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The Lure of the South Health, the Victorians and the Continent
Richard Aspin, Wellcome Collection, UK
Looks at the experience of British health seekers in the explosion of continental touring that occurred after the opening of the Post-Napoleonic European continent to relatively easy access Examining why they went, where and how; who advised and guided them; how they lived (and sometimes died) when abroad; and their influence on the wider development of European tourism, Aspin explores the delusion of climatotherapy, a promise of a cure that somehow remained forever out of reach
Nobility and the Making of Race in Eighteenth-Century Britain
Tim McInerney, Université Paris 8, Vincennes Saint Denis, France.
In this highly original and meticulously researched book, Tim McInerney explains why nobility and race developed in the way they did and how the premise of each promoted a certain idea of superiority The result is a necessary in-depth understanding of how genealogical exclusivity works as a power strategy, vital to students and scholars alike It adopts a unique inter-disciplinary approach, taking in the fields of politics, literature, colonial studies and philosophy.
UK April 2025 • US April 2025 • 264 pages • 15 bw illus
PB 9781350346390 £28 99 / $39 95
Previously published in HB 9781350346369
ePub 9781350346383 • £76 50 / $103 94
ePdf 9781350346376 • £76 50 / $76 50
Bloomsbury Academic
Uprisings in Eighteenth-Century Britain
Mediation and the Transformation of Political Culture
Monika Barget, Maastricht University, The Netherlands
This study examines how the British Empire of the 18th century avoided revolution by integrating opposition agents as new spaces of power opened up Monika Barget convincingly argues that this process of constitutionalisation meant that groups from the aristocracy to the church, from the army to the people at large, were brought into the system in a way that negated the obvious, serious challenges that were posed to the Empire by the Glorious Revolution, the Jacobite Rebellion, the American Revolution, and Jacobin threats of the late-18th century Barget goes on to highlight the lasting political and legal repercussions of this process
UK May 2025
• US May 2025
• 240 pages • 10 bw illus
PB 9781350377141 • £28 99 / $39 95
Previously published in HB 9781350377134
ePub 9781350377165 • £76 50 / $103 94
ePdf 9781350377158 • £76 50 / $76 50
Series: Cultures of Early Modern Europe Bloomsbury Academic
The Secret History of UK Security Vetting from 1909 to the Present
Daniel Lomas, University of Nottingham, UK
Daniel Lomas draws from newly released archival material, Freedom of Information releases and interviews to expertly craft the first substantive examination of the impact of vetting on BAME and LGBT groups, and the legacy of the ‘bar’ The result is a groundbreaking contribution to existing scholarship
Incest, Rape, Lewd and Libidinous Practices, 1918-1930
Louise Heren, Oxford Brookes University, UK
Using case records of prosecutions at the Scottish High Court of Justiciary between 1918 and 1930, this book takes a quantitative and qualitative approach to understand sexual violence in Scotland at this time Analysing legal records alongside victim and witness testimonies, Louise Heren analyses who committed sexual violence against whom, where and how and, to an extent, looks to uncover the victims’ voice
UK April 2025 US April 2025 272 pages 10 bw illus
PB 9781350227811 £28 99 / $39 95
Previously published in HB 9781350227774
ePub 9781350227798 • £76 50 / $103 94
ePdf 9781350227781 • £76 50 / $76 50
Series: History of Crime, Deviance and Punishment • Bloomsbury Academic
Britain, the Albanian National Question and the Fall of the Ottoman Empire, 1876-1914
Daut Dauti, Independent Scholar, UK
Making use of a wide range of archival source materials – some of which are published here in English for the first time – this book explores British foreign policy towards the Albanian national movement and parallel demise of the Ottoman Empire By looking through such a unique lens, Daut Dauti draws significant new conclusions on the relationship between Albania, Britain and the Ottoman Empire from 1876 to 1914
UK April 2025 US April 2025 224 pages
PB 9781350349575 • £28 99 / $39 95
Previously published in HB 9781350349537
ePub 9781350349551 • £76 50 / $103 94
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Bloomsbury Academic
The Holocaust in Eastern Europe At
the Epicenter of the Final Solution
Waitman Wade Beorn, Northumbria University, UK
This book provides an authoritative history of the Holocaust in Eastern Europe and makes a compelling case for why the region can be considered ‘the epicentre of the final solution’.
