Jovial Bigotry
The late 19th-century debate over manners and morals in France, Britain, and the US was truly about gender and sexuality. Commentators used stereotypes of women to discuss their roles, but this analysis reveals a common outlook: an agreement on patriarchy.
Religion and Belief
This collection of essays initiates a discussion on the nuances of religion and belief. Topics range from ancient Greek philosophy to 21st century ‘New-Atheism’, challenging simple conceptions and showing caricatures of belief to be misleading.
Faith of Our Fathers
This volume of essays explores popular culture and belief in England, Ireland and Wales from the Reformation onwards. Linked by the nexus between religion and popular culture, these interdisciplinary contributions reveal the remarkable resilience of popular traditions.
Culture, Power, and Security
A diverse group of historians grapples with the notion of “security” across time and geography. Drawing on new sources, these engaging essays offer fresh perspectives on military, political, intelligence, and foreign relations history.
1848
In 1848, the world failed to turn. Or did it? This book offers new insights by looking beyond the main revolutions to consider overlooked places from Ireland to Australia, the experiences of women, and the era’s rich cultural and intellectual ferment.
In the 16th century, aristocrats became practitioners of science. Hungarian Count Boldizsár Batthyány, a formidable warrior, was also a devotee of natural philosophy, creating an intellectual hub for alchemy, medicine, and botany to make the Muses speak among arms.
Esthetic Experiments
This book investigates the cultural and political aspects of technology in American society. Presenting critical accounts of writing, media, surveillance, and war, these essays explore the coalescence of technology and text to reformulate the American experience.
Though the French Revolution is long over, its memory holds sway. The sixteen essays in this volume investigate its intellectual and material legacies, exposing the myriad ways the Revolution changed humanity’s possible futures and continues to shape our world.
This book tackles Hellenism as a global entity through a comparative study of English and American literary, cultural, and artistic trends from the 18th to the 20th centuries. It proves the enduring, intercontinental appeal of Hellenism.
These essays reveal the 1950s not as transitional years, but as an astonishingly fecund period of experimentation. This volume explores the decade’s profound impact on post-war European identities, society, politics, and culture.
A Feminist Case Study in Transnational Migration
Although unacknowledged, Anne Jemima Clough laboured fervently for women’s education. This volume compiles her unpublished papers, diaries, and correspondence, providing raw material for scholars studying the women’s movement and Victorian feminism.
Rebuilding Sustainable Communities in Iraq
Current reconstruction in Iraq is failing because a top-down approach cannot succeed. This volume presents expert analysis from an international conference on rebuilding sustainable communities with lessons from across the globe for Iraq.
Speaking With Their Own Voices
This unique study of slavery in the 20th-century Persian Gulf gives voice to the enslaved. Through their own statements asking for manumission, it presents hundreds of life stories, uncovering new aspects of everyday life in the Arabian Peninsula.
Revisiting Decadence
An introduction to the fifteenth century through the chronicles and personal recollections of its writers. It examines how their pessimistic conclusions about the conduct of their contemporaries contributed to the era’s reputation for decadence.
A unique comparative study of US & UK politics, blending personal accounts with sharp analysis. It tackles the era’s defining issues, from the Clinton-Obama healthcare debate to the economic crisis, Climategate, and the 2010 UK election.
Acts of Love and Lust
Over six decades, Australia has undergone a sexual revolution. This collection by leading historians explores how sexuality was constructed by the state, law, and media, and how love and lust were experienced by individuals, shaping society and culture.
Why wasn’t there a successful bourgeois revolution in Russia? This political history of the Russian capitalist class from 1850 to 1917 traces their opposition to the autocracy and their alliance for reform that led to the Soviet state and their own destruction.
Voices from within the Veil
The Veil hangs between Then and Now, between Black and White, between You and Me. Voices from within the Veil explores this 400-year prelude, addressing African Americans’ marginalization and their paths to empowerment through protest and organization.
Anáil an Bhéil Bheo
Anáil an Bhéil Bheo explores orality in modern Irish culture through interdisciplinary essays on literature, folklore, and the arts. Includes major contributions by leading scholars Gearóid Ó Crualaoich and Henry Glassie.
Ninety Years of the Abruzzo National Park 1922-2012
The Abruzzo National Park is one of the oldest protected areas in Europe. This volume reconstructs the highlights of the Park’s troubled but influential history and its connections with environmentalism and Italian society at large.
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