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Migrating Memories

Romanian Germans in Modern Europe James Koranyi

Charts the transnational story of Romanian Germans in modern Europe – their migration, their position as a minority, and their memories.

New Studies in European History

December 2021 229 x 152 mm c.340pp 978-1-316-51777-2 Hardback £75.00 / US$99.99 C

HISTORY - OTHER AREAS

In the Cause of Humanity

A History of Humanitarian Intervention in the Long Nineteenth Century Fabian Klose

A major new history of the emergence of the theory and practice of humanitarian intervention during the nineteenth century.

Human Rights in History

November 2021 229 x 152 mm c.420pp 978-1-316-51620-1 Hardback £29.99 / US$39.99 P

A Concise History of Albania

Bernd J. Fischer Oliver Jens Schmitt

An authoritative and up-to-date single-volume history of Albania and its people in their Balkan and European contexts.

Cambridge Concise Histories

March 2022 216 x 138 mm 440pp 978-1-107-66218-6 Paperback c. £22.99 / c. US$34.99 P

Social Rights and the Politics of Obligation in History

Steven L. B. Jensen Charles Walton

A pioneering study in the history of social rights, filling a significant gap in human rights scholarship and practice.

Human Rights in History

December 2021 229 x 152 mm c.335pp 978-1-316-51923-3 Hardback £90.00 / US$120.00 X

Survivors

Warsaw under Nazi Occupation Jadwiga Biskupska

Reveals the harrowing story of life in Warsaw under Nazi occupation and explores resistance to the regime by the Warsaw intelligentsia.

Studies in the Social and Cultural History of Modern Warfare

February 2022 229 x 152 mm c.320pp 4 maps 978-1-316-51558-7 Hardback £75.00 / US$99.99 C

Night on Earth

A History of International Humanitarianism in the Near East, 1918–1930 Davide Rodogno

Reveals how international ‘relief’ and ‘development’ became intertwined in humanitarian programs in the Near East from 1918 to 1930.

Human Rights in History

November 2021 229 x 152 mm c.420pp 978-1-108-71284-2 Paperback £26.99 / US$34.99 P

The Broken Years

Russia’s Disabled War Veterans, 1904–1921 Alexandre Sumpf

The forgotten history of Russian disabled veterans’ political struggle for equal rights, specialised care, education and adapted work.

Studies in the Social and Cultural History of Modern Warfare

March 2022 229 x 152 mm c.320pp 978-1-316-51774-1 Hardback £75.00 / US$99.99 C

Second-Class Daughters

Black Brazilian Women and Informal Adoption as Modern Slavery Elizabeth Hordge-Freeman

A powerful account of the coexistence of exploitation and loving familial relationships in the lives of ‘adoptive daughters’ in Brazil.

Afro-Latin America

March 2022 229 x 152 mm c.271pp 978-1-00-908741-4 Paperback c. £18.99 / c. US$29.99 P

Patchwork Freedoms

Law, Slavery, and Race beyond Cuba’s Plantations Adriana Chira

A rich, pathbreaking study on nineteenth-century rural Cuba, and how Afro-descendant peasants forged freedom through litigation and land occupation.

Afro-Latin America

March 2022 229 x 152 mm c.320pp 978-1-108-73080-8 Paperback £22.99 / US$29.99 P

Struggles for Self-Determination

The Denial of Reactionary Statehood in Africa Josiah Brownell

A unique comparative study between four secessionist states in postcolonial Africa, and their struggles to obtain sovereign recognition.

December 2021 229 x 152 mm c.288pp 978-1-108-95997-1 Paperback £26.99 / US$34.99 P

Cuban Privilege

The Making of Immigrant Inequality in America Susan Eva Eckstein

The first book to document the unique yet strategic entitlements granted to Cubans over other immigrants to the US.

January 2022 229 x 152 mm c.300pp 978-1-108-83061-4 Hardback c. £29.99 / c. US$39.99 P

Visions for Racial Equality

David Clement Scott and the Struggle for Justice in Nineteenth-Century Malawi Harri Englund

A rich and innovative look at the rise and demise of a unique vision for racial equality in nineteenthcentury Africa.

March 2022 229 x 152 mm c.294pp 978-1-316-51400-9 Hardback £75.00 / US$99.99 C

The Boundaries of Freedom

Slavery, Abolition, and the Making of Modern Brazil Brodwyn Fischer Keila Grinberg

This carefully curated collection of essays opens the vibrant field of Brazilian slavery and abolition studies to English-language readers.

Afro-Latin America

January 2022 229 x 152 mm c.329pp 978-1-108-83153-6 Hardback £105.00 / US$135.00 C

Decolonizing Heritage

Time to Repair in Senegal Ferdinand De Jong

An exploration of how Senegal has decolonised its cultural heritage sites since independence, many of which are remnants of the French empire.

The International African Library, 65

January 2022 229 x 152 mm c.292pp 978-1-316-51453-5 Hardback £75.00 / US$99.99 C

Pandemic Kinship

Families, Intervention, and Social Change in Botswana’s Time of AIDS Koreen M. Reece

An intimate portrait of everyday life in Botswana’s time of AIDS, providing unique insights into the unexpected resilience of families in a pandemic.

The International African Library, 67

April 2022 229 x 152 mm c.292pp 978-1-00-915022-4 Hardback £75.00 / US$99.99 C

Founding Mothers of the Indian Republic

Gender Politics of the Framing of the Constitution Achyut Chetan

A work on women’s involvement to drafting of India’s Constitution, a contribution to understanding of the foundation of the republic.

