Biblioteka Uniwersytecka

Belarusian Book Heritage in the Collections of the National Library of Belarus . . 26

I. Handwritten Heritage of Belarus . . 33
1. Handwritten Books . . 40

II. Belarusian Old Printed Editions (Printed Book of XVI - XVIII Centuries) . . 97
1. Publications in Cyrillic Script . . 104
2. Cyrillic Books in Civil Russian Alphabet . . 134
3. Publications in Roman Type . . 140
   Nesvizh Editions of XVIII Century . . 188
   Grodno Editions of XVIII Century . . 192
   Mogilev Editions of XVIII Century . . 196
   Suprasl Editions of XVIII Century . . 200
   Polotsk Editions of XVIII Century . . 204
4. Albaruthenica [Books on Belarus Published Abroad] . . 216
   History, Chronicles . . 216
   Belorusistika . . 236
   Genealogy Publications . . 240

III. Rare and Valuable Publications . . 249
1. Rare Publications of XIX - Early XX Century . . 256
2. Book Monuments of Inter-War Period (1918-1941) . . 296

IV. Cartographic and Graphic Publications . . 313
1. Maps . . 320
2. Print Graphics . . 342
3. Postcards . . 354

V. Belarusian Provenances . . 363
1. Gift Inscriptions . . 370
2. Possessory Inscriptions, Ex-librises, Super Ex-librises, Stamps . . 378
3. Bindings . . 410

Spis treści

INTRODUCTION . . 1

Chapter 1 Developing Research Selves: The Desire, Opportunity, and Preparation to Do a Study . . 15
Chapter 2 Becoming Independent of the Sponsor . . 33
Chapter 3 Gaining Allies, Overcoming Antagonists, Being Tested . . 47
Chapter 4 Personal Selves . . 63
Chapter 5 Understanding the Elderly as a Consequence of My Mothering Role . . 81
Chapter 6 Being a Woman, a Wife, 33 years old, a Jew and a Potential Member . . 93
Chapter 7 Being an American, an Academic, a Sociologist/Anthropologist/ Gerontologist, Dancer and Daughter . . 123
Chapter 8 Situational Selves: Being a Worker, Being Temporary . . 143
Chapter 9 Being a "Volunteer" (Neither a Volunteer nor a Hired Worker) and Being Sick . . 167
Chapter 10 Being a Neighbor, a Friend, a Homemaker, a Hostess and a Leaver . . 179
Chapter 11 Theoretical Conclusions . . 205

EPILOGUE . . 209
BIBLIOGRAPHY . . 213
INDEX . . 221

Acknowledgements . . vii
1 Introduction: Turning practice into theory . . 1
2 The peculiarities of oral history . . 18
3 Self . . 33
4 Subjectivity and intersubjectivity . . 54
5 Memory . . 78
6 Narrative . . 106
7 Performance . . 130
8 Power and empowerment . . 153

Glossary of terms and concepts . . 175
Notes . . 178
Guide to further reading . . 202
Index . . 209

Contributors . . ix
Acknowledgments . . xi

Introduction: Transatlantic Perspectives on Capital Punishment: National Identity, the Death Penalty, and the Prospects for Abolition . . 1

PART I: WHAT IS A PENALTY OF DEATH: CAPITAL PUNISHMENT IN CONTEXT

1 The Green, Green Grass of Home: Capital Punishment and the Penal System from a Long-Term Perspective . . 17
2 Did Anyone Die Here?: Legal Personalities, the Supermax, and the Politics of Abolition . . 47
3 Capital Punishment as Homeowner's Insurance: The Rise of the Homeowner Citizen and the Fate of Ultimate Sanctions in Both Europe and the United States . . 78

PART II: ON THE MEANING OF DEATH AND PAIN IN EUROPE AND THE UNITED STATES: VIEWING, WITNESSING, UNDERSTANDING

4 The Witnessing of Judgment: Between Error, Mercy, and Vindictiveness . . 109
5 Unframing the Death Penalty: Transatlantic Discourse on the Possibility of Abolition and the Execution of Saddam Hussein . . 126
6 Executions and the Debate over Abolition in France and the United States . . 150

PART III: ABOLITIONIST DISCOURSES, ABOLITIONIST STRATEGIES, ABOLITIONIST DILEMMAS: TRANSATLANTIC PERSPECTIVES

7 Civilized Rebels: Death-Penalty Abolition in Europe as Cause, Mark of Distinction, and Political Strategy . . 173
8 The Death of Dignity . . 204
9 Sovereignty and the Unnecessary Penalty of Death: European and United States Perspectives . . 236
10 European Policy on the Death Penalty . . 268
11 The Long Shadow of the Death Penalty: Mass Incarceration, Capital Punishment, and Penal Policy in the United States . . 292

Index . . 323