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Europe's Long Twelfth Century
Order, Anxiety, and Adaptation, 1095-1229 John D. Cotts, Whitman College, USA CHOICE Outstanding Academic Title John D. Cotts’s Europe’s Long Twelfth Century is an award-winning overview of a key phase in Europe’s medieval history. It reflects on how the region grappled with a variety of cultural possibilities that would ultimately transform the way people thought, lived and thought of themselves. Cotts convincingly contends that the 12th century was fundamentally a period of difficult decisions, adaptation and anxiety, rather than the glorious 'renaissance' mooted in earlier assessments of the era. The book presents a balanced appreciation of social, economic and religious developments at a time when Europeans were UK February 2026 • US February 2026 224 Pages HB 9781350446670 • £75.00 / $100.00 PB 9781350446663 • £24.99 / $34.95 ePDF 9781350446687 • £22.49 / $31.45 ePub 9781350446694 • £22.49 / $31.45 Bloomsbury Academic
needing to re-imagine their place in the world. It reflects on the vital significance of the Crusades and offers an unparalleled gateway into 12th-century political and intellectual life. This new edition includes: - A revised final chapter which considers Europe in the context of a global Middle Ages - New and expanded sections on kingship, political life in the Latin West, environmental history, architecture/visual culture and the Bible’s role in intellectual life
Women and Gender in Modern Europe An Inclusive History
Jennifer A. Miller, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, USA This book introduces students to the key concepts of women’s history, gender as a category of analysis, and the history of feminism. Spanning the late 19th century to the present day, each chapter highlights major themes of the particular time period right across Europe before concluding with a short bibliography. Whilst covering some familiar narratives in a broadly chronological fashion, Jennifer A. Miller introduces new actors, themes, and conclusions based on the most recent scholarship that further enriches our collective understanding women’s history in modern Europe. Miller presents a Europe of diversity from ethnic and religious perspectives that has also been sorely lacking until now. European colonialism, the suffrage movements, the World Wars and the Holocaust, the postwar period, the
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Beowulf
Poem, Poet and Hero Heather O'Donoghue, University of Oxford, UK The Old English epic poem Beowulf has an established reputation as a canonical text. And yet the original poem has remained inaccessible to all but experienced scholars of Old English. This book aims to present the poem to readers who want to know what makes it such a remarkable work of art, and why it is of such cultural significance. Most readers will only have encountered Beowulf through one of its many translations or adaptations; others have had to take on this unique survivor from a past era as a challenging translation exercise, part of their academic study of the poem. This book sidesteps scholarly debates about the poem’s unknowns – its date, provenance or author – and focusses instead on its poetic artistry, its interleaving of heroic pasts and Christian present, and its poet’s extraordinary breadth of reference, UK May 2026 • US May 2026 192 Pages HB 9781788312882 • £21.00 / $28.00 PB 9781350607507 • £12.99 / $17.95 ePDF 9781350212718 • £18.90 / $25.20 ePub 9781350212725 • £18.90 / $25.20 Bloomsbury Academic
from biblical history to Old Norse myth. But the strange intricacies of Old English metre and poetic language are explained, and the poet’s evocation of the ethics and material world of an imagined pre-Viking Scandinavia is explored. Beowulf: Poem, Poet and Hero follows the story of the poem through its many interwoven voices from different times and places, and the poem emerges as a work of reflective beauty, its human characters full of touching pathos and wisdom, its notorious monsters still speaking to our own societies’ abiding insecurities.
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Salazar’s PIDE and Portuguese Society
A History of the Political Police From Below, 1955-74 Duncan Simpson, University of Lisbon, Portugal This book reconceptualizes the relationship between Portuguese society and Salazar’s political police. By studying the PIDE from below, Salazar’s PIDE and Portuguese Society challenges the prevailing historiographic emphasis on processes of topdown repression whose effect has been to relegate the bulk of the population to the status of passive victims. The analysis concentrates on various forms of spontaneous interactions between individual citizens and the PIDE. Duncan Simpson focuses on the mass of depoliticised citizens, rather than the small minority of oppositionists, using new research methodologies, like oral history and opinion surveying, and original archival material in the form of denunciation letters, petitions, and applications to join the PIDE. UK January 2026 • US January 2026 192 Pages • 2 bw illus PB 9781350410251 • £28.99 / $39.95 HB 9781350410268 • £85.00 / $115.00 ePDF 9781350410275 • £76.50 / $103.50 ePub 9781350410282 • £76.50 / $103.50 Bloomsbury Academic
From a theoretical perspective, the book draws on the international scholarship of totalitarianism, ‘accusatory practices’, and everyday life under dictatorship; work which has highlighted the complexity of the relations between State and society by uncovering the prevalence of widespread processes of individual adjustment and accommodation. Indeed Simpson’s underlying – and convincing – argument is that the relationship between the PIDE and society was far more dynamic, multifaceted, and interactive than has been acknowledged until now.
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The German Peasants’ War of 1525 A Conflict Powered by Print
Thomas Kaufmann, University of Göttingen, Germany Why did German agrarian protests, normally very local or regional, all meld together into one vast uprising that became the 1525 ‘Peasants’ War’? Thomas Kaufmann emphatically argues that the recent availability of printing, which created links between the various regions of revolt, led to the conflict distinguishing itself as the largest of all uprisings in German medieval and early modern history. He reveals the Peasants’ War to be a media event driven by its major document, the Twelve Articles, which became the universal programme, printed in numbers to rival even Martin Luther’s key texts of the time. The book offers an overview of the historiography of the war since the 16th century, starting with Luther and his printed UK June 2026 • US June 2026 360 Pages • 50 bw illus PB 9781350468948 • £28.99 / $39.95 HB 9781350468931 • £85.00 / $115.00 ePDF 9781350468955 • £76.50 / $103.50 ePub 9781350468962 • £76.50 / $103.50 Bloomsbury Academic
interventions through to the competing interpretations of the Peasants' War which developed and lived on in the history of the two German states. It goes on to deal with print before the war, setting out the tropes and images which would be utilised in the struggle. Kaufmann examines the literature of the Peasants’ War itself, through the analysis of around 250 printed publications, and lastly explores the historical significance of the war and its legacy in art, literature, political theory and theology.
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Emotions, Subjectivities, and Memories of the Hitler Youth Generation Between Reality and Fantasy, 1945–2015 Tiia Sahrakorpi, Weber State University, USA This book examines the ways in which Germany’s Hitler Youth generation has attempted to untangle its emotions and deal with questions relating to individual complicity and innocence. As the world is currently facing a new wave of fascism and misinformation, there is much to be gained from improving our understanding of how and why young people who believed far-right ideologies transitioned to a new system governed by democratic values. Tiia Sahrakorpi explores how individuals not only remember, but represent and negotiate contentious pasts. Drawing on an unprecedentedly large corpus of life narrative writings by the Hitler Youth Generation – comprising some 50 published and 65 unpublished memoirs – from North America and Germany, Emotions, Subjectivities and Memories of the UK January 2026 • US January 2026 280 Pages PB 9781350548893 • £28.99 / $39.95 HB 9781350548886 • £85.00 / $115.00 ePDF 9781350548909 • £76.50 / $103.50 ePub 9781350548916 • £76.50 / $103.50 Bloomsbury Academic
Hitler Youth Generation addresses a range of themes that lie at the intersection of memory, emotion, tactical agency, and social and political change. Whilst the book focuses on the Hitler Youth generation’s writings and modern Germany in particular, its overarching goal is to provide readers with an understanding of how applying a history of emotions analysis to representations of childhood memories can offer novel insights into the histories of fascism and the Second World War.
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Hegel and German Public Law Nathaniel Boyd, University of York, UK Nathaniel Boyd’s pathbreaking book argues that Hegel’s political thought was shaped by German public law. This tradition of legal discourse, especially through its imperial tradition, was crucial to European modernity, influencing foundational philosophical concepts such as sovereignty, the state and the diverse legal systems that emerged from them. Hegel and German Public Law examines the impact of Johann Jacob Moser, Johann Stephan Pütter and Johann Christian von Majer on Hegel’s intellectual development. It reveals how the collapse of the Holy Roman Empire informed his early speculative system and constitutional theory. In doing so, Boyd extends our understanding of Hegel's relation to European legal and political thought while offering an original interpretive framework for Hegel’s absolute idealism and unfolding institutional theory of the state. Europe’s Legacy in the Modern World UK February 2026 • US February 2026 304 Pages PB 9781350584181 • £28.99 / $39.95 HB 9781350584174 • £85.00 / $115.00 ePDF 9781350584198 • £76.50 / $103.50 ePub 9781350584204 • £76.50 / $103.50 Bloomsbury Academic
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Popes and Papal Rome, 1503-1655 The Theatre of the World
Toby Osborne, Durham University, UK Popes and Papal Rome, 1503-1655 is the first book-length account of the early modern papal court in English. As well as bringing together art historical, social, and political studies in several languages, it contains a wealth of primary source material, such as advice manuals for cardinals and aspiring courtiers, accounts of Roman festivals, reports of visiting ambassadors and news reports from Rome deposited in the Vatican library. The book argues that during the 16th and 17th centuries, popes were conscious to varying degrees of their responsibilities to conserving and enhancing the status of the monarchy as something larger than themselves as individuals or their families, and as such they exhibited some characteristics of dynastic monarchies. Toby Osborne explores how the culture of the papal UK May 2026 • US May 2026 464 Pages PB 9781350193444 • £28.99 / $39.95 HB 9781472571588 • £90.00 / $120.00 ePDF 9781472579744 • £81.00 / $108.00 ePub 9781472571571 • £81.00 / $108.00 Bloomsbury Academic
court and the ways in which it functioned as a point of contact between the ruler, certain elites, and other princes not only had similarities with dynastic states, but also set the standard for court life around Europe. By bringing to light recent scholarship written by continental historians, Popes and Papal Rome, 1503-1655 represents an important contribution to the scholarly endeavour to better understand the political culture of the papal states and the workings of the papal monarchy.
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Refugee Politics in Early Modern Europe Edited by David de Boer, University of Amsterdam, Netherlands & Geert H. Janssen, University of Amsterdam, Netherlands Refugees have existed since ancient times, but it was in the early modern era that they were first recognized as a social category. This open access book maps the invention of the refugee and uncovers their impact on local, regional, and transnational politics. With case studies ranging from Scandinavia to the Mediterranean Basin, Refugee Politics in Early Modern Europe traces how refugees transformed the European continent. Topics explored include: the discursive strategies of exiles to distinguish themselves from other migrants; the role of displaced people in forging humanitarian networks; and the agency of religious minorities in migration management and imperialism. Moving beyond common images of refugees as passive victims of repression, this collection of essays shines a spotlight on the political interplay between displaced people, persecuting UK May 2026 • US May 2026 272 Pages • 20 bw illus HB 9781350307681 • £85.00 / $115.00 PB 9781350307728 • £28.99 / $39.95 ePDF 9781350307698 • £0.00 / $0.00 ePub 9781350307704 • £0.00 / $0.00 Bloomsbury Academic
authorities, transnational support groups, and receiving societies – drawing a fuller picture of the many decision-making processes that determined the lives of newcomers and their hosts. The result is a sophisticated comparative study of mobility, identity, power, and politics, which will be vital reading to all scholars of migration history. The open access edition of this book is available under a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 license on www.bloomsburycollections.com. Open access was funded by the Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research (NWO).
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Food, Scarcity and Power in Southeastern Europe during the Second World War Edited by Paolo Fonzi, University of Eastern Piedmont, Italy, Sabine Rutar, Leibniz Institute for East and Southeast European Studies, Germany & Xavier Bougarel, CETOBAC, France The experience of all occupied countries during the Second World War was characterised by severe material shortages. Food, most noticeably, became a scarcity in everyday life; and that food grew into a major stake for all political groups at this time. This book shines a much-needed spotlight on the political role of food in Southeastern Europe from 1939 to 1945. Controlling food was a key strategy adopted by all actors – be they occupiers, state institutions, resistance organizations, international humanitarian organizations or private interest groups – in substantiating their bid for power. As a predominantly agrarian area with a substantial peasant population, investigating this topic is particularly poignant for Southeastern Europe. From discussions of searching for and fighting for food to offering relief and instrumentalising of food politically, the chapters UK April 2026 • US April 2026 272 Pages • 10 bw illus HB 9781350333918 • £90.00 / $120.00 PB 9781350333956 • £28.99 / $39.95 ePDF 9781350333925 • £81.00 / $108.00 ePub 9781350333932 • £81.00 / $108.00 Bloomsbury Academic
in this volume add nuance to discussions on the complex intertwined political and social dynamics of war and occupation. In so doing, this sophisticated study fills an important gap in our understanding of the Second World War, food policy, and the social history of Europe more broadly.
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Milk in Spain and the History of Diet Change
The Political Economy of Dairy Consumption since 1950 Fernando Collantes, University of Oviedo, Spain In barely three generations the Spanish diet has changed beyond recognition. The traditional concerns around nutritional health and scarcity have been mostly left behind, but they have given way to new problems linked to excess. In this book Fernando Collantes shows how the dairy industry has been central to this societal shift. From widespread calcium deficiency in the 1950s to the more recent, and controversial, turn to highly processed foods, it provides a recent history of diet change in Spain. Probing the reasons behind why this shift has occurred, and how, it shows that when it comes to food society, politics, economics and the law are intrinsically linked. Taking the reader beyond the world of food, Milk in Spain and the History of Diet Change combines qualitative and Food in Modern History: Traditions quantitative methods to position diet change within the broader debate on consumer society and ‘the good life’. Contrasting and Innovations two models of food consumption, it shows that unless public policy takes the challenge of affluence seriously, the food UK June 2026 • US June 2026 288 Pages • 10 bw illus HB 9781350401549 • £85.00 / $115.00 PB 9781350401570 • £28.99 / $39.95 ePDF 9781350401556 • £76.50 / $103.50 ePub 9781350401563 • £76.50 / $103.50 Bloomsbury Academic
system can become an obstacle to a better society.
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Pornographers, Hacks, and Blackmailers in Interwar France Obscene Reading and Writing in the Third Republic H.G. Cocks, University of Nottingham, UK After the 1881 declaration of press freedom, France enjoyed a golden age of print, arguably up until the 1950s. This book shines a much-needed light on one of the key elements of France’s new literary age: that being the production of ‘pornography’ of all kinds. H.G. Cocks reveals how publishers and writers, both mainstream and clandestine, tried to cash in on the vogue for erotic literature which surfaced at the time. Though the vast majority of what was produced was no more than risqué or saucy, Cocks shows that this was seen as far more dangerous than frank sexual imagery, as it was mostly legal and within the range of the ordinary reader. UK June 2026 • US June 2026 280 Pages • 12 bw illus HB 9781350459205 • £85.00 / $115.00 PB 9781350459199 • £28.99 / $39.95 ePDF 9781350459212 • £76.50 / $103.50 ePub 9781350459229 • £76.50 / $103.50 Bloomsbury Academic
Pornographers, Hacks, and Blackmailers in Interwar France reflects on how, as a result of this gold rush for what one writer called the ‘faux obscene’, a great deal of writing, journalism, and quite a few literary and even political careers were supported by the writing of ‘pornography’. For some, this new wave of indecent literature seemed to be sapping the morale of the Republic, while for others it was simply part of the creative literary and journalistic ferment of the period. In that sense, Cocks convincingly argues, the pornographic became part of the curious mixture of cultural energy and malaise that enveloped the struggling French democracy.
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Paris
Secret Gardens, Hidden Places, and Stories of the City of Light Mary McAuliffe Follow in the footsteps of history to discover the hidden places, extraordinary people, and captivating stories of Paris. Paris: Secret Gardens, Hidden Places, and Stories of the City of Light, Mary McAuliffe’s multilayered exploration of Paris, weaves a narrative that takes the reader into secret and hidden places, even in the midst of the most well-known Paris destinations. McAuliffe’s hidden places can be small but are always revealing, whether a bas-relief on an ignored corner of Notre-Dame or an overlooked courtyard inside an ancient and busy hospital. She takes the reader below the streets and sidewalks of Paris to discover ancient aqueducts and a lost river, and she prompts the reader to notice overlooked treasures in the most UK March 2026 • US March 2026 304 Pages • 35 b&w photos; 1 map HB 9781538173336 • £19.99 / $26.95 PB 9798216397014 • £12.99 / $17.95 ePDF 9798765176443 • £17.99 / $24.25 ePub 9781538173343 • £17.99 / $24.25 Rowman & Littlefield
trafficked of museums. Always, McAuliffe’s focus is on people and their stories. Evil queens, designing noblemen, bold chevaliers, and desperate lovers mingle with Resistance fighters and obsessed artists rising out of abject poverty into unexpected fame and fortune, adding to the tidal wave of creativity that is the lifeblood of the City of Light. One person, place, and story lead to another, each linked by a common thread within the layered richness of Paris’s past. The story of Paris is not a chronology but an exploration of the many layers of this remarkable city throughout the ages.
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A Revolution in Colour
Natural Dyes and Dress in Europe, c. 1400-1800 Edited by Giorgio Riello, University of Warwick, UK, Maria Hayward, University of Southampton, UK & Ulinka Rublack, Cambridge University, UK This major volume aims to re-colour the European world of dress, c.1300-1800. New dyes created one of the most important visual experiences of the period, yet their story has been side-lined by a focus on visual experiences shaped by the high arts. Meanwhile, theatrical productions and period films still abound with broad assumptions about the growing dominance of black clothing for elites during the period, while ordinary people are imagined having worn coarse greys and bleached garments. This volume presents clear evidence that even the clothing of the middle classes could be much more expensive than paintings, and that coloured clothing and accessories were ubiquitous across society. Contributors shed new light on the economic, environmental, and cultural dimensions of colour in dress. The range of dyes expanded considerably in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, drawing on Asian and Mediterranean knowledge, new UK April 2026 • US April 2026 280 Pages • 50 colour illus HB 9781350405622 • £90.00 / $120.00 PB 9781350405660 • £28.99 / $39.95 ePDF 9781350405639 • £81.00 / $108.00 ePub 9781350405646 • £81.00 / $108.00 Bloomsbury Academic
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collections of recipes, and the greater diversity of plants available through New World trade. Working creatively with organic plant, animal, and mineral materials to make colours involved considerable knowledge, pleasure and skill. The creation of colour through dyes thus reveals a whole range of global agricultural and craft technologies that can inspire future material worlds and transforms our understanding of Europe´s cultural heritage.
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The Age of Liutprand
Dynamics of Power in Eighth-Century Italy Christopher Heath, Independent Scholar, UK The Age of Liutprand provides a thematic analysis of Lombard Italy in the pivotal early part of the 8th century. It surveys the crucial role and rule of Liutprand [712-44], the powerful and effective Lombard king. By restoring this successful exemplar of Lombard kingship to the centre of events and developments in the Italian peninsula, this book pulls together all the pertinent evidence for a ‘new’ kingship in Lombard Italy that used a sophisticated set of strategies to enhance, deepen and expand its effectiveness. In presenting an evaluation of Italy on the cusp of dramatic change, this book explains how not only the kingship of Liutprand, but also his legal reforms and his relationships with the Church and neighbouring peoples all contributed to a model of kingship successfully and subsequently deployed by Charlemagne and his successors later in the 8th century. Studies in Early Medieval History UK June 2026 • US June 2026 232 Pages • 4 bw illus HB 9781350168343 • £85.00 / $115.00 PB 9781350517707 • £28.99 / $39.95 ePDF 9781350168350 • £76.50 / $103.50 ePub 9781350168336 • £76.50 / $103.50 Bloomsbury Academic
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The Observations of Gilles le Bouvier
A Medieval Herald’s View of Europe and its Neighbouring Lands Edited by Gideon Brough, The Open University, UK & Sophie Patrick Translated from the medieval French, this book is a landmark English-language version of the work of Gilles le Bouvier. As the senior herald to King Charles VII, the monarch on the French throne as they advanced to victory in the Hundred Years’ War between England, France and their allies, Gilles le Bouvier was close to the king during a decisive, formative period in France’s history, as well as being a well-known figure from the period. The Observations of Gilles le Bouvier thus delivers a rare glimpse of a singular medieval worldview, offered through the constrained voice of a skilled diplomat carefully and occasionally sharing his opinions to audiences composed of his social superiors. During his lifelong career as a messenger and a diplomat in Charles’s service, Gilles le Bouvier, known as The Berry Herald, UK May 2026 • US May 2026 248 Pages • 12 bw illus HB 9781350418950 • £90.00 / $120.00 PB 9781350418943 • £28.99 / $39.95 ePDF 9781350418967 • £81.00 / $108.00 ePub 9781350418974 • £81.00 / $108.00 Bloomsbury Academic
travelled far and wide on his master’s behalf. This translated work is a compilation of his observations as he moved around Western Europe, the Mediterranean states and the Black Sea region. Expertly introduced and contextualised by Gideon Brough and Sophie Patrick, this book provides a compelling and unique historical source for understanding life in late-medieval Europe through the eyes of someone who lived it.
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Early Modern Europe Facts and Fictions
Brian Jeffrey Maxson, East Tennessee State University, USA Many myths about early modern Europe originated in the 19th and 20th centuries and continue to appear today across popular media. In recent years, such popular documentaries and television shows as Game of Thrones have tended to reinforce what we think we know about the world during the early modern period. This work uses primary sources to interrogate popular beliefs about early modern Europe and reveal the true story behind such movements and events as the Scientific Revolution, the Crusades, and the European witch hunts. Focusing on how perceptions of these events have shifted and evolved through history.
