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A Cultural History of Democracy
Volumes 1-6
Edited by Eugenio Biagini, University of Cambridge, UK How has the concept of democracy been understood, manifested, reimagined and represented through the ages? This set of six volumes spans 2,500 years of democracy in its physical, social and cultural context. Each volume discusses the same themes in its ten chapters: Sovereignty; Liberty; The ‘common good’; Economic and social democracy; Religion and the principles of political obligation; Gender and citizenship; Ethnicity, race and nationalism; Democratic processes, revolutions and civil resistance; International relations; and Expanding the polis, transforming sovereignty.
UK May 2021 • US May 2021 • 6 vols • c. 1824 pages HB Pack • 9781350042933 • £440 / $610 250 bw illus Series: The Cultural Histories Series • Bloomsbury Academic
A Cultural History of Genocide
Volumes 1-6
Edited by Paul R. Bartrop, Florida Gulf Coast University, USA How has human response to genocide evolved over time? What effect has it had on our understanding of the cause and consequences of genocide? Spanning 2,800 years of human history this work offers the first comprehensive, interdisciplinary overview of genocide from ancient times to the present day. Themes (and chapter titles) are: Responses to Genocide; Motivations and Justifications for Genocide; Genocide Perpetrators; Genocide Victims; Genocide and Memory; Consequences of Genocide; Representations of Genocide; Causes of Genocide.
UK September 2021 • US September 2021 • 6 vols • c. 1728 pages HB Pack • 9781350034600 • £440 / $610 240 bw illus Series: The Cultural Histories Series • Bloomsbury Academic
A Cultural History of Hinduism
Volumes 1-6
Edited by Karen Pechilis, Drew University, USA This 6 volume set presents an authoritative survey of Hinduism from ancient times to the present, spanning 4,500 years. The work takes an interdisciplinary approach drawing on religious studies, Asian studies, history, literary studies, cultural studies, gender studies, politics, sociology and anthropology. Themes (and chapter titles are): Sources of Authority; Defining Body and Mind; Social Organization and Everyday Norms; Identity, Difference and Dialogue; Politics and Power; Visual Culture; Lineages and Emerging Exemplars and Movements; and Hinduism in Global Context.
Special introductory offer (valid up to 3 months after publication): £395 / $550
UK March 2023 • US March 2023 • 6 vols • c. 1728 pages HB Pack • 9781350024434 • £440 / $610 300 bw illus Series: The Cultural Histories Series • Bloomsbury Academic
A Cultural History of Ideas
Volumes 1-6
Edited by Sophia Rosenfeld and Peter T. Struck, both University of Pennsylvania, USA This Cultural History presents historians, as well as students and scholars of related fields, with the first comprehensive and interdisciplinary overview of the cultural history of ideas from ancient times to the present day. It examines 2,800 years of ideas from a wide range of perspectives including philosophy, religion, politics and art. Themes (and chapter titles) are: Knowledge; The Human Self; Ethics and Social Relations; Politics and Economies; Nature; Religion and the Divine; Language, Poetry and Rhetoric; The Arts; and History.
Special introductory offer (valid up to 3 months after publication): £395 / $550
UK September 2022 • US September 2022 • 6 vols • c. 1728 pages HB Pack • 9781350007550 • £440 / $610 240 bw illus Series: The Cultural Histories Series • Bloomsbury Academic
A Cultural History of Insects
Volumes 1-6
Edited by Gene Kritsky, Mount St. Joseph University, Cincinnati, USA Human-insect interaction has always been part of our life on earth, yet insects remain the form of life most alien to us. A Cultural History of Insects seeks to remedy this and reveals how our relationship with insects - in life and in death – is one of our most productive and intimate. Themes (and chapter titles) are: Insect Knowledge; Insects and Disease; Insects and Food; Insect Products; Insects in Mythology and Religion; Insects as Symbols; Insects in Literature and Language; Insects in Art.
Special introductory offer (valid up to 3 months after publication): £395 / $550
UK July 2023 • US July 2023 • 6 vols • c.1744 pages HB Pack • 9781350003217 • £440 / $610 300 bw illus Series: The Cultural Histories Series • Bloomsbury Academic
A Cultural History of Love
Volumes 1-6
Edited by Katie Barclay, University of Adelaide, Australia What role has love played in social, political and cultural life over the centuries? How have values and beliefs about love affected different social groups in different cultures? In a 6-volume work spanning 2,500 years, 57 experts examine the meaning of love: what it feels like, how it should be expressed on the body and in language, its representation in art and literature, its explanation by theology and by science, and who should experience it (and towards whom). Themes (and chapter titles) are: Romantic Love; Love in Families; Friendship; Love in Communities; Love and the Divine; Love in Politics; Physiologies of Love; and Love in Art and Material Culture.
