American History / British And Irish History
History of Native American Peoples NEW IN PAPERBACK
Sharks upon the Land Colonialism, Indigenous Health, and Culture in Hawai’i, 1778–1855 Seth Archer | Utah State University
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This book is for readers interested in Indigenous responses to European and American colonialism. The study illuminates Hawaiian cultural change - in Native religion, medicine, and gender - amid the incursion of Western diseases and their side effects, including infertility, infant mortality, and chronic ill health. • Proposes a new model for understanding colonialism in indigenous society - the overlap of colonialism, health, and culture • Provides a useful case study for health in the Native American and Pacific past, with findings that can be tested and applied to other cases • Makes Native voices central in the narrative, providing unique native viewpoints on colonialism, health, and cultural change • Adds indigenous health as a crucial factor in the transformation (and eventual US occupation) of Hawai’i Studies in North American Indian History 301pp January 2020 9781316626603 Paperback GBP 22.99 / USD 29.99 April 2018 9781107174566 Hardback GBP 34.99 / USD 49.99 eISBN 9781316795934
British and Irish History 20C History of Britain Amnesty International and Human Rights Activism in Postwar Britain, 1945–1977 Tom Buchanan | University of Oxford
Tom Buchanan traces the development of the human rights movement in post-war Britain, examining its origins as a coalition of activists, the birth of Amnesty International in 1961 up to Amnesty’s receipt of the Nobel Peace Prize in 1977, and how these activists were able to effect major changes in public and political attitudes. • Contains the broadest survey of human rights activism to date, allowing for greater insight into the careers of individual activists and the interconnections between different campaigns • Sheds new light on the development of human rights activism over time and how groups such as Amnesty International were able to emerge from a wider activist milieu • Highlights how events in post-war Britain were crucial in influencing the future development of human rights activism Human Rights in History 358pp April 2020 9781107127517 Hardback GBP 64.99 / USD 84.99 April 2020 9781107566552 Paperback GBP 21.99 / USD 28.99 eISBN 9781316422397
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Civil Liberties and Human Rights in TwentiethCentury Britain Chris Moores | University of Birmingham
A history of civil liberties activism in twentiethcentury Britain, focusing primarily on the National Council for Civil Liberties (NCCL). This study traces the NCCL’s development over the past eighty years. It accounts for the emergence of human rights in political discourse and offers insights into Britain’s changing political culture. • Presents a new history of civil liberties activism in the United Kingdom • Offers a longitudinal analysis of the National Council for Civil Liberties • Places the emergence of human rights on a global scale within a British context 346pp 2 b/w illus. 2 tables April 2020 9781107459700 Paperback GBP 24.99 / USD 32.99 February 2017 9781107088610 Hardback GBP 78.99 / USD 105 eISBN 9781316105085
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Dublin’s Great Wars The First World War, the Easter Rising and the Irish Revolution Richard S. Grayson | Goldsmiths, University of London
The first integrated history of the Dubliners who served in the British military and in republican forces during the First World War and Irish Revolution. Richard S. Grayson reveals the importance of First World War experiences to the Easter Rising as well as to the War of Independence and the Civil War. • The first study of Dubliners’ military service in the First World War • Puts a strong focus on the British army veterans who joined the IRA • Highlights the lost narrative of Dublin loyalism through the history of the 36th (Ulster) Division 484pp 27 b/w illus. 13 maps 26 tables October 2020 9781108930628 Paperback GBP 14.99 / USD 19.95 August 2018 9781107029255 Hardback GBP 20.00 / USD 34.95 eISBN 9781139248877
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Feminism and the Servant Problem Class and Domestic Labour in the Women’s Suffrage Movement Laura Schwartz | University of Warwick
With this first history of suffrage to look at contributions by domestic servants, Laura Schwartz brings a feminist perspective to labour history. Feminism and the Servant Problem offers a new understanding of the class politics of the suffrage movement, and challenges traditional notions of who made up the British working class. • The first history of suffrage that looks at the contributions of domestic servants and that movement’s debates on the ‘servant problem’ • Will appeal to readers interested in ‘history from below’, placing primary importance on servants’ voices and perspectives • Brings a feminist perspective to labour history, offering a welcome alternative to labour movement histories that focus on men 245pp June 2020 9781108457743 Paperback GBP 22.99 / USD 31.99 July 2019 9781108471336 Hardback GBP 75 / USD 99.99 eISBN 9781108603263
