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Examining how fast transnational capitalism is re-making the rules of the game, in a wide variety of different places, domains, and sectors, "An Unruly World" focuses on a wide range of issues: from analysis of "soft capitalism," and the post-Cold War organizational drives of international trade uni... More

This extensively revised second edition of "The Geopolitics Reader "draws together the most important political, geographical, historical and sociological readings of geopolitics in the early twenty first century. "The Reader "draws on the most illuminating examples of imperial, Cold War, contempora... More

In this book, O' Tuathail writes about the politics of the geographical struggle, and about the geography of global politics. It is the first geographical study to tackle geopolitical writing from a poststructuralist position.... More

From the cobbled streets where Komomo walks in her elaborate dress to the inner sanctums of her dressing room, these pages offer a rare look at a contemporary teen's journey to becoming a geisha, photographed in full color by Naoyuki Ogino.This is the story of a contemporary Japanese teenager who, i... More

Cold War geopolitics may be dead but struggles over space and power are more important than ever in a world of globalizing economies and instantaneous information. The contributors to this collection use insights from contemporary cultural theory to address questions of political identity and popula... More

An Unruly World? examines how fast transnational capitalism is re-making the rules of the game throughout the world of the late twentieth century. Ranging in focus from analyses of "soft capitalism" and the rhetoric of speed in US political discourse, to the post-Cold War organizational drives of in... More

This powerful analysis of the wise women healer from the oral traditions of Ireland's rural communities is unique in its depth and perspective. Stories, told and retold, embedded in the texture of culture and community, collected and studied for many decades, are here translated and made available t... More