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Surveillance and Memory

Our Daily Lives

By: Sanda Golopentia

From £32.99

This book contains secret police reports from the 1948-1950 surveillance of sociologist Anton Golopentia. Including transcriptions of phone conversations and personal declarations, it provides a chilling insight into political repression at the dawn of Romania's communist regime.

The Wor(l)ds of Neapolitan Arts and Crafts

Cultural and Linguistic Perspectives

Edited By: Raffaella Antinucci, Carolina Diglio, Maria Giovanna Petrillo

From £29.99

The terminologies of the numerous trades examined in this bilingual volume—including pizza and pastry making, and the art of presepio (crib), lute-making and coral dealing, among others—represent an important component of the cultural heritage of Naples and the Campania region.

Un-representing the Great War

New Approaches to the Centenary

Edited By: Mariavita Cambria, Giuliana Gregorio, Caterina Resta

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This collection of essays investigates the Great War as the event that opens the cultural history of the 20th century. Through cultural, philosophical, and literary analysis, the volume offers original insights into WWI that help to shed light on contemporary scenarios.

The Short Life and Violent Times of Preston Smith Brooks

A Man of Mark

By: Kenneth A. Deitreich

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Although a central figure in a seminal event of American history, the “Caning” of Senator Charles Sumner, Preston Brooks remains a largely forgotten figure. This work provides much-needed historical scrutiny on the life, character and motives of this controversial figure.

World War I and the Birth of a New World Order

The End of an Era

Edited By: Ioan Bolovan, Oana Mihaela Tămaș

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This volume re-evaluates the impact of World War I on Eastern Europe, particularly Romania, revealing lasting effects still felt today. Using case studies and memoirs, it offers fresh perspectives on social changes, women's emancipation, new boundaries, and national minorities.

This volume re-evaluates the impact of World War I on Eastern Europe, particularly Romania, revealing lasting effects still felt today. Using case studies and memoirs, it offers fresh perspectives on social changes, women’s emancipation, new boundaries, and national minorities.

Insularity, Identity and Epigraphy in the Roman World

Edited By: Javier Velaza

£64.99

This anthology studies the subject of islands, their essence and identity, their isolation and their relationships in the Ancient world. It researches Greek and Roman concepts of insularity, and their consequences for the political, economic and social life of the Empire.

The Life and Work of Isidore Snapper (1889-1973)

The Champion of Bedside Medicine

By: Arie Berghout

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Professor of Medicine on three continents, POW of the Japanese, US war consultant, and lover of a CIA agent. Isidore Snapper was a medical celebrity and one of the last great generalists—a brilliant physician from an era now extinct.

Lee Miller, Photography, Surrealism and the Second World War

From Vogue to Dachau

By: Lynn Hilditch

£58.99

Hilditch considers how Lee Miller’s war photographs can be interpreted as ‘surreal documentary’ combining a surrealist sensibility with a need to inform. Each chapter contains a close analysis of specific photographs in a generally chronological study with a thematic focus.

A Comparison of the Egyptian Revolutions of 1952 and 2011

By: Muhammet Musa Budak

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The 2011 Arab uprisings echoed similar waves of change from the 1950s. This book analyzes the revolutionary periods of Egypt in the 1950s and 2010s, comparing them to provide insights into the people's demands for change and their struggle for dignity.

The 2011 Arab uprisings echoed similar waves of change from the 1950s. This book analyzes the revolutionary periods of Egypt in the 1950s and 2010s, comparing them to provide insights into the people’s demands for change and their struggle for dignity.

Uprooting Geographic Thoughts in India

Toward Ecology and Culture in 21st Century

By: Rana Singh, David Sopher, Oskar Spate

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This is the first book on the roots of Indian geographical thought. It explores Indian identity, Gandhian environmentalism, and the meeting of East and West. It reprints lead essays by Spate, Sopher, and Mukerji to assess their challenging message today.