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The History of Russia Charles E. Ziegler, University of Louisville, USA Now in its third edition, this new volume of the acclaimed The History of Russia offers a wealth of material on events of the last decade and a half. When first published, Charles Ziegler's The History of Russia was acclaimed as a source of information not easily found elsewhere, and as "clear, balanced, and insightful," by Rajan Menon of Lehigh University. Now Ziegler returns for a third edition, fully updated to be the work of choice for readers looking for an introduction to the history of the world's largest country. The History of Russia: Third Edition moves from the 10th-century founding of Kievan Rus to the tsars to the Communist Era to the war with Ukraine, with particular emphasis on the process by which Vladimir Putin established a fully authoritarian state. In addition to a new chapter on the tumultuous era Russia has seen since the second edition published in 2009, this edition features an updated introduction and an expanded chapter on the return to authoritarianism.
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The History of Ukraine Paul Kubicek, Oakland University, USA The Russia-Ukraine war that began in 2022 turned the world's attention on Ukraine, the second-largest country in Europe and one of the leading global exporters of wheat and other valuable commodities. Though some Russian leaders have long denied and continue to reject Ukrainian sovereignty, this book presents a comprehensive picture of Ukraine that is both intertwined with and distinct from Russian history. From its days as Kyivan Rus and its inclusion in the Russian Empire, to the Euromaidan demonstrations and the outbreak of war with Russia, Ukraine, as this book demonstrates, has developed its own identity, territory, and culture.
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Russian Shorts Thought-provoking books on key moments, ideas and figures in Russian history and culture Russian Shorts
SUNNIE RUCKER-CHANG, Associate Professor, The Ohio State University, USA ‘In this excellent book, Avrutin makes an important contribution to understanding the current political and intellectual climate in Russia.’ ADRIENNE EDGAR, Professor of History, University of California, USA Since its first publication in 2022, Racism in Modern Russia has become a key text for understanding the role that race has played in Russian, Soviet, and post-Soviet history and politics. Analyzing a wide range of printed and visual sources, this timely accessible volume marks the first serious attempt to understand the history of racialization over a span of 150 years. A brilliant examination of the complexities of racism, Eugene M. Avrutin’s panoramic book asks powerful questions about inequality and privilege, denigration and belonging, power and policy, the creation of exclusionary boundaries in everyday life, and the complex historical links between race, whiteness, and geography.
EUGENE M. AVRUTIN is the Tobor Family Endowed Professor of Modern European Jewish History at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, USA. He is the author and co-editor of several award-winning books, including Jews and the Imperial State: Identification Politics in Tsarist Russia (2010) and The Velizh Affair: Blood Libel in a Russian Town (2018). Most recently, he edited, with Elissa Bemporad, Pogroms: A Documentary History (2021).
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A Social History of the Russians and their Army since 1690 Roger R. Reese, Texas A&M University, USA This book skilfully probes the conflicted relationship that the Russian peoples have had with their army, most often seeing service as a burden to the individual and family, yet a necessary one to defend the interests of the nation/empire. Roger R. Reese reflects on the fact that even from before its formal institutionalization by Peter I, military service and the army as an institution have not been held in high regard by the Russian peoples, except briefly in exceptional circumstances. Reese examines, illustrates, and explains the varying relationships and expectations of all involved in military service — in their own words wherever possible. From the top down, A Social History of the Russian Army shows what the state, whether tsarist, Soviet, or post-Soviet, Russian Shorts UK February 2026 • US February 2026 160 Pages • 10 bw illus HB 9781350236486 • £45.00 / $61.00 PB 9781350236479 • £12.99 / $17.95 ePDF 9781350236493 • £11.69 / $16.15 ePub 9781350236509 • £11.69 / $16.15 Bloomsbury Academic
expected of the army as an organisation and of its members. From the middle, it shows the expectations and behaviors of army leaders, from ensigns to generals and how they related to each other, their soldiers, and civilians. While at the bottom, the book examines the expectations, behaviors, and feelings about service of the enlisted men. Outside the army, civilian attitudes toward the military are probed to reveal what they envisaged from the military, their willingness or unwillingness to serve, and their views of the army as an institution — views that ranged from seeing it as an oppressive force in the hands of the state to a symbol of patriotism. Throughout, this volume emphasizes the agency of all members of society and the army and the degree to which they used it in their interests or in the interest of the army or the state.
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Women, Gardens, and Agency in Imperial Russia Empress Maria Feodorovna's Pavlovsk Park Ekaterina Heath, University of Sydney, Australia This book draws on the rich historical record of the Russian royal court to demonstrate how green spaces have been used as an instrument of diplomatic and political influence. Ekaterina Heath convincingly argues that parks like Pavlovsk are a fruitful new primary source, here revealing the previously obscured evidence of women’s political activities. In 19th-century Russia, green spaces gave women voice and agency, frequently taken away from them by the patriarchal power structures. Women, Green Spaces and the Politics of Empowerment in Imperial Russia challenges the preceding narratives of these structures as being solely masculine. It also argues for the need to consider consorts in the analysis of political life at the Russian court. Their soft power strategies were deployed through their gardens, the main tool of political propaganda in the long 18th century. Russian Shorts UK May 2026 • US May 2026 144 Pages • 10 bw illus PB 9781350544512 • £16.99 / $22.95 HB 9781350544505 • £45.00 / $61.00 ePDF 9781350544529 • £40.50 / $54.90 ePub 9781350544499 • £40.50 / $54.90 Bloomsbury Academic
Ekaterina Heath discusses Pavlovsk’s use for building relationships, promoting virtues, mounting political arguments, and writing Russian history. She explores the strategies used by Empress Maria Fedorovna to influence Catherine II and Paul I to maintain her access to power in a precarious political environment. Heath then goes on to analyse Dowager Empress Maria Fedorovna’s use of her garden to grow her power after the death of her husband, Paul I, and her son Alexander I’s ascension to the throne.
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The Politics of Expertise and the Novosibirsk Scientific Center Ksenia Tatarchenko, Singapore Management University, Singapore At first glance, the Novosibirsk Scientific Center, or Akademgorodok, appears as an outlier in academic excellence. This 'science city' is renowned for a preeminent university, dozens of research institutes, and a thriving technopark. At home, it is an emblem of Russian innovation; abroad, it is often portrayed as a potential threat, a breeding ground of cyber soldiers. Though Siberia has been the main source of post-1991 Russian carbon revenues, its soviet history and cold war legacy of internationalism demonstrates that territorial and scientific dimensions interlocked the moment the Siberian Branch of the Soviet Academy of Sciences was created in 1957. Drawing on a wide range of previously unexplored archives, Soviet SCI_BERIA focuses on how the post-Stalinist Siberia was redefined and represented through the ideal of rational development, the late socialist innovation practices, and the UK May 2026 • US May 2026 344 Pages HB 9781350165830 • £90.00 / $120.00 PB 9781350325395 • £28.99 / $39.95 ePDF 9781350165847 • £81.00 / $108.00 ePub 9781350165854 • £81.00 / $108.00 Bloomsbury Academic
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relationship between experts and the state. It offers a fresh insight into the transition from Soviet to post-Soviet Akademgorodok. In doing so, Tatarchenko not only fosters a conversation between history, area studies, and science studies but also sheds new light on Soviet modernity and the limits of its transformative projects.
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The English Civil War A Military History Peter Gaunt Focusing on the martial core of the English Civil War, this account offers a detailed overview of the decade-long conflict: from the social, religious, and political divisions that influenced the nation’s militarization, to the experiences of combatants and civilians, and the War’s relationship with urban and rural environments. Peter Gaunt uses rich contemporary accounts to examine experiences of the War from all angles. Whether detailing early clashes between the two armies, analysing the events of major conflicts such as Edgehill and Cheriton, or examining Parliamentary efforts to establish peace, this book highlights the pervasive impact of the English Civil War upon the nation. With exploration of fresh debates concerning the memory and memorialisation of the War, Peter Gaunt demonstrates how UK December 2025 • US December 2025 416 Pages HB 9781350378063 • £90.00 / $110.00 PB 9781350378070 • £28.99 / $36.95 ePDF 9781350378094 • £26.09 / $33.25 ePub 9781350378087 • £26.09 / $33.25 Bloomsbury Academic
the conflict’s aftershocks lasted far beyond the 1640s Building on the substantial foundations of the first edition, The English Civil War has been updated to include: - Analysis of the connections between the main war of 1642-46 and the political, administrative, and religious developments during this period. - Exploration of local politics and the role of print culture.
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War, Peace and the British Free Churches, 1914-1945 Edited by Andrew Chandler, University of Chichester, UK & David Ceri Jones Surveying experience across the Free Churches, this book considers the involvement of British Christians in the public debates about the justification and conduct of war and the pursuit of peace in the first half of the 20th century. It explores church involvement with issues like Great War conscientious objectors, World War One rhetoric, the commemoration of war, and the arms trade of the mid-20th century. War, Peace and the British Free Churches in the Early Twentieth Century shines a light on the significance of key individuals, such as Walter Mursell, Padre Ernest Lodge Watson and Henry Carter, and gives balanced coverage to the public participation of Methodists, Baptists, Congregationalists and more. UK December 2025 • US December 2025 304 Pages • 15 bw illus PB 9781350431287 • £28.99 / $39.95 HB 9781350431294 • £85.00 / $115.00 ePDF 9781350431300 • £76.50 / $103.50 ePub 9781350431317 • £76.50 / $103.50 Bloomsbury Academic
The book examines the Free Church interactions with the League of Nations and its engagements with ideological discussions around Liberalism and Pacifism in the period. Indeed the era addressed by the volume is widely acknowledged as a time in which the Free Churches enjoyed a height in popular adherence across much of British society, rivalling and often eclipsing the ‘Establishment’; the book therefore provides a vital understanding of a previously neglected and yet critical dimension of Britain’s relationship with peace and conflict in the 20th century.
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The Westminster Empire, 1717-1858 Foundation, Structure, and Design Gerald Daniel Louis Through primary sources and valuable analysis, this book presents a study and exploration of the foundation, structure, and design of the Westminster Empire and the three stages of empire-building between 1717 and 1858. Westminster’s first stage of empire-building began in 1717 with the systematic transportation of British convicts to the American colonies as a source of labor for British settlers engaged in the plantation economy. Following America’s declaration of independence in 1776, the second stage of Westminster’s empire-building shifted to Australia in 1786. British convicts were transported primarily to New South Wales and Van Diemen’s Land (Tasmania) to provide their labor for British settlers engaged in, among others, cattle and sheep farming. In 1786, Westminster simultaneously embarked on its third UK February 2026 • US February 2026 320 Pages PB 9780761874324 • £21.99 / $29.95 ePDF 9780761880295 • £19.79 / $26.95 ePub 9780761879107 • £19.79 / $26.95 Hamilton Books
stage of empire-building with the acquiring of Penang. By 1824, the colonies of Malacca (Melaka) and Singapore were acquired from the Dutch following the 1824 Anglo-Dutch treaty. Together with Penang, Malacca (Melaka) and Singapore became known as the Straits Settlements colonies. This book adopts an empirical approach based on primary and archival sources and the focus on empire-building provides an analytical lens into how Westminster structured and designed an empire built on the foundation of taxation. The paramount emphasis in Westminster was on creating profitable and modernized colonies dominated by ‘‘British subjects’’ and colonies that were connected to Westminster within Westminster’s imperial web. The colonies were part of Westminster’s ‘‘taxation network’’ within a wider ‘‘taxation archipelago’’.
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The Oxford University Socratic Club, 1942–1972 A Life
Jim Stockton Through a comprehensive account of the Socratic Club's history, Jim Stockton draws focus to the significant role that the club played in shaping mid-twentieth century philosophical and theological debate. Although the Socratic Club is most often identified with its first club president, C. S. Lewis, Stockton demonstrates that the club was much more than an apologetic platform for Christocentric and conservative views. As an inter-disciplinary forum, with a preference for theological and philosophical arguments, the club’s history is a microcosm of the debates that occurred between many of the more widely recognized intellectuals of the previous century. The book delves into the club's most prominent participants, such as G.E.M. Anscombe, A.J. Ayer, Austin Farrer, Philippa Foot, Richard M. Hare, Alasdair UK February 2026 • US February 2026 240 Pages PB 9781666932263 • £28.99 / $39.95 HB 9781666932249 • £80.00 / $110.00 ePDF 9798216264095 • £72.00 / $99.00 ePub 9781978762602 • £72.00 / $99.00 Bloomsbury Academic
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MacIntyre, Donald M. MacKinnon, Eric Mascall, Basil Mitchell, Iris Murdoch, Gilbert Ryle, Mary Warnock, Bernard Williams, Charles Williams, and many others. Through an exploration of the club’s minutes and a wide variety of secondary material, each chapter of this book offers insight on the Socratic Club’s role in addressing concerns related to the interaction of Christian ideology and academic philosophy.
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Daily Life in Anglo-Saxon England Sally Crawford, University of Birmingham and Oxford, UK This book examines new archeological discoveries made in the last 10 years to explore more about the daily lives of ordinary people in medieval England. Covering the 5th through 11th Centuries, this book takes a look at primary source documents and scientific findings to recreate the social, cultural, religious, and ethnic aspects of those living through this time. Each section focuses on a different aspect of day-to-day life, from family, marriage, and labor, to travel, fashion, and science.
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The Historical Contexts and Contemporary Uses of Mass Observation 1930s to the Present
Edited by Lucy D. Curzon, University of Alabama, USA & Benjamin Jones, University of East Anglia, UK The Historical Contexts and Contemporary Uses of Mass Observation embraces new approaches and themes that highlight Mass Observation’s long history as an innovative research organization, a social movement, and an archival project. Spanning the period from Mass Observation’s inception to the present day, essay authors discuss a wide range of topics including anthropology, history, popular politics, cultural studies, literature, selfhood, emotion, art and visual studies. Indeed, what emerges across this volume is confirmation that engagement with Mass Observation—whether its historical materials or those produced in the last decade—is crucial to understanding the vast array of experiences that make up British life.
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Metropolitan Science
London Sites and Cultures of Knowledge and Practice, c. 1600-1800 Rebekah Higgitt, National Museums Scotland, UK, Jasmine Kilburn-Toppin, Cardiff University, UK & Noah Moxham, Independent Scholar, UK Exploring distinctive practices in the artisanal, mercantile, and governmental sites of London, Metropolitan Science offers a new perspective on the development of a scientific culture between the years 1600-1800. Beginning with the demographics of London in the 17th and 18th centuries, including its attraction of migrants, importance as a centre of empire, and the role of its institutions in government, the authors analyse how and why London was a unique site of scientific activity. Through the use of case studies, such as the Tower of London’s Royal Mint, and the Livery Company Halls, this book examines the city’s sites of exchange for knowledge and practice, and highlights the importance of both UK April 2026 • US April 2026 240 Pages • 43 bw illus HB 9781350417038 • £90.00 / $120.00 PB 9781350431409 • £28.99 / $39.95 ePDF 9781350417045 • £81.00 / $108.00 ePub 9781350417052 • £81.00 / $108.00 Bloomsbury Academic
public and private spaces. With exploration of London’s military and colonial history, the authors acknowledge how its port and maritime trade were not only central to growth and protection, but also facilitated the organisation, assessment, valuation, and pursuit of knowledge in the city. Ultimately, this book demonstrates that London corporations produced unique knowledge communities that drew on networks across the city and beyond, and uses a variety of spatial and material approaches to reveal the use, representation, and exchange of practice in these collective settings.
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Churchill and Industrial Britain
Liberalism, Empire and Employment, 1900-1929 Jim Tomlinson, University of Glasgow, UK This book offers a new understanding of the main economic and political trends of 20th-century Britain, through the lens of Churchill’s early career and approach to industrialisation. Shedding fresh light on Churchill’s political endeavours between 1900 and 1922, this study analyses his work within his political constituencies, and highlights how he attempted to balance their local concerns with his larger imperial agenda. Tomlinson guides readers through Britain’s industrial challenges at the start of the twentieth century - with a particular focus on the textile economies of Churchill’s constituencies in Lancashire and Scotland - and shows how industrial competition within the Empire exemplified the tensions between domestic economic policy and attempts at globalization, and influenced UK June 2026 • US June 2026 296 Pages • 10 bw illus HB 9781350461192 • £85.00 / $115.00 PB 9781350465664 • £28.99 / $39.95 ePDF 9781350461208 • £76.50 / $103.50 ePub 9781350461215 • £76.50 / $103.50 Bloomsbury Academic
Churchill’s later politics. Tomlinson acknowledges the role of the First World War in boosting the industrial output and bargaining power of countries within the Empire, and analyses these alongside key moments in Churchill’s early career, such as his defeat at Dundee, and time at the Exchequer. In doing so, the author highlights the context in which Churchill’s ideas on the politics and economics of Empire were first formed, particularly in relation to the impact of imperial economic policy on British domestic prosperity.
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Black Britain and Nelson Mandela “Pulling the Branch of a Tree”
Edited by Elizabeth Williams, Goldsmiths University, UK In this open access book, Elizabeth Williams leads a cast of renowned scholars to explore the impact of Nelson Mandela’s legacy on Black intellectual thought on race and social justice in Britain. This engaging book presents an original collection of chapters authored by leading Black voices across the academy, foregrounding the Black British perspective in historical discourse for the first time. This fresh take on Mandela the Man, rather than the enduring myth around his branding, explores the life of Nelson Mandela; his contribution to the peace in South Africa and the impact of British law on Mandela and his legal jurisprudence. UK May 2026 • US May 2026 280 Pages • 5 bw illus HB 9781350340770 • £85.00 / $115.00 PB 9781350340787 • £28.99 / $39.95 ePDF 9781350340794 • £0.00 / $0.00 ePub 9781350340800 • £0.00 / $0.00 Bloomsbury Academic
Not only does this innovative collection highlight the lessons which can be learned from Mandela’s life, it also connects with contemporary issues of race in Britain today, taking in the Rhodes Must Fall movement and Black Lives Matter movement. The result is a much-needed revival of existing literature, and a collection which will be of interest to students and scholars of Black British History. The ebook editions of this book are available open access under a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 licence on bloomsburycollections.com. Open access was funded by Knowledge Unlatched.
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So Help Us, God
American Presidents and the Bible Carl J. Richard The religious beliefs of America’s leaders and the role of religion in public life have long captivated the American public. In this book, historian Carl J. Richard looks at the many ways that the Bible has influenced America’s leaders in their personal and political lives. With chapters organized thematically, Richard discusses the educational system, familial influences, church experiences, and religious revivals that have immersed presidents in the Bible; their lifelong engagement with Scripture; their biblically-infused political rhetoric; their powerful belief in a divine Providence that protected them and guided their nation; their resultant belief in the power of prayer; their belief in God-given rights and spiritual equality; their belief in a national mission to advance the cause of liberty across the globe; their belief in the excellence of Christian ethics and in the necessity of religion to the survival and success of republican government; their belief in an afterlife; their religious UK April 2025 • US April 2025 460 Pages • 15 BW Photos HB 9798881806330 • £38.00 / $50.00 ePDF 9798881859855 • £34.20 / $45.00 ePub 9798881806347 • £34.20 / $45.00 Rowman & Littlefield
differences; the influence of the founding presidents’ biblical conception of human nature on their establishment of constitutional checks and balances; and the effect of modern presidents’ more optimistic outlook on their willingness to undermine them. So Help Us, God: American Presidents and the Bible will appeal to all readers interested in American presidential history and the role of religion in public life.
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Rebels at the Gates
The Confederacy's Final Gamble and the Battle to Save Washington Robert P. Watson Rebels at the Gate chronicles an intriguing series of events that nearly changed American history. In the last full year of the Civil War, Washington, DC came within hours of being invaded and Lincoln within inches of being shot. During the summer of 1864, General Ulysses Grant was laying siege to Petersburg (near Richmond), deploying every available Union soldier in an effort to end the bloody war once and for all. His counterpart, General Robert E. Lee and his famed Army of Northern Virginia, were trapped inside Richmond, and recognized that the Confederate capital would fall. Lee knew Grant, and understood that he would never stop attacking until he had Richmond. It was then that the southern commander hatched a desperate and bold plan to save the Confederacy and perhaps bring the war to an end… but on the UK May 2025 • US May 2025 256 Pages • 11 b/w photos; 3 maps HB 9798881807337 • £30.00 / $36.00 ePDF 9798881857516 • £27.00 / $32.40 ePub 9798881807344 • £27.00 / $32.40 Rowman & Littlefield
Confederacy’s terms. Historian Robert Watson provides the definitive account of this largely forgotten attack on and defense of Washington—and the fascinating events surrounding the battle.
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Declaration
The Story of American Independence Robert P. Watson Declaration uncovers the lesser-known stories, surprising twists, and forgotten voices behind the most iconic document in U.S. history. Robert P. Watson delves into the complex and often misunderstood origins of the Declaration, revealing how a series of missteps by the British Crown, shifting colonial sentiments, and a convergence of enlightened thinkers led to a revolutionary moment that changed the course of history.
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Drawing from a wealth of primary sources—including letters, diaries, newspapers, and diplomatic communiqués—Watson reconstructs the debates, drafts, and drama that surrounded the Declaration’s creation. Complete with a unique look into the influence of women, enslaved individuals, and indigenous peoples, Declaration brings to light the diverse cast of characters and perspectives that shaped the American experiment. It explores the document’s philosophical roots, its political impact, and the enduring struggle to realize its lofty promises of liberty and equality.
