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Record Nr.

UNINA9910494627503321

Titolo

Contested Mediterranean spaces [[electronic resource] ] : ethnographic essays in honour of Charles Tilly / / edited by Maria Kousis, Tom Selwyn, David Clark

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Berghahn Books, c2011

ISBN

0-85745-133-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (330 p.)

Collana

Space and place ; ; v. 4

Altri autori (Persone)

KousisMaria

SelwynTom

ClarkDavid <1946->

Disciplina

305.8009182/2

Soggetti

Ethnology - Mediterranean Region

Human geography - Mediterranean Region

Electronic books.

Mediterranean Region Social life and customs

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

pt. 1. Recovering the Mediterranean? -- pt. 2. State, capital and resistance -- pt. 3. Capital and neighbourhood governance -- pt. 4. Transforming identities : imagination and representations.

Sommario/riassunto

"It is well known that Charles Tilly left scholars of big structures, large processes, and huge comparisons a tall research agenda. It is less acknowledged that he also left political ethnographers an impressive and provocative set of tools. In the skilled hands of the contributors to this insightful volume, the 'Tilly toolbox' is put to good work in the service of a theory-driven and empirically-grounded exploration of Mediterranean contentious landscapes."- Javier Auyero, University of Texas, Austin; Editor, Qualitative Sociology. " Contested Mediterranean Spaces rescues a cultural geography