African Studies / Zed Books

The Great Firewall of China

How to Build and Control an Alternative Version of the Internet James Griffiths As the Chinese internet grows and online businesses thrive, speech is controlled, dissent quashed, and attempts to organise outside the official Communist Party are quickly stamped out. But the effects of the Great Firewall are not confined to China itself. Through years of investigation James Griffiths gained unprecedented access to the Great Firewall and the politicians, tech leaders, dissidents and hackers whose lives revolve around it. As distortion, post-truth and fake news become old news James Griffiths shows just how far the Great Firewall has spread. Now is the time for a radical new vision of online liberty.

UK March 2021 • US March 2021 • 400 pages • Maps PB 9781786995360 • £9.99 / $12.95 Previously published in HB 9781786995353 ePub 9781786995384 • £18.00 / $23.40 ePdf 9781786995377 • £18.00 / $23.40 Zed Books

The Trouble with Taiwan

History, the United States and a Rising China Kerry Brown, King's College London, UK & Kalley Wu Tzu Hui Taiwan is a place with its own flag, currency, government and military, but which most of the world does not recognise as a sovereign country. An island that China regards as a ‘rebellious province’, but which has managed to survive defiantly for decades. Now with its neighbour China a major power on the world stage and ally United States looking increasingly inward, Taiwan’s position has never been more precarious. Kerry Brown and Kalley Wu Tzu-hui reveal how the island’s shifting fortunes have been shaped by centuries of conquest and by a cast of dynamic characters, explaining how this tiny island, caught between the agendas of two superpowers, is finding its place in a rapidly changing world order.

UK April 2021 • US April 2021 • 288 pages PB 9781786995216 • £9.99 / $12.95 Previously published in HB 9781786995223 ePub 9781786995247 • £17.09 / $22.16 ePdf 9781786995230 • £17.09 / $22.16

Africa's Shadow Rise

China and the Mirage of African Economic Development Pádraig Carmody, Trinity College Dublin, Peter Kragelund, Roskilde University, Denmark & Ricardo Reboredo, Trinity College Dublin This book argues that Africa’s economic ‘rise’ is a mirage, driven by developments elsewhere - particularly China's economic expansion. While many African countries have high growth rates, these may prove unsustainable, and contribute to environmental destruction and worsening inequality. Similarly, new economic relationships have produced new forms of dependency, as African nations are tied to the fortunes of China and other emerging powers. Drawing on in-depth fieldwork in southern Africa, this book reveals how the shifting balance of global power is transforming Africa’s economy and politics, and what this means for regional development efforts. Series: Asian Arguments • Zed Books

China and Her Neighbours

Asian Diplomacy from Ancient History to the Present Michael Tai, University of Cambridge, UK Countries across the Asian continent are facing an uncertain future. Does China’s rise threaten its neighbours? And what, ultimately, is its end goal? Nowhere are these questions more pressing than in the Pacific, where China’s maritime neighbours find themselves directly in the path of the country’s expanding territorial claims. In this rich historical exploration, Michael Tai finds answers to these and other questions through an in depth exploration of China’s past. Spanning thousands of years of Chinese and Asian history, China and Her Neighbours looks at China’s evolving relations with Japan, Vietnam, the Philippines, and Malaysia.

UK June 2021 • US June 2021• 216 pages PB 9781786997777 • £10.99 / $14.95 Previously published in HB 9781786997760 ePub 9781786997791 • £22.50 / $28.32 ePdf 9781786997807 • £22.50 / $28.32 Zed Books

Paper Dragons

China and the Next Crash Walden Bello, Binghamton University, USA Walden Bello traces our recent history of financial crises – from the bursting of Japan’s ‘bubble economy’ in 1990 to Wall Street in 2008 – taking in their political and human ramifications such as rising inequality and environmental degradation. He not only predicts that China might be the site of the next crash, but that under neoliberalism this will simply keep happening. The only way that we can stop this cycle, Bello argues, is through a fundamental change in the ways that we organise: a shift to cooperative enterprise, respectful of the environment, and which fractures the twin legacies of imperialism and capitalism. Insightful, erudite and passionate, Paper Dragons is a must-read for anyone wishing to prevent the next

UK April 2021 • US April 2021 • 320 pages PB 9781786995971 • £9.99 / $12.95 Previously published in HB 9781786995964 ePub 9781786995995 • £17.09 / $22.16 ePdf 9781786995988 • £17.09 / $22.16 Zed Books

financial meltdown.