Waitman Wade Beorn introduces us to pre-war Jewish life in Eastern Europe, before tracing the escalating nature of Nazi policies in the area during the Second World War. Beorn crucially reflects on the German obsession with the East and its impact on the Nazi genocidal project there This 2nd edition includes two important new chapters on sources, methods, and historiographical debates in the field and non-Jewish victims of the Nazi genocidal project
UK July 2025 • US July 2025 • 400 pages • 46 bw illus
Series: Perspectives on the Holocaust • Bloomsbury Academic
Clothing and Identity in Early Modern Rome
Camilla Annerfeldt, Swedish Institute of Classical Studies in Rome, Italy
This is the first book-length exploration of the clothes worn in early modern Rome and provides novel insights into the city of Rome during one of its most fascinating periods It also challenges the notion – well-established in dress historical research on the early modern period – that one was supposed to dress solely according to one’s social station; as Camilla Annerfeldt explores in great depth, this notion does not always seem to have been applicable to early modern Rome because of its very constitution
UK January 2025 • US January 2025 • 248 pages • 48 bw illus
HB 9781350431447 • £85 00 / $115 00
ePub 9781350431461 • £76 50 / $103 94
ePdf 9781350431454 • £76 50 / $76 50
Bloomsbury Academic
Austrian Identity and Modernity Culture and Politics in the 20th Century
Edited by Elana Shapira, University of Applied Arts Vienna, Austria
Bringing together an interdisciplinary cast of scholars, this volume explores national and nationalist identification(s) in Austria, as they were represented through culture and design, in response to the political environment in the first half of the 20th century. The book addresses the processes of evolution, conflict, destruction, and critical reassembling of interrelated Austrian cultures Divided into four chronological parts covering the late-19th century to the post-WWII era, it serves to offer up innovative approaches to the concepts of nation and nationalism, as well as ground-breaking research on the roles played by regionalism, Europeanism, and migration played in culture, design and the shaping of Austrian identities
UK February 2025 US February 2025 304 pages 20 colour illus and 80 bw illus
Kenneth Morrison, De Montfort University, UK & Vesko Garcevic, Boston University, USA
This is the first comprehensive analysis of the often divergent history between Serbia and Montenegro in the tumultuous period between 1988 and 2020 Utilising both primary and secondary sources, many previously unpublished in English, this book provides a detailed examination of the bilateral relationship between Serbia and Montenegro over the last two decades and explores the historical, political and social dynamics that underpin it – covering in-depth the key historical events for the two states in the process
UK February 2025 • US February 2025 • 256 pages • 30 bw illus
HB 9781350266162 £85 00 / $115 00
ePub 9781350266186 £76 50 / $103 94
ePdf 9781350266179 £76 50 / $76 50
Bloomsbury Academic
The Munich Crisis of 1938
Political Turmoil on the Brink of the Second World War
Piotr M. Majewski, University of Warsaw, Poland
Bringing together a range of perspectives from across Europe, this book examines the Munich crisis of 1938 It reveals how the actions of the West, Nazi Germany, Italy, Czechoslovakia and others influenced each other at this time, driving the world to the brink of a new war The Munich Crisis of 1938 explores the critical political dimension to events as they unfolded, but it also offers insights into military aspects, pivotal private meetings, street riots, demonstrations, and reports in the international media to offer a rounded study of the subject
UK February 2025 • US February 2025 • 288 pages
HB 9781350436589 • £85 00 / $115 00
ePub 9781350436602 • £76 50 / $103 94
ePdf 9781350436596 • £76 50 / $76 50
Bloomsbury Academic World English
The Selected Writings of Marc Bloch
Essays from the Annales School, 1914-1944
Edited by Iona Singh
Translated by Iona Singh
This book brings a selection of the influential writings of Marc Bloch into the English language, largely for the very first time. This collection presents Bloch’s precise understanding of the contours of the history discipline, defined by the abuttal and transgression of its borders by other subjects Consequently, it provides a theoretical underpinning for multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary concepts via historical studies, pulling into its fold diverse themes such as customs, agriculture, economics, nutrition, technology, manners, art, fashion, and countless other topics explored by Bloch himself in the process
UK February 2025 • US February 2025 • 240 pages
HB 9781350513426 • £85 00 / $115 00
ePub 9781350513457 • £76 50 / $103 94
ePdf 9781350513440 £76 50 / $76 50
Bloomsbury Academic World English
Anglo-Hispania beyond the Black Legend
British
Campaigns,
Travellers and Attitudes towards Spain since 1489
Mark Lawrence, University of Kent, UK
Tracing and analysing the relationship between Britain and Spain since 1489, this book compares and contrasts the two countries and sheds light on the evolution of their international connection Mark Lawrence examines how British Protestants excoriated Spain in a ‘Black Legend’, while Catholic propagandists dismissed rising English power as the work of pirates and heretics during the early modern period In a series of chronological chapters rich with a diverse range of sources, the book considers the 18th-century cultural exchanges that flourished amidst the growth of travel and new ideas and the surprising alliances of the last 200 years
UK May 2025 • US May 2025 • 248 pages • 10 bw illus
A New Imperial History of Northern Eurasia, 600-1700
From Russian to Global History
Marina B. Mogilner, University of Illinois at Chicago, USA, Ilya V. Gerasimov, Ab Imperio (Journal), Sergey Glebov, Smith College, USA & Alexander Semyonov, Higher School of Economics, Russia
