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An Analysis of Benedict Anderson's Imagined Communities

By: Jason Xidias

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An Analysis of Benedict Anderson's Imagined Communities

By: Jason Xidias

Benedict Anderson’s 1983 masterpiece Imagined Communities is a ground-breaking analysis of the origins and meanings of “nations” and “nationalism”. A book that helped reshape the field of nationalism studies, Imagined Communities also shows the critical thinking skills of interpretation and analysis working at their highest levels. One crucial aspect of Anderson’s work involves the apparently simple act of defining precisely what we mean when we say ‘nation’ or ‘nationalism’ – an interpretative step that is vital to the analysis he proceeds to carry out. For Anderson, it is clear that nations are not ‘natural;’ as historians and anthropologists are well aware, nations as we understand them are a relatively modern phenomenon, dating back only as far as around 1500. But if this is the case, how can we agree what a ‘nation’ is? Anderson’s proposed definition is that they are “imagined communities” – comprising groups of people who regard themselves as belonging to the same community, even if they have never met, and have nothing in common otherwise. The analysis that follows from this insight is all about examining and breaking down the historical processes that helped foster these communities – above all the birth of printing, and the development of capitalism. Brilliantly incisive, Anderson’s analysis shows how good interpretative skills can form the foundations for compelling and original insight.

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120

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CRC Press

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1351352342

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9781351352345

The Best American Travel Writing 2013

By: Jason Wilson

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The Best American Travel Writing 2013

By: Jason Wilson

Number-one New York Times best-selling author of Eat, Pray, Love and Committed: A Love Story, Elizabeth Gilbert transports readers to far-flung locales with this collection of the year’s lushest and most inspiring travel writing.

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235

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HarperCollins

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0547810091

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9780547810096

Showbiz

A Novel

By: Jason Anderson

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Showbiz

A Novel

By: Jason Anderson

A comedian’s career is ended after a presidential assassination, and a journalist tries to track him down decades later, in this darkly humorous novel. In 1963, Jimmy Wynn was the second most famous man in America. The comedian’s uncanny impression of the president made him a star. But when the genuine article died in a hail of bullets on a sunny afternoon in New Orleans, Jimmy’s career met a fate almost as grisly. What happened to the funny man afterward was a mystery no one cared to solve. Nearly twenty-five years later, Nathan Grant, an ambitious young journalist, discovers the trail Jimmy cut through the entertainment netherworld. He soon comes to realize that this forgotten court jester may have played a very serious part in the country’s favorite conspiracy theory. His strange and increasingly dangerous odyssey takes him from a dingy New York record store to the showrooms of Las Vegas, a ghost town in the Mojave Desert, and even a dinner theatre in Niagara Falls, in a dark comedy about the cost of fame, the story of a man who became a punchline and a writer who is desperate to find out how the rest of the joke goes. “A weird and hilarious trek through American faux-history.” —Richard Scrimger, author of Mystical Rose “An amazing feat of invention and imagining. In the alternate reality of Showbiz, things are funny, touching, and very true.” —Paul Quarrington, author of King Leary

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339

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ECW/ORIM

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1554905494

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9781554905492

Professional Silverlight 4

By: Jason Beres,Bill Evjen,Devin Rader

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Professional Silverlight 4

By: Jason Beres,Bill Evjen,Devin Rader

Everything .NET developers need to take advantage of Silverlight 4 Silverlight 4 is a major new release of Microsoft's flagship product for building rich, interactive applications that combine animation, graphics, audio, and video. This book, by seasoned Wrox authors and Silverlight experts, gives professional Web developers all the tools necessary to build RIAs using the new Silverlight capabilities. You will gain a complete, thorough understanding of both core and advanced platform concepts, with examples in C#. Professional Silverlight 4 prepares Web developers to take full advantage of the newest release of the most popular platform for developing rich interactive applications. Coverage Includes: Introduction to Silverlight Building Applications with Visual Studio Building Applications with Expression Blend 4 Working with the Navigation Framework Controlling Layout with Panels Working with Visual Controls Accessing Data WCF RIA Services Out-of-Browser Experiences Networking Applications Building Line of Business Applications Application Architecture DOM Interaction Securing Your Applications Accessing Audio and Video Devices Working with File I/O Using Graphics and Visuals Working with Animations in Silverlight Working with Text Making It Richer with Media Styling and Themes

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1026

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John Wiley & Sons

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0470934964

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9780470934968

The Best American Travel Writing 2011

The Best American Series

By: Jason Wilson

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The Best American Travel Writing 2011

The Best American Series

By: Jason Wilson

The Best American Series® First, Best, and Best-Selling The Best American series is the premier annual showcase for the country’s finest short fiction and nonfiction. Each volume’s series editor selects notable works from hundreds of magazines, journals, and websites . A special guest editor, a leading writer in the field, then chooses the best twenty or so pieces to publish. This unique system has made the Best American series the most respected—and most popular—of its kind. The Best American Travel Writing 2011 includes André Aciman, Christopher Buckley, Maureen Dowd, Verlyn Klinkenborg, Ariel Levy, Téa Obreht, Annie Proulx, Gary Shteyngart, William T. Vollmann, Emily Witt, and others

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291

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HarperCollins

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0547678487

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9780547678481

Reducing Illegal Drug Use in the United States

Blueprint for a Drug Free Future

By: Edmund F. McGarrell,Jason D. Hutchens

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Reducing Illegal Drug Use in the United States

Blueprint for a Drug Free Future

By: Edmund F. McGarrell,Jason D. Hutchens

This book postulates that the only way to significantly reduce the effect of illegal drugs on our citizens, our communities, and our nation is to substantially reduce the demand for drugs. Authors McGarrell and Hutchens argue that real consequences (besides incarceration) can bring about real behavior change.

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1558130896

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9781558130890

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An Analysis of Benedict Anderson's Imagined Communities

An Analysis of Benedict Anderson's Imagined Communities

The Best American Travel Writing 2013

The Best American Travel Writing 2013

Showbiz

Showbiz

Professional Silverlight 4

Professional Silverlight 4

The Best American Travel Writing 2011

The Best American Travel Writing 2011

Reducing Illegal Drug Use in the United States

Reducing Illegal Drug Use in the United States

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