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Ratifying the Constitution in Pennsylvania The Keystone State Decides
Michael H. Taylor, Northeast Community College Michael H. Taylor examines in detail the debates around ratifying the Constitution in Pennsylvania. This book breaks down the multiple week debates about ratification, looking at the arguments for and against ratification. Taylor places these debates within the context of the time and brings in analysis of Pennsylvanian newspapers. He exposes the persistent and vocal opposition to the Constitution in Pennsylvania and looks deeply into this as well as the revisions requested at the time.
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Thomas Bog Slade and Female Education in Early Georgia, 1800-1882 One Mass of Crimson Beauty Timothy E. Miller A teacher and minister, Thomas Bog Slade, was a prominent advocate for education regardless of gender or class in nineteenth-century Georgia, altering the lives of many and the future of the state. Thomas Bog Slade was one of the most important reformers in the history of education in nineteenth-century Georgia, yet remains little known to modern students of the subject, especially regarding his significance to the education of women. Born in North Carolina, Slade lived the bulk of his life in Georgia, first as an attorney and then as a servant of the public working for the common good. He founded two schools for girls in Clinton and Columbus, Georgia, was one of the first faculty members of Wesleyan College, in Macon, and led the earliest association of Georgia teachers, campaigning for taxUK February 2026 • US February 2026 300 Pages • 6 bw HB 9780761892083 • £90.00 / $120.00 PB 9780761874744 • £21.99 / $29.95 ePDF 9780761880370 • £19.79 / $26.95 ePub 9780761879091 • £19.79 / $26.95 Hamilton Books
supported public schools that would be free to all Georgia children regardless of gender and class. Slade was also a Baptist minister who lived the values he professed. He resigned a job as professor over denominational sectarianism but then withdrew from being too exclusive in his own Baptist denomination. This is a story about female education and its connection to the religious history of Georgia as demonstrated through one man, his family, and the thousands of young women from across the country whose lives were changed and went on to continue Slade’s passion and spirit for education into their own families and further generations.
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The Emergence of Soaring in America
Warren E. Eaton and Aviation in the Interwar Era Edward J. Erickson, Marine Corps University, USA & Elise B. Eaton, Independent Scholar The Emergence of Soaring in America: Warren E. Eaton and Aviation in the Interwar Era explores Warren E. Eaton’s legacy and his contribution to the growth of aviation in America during the Interwar era. Edward J. Erickson and Elise B. Eaton construct the book around three seminal events in Warren E. Eaton’s life: marrying Genevieve “Vieve” Jacoby, being a First World War fighter pilot, and becoming enamored with motorless flight or soaring. The authors highlight how the U.S. Army trained its fighter pilots in its advanced flight training program in France during the First World War, provide a local perspective on the rise of small-scale commercial aviation and airports during the Interwar era, explore previously unpublished eye-witness testimony and newly discovered forensics to explain the circumstances surrounding Warren Eaton’s fatal flight over Biscayne Bay in Miami, Florida, and present the story behind why, how, and UK November 2025 • US November 2025 when Warren Eaton’s Falcon came to be on permanent display in the National Air and Space Museum in Chantilly, Virginia. 248 Pages • 3 b/w illus, 20 b/w photos, and Through Eaton’s family history and secondary sources, Erickson and Eaton fill in missing and episodic gaps in Warren E. 2 tables PB 9798765167090 • £28.99 / $39.95 Eaton’s extant literature and his contributions to sports, military, and commercial aviation history. HB 9781666981865 • £90.00 / $120.00 ePDF 9798765167083 • £81.00 / $108.00 ePub 9781978761537 • £81.00 / $108.00 Bloomsbury Academic
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The Survival of American Democracy Presidential Abuse of Power and Reforms David Contosta, Chestnut Hill College David Contosta provides a timely, historical analysis of threats to American democracy and how to protect the United States from future abuses of presidential power. Tracing how presidency has changed since the founding of the United States of America, Contosta examines the roots of threats to democracy including concerns about presidents leveraging their cult of personality, partisanship preventing Congress from effectively checking presidential power, and presidents initiating foreign war or war adjacent actions without a Congressional declaration of hostilities. This book also dissects the creation of the Electoral College as well as the continuing dangers to the American political system. In this way, Contosta tells the story of the American presidential experience, addressing Benjamin Franklin’s haunting comment at the end of the Constitution Convention – “A republic if you can keep it.” In light of the 2025 political climate, the final chapters of the book analyze the three elections in which Donald UK January 2026 • US January 2026 272 Pages PB 9781666944440 • £28.99 / $39.95 HB 9781666944426 • £90.00 / $120.00 ePDF 9798216269045 • £81.00 / $108.00 ePub 9781978759411 • £81.00 / $108.00 Bloomsbury Academic
Trump ran for president, focusing on the reasons why Trump won in both 2016 and 2024 and what his victories say about American politics, American life, and the possible future of American democracy. Through his thorough examination of the evolution of presidency, Contosta highlights the importance of protecting democracy from future abuses of presidential power.
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ProQuest Statistical Abstract of the United States 2026 The National Data Book ProQuest The Statistical Abstract of the United States has provided a statistical portrait of social, political, demographic, and economic conditions of America since 1878. This 2025 edition continues the heritage begun so long ago by the U.S. government, with the U.S. Census Bureau being the last agency to produce the compendium at government expense. Long-time users of the Statistical Abstract of the United States expect each new edition to carry forward much of the content from prior editions, as well as introduce new data as America continues to evolve. Our editors are committed to updating the long-standing, historical statistics as new data become available, as well as researching new topics to cover.
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Daily Life of African American Slaves in the Antebellum South Paul E. Teed, Saginaw Valley State University & Melissa Ladd Teed, Saginaw Valley State University Providing an indispensable resource for students and scholars studying the history of slavery, this book covers the full spectrum of daily life among slaves in the Antebellum South, giving readers a more complete picture of slaves' experiences in the decades before emancipation. In their daily struggles to forge lives of dignity and meaning within an inhuman system, slaves in the Antebellum South demonstrated creativity, resilience, and an insatiable desire to be free. The Daily Life of African American Slaves in the Antebellum South focuses on their struggles to create lives of meaning and dignity within a brutal and repressive system.
The Greenwood Press Daily Life Through History Series UK January 2026 • US January 2026 248 Pages • 15 bw illus HB 9781440863240 • £55.00 / $75.00 PB 9798216439363 • £21.99 / $29.95 ePDF 9781440863257 • £19.79 / $26.95 ePub 9798216071327 • £19.79 / $26.95 Bloomsbury Academic
This volume provides a comprehensive examination of the institution of slavery from the perspective of the slaves themselves. Readers can explore family life, religious beliefs, political activities, intellectual aspirations, material possessions, and recreational pursuits of enslaved people. The book shows that enslaved people were tightly constrained by the harsh realities of the oppressive system under which they lived but that they found ways to forge lives of their own. The book synthesizes the latest and best literature on slavery and gives readers the opportunity to examine history through the lens of daily life using primary source documents created by slaves or former slaves.
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Daily Life of Women in Postwar America Nancy Hendricks, Independent Scholar, USA From Beatniks to Sputnik and from Princess Grace to Peyton Place, this book illuminates the female half of the US population as they entered a "brave new world" that revolutionized women's lives. After World War II, the United States was the strongest, most powerful nation in the world. Life was safe and secure -- but many women were unhappy with their lives. What was going on behind the closed doors of America's "picture-perfect" houses? This volume includes chapters on the domestic, economic, intellectual, material, political, recreational, and religious lives of the average American woman after World War II. Chapters examine topics such as the entertainment industry's evolving The Greenwood Press Daily Life Through History Series UK January 2026 • US January 2026 328 Pages • 21 bw illus HB 9781440871283 • £55.00 / $75.00 PB 9798216439790 • £21.99 / $29.95 ePDF 9781440871290 • £19.79 / $26.95 ePub 9798216071563 • £19.79 / $26.95 Bloomsbury Academic
concept of womanhood; Supreme Court decisions; the shifting idea of women and careers; advertising; rural, urban, and suburban life; issues women of color faced; and child rearing and other domestic responsibilities. A timeline of important events and glossary help to round out the text, along with further readings and a bibliography to point readers to additional resources for their research. Ideal for students in high school and college, this volume provides an important look at the revolutionary transformation of women's lives in the decades following World War II.
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Daily Life in the American West Jason E. Pierce, Angelo State University, TX Including descriptions of how a variety of people lived their daily lives, from nomadic Indian tribes to Chinese immigrants and from cowboys to city-dwellers. It also conveys how those individual lives are reflected in the sweeping changes that occurred in a century that saw the West become the most modern and diverse of all the nation's regions. Readers will also find the expected cast of characters (gunfighters, American Indian leaders, cowboys, and so on) that have long captured the imagination of people around the world covered with an academic focus that tries to tell an accurate story of the West and its role in the United States.
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Guides to Historic Events in America
Guides to Historic Events in America
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The Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965
The 1960s Cultural Revolution
Michael C. LeMay, California State University-San Bernardino, USA
John C. McWilliams, Penn State University
The United States, often described as a nation of immigrants, has the most diverse population in the world. Immigration remains one of the most complex and contentious political, cultural, and social issues in the country. Much of today’s policy stems from the Immigration and Naturalization Act of 1965, championed by President John F. Kennedy to establish a new preference system for legal immigration.
This highly readable and valuable resource revisits the personalities and events that sparked the cultural revolutions synonymous with the 1960s. It considers the forces that shaped the decade and made it a unique era, beginning with an introductory historical overview that provides context and perspective.
A Reference Guide
A Reference Guide
This comprehensive volume explains the six major eras of immigration legislation, examines how and why laws evolved, and profiles the key actors and organizations shaping immigration policy today. It outlines the precursor laws to the 1965 Act, how they fell short, and the motivations and political context behind the Act’s passage. The book also considers where U.S. immigration law may be headed in the near future.
Focusing on social and cultural history, the book explores the New Left, the antiwar movement, the counterculture, and the pivotal year of 1968. It also includes extensive reference materials such as a comprehensive timeline, biographical profiles of key figures, primary documents, a glossary of terms, and an annotated bibliography for further study.
In addition, it explores the intended and unforeseen impacts of the 1965 Act on the American economy, demographics, and society at large. A curated selection of primary documents, government data, and scholarly sources supports this authoritative overview of immigration policy in the United States.
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Guides to Historic Events in America
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The Reagan Revolution and the Rise of the New Right
The Women's Rights Movement since 1945
Kenneth J. Heineman
Christina G. Larocco
Ronald Reagan’s presidency marked a pivotal shift in American politics, culture, and global relations. His conservative revolution in the 1980s reshaped the nation and helped bring about the end of the Cold War, leaving a lasting legacy that still influences the United States today.
Documenting the history of the American women's rights movement from 1945 through the 2016 election, this reference offers a crucial and objective look at the changing strategies, goals, and challenges of American feminists.
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This book explores Reagan’s rise from Hollywood actor to powerful political leader. It traces how he challenged traditional Republican values and implemented policies that transformed the country’s social and political landscape. Key issues such as abortion, gay rights, law and order, tax cuts, deindustrialization, and the Religious Right are examined to show how they contributed to Reagan’s legislative successes. The book also highlights his masterful use of public relations, including the iconic “morning in America” campaign, showcasing his ability to shape public opinion through media.
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Many aspects of women's lives in the mid-twentieth century—including legal subjugation to their husbands, limitations in education and employment, and restrictions on sexual and reproductive autonomy—are unthinkable today. Women's lives improved only through the concerted action of several generations of activists, whose work lies at the center of this volume. This book traces women's changing relationships to family, work, education, government, and sexuality from 1945 through the 2016 election. The book begins with an overview essay that places the women's rights movement in its historical context. This is followed by a chronology offering concise profiles of key events. A series of chapters then discusses the history of the women's rights movement since 1945 and what the movement has accomplished. Biographical entries profile key figures involved in the movement, and a selection of primary source documents gives first-hand accounts of the movement. An annotated bibliography directs readers to additional sources of information.
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Black History Lives
Black History Lives
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Booker T. Washington
Jackie Robinson
Mark Christian, City University of New York, USA
Courtney Michelle Smith, Cabrini University
A 2022 Outstanding Reference Source Winner.
This book captures Robinson's lifetime, from 1919 to 1972, while focusing on his connections to the unresolved promise of the Reconstruction Era and to the civil rights movement of the 20th century. In addition to covering Robinson's athletic career with the UCLA Bruins, the Kansas City Monarchs, the Montreal Royals, and the Brooklyn Dodgers. This book explores sociopolitical elements to situate Robinson's story and impact within the broader context of United States history. The book makes deliberate connections among the failure of Reconstruction, the creation of the Negro Leagues, the rise and decline of legalized segregation in the United States, the progress of the civil rights movement, and Robinson's life.
A Life in American History
A Life in American History
An illuminating historical biography for students and scholars alike, this book gives readers insight into the life and times of Booker T. Washington. Booker T. Washington was an integral figure in mid-19th to early-20th century America who successfully transitioned from a life of slavery and poverty to a position among the Black elite. This book highlights Washington's often overlooked contributions to the African and African American experience, particularly his support of higher education for Black students through fundraising for Fisk and Howard universities, where he served as a trustee. A vocal advocate of vocational and liberal arts alike, Washington eventually founded his own school, the Tuskegee Institute, with a well-rounded curriculum to expand opportunities and encourage free thinking for Black students. While Washington was sometimes viewed as a "great accommodator" by his critics for working alongside wealthy, white elites, he quietly advocated for Black teachers and students as well as for desegregation. This book will offer readers a clearly written, fully realized overview of Booker T. Washington and his legacy.
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Chronological chapters begin with Robinson's life before he played professional baseball, continue with an exploration of the Negro Leagues and Robinson's career with the Brooklyn Dodgers, and conclude with an examination of Robinson's post-retirement life as well as his influence on civil rights. Supplemental materials including document excerpts give readers an opportunity to explore contemporary accounts of Robinson's career and impact.
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Jesse Owens
Martin Luther King Jr.
F. Erik Brooks, Central State University, USA & Kevin M. Jones Sr., Cedarville
Jamie J. Wilson, Salem State University, USA
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This accessible, up-to-date, and timely biography of Martin Luther King Jr. offers readers a fresh approach to King's life, achievements, and lasting contributions to civil rights, social justice, and American history.
A Life in American History
A Life in American History
A compelling resource for sports enthusiasts, this book places the life and athletic accomplishments of Jesse Owens within the context of race and American history in the early 20th century. The year 2020 marked the 40th anniversary of the death of one of the greatest track and field athletes in intercollegiate and Olympic history. This book examines Jesse Owens' upbringing, religious and spiritual life, and collegiate years and includes an examination of race, politics, and Nazi Germany as a backdrop to the 1936 Olympics. It also considers Owens' personal economic hardships after his triumph at the Olympic Games, his death, and his legacy. Chapters are organized around the major developments in Jesse Owens' life, from his birth in Oakville, Alabama in 1913 to his death in Tucson, Arizona in 1980, and all his groundbreaking athletic achievements in between. Primary source documents, sidebars, a timeline, and a bibliography provide valuable additional information for readers. The final chapter, "Why Jesse Owens Matters," explores his cultural and historical significance.
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This richly informed narrative follows King's early life as the son of a noted Baptist preacher in Atlanta, to his adulthood as the most visible, influential, and controversial leader of the civil rights movement in the United States during the 1960s. Going beyond the typical cradle-to-the-grave biography, this book situates King within and alongside the major events that King helped define, including the push for desegregation, equal rights for Black Americans, and the antiwar movement. Chapters are organized chronologically, and a supplementary chapter, "Why Martin Luther King Jr. Matters," takes up King's ongoing cultural and historical significance. Additionally, carefully chosen "Cultural Connections" are placed throughout the text to help students draw lines between King's life and the social, political, and intellectual currents with which King was and remains synonymous.
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Daily Life along the Underground Railroad Cassandra Newby-Alexander, Norfolk State University, USA Understand the daily choices, fears, and experiences of freedom seekers along the Underground Railroad. Delving into the lives and stories of everyday men and women either escaping slavery or helping others to escape, this book shows the day-to-day realities of life along the Underground Railroad. This story explores the range of perspectives by examining the various geographic areas, means of escape, places of refuge, and the people who helped them, giving nuance and understanding to this period of American history. From physical abuse to the fear of recapture to the daring efforts to rescue others, chapters detail the challenges and hardships brave freedom seekers faced in their efforts to escape the bonds of slavery. The book further addresses head on common misconceptions and important points of view that history has failed to represent. The book's heart comes from the real stories of real freedom seekers and Underground Railroad agents Daily Life through History UK May 2026 • US May 2026 200 Pages • 16 bw PB 9798765116258 • £21.99 / $29.95 HB 9781440881404 • £55.00 / $75.00 ePDF 9781440881411 • £49.50 / $67.50 ePub 9798765112694 • £49.50 / $67.50 Bloomsbury Academic
interwoven throughout the book. Additional resources such as a timeline and a glossary further complement the work, giving students quick access to major events and themes about the Underground Railroad and its contextualizing history.
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Frederick Douglass A Biography
C. James Trotman Ph.D., West Chester University Written for young adults, this biography of Frederick Douglass covers the life of the most famous black abolitionist and intellectual of the 19th century. Frederick Douglass: A Biography explores the life of the most famous black abolitionist and intellectual of the 19th century. The book covers the major developments of Douglass's life from his birth in 1818 through his time as a slave and his rise to prominence as the most famous black voice for freedom of his time. The biography discusses Douglass's relationships with such figures as John Brown, the feminist Elizabeth Cady Stanton, and five presidents of the United States, including Abraham Lincoln. It analyzes his role in national politics before, during, and after the Civil War, and examines the way his life is tied to significant local, regional, and national events. By focusing Greenwood Biographies UK January 2026 • US January 2026 192 Pages • 17 bw illus HB 9780313350368 • £35.00 / $44.00 PB 9798216443346 • £21.99 / $29.95 ePDF 9780313350375 • £19.79 / $26.95 ePub 9798216086871 • £19.79 / $26.95 Bloomsbury Academic
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Decolonization, Hierarchy, and World Order since 1776 Sean T. Byrnes, Western Governors University, USA Few topics are more important to understanding the origins of the modern world than decolonization, and few countries have played a more important role in that history than the United States. Through a lively narrative history that ranges across four centuries, Byrnes reveals how the process of ending and replacing empires defined the American relationship to the world from the colonial era to the present. Despite the egalitarian rhetoric of the American Revolution, hierarchies born of the imperial age—and defined by ideas about race, capitalism, and civilization —fundamentally shaped American views of who was entitled to sovereignty and when. Therefore, far from building a world of “Westphalian” sovereign equality, the United States instead manipulated, expanded, and then attempted to dominate New Approaches to International History UK April 2026 • US April 2026 320 Pages • 24 bw illus HB 9781350341661 • £65.00 / $90.00 PB 9781350341678 • £21.99 / $29.95 ePDF 9781350341692 • £19.79 / $26.95 ePub 9781350341685 • £19.79 / $26.95 Bloomsbury Academic
globe spanning structures of wealth and power that served the few at the expense of the many. From early interactions with Native Americans and a decolonizing Latin America, to efforts to bolster global hierarchies after the World Wars and influence the postcolonial “Third World”, The United States and the Ends of Empire, tells the story of a US that may not always have embraced formal empire but nevertheless still sought to organize the world in imperial ways.
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The Atlantic Alliance in the Long 20th Century A Modern History of US-European Relations Alessandra Bitumi Reflecting on the tensions between identity and alterity, which have informed the relationship between Europe and the United States since the colonial era, The Atlantic Alliance in the Long 20th Century takes a transnational approach to situate Euro-American history within a global context and provide an understanding of how the Atlantic alliance has been built, maintained and challenged. Centring on the formation of “Atlantica”, a political and security community that emerged after World War II, it raises critical questions about the nature and manifestation of American hegemony in Western Europe; what were the foundational pillars of this community, and how did the balance of power evolve within it? Also exploring the interplay between transatlantic New Approaches to International History UK June 2026 • US June 2026 272 Pages HB 9781350583719 • £65.00 / $90.00 PB 9781350583702 • £24.99 / $34.95 ePDF 9781350583733 • £22.49 / $31.45 ePub 9781350583726 • £22.49 / $31.45 Bloomsbury Academic
relations and European integration, it asks how the EU and EC fitted into this Atlantic community. In examining the tensions between Atlanticism and Europeanism, and whether their approaches were independent or convergent, Bitumi sets out what this means for contemporary relations today. Arguing that the three foundational pillars of the Atlantic order- democracy, deregulated capitalism and cosmopolitan internationalism- have faced significant strain since the 2008 financial crisis, this book reflects on the origins of this crisis and the challenge it poses to the ongoing unity and cohesion of the Atlantic Alliance.
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Socialism, Internationalism, and Development in the Third World Envisioning Modernity in the Era of Decolonization
Edited by Su Lin Lewis, University of Bristol, UK & Nana Osei-Opare, Rice University, USA In the wake of colonial and racial exploitation, political leaders, technocrats, activists, and workers across the Third World turned to socialism to offer a new vision of post-colonial development. In following these actors, the contributions to this open access volume show that “development” was not merely exported from North to South: people across the Global South collaborated with each other while engaging with a diversity of socialist ideas, from European Fabianism and Marxism to tailored African, Asian, and Latin American models. They led debates on race and inequality from the 1920s and 1930s and spearheaded local, regional, and internationalist efforts to re-envision modernity by the 1950s and 1960s. By examining the limitations and legacies of socialist development initiatives in and across the Third World, Socialism, Histories of Internationalism
Internationalism, and Development in the Third World offers new perspectives on the intertwined histories of socialism,
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development, and international cooperation, with lessons for both past and present. The ebook editions of this book are available open access under a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 licence on bloomsburycollections.com. Open access was funded by UKRI and Rice University, USA.