Special introductory offer (valid up to 3 months after publication): £395 / $550
UK July 2023 • US July 2023 • 6 vols • c. 1608 pages HB Pack • 9781350119833 • £440 / $610 300 bw illus Series: The Cultural Histories Series • Bloomsbury Academic
A Cultural History of Medicine
Volumes 1-6
Edited by Roger Cooter How has our understanding of medicine evolved over the past 2,500 years? A Cultural History of Medicine, as the first comprehensive and interdisciplinary overview of the cultural history of medicine from ancient times to modernity, discusses this. With 6 highly illustrated volumes covering 2500 years of human history, this is the definitive reference work on the subject. Themes (and chapter titles) are: Environment; Food; Disease; Animals; Objects; Experiences; the Mind; Authority.
UK April 2021 • US April 2021 • 6 vols • c. 1744 pages HB Pack • 9781472569875 • £440 / $610 254 bw illus Series: The Cultural Histories Series • Bloomsbury Academic
A Cultural History of Plants
Volumes 1-6
Edited by Annette Giesecke, University of Delaware, USA, and David Mabberley, University of Oxford, UK A global exploration of how plants have shaped human culture. Covering the last 12,000 years, it is the definitive history of how we have cultivated, traded, classified, and altered plants and how, in turn, plants have influenced our ideas of luxury and wealth, health and well-being, art and architecture. Themes (and chapter titles) are: Plants as Staple Foods; Plants as Luxury Foods; Trade and Exploration; Plant Technology and Science; Plants and Medicine; Plants in Culture; Plants as Natural Ornaments; The Representation of Plants.
Special introductory price (valid up to 3 months after publication): £395 / $550
UK February 2022 • US March 2022 • 6 vols • c. 1744 pages HB Pack • 9781474273596 • £440 / $610 343 bw illus Series: The Cultural Histories Series • Bloomsbury Academic
A Cultural History of Race
Volumes 1-6
Edited by Marius Turda, Oxford Brookes University, UK ‘This detailed, deep and comparative historicization of racial thinking is a very much needed and timely project.' Peter Wade, Professor of Social Anthropology, University of Manchester, UK How have definitions of race varied and changed over time? What impact have religion, science and politics had on race throughout history? These ambitious questions are answered in this work by 60+ experts who deepen our understanding of how race has developed conceptually and in reality. Themes (and chapter titles) are: Definitions of Race; Race, Environment and Culture; Race and Religion; Race and Science; Race and Politics; Race and Ethnicity; Race and Gender; Race and Body; and Anti-Race.
UK November 2021 • US November 2021 • 6 vols • c. 1728 pages HB Pack • 9781350067578 • £440 / $610 300 bw illus Series: The Cultural Histories Series • Bloomsbury Academic
A Cultural History of Shopping
Volumes 1-6
Edited by Jon Stobart, Manchester Metropolitan University, UK A Cultural History of Shopping presents an authoritative survey from ancient times to the present. Covering a span of 2,500 years it traces how the activity of shopping has changed over the centuries and what it tells us about the lives and interests of people living within different cultures. Themes (and chapter titles) are: Practices and Processes; Spaces and Places; Shoppers and Identities; Luxury and Everyday; Home and Family; Visual and Literary Representations; Reputation, Trust and Credit; and Governance, Regulation and the State.
Special introductory offer (valid up to 3 months after publication): £395 / $550
UK June 2022 • US May 2022 • 6 vols • c. 1700 pages HB Pack • 9781350027060 • £440 / $610 235 bw illus Series: The Cultural Histories Series • Bloomsbury Academic
Volumes 1-6
Edited by Benjamin N. Lawrance, University of Arizona, USA Bringing together an international cast of over 60 contributors, this is the first authoritative survey of the cultural history of slavery and human trafficking, with coverage extending from prehistory to the modern day. Themes (and chapter titles) are: Definitions and Ideologies of Slavery and Trafficking; Slavery, Trafficking, and the Law; Political Cultures; Coercive Laboring Economies; Social Organization, Culture, and Ritual; Gender, Enslavement, and Trafficking; Age, Enslavement, and Trafficking; and Anti-Slavery, Anti-Trafficking, and Abolition Outcomes.