The Third Wave of Historical Scholarship on Nigeria

Essays in Honor of Ayodeji Olukoju

Edited By: Saheed Aderinto, Paul Osifodunrin

£54.99

This volume in honor of historian Ayodeji Olukoju ventures into uncharted terrain in Nigerian history. It presents groundbreaking scholarship on underresearched topics like sexuality, youth, and crime, offering historical explanations for Nigeria’s challenges.

Street Literature of the Long Nineteenth Century

Producers, Sellers, Consumers

Edited By: David Atkinson, Steve Roud

£64.99

For centuries, street literature was the main reading material of the working classes. Fascinating today for the unique light it shines on the lives of ordinary people, it has long been neglected as a historical resource, and this title is the first book on the trade for decades.

The Islamic World Journal 1893-1907 and the Anti-Nationalist Pan-Islamism of the Hamidean Policy

By: Amjad Muhsen al-Dajani (al-Daoudi)

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This book illuminates the Islamic World journal’s propaganda from 1893 to 1907. It highlights the journal’s utility in defending Sultan Abdul Hamid II’s policies and sheds light on the political views of the first Grand Sheikh of the British Isles, Sheikh Abdullah Quilliam.

Scouting Frontiers

Youth and the Scout Movement’s First Century

Edited By: Nelson R. Block, Tammy M. Proctor

£39.99

Scouting Frontiers is the first book to discuss the history of the Boy Scout and Girl Guide movements on an international scale. It examines how the world's greatest youth movement transformed as it faced frontiers of nation, empire, religion, and gender.

Scouting Frontiers is the first book to discuss the history of the Boy Scout and Girl Guide movements on an international scale. It examines how the world’s greatest youth movement transformed as it faced frontiers of nation, empire, religion, and gender.

How Did I Survive? by Artavazd M. Minasyan

Edited By: Aleksandr V. Gevorkyan

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This memoir is a tale of one man’s survival despite all odds. It is an inspiring story of iron will and hope, enduring Stalin’s purges and WWII. One man’s life becomes the reflection of an entire country that has lived through decades of injustice.

New Perspectives on Late Antiquity

Edited By: David Hernández de la Fuente

£54.99

Late Antiquity (3rd–7th c.) was a first Renaissance, shaping the Western World. This volume combines diverse methodologies, with leading scholars offering a scientific update on new research in history, archaeology, philosophy, and classical studies.

Common Ground

Integrating the Social and Environmental in History

Edited By: Geneviève Massard-Guilbaud, Stephen Mosley

£49.99

Today’s environmental problems have their origins in how we have lived. This book forges a connection between social and environmental history, exploring how the daily activities of ordinary people shaped our relationship with nature to inform our future.

Echoes from the Greek Bronze Age

An Anthology of Greek Thought in the Classical Age

By: Robert D. Morritt

From £24.99

This book highlights Hecataeus’s work on Herodotus’ ‘known world’, alongside the thoughts of Anaxagoras and Xenophanes. It also presents Simonides’ art of memory, ‘the Loci’, and its influence years later on the heretic Giordano Bruno.

The Grenvillites and the British Press

Colonial and British Politics, 1750-1770

By: Rory T. Cornish

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Damned for the Stamp Act which sparked the American Revolution, George Grenville is remembered as one of Britain's worst prime ministers. This study offers a reappraisal, investigating how he and his followers used the political press to defend a complex vision of empire.

Damned for the Stamp Act which sparked the American Revolution, George Grenville is remembered as one of Britain’s worst prime ministers. This study offers a reappraisal, investigating how he and his followers used the political press to defend a complex vision of empire.

The Sherwill Journals, 1840-1843

Voyages and Encounters in the Eastern Cape of Southern Africa

By: June Harvey

From £30.99

Newly discovered personal journals from the mid-19th century, with original illustrations. The adventurous Sherwill brothers record their travels: one explores the Eastern Cape, a land of contention between Bushman, Boer, and Briton; the other describes his eventful voyage home.