John Collins Knihy

Occupied by Memory explores the memories of the first Palestinian intifada. Based on extensive interviews with members of the "intifada generation," those who were between 10 and 18 years old when the intifada began in 1987, the book provides a detailed look at the intifada memories of ordinary Palestinians. These personal stories are presented as part of a complex and politically charged discursive field through which young Palestinians are invested with meaning by scholars, politicians, journalists, and other observers. What emerges from their memories is a sense of a generation caught between a past that is simultaneously traumatic, empowering, and exciting--and a future that is perpetually uncertain. In this sense, Collins argues that understanding the stories and the struggles of the intifada generation is a key to understanding the ongoing state of emergency for the Palestinian people. The book will be of interest not only to scholars of the Middle East but also to those interested in nationalism, discourse analysis, social movements, and oral history.

This book provides a comprehensive exploration of perturbative Quantum Chromodynamics (QCD), detailing essential concepts and theorems along with their justifications. It serves as an invaluable resource for graduate students and researchers aiming to deepen their understanding of QCD, offering systematic treatments that clarify complex topics in the field.

Examines the lives and careers of Harry Buxton Forman and Thomas James Wise, responsible for one of the greatest frauds in the history of book collecting. The text describes how Wise and Forman joined forces in a conspiracy to forge a wide range of the works of Victorian authors.

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Highlife is Ghana's most significant modern dance music, rooted in traditional sounds and influenced by European and American styles. Although the term 'highlife' emerged in the 1920s, its origins trace back to regimental brass bands and elite dance orchestras of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, making it one of Africa's earliest popular music genres. The book explores highlife's evolution, covering palmwine music, adaha brass bands, concert party guitar bands, and various offshoots like Afro-rock, Afrobeat, burger highlife, gospel highlife, and hiplife. It delves into the traditional roots of highlife, the involvement of women in the profession, and the biographies of prominent Ghanaian and Nigerian musicians, composers, and producers. The narrative highlights highlife's role in Ghana's independence struggle and its contribution to national and Pan-African identity. Additionally, it discusses related music styles, such as Sierra Leone's maringa, Liberia's guitar styles, Nigeria's juju, and Cameroon’s makossa, along with popular music from Ghana's Francophone neighbors. The book also examines the influence of the Black Diaspora, showcasing the integration of African American and Caribbean styles like calypso, jazz, soul, reggae, disco, hip-hop, and dancehall into highlife, emphasizing its role as a cultural bridge uniting Africa and its Diaspora.