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Archives and Emotions
International Dialogues Across Past, Present, and Future Edited by Ilaria Scaglia & Valeria Vanesio WINNER OF THE SOCIETY OF AMERICAN ARCHIVISTS’ WALDO GIFFORD LELAND AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE AND USEFULNESS IN ARCHIVAL HISTORY, THEORY, AND PRACTICE 2025 Archives and Emotions argues, at its most fundamental level, that emotions matter and have always mattered to both the people whose histories are documented by archives and to those working with the documents these contain. This is the first study to put archivists and historians—scholars and practitioners from different settings, geographical provenance, and stages of career—in conversation with one another to examine the interplay of a broad range of emotions and archives, traditional and digital, from the eighteenth to the twenty-first centuries across national and disciplinary borders. History of Emotions UK June 2026 • US June 2026 312 Pages • 10 bw illus HB 9781350415188 • £85.00 / $115.00 PB 9781350415218 • £28.99 / $39.95 ePDF 9781350415195 • £76.50 / $103.50 ePub 9781350415201 • £76.50 / $103.50 Bloomsbury Academic
Drawing on methodologies from the history of emotions and critical archival studies, this book provides an original analysis of interconnected themes through a selected number of case studies. Its main message is that critically investigating the history and mechanics of emotions—including their suppression and exclusion—also being conscious of their effects on people and societies is essential to understanding how archives came to hold deep civic and ethical implications for both present and future.
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World Today 2025–2026 Multiple Authors Begun in 1966, The World Today Series offers a penetrating look into every nation—its geographical setting, history, current government, politics, cultures, economy, as well as its problems and prospects. The up-to-date content is effectively supplemented with maps, photographs, original art, and comprehensive bibliographies. As events become more remote, their descriptions are condensed with each new edition. This allows room to present the important, current happenings that have occurred since publication of the previous edition, along with insightful discussion of the reasons they occurred and the implications for the future. The result is a series of well-proportioned, complete, and very up-to-date texts that focus on current events—uncluttered with unnecessary and repetitive background detail. Each new edition brings the world into today’s perspective for the reader. World Today (Stryker) UK January 2026 • US January 2026 PB 9798881802592 • £170.00 / $340.00 Bloomsbury Academic
Revised and published each year, the books in the series provide important details and analysis for each country, with sharp focus on the realities of today’s events. Year after year, the combination of factual accuracy and up-to-date detail along with the informed projections make The World Today books are outstanding resources for researchers, practitioners in international development, media professionals, government officials, potential investors, students, and high-school, college & public libraries. Available in both print and e-book formats and priced low to fit student and library budgets!
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Nordic, Central, and Southeastern Europe 2025–2026 Bojka Djukanovic The World Today Series: Nordic, Central, and Southeastern Europe 2025–2026 provides historical background on Nordic, Central, and Southeastern Europe countries to help readers gain a thorough understanding of contemporary developments in this region. Broad introductory chapters are followed by sections on each country in the region. The combination of factual accuracy and up-to-date detail make this an outstanding resource for researchers, practitioners in international development, media professionals, government officials, potential investors, and students to understand the immediate background of contemporary developments.
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Bojka Djukanovic
James E. Hoare
The World Today Series: Western Europe 2025–2026 provides historical background on Western Europe to help readers gain a thorough understanding of contemporary developments in this region. Broad introductory chapters are followed by sections on each country in the region. The combination of factual accuracy and up-to-date detail make this an outstanding resource for researchers, practitioners in international development, media professionals, government officials, potential investors, and students to understand the immediate background of contemporary developments.
The World Today Series: East & Southeast Asia 2025–2026 provides historical background on East & Southeast Asia to help readers gain a thorough understanding of contemporary developments in this region. Broad introductory chapters are followed by sections on each country in the region. The combination of factual accuracy and up-to-date detail make this an outstanding resource for researchers, practitioners in international development, media professionals, government officials, potential investors, and students to understand the immediate background of contemporary developments.
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Africa 2025–2026
Canada 2025–2026
Lawrence R. Sullivan, Adelphi University
P. T. Babie, The University of Adelaide & Charles J. Russo
The World Today Series: Africa 2025–2026 is an annually updated presentation of Africa. It provides historical background on Africa to help readers gain a thorough understanding of contemporary developments in this region. Broad introductory chapters are followed by sections on each country in the region. The combination of factual accuracy and up-to-date detail make this an outstanding resource for researchers, practitioners in international development, media professionals, government officials, potential investors, and students to understand the immediate background of contemporary developments.
The World Today Series: Canada 2025–2026 is an annually updated presentation of Canada. It provides historical background on Canada to help readers gain a thorough understanding of contemporary developments in this region. It covers the country’s culture, geography, people, economy, politics and future. The combination of factual accuracy and up-to-date detail along with its informed projections make this an outstanding resource for researchers, practitioners in international development, media professionals, government officials, potential investors, and students.
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The USA and The World 2025–2026
Latin America 2025–2026
David M. Keithly, University of California
William H. Beezley, University of Arizona
The World Today Series,” USA and the World 2025–2026 presents an unusually penetrating look into America and its relationship to the rest of the world. The combination of factual accuracy and up-to-date detail along with its informed projections make this an outstanding resource for researchers, practitioners in international development, media professionals, government officials, potential investors and students. The content is thorough yet perfect for a one-semester introductory course or general library reference.
The World Today Series: Latin America 2025–2026 provides historical background on Latin America to help readers gain a thorough understanding of contemporary developments in this region. Broad introductory chapters are followed by sections on each country in the region. The combination of factual accuracy and up-to-date detail make this an outstanding resource for researchers, practitioners in international development, media professionals, government officials, potential investors, and students to understand the immediate background of contemporary developments.
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The Middle East and South Asia 2025–2026
Yearbook of Transnational History
Ilan Pappe, University of Exeter
(2025), Volume 8
The World Today Series: The Middle East and South Asia 2025–2026 provides historical background on East & Southeast Asia to help readers gain a thorough understanding of contemporary developments in this region. Broad introductory chapters are followed by sections on each country in the region. The combination of factual accuracy and up-to-date detail make this an outstanding resource for researchers, practitioners in international development, media professionals, government officials, potential investors, and students to understand the immediate background of contemporary developments.
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The Yearbook of Transnational History is dedicated to disseminating pioneering research in the field of transnational history. This eighth volume brings together case studies of Jewish heritage and Jewish history in the Caribbean, China, Europe, and North America from the thirteenth to the twentieth century. It includes chapters about the Jewish presence in Ancient China, the building of synagogues in the Atlantic World, Jewish soccer culture, Jewish migration to Canada, and the work of the Ukrainian-Jewish intellectual Solomon Goldelman.
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Panorama, A World History Volume 1: Beginnings to 1500
Ross Edmunds Dunn, San Diego State University, USA & Urmi Engineer Willoughby, Pitzer College, USA Panorama follows the journey of humankind in a global context, weaving a world-scale narrative with a single chronological thread. It empowers you to connect the regional histories of particular states, empires, and cultural traditions to larger patterns of change on hemispheric and global scales—examining migratory movements, networks of trade, the spread of religions, pandemics, and environmental transformations. Richly illustrated with 120 images and over 50 maps, the first volume of this new edition of Panorama is organized into four chronological parts, each covering a defined era in world history. Volume 1 starts with the Paleolithic era and surveys up to the late fifteenth century CE. With its unique global narrative, chronological storytelling and exceptional features, Panorama provides a clear framework UK February 2026 • US February 2026 608 Pages • 120 color illus HB 9781350434219 • £110.00 / $150.00 PB 9781350434202 • £34.99 / $47.95 ePDF 9781350434233 • £31.49 / $43.15 ePub 9781350434226 • £31.49 / $43.15 Bloomsbury Academic
to analyze and engage with the changes, continuities, and anomalies in our world’s past—and their impact on the present.
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Panorama, A World History Volume 2: 1450 to the Present
Ross Edmunds Dunn, San Diego State University, USA & Urmi Engineer Willoughby, Pitzer College, USA How did the Columbian Exchange transform diets around the world? Why did expanding global trade hurt textile workers in India? In what circumstances did the COVID-19 virus become a global pandemic? Panorama explores these questions by following the journey of humankind in a global context, weaving a world-scale narrative with a single chronological thread. It empowers you to connect the regional histories of particular states, empires, and cultural traditions to larger patterns of change on hemispheric and global scales—examining migratory movements, networks of trade, the spread of religions, pandemics, and environmental transformations. Richly illustrated with 120 images and 48 maps, the second volume of this new edition of Panorama is organized into three chronological parts, each covering a defined era in world history. Volume 2 starts in the mid-fifteenth century CE and UK February 2026 • US February 2026 592 Pages • 120 color illus HB 9781350434257 • £110.00 / $150.00 PB 9781350434240 • £34.99 / $47.95 ePDF 9781350434271 • £31.49 / $43.15 ePub 9781350434264 • £31.49 / $43.15 Bloomsbury Academic
surveys up to the present day. With its unique global narrative, chronological storytelling and exceptional features, Panorama provides a clear framework to analyse and engage with the changes, continuities, and anomalies in our world’s past—and their impact on the present.
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Child, Family, State
Adoption in Germany, 1900-2021 Roland Spickermann This book explores how adoption evolved in Germany’s turbulent twentieth century, experiencing both drastic changes and unexpected continuities. The history of adoption in twentieth-century Germany has been dramatic and complex. The Weimar Republic’s assumption of responsibility for children’s welfare in 1922 empowered state authorities to regulate private adoption agencies, to set up their own public adoption offices, and to require prospective adoptive parents to prove their competence to social workers. These policies subsequently allowed nazis, communists, and democrats to frame adoption policies to match their social and political goals and values. Differing conceptions of the best interests of the child and the family, redefinitions of “family”, UK September 2025 • US September 2025 328 Pages PB 9781498563284 • £17.99 / $39.95 HB 9781498563260 • £81.00 / $120.00 ePDF 9798216201601 • £72.90 / $108.00 ePub 9781978759381 • £72.90 / $108.00 Bloomsbury Academic
changing criteria for a family’s or child’s suitability for adoption, abduction, international adoption, and even European integration all came into play, empowering authorities to define, regulate and sometimes even forbid adoptive relationships to that end. The evolution of German adoption and German society reflected each other, showing both fundamental changes and unexpected continuities, and deepening our understanding of both.
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The Post-Imperial Turkish State and Islam, 1923-1950 A Complicated Relationship
BESTAMI S. BILGIÇ & Tuba Bilgiç The period between 1923-1950 is seen as the golden age of secularism in the Turkish Republic, but how true is this? The Post-Imperial Turkish State and Islam, 1923-1950 revisits the relationship between the state and Islam in Turkey during this period, arguing that it was shaped and complicated by a post-imperial trauma that manifested in almost all parts of political and social life. Using extensive Turkish and English language government documents, the authors argue that this was neither a golden age for secularism, nor a dark age for Islam in Turkey. Instead, they reveal how the Turkish government’s relationship with Islam was shaped by three processes of negotiation. First, the ‘Lausanne negotiation’ between Turkey and the victorious powers of UK June 2026 • US June 2026 194 Pages PB 9798216442011 • £28.99 / $39.95 HB 9781666979916 • £85.00 / $115.00 ePDF 9798216264286 • £76.50 / $103.50 ePub 9781978763098 • £76.50 / $103.50 Bloomsbury Academic
the First World War, second between the Kemalist government and both its dissenters and the largely conservative Turkish society, and third, amongst the Kemalist themselves. Through these negotiations, the authors reveal the intricate and complex relationship between state and religion in post-imperial Turkey, contributing fascinating new insights to the established literature on this subject.
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Biobibliographical Studies, Volume 42 Edited by Elizabeth Baigent, University of Oxford, UK & André Reyes Novaes, Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Geographers is a collection of studies on individuals who have made major contributions to the development of geography and geographical thought. Volume 42 of Geographers: Biobibliographical Studies explores how individual geographers have interacted with and shaped institutions throughout their careers. Rather than focusing solely on institutions themselves, this volume examines how geographers have used institutional frameworks to advance their practices and how they have intertwined their knowledge production with both academic and non-academic settings. Through examples from diverse contexts, including Germany, Brazil, the United Kingdom and the Netherlands, it highlights how institutions can act simultaneously as gatekeepers and obstacles, as well as enablers and Geographers
supporters of geographical work and careers.
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The volume is organised into four main themes: inter-institutional mobility, institution building, geography beyond formal institutions, and links between academia and social movements. Together, these biographies reveal geography as a discipline shaped by fluid boundaries between institutions, individuals, and society. The collection highlights the mutual constitution of structure and agency, demonstrating how geographers not only inhabit institutions but also reconstruct, reinterpret, and transcend them to broaden the scope and social relevance of geographical knowledge.
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Mexico
A Concise Illustrated History John W. Sherman This accessible, sweeping survey of Mexican history, from pre-Columbian times to the present, introduces critical political and economic processes that have defined the country. With ample maps and illustrations, along with historiographical inserts, this updated 2nd edition is a guide from the earliest beginnings of a great nation down to the present day. To understand this complex land is to study the splendor of its pre-Columbian cultures, learn the legacies of a violent conquest, and appreciate the fluorescence of 3 centuries of viceregal Spanish rule. The struggle for independence, war with UK February 2026 • US February 2026 304 Pages HB 9798881804602 • £80.00 / $120.00 PB 9798881804619 • £25.99 / $39.95 ePDF 9798881867775 • £23.39 / $35.95 ePub 9798881804626 • £23.39 / $35.95 Bloomsbury Academic
the United States, French Intervention, Benito Juárez, dictatorship under Porfirio Díaz, revolutionary upheaval under “Pancho” Villa. This book also shows the darker side of history. Examining the corruption of 20th-century presidents, security apparatuses, and the PRI party, it explores the roots of present-day cartels and rising patterns of social violence.
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The History of South America's Most Successful Country Peter V.N. Henderson Peter V. N. Henderson provides a sweeping look at Uruguay’s political, economic, and social history from colonial times to the twenty-first century within a transnational context. This book dives into the country’s unique history that resulted in its nickname as “the Switzerland of South America” because of its broad democracy, balanced economy, sizable middle class, secular values, higher literacy rates, and generous and inclusive social legislation. Uruguay’s origin is richly detailed, from its pre-colonial roots as Banda Oriental, to European colonization and the Spanish settlement of Montevideo, to the legendary caudillos Juan Lavalleja and Manuel Oribe and the creation of the independent UK March 2025 • US March 2025 272 Pages • 19 b/w photos; 18 textboxes HB 9798881807733 • £73.00 / $95.00 PB 9798881807740 • £30.00 / $36.00 ePDF 9798881858278 • £27.00 / $32.40 ePub 9798881807757 • £27.00 / $32.40 Rowman & Littlefield
state of Uruguay in 1828. Like other Latin American countries, it struggled with state formation. Then, a major change occurred at the end of the nineteenth century: policies following trends of modernization drastically overhauled the nation’s economic and social infrastructure and a national identity emerged in poetry and the arts. This book dives into the presidency of José Batlle y Ordóñez, the country’s involvement in World War II, and its economic and political collapse and eventual military seizure of the government in 1973. In 1985, the dictatorship reluctantly left power, and the country transitioned to its original democratic values. Social welfare programs, green energy programs unheard of in South America, and progressive policies flourish into the twenty-first century.
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Historical Dictionary of Venezuela Tomás Straka, Universidad Católica Andrés Bello, Virgilio Armas, Universidad Católica Andrés Bello & Esther Mobilia, Unviersidad Católica Andrés Bello The fourth edition of the Historical Dictionary of Venezuela offers a comprehensive and up-to-date overview of one of the most complex, interesting, and vibrant countries in Latin America. Beyond what appears in the news or the facile explanations of political factions, Venezuelan history holds a wealth of knowledge that is largely unknown. With worldrenowned figures such as Simón Bolívar, the largest oil reserves in the world, and enormous crises such as the one experienced between 2016 and 2022, Venezuela is a country of contrasts, great achievements, and great problems. It is not surprising that it was the country where magical realism was invented.
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It contains a chronology, an introduction, and an extensive bibliography. The dictionary section contains cross-referenced entries on important personalities as well as aspects of the country’s politics, economy, foreign relations, religion, and culture. This book is an excellent resource for students, researchers, and anyone wanting to know more about Venezuela.
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The Chicana and Chicano Movement From Aztlán to Zapatistas
Edited by Adelaida R. Del Castillo, San Diego State University, USA & Norma Iglesias-Prieto, San Diego State University, USA This indispensable resource for students investigating social, political, women's feminist, and artistic activism, provides an overview of the major trends, influences, creative, and educational accomplishments of the Chicana and Chicano Movement. The impact of the Chicana/Chicano Movement on today's America can be seen in the halls of power, educational access and equity, museum exhibitions of Chicana/Chicano art, and positive self-image among Chicanas and Chicanos. It is also reflected in media arts, theater, music, and dance. This book provides students investigating Chicana/Chicano and Mexican American social and political activism and social justice advocacy with an overview of the major trends and influences of the Chicana and Chicano Movement during the volatile 1960s and 1970s and the movement's direction in and impact on the Movements of the American Mosaic UK February 2026 • US February 2026 400 Pages • 25 bw illus PB 9798765131442 • £28.99 / $39.95 HB 9781440801303 • £90.00 / $107.00 ePDF 9781440801310 • £81.00 / $96.30 ePub 9798216170945 • £81.00 / $96.30 Bloomsbury Academic
following decades. The book is organized alphabetically with entries on significant organizations, places, events, and ideas that were important to the Chicana and Chicano Movement in the United States, enhanced by photographs by historian Devra Weber, a participant in the movement, that provide additional context and visual aids. Coverage includes protests, marches, walkouts, strikes, boycotts, and other actions taken to call attention to the injustices Chicanas/Chicanos were experiencing, especially throughout the Southwest. High school and first-year undergraduate students will find this to be an invaluable research tool to support understanding of this important social and political movement.
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Juan Perón’s Anti-Imperialist Geopolitics A New Order for the Cold War World
Robert D. Koch, Independent Scholar, Portugal Using a blend of global, intellectual and cultural history, this book explores the geopolitics of Juan Perón and their relationship to, and impact on, the international history of the mid-20th century. Beginning with Perón’s formative years, it analyzes the concepts that helped shape his anti-imperialist views and traces these ideas over decades from his time in the Argentine Army through his rise to power, downfall, and eventual death in 1974. Dissecting how notions of imperialism, nationalism and decolonization fueled his ideology and approach to foreign policy, Juan Perón’s Anti-Imperialist Geopolitics takes a long-term approach to understand his geopolitical evolution over time. While Peronism has continued to be an influential movement in Argentine politics and remains a lively research topic, Perón’s geopolitics have received scant attention despite their significance to his popularity and legacy. This book offers a corrective to this, situating Peronism, Argentina, and Latin America on the international stage during the 20th century. From UK April 2026 • US April 2026 312 Pages • 10 bw illus HB 9781350460942 • £90.00 / $120.00 PB 9781350460973 • £28.99 / $39.95 ePDF 9781350460959 • £81.00 / $108.00 ePub 9781350460966 • £81.00 / $108.00 Bloomsbury Academic
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his pioneering role in the era’s anti-imperialist solidarity movement, his expansion of the Peronist development model to a global model and his efforts to establish a post-imperial world through the Non-Aligned Movement, Juan Perón’s AntiImperialist Geopolitics argues that Perón merits recognition as a leading 20th-century geopolitical thinker.
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The Green Sahara
Regaining Paradise in the Face of Climate Change John Gaudet A thoughtful exploration of how the Sahara Desert can be returned to its former glory as a green paradise while actively combating climate change. A green Sahara is something the world has not seen since 10,000 BC when the Sahara was a wet, lush region. By 3,000 BC though the climate changed, the rains stopped, and the ancient green Sahara dried into today’s desert. It was the victim of a phenomenon that reminds us today of global climate warming. But what if we could reverse the desertification of the Sahara, and bring back the green paradise of days passed? In The Green Sahara: Regaining Paradise in the Face of Climate Change, John Gaudet explores the process by which climate change in ancient times converted a green paradise into an arid desert land, highlighting parallels to what is UK February 2026 • US February 2026 320 Pages • 31 bw illus HB 9798881808556 • £25.99 / $36.00 ePDF 9798881867485 • £23.39 / $32.40 ePub 9798881808563 • £23.39 / $32.40 Bloomsbury Academic
happening in our time. But he also illuminates how an intense effort to create green energy is being made by several Saharan countries to build and operate enormous solar and wind farms. As a result, a wave of green energy generated in the Sahara, the largest desert on earth, is about to swamp the world, and could lead to a regreening of the Sahara Desert. Covering just 20% of the Sahara Desert with wind turbines and solar panels would generate almost five times more energy than is currently needed worldwide. Gaudet’s manifesto demonstrates how climate change induced by man actually has the power to save the world and restore a beautiful piece of ancient history.
