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february 2010
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Essential Titles in History Forthcoming and new titles Recommended and award winning titles Print and electronic title availability
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March 2010 Middle East Studies April 2010 Psychology May 2010 Reference June 2010 Healthcare July/August 2010 Chemistry
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BERG publishers
A Cultural History of Childhood and Family 6 Vol. Set
coming soon
Edited by Elizabeth Foyster and James Marten
Well illustrated, the full six volume set combines to present the most authoritative and comprehensive survey available on family and childhood through history, charting the cultural, social, economic, religious, medical and political changes in domestic life.
Berg Publishers / A & C Black Publishers Ltd, June 2010 HB
9781845208264
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A Cultural History of the Human Body 6 Vol. Set Edited by William Bynum and Linda Kalof coming soon
An authoritative survey from ancient times to the present. This set of six volumes covers 2800 years of the human body as a physical, social, spiritual and cultural object covering Antiquity, the Middle Ages, the Renaissance, the Enlightenment, the Age of Empire and the Modern Age.
Berg Publishers / A & C Black Publishers Ltd, June 2010 HB
9781845204952
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boydell & brewer ltd
A History of the Early and Late Medieval Siege 2 Vol. Set (also available separately) coming soon
Peter Purton
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Beginning in 450 and ending in 1500, this magisterial survey examines all aspects of siege warfare and traces developments through time and across continents.
The Boydell Press / Boydell & Brewer Ltd, March 2010 HB 9781843834502
£100.00
february 2010
brepols publishers
Illuminated Manuscripts in Cambridge
NEW series
A Catalogue of Western Book Illumination in the Fitzwilliam Museum and Cambridge Colleges. Part 1, Vol.1 2 Vol. Set Edited by Nigel Morgan and Stella Panayotova
This publication is the first to appear in a major new series of catalogues covering Western medieval illuminated manuscripts in Cambridge. The present two-volume catalogue deals with the early manuscripts produced in the Frankish Kingdoms, Northern Netherlands, Germany, Bohemia, Hungary and Austria.
Harvey Miller Publishers / Brepols Publishers, July 2009 HB 9781905375479
€ 200.00 Illuminated Manuscripts in Cambridge
brill academic publishers
British and Irish Emigrants and Exiles in Europe, 1603-1688 Edited by David Worthington
The first full-length comparison of Scottish, Irish, English and Welsh migration within Europe in the early modern period.
Brill Academic Publishers, January 2010 HB 9789004180086
€ 126.00 The Northern World, 47
The Cold War in Asia The Battle for Hearts and Minds Edited by Zheng Yangwen, Hong Liu, and Michael Szonyi
This volume argues that attention to what were conventionally considered peripheral regions is essential to a full understanding of the global Cold War.
Brill Academic Publishers, February 2010 HB 9789004175372
€ 97.00 Chinese Overseas
Copernicus and the Aristotelian Tradition Education, Reading, and Philosophy in Copernicus’s Path to Heliocentrism André Goddu
East and West of Zagros Travel, War and Politics in Persia and Iraq, 1913-1921
Drawing on a half century of scholarship, of Polish studies of Copernicus and Cracow University, and of Copernicus’s sources, this book offers a comprehensive re-evaluation of Copernicus’s achievement.
A Consular Officer in Bushire, serving in Mesopotamia and Luristan during World War I, Edmonds was sent to Qazvin after the war.
C.J. Edmonds Edited and with an introduction by Yann Richard
The Elements of Representation in Hobbes Aesthetics, Theatre, Law, and Theology in the Construction of Hobbes’s Theory of the State
In cooperation with the Netherlands Institute for War Documentation Edited by Peter Post et al.
history
HB 9789004181076
€ 129.00 History of Science and Medicine Library, 15
Brill Academic Publishers, October 2009 HB 9789004173446
€ 139.00 Iran Studies, 4
A powerful and comprehensive rereading of Hobbes’s theory of representation, reinstating it in a wider pattern of Hobbes’s theorizing human thought and action.