A New Imperial History of Northern Eurasia, 600-1700 proposes a new language for studying and conceptualizing the spaces, societies, and institutions that existed on the territory of today’s Northern Eurasia Bringing together a team of leading scholars, this volume covers a millennium-long period in the history of the region characterized by the coexistence of several local sociopolitical arrangements The book also shows that these powers were ultimately locked in a zero-sum game, until the uneven development of modern state institutions tilted the balance in favor of one of them – Russia
UK May 2025 • US May 2025 • 306 pages • 20 bw illus
PB 9781350196803 • £28 99 / $39 95
Previously published in HB 9781350196797
ePub 9781350196827 • £76 50 / $103 94
ePdf 9781350196810 • £76 50 / $76 50
Bloomsbury Academic World English
Technologies of Mind and Body in the Soviet Union and the Eastern Bloc
Edited by Claire Shaw, University of Warwick, UK & Anna Toropova, University of Nottingham, UK
The project to create a ‘New Man’ and ‘New Woman’ initiated in the Soviet Union and the Eastern Bloc constituted one of the most extensive efforts to remake human psychophysiology in modern history Playing on the different meanings of the word ‘technology’ - as practice, knowledge and artefact - this edited volume brings together scholarship from across a range of fields to shed light on the ways in which socialist regimes in the Soviet bloc and Eastern Europe sought to transform and revolutionise human capacities
UK June 2025 • US June 2025 • 264 pages • 30 bw illus
PB 9781350271302 • £28 99 / $39 95
Previously published in HB 9781350271265
ePub 9781350271289 • £76 50 / $103 94
ePdf 9781350271272 • £76 50 / $76 50
Bloomsbury Academic
Nazi Germany, Annexed Poland and Colonial Rule
Resettlement, Germanization and Population Policies in Comparative Perspective
Rachel O'Sullivan, Leibniz Institute for Contemporary History, Germany
This book examines Nazi Germany’s expansion, population management and establishment of a racially stratified society within the Reichsgaue (Reich Districts) of Wartheland and Danzig-West Prussia in annexed Poland (1939-1945) through a colonial lens The topic of the Holocaust has thus far dominated the scholarly debate on the relevance of colonialism for our understanding of the Nazi regime However, as opposed to solely concentrating on violence to investigate whether the Holocaust can be located within wider colonial frameworks, Rachel O’Sullivan utilizes a broader approach by investigating other aspects, such as discourses and fantasies related to expansion, settlement, ‘civilising missions’ and Germanisation, which were also intrinsic to Nazi Germany’s rule in Poland
UK May 2025 • US May 2025 • 264 pages • 12 bw illus
PB 9781350377233 • £28 99 / $39 95
Previously published in HB 9781350377226
ePub 9781350377257 • £76 50 / $103 94
ePdf 9781350377240 • £76 50 / $76 50
Series: A Modern History of Politics and Violence • Bloomsbury Academic
The Black Panthers and the Soviets
A Comparative History of Human Rights Movements
Meredith L. Roman, SUNY Brockport, USA
The contemporaneous movements for human rights that Soviet rights defenders and the Black Panthers waged during the 1960s are analysed in a comparative fashion here for the very first time. The book also examines the extra-legal measures that both the KGB and FBI employed to destroy them It compares Soviet activists’ exposure of the workings of the Soviet police state with the miniature, city-level surveillance police states that the Black Panthers exposed as operating across the United States and illuminates the legal tactics of counter-surveillance that Soviet rights defenders and the Black Panthers employed as a means of restraining acts of state-sanctioned violence
UK May 2025 • US May 2025 • 224 pages
HB 9781350436138 • £85 00 / $115 00
ePub 9781350436152 £76 50 / $103 94
ePdf 9781350436145 £76 50 / $76 50
Bloomsbury Academic
The Soviet-Polish War and its Legacy
Lenin’s Defeat and the Rise of Stalinism
Peter Whitewood, York St. John University, UK
This detailed study traces the history of the SovietPolish War (1919-20), the first major international clash between the forces of communism and anti-communism, and the impact this had on Soviet Russia in the years that followed The Soviet leadership’s central preoccupation in the 1930s was Nazi Germany; this book convincingly argues that Bolshevik perceptions of Poland and the capitalist world in the decade before were given as much significance and were ultimately crucial to the rise of Stalinism
UK April 2025 • US April 2025 • 248 pages
PB 9781350238985 • £28 99 / $39 95
Previously published in HB 9781350238947
ePub 9781350238961 • £76 50 / $103 94
ePdf 9781350238954 • £76 50 / $76 50
Bloomsbury Academic
The History of the United States
A. Glenn Crothers, University of Louisville, USA
From before the time of Christopher Columbus to the presidencies of Donald J Trump and Joseph R Biden, this book introduces readers to the story of the USA both at home and abroad An addition to the popular Histories of the Modern Nations series, this book explores the complex history of the United States from the nation's precolonial origins to the present day Readers will better understand America's diverse populations and the myriad struggles over time that many, including millions of Indigenous peoples and African Americans, have historically faced in a country where freedom and opportunity have been promised, but not always delivered, to all Americans
UK October 2025 • US October 2025 • 256 pages
HB 9781440864872 • £55 00 / $75 00
ePub 9798216171799 • £54 28 / $67 50
ePdf 9781440864889 £54 28 / $54 28
Series: Histories of the Modern Nations Bloomsbury Academic World English
The Liberty Bell and Its Legacy
An Encyclopedia of an American Icon in U .S . History and Culture
John R. Vile, Middle Tennessee State University, USA
This encyclopedia provides a one-stop resource for understanding the fascinating history and enduring importance of the Liberty Bell in the fabric of American culture, from the pre–Revolutionary War era to the present day It explains key concepts, principles, and intellectual influences in the creation and display of the Liberty Bell; profiles its creators and champions; and surveys the place of the Bell and its home in Philadelphia's Independence Hall within the political and cultural lexicon of the nation Additionally, it provides an overview of depictions of the Liberty Bell in historical and modern art, music, literature, and other cultural areas
UK January 2025 • US January 2025 • 384 pages • 50 bw illus
