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JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY PRESS
THE TWENTIETH- CENTURY AMERICAN CITY: PROBLEM, PROMISE, AND REALITY JON C TEAFORD November, 3rd edn, pb, £19.50, 9781421420387 Modern cities embody America’s successes and failures—while offering hope for the future. E
MAD-DOCTORS IN THE DOCK: DEFENDING THE DIAGNOSIS, 1760–1913 JOEL PETER EIGEN December, hb, £26, 9781421420486 A history of the defence of the insanity plea in England. E
THE REVOLT OF 1916 IN RUSSIAN CENTRAL ASIA EDWARD DENNIS SOKOL September, pb, £16, 9781421420509
The definitive study of a nearly forgotten genocide, reissued with a new foreword. E
THE SPECTER OF SKEPTICISM IN THE AGE OF ENLIGHTENMENT ANTON M MATYTSIN December, hb, £38.50, 9781421420523 Shows how Enlightenment confidence was earned by grappling with the challenge of philosophical skepticism. E
DISEASE AND DISCOVERY: A HISTORY OF THE JOHNS HOPKINS SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND PUBLIC HEALTH, 1916–1939 ELIZABETH FEE August, hb, £22.50, 9781421421100 The story of the founding and early years of America’s first school of public health. E
AMERICAN HIEROGLYPHICS: THE SYMBOL OF THE EGYPTIAN HIEROGLYPHICS IN THE AMERICAN RENAISSANCE JOHN T IRWIN November, pb, £32.50, 9781421421155 An examination of the American Symbolists, back in print after more than a decade. E
LILLIPUT PRESS
FROZEN IN TIME: THE FAGEL COLLECTION OF TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN TIM JACKSON ED
100 | Autumn 2016
September, hb, £45, 9781843516750 A comprehensive, lavishly illustrated study of one of early modern Europe’s greatest private libraries.
TRINITY TALES: TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN IN THE NINETIES CATHERINE HEANEY ED October, pb, £15, 9781843516798 Following on from previous editions, eminent past pupils recount college life in the 1990s. E
LITTMAN LIBRARY OF JEWISH CIVILIZATION
POLIN, VOLUME 29: WRITING JEWISH HISTORY IN EASTERN EUROPE NATALIA ALEKSIUN; BRIAN J HOROWITZ; ANTONY POLONSKY EDS December, hb/pbo, £45/£21.95,
9781906764470/87 The latest volume in this award-winning annual series.
JEWISH WOMEN IN ENLIGHTENMENT BERLIN NATALIE NAIMARK- GOLDBERG September, pb, £19.95, 9781906764937 Based on the women’s own writings, demonstrates their intellectual proclivities and social activities.
HASIDISM AND POLITICS: THE KINGDOM OF POLAND, 1815-1864 MARCIN WODZINSKI September, pb, £19.95, 9781906764944
Analyses the development of political relations between the state and the hasidic movement.
MCFARLAND
BRITAIN AFTER THE ROMANS: A HISTORY, 367-664 FLINT F JOHNSON October, pb, £33.50, 9780786495221 This title weaves historical documents, legends, archaeology, and literature into a coherent and understandable history.