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Historical Dictionary of South Sudan Douglas H. Johnson, Kuyok Abol Kuyok & Nicki Kindersley This is the first ever historical dictionary of South Sudan as an independent nation. It focuses on the events, peoples, and cultures of South Sudan that were once treated as marginal to the grand narrative of Sudanese national history, but without disentangling South Sudan from wider historical connections across the Nile Valley and Northeast Africa. With an interpretive introduction by the three authors, it offers new perspectives on historical events and personalities, extensive coverage of recent events and current affairs, short biographies of leading social and political figures, an extensive chronology, a comprehensive bibliography, and maps based on current research illustrating specific issues confronting the new nation. Building on the classical anthropological and historical studies of South Sudanese peoples as well as new research, especially by South Sudanese authors, it provides a foundation on which to build new research on South Sudan and new perspectives on its shared history with Sudan and the wider region. Historical Dictionary of South Sudan contains a Historical Dictionaries of Africa
chronology, an introduction, and an extensive bibliography. The dictionary section has more than 500 cross-referenced
UK May 2025 • US May 2025 entries on important personalities as well as aspects of the country's politics, economy, foreign relations, religion, and 592 Pages • 9 Maps, 2 Tables HB 9781538124499 • £177.00 / $230.00 culture. This book is an excellent resource for students, researchers, and anyone wanting to know more about South Sudan. ePDF 9798881865979 • £159.30 / $207.00 ePub 9781538124505 • £159.30 / $207.00 Rowman & Littlefield
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Historical Dictionary of Mauritania Christopher Hemmig Mauritania comprises a diverse mix of ethnicities and cultures, and its paths of political, economic, and social development have proven challenging. In the midst of severe environmental pressures, regional instabilities, internal divisions of race, ethnicity, and tribe, and wide inequality, Mauritania has nonetheless undergone significant transition and experienced tangible economic growth since 2000. Recent years have brought a fragile sense of stability, but enormous challenges remain. Historical Dictionary of Mauritania, Fourth Edition contains a chronology, an introduction, and an extensive bibliography. The dictionary section contains cross-referenced entries on important personalities as well as aspects of the country’s politics, Historical Dictionaries of Africa UK September 2025 • US September 2025 334 Pages PB 9798765166666 • £39.99 / $54.95 HB 9781538150054 • £110.00 / $150.00 ePDF 9798765159620 • £99.00 / $135.00 ePub 9781538150061 • £99.00 / $135.00 Bloomsbury Academic
economy, foreign relations, religion, and culture. This book is an excellent resource for students, researchers, and anyone wanting to know more about Mauritania.
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Historical Dictionary of Sierra Leone LaRay Denzer & David E. Skinner Sierra Leone was founded as a refuge for emancipated slaves in the late 18th century and is an important case study for contemporary global issues. The region in which the country is located was important for the early migration and settlement of diverse cultures throughout western Africa. The dictionary offers information and analysis about the territory’s ethnographic, economic, social, and political characteristics from early times to the present. Historical Dictionary of Sierra Leone, Third Edition contains a chronology, an introduction, and an extensive bibliography. The dictionary section has more than 400 cross-referenced entries on important personalities as well as aspects of the country’s politics, economy, foreign relations, religion, and culture. This book is an excellent resource for students, researchers, and anyone wanting to know more about Sierra Leone.
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Why are we in Okinawa? A History of Violence Jon Mitchell In this compelling history, award-winning journalist, Jon Mitchell, traces how the islands of Okinawa have been annexed by Japan, occupied by the United States and now menaced by China. In response, Okinawans have developed one of the world’s most resilient – yet overlooked – pacifist movements. Once a wealthy kingdom, Okinawa was seized by Japan in the late-19th century and, after World War II, abandoned to US colonial rule. For twenty-seven years, residents were denied civil and labor rights, but their non-violent resistance grew so strong that, in 1972, they forced the return of the islands to Japanese control. Today, thirty-one US bases dominate a land mass smaller than Rhode Island and Okinawans remain Japan’s poorest people. Tensions are rising as China questions Japan's control of Okinawa and fires missiles into nearby seas. Angry at
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being pawns in the play of greater powers, islanders resist through mass protests, music, comedy and art. Okinawa offers an inspirational model of grassroots democracy and civic engagement for the rest of Japan and beyond.
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North Korea A History
Michael J. Seth, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA, USA North Korea is perhaps the most intriguing, infamous and enigmatic nation of our modern world. Yet how many of us know its full history, and how it came to be? Starting with its origins in the colonial period, Michael J Seth masterfully traces how North Korea transformed itself from a Soviet-style socialist state to the ultra-nationalist, dynastic dictatorship of the 21st century. Born from 20th century Korea’s struggles to regain autonomy and achieve modernization, this book follows the story of how a single Korea with a shared ethnic and cultural heritage, evolved into radically different societies. From the birth of the DPRK, through economic collapse, famine and failed revolution, it illuminates North Korea’s journey with an engaging understanding of the political, UK February 2026 • US February 2026 352 Pages • 9 bw illustrations HB 9781350475441 • £65.00 / $90.00 PB 9781350475434 • £21.99 / $29.95 ePDF 9781350475465 • £19.79 / $26.95 ePub 9781350475458 • £19.79 / $26.95 Bloomsbury Academic
ideological, economic and social forces at play. This edition has been updated to examine recent developments in Korean history, up until 2025, and has analysed over sixty new publications from leading academics. It also incorporates the experiences of prominent North Korean women and analyses the everyday life of ordinary North Koreans, as well as the country’s leaders. Seth also uses his expertise to analyse and put more emphasis on Inter-Korean relations
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Regionalism and Nationalism at the Nanyang Border
Guangxi Province and the Making of the Chinese Nation State, 1924–1949 Congjie Cheng, Zhejiang International Studies University This book is a detailed study of the interplay of regionalism and nationalism in the Guangxi province during the Republican period, with special attention paid to the War of Resistance years. This a new study of the so-called “New Guangxi Clique”, tracing its role and reach, not simply in Guangxi Province, but also in its articulation with the Chinese Central Government under Chiang Kai-shek and with Chinese communities in Southeast Asia. Regionalism and Nationalism at the Nanyang Border sheds new light on nationalism and war in China placing a peripheral province at the centre, and in so doing challenging the idea of periphery itself. The book provides original coverage of the provincial governments’ engagements with overseas Chinese communities in the Southeast Asia region, and wartime and post-war refugee relief. Congjie Cheng makes important contributions to the field of modern Chinese UK October 2026 • US April 2026 176 Pages • 5 tables PB 9798216197362 • £28.99 / $39.95 HB 9781666964103 • £90.00 / $120.00 ePDF 9798216201489 • £73.64 / $108.00 ePub 9781978763470 • £73.64 / $108.00 Bloomsbury Academic
history through an exploration of the idea of “regional nationalism and the fields of refugee studies and histories of the Chinese experience in WWII.
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Indigenized Islam from the Indian Ocean Littoral of Malabar Abbas Panakkal, University of St Andrews, United Kingdom This book explores the pivotal role of integration in shaping Indigenized Islam in 16th-century Malabar, a region along the Indian Ocean's coastal fringes. Through a detailed examination of popular traditions, primary texts, and archaeological and architectural artifacts, this study seeks to unravel the historical processes that facilitated the fusion of Islam within the local vernacular context. Among the diverse Muslim ethnic groups of Malabar, indigenous customs and traditions were intricately woven into their religious identity, contributing to a distinctive, inclusive character. The study highlights phenomena such as the recognition of the Hindu King Zamorin of Calicut as the Amir of the Muslims and the advocacy by Muslim scholars and leaders for military UK April 2026 • US July 2026 280 Pages HB 9789361319150 • £85.00 / $115.00 ePDF 9789361314759 • £76.50 / $103.50 ePub 9789361317033 • £76.50 / $103.50 Bloomsbury Academic India
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Jihad to protect non-Muslim rulers' sovereignty. These elements reflect the complex nature of Indigenized Islam. This volume navigates the various pathways through which Malabar Islam emerged as a unique blend of indigenous cultural expressions within the broader Islamic heritage. It enhances our understanding of historical interactions, cultural fusion, and religious dynamics, offering a nuanced portrayal of the transformative forces shaping Islamic practices and identities.
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Historical Dictionary of Azerbaijan Zaur Gasimov Azerbaijanis speak a Turkic language close to the Turkish of Turkey and live in a vast historical landscape between Russia’s Dagestan, eastern Georgia, and Iran’s capital, Tehran. The nation declared independence in 1918, but Russia reoccupied the country by force in 1920. In 1991, Azerbaijan regained its independence for the second time. The oil-rich republic of ten million people is located at a geopolitically important crossroads between Russia and Iran. Predominantly Shiite Muslim and highly secular, Azerbaijan is Turkey and Israel’s closest ally in the region. A post-Soviet country the size of Austria on the Caspian Sea, Azerbaijan faces numerous socio-political problems rooted mainly in its communist past (1920–1991). Azerbaijan’s economy has been based on oil and gas exports for three decades, providing alternative fossil-fuel supplies for Europe. At the same time, the non-oil sector remains relatively underdeveloped. Historical Dictionaries of Asia, Oceania, and the Middle East
Historical Dictionary of Azerbaijan, Third Edition contains a chronology, an introduction, an extensive bibliography, and crossreferenced entries on important personalities as well as aspects of the country’s politics, economy, foreign relations, religion,
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Bihar in Colonial India
Region in the Making of a Nation Aryendra Chakravartty, Stephen F. Austin State University, USA This book points to the indispensability of the province in shaping and strengthening ideas of the nation in 20th century India. Focusing on the region of Bihar, it shows how its distinctively regional identity was not in opposition to colonial politics or nationalist sentiments, but was itself a product of colonial and national imaginings. The separation of Bihar, hailed by some as the ‘royal province’ of India and the cradle of Indian cultural and civilization, realigned the region not as ‘backward’ and ‘provincial’ but as the core of an Indian national imagination. Yet it also sparked multiple, contrasting narratives and differences; from questions about territorial realignment, to tensions between Biharis and Bengalis, and the question of language. Transforming the province into a cohesive cultural space was only possible by Critical Perspectives in South Asian invoking the nation and its associated historical and cultural imagination, by memorializing its archaeological past and History documenting its history.
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Challenging the assertion that regional differences undermine claims of united, nationalist ideas, and threaten to tear through the fabric of national identity, this book argues that the region-nation relationship is more symbiotic and demonstrates the crucial role that regional movements play in defining and validating the nationalist imagination.
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Textual Lives of Caste Across the Ages
Hierarchy, Humanity and Equality in Indian History Edited by Prathama Banerjee, Centre for the Study of Developing Societies, New Delhi, India The essays in this volume explore the myriad ways in which caste (varna and jati) has been theorized and critiqued in multiple philosophical, religious, logical and narrative traditions in India. Spanning ancient, medieval and modern times, and in diverse classical and vernacular languages, the chapters show how the social fact of caste, and imaginations of kinship, community and humanity were historically subject to epistemological, spiritual, and existential debate in both elite and popular circles in India. Textual Lives of Caste Across the Ages seeks to bridge the interdisciplinary gap between historians and sociologists by focusing on texts that help us think across the sociological and philosophical, the political and the religious, the Critical Perspectives in South Asian epistemological and the aesthetic, and indeed, the elite and the popular. The volume also sets up a conversation between History scholars specializing in different regions, archives, and historical periods and demonstrates how caste imaginaries have
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been deeply diverse and contested in India’s past. Reconstructing these diverse traditions of social and existential criticism helps us in our contemporary struggles against caste hierarchy and untouchability and enriches our contemporary critical repertoire.
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Contesting Memorial Spaces of Japan's Empire Edited by Edward Boyle, International Research Center for Japanese Studies, Japan & Steven Ivings, Kyoto University, Japan Ongoing arguments over how histories are honoured – as evidenced by the conflict between South Korea and Japan over the opening of Tokyo’s Heritage Information Centre in June 2020 – reveal the extent to which heritage processes enable states to assert legitimacy and power on a global stage. Here, Contesting Memorial Spaces of Japan’s Empire shines a timely spotlight on the complicated histories and disputed legacies of various sites associated with Japan’s empire in Asia and the Pacific.
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Bringing together a team of international scholars, this transnational study sees contested memorial spaces as windows for us to explore how borders are created, moved and altered in everyday life. From the Asan Bay Overlook Memorial Wall in Guam and the Puppet Emperor Palace in China to Japan’s Ainu Museum and the Cowra War Cemetery in Australia, the diverse range of case studies examined here foreground the complex relationship Japan and its neighbours have with their imperial past and reveal how these relations stand at the intersection of individual actions, societal choices and memory collectives. In doing so, this innovative collection of essays bridges history, geography and heritage studies to provide an invaluable new approach to the study of imperial conflict and memory politics in modern Japan.
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A Cultural History of Insects in Antiquity Edited by Gene Kritsky A Cultural History of Insects in Antiquity covers the period from 1000 BCE to 500 CE. As different cultures expanded so did their interactions with insects, largely seen as vectors of disease and as agricultural and bodily pests. However, as knowledge of insects grew, insect products were developed, notably honey or beeswax as used in food, preservation, medicine, and religious ritual. Insects were feared but were also invested with great power, even sanctity. The jewelry of ancient Egypt, Greece, and Rome fashioned insects into symbols of the beauty of nature, whilst literary and sacred texts transformed insects into metaphors for fertility and immortality. The six-volume set of the Cultural History of Insects presents the first comprehensive history from antiquity to today of all The Cultural Histories Series UK February 2026 • US February 2026 248 Pages • 46 bw illus HB 9781350003057 • £75.00 / $110.00 Bloomsbury Academic
forms and aspects of human-insect interaction. The themes covered in each volume are insect knowledge; insects and disease; insects and food; insect products; insects in mythology and religion; insects as symbols; insects in literature and language; and insects in art.
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A Cultural History of Insects in the Medieval Age Edited by Gene Kritsky A Cultural History of Insects in the Medieval Age covers the period from 500 to 1300, a time when the uses and value of insect products greatly increased. Silk, in particular, created economies and led to increased global trade; trade which, in turn, expanded the scope of insect-borne disease. The explosion in writing in the Middle Ages relied on inks, dyes, and waxes actively produced by insects or extracted from their crushed bodies. More visibly, insects began to teem across the pages of illuminated manuscripts, becoming symbols of divine order, earthly corruption, and ephemeral beauty. The six-volume set of the Cultural History of Insects presents the first comprehensive history from antiquity to today of all forms and aspects of human-insect interaction. The themes covered in each volume are insect knowledge; insects and disease; insects and food; insect products; insects in mythology and religion; insects as symbols; insects in literature and The Cultural Histories Series UK February 2026 • US February 2026 248 Pages • 56 bw illus HB 9781350003064 • £75.00 / $110.00 Bloomsbury Academic
language; and insects in art.
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A Cultural History of Insects in the Renaissance Edited by Sherilyn G.F. Smith A Cultural History of Insects in the Renaissance covers the period from 1300 to 1600, examining the profound impact of insects on the flowering of culture. In the early part of this period, the unprecedented number of deaths caused by the Plague – spread in part by fleas – encouraged the later rise of a middle class. Meanwhile, much of the wealth which funded Renaissance politics and patronage came from trade in honey, silk, and insect dyes, notably cochineal, one of the most valuable exports from the New World. And, as perceptions of humans and the natural world changed, interest in insects shifted from the symbolic to the scientific. The six-volume set of the Cultural History of Insects presents the first comprehensive history from antiquity to today of all The Cultural Histories Series UK February 2026 • US February 2026 272 Pages • 36 bw illus HB 9781350003071 • £75.00 / $110.00 Bloomsbury Academic
forms and aspects of human-insect interaction. The themes covered in each volume are insect knowledge; insects and disease; insects and food; insect products; insects in mythology and religion; insects as symbols; insects in literature and language; and insects in art.
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A Cultural History of Insects in the Age of Enlightenment Edited by Matthew S. Lehnert A Cultural History of Insects in the Age of Enlightenment covers the period from 1600 to 1820, a time of global exploration, the discovery of species, and advances in scientific technologies and methods. The natural sciences were increasingly shaped by what could be seen, observed, and classified. This new, Enlightenment approach to knowledge was greatly facilitated by enormous advances in microscopy. Enlightenment entomologists used miscrosopes to examine previously invisible bodies and worlds, illuminating insect metamorphosis and establishing the field of insect morphology. The six-volume set of the Cultural History of Insects presents the first comprehensive history from antiquity to today of all forms and aspects of human-insect interaction. The themes covered in each volume are insect knowledge; insects and The Cultural Histories Series UK February 2026 • US February 2026 240 Pages • 38 bw illus HB 9781350003088 • £75.00 / $110.00 Bloomsbury Academic
disease; insects and food; insect products; insects in mythology and religion; insects as symbols; insects in literature and language; and insects in art.
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A Cultural History of Insects in the Age of Industry Edited by Carol Anelli & Susan Fisher A Cultural History of Insects in the Age of Industry covers the period from 1820 to 1920, a time of great technological innovation and intensified trade. As urban populations spread so did pollution, squalor, and disease – and so did education and scientific knowledge. The expeditions of nineteenth century naturalists such as Charles Darwin and Alfred Russel Wallace fed the natural history collections of museums. At the same time, with the formation of new scientific groups and societies, professional entomology emerged as a specific branch of science. Knowledge of insect diversity accelerated whilst the increasing demands on agricultural production foregrounded the work of entomologists on pest control. The six-volume set of the Cultural History of Insects presents the first comprehensive history from antiquity to today of all forms and aspects of human-insect interaction. The themes covered in each volume are insect knowledge; insects and The Cultural Histories Series UK February 2026 • US February 2026 288 Pages • 55 bw illus HB 9781350003149 • £75.00 / $110.00 Bloomsbury Academic
disease; insects and food; insect products; insects in mythology and religion; insects as symbols; insects in literature and language; and insects in art.
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A Cultural History of Insects in the Modern Age Edited by Robert K.D. Peterson A Cultural History of Insects in the Modern Age covers the period from 1920 to the present, a time of tremendous scientific advances in our understanding of insects and their place in the natural world. The age ushered in an optimism fueled by the power of science and technology to improve the human condition and included stunning achievements in managing insect pests in the first half of the century. Today, although insects are recognised as cultural symbols of natural harmony and as bellwethers of ecological damage, our irrational fears continue, transforming insects into metaphors of invasion, alienation, and decay across literature, art, music, film, and political rhetoric. The six-volume set of the Cultural History of Insects presents the first comprehensive history from antiquity to today of all The Cultural Histories Series UK February 2026 • US February 2026 232 Pages • 48 bw illus HB 9781350003156 • £75.00 / $110.00 Bloomsbury Academic
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A Cultural History of Mathematics in Antiquity Edited by Michael N. Fried A Cultural History of Mathematics in Antiquity covers the period from 3000 BCE to 500 CE, exploring the great richness and diversity of mathematical thought and activity across the ancient world. Our modern notion of mathematics – and the word itself – was established by Greco-Roman culture. However, sophisticated forms of what we should call mathematics – number systems, ways of measurement, notation, and formulae – were developed millennia earlier by scribes in ancient Egypt, Mesopotamia, and Iraq. Mathematics proved just as invaluable in trade, taxation, astronomy, engineering, war, and agriculture in antiquity as it does now. The six volume set of the Cultural History of Mathematics explores the value and impact of mathematics in human culture The Cultural Histories Series UK February 2026 • US February 2026 280 Pages • 59 B/W HB 9781350062931 • £75.00 / $110.00 Bloomsbury Academic
from antiquity to the present. The themes covered in each volume are everyday numeracy; practice and profession; inventing mathematics; mathematics and worldviews; describing and understanding the world; mathematics and technological change; representing mathematics.
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A Cultural History of Mathematics in the Medieval Age Edited by Joseph W. Dauben, Clemency Montelle & Kim Plofker A Cultural History of Mathematics in the Medieval Age covers the period from 500 to 1450, focusing in particular on the innovations in East and South Asia and in Islamicate cultures. With the invention of algebra and the decimal place-value number system – as well as innovations in trigonometry, astronomy, and finance – medieval mathematics reenvisioned the science it inherited from antiquity and fundamentally transformed the world. The six volume set of the Cultural History of Mathematics explores the value and impact of mathematics in human culture from antiquity to the present. The themes covered in each volume are everyday numeracy; practice and profession; inventing mathematics; mathematics and worldviews; describing and understanding the world; mathematics and technological change; representing mathematics. The Cultural Histories Series UK February 2026 • US February 2026 288 Pages • 63 B/W HB 9781350062948 • £75.00 / $110.00 Bloomsbury Academic
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A Cultural History of Mathematics in the Early Modern Age Edited by Volker Remmert & Jeanne Peiffer A Cultural History of Mathematics in the Early Modern Age covers the period from 1450 to 1687, a time marked by increasing interplay between science and society. Classical writing on science which had been lost and Arabic thinking which was new both percolated into the West, fertilizing new ideas and giving birth to what has been called the “Scientific Revolution”. From artisanal workshops to academic institutions, mathematicians thrived. And, with the development of symbolic algebra and infinitesimal calculus, mathematics became one of the major tools for describing and understanding the world. The six volume set of the Cultural History of Mathematics explores the value and impact of mathematics in human culture The Cultural Histories Series UK February 2026 • US February 2026 272 Pages • 52 b/w HB 9781350062955 • £75.00 / $110.00 Bloomsbury Academic
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A Cultural History of Mathematics in the Eighteenth Century Edited by Maarten Bullynck A Cultural History of Mathematics in the Eighteenth Century covers the period from 1687 to 1800. Advances in the use of calculus opened up both nature and society to mathematical analysis, while mathematical skills became increasingly valuable in ongoing power struggles between nation-states. This redefined the role of mathematics in many professional occupations, encouraging greater numerical literacy and better mathematical education. Building on advances in both analysis and physics, mathematics helped shape the ideas of the Enlightenment. The six volume set of the Cultural History of Mathematics explores the value and impact of mathematics in human culture from antiquity to the present. The themes covered in each volume are everyday numeracy; practice and profession; The Cultural Histories Series UK February 2026 • US February 2026 296 Pages • 49 B/W HB 9781350063051 • £75.00 / $110.00 Bloomsbury Academic
inventing mathematics; mathematics and worldviews; describing and understanding the world; mathematics and technological change; representing mathematics.