UK September 2020 • US August 2020 • 240 pages HB 9781786994783 • £65.00 / $95.00 ePub 9781786994813 • £58.50 / $72.68 ePdf 9781786994806 • £58.50 / $72.68 Series: Politics and Development in Contemporary Africa • Zed Books

Hadrian's Wall

Creating Division Matthew Symonds, Independent Scholar, UK Over its long history, Hadrian’s Wall has had an undeniable influence in shaping the British landscape, both literally and figuratively. Since antiquity, it has repeatedly been invoked during times of national anxiety and has inspired creatives as diverse as Rudyard Kipling and George R. R. Martin. Combining an archaeological analysis of the monument itself and an examination of its rich legacy and contemporary relevance, Matthew Symonds presents a much-needed reliable, modern perspective on the Wall that sheds new light on its underexplored human story.

UK January 2021 • US January 2021 • 224 pages • 60 bw illus PB 9781350105348 • £19.99 / $26.95 • HB 9781350105355 • £65.00 / $90.00 ePub 9781350105379 • £17.99 / $22.16 ePdf 9781350105362 • £17.99 / $22.16 Series: Archaeological Histories • Bloomsbury Academic

Sir Arthur Evans and Minoan Crete

Creating the Vision of Knossos Nanno Marinatos In steering Aegean archaeology away from Homer towards the broader Mediterranean world in his controversial excavations at Knossos, Sir Arthur Evans is often charged with having done his own inventing, recreating the Cretan Labyrinth via the Bronze Age myth of the Minotaur. Nanno Marinatos challenges the entrenched idea that Evans was nothing more than a flamboyant researcher who turned speculation into history, arguing instead that his combination of anthropology, comparative religion and analysis of cultic artefacts led him to propose remarkable ideas about Minoan religion which are now being vindicated as startling new evidence comes to light.

UK December 2020 • US December 2020 • 304 pages • 47 bw illus PB 9781350197350 • £28.99 / $39.95 Previously published in HB 9781780768113 ePub 9780857738837 • £81.00 / $101.01 ePdf 9780857725165 • £81.00 / $101.01 Bloomsbury Academic

Bloomsbury Egyptology

Nicholas Reeves

Cleopatra's Needles

The Lost Obelisks of Egypt Bob Brier, Long Island University, USA

"Mr. Brier tells these stories with panache and with authority. His cast of characters-pharaohs, emperors, popes, engineers, Egyptologists and

millionaires-can hardly be beat." Wall Street Journal Between 1831 and 1881 three massive obelisks left Egypt, bound for Paris, London and New York. With no records of how obelisks had been moved in the past, the engineers entrusted with transporting them across oceans had to invent new methods, and they were far from certain that they would work. Bob Brier recreates a turbulent era, caught up in obelisk mania, with astounding tales of engineering dexterity and naval endurance that will fascinate all those interested in Egypt, its iconic monuments and the history of great endeavour.