South Asia in the Social Sciences, 17

March 2022 978-1-108-83256-4 Hardback TBA / TBA

Hidden Histories of Pakistan

Censorship, Literature, and Secular Nationalism in Late Colonial India Sarah Fatima Waheed

Examines the role of progressive Muslim intellectuals in the Pakistan movement through the lens of censorship.

March 2022 229 x 152 mm c.320pp 978-1-108-83452-0 Hardback £75.00 / US$99.99 C

Mao Zedong

Chongji Jin and Xianzhi Pan Translated by Foreign Languages Press

Presents volume 3 of the official Chinese Communist Party biography of Mao Zedong.

The Cambridge China Library

January 2022 228 x 152 mm 600pp 978-1-107-09276-1 Hardback £125.00 / US$165.00 R

Sikh Nationalism

Gurharpal Singh and Giorgio Shani

A concise and comprehensive guide to the history of Sikh nationalism from the late nineteenth century to the present.

New Approaches to Asian History

November 2021 228 x 152 mm 250pp 978-1-316-50188-7 Paperback £22.99 / US$29.99 P

The Cambridge Economic History of China

HB Set

Debin Ma Richard von Glahn

Comprehensive survey of Chinese economic history from preimperial era to the twenty-first century from an international team of leading scholars.

The Cambridge Economic History of China

February 2022 228 x 152 mm 1400pp 978-1-107-14606-8 HB Set £200.00 / US$260.00 R

Colonizing Animals

Jonathan Saha

A pathbreaking history of British imperialism in Myanmar from the early nineteenth century to 1942 populated by animals.

November 2021 229 x 152 mm c.280pp 978-1-108-83940-2 Hardback £75.00 / US$99.99 X

The Cambridge Economic History of China

Debin Ma Richard von Glahn

A comprehensive survey of Chinese economic history from 1800 to the present from an international team of leading experts.

The Cambridge Economic History of China

February 2022 228 x 152 mm c.700pp 978-1-108-42553-7 Hardback £120.00 / US$155.00 R

Mao Zedong

Chongji Jin and Xianzhi Pan Translated by Foreign Languages Press

Presents volume 2 of the official Chinese Communist Party biography of Mao Zedong.

The Cambridge China Library

January 2022 228 x 152 mm 600pp 978-1-107-09274-7 Hardback £125.00 / US$165.00 R

The Cambridge Economic History of China

Volume 1: To 1800

Debin Ma Richard von Glahn

A comprehensive survey of Chinese economic history from the pre-imperial era to 1800 from an international team of leading experts.

The Cambridge Economic History of China

February 2022 228 x 152 mm c.700pp 978-1-108-42557-5 Hardback £120.00 / US$155.00 R

Gender and Sexuality in Modern Japan

Sabine Frühstück

A lively, accessible survey of genders and sexualities in modern Japanese history from the 1860s to the present.

New Approaches to Asian History

April 2022 229 x 152 mm c.280pp 978-1-108-43072-2 Paperback c. £18.99 / c. US$29.99 P

State and Family in China

Yue Du

Examines the intersection of politics and intergenerational family relations in China from the Qing period to 1949.

November 2021 229 x 152 mm c.350pp 978-1-108-83835-1 Hardback £75.00 / US$99.99 X

Forging Leninism in China

Mao and the Remaking of the Chinese Communist Party, 1927–1934 Joe Fewsmith

Re-examines the Chinese revolution by emphasizing the role of the local revolutionaries who introduced Marxism and Communism into the countryside.

March 2022 229 x 152 mm c.200pp 978-1-316-51356-9 Hardback c. £29.99 / c. US$39.99 P

A History of Modern Palestine

Third edition

Ilan Pappe

Now in an updated and expanded third edition, this is a widely acclaimed history of Palestine centred on the experiences of everyday Palestinians.

April 2022 228 x 152 mm c.408pp 978-1-108-40144-9 Paperback c. £22.99 / c. US$29.99 P

The Making of an Alliance

The Origins and Development of the US-Israel Relationship David Tal

A critical overview and reevaluation of the origins and development of the ‘special’ relations between Israel and the United States.

January 2022 229 x 152 mm c.320pp 978-1-108-44588-7 Paperback £22.99 / US$29.99 P

Agents of the Hidden Imam

Forging Twelver Shi‘ism, 850-950 CE Edmund Hayes

Offers fascinating insights into the careers of the first leaders of Twelver Shiʿism: agents who claimed to speak for the ‘hidden Imam’.

Cambridge Studies in Islamic Civilization

January 2022 229 x 152 mm c.292pp 978-1-108-83439-1 Hardback £75.00 / US$99.99 X

Islamic Law in Circulation

Shafi’i Texts across the Indian Ocean and the Mediterranean Mahmood Kooria

An exploration of the spread and survival of Islamic legal ideas and commentaries in the Eastern Mediterranean and the Indian Ocean regions in the second millennium CE.

Cambridge Studies in Islamic Civilization

March 2022 229 x 152 mm c.336pp 978-1-00-909803-8 Hardback £105.00 / US$135.00 C

Assyrians in Modern Iraq

Negotiating Political and Cultural Space Alda Benjamen

Examines the role of minorities and identity in twentieth-century Iraqi political and cultural history through the relationship between the state and the Assyrians.

November 2021 229 x 152 mm c.272pp 978-1-108-83879-5 Hardback £75.00 / US$99.99 X

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