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A Cultural History of Mathematics in the Nineteenth Century Edited by Tom Archibald & David E. Rowe A Cultural History of Mathematics in the Nineteenth Century covers the period from 1800 to 1914, an era shaped by expanding European empires and vastly improved systems of transportation and communication. Widening access to schools improved mathematical literacy amongst the public, while the growth of universities encouraged the formation of national societies of professional mathematicians. Technological innovations, such as wireless telegraphy and aeronautics, spawned new fields in applied mathematics, just as specialists in pure mathematics produced a huge body of knowledge, which almost defied classification. But the international competition and cooperation which had spurred much mathematical progress across the Nineteenth Century was suspended by the onset of the Great War. The six volume set of the Cultural History of Mathematics explores the value and impact of mathematics in human culture The Cultural Histories Series UK February 2026 • US February 2026 296 Pages • 54 b/w HB 9781350063068 • £75.00 / $110.00 Bloomsbury Academic
from antiquity to the present. The themes covered in each volume are everyday numeracy; practice and profession; inventing mathematics; mathematics and worldviews; describing and understanding the world; mathematics and technological change; representing mathematics.
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A Cultural History of Mathematics in the Modern Age Edited by Tom Archibald & David E. Rowe A Cultural History of Mathematics in the Modern Age covers the period from 1914 to today. Across the Twentieth Century, mathematics influenced two World Wars and the shape of modern warfare, nuclear technology, and the space age, while the certainties of mathematics were taken up by philosophers, artists, and writers. In the increasingly digital world of the Twentyfirst Century, the exponential growth of mathematical knowledge has triggered major technological developments. Mathematical ideas now inform fundamental physical theories and technological models; even our social connectivity relies on mathematical algorithms. The six volume set of the Cultural History of Mathematics explores the value and impact of mathematics in human culture The Cultural Histories Series UK February 2026 • US February 2026 288 Pages • 48 B/W HB 9781350063075 • £75.00 / $110.00 Bloomsbury Academic
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from antiquity to the present. The themes covered in each volume are everyday numeracy; practice and profession; inventing mathematics; mathematics and worldviews; describing and understanding the world; mathematics and technological change; representing mathematics.
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A Cultural History of Western Music in Antiquity Edited by Pauline A. LeVen & Sean A. Gurd A Cultural History of Western Music in Antiquity covers the period from 850 BCE to 500 CE, a time when multiple musics grew and spread in a glorious polyphony of styles. Music became the beneficiary of a wide variety of practices, from largescale public patronage to sophisticated theorization, from the design of new instruments to the medical enhancement of the voice, from the invention of new scales and rhythms to the creation of a remarkably precise notation system. Though much of this polymetric and microtonal music was later lost, the innovations of the ancient Greeks and Romans established new ways of conceiving and practicing music. The 6 volume set of the Cultural History of Western Music presents the first comprehensive history from classical antiquity to The Cultural Histories Series UK January 2026 • US January 2026 256 Pages • 28 B/Ws HB 9781350075511 • £75.00 / $110.00 Bloomsbury Academic
today, covering all forms and aspects of music and its ever-changing social context. The themes covered in each volume are society; philosophies; politics; exchange; education; popular culture; performance; and technologies.
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A Cultural History of Western Music in the Middle Ages Edited by Eizabeth Eva Leach & Helen Deeming A Cultural History of Western Music in the Middle Ages covers the period from 500 to 1400. This epoch recast earlier approaches to music to suit new musical forms developed under the auspices of the Christian Church. Political and religious change also prompted innovative forms of transmission for music of all kinds. The invention of new forms of notation, the emergence of novel instruments, and the establishment of educational structures all contributed to the systematic training of musicians and the creation of a distinct musical culture. The 6 volume set of the Cultural History of Western Music presents the first comprehensive history from classical antiquity to today, covering all forms and aspects of music and its ever-changing social context. The themes covered in each volume are society; philosophies; politics; exchange; education; popular culture; performance; and technologies. The Cultural Histories Series UK January 2026 • US January 2026 280 Pages • 50 B/W HB 9781350075535 • £75.00 / $110.00 Bloomsbury Academic
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A Cultural History of Western Music in the Renaissance Edited by Jeanice Brooks & Richard Freedman A Cultural History of Western Music in the Renaissance covers the period from 1400 to 1650, examining structures of identity and the delicate relationships between self, society, and sound. What did listeners and creators want from music in the Renaissance? How were the forms and meanings of music shaped by the social, political, and technological transformations of the time? Music was put to many uses in this epoch: as an instrument of power in a changing political order; as an aid to religious and philosophical speculation; and as a tool for constructing emotional communities and regimes. And music itself was transformed, both by new technologies, such as print, and by the expansion of travel and trade.
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A Cultural History of Western Music in the Age of Enlightenment Edited by David R M Irving, ICREA & Institució Milà i Fontanals de Recerca en Humanitats, CSIC, Spain & Estelle Joubert A Cultural History of Western Music in the Age of Enlightenment covers the period from 1650 to 1790, a time of radical, social, and cultural transformation. Alongside the splendor of performances in courts and opera houses, novel forms of musical culture – such as public concerts and music journalism – emerged in many urban cultures. Advances in science encouraged the development and use of new musical sounds and technologies. Increased exploration and trade enhanced knowledge of other cultures, but the expansion of colonialism and slavery had far-reaching repercussions for Western music. At the same time, the Enlightenment’s philosophical focus on what it means to be human recast the purpose of music: sound became the expression of the self.
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A Cultural History of Western Music in the Industrial Age Edited by Alexander Rehding & Naomi Waltham-Smith A Cultural History of Western Music in the Industrial Age covers the period from 1790 to 1920, when Western music became entangled with political, technological, and economic change on a global scale. Known as the Romantic era and renowned for its genius composers and virtuoso performers, this period charged full steam ahead, with Western audiences marveling at musics from the far reaches of the world, folksong collectors searching for the musical soul of the people, nation-states demanding national anthems, philosophers contending with the issue of slavery, and the phonograph rewriting musical memory. Besides its traditional aesthetic, ethical, and pedagogical functions, Western music became a force in an evolving landscape of work, leisure, and global economy, beating the drums of industrialization. The 6 volume set of the Cultural History of Western Music presents the first comprehensive history from classical antiquity to The Cultural Histories Series UK January 2026 • US January 2026 264 Pages HB 9781350075597 • £75.00 / $110.00 Bloomsbury Academic
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A Cultural History of Western Music in the Modern Age Edited by William Cheng & Danielle Fosler- Lussier A Cultural History of Western Music in the Modern Age covers the period from 1920 to the present, an era which has seen unprecedented global conflict, transnational diplomacy, intercultural influence, ecological crisis, technological innovation, and collaborative experiments among artists. The extraordinary range of modern Western music – from the disciplinary systems of the Suzuki Method to the esoteric philosophies of Sun Ra, and from the rapid commercialization of audio recordings to the multi-genre soundtracks of Black Lives Matter – offers no single or clear-cut narrative. In order to examine the complex power, scope, and definition of modern music, this volume presents an array of research methods, case studies, and geopolitical snapshots which offer startling insights into the worldwide reach of Western music over the last century.
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The Fariseos Folk Tradition of San Pedro de la Cueva, Sonora Morality and Masculinity
Guillermo Núñez Noriega & Norma Elia Cantú This book provides the first ever in-depth analysis of Fariseos, a folk-Catholic tradition performed during Holy Week in the small town of San Pedro de la Cueva located in the state of Sonora, Mexico. Utilizing folklore studies and performance theory, Guillermo Núñez Noriega delves deep into the meaning of this rich cultural tradition. Translated into English for the first time, this in-depth study explores the religious and socio-cultural paradoxes and counternarratives surrounding the festivities, with particular emphasis on expressions of masculinity and the community’s sense of morality. Through interviews, witness testimony, and sophisticated theoretical framing, this book reveals the complexity behind the scenes of this under studied folk religious tradition. Studies in Folklore and Ethnology: Traditions, Practices, and Identities UK November 2025 • US November 2025 192 Pages • 25 b/w images PB 9781666974713 • £17.99 / $39.95 HB 9781666974690 • £80.00 / $110.00 ePDF 9798765166574 • £72.00 / $99.00 ePub 9781978771284 • £72.00 / $99.00 Bloomsbury Academic
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Hip, Bohemian, and Counterculture
History and Legacies from 1830 to the Present Alan Bisbort, Independent Scholar, USA From hipsters to beatniks and punks to bohemians, discover the history and legacy of countercultures throughout the world. Examining various underground movements and subcultures from 1830 to the present day, this book shows how out of these often marginalized pockets of bohemianism came works now accepted as among the great creative achievements of the past two centuries. Organized into sections exploring what countercultures are, key individuals belonging to countercultures, and when and where major subculture movements took place, introductory essays augment encyclopedic entries on all things hip, bohemian, and counterculture. Further aiding learning and quick reference are a detailed chronology, a glossary of hip terms and lingo, and suggestions of further readings. Of use to students, researchers, and UK May 2026 • US May 2026 336 Pages • 17 bw illus PB 9798765133910 • £28.99 / $39.95 HB 9798765133873 • £75.00 / $100.00 ePDF 9798765133897 • £67.50 / $90.00 ePub 9798765133880 • £67.50 / $90.00 Bloomsbury Academic
anyone interested in countercultures, this book sheds lights on the legacy of such subcultures, key participants, and when and where they took place and sparks curious readers to then dig deeper into these subcultures in future research and readings.
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Tobacco Through Time
Interdisciplinary Perspectives Edited by Sarah Inskip & Jason Hughes, University of Leicester, UK Throughout human history there are arguably few plants that have had such a significant impact on the lives of people as tobacco. Yet, despite its unparalleled dissemination across human societies, histories of the plant, its use and impact have been dominated by Western European experiences, and based upon a relatively narrow span of sources and records. This open access collection readdresses this imbalance, showcasing a range of interdisciplinary approaches to decentre unilinear, Western and economically-focused accounts of tobacco. From archaeological analysis of bone and dental records, to anthropological considerations of material culture and historical investigations into tobacco’s role in the expansion of colonial power and the slave trade, this book employs a range of UK March 2026 • US February 2026 280 Pages • 10 bw illus PB 9781350510555 • £28.99 / $39.95 HB 9781350510524 • £85.00 / $115.00 ePDF 9781350510531 • £0.00 / $0.00 ePub 9781350510548 • £0.00 / $0.00 Bloomsbury Academic
methods and sources to broaden our understanding of the impact of tobacco on health, population, genetics, consumption, economics, trade, gender and ethnicity. With case studies in North Africa, India and Sri Lanka alongside the Americas and Europe, it seeks to broaden perspectives on the use of tobacco beyond the West, and combine disciplinary methods to better assess its enduring impact on our species. The ebook editions of this book are available open access under a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 licence on bloomsburycollections.com. Open access was funded by UKRI.
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Historical Dictionary of Explosives Benjamin C. Garrett, FBI The history of explosives is told through accidents, inventions, tragedies, and war. Historical Dictionary of Explosives describes this history, presenting the three types of explosives—chemical, mechanical, and nuclear—and how they were discovered, developed, and used. It gives their physical and chemical characteristics and profiles the men, women, companies, and collaborative efforts responsible for inventing or otherwise developing these explosives. It recounts selected events in which they were used both in warfare and for peaceful purposes such as tunneling and removing obstacles to navigation. It highlights disasters where human error, carelessness, disregard for personal safety, or unimagined circumstances led to explosions that killed many, injured more, and destroyed cities and ports. Misuse at the hands of terrorists is described, noting that such misuse has changed the way we board aircraft, enter sports venues, and access Historical Dictionaries of War, Revolution, and Civil Unrest UK February 2026 • US February 2026 336 Pages PB 9798216392941 • £39.99 / $54.95 HB 9798765145715 • £110.00 / $150.00 ePDF 9798765145739 • £99.00 / $135.00 ePub 9798765145722 • £99.00 / $135.00 Bloomsbury Academic
public buildings. It discusses attempts at both controlling their development and limiting their acquisition, stockpiling, testing, and use, noting that while these attempts are imperfect, they build hopes for enhanced international security. Historical Dictionary of Explosives contains a chronology, an introduction, an extensive bibliography, and cross-referenced dictionary entries. This book is an excellent resource for students, researchers, and anyone wanting to know more about explosives.
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Medical Firsts
Innovations and Milestones That Changed the World Tish Davidson, Independent Scholar, USA Profiling 60 medical innovations and milestones from the 11th through 21st centuries, this book highlights the people and stories behind these key moments while also exploring their historical context and enduring legacy. Medical Firsts: Innovations and Milestones That Changed the World brings together a carefully curated collection of turning points in the history of medicine over the last millennium. These firsts are drawn from a wide array of medical fields, from surgery to genetics, dentistry, and psychiatry. Firsts are arranged chronologically, but a thematic listing has also been included to allow readers to focus in on particular subject areas, such as trailblazing individuals, groundbreaking drugs and treatments, pioneering diagnostic tools, and life-saving medical procedures. Each entry begins with a description of how the UK February 2026 • US February 2026 248 Pages • 14 bw illus HB 9781440877339 • £55.00 / $75.00 PB 9798216452171 • £21.99 / $29.95 ePDF 9781440877346 • £19.79 / $26.95 ePub 9798216172031 • £19.79 / $26.95 Bloomsbury Academic
first came to be, followed by discussion of the historical context in which it emerged and its continued impact on the world of medicine. Sources for further information are provided at the end of each entry and serve as a gateway to further study.
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Science in the Ancient World
From Antiquity through the Middle Ages Russell M. Lawson, Tulsa Community College, USA Science in the Ancient World presents a worldwide history of science, from prehistoric times through the medieval period. It covers Europe, Africa, Asia, and the Americas and includes topics ranging from alchemy and astrology to psychology and physics. This work spans prehistory to 1500 CE, examining thousands of years of history in four world regions: Asia, Africa, Europe, and the Americas. Highlights of this period include the onset of civilization and science in Mesopotamia and Egypt, the accomplishments of the ancient Greeks between 700 BCE and 100 CE, the adaptation of Greek science by the Romans, the spread of Greek science during the Hellenistic Age, the expansion of Islamic power and commensurate scientific knowledge, UK January 2026 • US January 2026 624 Pages HB 9781440873522 • £95.00 / $130.00 PB 9798216445173 • £28.99 / $39.95 ePDF 9781440873539 • £26.09 / $35.95 ePub 9798216142416 • £26.09 / $35.95 Bloomsbury Academic
and the development of science and philosophy in ancient China and India. Focusing on the history of the science that blossomed in the above regions, scientific disciplines covered include alchemy, astronomy, astrology, agriculture, architecture, biology, botany, chemistry, engineering, exploration, geography, hydraulics, institutions of science, marine science, mathematics, medicine, meteorology, military science, myth and religion, philosophy, philosophy of science, psychology, physics, and social sciences. In all of these fields, theory and application are explored, as are leading individuals and schools of thought, centers of intellectual activity, and notable accomplishments and inventions.
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Julius Caesar
A Reference Guide to His Life and Works Tom Stevenson, University of Sydney Gaius Julius Caesar is one of the most influential men to have ever lived. He is inescapable as a figure of power and dominance and may be experienced directly and indirectly in myriad ways. Every day, people around the world measure their leaders against him, whether consciously or unconsciously. Political and military leaders may be praised or condemned for similarities to him. Even the Pope, as pontifex maximus, holds a position that evokes Caesar’s religious role in ancient Rome. Students and others read his accounts of the Gallic War and the Civil War and wonder about the contents of lost speeches and letters and other works. His calendar continues to govern our lives as thoroughly as any idea or institution possibly could. His portraits are somehow recognizable to those who have never studied them formally. His name evokes feelings of awe in people who have little detailed knowledge about why that should be so. His assassination on the Ides (15th) of March 44 BCE is repeated continuously on stages in every corner of the globe.
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Julius Caesar: A Reference Guide to His Life and Works contains a chronology, an introduction, and an extensive bibliography. The dictionary section has cross-referenced entries on Caesar’s family and early career; his political and military achievements, including events in Rome and beyond, especially the major campaigns; his dictatorship years; and his assassination. Achievements in literature, oratory, architecture, portraiture, and intellectual discourse are given generous attention, as are prominent ideas and personalities of the age of Caesar.
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A Reference Guide to His Life and Works Margaret C. Rung, Roosevelt University Franklin D. Roosevelt, the 32nd president of the U.S., looms large over the history of the nation and the world. Serving in office for an unprecedented 12 years, he, along with First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt, guided the nation through two of the 20th century’s most dire crises: the Great Depression and World War II. Elected in 1932, amidst the Great Depression, he launched the New Deal, a series of laws and programs designed to broaden the federal government’s authority over the economy and provide Americans with a social safety net. Facing the rise of fascism in Europe and Asia, Roosevelt forged an alliance with the United Kingdom, U.S.S.R., and China that fought a grueling and ultimately victorious war against Germany, Italy, and Japan. Throughout, he held fast to the idea that a government should be responsive to the needs of ordinary people, a vision that he carried into international relations when he promoted the establishment of the United Nations. Significant Figures in World History UK January 2026 • US January 2026 386 Pages • 19 images to be included as a photospread w/half page images PB 9798216202653 • £39.99 / $39.95 HB 9781538145227 • £95.00 / $130.00 ePDF 9798765160312 • £85.50 / $117.00 ePub 9781538145234 • £85.50 / $117.00 Bloomsbury Academic
With a sensitivity to his flaws as well as strengths, Franklin Delano Roosevelt: A Reference Guide to His Life and Works probes the people, events, organizations, policies and places that inhabited the orbit of this magnetic and complex personality. It contains a chronology, an introduction, a bibliography, and cross-referenced entries on the people, events, organizations, and policies that defined his life.
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Daily Life of Women in Ancient Rome Sara Elise Phang Providing an indispensable resource for students and scholars studying the history of Roman women and gender, this book provides an invaluable introduction to the social, economic, and legal status of women in ancient Rome. Daily Life of Women in Ancient Rome is an invaluable introduction to the lives of women in the late Roman Republic and first three centuries of the Roman Empire. Arranged chronologically and thematically, it examines how Roman women were born, educated, married, and active in economic, social, public, and religious life, as well as how they were commemorated and honored after death. Though they were excluded from formal public and military offices, wealthy Roman women participated in public life as benefactors and in religious life as priestesses. The book also acknowledges the status and occupations of women taking part in public life as textile producers, retail workers, and agricultural laborers, as well as enslaved women. The Greenwood Press Daily Life Through History Series
The book provides a thorough introduction to the social history of women in the Roman world and gives students and
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sources in translation.
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Daily Life of Women in Ancient Egypt Lisa K. Sabbahy Providing an indispensable resource for students and scholars studying the history of women in Ancient Egypt, this book provides a readable and scholarly view of every aspect of the life of women in ancient Egypt. Daily Life of Women in Ancient Egypt focuses on the life of women in ancient Egypt, while also putting forth a vast array of information about ancient Egyptians in general. Readers begin with a short but thorough introduction to the three great periods of Pharaonic civilization: the Old Kingdom, the Middle Kingdom, and the New Kingdom. Main chapters include the newest evidence scholars have uncovered at important archeological sites in ancient Egypt. The scope of this book is wide and all inclusive, even though it is focused on the life of ancient Egyptian women. The topics in the book cover a vast amount of the knowledge we have about the ancient Egyptians, including material on architecture, art, law, education, medicine, food, religion, music, and spiritual beliefs. It is important to point out that royal women are only The Greenwood Press Daily Life Through History Series UK January 2026 • US January 2026 182 Pages HB 9781440870132 • £55.00 / $75.00 PB 9798216443315 • £21.99 / $29.95 ePDF 9781440870149 • £19.79 / $26.95 ePub 9798216071525 • £19.79 / $26.95 Bloomsbury Academic
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discussed in one chapter, so that more "ordinary" ancient Egyptians are the focus of the book. This book is also designed to be readable for people without any background knowledge of the time period. Any reader interested in ancient Egypt will discover a great deal of material.