PB 9798765138298 • £28 99 / $39 95
Previously published in HB 9781440872907
ePub 9798216110866 • £77 43 / $96 30
ePdf 9781440872914 • £77 43 / $77 43
Bloomsbury Academic
World English
Global Histories of the Portuguese Revolution
Edited by Luís Trindade, University of Coimbra, Portugal, Rita Lucas Narra, NOVA University of Lisbon, Portugal, Ricardo Noronha, NOVA University of Lisbon, Portugal & Pedro Ramos Pinto, University of Cambridge, UK
The Portuguese revolution marked the closure of the country’s five-centuries of imperial history as well as its 48-year authoritarian period, a dramatic moment of political radicalization and social conflict that took place against the backdrop of rapid social transformation in an increasingly globalised world This collection goes beyond the limits of national history to locate the revolution at the intersection of transnational historical phenomena such as the long 1960s, the Cold War, the emergence of the ‘Third World’ and post-war modernization
UK June 2025 • US June 2025 • 272 pages • 10 bw illus
HB 9781350498686 • £85 00 / $115 00
ePub 9781350498709 • £76 50 / $103 94
ePdf 9781350498693 • £76 50 / $76 50
Bloomsbury Academic
The
Harlem Renaissance
An Encyclopedia of Arts, Culture, and History [2 volumes]
Edited by Venetria K. Patton & Kwakiutl L. Dreher
The Harlem Renaissance was a period of heightened racial consciousness and artistic production Explore the artists, writers, and important historical figures that shaped this defining moment in African American history This two-volume A–Z encyclopedia also features overview essays, a chronology of key moments, and important primary documents to help readers understand the environment that fostered this cultural renaissance
UK June 2025 • US April 2026 • 944 pages
HB Pack 9781440865107 • £190 00 / $260 00
ePub 9798765119228 • £187 60 / $234 00
ePdf 9781440865114 • £187 60 / $187 60
Bloomsbury Academic World English
World History through Case Studies
Historical
Skills in Practice
David Eaton
This innovative textbook demystifies the subject of world history through a diverse range of case studies Each chapter looks at an event, person, or place from prehistory to the present and from across the globe –from the Kennewick Man to germ warfare, Japanese industrialization and modern-day soccer– and digs deeper, examining why historians disagree on the subject and why their debates remain relevant today This book is the ideal companion for all students taking world history survey courses
Diwakar Kumar Singh, Maitreyi College, University of Delhi, India
This book encapsulates the various historical contexts within which Nalanda assumed its significance and attained its mahavihara (mega-monastery) status. By examining sources ranging from textual to archaeological it reveals the history of Nalanda and its remarkable continuity with perceptible intellectual paraphernalia for which it became famous over the period The book attempts to understand the dynamics of a complex religious process with the focus on this monastery and its religious domain The interpretation is largely based upon the material records generated in the course of the excavations at Nalanda
UK May 2025 US July 2025 296 pages
HB 9789356408494 • £85 00 / $115 00
ePub 9789356409712 • £76 50 / $103 94
ePdf 9789356407169 • £76 50 / $76 50
Bloomsbury Academic India
World English (excluding India/Indian subcontinent)
The Cultural Histories Series
A Cultural History of Shopping in Antiquity
Edited by Mary Harlow, University of Leicester, UK & Ray Laurence, Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia
This is the first book to address the cultural history of shoppers and shopping in antiquity In this period, shopping shifted from being a means to an end – a method of supplementing the family diet or obtaining material goods for the household – to an experience where browsing and not purchasing became as important as buying Recurring themes in this volume include the lives of 'ordinary' people; the relationship between gender and shopping; the contrast between Greece and Rome; the attitudes towards shopkeepers; the placing of shops in the cityscape; and the zoning of particular crafts and products
UK
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ePub 9781350278431 • £67 50 / $91 79
ePdf 9781350278424 • £67 50 / $67 50
Series: The Cultural Histories Series • Bloomsbury Academic
A Cultural History of Shopping in the Early Modern Age
Edited by Tim Reinke-Williams
This volumes presents an overview of shopping as a cultural practice between 1450 and 1650 It engages with the key debates around continuity and change in consumer behavior in the ‘long 16th century’ and the ways in which shopping became an educational and exciting act for women, men and children across the social spectrum as shops and market stalls came to be filled with an ever-wider and more sophisticated range of goods from across the globe In this period, men and women came to understand that shopping was much more than a functional act to acquire necessities
UK June 2024 • US June 2024 • 280 pages • 29 bw illus
HB 9781350026988 • £75 00 / $110 00
ePub 9781350278493 • £67 50 / $91 79
ePdf 9781350278509 • £67 50 / $67 50
Series: The Cultural Histories Series • Bloomsbury Academic
A Cultural History of Shopping in the Age of Revolution and Empire
Edited by Erika Rappaport, University of California, Santa Barbara, USA
This volume traces the development of shopping as a cultural practice in the years between 1820 and 1920 New shops, new products, new standards of comfort and hygiene, and rising living standards for some meant that people, especially women, spent more time shopping But social commentators, local and national authorities, economists, and many husbands warned of the ‘dangers’ of shopping, believing that the department store was emancipating women and destroying society in the process This volume explores shopping in the 19th century as a social, political, economic, and cultural activity, examining how the department store came to be seen as both symbol and generator of profound change
UK June 2024 • US June 2024 • 272 pages • 41 bw illus
HB 9781350027008 • £75 00 / $110 00
ePub 9781350278547 • £67 50 / $91 79
ePdf 9781350278530 £67 50 / $67 50
Series: The Cultural Histories Series Bloomsbury Academic
