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PLUTO PRESS
OUT OF PLACE, OUT OF TIME: REFUGEES, RIGHTS AND THE (RE)MAKING OF PALESTINE/ISRAEL SUSAN M AKRAM; TERRY REMPEL August, pb, £19.99, 9780745334448 Exposes the shocking reach of the Palestinian refugee crisis within a legal and political framework. E
HEZBOLLAH: THE POLITICAL ECONOMY OF THE PARTY OF GOD JOSEPH DAHER October, pb, £18.99, 9780745336893
Examines the political and socio-econominc nature of Hezbollah in Lebanon and in the wider region. E
PRINCETON UNIVERSITY PRESS
SCURVY: THE DISEASE OF DISCOVERY JONATHAN LAMB December, hb, £24.95, 9780691147826
A major intellectual history of scurvy in the 18th century. E
KEEP THE DAMNED WOMEN OUT: THE STRUGGLE FOR COEDUCATION NANCY WEISS MALKIEL October, hb, £24.95, 9780691172996 A major new history of how elite schools in America and Britain finally went coed.
SCALA ARTS AND HERITAGE
MATHEMATICS: HOW IT SHAPED OUR WORLD DAVID ROONEY December, pb, £40, 9781785510397 Mathematics offers a vivid vision of the people behind 400 years of mathematical practice.
GARDENS: THE CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF ART MARY HOERNER; JEFFREY STREAN September, pb, £19.95, 9781785510502
The gardens of the illustrious Cleveland Museum of Art are brought to life.
THE ROYAL ALBERT HALL: OFFICIAL SOUVENIR GUIDE SCALA PUBLISHERS
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September, pb, £7.95, 9781785510700 A beautifully illustrated companion to the world’s most famous stage.
THE NATIONAL GALLERY OF IRELAND: ESSENTIAL GUIDE NIAMH MACNALLY October, pb, £19.95, 9781857599992 Concise commentaries and accompanying quality reproductions of the gallery’s most prominent and popular artworks.
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BRITISH MISCALCULATIONS: THE RISE OF MUSLIM NATIONALISM, 1918-1925 ISAIAH FRIEDMAN July, pb, £34.50, 9781412863001 This detailed account describes British indecisiveness, policy contradictions, and how militant nationalism was aggravated.
UCL PRESS
FOUR HISTORIES ABOUT EARLY DUTCH FOOTBALL: CONSTRUCTING DISCOURSES NICK PIERCEY October, hb/pb/e-book, £35/£15/£5.99,
9781910634776/783/806 Absorbing new account of Dutch football in the early twentieth century. E
UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO PRESS
THE POLITICAL ORCHESTRA: THE VIENNA AND BERLIN PHILHARMONICS DURING THE THIRD REICH FRITZ TRUMPI; KENNETH KRONENBERG TR November, hb, £35, 9780226251394
Insight into the orchestras’ place in the larger political constellation. E
CONTESTING MEDICAL CONFIDENTIALITY: ORIGINS OF THE DEBATE IN THE UNITED STATES, BRITAIN, AND GERMANY ANDREAS-HOLGER MAEHLE November, hb, £28, 9780226404820 History of medical secrecy and demands of disclosure in the name of public health. E
MAKING JET ENGINES IN WORLD WAR II: BRITAIN, GERMANY, AND THE UNITED STATES HERMIONE GIFFARD November, hb, £31.50, 9780226388595 Using jet engines as case study, offers different way of understanding technological innovation. E
OSCAR WILDE PREFIGURED: QUEER FASHIONING AND THE BRITISH CARICATURE, 1750-1900 DOMINIC JANES November, hb, £28, 9780226358642
Examines how same-sex desires could be signaled through visual display in Georgian and Victorian Britain. E
UNIVERSITY OF HERTFORDSHIRE PRESS
FARMERS, CONSUMERS, INNOVATORS: THE WORLD OF JOAN THIRSK RICHARD JONES; CHRISTOPHER DYER EDS September, pb, £16.99, 9781909291560 New research inspired by Joan Thirsk, leading English agrarian historian of the late 20th century. E
