garde to the pornographic, web-based writing has introduced innovative forms,...
Colonial Effects
The Making of National Identity in Jordan
Language: English
Release Date: September 11, 2001
Colonial Effects analyzes the creation and definition of modern Jordanian identity. Massad studies two key institutions-- the law and the military--and uses them to create an original and precise analysis of the development of Jordanian national identity in the postcolonial period.
Joseph A....
There a Petal Silently Falls
Three Stories by Ch'oe Yun
Language: English
Release Date: May 22, 2008
Ch'oe Yun is a Korean author known for her breathtaking versatility, subversion of authority, and bold exploration of the inner life. Readers celebrate her creative play with fantasy and admire her deep engagement with trauma, history, and the vagaries of remembrance.
In this collection's title...
Modernity and Culture
From the Mediterranean to the Indian Ocean
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2002
Between the 1890s and 1920s, cities in the vast region stretching from the Mediterranean Sea to the Indian Ocean were experiencing political, social, economic, and cultural changes that had been set in motion at least since the early nineteenth century. As the age of pre-colonial empires gave way...
Animal Rights Without Liberation
Applied Ethics and Human Obligations
Language: English
Release Date: August 21, 2012
Alasdair Cochrane introduces an entirely new theory of animal rights grounded in their interests as sentient beings. He then applies this theory to different and underexplored policy areas, such as genetic engineering, pet-keeping, indigenous hunting, and religious slaughter. In contrast to other...
Economy, Difference, Empire
Social Ethics for Social Justice
Language: English
Release Date: November 2, 2010
Sourcing the major traditions of progressive Christian social ethics-social gospel liberalism, Niebuhrian realism, and liberation theology-Gary Dorrien argues for the social-ethical necessity of social justice politics. In carefully reasoned essays, he focuses on three subjects: the ethics and politics...
Animal Oppression and Human Violence
Domesecration, Capitalism, and Global Conflict
Language: English
Release Date: May 7, 2013
Jared Diamond and other leading scholars have argued that the domestication of animals for food, labor, and tools of war has advanced the development of human society. But by comparing practices of animal exploitation for food and resources in different societies over time, David A. Nibert reaches...
Winged Faith
Rethinking Globalization and Religious Pluralism through the Sathya Sai Movement
Language: English
Release Date: June 10, 2010
The Sathya Sai global civil religious movement incorporates Hindu and Muslim practices, Buddhist, Christian, and Zoroastrian influences, and "New Age"-style rituals and beliefs. Shri Sathya Sai Baba, its charismatic and controversial leader, attracts several million adherents from various...
The Shape of the World to Come
Charting the Geopolitics of a New Century
Language: English
Release Date: July 16, 2009
Contrary to an optimistic vision of a world "flattened" by the virtues of globalization, the sustainability and positive outcomes of economic and political homogenization are far from guaranteed. For better and for worse, globalization has become the most powerful force shaping the world's...
History and Popular Memory
The Power of Story in Moments of Crisis
Language: English
Release Date: April 29, 2014
When people experience a traumatic event, such as war or the threat of annihilation, they often turn to history for stories that promise a positive outcome to their suffering. During World War II, the French took comfort in the story of Joan of Arc and her heroic efforts to rid France of foreign occupation....
The Levittowners
Ways of Life and Politics in a New Suburban Community
Language: English
Release Date: March 28, 2017
In 1955, Levitt and Sons purchased most of Willingboro Township, New Jersey and built 11,000 homes. This, their third Levittown, became the site of one of urban sociology's most famous community studies, Herbert J. Gans's The Levittowners. The product of two years of living in Levittown, the work...
Constructing Public Opinion
How Political Elites Do What They Like and Why We Seem to Go Along with It
Language: English
Release Date: March 7, 2001
Is polling a process that brings "science" into the study of society? Or are polls crude instruments that tell us little about the way people actually think? The role of public opinion polls in government and mass media has gained increasing importance with each new election or poll taken.
Here...