A Cultural History of Shopping in the Middle Ages
Edited by James Davis
This volume presents an overview of shopping as a cultural practice between 500 and 1450 It tracks the fragmentation of trade and commercial networks following the collapse of Roman authority and charts their slow re-emergence in the form of beach markets, emporia, seasonal fairs and periodic markets, culminating in the return of the permanent shop to towns and major urban centers in the late Middle Ages This volume surveys our understanding of medieval retail markets, shops and shopping from a range of perspectives - spatial, material culture, literary, archaeological and economic
UK June 2024 • US
• 256 pages • 43 bw illus
HB 9781350026971 • £75 00 / $110 00
ePub 9781350278462 • £67 50 / $91 79
ePdf 9781350278455 • £67 50 / $67 50
Series: The Cultural Histories Series • Bloomsbury Academic
A Cultural History of Shopping in the Age of Enlightenment
Edited by Ilja Van Damme
This volumes traces the development of shopping as a cultural practice in the period between 1650 and 1820 The 'consumer revolution' of the 18th century has been much-debated among historians but the focus here is equally on the 'retail revolution': growth in material goods was accompanied by a proliferation of retail spaces and techniques bringing new fashions and imported commodities to consumers' homes Meanwhile, urban renewal throughout Europe brought new pavements, street lighting, promenades, theatres, coffee houses, and adjacent shopping streets As the 18th century drew to its close, ‘shopping’ had become a publicly accepted leisure pursuit, gaining its modern meaning in multiple languages
UK June 2024 US June 2024 256 pages 38 bw illus
HB 9781350026995 £75 00 / $110 00
ePub 9781350278523 £67 50 / $91 79
ePdf 9781350278516 • £67 50 / $67 50
Series: The Cultural Histories Series • Bloomsbury Academic
A Cultural History of Shopping in the Modern Age
Edited by Vicki Howard
This volume charts the development of shopping as a cultural practice in the period from 1920 to the present It shows how, in the 20th century, shopping became ubiquitous - embraced as liberatory by some and condemned as frivolous by others
Business decisions and public policies fostered new, often Americanled, shopping cultures, from downtown department stores to chain stores to suburban shopping malls The digital revolution in shopping has changed the face of cities and towns and led to the closure of many bricks-and-mortar stores but, as this volume explores, the shopper is still at the center of Western capitalist societies
UK June 2024 US June 2024 248 pages 25 bw illus
HB 9781350027053 £75 00 / $110 00
ePub 9781350278561 £67 50 / $91 79
ePdf 9781350278554 • £67 50 / $67 50
Series: The Cultural Histories Series • Bloomsbury Academic
Geography in the 21st Century
Defining Moments that Shaped Society [2 volumes]
Edited by Jayson J. Funke, Western Connecticut State University, USA, Waquar Ahmed, University of North Texas, USA, Ipsita Chatterjee & Stephen M. McCauley, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, USA
Geography studies the relationship of humans and the natural environment, and these 40 essays examine those geographical events that have most profoundly shaped global society in the opening decades of the 21st century Each chapter examines how these events have transformed how people interact with the environment, from political and economic issues such as elections, market practice, and war, to cultural and social issues such as racism and gender stereotyping at work Landscapes, regions, cities, nature, society, development -- our entire existence -- is tied up with space and geography Geography is well-placed to provide important insights and perspectives on the complex events and issues of our time
UK April 2025 • US April 2025 • 0 pages
HB Pack 9781440873249 • £250 00 / $340 00
ePub 9798765118122 • £245 08 / $306 00
ePdf 9781440873256 • £245 08 / $245 08
Bloomsbury Academic
World English
Apples and Orchards since the Eighteenth Century
Material Innovation and Cultural Tradition
Joanna Crosby, University of East Anglia, UK
Showing how the history of the apple goes far beyond the orchard and into the social, cultural and technological developments of Britain and the USA, this book takes an interdisciplinary approach to reveal the importance of the apple as a symbol of both tradition and innovation
UK June 2025 • US June 2025 • 240 pages • 10 bw illus
PB 9781350378513 • £28 99 / $39 95
Previously published in HB 9781350378483
ePub 9781350378506 • £76 50 / $103 94
ePdf 9781350378490 • £76 50 / $76 50
Series: Food in Modern History: Traditions and Innovations • Bloomsbury Academic
The Value of Work since the 18th Century
Custom, Conflict, Measurement and Theory
Edited by Massimo Asta, Nova University of Lisbon, Portugal & Pedro Ramos Pinto, University of Cambridge, UK
Beginning in the 18th century, at a key turning point in labour history, this book explores how different forms of work have been valued up to the present day Focusing on the cultural, intellectual, social and political implications of wages, the chapters in this collection historicise the labour market, conceiving it as a complex system of social relations which evolve through time and differ according to space They show how the level of wages and other forms of remuneration reflect not only supply and demand, but also the nature of work relations and wider political, social and economic circumstances
UK May 2025 • US May 2025 • 348 pages • 10 bw illus
PB 9781350332102 • £28 99 / $39 95
Previously published in HB 9781350332072
ePub 9781350332096 • £76 50 / $103 94
ePdf 9781350332089 • £76 50 / $76 50
Bloomsbury Academic
When Migrants Fail to Stay
New Histories on Departures and Migration
Edited by Ruth Balint, University of New South Wales, Australia, Joy Damousi, Australian Catholic University, Australia & Sheila Fitzpatrick, Australian Catholic University, Australia. Not all migrants who arrive in a country, stay But what leads them to move on or go home? Focussing on Australian immigration in the second half of the twentieth century, this book shows how a study of subsequent post-arrival migrant departure in its multiple forms and shifting meanings can open up new perspectives in the understanding of migration and diaspora
