US History

Microhistories of Justice and Injustice

Edited by David Nash, Oxford Brookes University, UK & Anne-Marie Kilday, Oxford Brookes University, UK Adopting a microhistory approach, Fair and Unfair Trials in the British Isles, 1800-1940 provides an in-depth examination of the evolution of the modern justice system. Drawing upon criminal cases and trials from England, Scotland, and Ireland, the book examines the errors, procedural systems, and the ways in which adverse influences of social and cultural forces impacted upon individual instances of justice.

UK May 2022 • US May 2022 • 256 pages • 10 bw illus PB 9781350192430 • £28.99 / $39.95 Previously published in HB 9781350050945 ePub 9781350050969 • £76.50 / $100.32 ePdf 9781350050952 • £76.50 / $100.32 Bloomsbury Academic Life of Sir Archibald Clark Kerr, Lord Inverchapel, 1882-1951

Donald Gillies, Freelance Author, UK Based on specialist access to the Inverchapel archive, Radical Diplomat explores the life of Sir Archibald Clark Kerr. As one of the most prominent diplomats during the first half of the 20th century, Kerr was a major figure in determining and executing British foreign policy in the Second World War and in the early Cold War.

UK January 2022 • US January 2022 • 282 pages PB 9781350182455 • £28.99 / $39.95 Previously published in HB 9781860642968 ePub 9780755632435 • £40.00 / $53.41 ePdf 9780755632428 • £40.00 / $53.41 Bloomsbury Academic

Coffeehouse Culture in the Atlantic World, 1650-1789

E. Wesley Reynolds, Northwood University, USA This book argues that coffeehouses and the coffee trade were central to the making of the Atlantic world in the century leading up to the American Revolution. Fostering international finance and commerce, spreading transatlantic news, building military might, determining political fortunes and promoting status and consumption, coffeehouses created a web of social networks stretching from Britain to its colonies in North America.

UK April 2022 • US April 2022 • 272 pages • 10 bw illus HB 9781350247222 • £85.00 / $115.00 ePub 9781350247246 • £76.50 / $100.32 ePdf 9781350247239 • £76.50 / $100.32 Bloomsbury Academic

The History of the United States Supreme Court

A Modern Commentary and Analysis

George Conyne, University of Kent, UK In this unique history of modern America, George Conyne uses both political and legal analysis to examine the history of the US Supreme Court. This book includes material on the Court's origins, the John Marshall years, the difficulties of US expansion and the Civil War, the rise of corporations, the reform movements, civil liberties concerns, the clash over the New Deal, the civil rights movements, abortion and privacy, and many other key issues in American history. There are clear explanations of differing judicial analysis methodologies throughout as well as useful case studies, a glossary and a further reading list.

UK August 2023 • US August 2023 • 304 pages HB 9781441185181 • £85.00 / $114.00 ePub 9781441186591 • £76.50 / $100.32 ePdf 9781441110619 • £76.50 / $100.32 Bloomsbury Academic

Britain and the United States in Greece

Anglo-American Relations and the Origins of the Cold War

Spero Simeon Z. Paravantes, University of Luxembourg, Luxembourg Britain and the United States in Greece provides an in-depth analysis of Anglo-American diplomacy in Greece from 1946 to 1950. This book reveals how the relationship between Britain and the US developed, arguing that Britain used the escalating tensions of the Cold War to direct US policy in Greece and encourage the Americans to take a more active role in the region. In the process, Paravantes sheds new light on how the American experience in Greece contributed to the formulation of the Truman Doctrine, the infamous NSC-68 document and the birth of the Cold War.

UK April 2022 • US April 2022 • 256 pages PB 9781350215535 • £28.99 / $39.95 Previously published in HB 9781788310413 ePub 9781350142022 • £76.50 / $100.32 ePdf 9781350142015 • £76.50 / $100.32 Bloomsbury Academic

Conscription, US Intervention and the Transformation of Ireland (1914-1918)

Divergent Destinies

Emmanuel Destenay, Sorbonne University, France Connecting social and cultural history to an international diplomatic perspective, this book demonstrates how the Irish revolution was affected by foreign and domestic policies of both America and Britain.

UK April 2022 • US April 2022 • 272 pages • 10 bw illus HB 9781350266582 • £85.00 / $115.00 ePub 9781350266612 • £76.50 / $100.32 ePdf 9781350266605 • £76.50 / $100.32 Bloomsbury Academic