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Daily Life of Women in Chaucer's England Jennifer C. Edwards, Manhattan University, USA Providing an indispensable resource for students and scholars studying the history of medieval women and gender, this book provides a comprehensive depiction of women's lives in the 14th and 15th centuries. The late medieval period in England was one rich with opportunities for women, who played fundamental roles in family businesses as well as in the peasant community and economy, and who wrote letters, created autobiographies, and documented their spiritual journeys. Their lives fit into a pattern of seasonal celebrations and rituals shaped, for the majority of women, by work, marriage, and motherhood. The text further considers status distinctions, then shifts to experiences that affected all women, such as the ritual year, disease, food and drink, sex or celibacy, and religion. By providing an overview of the history of English women and gender in the 14th and 15th centuries, the book provides a background suitable for students as well as for academics beginning work in this field. The Greenwood Press Daily Life Through History Series UK January 2026 • US January 2026 328 Pages • 15 bw illus HB 9781440870545 • £55.00 / $75.00 PB 9798216443339 • £21.99 / $29.95 ePDF 9781440870552 • £19.79 / $26.95 ePub 9798216071549 • £19.79 / $26.95 Bloomsbury Academic
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Daily Life of Women in Medieval Europe Belle S. Tuten, Juniata College, Huntingdon, PA A resource for students that reveals the everyday world of the Middle Ages for women: sex, marriage, work, and power. Using scholarship from both archeology and history, this book covers major daily concerns for medieval women, their understanding of the world, their relationships with others, and their place in society. It attempts to clarify what we know and what we do not know about women's daily lives in the Western European Middle Ages, between approximately 500 and 1500 CE.
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Resisting Nazism
True Stories of Resistance to the World's Most Dangerous Ideology, from 1920 to the Present Luke Berryman Nazism has always faced resistance: from the German artists who caricatured the Nazis in the 1920s, or the man who infiltrated the SS to try and expose the Holocaust in the 1940s, or the people who uncovered former Nazis as part of a groundbreaking documentary in the 1970s. Resisting Nazism is the first book to connect such stories, painting a vivid picture of resistance to hatred and extremism across the generations. Built on original interviews with the people involved, their families, and their colleagues, as well as deep research, this book is a response to far-right populist threats and antisemitism that increasingly resemble the Nazi past. Each of its twelve chapters tells a different story of resistance. Sometimes, these stories involve incredible daring and enormous risk – but they also show that resistance can begin with something as simple as writing your ideas down or showing solidarity with the oppressed. UK January 2026 • US January 2026 296 Pages • 15 images HB 9798881800697 • £20.00 / $27.00 ePDF 9798881857370 • £18.00 / $24.30 ePub 9798881800703 • £18.00 / $24.30 Bloomsbury Academic
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The Transformation of Eurasianism in Soviet Intellectual Milieu, 1950s–1990s Blurring the Lines and Establishing Artificial Continuity Michal Racyn, Masaryk University This book examines the transformation of Eurasianist historiographic and historiosophic concepts within the Soviet postStalinist intellectual milieu. By researching the most understated phase in the development of Eurasianism between the late 1950s and the early 1990s, Michal Racyn follows the reception of the initial historiographic and historiosophic concepts of interwar Eurasianist movement formulated by the influential intellectuals involved in the transformation of Eurasianism before the dissolution of the USSR. Framing Eurasianist ideas in the broader context of Soviet academia and Russian nationalist activity within the USSR, The Transformation of Eurasianism in Soviet Intellectual Milieu, 1950s-1990s introduces the revised concept of trans-Eurasianism and argues that, even though Eurasianism ceased to exist by the mid-1930s as an official movement, in the second half of the 20th century individual Eurasianist concepts did not lose its relevance. UK February 2026 • US February 2026 180 Pages PB 9781666972047 • £28.99 / $39.95 HB 9781666972023 • £80.00 / $110.00 ePDF 9798216263050 • £72.00 / $99.00 ePub 9781978761490 • £72.00 / $99.00 Bloomsbury Academic
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Moral Storytelling in 1920s New York, Odessa, and Bombay Sex, Crime, Violence, and Nightlife in the Modern City Mark D. Steinberg, University of Illinois, USA Using public storytelling as driving force, this book explores everyday social moralities relating to stories of sex, crime, violence, and nightlife in the 1920s city space. Focusing on capitalist New York, communist Odessa, and colonial Bombay, Mark D. Steinberg taps in to the global dimension of complex everyday moral anxiety that was prevalent in a vital and troubled decade. Moral Storytelling in 1920s New York, Odessa, and Bombay compares and connects stories of the street in three compelling cosmopolitan port cities. It offers novel insights into significant and varied areas of study, including city life, sex, prostitution, jazz, dancing, gangsters, criminal undergrounds, cinema, ethnic and racial experiences and conflicts, prohibition and drinking, street violence, ‘hooliganism’ and other forms of ‘deviance’ in the contexts of capitalism, colonialism, communism, and nationalism. UK December 2025 • US December 2025 312 Pages • 32 bw illus PB 9781350519947 • £28.99 / $39.95 HB 9781350519954 • £85.00 / $115.00 ePDF 9781350519961 • £76.50 / $103.50 ePub 9781350519978 • £76.50 / $103.50 Bloomsbury Academic
The book tells the stories of moralizers: empowered and insistent critics of deviance driven to investigate, interpret, and interfere with how people lived and played. Beside them, not always comfortably, were the policemen and journalists who enforced and documented these efforts. It also reveals the histories of women and men, mostly working class and young, who were observed and categorized: those judged to be wayward, disreputable, disorderly, debauched, and wild. Steinberg explores this global culture war and the everyday moral improvisations—shaped by experiences of class, generation, gender, ethnicity, and race—that came with it.
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UFOs
A Scientist Explains What We Know (And Don’t Know) Robert Powell Robert Powell, a founding Board member of the Scientific Coalition for UAP Studies, has studied the UFO subject for 17 years. His work is encapsulated in UFOs: A Scientist Explains What We Know (And Don’t Know) which provides a scientific rationale for the reality of non-terrestrial craft that are intelligently controlled. Powell begins his book by familiarizing the reader with the history of UFOs and he identifies the more enigmatic and interesting UFO sightings. He examines the characteristics of these sightings that argue against a prosaic explanation: extreme acceleration, electromagnetic interference, bending light, no obvious propulsion mechanisms, and a lack of interaction with the atmosphere. Powell discusses the recent events that have caused our government to change the term from UFO to UAP. Included is information never before released indicating the government possesses not just two videos but five videos from 2015 of UFOs operating in the vicinity of the USS Roosevelt nuclear aircraft carrier. UK February 2026 • US March 2026 224 Pages • 22 b/w illustrations HB 9781538173589 • £25.00 / $34.00 PB 9798216438878 • £15.99 / $21.95 ePDF 9798216331643 • £14.39 / $19.75 ePub 9781538173596 • £14.39 / $19.75 Rowman & Littlefield
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Slavery and Freedom in the Caribbean From Colonialism to Emancipation Gelien Matthews Slavery and Freedom in the Caribbean explores the experiences of the enslaved and their struggle to win freedom in the islands of the Caribbean from the end of the fifteenth century to the nineteenth century when formal emancipation came into effect. Captured for the trans-Atlantic slave trade, Africans endured the Middle Passage from Africa to the Caribbean, sale as the human cargo in the Caribbean, and the development of a servile Caribbean empire by the Spanish, British, French, Dutch, and Danish powers. As the labor force fueling Caribbean colonies, slaves became the backbone of the island economy and culture. Author Gelien Matthews emphasizes the integral role blacks played in loosening the chains of slavery, by forcing their enslavers to make ever-increasing compromises, which ultimately led to the slaves’ total freedom. The African American Experience Series UK February 2026 • US August 2026 150 Pages HB 9781442255104 • £30.00 / $40.00 ePDF 9798881868109 • £27.00 / $36.00 ePub 9781442255111 • £27.00 / $36.00 Bloomsbury Academic
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Daily Life in Colonial Hawai'i Joy Schulz, University of Colorado Colorado Springs, USA Discover the textures of everyday life in colonial Hawai'i—from missionary households and sugar plantations to hula schools and military bases—through the eyes of the people who lived it. Daily Life in Colonial Hawai'i offers a rich, ground-level view of life in the Hawaiian Islands during the complex and often turbulent colonial period. Spanning the decades between the arrival of American missionaries in the 1820s and the islands’ eventual admission as the 50th U.S. state in 1959, this book explores how colonialism reshaped Hawaiian society—and how Hawaiians and immigrants from around the world adapted, resisted, and made lives of their own. Organized thematically, each chapter examines a different facet of everyday experience, including missionary family Daily Life through History UK May 2026 • US May 2026 240 Pages PB 9798765115329 • £21.99 / $29.95 HB 9798765115312 • £55.00 / $75.00 ePDF 9798765115343 • £49.50 / $67.50 ePub 9798765115336 • £49.50 / $67.50 Bloomsbury Academic
routines, plantation labor and economic systems, the rise of public and private schooling, cultural practices such as hula and lei-making, religious transformations, military presence, and the birth of tourism. Drawing on a wide array of primary sources, Daily Life in Colonial Hawai'i brings into focus the stories of Native Hawaiians, Chinese and Japanese laborers, Portuguese immigrants, Filipino plantation workers, and American settlers navigating a world of rapid change and contested power.
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Securing Empire
Imperial Cooperation and Competition in the Nineteenth Century Edited by Beatrice de Graaf, Utrecht University, Netherlands, Ozan Ozavci & Erik de Lange, Utrecht University, The Netherlands This volume explores how the quest for security reshaped the world over the course of the 19th century, altering the structures, hierarchies and dynamics of international relations during a pivotal moment in world history. Taking a unique approach to imperial and international history, the essays in this volume show how security propelled imperial expansion, supported institutions of cooperation, maintained networks of imperial actors and shaped experiences of imperial rule. Contending that security should be studied as a force in its own right, one that drove processes of colonization, civilization and commerce, Securing Empire shows how cooperation between and across empires hinged on shared notions UK May 2026 • US May 2026 280 Pages • 10 bw illus HB 9781350378520 • £85.00 / $115.00 PB 9781350378551 • £28.99 / $39.95 ePDF 9781350378537 • £76.50 / $103.50 ePub 9781350378544 • £76.50 / $103.50 Bloomsbury Academic
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of threats and common ways of countering them. In showing that security did not solely inform, support and complicate unilateral imperial endeavours, but also brought different imperial entities together and forged global modes of government, this book shows how integral security was to the ‘global transformation’ of the 19th century and the new world order that emerged.
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Biocultural Empire
New Histories of Imperial Lifeworlds Edited by Antoinette Burton, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA, Renisa Mawani, University of British Columbia, Canada & Samantha Frost, University of Illinois, USA Human species supremacy is one of the most persistent fictions at work in the field of modern British imperial history today. This open access collection challenges that assumption, and investigates what histories of empire look like if reimagined as the effect of biocultural, chemical and cultural processes, rather than the result of effects by humans that have been visited upon cultural landscapes, fauna and biomes. In understanding the boundaries between human and nonhuman worlds as porous and open to mutual transformation, and foregrounding interspecies interactions, Biocultural Empire seeks to understand the conditions of imperial power, experience and knowledge as a remix of ‘nature’ and ‘culture’. Bringing empire’s ‘biocultural histories’ to the fore, it asks imperial historians to reckon with an interpretative framework which refuses the sovereignty and boundedness of the Empire’s Other Histories UK June 2026 • US June 2026 240 Pages • 10 bw illus HB 9781350451056 • £85.00 / $115.00 PB 9781350451087 • £28.99 / $39.95 ePDF 9781350451063 • £0.00 / $0.00 ePub 9781350451070 • £0.00 / $0.00 Bloomsbury Academic
imperial subject by seeing it as inseparable from its social and ecological formations. Through this biocultural framework this collection highlights how relentlessly the human species bias of western liberal thought persists at the heart of imperial projects and their histories, and offers a new anti-colonial method that represents a significant intervention in the field of British imperial history. The ebook editions of this book are available open access under a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 licence on bloomsburycollections.com. Open access was funded by University of Illinois, USA and University of British Columbia, Canada.
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In-Between Empire
Imperial Exceptionalism, Poland, and Colonial Travel Writing Raymond Patton, City University of New York, USA Exploring how Polish writers positioned themselves as neither colonized nor colonizers, In-Between Empire analyses their literary works on empire during the 19th and 20th centuries to explore how they negotiated their in-between position in the global imperial hierarchy. Leveraging this vantage point, they claimed the unique ability to represent the South to the West, constructing a Polish national identity in conversation with both imperial and anti-imperial currents, and influencing international discourse on colonialism and its legacy. Written at the nexus of historical and literary studies of imperial and colonial discourse, Patton centres Poland and Eastern Europe in debates that have frequently excluded these perspectives. Showing how these Polish writers attempted to portray anticolonial solidarity with non-European victims of colonialism, yet also employed European colonial tropes, each writer demonstrated a distinctive ability to identify the tensions and flaws of imperialism, whilst simultaneously reconciling those UK May 2026 • US May 2026 280 Pages • 10 bw illus HB 9781350498648 • £85.00 / $115.00 PB 9781350498679 • £28.99 / $39.95 ePDF 9781350498655 • £76.50 / $103.50 ePub 9781350498662 • £76.50 / $103.50 Bloomsbury Academic
tensions to themselves as ‘exceptional Europeans’, innocent of colonialism, by alternating between metropolitan and peripheral perspectives. In doing so, they informed transnational discourses and policies on colonialism, decolonization, the Cold War and beyond.
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Public History
A Practical Guide Faye Sayer, University of Birmingham, UK The 3rd edition of Public History: A Practical Guide explores history in the public sphere and examines the variety of skills that historians require in the practice of public history. It discusses how through various mediums of interpretation and presentation a range of actors, which include museums, archives, government agencies, community history societies and both traditional and digital media, make history accessible to a wider audience. Faye Sayer offers an accessible and engaging synopsis of a topic that has not previously been covered. By focusing on an area of study that has changed substantially in the last decade, this book presents a comprehensive outline of the practice of 'public history', and provides ideas for future methodological approaches as well as a reference point for planning UK February 2026 • US February 2026 448 Pages • 50 bw illus HB 9781350367142 • £90.00 / $120.00 PB 9781350367135 • £28.99 / $39.95 ePDF 9781350367159 • £26.09 / $35.95 ePub 9781350367166 • £26.09 / $35.95 Bloomsbury Academic
professional development in order to gain future employment in these sectors. This new edition includes: * Two brand new chapters covering the impact and evaluation of public history and the future of public history * Heavily updated sections on media history, digital history, teaching history and community heritage * Many more global case studies
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Writing Game Histories Edited by Esther Wright, Iain Donald & Nick Webber This book offers an accessible introduction to the dynamic intersection between history and games, and the flourishing discipline of Historical Game Studies. From the representation of the past found in games with historical themes and settings- both digital and analogue- to the histories we might write about games, their development, use and the cultures and discourses that surround them, these methods offer something very new to the study of history. How do we approach games as objects of historical study, or as ways of creating narratives and representations of the past? What methods and approaches do we need to account for when understanding the complex and multifaceted histories of games, as well as the myriad ways in which games have and continue to engage with history? Writing Game Histories answers these questions and more, offering the perfect guide to this rapidly growing and increasingly popular field of Writing History UK May 2026 • US May 2026 272 Pages HB 9781350468252 • £75.00 / $100.00 PB 9781350468269 • £24.99 / $34.95 ePDF 9781350468283 • £22.49 / $31.45 ePub 9781350468276 • £22.49 / $31.45 Bloomsbury Academic
research, and provides an invaluable resource for considering its future.
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The Bloomsbury Handbook of Oral History Edited by Alexander Freund, University of Winnipeg, Canada, Erin Jessee, University of Glasgow, UK & Alistair Thomson, Monash University, Australia The Bloomsbury Handbook of Oral History is a comprehensive examination of oral history which addresses a wide range of practitioners, from beginning students to graduate students and established scholars, community and freelance practitioners in the field, and those from other fields and disciplines interested in oral history. The Handbook is arranged in five thematic Parts: Creating Interviews, Interpreting Oral Histories, Making Histories, Advocacy & Empowerment, and Big Questions & Future Directions. Each chapter documents the state-of-the-art in a particular subject area and surveys the international historiography and current debates. Each chapter concludes with a brief Bloomsbury Handbooks UK February 2026 • US February 2026 504 Pages • 15 bw illus PB 9781350379954 • £39.99 / $54.95 HB 9781350379923 • £130.00 / $175.00 ePDF 9781350379930 • £117.00 / $157.50 ePub 9781350379916 • £117.00 / $157.50 Bloomsbury Academic
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outlook of potential future developments in the field. With chapter authors from every region of the oral history world - North America, South America, Oceania, Africa, Asia and Europe - and each author making use of examples and scholarship from across the global field of oral history, this volume represents the first truly international handbook of oral history.
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Historical Authenticity
A Transdisciplinary Compendium Edited by Martin Sabrow, Leibniz Centre for Contemporary History Potsdam, Germany & Achim Saupe, Leibniz Centre for Contemporary History Potsdam, Germany Through 70 alphabetically-arranged articles, Historical Authenticity explains the problems and power of ‘historical authenticity’ as well as the fascination for authentic objects, authentic places and authentic voices of the past. The book shines a light on how today’s attitudes to the past are characterised by an intense striving for historical authenticity. It considers how this manifests itself in practical terms, like in the value attached to ‘authentic objects’ in museums, collections and archives, or to ‘authentic places’ – be they historic buildings, urban architectural ensembles or memorial sites designated as direct embodiments of history. The volume also reflects on how this desire for historical authenticity and past UK February 2026 • US February 2026 672 Pages • 1 bw illus PB 9781350474826 • £32.99 / $44.95 HB 9781350474819 • £110.00 / $150.00 ePDF 9781350474833 • £0.00 / $0.00 ePub 9781350474840 • £0.00 / $0.00 Bloomsbury Academic
‘reality’ goes hand in hand with a longing to experience history ‘first-hand’, as evidenced in the degree of public attention accorded to surviving witnesses of historic events, the frequent screenings of historical documentaries and feature films, and the popularity of historical re-enactments. The ebook editions of this book are available open access under a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 licence on bloomsburycollections.com. Open access was funded by the Leibniz Research Alliance.
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Jewish Revenge and the Holocaust History, Memory, and Imagination
Laura Jockusch, Brandeis University, USA Revenge, argues award-winning author Laura Jockusch, was a ubiquitous coping reaction among European Jews during the Holocaust. It manifested as some acts of violence against Nazi perpetrators and their collaborators as well as revenge fantasies expressed in diaries, letters, last wills, wall inscriptions, songs, and poems. Jockusch reveals how Holocaust survivors—alongside other Europeans—continued this multifaceted engagement with revenge after their liberation from Nazi rule, though some survivors claimed in the decades that followed that revenge was absent among Jews. Jewish Revenge and the Holocaust examines the complexities of Jewish revenge during and after the Holocaust. It shows that, since revenge is a universal human response to atrocity and injustice, neither the claim that Jews were particularly Perspectives on the Holocaust
vengeful (as Nazi perpetrators commonly held) nor the idea that Jews did not engage in revenge, are accurate. Rather,
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revenge had many expressions and it fulfilled various functions for the victims and survivors of the Holocaust: a last resort act in face of death; or a coping response in utter powerlessness and despair; or a means to confront and commemorate the traumatic past and to go on living after destruction and loss. Jockusch convincingly contends that, even if most survivors chose to forgo violent revenge for ethical reasons, they nevertheless engaged with the idea of vengeance.
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Transforming Darkness into Light
A Holocaust Survivor’s Lessons in Fighting Hate Philip Lazowski In 1941, when Philip Lazowski was 11 years old, his mother and two younger siblings were murdered by the Nazis, along with most of the Jews from his village in Poland. His mother’s last words to him exhorted Phillip to “be somebody” because “the world will need you.” He survived two massacres and eventually was reunited with his father and one brother. Together the three of them spent the rest of World War II hiding from the Nazis in the dense woods of Poland, occasionally attaching themselves to groups of partisans. Rabbi Lazowski has spent a lifetime living up to his mother’s last words. Now, at the age of 94, Rabbi Lazowski has experienced both the worst and the best that the world has to offer. He has lived his life as a spiritual leader, peacemaker, educator, community builder and an outspoken and ardent fighter against UK January 2026 • US January 2026 184 Pages HB 9798765167748 • £25.00 / $35.00 ePDF 9798765167762 • £22.50 / $31.50 ePub 9798765167755 • £22.50 / $31.50 Bloomsbury Academic
antisemitism and all forms of hate. Witnessing the worldwide surge in antisemitism over the past 8 years, especially since the October 7, 2023, attack by Hamas on civilians in Israel, Rabbi Lazowski has been inspired to write this last and most important book of his life.
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Britain and Holocaust Consciousness in the 1960s Edited by Dan Stone, Royal Holloway, University of London, UK & Johannes-Dieter Steinert, University of Wolverhampton, UK Until now, in the scholarly literature on the development of 'Holocaust consciousness' in the UK, the 1960s has been a missing decade. This book brings together an impressive cast of expert scholars to provide a much-needed corrective to the situation. It ranges widely across disciplines and cultural spheres, as well as the nations and regions of the UK, to reveal that what we now call 'Holocaust consciousness' was decisively created in the UK the 1960s. Britain and Holocaust Consciousness in the 1960s sheds light – remarkably for the first time – on British reactions to the 1961 Eichmann Trial. It considers as well the 1964 Dering v Uris libel trial in London, at the heart of which were horrific UK June 2026 • US June 2026 280 Pages • 10 bw illus PB 9781350443945 • £28.99 / $39.95 HB 9781350443952 • £85.00 / $115.00 ePDF 9781350443969 • £76.50 / $103.50 ePub 9781350443976 • £76.50 / $103.50 Bloomsbury Academic
medical experiments at Auschwitz and which was covered extensively by the British press at the time. The book also covers key sites of Holocaust consciousness such as the Wiener Library and the Columbus Centre, a wealth of British cultural responses to the Holocaust from the period, including memoir literature, cinema, television, art and music, and incorporates vital material on refugees, survivors, gender and religion.