UK February 2021 • US February 2021 • 248 pages • 75 bw illus PB 9781350198722 • £19.99 / $26.95 Previously published in HB 9781474242936 ePub 9781474242943 • £27.00 / $34.48 ePdf 9781474242950 • £27.00 / $34.48 Series: Bloomsbury Egyptology • Bloomsbury Academic

From Stonehenge to Mycenae

The Challenges of Archaeological Interpretation John C. Barrett, University of Sheffield, UK & Michael J. Boyd, University of Cambridge, UK This book reconsiders how we can understand archaeology on a grand scale by abandoning the claims that material remains stand for the people and institutions that produced them, or that genetic change somehow caused cultural change.The radiocarbon revolution made the old view that the architecture of Mycenae influenced the building of Stonehenge untenable. But the recent use of ‘big data’ and of genetic histories have led archaeology back to a worldview where ‘big problems’ are assumed to require ‘big solutions’. Making an animated plea for bottom-up rather than top-down solutions, the authors consider how life was made possible by living in the local and materially distinct worlds of the period.

UK December 2020 • US December 2020 • 216 pages • 30 bw illus PB 9781350190825 • £28.99 / $39.95 Previously published in HB 9781474291897 ePub 9781474291903 • £63.00 / $78.84 ePdf 9781474291910 • £63.00 / $78.84 Series: Debates in Archaeology • Bloomsbury Academic

Quesna I

Investigations in the Ptolemaic-Roman Cemetery 20062013 Edited by Joanne Rowland, Valentina Gasperini, Scott Haddow, Sarah Inskip, Lawrence Owens & Sonia Zakrzewski Quesna I publishes the first phases of investigations of the PtolemaicRoman cemetery by the EES Minufiyeh Archaeological Survey (2007-2013). It includes a site description and a main catalogue with information on each of the burials excavated and analysed.

UK January 2021 • 410 pages PB 9780856982217 • £70.00 Series: Excavation Memoirs • Egypt Exploration Society World English (excluding Canada/Mexico/USA)

Five Egyptian Goddesses

Their Possible Beginnings, Actions, and Relationships in the Third Millennium BCE Susan Tower Hollis, State University of New York, USA This volume explores the earliest appearances and functions of the five major Egyptian goddesses Neith, Hathor, Nut, Isis and Nephthys. Their importance endured throughout the three millennia of Egyptian history but their origins and earliest roles in religion and myth have never before been studied together in detail. Showcasing the latest research and a full bibliography on the five goddesses, this is vital reading for all scholars of Egyptian religion, mythology and early dynastic history. Hollis is particularly interested in the evidence that these goddesses had very close ties with royalty and, at least in the case of Neith and Hathor, special connections to early queens.

UK May 2021 • US May 2021 • 232 pages • 30 bw illus PB 9781780937151 • £28.99 / $39.95 Previously published in HB 9781474234252 ePub 9781780937946 • £76.50 / $94.85 ePdf 9781780935959 • £76.50 / $94.85 Series: Bloomsbury Egyptology • Bloomsbury Academic

Communicative Approaches for Ancient Languages

Edited by Steven Hunt, University of Cambridge, UK & Mair E. Lloyd, Open University, UK A first in its field, this book showcases current and emerging communicative practices in the teaching and learning of ancient Latin and Greek across contemporary education in the US, the UK, South America and continental Europe. The examples showcased in this volume provide readers with a vital survey of the most current issues in communicative language teaching, helping them to explore and consider adoption of a wider range of pedagogical practices, and encouraging them to develop tools to promote engagement and retention of a wider variety of students.

UK April 2021 • US April 2021 • 288 pages PB 9781350157330 • £24.99 / $34.95 • HB 9781350157347 • £75.00 / $100.00 ePub 9781350157354 • £22.49 / $28.32 ePdf 9781350157361 • £22.49 / $28.32 Bloomsbury Academic

Anticipation and Anachrony in Statius’ Thebaid

Robert Simms, University of Oslo, Norway Applying the latest narratological theory and focusing on the use of anachrony (or 'chronological deviation'), this book explores how Statius competes - successfully - for a place within an established literary canon. With so many storyversions to start from, he was conveniently positioned to offer a unique exploration into how a compelling story could be created despite working within a saturated and overly familiar mythic tradition. This book argues that it is chiefly through the use of narrative anachrony, or non-chronological modes of narration, that Statius manipulates states of anticipation, suspense, and even surprise in his audience. PB 9781350191396 • £28.99 / $39.95 Previously published in HB 9781350082571 ePdf 9781350082588 • £76.50 / $94.85 Bloomsbury Academic