UK April 2025 • US April 2025 • 248 pages
PB 9781350351141 • £28 99 / $39 95
Previously published in HB 9781350351110
ePub 9781350351134 £76 50 / $103 94
ePdf 9781350351127 £76 50 / $76 50
Series: New Directions in Social and Cultural History • Bloomsbury Academic
Indian Club Swinging and the Birth of Global Fitness
Mugdars, Masculinity and Marketing
Conor Heffernan, Ulster University, UK
This book provides a definitive account of club swinging’s popularity in the nineteenth-century, a popularity which could arguably be labelled as the world’s first ‘fitness fad’, and to explore much deeper global and domestic concerns about the ideal male or female body, about military preparation and about education Indian clubs’ popularity speaks to the first modern transnational fitness culture – and to broader questions surrounding nationalism, gender, race and popular commerce
UK June 2025 • US June 2025 • 288 pages • 10 bw illus
Oil Crises of the 1970s and the Transformation of International Order
Economy, Development, and Aid in Asia and Africa
Edited by Shigeru Akita, Osaka University, Japan
The 1970s are widely seen as a turning point for the world economy and a transformative decade for the international order This volume explores the role played by the oil crises in this transformation, focusing particularly on their impact in previously little-studied regions such as Asia and Africa . Exploring the intersection between the oil crises and the Third World project, their role in Asian economic development and the contrasting responses of two African countries, this collection covers new ground on the global and regional effects of the oil crises
UK June 2025 • US June 2025 • 280 pages • 10 bw illus
PB 9781350413832 • £28 99 / $39 95
Previously published in HB 9781350413801
ePub 9781350413825 • £76 50 / $103 94
ePdf 9781350413818 £76 50 / $76 50
Bloomsbury Academic
World All Languages (except Japanese)
New Directions in Medieval Studies
Andrew B.R. Elliott & Helen Young, Deakin University, Australia & Adrienne Merritt, University
of Colorado Boulder, USA
Playing the Middle Ages
Pitfalls and Potential in Modern Games
Edited by Robert Houghton, University of Winchester, UK
The Middle Ages have provided rich source material for physical and digital games from Dungeons and Dragons to Assassin’s Creed This volume addresses the many ways in which different formats and genre of games represent the period It considers the restrictions placed on these representations by the mechanical and gameplay requirements of the medium and by audience expectations of these products and the period It highlights innovative attempts to overcome these limitations through game design and play
UK April 2025 • US April 2025 • 288 pages • 20 bw illus
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Series: New Directions in Medieval Studies Bloomsbury Academic
Daily Life in Postcolonial Africa
Toyin Falola, University of Texas at Austin, USA
In its exploration of the complex and ever-changing fabric of African lives after the end of colonial power, this book offers readers insight into how daily life has changed for Africans over the last 75 years and what it looks like today The book covers various aspects of the lives of the peoples of Africa in the post-colonial era, such as domestic life, economic activities, intellectual pursuits, material culture, political power, leisure, and spiritual engagements . Ultimately, the volume provides readers a glimpse into the diverse lived experiences across this remarkable continent, as it navigates the intricacies of post-colonial existence and establishes its trajectory on the international platform
UK June 2025 • US June 2025
• 208 pages • 15 bw illus
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Series: Daily Life through History • Bloomsbury Academic
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Imperial Gallows
Murder, Violence and the Death Penalty in British Colonial Africa, c 1915-60
Stacey Hynd, University of Exeter, UK
The death penalty was an integral aspect of colonial networks of power and violence in Britain’s African territories Imperial Gallows analyses capital trials from Kenya, Nyasaland and the Gold Coast to explore the social tensions that fuelled murder among colonised populations, and how colonial legal cultures and landscapes of political authority shaped sentencing and mercy It demonstrates how ideas of race, ethnicity, gender and ‘civilization’ could both spare and condemn Africans convicted of murder in colonial courts, and also how Africans could either appropriate or resist such colonial legal discourses in their trials and petitions
UK May 2025 • US May 2025 • 272 pages • 10 bw illus
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Series: Empire’s Other Histories • Bloomsbury Academic
Medievalism in Finland and Russia
Twentieth- and Twenty-First Century Aspects
Edited by Reima Välimäki, University of Turku, Finland
This volume explores political medievalism in two language areas that are crucial to understanding global medievalism but are, due to language barriers, often inaccessible to the majority of Western scholars It reveals that while medievalisms in Finland and Russia share many features with the contemporary AngloAmerican medievalist imaginations, they also display many original characteristics due to particular political situations and indigenous medievalist traditions They have their own meta-medievalisms, cumulative core ideas and interpretations about the medieval past that are thoroughly examined here in English for the very first time.
UK May 2025 • US May 2025 • 264 pages • 7 bw illus
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Series: New Directions in Medieval Studies • Bloomsbury Academic
Educating India
Colonialism and Indigenous Knowledge
Traditions, c . 1780-1900
Amit K. Suman, University of Delhi, India
The book centres on the historical evolution of education in the Bengal Presidency and the NorthWestern Provinces, with a particular emphasis on the roles of traditional teachers, like pandits, maulvis, and other influential figures within indigenous society. It attempts to find a relationship between indigenous knowledge traditions and the impact of colonialism by examining its pedagogy, curriculum, patronage, administration, and community participation .