VERSO BOOKS
THE LOST WORLD OF BRITISH COMMUNISM RAPHAEL SAMUEL November, pb, £12.99, 9781784780418 A fascinating account of life as a member of the Communist Party of Great Britain. E
THE SOVIET CENTURY MOSHE LEWIN September, pb, £12.99, 9781784780661 On the centenary of the Russian Revolution, a classic history of the Soviet era. E
THE COMPLETE WORKS OF ROSA LUXEMBURG: ECONOMIC WRITINGS VOL. II ROSA LUXEMBURG August, pb, £29.95, 9781784783921 Rosa Luxemburg’s theoretical masterpiece. E
REVOLUTIONARY YIDDISHLAND: A HISTORY OF JEWISH RADICALISM ALAIN BROSSAT September, hb, £16.99, 9781784786069
Recovering the history of the revolutionary Jewish tradition. E
THE EXPERIENCE OF DEFEAT: MILTON AND SOME CONTEMPORARIES CHRISTOPHER HILL November, pb, £14.99, 9781784786694
What lessons can we learn from the defeat of the 17th-century English revolution? E
TURBULENT, SEDITIOUS AND FACTIOUS PEOPLE: JOHN BUNYAN AND HIS CHURCH, 1628-88 CHRISTOPHER HILL November, pb, £14.99, 9781784786861 Who was the author of Pilgrim’s Progress, one of the most influential books ever written? E
YALE UNIVERSITY PRESS
YALE ENGLISH MONARCHS SERIES WILLIAM THE CONQUEROR DAVID BATES November, hb, £30, 9780300118759 Harnessing the latest research, leading historians scrutinise the lives of the English monarchs. E
ÆTHELRED: THE UNREADY LEVI ROACH September, hb, £30, 9780300196290
A much-needed reassessment of this infamous English monarch. E
THE RISE OF THOMAS CROMWELL: POWER AND POLITICS IN THE REIGN OF HENRY VIII, 1485-1534 MICHAEL EVERETT September, pb, £12.99, 9780300223514 Challenges what has been understood about Cromwell’s early political career and rise to power. E
THE LOST WORLD OF BYZANTIUM JONATHAN HARRIS September, pb, £12.99, 9780300223538 A fresh, concise and accessible history of one of the medieval world’s greatest empires. E
THE FIRST CIRCUMNAVIGATORS: UNSUNG HEROES OF THE AGE OF DISCOVERY HARRY KELSEY August, hb, £25, 9780300217780
Focuses on the hitherto unknown crews of the 16th-century Spanish expeditions to circumnavigate the globe. E
POSSESSION: THE CURIOUS HISTORY OF PRIVATE COLLECTORS FROM ANTIQUITY TO THE PRESENT ERIN THOMPSON July, hb, £20, 9780300208528 Explores the dark history at the heart of many private art collections and renowned museums. E
THE SPARTAN REGIME: ITS CHARACTER, ORIGINS, AND GRAND STRATEGY PAUL A RAHE November, hb, £25, 9780300219012
An authoritative, refreshingly original study of the government and culture of ancient Sparta. E
SCORCHED EARTH: STALIN’S REIGN OF TERROR JÖRG BABEROWSKI August, hb, £25, 9780300136982 Baberowski’s unremitting indictment of Stalinism encompasses Stalin’s brutal reign from 1929- 1953. E
AMERICAN COLONIAL HISTORY: CLASHING CULTURES AND FAITHS THOMAS S KIDD July, pb, £12.99, 9780300187328 An accessible, engaging introduction to the American colonial era, interweaving primary sources with narrative. E
PORTRAIT OF A WOMAN IN SILK: HIDDEN HISTORIES OF THE BRITISH ATLANTIC WORLD ZARA ANISHANSLIN August, hb, £30, 9780300197051 Focuses on a silk dress to explore the cultural history of the 18th-century Atlantic world. E
BETWEEN TRUTH AND TIME: A HISTORY OF SOVIET CENTRAL TELEVISION CHRISTINE ELAINE EVANS October, pb, £25, 9780300208436 The first full-length, archive-based history of Soviet Central Television’s production and programming before perestroika. E
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