Environmental History / Social and Cultural History

Climate Change in Human History

Prehistory to the Present

Benjamin Lieberman, Fitchburg State University, USA & Elizabeth Gordon, Fitchburg State University, USA Climate Change and Human History provides a concise introduction to the relationship between human beings and climate change throughout history. This 2nd edition includes a new chapter on the explosion of social movements, protest groups and key individuals since 2017 and the implications this has had on the history of climate change, an improved introduction to the Anthropocene and extra content on the basic dynamics of the climate system alongside updated historiography. With more case studies, images and individuals throughout the text, the 2nd edition also includes a glossary of terms and further reading to aid students in understanding this interdisciplinary subject.

UK January 2022 • US January 2022 • 336 pages • 20 bw illus PB 9781350170339 • £21.99 / $29.95 • HB 9781350170346 • £65.00 / $90.00 ePub 9781350170353 • £19.79 / $26.05 ePdf 9781350170360 • £19.79 / $26.05 Bloomsbury Academic

The Companion to Juri Lotman

A Semiotic Theory of Culture

Edited by Marek Tamm, Tallinn University, Estonia & Peeter Torop, University of Tartu, Estonia Juri Lotman (1922–1993), the Jewish-RussianEstonian historian, literary scholar and semiotician, was one of the most original and important cultural theorists of the 20th century, as well as a co-founder of the well-known Tartu-Moscow School of Semiotics. This is the first authoritative volume in any language to explore the main facets of Lotman’s work and discuss his main ideas in the context of contemporary scholarship. Boasting an interdisciplinary cast of contributing academics from more than 20 different fields from across mainland Europe, as well as the USA, the UK, Australia and Argentina, The Companion to Juri Lotman is the definitive text about Lotman’s intellectual legacy.

UK January 2022 • US January 2022 • 576 pages • 8 bw illus PB 9781350268197 • £28.99 / $39.95 • HB 9781350181618 • £90.00 / $120.00 ePub 9781350181632 • £26.09 / $35.17 ePdf 9781350181625 • £26.09 / $35.17 Bloomsbury Academic Zoltán Boldizsár Simon, Bielefeld University, Germany & Lars Deile Historical Understanding explores the current shape of historical understanding today. Boasting a range of contributions from leading scholars, the volume focuses on the current shape of the field, providing an overview of a variety of historical relations to the past, present, and future in the face of socio-political, ecological and technological upheavals.

UK February 2022 • US February 2022 • 256 pages PB 9781350168794 • £21.99 / $29.95 • HB 9781350168619 • £65.00 / $90.00 ePub 9781350168633 • £19.79 / $26.05 ePdf 9781350168626 • £19.79 / $26.05 Bloomsbury Academic

Sonic Histories of Occupation

Experiencing Sound and Empire in a Global Context

Edited by Jeremy E. Taylor, University of Nottingham, UK & Russell Skelchy, The University of Nottingham, UK Highlighting case studies in Asia, the Middle East, North America and Europe, Sonic Histories of Occupation employs a range of theoretical approaches to examine histories of imperialism and the auditory legacies they created, and contribute to a wider dialogue about the relationship between sound and imperial projects across political and temporal boundaries. The open access edition of this book is available under a CC-BY-NCND 4.0 license on www.bloomsburycollections.com. Open access was funded by the European Research Council.

UK January 2022 • US January 2022 • 288 pages • 22 bw illus HB 9781350228085 • £85.00 / $115.00 ePub 9781350228108 • £0.00 / $0.00 ePdf 9781350228092 • £0.00 / $0.00 Bloomsbury Academic

Feelings and Work in Modern History

Emotional Labour and Emotions about Labour

Edited by Agnes Arnold-Forster & Alison Moulds This edited collection interrogates the troubled relationship between emotion and work to shed light on the feelings and meaning of both paid and unpaid labour from the late nineteenth to the twenty-first century. Critiquing the concept of 'emotional labour', and the history of how work has made us feel, Feelings and Work in Modern History explores the changing values we have ascribed to our labour, examines the methods deployed by workplaces to manage or ‘administrate’ our emotions, and traces feelings through 19th, 20th and 21st century workplaces in Europe, Asia and South America.

UK February 2022 • US February 2022 • 256 pages • 10 bw illus HB 9781350197183 • £85.00 / $115.00 ePub 9781350197206 • £76.50 / $100.32 ePdf 9781350197190 • £76.50 / $100.32 Series: History of Emotions • Bloomsbury Academic Domestic Service and Mastery in Metropole and Colony

Fae Dussart, University of Sussex, UK In the Service of Empire sheds light on the previously ignored history and impact of domestic service in empires around the world. Delving into private accounts, newspapers and official court records, Dussart provides an important and long overdue examination of the master/servant relationship. Analysing themes of power, gender, status and hierarchy within an imperial framework, this work discusses the wider implications of domestic service in empire.

UK February 2022 • US February 2022 • 256 pages • 16 bw illus HB 9781350121164 • £85.00 / $115.00 ePub 9781350121188 • £76.50 / $100.32 ePdf 9781350121171 • £76.50 / $100.32 Series: Empire’s Other Histories • Bloomsbury Academic

HISTORY – Social & Cultural History

New Directions in Social and Cultural History

Lucy Noakes, University of Essex, UK; Rohan McWilliam, Anglia Ruskin University, UK; Sasha Handley, University of Manchester, UK

The Welfare State Generation

Women, Agency and Class in Britain since 1945

Eve Worth, University of Oxford, UK. Re-conceptualising the causes of social mobility in post-war Britain, exploring a new understanding of work and an updated periodisation of welfare state development, The Welfare State Generation offers a new approach to the history of class and gender, arguing that we need to move beyond the focus on women’s emotions and personal identity, to consider their experiences and relationships with the state as employer, educator and provider.

UK January 2022 • US January 2022 • 256 pages • 5 b/w illus HB 9781350192065 • £85.00 / $115.00 ePub 9781350192089 • £76.50 / $100.32 ePdf 9781350192072 • £76.50 / $100.32 Series: New Directions in Social and Cultural History • Bloomsbury Academic

Family History, Historical Consciousness and Citizenship

A New Social History

Tanya Evans, Macquarie University, Australia As part of the broader project of public history this book argues how we can use the practice and impact of family history to explore the humanistic potential of historical research and learning outside academia. It responds to the need to pay careful attention to the practice and meanings of family history around the world for scholars and practitioners – diverse communities both consuming and producing historical knowledge but not often in conversation with each other.

UK January 2022 • US January 2022 • 224 pages • 22 bw illus HB 9781350212060 • £85.00 / $115.00 ePub 9781350212107 • £76.50 / $100.32 ePdf 9781350212114 • £76.50 / $100.32 Series: New Directions in Social and Cultural History • Bloomsbury Academic

Art, Propaganda and Aerial Warfare in Britain during the Second World War

Rebecca Searle, University of Brighton, UK Rebecca Searle explores the tensions between the documentarist and propagandistic roles of the WAAC in their representation of aerial warfare in the battle for production, the Battle of Britain, the Blitz and the bombing of Germany. Accessibly written, highly illustrated and packed with valuable examples of the use of war art as historical source, this book will enhance our understanding of the social and cultural history of Britain during the Second World War.

UK February 2022 • US February 2022 • 168 pages • 40 bw illus PB 9781350199125 • £28.99 / $39.95 Previously published in HB 9781350075436 ePub 9781350075450 • £76.50 / $100.32 ePdf 9781350075443 • £76.50 / $100.32 Series: New Directions in Social and Cultural History • Bloomsbury Academic