UK May 2025 US July 2025 272 pages
HB 9789356408067 • £85 00 / $115 00
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Bloomsbury Academic India
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In-Between Empire
Imperial Exceptionalism, Poland, and Colonial Travel Writing
Raymond Patton, City University of New York, USA
Exploring how Polish writers positioned themselves as neither colonized nor colonizers, In-Between Empire analyses their literary works on empire during the 19th and 20th centuries to explore how they negotiated their in-between position in the global imperial hierarchy Leveraging this vantage point, they claimed the unique ability to represent the South to the West, constructing a Polish national identity in conversation with both imperial and anti-imperial currents, and influencing international discourse on colonialism and its legacy.
UK May 2025 • US May 2025 • 280 pages • 10 bw illus
Peace, Decolonization, and the Practice of Solidarity
Rob Skinner, University of Bristol, UK
This book shows that connected histories of decolonization and globalization are found in the everyday activities of individuals as much as they are histories of states, institutions and formal organisations Viewing decolonization through non-state activist practices, and setting anti-colonial solidarity in the context of contemporary global peace movements, it argues that seemingly marginal histories can illuminate aspects of the end of empire that are not readily apparent in studies centered on state diplomacy and nationalist movements
UK May 2025 • US May 2025 • 248 pages • 10 bw illus
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The Special Operations Executive in Malaya
World War II and the Path to
Independence
Rebecca Kenneison, University of Essex, UK
During World War II, agents of the Special Operations Executive (SOE) infiltrated Japaneseoccupied Malaya There they worked with Malayan guerrilla groups, including the communist-sponsored Malayan Peoples Anti-Japanese Army (MPAJA), regarded as the precursor of the communist insurgent army of the Malayan Emergency This book traces the development of SOE’s Malayan operations, and analyses the interactions between SOE and the various guerrilla groups
UK January 2025 • US January 2025 • 270 pages • 12 bw illus
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Holocaust Testimonies
Reassessing Survivors' Voices and their Future in Challenging Times
Edited by Boaz Cohen, Western Galilee College, Israel, Wolf Gruner, University of Southern California, USA, Miriam Offer, Western Galilee College, Israel & Thomas Pegelow Kaplan, Appalachian State University, USA
Drawing from a vast range of witness accounts, including a neverbefore-published survivor interview, and addressing pertinent issues of testimony such as digital innovation, gender, and memory politics, Holocaust Testimonies takes much-needed stock of the past, present and future of Holocaust testimony in the post-witness age
UK June 2025 • US June 2025 • 320 pages • 14 bw illus
HB 9781350237872 • £85 00 / $115 00
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Bloomsbury Academic
Histories of Internationalism
Displaced Comrades
Politics and Surveillance in the Lives of Soviet Refugees in the West
Ebony Nilsson, Australian Catholic University, Australia
Drawing on interviews, government records and surveillance dossiers from multiple contents, Displaced Comrades examines the lives of left-wing Soviet refugees who fled the Cold War to settle in Australia. Exploring how they lived under constant suspicion and surveillance, it highlights the long-term effects of war and displacement, offering a new exploration of life as a Soviet ‘enemy alien’ in the West
UK June 2025 • US June 2025 • 272 pages • 10 bw illus
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ePub 9781350378414 • £76 50 / $103 94
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Bloomsbury Academic
David Brydan, King's College, London, UK & Jessica Reinisch, Birkbeck, University of London, UK
Dismantling the League of Nations
The Quiet Death of an International Organization, 1945-8
Jane Mumby, Birkbeck, University of London, UK
The League of Nations, one of the world’s first multi-function intergovernmental organisations, was also one of the first to undergo liquidation. This book unveils the last chapter in its story, showing how complex and time-consuming the end of this ‘great experiment’ truly was Starting with the signing of the Charter of the United Nations in 1945 - the death knell of the League - Mumby traces the closure process that followed and highlights the lingering impact of the League on international organisations today
UK June 2025 • US June 2025 • 264 pages • 10 bw illus
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Relief and Rehabilitation for a Post-war World
Humanitarian Intervention and the UNRRA
Edited by Samantha K. Knapton, University of Nottingham, UK, Katherine Rossy, Royal Military College of Canada
One of the world’s first truly international humanitarian organisations, the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration (UNRRA) was championed as a beacon of postwar philanthropy that sought to rehabilitate as well as provide relief This edited volume offers the first comprehensive study of the UNRRA and seeks to identify the key successes, limitations and enduring challenges it faced in the postwar period
UK June 2025 • US June 2025 • 232 pages • 18 bw illus
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Series: Histories of Internationalism • Bloomsbury Academic
Sally Ride
Breaking Barriers and Defying Gravity
Jackie Pérez, Independent Scholar, USA
Explore the life of the first American woman in space, from her childhood, to her accomplishments as a tennis star, and her pioneering achievements as an astronaut and science educator This biography journeys through Sally Ride’s life while providing historical context of landmark events, movements, and women who paved the way for her success Written for students of American and women's history, this examination of Ride's contributions places each milestone in its historical context, illuminating not only the world she lived in but also her enduring significance. A detailed chronology, curated sidebars throughout, chronological sequencing, and primary source documents make this a singular and necessary first-stop reference resource on Ride's life and work
