ACADEMIC HISTORY
Michael C Mentel 2nd March, pb, £55, 9781476693958 Using declassified British documents, Mentel looks at the history of the 1981 Irish prison strike and its impact on the Thatcher government.
McGill-Queen’s University Press
Art, Medicine, and Femininity Hannah Halliwell 15th February, hb, eb, £65, 9780228019909 The visual culture of drug addiction related to social issues of Third Republic France. Investigates the history of addiction and substance use and its intersection with art and gender.
Early Modern Naval Health Care in England, 1650–1750 Matthew Neufield 15th March, pb, eb, £26.99, 9780228020592 Tracing the emergence of organised health care for Royal Navy seamen during the Age of Sail, from 1650 to 1750, and the relationship between naval officials and ordinary people.
Friendless or Forsaken?: Child Emigration From Britain to Canada, 1860–1935 Charlotte Wildman, Ruth Lamont, Eloise Moss 15th July, pb, eb, £29.50, 9780228021285 The story of child emigration agencies operating in north-west England and the lives of children who were forcibly sent to Canada.
Melville House
Devil’s Contract: A History of the Faustian Bargain Ed Simon 11th July, hb, eb, £25.99, 9781685891046 Fascinating and accessi- ble guide to the Faustian bargain throughout the ages. Written in a lively and engaging style.
Oxford University Pres
The Eastern International: Arabs, Central Asians, and Jews in the Soviet Union’s Anticolonial Empire Masha Kirasirova 19th March, pb, eb, £19.99, 9780197685709 Traces how the concept “east” (Vostok) was used by the world’s first communist state and its mediators to project,
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channe, and contest power across Eurasia.
Socialism Goes Global James Mark, Paul Betts 1st February, pb, eb, £24.99, 9780198904113 History of the relationship between Eastern Europe and the decolonising world focuses on how socialism drew together what contemporaries called the Second and Third Worlds.
By the Numbers Jessica Marie Otis 12th February, pb, eb, £18.99, 9780197608784 Focuses the transformation of popular numerical practices in early modern England and explores the material culture of popular numeracy, including how and why people began to use Arabic numerals.
The Age of Coal Franz-Josef Brüggemeier, Ruth Martin Martin 7th March, hb, eb, £35, 9780192896933
Describes the enormous contribution of coal to the history of Europe over the last 250 years and how it helped to transform the way we live.
The Oxford Handbook of Modern Egyptian History Beth Baron (ed), Jeffrey Culang (ed) 26th March, hb, eb, £115, 9780190072742 Eessays rethink the modern history of one of the most important and influential countries in the Middle East.
Making Makers Michael PM Finch 11th April, hb, eb, £90, 9780192867124 Comprehensive history of a seminal work of scholarship in war and strategy, Makers of Modern Strategy, which was made and remade across the 20th century.
The First Amerasians Yuri W Doolan 14th April, pb, eb, £18.99, 9780197534397 How Americans created the concept of the Amerasian to remove mixed-race children from their Korean mothers in South Korea to adoptive American homes during the 1950s and ’60s.
Between Prophecy and Apocalypse Matthew Gabriele 2nd May, hb, eb, £35, 9780199642557 By investigating the long lines of intellectual traditions back into Late
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Antiquity, this book explains the transition from early to later European Middle Ages and how ideas can move history.
Princeton University Press
Polis
John Ma 30th July, hb, eb, £42, 9780691155388 Definitive history of the origins, evolution and scope of the ancient Greek city-state.
Leon Battista Alberti Martin McLaughlin 18th June, hb, eb, £30, 9780691174723 The first book in English to examine Alberti’s major literary works in Latin and Italian, which were often overshadowed by his achievements in architecture.
The Holy Alliance Isaac Nakhimovsky 23rd July, hb, eb, £35, 9780691195193 Major account of the post-Napoleonic Holy Alliance and the promise it held for liberals.
Power and Possession in the Russian Revolution Anne O’Donnell 12th March, hb, eb, £35, 9780691205540 Reframes the Bolsheviks’ unprecedented attempts to abolish private property after the revolutions of 1917.
