Books published by Amsterdam University Press

An in-depth exploration of the international phenomenon of enlightened paternalist capitalism and social engineering in the golden age of capitalism.

In this volume, experts working in the sciences, arts, and philosophy of technology share novel perspectives on how we can best identify and navigate the new ethical crossroads emerging in our information society.

This important and accessible must-read will challenge you to find overlaps between your own life and global issues, and to start bridging the gap between your personal needs and those of our planet.

This book presents an unforgettable up-close account of the effects of World War II and the subsequent American occupation on Oita prefecture.

This book tells the story of Shikarpoor and presents as complete a picture of its threatened historical fabric as possible, through copious maps and images past and present.

The case studies in this volume trace important developments in the shipbuilding and ship repair industries, as well as workers' responses to these historic transformations.

The Pursuit of Justice is the first book to examine three separate instances of soldiers risking their lives during wartime to protest injustices being perpetrated by military authorities.

This book offers a critical analysis of modelscapes, using case studies from Israel, to show how miniature representations of contested physical space participate in the construction of a sense of national identity and appropriation of the land and its history.

This volume brings together a number of contributors to look at how and why certain writers have attained celebrity throughout history.

An exploration of Italian culture in transition during the advent of cinema, as this 'scandalous' new technology appeared poised to thoroughly change everyday life.

This book offers one of the most comprehensive accounts yet of the place of women in silent film in Europe.

This volume makes a major contribution to debates about New Materialism and the post-human turn.

Van Oyen offers a fresh analysis in which objects are no longer passive props, but rather they actively shape historical trajectories.

Sonic Time Machines presents a striking new approach to theorising sound that investigates its split existence: as a temporal effect in a techno-cultural context and as a source of knowledge and information.

The place occupied by Kurds in Turkish society has changed remarkably in recent years. Around the turn of the millennium, the Turkish state still denied their very existence, whereas now Kurdish parties are seen as key parts of Turkish political life. This book uses the situation of the Kurds in Turkey as a case study for attempting to understand the conditions that foster nonviolent civic engagement in emerging civil societies. How and why did the Kurds choose participation over rebellion, discarding the violent approach of the PKK and opting instead for organization within the structures of the state? And what can their success teach us about possible ways to encourage similar approaches in other developing democracies?

This book compares the British and French histories of the animal-protection movement to retrace its origins and impact up to the present day.

The essays in this interdisciplinary volume use the example of Dutch society and a wealth of empirical data to propose a novel theory about the ambivalent relation between contemporary life and human nature.

This volume concludes the series and features a description of adverbial modification and the overall structure of clauses in relation to word order and other aspects of syntax.

Contributors with a wide range of expertise in the film and media world consider the practical and theoretical challenges posed by changing formats and technologies.

This book explores the position of art and artists under a number of different political regimes of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries, traveling around the world to consider how art and politics have interacted and influenced each other in different conditions.

This is the first book to survey the entire career of Joris Ivens, a prolific documentary filmmaker who worked on every continent over the course of seven decades.

This book presents a comprehensive analysis of the work of twenty-one of the most well-known South Korean films of the twenty-first century from eight major directors.

With his engaging storytelling-style filled with humorous anecdotes, Roberts convincingly shows how deviant male youth behavior is a feature of all ages, especially in periods when youngsters have too much free time and money.

Indologist Gerrit Jan Held wrote this book in 1955 but died before it could be published; this volume represents its first translation into English, and includes extensive footnotes that set it in context of current research.

Describes the history and characteristics of our current financial system by showing the true value and background of money and the benefits of investing in gold.

This book examines both the policies of church boards and town councils in organising charitable appeals, as well as the general population's giving behaviour.

A host of prominent and influential thinkers such as political scientist Ivan Krastev and historians Philipp Blom and Adam Zamoyski have been invited to write essays. Their thoughts are assembled in the anthology Re:Thinking Europe.

This book gathers contributors from a range of disciplines to look at how people in China's borderland areas are actively engaging in making relationships across the border, and how those interactions are shaping life in the region.

Rene Grotenhuis analyses policies intended to bring stability to fragile states and shows how they ignore the question of what gives people a sense of belonging to a nation-state.