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Divided we stand

The French and Italian political parties and the rearmament of West Germany, 1949-1955

By: Linda Risso

£39.99

In the 1950s, fears of a ‘new Wehrmacht’ clashed with the ambition for European integration, sparking passionate political debates. This book offers an innovative examination of the role non-state actors and political parties played in France and Italy.

Jewish Space in Central and Eastern Europe

Day-to-Day History

Edited By: Larisa Lempertienė, Jurgita Šiaučiūnaitė-Verbickienė

£34.99

This collection reveals the Jewish space as diverse forms of life in 19th and 20th century Eastern Europe. Scholars explore social life, leisure, and coexistence, showing how this world transformed while preserving its authenticity and individuality.

1848

The Year the World Turned?

Edited By: Kay Boardman, Christine Kinealy

£39.99

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.

Colonial and Global Interfacings

Imperial Hegemonies and Democratizing Resistances

Edited By: Gary Backhaus

£39.99

Colonial techniques of domination boomeranged back to the West, sustained by capitalist relations. As new movements challenge the world order, this book explores how global flows of people and ideas transform identity and power from the North to the South.

Women’s Writing in Western Europe

Gender, Generation and Legacy

Edited By: Adalgisa Giorgio, Julia Waters

£44.99

The first study to investigate the legacy of a pioneering generation of women writers for contemporary authors across Western Europe. These studies uncover a complex web of intertextual links, offering new paradigms to think and read with.

The Mirror of Antiquity

20th Century British Travellers in Greece

By: David Wills

£29.99

This book exposes how 20th-century travel writers’ responses to Greece were conditioned by classical scholarship and history. David Wills shows how, in their hands, Greece became less a modern country and more a mirror of its ancient past.

(Re)Creating Science in Nineteenth-Century Britain

Edited By: Amanda Mordavsky Caleb

£39.99

This collection reconsiders the history of science in nineteenth-century Britain. Moving away from a Darwin-focused history, these interdisciplinary essays offer fresh insights into scientific development through history, religion, literature, and art.

British-French Exchanges in the Eighteenth Century

Edited By: Kathleen Hardesty Doig, Dorothy Medlin

£39.99

In the 18th century, the flow of people and ideas between France and Britain became a flood. This collection of essays examines these exchanges through correspondences, translations, and personal sojourns, revealing intellectual influences in the arts and sciences.

Past Matters

Heritage and Planning History— Case Studies from the Pacific Rim

Edited By: Caroline Miller

£39.99

In a Pacific Rim setting, who benefits from urban planning? These case studies from Australia, New Zealand, and beyond explore difficulties faced by indigenous peoples and ask whose interests are at stake in urban heritage debates, challenging 'Metropolitan Theory'.

Germaine Tillion, Lucie Aubrac, and the Politics of Memories of the French Resistance

By: Donald Reid

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Figures like Germaine Tillion, the Aubracs, and Marc Bloch made the radical decision to resist. This collection of essays addresses how resisters made sense of their world, and how later generations have engaged with the complex legacy of the Resistance.

Florida Studies

Proceedings of the 2006 Annual Meeting of the Florida College English Association

Edited By: General Editor, Claudia Slate

£39.99

Florida's long and colorful past is matched by its literary production, yet critical assessment has lagged. This volume corrects that oversight with papers on every aspect of Florida literature, including its African-American figures and teaching suggestions.

Florida’s long and colorful past is matched by its literary production, yet critical assessment has lagged. This volume corrects that oversight with papers on every aspect of Florida literature, including its African-American figures and teaching suggestions.

From Weimar to Christiania

German and Scandinavian Studies in Context

Edited By: Florence Feiereisen, Kyle Frackman

£29.99

From Weimar to Christiania is a compilation of graduate student work in German and Scandinavian Studies. These essays use a variety of disciplinary approaches to connect the fields, delivering compelling research that expands knowledge in northern European studies.

New Perspectives in British Cultural History

Edited By: Rosalind Crone, David Gange, Katy Jones

£39.99

A new generation of scholars is concerned with questions traditionally beyond the scope of history. The authors come from a range of disciplines, including literary studies, art, music, and science. Their cutting-edge research represents the latest trends.

1956 and all that

Edited By: Keith Flett

£34.99

To mark the 50th anniversary of 1956, academics and activists presented new historical research on the Hungarian revolt and Suez. This collection examines their wider significance, the crisis of Stalinism, and the rise of a New Left as a result.

Recovering Memory

Irish Representations of Past and Present

Edited By: Hedda Friberg, Irene Gilsenan Nordin, Lene Yding Pedersen

£39.99

This collection of essays examines representations of memory in Irish literature and culture. It explores public and private memory, the intersection between collective and individual, and the relation between memory, identity, and Ireland's tragic past.

Legacies of Slavery

Comparative Perspectives

Edited By: Maria Suzette Fernandes Dias

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Moving beyond the Atlantic world, this volume reconsiders slavery as a global institution. Scholars from diverse fields examine its indelible mark on societies everywhere, telling a tale of survival, resistance, and the resilience of the human spirit.

The Book in Ireland

Edited By: Fabienne Garcier, Jacqueline Genet, Sylvie Mikowski

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This volume explores the relation between the Irish people and the printed word. It highlights the role of private presses, periodicals, and propaganda in circulating ideas and building a national identity. 'A bold, wide-ranging introduction.' - Declan Kiberd

This volume explores the relation between the Irish people and the printed word. It highlights the role of private presses, periodicals, and propaganda in circulating ideas and building a national identity. ‘A bold, wide-ranging introduction.’ – Declan Kiberd

V.M.Chernov

Theorist, Leader, Politician

By: Alexander Trapeznik

£29.99

As leader of Russia's largest revolutionary party, Viktor Chernov was the democratic alternative to the Bolsheviks. Elected President of the Constituent Assembly, his vision for a 'third force' was shattered, leading to a tragic life in exile.

As leader of Russia’s largest revolutionary party, Viktor Chernov was the democratic alternative to the Bolsheviks. Elected President of the Constituent Assembly, his vision for a ‘third force’ was shattered, leading to a tragic life in exile.

Narrating the Past

(Re)Constructing Memory, (Re)Negotiating

Edited By: Nandita Batra, Vartan P. Messier

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Narrative is an integral part of human existence, challenging the supremacy of empirical fact and our ability to know the past as it really was. Examining a wide range of texts, the essays in this volume reveal that all representations of the past are situated.

Order and Disorder under the Ancien Régime

By: Jeffrey Merrick

£39.99

This collection explores monarchy, family, suicide, and sodomy in eighteenth-century France. It argues that the private and public weakness of sovereigns and husbands undermined their legitimacy, challenging simplistic assumptions about absolutism and Revolution.