This volume is a political, social, and economic history of Zimbabwe from 1890 to 2008. Including topics such as women’s and human rights, this study brings the history of Zimbabwe almost up to the present day, superseding older volumes.
Reform and Renewal
The 1960s-70s fractured the transatlantic alliance with rivalry, yet this crisis also sparked renewal. Drawing on declassified files, this book reveals the domestic and economic forces that redefined US-European relations.
Art, Politics and Society in Britain (1880-1914)
This collection of essays examines the convergence of aesthetics, politics, and spirituality in British modernism. It argues that this approach was not a push toward socialism, but a mutation of liberalism where fellowship and “decency” replaced abstract fraternity.
Cosmic Order and Cultural Astronomy
In India, sacredscapes arise where culture, geography, and cosmos create transcendent power. This volume’s essays explore cultural astronomy and cosmic order through case studies of sacred sites like Khajuraho, Gaya, Kashi, Vindhyachal, and Chitrakut.
In early modern cities, oligarchies collided with community expectations for participation. This book offers new interpretations of the techniques elites used to cope with these tensions, examining elections, consent, dissent, and even urban revolts.
Naked and Alone in a Strange New World
This analysis of early modern captivity narratives argues the harrowing tales are not historically accurate. Instead, they are cultural artifacts that offer insight into the mentalities of the age, aiding understanding of sixteenth-century peoples and societies.
Family History in Lancashire
Leading historians explore the family in Lancashire during industrialisation. This book shows how the family was society’s most effective shock absorber, adapting to the social stresses created by immense economic change.
Generations in Towns
This book fills a gap in urban history with twelve studies of generations in late medieval and early modern European towns. Dealing with topics like succession, inheritance, and conflict, the articles demonstrate the importance of generational studies on pre-modern towns.
Banaras
Narrating the making of Banaras, the Hindus’ most sacred city, this book is an insightful guide to the cultural complexities, ritualscapes, and vivid heritagescapes that maintain India’s pride of history and culture.
Pursuits and Joys
This volume is a collection of updated papers exploring the remarkable Lukis family and their contemporaries. It examines their pioneering work and the evolution of archaeology as a discipline in the nineteenth century across Britain and Europe.
Time Images
The “time-image” concept holds broad potential for the historical interpretation of cultural works. This book applies this innovative concept to theory, literature, and cinema, revealing the historical character of works not ordinarily seen as historical.
Speaking of Endangered Languages
This book provides an overview of endangered indigenous languages, describing local responses to maintaining them. Each chapter presents a case study of a threatened language, examining local grassroots efforts at revival and suggesting a re-examination of retention programs.
A Study in Legal History Volume III; Freedom under the Law
Hailed as the 20th century’s most important judge, this book explores Lord Denning’s career against the backdrop of the 1960s and 70s, examining his role in the Profumo affair and the controversies that shaped modern Britain.
A Study in Legal History Volume II; The Last of England
Lord Denning’s celebrated judgments were known for their deep ‘Englishness’. As English identity is fiercely debated today, this book considers the role of Englishness in his jurisprudence, from his views on history and race to European law.
The Italians on the Land
Amid renewed interest in Roman Italy, historians and archaeologists apply new techniques to old questions. These papers contribute to the debate, looking at Italy from both an Italian and a Roman perspective. Topics include villas, agriculture, and politics.
Bridges Across the Sahara
This book rethinks the history of modern Africa, examining the Saharan trade not as a barrier, but as a bridge. It critiques colonial scholarship and provides an alternative narrative of the forgotten histories that linked North, Central, and West Africa.
Living History
This book analyses the memorializing of slavery as a transnational movement. It explores how reconstructing the past legitimizes demands for recognition and reparations through monuments, museums, and public apologies across the Americas, Africa, and Europe.
From Distant Tales
The most comprehensive book on Sumatra in over half a century. Despite its major role in world trade for 2,000 years, its rich culture and archaeology have been surprisingly neglected. This volume by leading authorities remedies this defect.
Trauma and Attachment in the Kindertransport Context
Based on in-depth case studies of five child Holocaust survivors, this study of the Kindertransport rescue operation explores the lifelong influence of trauma, the negotiation of identity, and sheds light on the plight of present-day child refugees.
Geographical Thoughts in India
This book explores the roots of Indian geographical thought through its history, culture, and sacred ecology. It examines heritagescapes, belief systems, and the Ganga river, reconsidering India’s development in light of its rich cultural legacy.
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