History – Page 9 – Cambridge Scholars Publishing

Rebellion and Revolution

Defiance in German Language, History and Art

Edited By: Melissa Etzler, Priscilla Layne

£39.99

This collection of essays by scholars of history, literature, and film offers new perspectives on key moments of German rebellion. It takes a multidisciplinary approach to analyze events from the 1525 Peasants’ War to the fall of the GDR.

African American Religious Experiences

A Case Study of Twentieth Century Trends and Practices

By: Gloria Robinson Boyd

£34.99

Facing slavery, Jim Crow, and racism, African Americans relied on religion as their source of strength. This is a story of survival, demonstrating how religion became the key ingredient and ultimate weapon that allowed a race to adapt and endure.

Keeping the Lid on

Urban Eruptions and Social Control since the 19th Century

Edited By: Logie Barrow, François Poirier, Susan Finding

£34.99

This book explores social segregation, urban conflict, and collective memory. From epidemics and uprisings to memories in song and novels, case studies consider cities like London, New York, and Salvador de Bahia, filling the gaps in official history.

In the Fold between Power and Desire

Women Artists’ Narratives

By: Maria Tamboukou

£39.99

This book unravels the interplay of power and desire in the lives and art of six fin-de-siècle women artists, tracing the creation of the female artistic self through an innovative feminist and genealogical lens.

Israel Diary

The Jewish State through the eyes of a Goy

By: Nicola Seu

From £14.99

He left his books to understand a land without borders. How do people live amidst such violent contrasts? On a journey from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, he travels from north to south seeking the truth in a complex, multi-ethnic world.

Rhetoric in the Rest of the West

Edited By: Shane Borrowman, Marcia Kmetz, Robert L. Lively

£39.99

The history of rhetoric has continued to exist in a binary of West and Rest, silencing many voices within the West itself. This book expands the conversation by examining the traditions that lost the cultural competition and have been shrouded in shadow.

Crossing Colonial Historiographies

Histories of Colonial and Indigenous Medicines in Transnational Perspective

Edited By: Anne Digby, Projit B. Muhkarji

£39.99

This book offers an innovative engagement with the diverse histories of colonial and indigenous medicines across Asia, Africa, and the Americas. It explores new conceptual perspectives and highlights thematic commonalities and divergences across regions.

Racism in Novels

A Comparative Study of Brazilian and South African Cultural History

By: Elaine Rocha

£34.99

Novels from early 20th-century Brazil and South Africa reveal a shared history: the use of racial policy to control society. Elaine Rocha examines how literature reflected the stark realities of everyday segregation in both nations.

The British Labour Movement and Imperialism

Edited By: Billy Frank, Craig Horner, David Stewart

£39.99

This collection explores the British labour movement's neglected relationship with imperialism from 1800–1982. It engages with themes from trade union interaction with empire to post-colonialism, making a substantial contribution to the debates on imperialism's legacy.

This collection explores the British labour movement’s neglected relationship with imperialism from 1800–1982. It engages with themes from trade union interaction with empire to post-colonialism, making a substantial contribution to the debates on imperialism’s legacy.

From Here to Diversity

Globalization and Intercultural Dialogues

Edited By: Clara Sarmento

£49.99

From Here to Diversity sees interculturalism as movement without borders. It examines the dynamics of cultural interaction by amplifying new voices: women, non-occidentals, the non-powerful, and forgotten narratives of a past as intercultural as the present.

Coast to Coast

Case Histories of Modern Pacific Crossings

Edited By: Prue Ahrens, Chris Dixon

£34.99

Histories of the Pacific are stories of contact and connection. Coast to Coast explores the networks of modernity that connected the peoples of the Pacific, Australia and North America through new transportation and communication from the mid-nineteenth century.

Rebellion, Resistance and the Irish Working Class

The Case of the ‘Limerick Soviet’

By: Nicola Queally

£19.99

This book explores the 1919 ‘Limerick Soviet,’ a major strike in Ireland that made headlines worldwide. This volume considers this seminal event in Irish history and illuminates its connection to larger European controversies over workers' rights.

Eradicating Differences

The Treatment of Minorities in Nazi-Dominated Europe

Edited By: Anton Weiss Wendt

£39.99

These essays offer a new perspective on Nazi mass murder. Drawing on primary sources, they show the Nazis were more flexible than believed, exploiting ethnic rivalries in Eastern Europe to divide, rule, and encourage collaboration in their murderous policies.

Public Memory, Race, and Ethnicity

Edited By: G. Mitchell Reyes

£39.99

This book explores how race and ethnicity influence public memory. Nine provocative investigations address how our collective remembrance shapes racial and ethnic identities—and why this often leads to conflict in the United States.

Radical Cultures and Local Identities

Edited By: Krista Cowman, Ian Packer

£39.99

This interdisciplinary collection explores the connections between radicalism and localism across the globe. It questions how the local fosters new political possibilities, empowers under-represented groups, and shapes distinct cultural forms of resistance.

Domestic Policy Discourse in the US and the UK in the ‘New World Order’

Edited By: Lori Maguire

£39.99

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.

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.

Divine Sounds from the Heart—Singing Unfettered in their Own Voices

The Bhakti Movement and its Women Saints (12th to 17th Century)

By: Rekha Pande

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In a world dominated by male voices, medieval women saints embraced bhakti (devotion) as a form of resistance. They questioned society, family, and relationships, rejecting patriarchal control and finding their own voices by reimagining God as a lover, a husband, and a friend.

New Perspectives on Anarchism, Labour and Syndicalism

The Individual, the National and the Transnational

Edited By: Constance Bantman, Dave Berry

£39.99

This collection presents new research on the history of anarchist movements and revolutionary syndicalism in Europe. It revisits national histories through transnational perspectives, exploring cross-border interactions and the fascinating itineraries of individual activists.

Crime Over Time

Temporal Perspectives on Crime and Punishment in Australia

Edited By: Robyn Lincoln

£39.99

Marrying criminology and history, this book offers a unique examination of crime over 200 years of Australian history. It explores how crime has evolved, from colonial bushranging to cybercrime, revealing the historical factors that shape punishment today.

Born in the Jungles of Burma

Behind Enemy Lines in the China-Burma-India Theater of Operations

By: Andrew Wax

£34.99

In WWII's unforgiving China-Burma-India Theater, a unique US-British air unit, Air Commando 1, was forged. It pioneered large-scale air supply and support deep behind enemy lines, establishing a vital method of warfare for all subsequent wars.

In WWII’s unforgiving China-Burma-India Theater, a unique US-British air unit, Air Commando 1, was forged. It pioneered large-scale air supply and support deep behind enemy lines, establishing a vital method of warfare for all subsequent wars.