Funerary Epigrams of Ancient Greece

Reflections on Literature, Society and Religion Marta González González, University of Málaga, Spain Taking a wide selection of Greek funerary epigrams from the 6th to 4th centuries BC, this volume considers their historical and chronological contexts to draw out information about the society that created them. A thematic structure within a broader chronological framework provides a valuable lens on the epigrams, allowing readers to compare particular types across the time period. The focus is on epitaphs of individuals in the most significant stages of life, where gender differences are most marked: themes include untimely death, women and wives, friendship, piety and non-kin love. All epigrams are offered in Greek, followed by an English translation.

Selections from Virgil's Aeneid Books 7-12

A Student Reader Ashley Carter, Independent Scholar, UK This reader of Virgil's text features passages from the second half of the Aeneid and is designed to help students understand and appreciate Virgil’s poem, as well as improve their Latin reading skills. Each Latin passage is accompanied by running vocabulary, on-page commentary notes and targeted questions. The book can be used as a source of oneoff unseen passages or as a reader for students working through individual books or the whole poem. An introduction sets the story of the Aeneid in its mythological, literary and historical context and includes a glossary of literary devices and essays explaining the principles of Virgil’s word order and metre. At the end of the book is a complete alphabetical vocabulary list.

UK February 2021 • US February 2021 • 224 pages PB 9781350136250 • £16.99 / $22.95 ePub 9781350136267 • £15.29 / $19.70 ePdf 9781350136274 • £15.29 / $19.70

UK April 2021 • US April 2021 • 216 pages ePub 9781350082595 • £76.50 / $94.85 Bloomsbury Academic

Reflections and New Perspectives on Virgil's Georgics

Edited by Nicholas Freer, University of Durham, UK & Bobby Xinyue, University of Warwick, UK Virgil’s Georgics, long the most neglected of the ancient poet’s works, are brought to the forefront of scholarly debate through a dynamic collection of new readings. The range of contributions, from scholars in Australia, across Europe and the US, examine how the poem has been (re) interpreted and appropriated by readers from antiquity to the modern era. The Georgics had a profound impact on the Western literary landscape, with a sustained and diverse intellectual interest in the poem starting with Virgil’s near-contemporaries and continuing to the present day.

UK August 2020 • US August 2020 • 304 pages PB 9781350177482 • £27.99 / $37.95 Previously published in HB 9781350070516 ePub 9781350070530 • £25.19 / $32.02 ePdf 9781350070523 • £25.19 / $32.02

Bloomsbury Academic

UK September 2020 • US September 2020 • 224 pages • 11 bw illus PB 9781350182882 • £28.99 / $39.95 Previously published in HB 9781350062429 ePub 9781350062443 • £76.50 / $94.85 ePdf 9781350062436 • £76.50 / $94.85 Bloomsbury Academic

The Spell of Hypnos

Sleep and Sleeplessness in Ancient Greek Literature Silvia Montiglio, Johns Hopkins University, USA Silvia Montiglio's imaginative and comprehensive study illuminates the various ways in which writers in antiquity used sleep and sleeplessness to deal with major aspects of plot and character development in ancient Greek literature. Exploring recurring tropes of somnolence and wakefulness in the Iliad, the Odyssey, Athenian drama, the Argonautica and ancient novels by Xenophon, Chariton, Heliodorus and Achilles Tatius, this is a unique contribution to better understandings of ancient Greek writing.

UK December 2020 • US December 2020 • 336 pages • 11 bw illus PB 9781350197435 • £28.99 / $39.95 Previously published in HB 9781784533519 ePub 9780857739834 • £85.50 / $105.94 ePdf 9780857726599 • £85.50 / $105.94 Bloomsbury Academic