Strangers Within: The Rise and Fall of the New Christian Trading Elite Francisco Bethencourt 21st May, hb, eb, £38, 9780691209913 Comprehensive study of the New Christian elite of Jewish origin, prominent traders, merchants, bankers and men of letters, between the 15th and 18th centuries.
The Insiders’ Game Elizabeth N Saunders 26th March, pb, eb, £25, 9780691215808 How elites shape the use of force in American foreign policy.
A History of the Muslim World Michael A Cook 7th May, hb, eb, £35, 9780691236575 Panoramic history of the Muslim world from the age of the Prophet Muhammad to the the dawn of the modern era.
The Empire of Climate David N Livingstone 11th June, hb, eb, £32,
9780691236704 How the spectre of climate has been used to explain history since antiquity.
When the Bombs Stopped: The Legacy of War in Rural Cambodia Erin Lin 21st May, pb, eb, £25, 9780691255958 How undetonated bombs from a war that ended more than 50 years ago still affect Cambodian farmers and their land.
Denmark Vesey’s Bible Jeremy Schipper 12th March, pb, eb, £15.99, 9780691259314 Provocative account of the Bible’s role in one of the most consequential episodes in the history of slavery.
riverrun
Columbine Dave Cullen 25th April, pb, eb, £16.99, 9781787477094 Classic account of the Columbine school killings and its shocking aftermath. Now more relevant than ever.
Scala Arts & Heritage
St Catharine’s College, Cambridge: A History 12th February, pb, £12.95, 9781785514784 Chronicle marks the college’s 550th anniversary, charting its rise from one of the university’s smallest colleges to a vibrant academic community.
University of Chicago Press
Enlightenment Biopolitics: A History of Race, Eugenics, and the Making of Citizens William Max Nelson 6th May, pb, eb, £28, 9780226825588 Traces the birth of biopolitics in Enlightenment thought and its aftermath.
In the Shadow of Diagnosis: Psychiatric Power and Queer Life Regina Kunzel 1st April, pb, eb, £22, 9780226831855 Explores the encounter between psychiatry and queer and gender-variant people in mid- to late- 20th-century United States.
An Artificial History of Natural Intelligence David W Bates 5th April, hb, eb, £36,
9780226832104 Reading varied thinkers, from Descartes to Kant to Turing, a history of human intelligence that argues that we know ourselves by knowing our machines.
The Enlightenment and Original Sin Matthew Kadane 24th May, pb, eb, £24, 9780226832890 Microhistory argues for centrality of the doctrine of original sin to the Enlightenment. Explores wide-ranging themes through the story of 18h-century British purser and wine merchant Pentecost Barker.
University of Pittsburgh Press
A Spaceship for All Amy Paige Kaminski 7th May, hb, £54, 9780822947660 Underscoring the successes and challenges endured in the process, Kaminski shares the story of how the space shuttle became an American technological icon.
University of Wales Press
An Unfolding Vision: The University of Wales Trinity Saint David 1822-2022 John Morgan-Guy 15th April, hb, eb, £16.99, 9781786839046 Contains 18 short essays on aspects of the history of what began life in 1822 as St David’s College, Lampeter.
SERIES
Studies in Welsh History pb, wb, £24.99, 9781837720 Volumes include research on the political, social and economic history of the country. The Conservative Party in Wales, 1945-1997 Sam Blaxland 15th April, vol 35 811 Gentility in Early Modern Wales: The Salesbury Family, 1450–1720 Sadie Jarrett 15th February, vol 34 965
Postcolonial Spain Helena Miguélez- Carballeira (ed) 15th April, hb, eb, £75, 9781837721054 A new paradigm for understanding national conflict in Spain and the way it manifests in contemporary culture.
The Theology of Griffith Jones and Religious Thought in Eighteenth Century Wales
John Harding 15th February, pb, eb, £24.99, 9781837721146 Discusses Joness High Church ministry and theology, which developed into mass evangelism in Wales.
Griffith Evans 1835-1935 Gavin Gatehouse 15th May, pb, eb, £16.99, 9781837721238 Biography celebrates Evans’s contribution to the understanding of animal parasitology and disease and chronicles the long and productive life of this remarkable Welshman.
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