AMSTERDAM UNIVERSITY PRESS Monthly Title Information AI Sheets - March 2019 AUP Marketing; Lucia Dove ([email protected]) 12/17/2018 Amsterdam University Press 9789462988002 Barlaeus (ed. Post and Vermeulen), The Wise Merchant 9789462980068 Cernison, Social Media Activism 9789462984561 Ma and Cheng, The Umbrella Movement 9789089649348 Sommier, Hayes, and Ollitrault, Breaking Laws 9789463728119 O'Bryan, Games and Game Playing in European Art and Literature, 16th- 17th Centuries 9789462988101 Jansen, de Stadler, and Douma, Communicate as a Professional 9789462989900 Cilliers, Roman North Africa Arc Humanities Press 9781942401544 Hatlie, People and Places of the Roman Past Amsterdam University Press and Arc Humanities Press titles a vailable outside North America through NBN International . Amsterdam University Press titles available in North America and Canada through Baker & Taylor Publisher Services. Arc Humanities Press titles available in North America, Canada, and Mexico through IS Distribution. Amsterdam University Press T +31 (0)20 420 00 50 www.aup.nl Nieuwe Prinsengracht 89 [email protected] facebook.com/AUPAcademic 1018 VR Amsterdam [email protected] twitter.com/AmsterdamUPress AMSTERDAM UNIVERSITY PRESS Caspar Barlaeus. Edited by Anna-Luna Post. Critical text and translation by Corinna Vermeulen The Wise Merchant On 9 January 1632, at the inauguration of the Amsterdam Illustrious School - the predecessor of the city's university - Caspar Barlaeus delivered a speech that has continued to arouse the curiosity of researchers and the general public alike: Mercator sapiens . This famous oration on the wise merchant is now considered a key text of the Dutch Golden Age. At the same time it is surrounded by misunderstandings regarding Barlaeus himself, the nascent Illustrious School, and Amsterdam's merchant culture. This volume presents the first English translation and the first critical edition of the Mercator sapiens , preceded by an introduction providing historical context and a fresh interpretation of this intriguing text. " Anna-Luna Post and Corinna Vermeulen shed new light Caspar Barlaeus (1584-1648) was a Dutch on the roles of humanist scholarship and rhetoric in polymath and Renaissance humanist, a Holland's metropolis. Caspar Barlaeus's 1632 oration, The theologian, poet, and historian. Wise Merchant , has often been cited but seldom read. Their edition, translation and introduction set the work Anna-Luna Post , MA, is currently employed by into its historical context with learning, clarity and Utrecht University. Her research combines economy." insights from cultural history and history of Anthony Grafton knowledge and science with a specific focus on early modern Italy and the Dutch Republic. Corinna Vermeulen , PhD, is an independent academic translator and editor specialising in Neo-Latin texts. March 2019 120 pages, 7 b/w illustrations Hardback 135 x 210 mm ISBN 978 94 6298 800 2 e-ISBN 978 90 4854 002 0 €29.00 / £24.50 / $37.50 €28.99 / £27.38 / $42.22 Available outside North America through NBN International | www.distribution.nbni.co.uk Available in North America through Baker & Taylor Publisher Services | www.btpubservices.com Amsterdam University Press T +31 (0)20 420 00 50 www.aup.nl Nieuwe Prinsengracht 89 [email protected] facebook.com/AUPAcademic 1018 VR Amsterdam [email protected] twitter.com/AmsterdamUPress TABLE OF CONTENTS Introduction: wealth, knowledge and prestige Principles of this edition and translation Mercator sapiens: text and translation Bibliography Index Available outside North America through NBN International | www.distribution.nbni.co.uk Available in North America through Baker & Taylor Publisher Services | www.btpubservices.com Amsterdam University Press T +31 (0)20 420 00 50 www.aup.nl Nieuwe Prinsengracht 89 [email protected] facebook.com/AUPAcademic 1018 VR Amsterdam [email protected] twitter.com/AmsterdamUPress AMSTERDAM UNIVERSITY PRESS PROTEST AND SOCIAL MOVEMENTS By Matteo Cernison Social Media Activism Water as a Common Good This book focuses on the referendums against water privatisation in Italy and explores how activists took to social media, ultimately convincing twenty-seven million citizens to vote. Investigating the relationship between social movements and internet-related activism during complex campaigns, this book examines how a technological evolution-the increased relevance of social media platforms-affected in very different ways organisations with divergent characteristics, promoting at the same time decentralised communication practices, and new ways of coordinating dispersed communities of people. Matteo Cernison combines and adapts a wide set of methods, from social network analysis to digital ethnography, in order to explore in detail how digital activism and