History – Other Areas
History – Other Areas
Christianity and Human Rights Reconsidered
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Edited by Sarah Shortall | University of Notre Dame, Indiana
World War One The Global Revolution Second edition Lawrence Sondhaus | University of Indianapolis
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This revised and updated interpretation of World War I highlights the revolutionary nature and legacy of the conflict of 1914–1919. It examines the political, economic, social and cultural history of the war at home as well as the war’s origins, ending and subsequent legacy. • Demonstrates the revolutionary global impact of World War I • Includes a range of pedagogical features including images, timelines, key documents from the war, online essays and guides to further reading • Contains a range of sources, including first-hand accounts of the war, to provide students with an understanding of the impact of the war on the lives of ordinary people Contents: Introduction; 1. The world in 1914 and the origins of the war; 2. The July Crisis, 1914; 3. The European war unfolds, August-December 1914; 4. The world war: East Asia, the Pacific, Africa; 5. The deepening stalemate: Europe, 1915; 6. The home fronts, 1914–16; 7. Raising the stakes: Europe, 1916; 8.The war at sea, 1915–18; 9. Wilson, Lenin, and visions for peace; 10. Upheaval and uncertainty: Europe, 1917; 11. The home fronts, 1916–18; 12. The world war: the Middle East and India; 13. Endgame: Europe, 1918; 14. The Paris Peace Conference; 15. Legacy; Conclusion. November 2020 244 x 170 mm c.495pp 49 b/w illus. 14 maps 978-1-108-49619-3 Hardback £64.99 / US$84.99 X 978-1-108-79163-2 Paperback £29.99 / US$38.99 X
Humanitarianism and Human Rights A World of Differences? Edited by Michael N. Barnett | George Washington University, Washington DC
Human rights and humanitarianism are two totems of global ethics and politics in today’s world, but they have a complicated relationship that is not always understood or appreciated. To capture that past, present, and future, this volume explores what each hopes to attain and how those ambitions converge or diverge. • Unpacks and interrogates the relationship between human rights and humanitarianism • Explores different notions of humanity and the tensions and conflicts that this can create • Provides a philosophical and practical consideration of global ethics Human Rights in History
September 2020 229 x 152 mm c.340pp 978-1-108-83679-1 Hardback £69.99 / US$89.99 978-1-108-81920-6 Paperback £22.99 / US$29.99
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This volume showcases the work of a new generation of scholars interested in the historical connection between religion and human rights in the twentieth century, offering a truly global perspective on the internal diversity, theological roots, and political implications of Christian human rights theory. • Highlights the global turn in the history of human rights • Showcases a range of interdisciplinary work on the relationship between religion and human rights • Transforms our understanding of both human rights theory and the history of Christianity Human Rights in History
September 2020 228 x 152 mm c.300pp 978-1-108-42470-7 Hardback £75.00 / US$99.99
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Islanders and Empire Smuggling and Political Defiance in Hispaniola, 1580–1690 Juan José Ponce Vázquez | University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa
Islanders and Empire is a pioneering and comprehensive examination of the role smuggling played in the economic and socio-political transformation of Hispaniola from the late sixteenth to seventeenth centuries that will interest students and scholars of the Caribbean, colonial Latin American, and the Atlantic World. • Provides a rare, on-the-ground study of a Spanish Caribbean society in the seventeenth century, a previously understudied period and region • Discusses significant examples of colonial peripheries and borderlands in shaping overall imperial governance • Features a strong narrative style as a key feature of historical inquiry Cambridge Latin American Studies, 121
October 2020 229 x 152 mm c.320pp 978-1-108-47765-9 Hardback £75.00 / US$99.99
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Modernity in Black and White Art and Image, Race and Identity in Brazil, 1890–1945 Rafael Cardoso | Freie Universität Berlin
Rafael Cardoso provides a groundbreaking account of artistic modernization in Brazil in his first single-authored English-language publication. He puts popular culture and racial tensions at the center, situating cultural debates within the broader currents of Brazilian life, such as the rise of favelas, carnival, mass media, and dictatorship. • A comprehensive and meticulously researched introduction to artistic modernization in Brazil • Analyzes the tension in Brazil between Western definitions of ‘the modern’ and Brazil’s largest African-descended population, from which popular cultural markers such as carnival dominate • Showcases a vast archive of images across a range of visual cultural production, including painting, graphic art, and photography Afro-Latin America
November 2020 228 x 152 mm c.288pp 978-1-108-48190-8 Hardback £39.99 / US$49.99
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