Special introductory offer (valid up to 3 months after publication): £395 / $550
UK October 2023 • US October 2023 • 6 vols • c. 1728 pages HB Pack • 9781350053939 • £440 / $610 240 bw illus Series: The Cultural Histories Series • Bloomsbury Academic
A Cultural History of Sport
Volumes 1-6
Edited by Wray Vamplew, University of Stirling, UK, John McClelland, University of Toronto, Canada, and Mark Dyreson, Penn State, USA From gladiatorial combat to knightly tournaments and from hunting to games and gambling, sport has been central to human culture. A Cultural History of Sport presents the first extensive history from classical antiquity to today, covering all forms and aspects of sport in its ever-changing social, cultural, political, and economic context and impact. Themes (and chapter titles) are: The Purpose of Sport; Sporting Time and Sporting Space; Products, Training and Technology; Rules and Order; Conflict and Accommodation; Inclusion, Exclusion and Segregation; Minds, Bodies and Identities; Representation.
UK January 2021 • US January 2021 • 6 vols • c. 1744 pages HB Pack • 9781350024106 • £440 / $610 269 bw illus Series: The Cultural Histories Series • Bloomsbury Academic
A Cultural History of the Environment
Volumes 1-6
Edited by Stephen Mosley, Lancaster University, UK and Greg Bankoff, University of Hull, UK A set of six periodized volumes covering a span of 5,500 years and exploring the complexities of humanenvironment relationships since the emergence of the first civilizations. Themes (and chapter titles) are: Earth; Skies, Climate and the Atmosphere; Work, Energy and Power; Water; Forests; Animals; Cities and Settlements; War; and Disasters and Resilience.
Special introductory offer (valid up to 3 months after publication): £395 / $550
UK September 2023 • US September 2023 • 6 vols • c. 1632 pages HB Pack • 9781472575937 • £440 / $610 300 bw illus Series: The Cultural Histories Series • Bloomsbury Academic
A Cultural History of the Sea
Volumes 1-6
Edited by Margaret Cohen, Stanford University, USA Throughout history, how has the sea served as a site for cross-cultural exchange, trade and migration? As historians, how do the fields of naval history, maritime history and oceanic history intersect? 56 experts, 48 chapters and over 1,700 pages explore how representation and understanding of the sea has developed over 2,500 years of cultural and natural history. Themes (and chapter titles) are: Knowledges; Practices; Networks; Islands and Shores; Travelers; Representation; Imaginary Worlds; and Conflicts.
UK April 2021 • US April 2021 • 6 vols • c. 1792 pages HB Pack • 9781474299107 • £440 / $610 287 bw illus Series: The Cultural Histories Series • Bloomsbury Academic
A Cultural History of War
Volumes 1-6
Edited by Mary Kathryn Barbier, Mississippi State University, USA, and Dennis Showalter, Colorado College, USA What role has war played in the historical and contemporary formation of societies across the globe? How have different classes and communities been impacted, and how have different civilisations over the last 2,500 years commemorated and remembered war? 54 experts answer these ambitious questions in the first authoritative survey of the subject from antiquity to the present day. Themes (and chapter titles) are: Class, Race and Gender; Immigration and Integration; Religion; Environment; Cultural of War: High and Popular; Civil War and Ethnic Cleansing; Confidence Game: Intelligence, Deception, and Subterfuge; Ritual, Commemoration, and Memory.
Special introductory offer (valid up to 3 months after publication): £395 / $550
UK November 2023 • US November 2023 • vols • c. 1728 pages HB Pack • 9781350052567 • £440 / $610 240 bw illus Series: The Cultural Histories Series • Bloomsbury Academic
A Cultural History of Youth
Volumes 1-6
Edited by Stephanie Olsen, Tampere University, Finland A Cultural History of Youth presents historians, and scholars and students of related fields, with the first comprehensive and interdisciplinary overview of the cultural history of youth from ancient times to modernity. With six highly illustrated volumes covering 2,500 years, this is the definitive reference work on the subject. Themes (and chapter titles) are: Concepts of Youth; Spaces and Places; Education and Work; Leisure and Play; Emotions, Gender, Sexuality and the Body; Belief and Ideology; Authority and Agency; War and Conflict; and Towards a World History.