Brill Academic Publishers, December 2009 HB 9789004181748
€ 99.00 Studies in the History of Political Thought, 2
Mónica Brito Vieira
The Encyclopedia of Indonesia in the Pacific War
Brill Academic Publishers, February 2010
The title presents a well-balanced view on the political, socio-economic and cultural developments in Indonesia in and around the complex period of the Second World War.
Brill Academic Publishers, December 2009 HB 9789004168664
€ 145.00 Handbook of Oriental Studies. Section 3: Southeast Asia, 19
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brill academic publishers
Free Access to the Past Romanticism, Cultural Heritage and the Nation Edited by Lotte Jensen, Joep Leerssen, and Marita Mathijsen
Grappling with the Beast Indigenous Southern African Responses to Colonialism, 1840-1930 Edited by Peter Limb, Norman Etherington and Peter Midgley
The Great Ocean of Knowledge The Influence of Travel Literature on the Work of John Locke Ann Talbot
Inventing Luxembourg Representations of the Past, Space and Language from the Nineteenth to the Twenty-First Century
NEW series
Ranging across different countries and cultural domains (museums, opera, literature, history-writing), this collection explores the romantichistoricist complexities at the root of the modern nation-state.
This volume contributes rich, new material to provide insights into indigenous responses to the colonial empires of Great Britain and Germany (Namibia).
Melanchthonian Scholarship between Universal History and Pedagogy
This book explores the way in which the philosopher John Locke (16321704) used travellers’ reports to develop a form of comparative social anthropology.
The grand duchy of Luxembourg is an example for the constructed nature of national identities. This book explores this construction process from the nineteenth to the twenty-first century.
This book probes attitudes towards Greek antiquity by Lutheran humanists, posited in their sixteenth century context.
Multidisciplinary Approaches coming soon
An overview of the state of the art in disciplines that study the ‘deep past’ and shows how historians and social scientists can profit from their insights.
An Advanced Political History of Tibet 2 Vol.Set Tsepon Wangchuk Deden Shakabpa. Translated and annotated by Derek F. Maher
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Brill Academic Publishers, February 2010 HB 9789004178779
€ 119.00
Brill Academic Publishers, January 2010 HB 9789004181151
€ 99.00 Brill’s Studies in Intellectual History, 184
Brill Academic Publishers, March 2010 HB 9789004181762
€ 99.00 National Cultivation of Culture, 1
Brill Academic Publishers, October 2009 HB 9789004179653
€ 99.00
Brill Academic Publishers, March 2010 HB 9789004180314
€ 99.00 Studies in Global Social History, 3
Edited by Jan Lucassen, Leo Lucassen and Patrick Manning
One Hundred Thousand Moons
National Cultivation of Culture, 2
Brill’s Studies in Intellectual History, 183
Asaph Ben-Tov
Migration History in World History
HB 9789004180291
€ 99.00
European Expansion and Indigenous Response, 6
Pit Péporté et al.
Lutheran Humanists and Greek Antiquity
Brill Academic Publishers, February 2010
A sustained argument for Tibetan independence, this volume also serves as an introduction to many aspects of Tibetan culture, society, and especially religion.
Brill Academic Publishers, October 2009 HB 9789004177321
€ 269.00 Brill’s Tibetan Studies Library, 23
february 2010
brill academic publishers
On Medieval Manuscript Production in the Latin West Explorations with a Global Database coming soon
Early Medieval Centres as Social and Economic Systems
Brill Academic Publishers, August 2010 HB 9789004175198
€ 149.00 Global Economic History Series, 6
Eltjo Buringh
The Rise of Medieval Towns and States in East Central Europe
coming soon
Drawing on statistical techniques and samples this book offers an estimate of medieval production rates of manuscripts in the Latin West.
A contribution to the understanding of the transformations that took place across Europe during the second half of the first millennium.
Brill Academic Publishers, June 2010 HB 9789004182080
€ 174.00 East Central and Eastern Europe in the Middle Ages, 450-1450, 10
Jiří Macháček. Translated by Miloš Bartoň.
burke’s peerage & gentry ltd
Burke’s Peerage & Gentry Royal Families of Europe William Bortrick coming soon
A unique and comprehensive dictionary of reigning, non-reigning and mediatised Royal Families throughout Europe - the definitive guide to royal genealogy.