NIAS PRESS
NIAS REFERENCE LIBRARY SERIES ROBERT CRIBB July, 97887769410
The series presents works from experts in their fields, often using multi-authored volumes to provide comprehensive and specific advice. NEW ATLAS OF INDONESIAN HISTORY hb, £50, 24 NEW ATLAST OF INDONESIAN HISTORY pb, £17.99, 31
GOVERNANCE IN ASIA SERIES LUKE SULLIVAN MICHAEL July, 97887769418 The series will explore the problem of governance from an Asian perspective. CAMBODIA VOTES: DEMOCRACY, AUTHORITY AND INTERNATIONAL SUPPORT FOR ELECTIONS 1993-2013 hb, £60, 64 CAMBODIA VOTES: DEMOCRACY, AUTHORITY AND INTERNATIONAL SUPPORT FOR ELECTIONS 1993-2013 pb, £18.99, 71
NIAS STUDIES IN ASIAN TOPICS SERIES MANDY SADAN ED July, 97887769418 This series presents edited volumes that showcase innovative research within the social sciences and history. THE WAR AND PEACE IN THE BORDERLANDS OF MYANMAR: THE KACHIN CEASEFIRE, 1994-2011 hb, £65, 88 WAR AND PEACE IN THE BORDERLANDS OF MYANMAR: THE KACHIN CEASEFIRE, 1994-2011 pb, £25, 95
NIAS MONOGRAPHS SERIES SOUCHOU YAO July, 97887769419 This series presents innovative research monographs about any part of Asia but the emphasis is on East and Southeast Asia. THE MALAYAN EMERGENCY: ESSAYS ON A SMALL, DISTANT WAR hb, £50, 01 THE MALAYAN EMERGENCY: ESSAYS ON A SMALL, DISTANT WAR pb, £16.99, 18
OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS
TWELVE VOICES FROM GREECE AND ROME: ANCIENT IDEAS FOR MODERN TIMES
CHRISTOPHER PELLING; MARIA WYKE October, pb, £12.99, 9780198768036 Twelve of the greatest voices from ancient Greece and Rome and why they inspire us.
HOW TO READ A LATIN POEM: IF YOU CAN’T READ LATIN YET WILLIAM FITZGERALD August, pb, £12.99, 9780198788126 Fitzgerald guides the reader through samples of Latin poetry and explains how the language works. E
THE INVISIBLE HAND? HOW MARKET ECONOMIES HAVE EMERGED AND DECLINED SINCE AD 500 BAS VAN BAVEL July, hb, £35, 9780199608133 Bavel offers a panoramic view of over 1,000 years of history on market economies. E
HARMFUL AND UNDESIRABLE: BOOK CENSORSHIP IN NAZI GERMANY GUENTER LEWY July, hb, £19.99, 9780190275280 The first English-language study of book censorship in Nazi Germany. E
GOVERNING HIBERNIA: BRITISH POLITICIANS AND IRELAND 1800-1921 K THEODORE HOPPEN August, hb, £35, 9780198207436 First book to examine how British ministers and politicians tried to govern Ireland throughout (1800- 1921). E
UNAPPROVED ROUTES: HISTORIES OF THE IRISH BORDER, 1922-1972 PETER LEARY August, hb, £25, 9780198778578 Leary uses histories of the Foyle Fisheries to explore how people experienced the Irish border. E
EINSTEIN AND TWENTIETH-CENTURY POLITICS: ‘A SALUTARY MORAL INFLUENCE’ RICHARD CROCKATT October, hb, £25, 9780198785491 The first comprehensive study of Albert Einstein’s political views. E
SEVEN LIVES FROM MASS OBSERVATION: BRITAIN IN
THE LATE TWENTIETH CENTURY JAMES HINTON October, hb, £25, 9780198787136
Hinton explores how seven people reacted to the changing society after the war years. E
THE GREATER WAR SERIES ASIA AND THE GREAT WAR: A SHARED HISTORY GUOQI XU November, hb, £35, 9780199658190 The Great War has a greater chronological dimension but also a greater territorial reach. E
PALGRAVE MACMILLAN
EUROPE’S INFRASTRUCTURE TRANSITION: ECONOMY, WAR, NATURE ARNE KAIJSER September, pb, £18.99, 9780230308008 This collection unravels the simultaneous historical shaping of infrastructure, common vulnerabilities, and Europe. E
PENGUIN BOOKS
THE VIKINGS ELSE ROESDAHL September, pb, £10.99, 9780141983288
A new and updated edition of this authoritative work on Viking history.
THE INVENTION OF SCIENCE: A NEW HISTORY OF THE SCIENTIFIC REVOLUTION DAVID WOOTTON September, pb, £12.99, 9780141040837 The history of the Scientific Revolution by one of the UK’s leading intellectual historians.
PENGUIN CLASSICS
THE PENGUIN BOOK OF THE UNDEAD October, pb, £11.99, 9780143107682
The dead live again in this haunting compendium of ghostly visitations through the ages.
WRITINGS FROM ANCIENT EGYPT TOBY WILKINSON August, pb, £10.99, 9780141395951 The essential writings of ancient Egypt, from songs to stories, newly translated.
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