Books published by Amsterdam University Press

What fresh perspectives can viewing copyright law through a humanities' looking glass bring to key notions of tomorrow's copyright law?

The first substantial English-language introduction to Plessner's philosophical anthropology.

The cultural history of same-sex sexual matters in later medieval England.

In the late 1800s and early 1900s, colonial powers clashed over much of Central and East Asia: Great Britain and Germany fought over New Guinea, the Bismarck Archipelago, Fiji, and Samoa; France and Great Britain competed over control of continental Southwest Asia; and the United States annexed the Philippines and Hawaii. Meanwhile, the possible disintegration of China and Japan's growing nationalism added new dimensions to the rivalries.Surveying these and other international developments in the Pacific basin during the three decades preceding World War I, Kees van Dijk traces the emergence of superpowers during the colonial race and analyzes their conduct as they struggled for territory. Extensive in scope, Pacific Strife is a fascinating look at a volatile moment in history.

This volume brings together thirty-five essays in honor of the IISH's longtime director Jaap Kloosterman.

The history of the production of multi-language version films at Ufa, complete with readings and reflections of individual, original and remake films.

An illuminating investigation on the depiction of madness from early horror films of the 20s and 30s to the proliferation of today's conspiracy thrillers.

Motivated by ongoing debates over welfare state retrenchment and growing economic insecurity, this book compares the situation of older workers in Germany and the United States over the past three decades. Both nations are seeing a rise in insecurity for older workers, but the differences in support programs, pensions, and retirement options have led to differing outcomes for workers faced with early retirement or job loss.

How contested notions of modernity, civilization and being governed were envisioned through the aid of photography.

A wide and scientific overview on migration potential from the NEMA region to the EU.

A study on how national policies of integration exert little influence over the reception practices of secondary schools in Rotterdam and Barcelona.

This book surveys the many different ways in which irregular migrants settle and make a living in Belgium and the Netherlands. Offering an empirically grounded theoretical critique of the dominant research's focus on survival strategies, overreliance on comparisons of migrant communities, and overemphasis on structural explanations, Masja van Meeteren instead takes the aspirations of irregular migrants as her starting point, which opens up fascinating new questions about their lives and roles in their new home nations.

Surrealism and the Occult offers a fresh view of the debate whether Surrealism was involved with occultism and the esoteric or not, with special examination of the movement's leadership by its founder, Andre Breton.

Experts of diverse disciplines join forces to analyse the new publication cultures in the humanities.

A close reading of the colour aesthetics in film, tracing the historical development of film styles in relation to colour.

Richly illustrated reconstruction - equal parts social history, anthropology, and survival chronicle - of the journey of 30 castaways from the Dutch ship Amstelveen.

This new study provides a comprehensive account of the multilingualism of Constantijn Huygens (1596-1687).

A philosophical look into that we call our own 'strange body', and how we use choose to adjust to radical physical changes.

This book compares national healthcare policies in Norway, Germany, and the Netherlands.

A comprehensive and up-to-date account of the current state of the field of digital archaeology.

The volume within the Syntax of Dutch series Adpositions and Adpositional Phrases discusses the internal make-up and the distribution of adpositional phrases.

A fascinating insight on avant-garde film director Walter Ruttmann, the first in English of its kind.

In Fabricating the Absolute Fake, Jaap Kooijman explores the ways people around the world interpret and attempt to reproduce "e;Americanness."e; Tracing the ways America has been appropriated by pop culture produced outside the United States, he examines such icons as the Elvis-inspired performer Lee Towers and the Moroccan-Dutch rapper Ali B. This revised edition features a new chapter on Barack Obama's global celebrity and an afterword on teaching American pop culture. Like the first edition, it will prove an illuminating resource for scholars of American culture and popular cultures the world over.

Combining astrophysical knowledge with a robust argument and intellectual playfulness, this fascinating book succeeds in making a notoriously difficult subject accessible to all readers interested in a better grasp of our universe.

Through a series of interrelated case studies that span the entire continent, this work demonstrates how the everyday experiences of Europeans during these five years shaped the transition of their societies from war to peace.

Landscape Biographies explores the long, complex histories of landscapes from personal and social perspectives.

A look at what the current digital revolution will mean for conventional books in the future.

This book presents a close look at the growth, success, and proliferation of ethnic politics on the peripheries of modern South Asia, built around a case study of the Nepal ethnic group that lives in the borderlands of Sikkim, Darjeeling, and east Nepal.