Special introductory offer (valid up to 3 months after publication): £395 / $550
UK December 2022 • US February 2023 • 6 vols • c. 1728 pages HB Pack • 9781350032682 • £440 / $610 240 bw illus Series: The Cultural Histories Series • Bloomsbury Academic
Now available in individual hardback volumes
A Cultural History of the Home
Edited by Amanda Flather, University of Essex, UK A comprehensive survey of the domestic space from ancient times to the present. Spanning 2800 years, the volumes explore how different cultures and societies have established, developed and used the home. It reveals a great deal about how people have lived day-to-day in a range of regions and epochs by providing a historical focus on the location in which they will have spent much of their time: the domestic space.
2020 • 6 vols • c. 1680 pages • 300 bw illus HB Pack 9781472584410 • £450 / $610 Series: The Cultural Histories Series • Bloomsbury Academic
A Cultural History of the Home in Antiquity
Edited by Andrew Wallace-Hadrill, University of Cambridge, UK and Joanne Berry, Swansea University, UK
UK September 2022 • US September 2022 • 232 pages • 41 bw illus HB 9781472584229 • £75 / $110
Edited by Katherine L. French, University of Michigan, USA
UK September 2022 • US September 2022 • 240 pages • 50 bw illus HB 9781472584236 • £75 / $110
A Cultural History of the Home in the Renaissance
Edited by Amanda Flather, University of Essex, UK
UK September 2022 • US September 2022 • 248 pages • 50 bw illus HB 9781472584243 • £75 / $110
UK September 2022 • US September 2022 • 264 pages • 50 bw illus HB 9781472584250 • £75 / $110
Edited by Jane Hamlett, Royal Holloway, University of London, UK
UK September 2022 • US September 2022 • 272 pages • 50 bw illus HB 9781472584298 • £75 / $110
A Cultural History of the Home in the Modern Age
Edited by Despina Stratigakos, University at Buffalo, State University of New York, USA
UK September 2022 • US September 2022 • 264 pages • 50 bw illus HB 9781472584304• £75 / $110
Now available in individual hardback volumes
A Cultural History of Memory
Edited by Stefan Berger, Ruhr University Bochum, Germany and Jeffrey K. Olick, University of Virginia, USA “Much could be said about any of the books in this landmark series, whose sum total of chapters from the world’s leading scholars will be read and referenced for generations.” Sun News Tucson
2020 • 6 vols • c. 1672 pages • 300 bw illus HB Pack 9781474273848 • £450 / $610 Series: The Cultural Histories Series • Bloomsbury Academic
A Cultural History of Memory in Antiquity
Edited by Beate Dignas, University of Oxford, UK
UK September 2022 • US September 2022 • 224 pages • 50 bw illus HB 9781474273374 • £75 / $110
A Cultural History of Memory in the Middle Ages
Edited by Gerald Schwedler, University of Zurich, Switzerland
UK September 2022 • US September 2022 • 232 pages • 37 bw illus HB 9781474273381 • £75 / $110
Edited by Marek Tamm, Tallinn University, Estonia and Alessandro Arcangeli, University of Verona, Italy
UK September 2022 • US September 2022 • 224 pages • 50 bw illus HB 9781474273411 • £75 / $110
Edited by Patrick Hutton, University of Vermont, USA
UK September 2022 • US September 2022 • 208 pages • 50 bw illus HB 9781474273480 • £75 / $110
UK September 2022 • US September 2022 • 240 pages • 50 bw illus HB 9781474273503 • £75 / $110
Edited by Stefan Berge, Ruhr University Bochum, Germany and Bill Niven, Nottingham Trent University, UK
UK September 2022 • US September 2022 • 240 pages • 47 bw illus HB 9781474273527 • £75 / $110
Now available in paperback A Cultural History of Work
Volumes 1-6
Winner of the 2020 PROSE Award for Multivolume Reference/Humanities
How has our relationship with ‘work’ changed for different cultures over the centuries? What effect has it had on politics, art and religion? In a work that spans 2,500 years these ambitious questions are addressed by 63 experts, each contributing their overview of a theme applied to a period in history.
