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Palestinian VillageHistories
Geographies o the Displaced
Rochelle A. Davis
Palestinian Village Histories
reveals how history is written,recorded, and contested, aswell as the roles that Palestin-ian conceptions o their pastplay in contemporary lie.Moving beyond the grand nar-ratives o 20th century politi-cal struggles, this book ana-lyzes individual and collectivehistorical accounts o everyday lie in pre-1948 Palestinian villages as composed today rom the perspectives o theselong-term reugees.
“The study itertwies ethg-raphy with athrpgicatheries, ccudig with aexamiati the re memry i writig histry . . .A added us t the k isthe extesive iigraphy thatwi serve the serius studetwe r urther study.”
—AJL Reviews
Stanord Studies in Middle Eastern andIslamic Societies and Cultures
360 pp., 5 illustrations, 5 maps, 20109780804773133 Paper $24.95
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9780804773126 Cloth $70.00
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Gridlock
Labor, Migration,and Humanracking in Dubai
Pardis Mahdavi
Legislators hoping to combathuman tracking ocus heav-ily on women and sex work,but there is real potential orabuse o both male and emalemigrants in a variety o areas o employment—whether on thestreet, in a eld, at a restaurant,or at someone’s house.
Gridlock
explores how migrants’ actualexperiences in Dubai contrastwith the typical discussions—and global moral panic—abouthuman tracking.
“Pardis Mahdavi prvides avauae service y expsigthe ctradictis ad cm-pexities that s te muddethe discussis ad deatessurrudig the issue hu-ma trackig. She makes aimpassied ca r a mreratia picy r deaig withthis scurge, a ca that es-chews the smetimes simpisticad te medramatic rhet-ric surrudig the prem iteratia huma trackig.”
—Reza Aslan,author o
No god but God
and
Beyond Fundamentalism
264 pp., 7 photographs, 20119780804772204 Cloth $27.95
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Bazaar Politics
Power and Pottery in an AghanMarket own
Noah Coburn
Aer the all o the aliban, in-stability reigned across Aghani-stan. However, in the smalltown o Istali, located a littleover an hour north o Kabuland not ar rom Bagram onthe Shomali Plain, local politicsremained relatively violence-ree.
Bazaar Politics
examinesthis seemingly paradoxical situ-ation, exploring how the town’slocal politics maintained peacedespite a long, violent history ina country dealing with a grow-ing insurgency.
“The cus a sige viagepes uderstadig cruciaactrs aut Aghaista thateed cmprehesi. Thecmpexities pitica pwer,why decisis are te dicutt achieve, the superciaity nGo ad reig itervetis,ad the ctis that sustaipitica iteractis are as e-ighteig as they are humigt ur therizig.”
—Ronald Neumann,U.S. Ambassador to Aghanistan,2005–2007, author o
The Other War:Winning and Losing in Aghanistan
Stanord Studies in Middle Eastern andIslamic Societies and Cultures
272 pp., 3 tables, 2 maps, 6 photos, 20119780804776721 Paper $22.95
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9780804776714 Cloth $70.00
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