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GREG ROBINSON November, hb, £32, 9781607324287 Greg Robinson offers a collection of biographical portraits of extraordinary but unheralded figures in Japanese American history. E
THE MAN WHO THOUGHT HE OWNED WATER: ON THE BRINK WITH AMERICAN FARMS, CITIES, AND FOOD TERSHIA D’ELGIN October, pb, £21, 9781607324959 Tershia d’Elgin’s take on the gravest challenge of our time–how to support urbanisation without killing ourselves in the process. E
AS PRECIOUS AS BLOOD: THE WESTERN SLOPE IN COLORADO’S WATER WARS, 1900 1970 STEVEN C. SCHULTE December, hb, £29, 9781607324997
Examines the water wars between the Eastern and Western slopes of Colorado. E
UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY PRESS
DEFENDER: THE LIFE OF DANIEL H. WELLS QUENTIN THOMAS WELLS December, hb, £35, 9781607325468 The only scholarly biography of Daniel H Wells, the 19th- century Mormon leader. E
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MODERNISM IN THE STREETS: A LIFE AND TIMES IN ESSAYS MARSHALL BERMAN November, hb, £16.99, 9781784784980 Essays tracing the intellectual life of a quintessential New York City writer and thinker. E
VICTORIA COUNTY HISTORY OF THE COUNTIES OF ENGLAND
A HISTORY OF THE COUNTY OF OXFORD V. 17, PT. 4 BROADWELL, LANGFORD AND KELMSCOTT: BRAMPTON HUNDRED SIMON TOWNLEY ED
August, hb, £95, 9781904356400 Authoritative account of villages on the edge of the Chilterns, including the settlement of Ewelme.
A HISTORY OF THE COUNTY OF GLOUCESTER XIII THE VALE OF GLOUCESTER JOHN CHANDLER; A R J JURICA EDS
July, hb, £95, 9781904356462 The latest VCH volume describes the agrarian history and industrial activity of 13 ancient parishes.
VIKING
A CHRISTMAS CORNUCOPIA: THE HIDDEN
STORIES BEHIND OUR YULETIDE TRADITIONS MARK FORSYTH November, hb, £9.99, 9780241267738 The unpredictable origins and etymologies of our cracking Christmas customs.
YALE UNIVERSITY PRESS
COFFEE, TEA, AND CHOCOLATE: CONSUMING THE WORLD YAO-FEN YOU November, pbo, £16.99, 9780300222500 Coffee, Tea, and Chocolate: Consuming the World tells the story of coffee, tea and chocolate in Enlightenment Europe through their associated vessels.
SOCIAL
ACADEMIC HISTORY
ALLEN LANE
A HISTORY OF ANCIENT EGYPT, VOLUME 2: FROM THE GREAT PYRAMID TO THE FALL OF THE MIDDLE KINGDOM JOHN ROMER November, hb, £30, 9781846143793
A definitive, multi-volume history of the world’s first known state.
ASHMOLEAN MUSEUM
MOUNTAINS AND LOWLANDS: ANCIENT IRAN AND MESOPOTAMIA PAUL COLLINS October, pb, £15, 9781910807088 Engaging exploration of the roots of the modern world.
BHATKAL & SEN
PASSAGE TO BONDAGE: LABOUR IN ASSAM’S TEA
98 | Autumn 2016
PLANTATIONS SAMITA SEN ED July, hb, £70, 9789381345184 hard-hitting analysis of
slavery-like conditions in tea plantations through translations of protest literature.
BLOOMSBURY ACADEMIC
CLASSICAL WORLD SERIES October, pb, £14.99 each, 978147423
Short primers to the history, institutions, literature, art and values of the Classical world. THE PLAYS OF AESCHYLUS A F GARVIE 2nd edn, 3279 E THE PLAYS OF SOPHOCLES A F GARVIE 2nd edn, 3354 E THE PLAYS OF EURIPIDES JAMES MORWOOD 2nd edn, 3590 E GREEK TRAGEDY: THEMES AND CONTEXTS LAURA SWIFT 6836 E
THE WORLD SINCE 1945: AN INTERNATIONAL HISTORY P M H BELL; MARK GILBERT November, 2nd edn, pb, £24.99, 9781472524751
A survey of international affairs from 1945 to the present. E
AMATORY PLEASURES: EXPLORATIONS IN EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY SEXUAL CULTURE JULIE PEAKMAN October, pb, £19.99, 9781474226448 A collection of writings on the history of sexuality brought together by a leading historian. E
ADVENTURES OF A POSTMODERN HISTORIAN: LIVING AND WRITING THE PAST ROBERT A ROSENSTONE September, pb, £19.99, 9781474274227 A revealing account of a prominent historian’s offbeat research journeys through the 20th century. E
THE LOST PLAYS OF GREEK TRAGEDY (VOLUME 1): NEGLECTED AUTHORS MATTHEW WRIGHT November, pb, £19.99, 9781472567758 The Lost Plays of Greek Tragedy brings together the latest research into the lost tragedies of lesser known playwrights. E
WORLD HISTORIES FROM BELOW: DISRUPTION AND DISSENT, 1750 TO THE PRESENT ANTOINETTE BURTON ED September, pb, £22.99, 9781472587633 World history with “ordinary” people at the heart of its analysis, rather than the privileged. E
COLUMBUS AND HIS FIRST VOYAGE: A HISTORY IN DOCUMENTS JAMES E WADSWORTH ED October, pb, £16.99, 9781474276825
Brings together Columbus’ own accounts with the testimonies of the men who sailed with him. E
HISTORY BY NUMBERS: AN INTRODUCTION TO QUANTITATIVE APPROACHES PAT HUDSON; MINA ISHIZU November, 2nd edn, pb, £22.99, 9781849665377 The only textbook on quantitative methods suitable for history students. E
MODERN GREECE: FROM THE WAR OF INDEPENDENCE TO THE PRESENT THOMAS W GALLANT
August, 2nd edn, pb, £19.99, 9781472567567 The social and political history of Greece from the 19th century to today. E
HOUSEHOLD MEDICINE IN SEVENTEENTH-CENTURY ENGLAND ANNE STOBART September, pb, £19.99, 9781472580344
An exploration of how health and illness were managed on a day-to-day basis. E
BODLEIAN LIBRARY
THE ORMESBY PSALTER: PATRONS AND ARTISTS IN MEDIEVAL EAST ANGLIA FREDERICA C E LAW- TURNER November, hb, £30, 9781851243105
Casts new light on the history of this magnificent medieval manuscript.
BROOKINGS INSTITUTION PRESS
THE SOVIET MIND: RUSSIAN CULTURE UNDER COMMUNISM ISAIAH BERLIN August, pb, £21.95, 9780815728870
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