Burke’s Peerage & Gentry Ltd, October 2010 HB 9780850110838
£125.00
cambridge university press
Cambridge History of Chinese Literature 2 Vol. Set Edited by Kang-i Sun Chang and Stephen Owen
The History of Parliament The House of Commons, 1820-1832 7 Vol. Set Edited by D.R. Fisher
From the beginnings of the Chinese written language to the lively world of internet literature, these two volumes tell the story of Chinese writing. The chapters, organized chronologically, treat not only poetry, drama, and fiction, but also works of history and the informal prose of later eras.
The result of more than twenty years’ work in almost 200 archives, these volumes constitute the most comprehensive survey of British and Irish politics during the period. They contain biographies of the 1367 men who were Members of the House of Commons alongside contextualising surveys and analysis.
Cambridge University Press, March 2010 HB 9780521116770
£225.00
Cambridge University Press, December 2009 HB 9780521193146
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cengage learning
Europe 1789-1914 Encyclopedia of the Age of Industry and Empire 5 Vol. Set Edited by John Merriman and Jay Winter
Encyclopedia of Latin American History and Culture 2nd ed. 6 Vol. Set Edited by Jay Kinsbruner Choice Recommended
history
Europe 1789-1914 – Encyclopedia of the Age of Industry and Empire links European experience to the history of the rest of the world, continuing the Charles Scribner’s Sons’ award-winning line from Ancient Europe and Encyclopedia of the Renaissance through Europe 1450-1789: Encyclopedia of the Early Modern World.
HB 9780684313597
US$709.00 eBook 9780684314969 Perpetual access with annual hosting fee. Territory sales restrictions may apply. For further information on price and availability please contact your Blackwell Sales Manager.
Charles Scribner’s Sons / Cengage Learning, August 2006
Scribner Library of Modern Europe
This encyclopedia represents the best scholarship on Latin American studies. Each of the 5,800+ entries was reviewed for currency and content. In addition to hundreds of new articles, the set features more than 400 substantially revised entries, more than 360 new biographical entries and updates to more than 4,000 bibliographies.
Charles Scribner’s Sons / Cengage Learning, May 2008 HB 9780684312705
US$767.00 eBook 9780684315904 Perpetual access with annual hosting fee. Territory sales restrictions may apply. For further information on price and availability please contact your Blackwell Sales Manager.
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cengage learning
Encyclopedia of Race & Racism 3 Vol. set Edited by John Hartwell Moore
Gale Encyclopedia of World History Governments 2 Vol. Set ‘The work is extremely informative and brings new perspectives with an unusual array of categories and rubics.’ ARBA, March 2009
Gale Encyclopedia of World History War
The Encyclopedia of Race & Racism explores in detail the ideas of race and racism along with their social and scientific consequences. Approximately 400 articles by more than 300 expert contributors from around the globe provide a detailed examination of the historical, scientific and political context surrounding the ideas of race and racism.
Gale Encyclopedia of World History: Governments provides a comprehensive overview of national governments throughout history, explaining their histories, structures, events and key players.
Gale Encyclopedia of World History: War focuses on the causes and repercussions of major wars from ancient times to the present.
2 Vol. Set
Macmillan Reference USA / Cengage Learning, November 2007 HB 9780028660202
US$441.00 eBook 9780028661162 Perpetual access with annual hosting fee. Territory sales restrictions may apply. For further information on price and availability please contact your Blackwell Sales Manager. Gale / Cengage Learning, February 2008 HB 9781414431529
US$243.00 eBook 9781414431550 Perpetual access with annual hosting fee. Territory sales restrictions may apply. For further information on price and availability please contact your Blackwell Sales Manager. Gale / Cengage Learning, February 2008 HB 9781414431482
US$243.00 eBook 9781414431512 Perpetual access with annual hosting fee. Territory sales restrictions may apply. For further information on price and availability please contact your Blackwell Sales Manager.