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The Holocaust
Country by Country Paul R. Bartrop, Florida Gulf Coast University, USA & Eve E. Grimm, Independent Scholar, Australia A RUSA Outstanding Reference Source 2025 From genocidal campaigns to careful neutrality to valiant lifesaving efforts, every country’s experience of the Holocaust was different during and immediately following World War II. This book profiles 50 nations and territories from around the globe, examining how prewar conditions and attitudes toward Jews influenced the trajectory of that place’s wartime experience and its role in the Holocaust. It also explores the aftermath and lasting impact of the Holocaust in these places. Each profile begins with a collection of at-a-glance facts about population, government leaders, wartime status, and more. All profiles begin with a brief introduction, followed by information about the Jewish population in that place, the prewar environment, UK May 2026 • US May 2026 392 Pages HB 9781440879371 • £80.00 / $110.00 PB 9798765118993 • £28.99 / $39.95 ePDF 9781440879388 • £72.00 / $99.00 ePub 9798765110157 • £72.00 / $99.00 Bloomsbury Academic
wartime experiences, and the aftermath of the Holocaust. A curated selection of further readings at the end of each profile and an end-of-volume list of books and Internet resources point readers toward materials for additional study.
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The Jewish Purging of a Small German Town
Personal Recollection, Private Letters, and Oral Testimony Maria R. Boes, West Chester University, USA Through the analysis of 10 oral witness testimonies of local residents and a previously undocumented letter correspondence between a Jewish Holocaust survivor and her gentile friend, The Jewish Purging of a Small German Town provides new insights into how the Nazi persecution of the Jewish people unfolded in small towns and communities around Germany. Incorporating her own personal reflections on growing up in Salmünster, Maria R. Boes uncovers the truth about the Jewish residents who lived there and what happened to them after the Nazis came to power in 1933 – a story which has been silenced and suppressed. Boes charts the town’s unsettling trajectory from a harmonious pre-Nazi local community to an environment where, after UK June 2026 • US June 2026 168 Pages HB 9781350450196 • £85.00 / $115.00 PB 9781350450189 • £28.99 / $39.95 ePDF 9781350450202 • £76.50 / $103.50 ePub 9781350450219 • £76.50 / $103.50 Bloomsbury Academic
initial protracted local resistance, Jewish persecution escalated from the boycotting of stores to physical, fiscal and emotional acts against Jewish residents. The book reveals how this culminated in Jewish residents being purged from the town by 1937 without any paramilitary intervention or outside physical force. This microhistory is an illuminating study of the momentous spectre of Germany’s small towns being at the forefront of successfully fulfilling Nazi aims to remove Jewish residents – driving them out of their homes with the ultimate goal of driving them out of existence.
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World Social Change
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Baghdad Dispatches
Seeking Home
Jameel Haque
Eva Richter
Framing the U.S. consulate as a central point of analysis, Baghdad Dispatches highlights the experiences of refugees, prisoners of war, and foreign nationals stranded in Ottoman Baghdad.
Seeking Home is a memoir of a childhood in China as a refugee from Nazi Germany during the turbulent years 1934-49. Richter recalls the little-known history of North China’s occupation by the Japanese during the World War II years amid the remnants of a dying British colonialism.
The City of Peace in World War One
A World War II Refugee Childhood in War-Torn China
Jameel Haque examines the history of Ottoman Baghdad during the First World War, drawing on U.S. archival sources to explore the economic, political, and social transformations that shaped the city. It details the humanitarian efforts of Charles Brissel, the U.S. consul who worked between 1914 and 1916 to distribute aid and manage the interests of seventeen different nations. Additionally, the book investigates the challenges faced by American businesses, including Standard Oil, Singer Sewing Company, MacAndrews & Forbes, and Hills Brothers of New York, all of which struggled with wartime requisitions, loss of influence, and financial setbacks. By examining this period, Baghdad Dispatches reevaluates the extent of U.S. imperial engagement in Baghdad before the war, arguing for a more substantial American presence than has previously been recognized.
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Women in Allied Naval Intelligence in the Second World War
Beneath Heavy Pines in World War II Louisiana
A Close Secret
Hayley Johnson, Louisiana State University & Sarah Simms
Sarah-Louise Miller
December 7, 1941 changed the lives of thousands of Japanese Americans who became "enemy" in the eyes of the United States government within hours. With Pearl Harbor still smoldering, these men would be arrested and put into the enemy alien internment system. As the study of internment has steadily grown, the information about the confinement sites and ability to piece together the experiences of the men within has remained a challenging task.
Closely examining the work of women in the US and British naval services towards Allied naval intelligence during the Second World War, this book focuses on their contributions during the Battle of the Atlantic and Pacific Naval War, in order to shed new light on arenas of war from which women’s narratives are almost always absent. Including personal testimonies from those involved, and surveying a wide crosssection of different roles, Sarah-Louise Miller analyses the work of women at every level and rank in the US and British naval services, and offers a much wider picture of how they assisted the Allied forces behind closed doors. With exploration of the work of the WRNS and WAVES on developing naval intelligence, this book argues that they played a crucial role in the British and American SIGINT systems, and within programs such as those at Bletchley Park and OP-20-G – therefore directly impacting the organisation and outcome of Anglo-American naval efforts. Including analysis of the development of the modern ‘kill-chain’, Miller also re-evaluates the effect of the ‘combat taboo’, to demonstrate that the WRNS and WAVES were in fact at the cutting edge of the emergence of modern warfare.
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The Japanese American Internment Experience at Camp Livingston
Camp Livingston, famous as a site for the Louisiana Maneuvers, holds a darker and less well-known history. From 1942-1943, over 1,000 men of Japanese ancestry were held in this internment camp in the pine forests of central Louisiana. The authors approach this camp's history via the experiences and linkages to and through two families, the Miyamotos and Koharas, who are the beating heart at the center of this saga. Through them, the authors have laid out a historical counter narrative that is part biography and part critical exploration of a forgotten chapter of American history. This book is the first of its kind to focus primarily on exploring Camp Livingston, arguably one of the lesser-known enemy alien internment camps, in depth including its layout, operations, and the daily life and experiences of the internees within.
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Imperial Entertainers
Korean Women Performers from Military to Global Stages, 1937–75 Yu Jung Lee Imperial Entertainers: Korean Women Performers from Military to Global Stages, 1937-75 uncovers the untold stories of Korean women performers who navigated successive waves of conflict - from the Pacific War to the Korean and Vietnam Wars - as cultural laborers in military entertainment. The author traces how these women became central figures in a dynamic entertainment market that emerged across the Asia-Pacific region amid U.S. Military expansion. Through extensive archival research and intimate interviews with former performers, this book reveals how these women skillfully balanced multiple roles: representing South Korea's new identity as a free nation, performing "Americanness" for military audiences, and pursuing their own personal and professional aspirations. From their early performances in EUSAK (Eight United States Army Korea) clubs to their later success in Vietnam War-era entertainment circuits, these entertainers formed a unique labor Critical Studies in Korean Literature pool that circulated throughout the militarized zones of Asia. While their performances served American military interests and and Culture in Translation Cold War cultural diplomacy, these women were not merely passive participants in U.S. hegemony. Instead, they actively UK September 2025 • US September 2025 208 Pages • 26 bw illus PB 9798765189719 • £28.99 / $39.95 HB 9781666964769 • £90.00 / $120.00 ePDF 9798765154465 • £81.00 / $108.00 ePub 9781666964776 • £81.00 / $108.00 Bloomsbury Academic
shaped their careers, challenged cultural boundaries, and carved out spaces for individual agency within the constraints of military entertainment. By examining these entertainers as cultural laborers with transnational military networks, the author offers new insights into the intersection of war, gender, and cultural labor in East Asia.
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Moral Superpower in the Cold War
The Soviet Struggle for Human Rights Supremacy, 1964-1991 James Petrie Brown, Independent Scholar This book explores how the Cold War’s ideological conflict was played out through competition over human rights values. As the West feared that the Soviet Union might ‘win’ the Cold war, it shows how they sought to aggressively outflank the USSR on human rights, while the Soviet Union simultaneously attempted to establish itself as a moral superpower, superior to the West. Examining how the Soviet leadership sought to respond to the West’s amplification of prominent Soviet dissidents and global condemnation of their human rights abuses, they in turn depicted left-wing activists in the UK and the US as on par with famous Soviet dissidents in their press. Highlighting the extensive Soviet campaign to build global support for its image as a UK June 2026 • US June 2026 216 Pages • 10 bw illus PB 9781350541900 • £28.99 / $39.95 HB 9781350541870 • £85.00 / $115.00 ePDF 9781350541887 • £76.50 / $103.50 ePub 9781350541894 • £76.50 / $103.50 Bloomsbury Academic
human rights’ defender, it shows how they claimed support for striking trade unionists, protesting students, Native American rights activists and radical ant-racist groups. Exhibiting this ideological struggle and uncertainty between East and West in new ways, Moral Superpower in the Cold War helps us to understand why the conflict took the trajectory that it did, and how it was experienced by those who lived through it.
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Fleeced
Unraveling the History of Wool and War Trish FitzSimons & Madelyn Shaw Not everything about wool is warm and fuzzy. Wool, for millennia the cold climate textile fiber, has a long relationship to war, both in terms of supporting it and causing it. Wool’s strategic value in wartime, a position it gained over centuries, and contrived shortages of same in the 20th century, have helped drive consumers’ transition to the synthetic fibers that have enabled fast fashion, and as both fiber and cloth are global contemporary pollutants. Fleeced argues that the 19th century advent of southern hemisphere large scale sheep pastoralism and northern hemisphere industrialization of the woolen textile industry allowed - at least in part - the huge armies of the 20th century to exist. World War I represented a fundamental shift in the scale of armies and the kind of wars they fought. Demand for wool to outfit the tens of millions of men and women involved in fighting the war or supporting those who did grew way beyond what could be accommodated by any nation’s UK April 2025 • US April 2025 224 Pages • 17 b/w photos; 1 map HB 9798881803803 • £25.00 / $34.00 ePDF 9798881855833 • £22.50 / $30.60 ePub 9798881803810 • £22.50 / $30.60 Rowman & Littlefield
normal supply. The contrived wool shortages of this war had a lasting impact - nations subject to supply chain difficulties began the search for substitutes that led first to the semi-synthetic rayon, and ultimately to the plastic fibers such as polyester and acrylic that dominate today’s world of fast fashion. Each chapter of Fleeced begins with a surprising object, document or image that takes us into this fascinating and previously untold history. Change is not necessarily progress. Fleeced explains how competition for wool in wartime helped create our current unsustainable and environmentally disastrous reliance on petrochemical fibers.
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The Afghanistan War Encyclopedia Edited by Ryan Wadle, Air Command and Staff College, USA. & Paul J. Springer, Air Command and Staff College, USA Discover the complexities of the Afghanistan War, the United States’ longest military operation and a conflict with farreaching impacts in Afghanistan and around the globe. In this accessible ready-reference encyclopedia, more than 200 entries highlight key people, groups, battles, and concepts and provide valuable insights into the causes, course, and legacy of this lengthy conflict. Cross referencing and further readings accompany each entry, helping readers make connections and pointing them toward resources for additional study. The main text is complemented by a chronology that provides an at-a-glance overview of important events, allowing readers to trace the evolution of the invasion and occupation of Afghanistan. UK May 2026 • US May 2026 432 Pages • 30 bw PB 9798765115589 • £28.99 / $39.95 HB 9781440870453 • £130.00 / $175.00 ePDF 9798765115565 • £117.00 / $157.50 ePub 9781440870460 • £117.00 / $157.50 Bloomsbury Academic
The 2001 U.S.-led war in Afghanistan, launched in response to 9/11, aimed to dismantle Al-Qaeda and topple the Taliban regime. While the initial invasion achieved these goals, the war transformed into a long and costly struggle against insurgents. Despite efforts to build a new Afghan state, the conflict quickly became a stalemate. The 2021 withdrawal by the United States and NATO and the subsequent return to power of the Taliban ended a war with a complex legacy. The protracted conflict reshaped the United States’ role in the world, highlighted the challenges of nation-building, and has left the future of Afghanistan uncertain.
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Women and the Military Global Lives in Focus
Ruth Margolies Beitler, United States Military, West Point & Sarah M. Gerstein, United States Military Academy, West Point This addition to the Women and Society around the World series explores the roles, challenges, and accomplishments of women in the military in countries across the globe. Around the world, millions of men serve in their countries' militaries, be it on land, on the seas, or in the air. But while many militaries have opened all positions to women, even those on the front lines, others remain closed. Countries have cited a number of reasons for their policies, including changing views of women and the military, conscription, and economic and demographic trends. Women and Society around the World UK February 2026 • US February 2026 320 Pages • 18 bw illus HB 9781440860225 • £50.00 / $68.00 PB 9798216453178 • £21.99 / $29.95 ePDF 9781440860232 • £19.79 / $26.95 ePub 9798216166382 • £19.79 / $26.95 Bloomsbury Academic
Written by a professor of comparative politics at the United States Military Academy at West Point and an active-duty Army major, this book seeks to provide an understanding of women's roles in militaries around the world. The book is organized by region, exploring societal and cultural views of masculinity and war, as well as factors influencing changing views of women and the military, including conscription and economic and demographic trends. Topics also include sexual harassment, recruitment, and views on women's physicality and strength. High school students, undergraduates, and general readers will find this cross-cultural study a fascinating and important resource.
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Great Wartime Escapes and Rescues David W. Mills, US Army Command and General Staff College & Kayla L. Westra, Minnesota West Community and Technical College Students, military historians, and casual readers will all find this compelling collection useful in learning about escape strategies, hostage situations, and rescue operations during times of conflict. Great Wartime Escapes and Rescues tells the captivating stories of dozens of escapes and rescues from conflicts dating from the 16th century to present, with extensive coverage of the world wars of the 20th century and the Vietnam War. In addition, escapes and rescues related to terrorist activities and regional conflicts are featured. Some stories of escapes and rescues included in this work have been written about extensively and portrayed in films, including The Great Escape and Captain Phillips' rescue by Navy SEALs. Other stories are less widely known but just as absorbing. UK November 2025 • US November 2025 256 Pages • 25 bw illus HB 9781440859151 • £80.00 / $110.00 PB 9798216392163 • £28.99 / $39.95 ePDF 9781440859168 • £26.09 / $35.95 ePub 9798216092001 • £26.09 / $35.95 Bloomsbury Academic
The book opens with a detailed introductory essay that illuminates the government policies and tactics various countries have used to rescue soldiers and civilians during wartime, as well as the diverse methods that prisoners of war have used to escape notorious camps and prisons. The entries, organized alphabetically, are augmented by engaging sidebars related to the escapes and rescues. The book also includes references to such sources as autobiographies, biographies, news accounts, and interviews with veterans.
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San Francisco Seafood
A History from Ocean to Table Paul Stangl, Western Washington University, US In San Francisco Seafood: A History from Ocean to Table, Paul Stangl traces the development of San Francisco’s fisheries, seafood markets, cookery, and dining culture from the Gold Rush to the 1920s. Migrants from around the world imported fishing techniques and cuisines, then slowly adapted as they came to understand local resources and each other. Newcomers found the tastiest fish through trial and error and assimilated the “best” into a new cuisine. Different ethnic and occupational groups collaborated, fought, and learned from one another as they irreversibly altered the natural world around them. By the end of the First World War, San Francisco’s seafood cuisine scarcely resembled that of the 1850s, due to cultural adaptation, technological advancements, and changes to the natural environment. It was no longer derivative of New England and France, but included influences from the Southern states, Asia, and South America. UK April 2026 • US April 2026 256 Pages HB 9798765145678 • £30.00 / $38.00 ePDF 9798765145692 • £27.00 / $34.20 ePub 9798765145685 • £27.00 / $34.20 Bloomsbury Academic
San Francisco Seafood chronicles the city’s transformation from a fish-barren town—where restaurants served canned, pickled, and dried fish from the East Coast—to a seafood-rich metropolis that harvested seafood from Mexico to Alaska. This is a thorough and insightful history of a once emerging, and now essential, cuisine for food and history buffs alike.
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Safar
Finding Home, History, and Culture through Punjabi Food in the American West Madhushree Ghosh, author Safar: Finding Home, History, and Culture through Punjabi Food in the American West is the journey of South Asian refugees, immigrants and their children—in particular, Sikhs, Jats and Muslims—who moved to the southwestern states of America over centuries as farmers, truck drivers, restaurant owners and dhaba/diner stall cooks. An expedition in search of the asli or real Punjabi food, Madhushree Ghosh explores how their food traveled from British India pre-partition (1947) to now. Interwoven in Safar is Ghosh’s own immigrant journey as a graduate student to America in 1993, her quest to find home through the food her Bengali refugee parents made which then translated to a physical journey she embarked on to visit the UK June 2026 • US June 2026 264 Pages • 22 bw photos HB 9798881842673 • £25.00 / $35.00 ePDF 9798765155769 • £22.50 / $31.50 ePub 9798765155752 • £22.50 / $31.50 Bloomsbury Academic
different Punjabi communities in California, Arizona and New Mexico. The book is divided into parts, focusing on four Punjabi women, each a part of a different wave of South Asian immigrants to the American West, and the food and recipes they brought with them that connect them to their pasts. Safar shares stories of displacement, discrimination, community, and hope. Ghosh explores the universal question of immigrant journeys and the true meaning of home, of comfort food, and what constitutes a ‘true Punjabi’ meal. Featuring essential Punjabi recipes, this is a poignant reflection on what it means to find home and identity through food and culture as an immigrant to United States.
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Food Cultures of Spain
Cuisine, Customs, and Issues F. Xavier Medina, Universitat Oberta de Catalunya, Spain There’s far more to Spanish food than tapas and paella. Discover the history and culture of Spain through its rich culinary traditions. Part of the Global Kitchen series, this book takes readers on a food tour of Spain, covering everything from daily staples to holiday specialties. In addition to discovering Spain’s long culinary history, readers will learn about recent trends, foreign influences, and contemporary food and dietary concerns. Chapters are organized thematically, making it easy to focus in on particular courses or types of dishes. These include influential ingredients, appetizers, main dishes, desserts, and street food, among others. The main text is supplemented by sidebars that offer interesting bite-sized facts, a chronology of The Global Kitchen UK May 2026 • US May 2026 224 Pages PB 9798765122518 • £21.99 / $29.95 HB 9798765122471 • £55.00 / $75.00 ePDF 9798765122495 • £49.50 / $67.50 ePub 9798765122488 • £49.50 / $67.50 Bloomsbury Academic
important dates in Spanish culinary history, and a glossary of key food- and dining-related terms. Spanish cuisine evolved over centuries, influenced by the country’s diverse landscapes and inhabitants. Rooted in the Mediterranean triad of olive oil, wheat, and wine, it emphasizes fresh, seasonal ingredients, often prepared simply to highlight their natural flavors. From the seafood-rich coasts to the cured meats and stews of the mountainous interior, each region boasts unique specialties. Social dining is central to Spanish foodways, and food remains a vital aspect of family, community, and heritage.
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The Future of Food
Issues and Innovations in the 21st Century and Beyond Honor May Eldridge, Food Standards Agency, UK How do we ensure that there is enough healthy and sustainable food to feed everyone in the world in the 21st century and beyond? The future of food is in peril. Food production around the globe is both a contributor to and a victim of climate change, while population growth and shifting consumption patterns threaten to outpace supply. The Future of Food examines the current issues facing our food supply and considers the potential solutions to those challenges. Chapters in Part 1 explore the plethora of challenges facing the global food system and highlight the interconnectedness of these issues. Part 2 addresses the future of protein, one of the most important and hotly debated topics in food and environmental sciences. Readers will UK June 2026 • US June 2026 344 Pages PB 9798765129890 • £21.99 / $29.95 HB 9798765129852 • £55.00 / $75.00 ePDF 9798765129876 • £49.50 / $67.50 ePub 9798765129869 • £49.50 / $67.50 Bloomsbury Academic
discover the many possible futures, from protein powders made from insects to burgers grown in a lab. Finally, Part 3 examines a variety of other low- and high-tech solutions, from vertical farming and regenerative agricultural practices to spoil-proof packaging, genetic modification, and the use of AI. The book presents a balanced and nuanced exploration of each possible solution, examining the strengths, drawbacks, and viability of each. Sidebars supplement the main text, offering illuminating real-world case studies that bring the text to life.
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Food Inequalities Tennille Nicole Allen This book provides an accessible introduction to food inequality in the United States, offering readers a broad survey of the most important topics and issues and exploring how economics, culture, and public policy have shaped our current food landscape. Food inequality in the United States can take many forms. From the low-income family unable to afford groceries and the migrant farm worker paid below minimum wage to city dwellers stranded in an urban food desert, disparities in how we access and relate to food can have significant physical, psychological, and cultural consequences. These inequalities often have deep historical roots and a complex connection to race, socioeconomic status, gender, and geography. Health and Medical Issues Today UK January 2026 • US January 2026 232 Pages HB 9781440864308 • £35.00 / $46.00 PB 9798216445531 • £21.99 / $29.95 ePDF 9781440864315 • £19.79 / $26.95 ePub 9798216085898 • £19.79 / $26.95 Bloomsbury Academic
This book explores different types of food inequality and highlights current efforts to improve food access and equity in the United States. It delves deep into a variety of issues and controversies related to the subject, offering thorough and balanced coverage of these hot-button topics. Readers are provided with a variety of useful supplemental materials, including case studies, a timeline of critical events, and a directory of resources.
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Food Shortage Crisis
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