face-to-face initiatives interact and overlap. He argues that the geographical scale of actions, the role played by external media professionals, and the activists' Matteo Cernison obtained his PhD in Social perceptions of digital technologies are key elements that and Political Science at the European University contribute in a significant way to shape the very different Institute (EUI) in 2014. He is currently communication practices often described as online contributing to the ERC project "Mobilizing for Democracy" at COSMOS, the Centre for Social activism. Movement Studies of the EUI. Protest and Social Movements March 2019 252 pages, 4 colour, 15 line art illustrations Hardback 156 x 234 mm ISBN 978 94 6298 006 8 e-ISBN 978 90 4852 919 3 €95.00 / £85.00 / $115.00 €94.99 / £84.99 / $114.99 Available outside North America through NBN International | www.distribution.nbni.co.uk Available in North America through Baker & Taylor Publisher Services | www.btpubservices.com Amsterdam University Press T +31 (0)20 420 00 50 www.aup.nl Nieuwe Prinsengracht 89 [email protected] facebook.com/AUPAcademic 1018 VR Amsterdam [email protected] twitter.com/AmsterdamUPress TABLE OF CONTENTS List of Abbreviations Acknowledgements Introduction Case Study : the Italian referendum campaign against water privatization Connected Activism : loose interactions on social media, and possible effects on campaigning Methods to Investigate Large-Scale Campaigns : a challenging object of study Structure of the Book 1 Models of Online-Related Activism 1.1 Online-Related Activism: key concepts 1.2 Overlapping Plans: research on online phenomena, and its complexity 1.3 Recurring Questions Conclusions 2 Methods for Investigating Online Related Large-Scale Campaigns on the Web 2.1 The Italian Referendum Campaign on Water: methodological opportunities and difficulties 2.2 Online-Related Social Research: some inspiring methods 2.3 A Methodological Proposal for Investigating Large-Scale Online Campaigns 3 Water Commons: global movements and the Italian campaign against water privatisation 3.1 The Global Context 3.2 Acqua Bene Comune: the growth of the Italian water coalition 3.3 The 2011 Referendum Campaign against Water Privatisation in Italy 3.4 Alliances and Conflicts during the Campaign Conclusions 4 The Web of Water: a trace on the links structure 4.1 Investigating the Web as a Network of Links 4.2 Network Analysis of the Water Campaign on the Web 4.3 Community Structures and the Content of Websites Conclusions 5 Patterns of Online Communication during the Referendum Campaign 5.1 Online Communication during the Campaign: an evolving strategy 5.2 The Role of the Specialists: technological and communications skills 5.3 The Media Context: the relationship with non-digital media 5.4 Processes of Website Creation Conclusions Available outside North America through NBN International | www.distribution.nbni.co.uk Available in North America through Baker & Taylor Publisher Services | www.btpubservices.com Amsterdam University Press T +31 (0)20 420 00 50 www.aup.nl Nieuwe Prinsengracht 89 [email protected] facebook.com/AUPAcademic 1018 VR Amsterdam [email protected] twitter.com/AmsterdamUPress 6 The Campaign for Water on Facebook. Perceptions and organizational models in a real-digital space of activism 6.1 How to Investigate a Facebook Campaign 6.2 Activism on Facebook during the 2011 Referendum Campaign 6.3 Groups, Initiatives, and Patterns of Use 6.4 The Perception of Facebook Conclusions 7 Reinterpreting the Data: new theoretical perspectives and methodological proposals 7.1 Three Final Perspectives for Observing the Referendum Campaign 7.2 On Methods: strengths and weaknesses of a combined methodological approach 7.3 Five Directions For Further Research References List of the Interviews Available outside North America through NBN International | www.distribution.nbni.co.uk Available in North America through Baker & Taylor Publisher Services | www.btpubservices.com Amsterdam University Press T +31 (0)20 420 00 50 www.aup.nl Nieuwe Prinsengracht 89 [email protected] facebook.com/AUPAcademic 1018 VR Amsterdam [email protected] twitter.com/AmsterdamUPress AMSTERDAM UNIVERSITY PRESS GLOBAL ASIA Edited by Ngok Ma and Edmund W. Cheng The Umbrella Movement Civil Resistance and Contentious Space in Hong Kong For 79 days, the Umbrella Movement staged Hong Kong's most spectacular struggle for democracy. Sparked by disgruntlement over Beijing's denial of universal suffrage elections, the protests first began with class boycott along the largely-scripted Occupy Central, but later morphed into a spontaneous, resilient street occupation, transforming roads and pavements into protest sites and tent villages. Although the movement failed to bring any tangible political changes, it has