‘A two-volume encyclopedia intended to provide readers with a sense of how historical forces and influences mold governments of the past and present..’ Reference & Research Book News, May 2008 georgetown university press
Do Good Fences Make Good Neighbors? What History Teaches Us About Strategic Barriers and International Security Brent L. Sterling
Defence analyst Brent Sterling examines the historical use of strategic defences such as walls or fortifications to evaluate their effectiveness and considers their implications for modern security. Sterling studies six famous defences spanning 2,500 years, representing both democratic and authoritarian regimes.
Georgetown University Press, November 2009 HB 9781589015715
£25.25
harvard university press
Moses Montefiore Jewish Liberator, Imperial Hero Abigail Green
Moses Montefiore was a dominant presence in nineteenth-century AngloJewish society and on the international stage. Green explores his public work, family life and religious beliefs.
Belknap Press / Harvard University Press, February 2010 HB 9780674048805
£24.95
i.b. tauris & company ltd.
An Atlas of Ancient Geography, Biblical and Classical Maps of the Ancient World coming soon
William Smith
A History of Classical Scholarship From Antiquity to the Modern Era Sir John Edwin Sandys coming soon
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Sir William Smith’s Atlas first appeared over a century ago and provides the first complete set of maps of the ancient world, both classical and biblical. A full index of names and places, both ancient and modern, accompanies each of the larger maps. For each map there is also an accompanying text, giving sources and authorities for them. An extremely rare landmark work. With a new introduction by Professor Richard Talbert.
I.B. Tauris & Company Ltd, July 2010
Ranging from 600 BC to the modern times, Sir John Edwin Sandys’ three volume work on the history of classical scholarship - history, archaeology, philosophy, literature, religion and politics - remains unchallenged. Nothing like it in scale or scope has been published since it first appeared a century ago. With a new introduction by Christopher Stray.
I.B. Tauris & Company Ltd, October 2010
HB 9781848853522
£295.00
HB 9781848855380
£250.00
february 2010
john wiley & sons
A Companion to Ancient Egypt 2 Vol. Set Alan B. Lloyd
The two-volume Companion brings together nearly 50 newly commissioned essays by leading scholars to provide new and illustrative coverage of this incredible civilization.
Wiley-Blackwell / John Wiley and Sons Ltd, April 2010 HB 9781405155984
£200.00
palgrave macmillan
From New Jerusalem to New Labour British Prime Ministers from Attlee to Blair coming soon
A stellar collection of contributors examines each British Post-War Prime Minister and how they have dealt with Britain’s changing global role since World War II.
Palgrave Macmillan, March 2010 HB 9780230574557
£20.00
Vernon Bogdanor
The Churchills A Family Portrait Celia Lee and John Lee
Based on never before seen family archives and endorsed by Randolph Churchill, this is the true story of one of Britain’s greatest dynasties.
Palgrave Macmillan, February 2010 HB 9780230618107
£20.00
taylor & Francis, LTD.
The Body Broken Medieval Europe 1300-1520 Charles F. Briggs
A broad survey of the social, economic, religious and political crises faced by Europe in these centuries and its transformation from ‘medieval’ to ‘early modern’ structures.
coming soon
Routledge / Taylor & Francis Ltd, May 2010 HB 9780415341493
£65.00 PB 9780415341509
£18.99
Israel’s Wars A History Since 1947 3rd ed. Ahron Bregman
Charts the course of Israel’s continual struggle in the Middle East since its founding, focusing on the many armed conflicts which it has both initiated and experienced.
Routledge / Taylor & Francis Ltd, December 2009 HB 9780415424363
£55.00 PB 9780415424387
£12.99
The Routledge Atlas of American History 6th ed. Martin Gilbert
Up-to-date edition of maps, tables and statistics relating to all facets of the USA’s history, from its inception to President Obama’s latest healthcare legislation.
Routledge / Taylor & Francis Ltd, December 2009 HB 9780415488389
£60.00 PB 9780415488396
£16.99
The Routledge Atlas of Jewish History 8th ed. Martin Gilbert
Up-to-date edition of maps, tables and statistics relating to Jewish trade, emigration and conflict from Biblical Times to the present day.
Routledge / Taylor & Francis Ltd, January 2010 HB 9780415558105
£60.00 PB 9780415558112
£16.99
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