UK April 2025 • US April 2025 • 272 pages • 15 bw illus
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Series: Women Making History • ABC-CLIO
The ‘Catalan Hermaphrodite’ and the Inquisition
Early Modern Sex and Gender on Trial
François Soyer, University of New England, Australia
This book examines the life of Maria Duran, a woman who was who was born with female genitalia, but was accused of being a man and subsequently put on trial for sorcery by the Portuguese Inquisition during the 18th century François Soyer uses Maria’s story to open a window onto the world of the experience of ‘transing’ gender, as well as the gendered attitudes and responses to the transgression of gendered norms that were adopted by churchmen, medical practitioners and ordinary lay men and women
UK May 2025 • US May 2025 • 208 pages • 10 bw illus
Sigurður Gylfi Magnússon, University of Iceland, Iceland
This book investigates the autobiographical traditions of Iceland and what this reveals to us about egodocuments. Using the Icelandic context, Sigurður Gylfi Magnússon examines egodocuments as distinct and fascinating manifestations of microhistory, reflecting on their nature, the circumstances in which they originated, and their strengths and weaknesses for scholarly research Magnússon also provides an insightful historiographical account of how the egodocument has been used in historical works both in Iceland and elsewhere in the world since the 19th century
UK June 2025 US June 2025 272 pages 24 bw illus
PB 9781350413160 • £28 99 / $39 95
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ePub 9781350413191 • £76 50 / $103 94
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Bloomsbury Academic
Lesbian Intimacies and Family Life
Desire, domesticity and kinship in Britain and Australia, 1945-2000
Rebecca Jennings, University College London, UK
Focusing on patterns of intimacy, this book traces the historical roots of parenting practices and familial patterns constructed by lesbians and same-sex attracted women living in Britain and Australia between 1945 and 2000 Including almost 100 original oral history interviews conducted by the author, it foregrounds women’s unique lived experiences, as they expressed desire, fell in love, and created families against the backdrop of changing cultural, legal, and medical attitudes to female same-sex desire in the late twentieth century
UK June 2025 • US June 2025 • 296 pages • 10 bw illus
PB 9781350358904 • £28 99 / $39 95
Previously published in HB 9781350358874
ePub 9781350358898 • £76 50 / $103 94
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History as a Translation of the Past
Case Studies from the West
Edited by Luigi Alonzi, University of Palermo, Italy
This volume considers how the act through which historians interpret the past can be understood as one of epistemological and cognitive translation The book convincingly argues that words, images, and historical and archaeological remains can all be considered as objects deserving the same treatment on the part of historians, whose task consists exactly in translating their past meanings into present language History as a Translation of the Past brings together an international cast of scholars working on different periods to show how their respective approaches can help us to better understand and translate the past in the future
UK April 2025 US April 2025 240 pages 12 bw illus
PB 9781350338258 £28 99 / $39 95
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Cyprus and the First World War
Edited by Hubert Faustmann, University of Nicosia, Cyprus & Georgios Kazamias, University of Cyprus, Cyprus
Shedding light on a forgotten aspect of Cypriot history, this book explores the involvement of Cyprus during the Great War and the impact it left on British colonial rule It examines the political, economic, social and military aspects of the war effort The book reflects on how Cyprus, as a British colony not in control of its own affairs, had a very specific and uncommon experience of the First World War; decisions were made elsewhere, communities were forced into a struggle that was not their own and their future status and ownership of the island was likely to be affected by the outcome
UK June 2025 • US June 2025 • 272 pages • 15 bw illus
HB 9781350446977 • £85 00 / $115 00
ePub 9781350447004 • £76 50 / $103 94
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Bloomsbury Academic
The British Aircraft Industry during the First World War
The Dope Scandal
Tim Jenkins, Heritage Consultant & Independent Scholar, Canada
The British Aircraft Industry during the First World War: The Dope Scandal is an innovative study of warfare and manufacturing in the First World War; a story of negligence and even corruption in government Drawing from a wealth of primary sources Tim Jenkins explores the little-known story of Tetrachlorethane and the inherent risk to those working in aircraft factories and details the criticism of government procedures in the development and manufacture of aircraft and whether failures in design were putting the lives of pilots at risk
UK May 2025 • US May 2025 • 216 pages • 10 bw illus
PB 9781350297104 • £28 99 / $39 95
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Propaganda and Neutrality
Global Case Studies in the Twentieth Century
Edited by Edward Corse, University of Kent, UK & Marta García Cabrera, University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain
This is the first broad-ranging, comprehensive and comparative study of the concepts of propaganda and neutrality Bringing together world-leading and early career historians, this open access book explores case studies from the time of the First World War to the end of the Cold War in countries such as Belgium, Greece, Spain, Ireland, France, USA, Argentina, Turkey, Brazil, South Africa, Laos, Yugoslavia, Egypt, India and Sweden The individual chapters analyse the methods and channels of propaganda utilised in neutral countries, including rumours, newspapers, cartoons, and magazines The book also highlights the interaction between the concepts of propaganda and neutrality
The ebook editions of this book are available open access under a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 licence on bloomsburycollections.com. Open access was funded by Knowledge Unlatched.
UK May 2025 US May 2025 328 pages 25 bw illus
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