UK December 2021 • US December 2021 • 6 vols • c. 1392 pages • 299 bw illus PB • 9781350278981 • £130 / $175 HB • 9781474245036 • £450 / $610 (2018) Series: The Cultural Histories Series • Bloomsbury Academic
A Cultural History of Work in Antiquity
Edited by Ephraim Lytle, University of Toronto, Canada
UK December 2021 • US December 2021 • 232 pages • 48 bw illus PB • 9781350278813 • £25.99 / $35.95 HB • 9781474244718 • £80 / $110 • 2020
Edited by Bert De Munck, University of Antwerp, Belgium and Thomas Max Safl ey, University of Pennsylvania, USA
UK December 2021 • US December 2021 • 232 pages • 50 bw illus PB • 9781350278837 • £25.99 / $35.95 HB • 9781474244879 • £80 / $110 • 2020
A Cultural History of Work in the Medieval Age
Edited by Valerie L. Garver, Northern Illinois University, USA
UK December 2021 • US December 2021 • 232 pages • 50 bw illus PB • 9781350278820 • £25.99 / $35.95 HB • 9781474244923 • £80 / $110 • 2020
UK December 2021 • US December 2021 • 248 pages • 54 bw illus PB • 9781350278844 • £25.99 / $35.95 HB • 9781474244824 • £80 / $110 • 2020
A Cultural History of Work in the Age of Empire
Edited by Victoria E. Thompson, Arizona State University, USA
UK December 2021 • US December 2021 • 216 pages • 46 bw illus PB • 9781350278899 • £25.99 / $35.95 HB • 9781474244930 • £80 / $110 • 2020
A Cultural History of Work in the Modern Age
Edited by Daniel J. Walkowitz, New York University, USA
UK December 2021 • US December 2021 • 232 pages • 49 bw illus PB • 9781350278905 • £25.99 / $35.95 HB • 9781474244817 • £80 / $110 • 2020
A Global History of Crime and Punishment
Volumes 1-6
Edited by Clive Emsley, Open University, UK and Sara McDougall, CUNY, USA What constituted a crime 2,500 years ago, and how was criminal activity dealt with? How has our defi nition of justice evolved over time alongside developments in law, society, religion and class structures? 36 experts address these pressing questions in a six-volume reference set that spans 2,500 years of human history. Integrating perspectives from history, cultural studies, philosophy and classics, this globally-focused work traces developments in the ever-changing criminal and justice worlds against a variety of social, legal and cultural contexts.
Special introductory offer (valid up to 3 months after publication): £395 / $550
UK March 2023 • US March 2023 • 6 vols • c. 1728 pages HB Pack • 9781472584847 • £440 / $610 Bloomsbury Academic
Europe’s Welfare Traditions Since 1500
Reform Without End
Thomas McStay Adams This two-volume study traces the interwoven traditions of modern welfare states in Europe over fi ve centuries, from Portugal, France, and Italy to Britain, Belgium, and Germany. It shows that the provision of assistance to those in need has faced recognizably similar challenges from the 16th century through to the present: how to allocate aid equitably (and how to allow for social status); how to give support without undermining autonomy (the work activation dilemma); and how to balance private and public spheres of action and responsibility.
UK January 2023 • US January 2023 • 2 vols • c. 736 pages HB Pack • 9781350276284 • £180 / $245 20 bw illus Bloomsbury Academic
Historiography
Critical Readings
Edited by Q. Edward Wang, Rowan University, USA This unparalleled four-volume survey of historiography examines the nature and signifi cance of history writing from ancient worlds to the present day. Taking a global approach, it presents and contextualizes classic works that portray the traditions of historical writing around the world. As well as substantial contextualizing editor introductions for each volume, there are 60 individual essays and extracts included, with notions of time, antiquarianism, the Annales School and postcolonialism all key topics at the heart of this vital collection.
UK February 2021 • US February 2021 • 4 vols • c. 1408 pages HB Pack • 9781350086876 • £660 / $890 Series: Critical and Primary Sources • Bloomsbury Academic
History of the Moorish Empire in Europe
Samuel Parsons Scott (1846-1929) was a US attorney, fi nancier and independent scholar This new edition of Samuel Scott's landmark three-volume history of the Moors in Spain and their infl uence on the culture of Western Europe includes a new introduction by Elizabeth Drayson (Murray Edwards College, University of Cambridge, UK). The fi rst two volumes provide a detailed chronological history while the third volume presents aspects of the culture of al-Andalus. Topics covered include the Moorish modes of conquest, government and administration; agriculture, trade and commerce; Moorish learning in science, literature and the arts; and refl ections on Muslim social life and practices.
UK January 2021 • US January 2021 • 3 vols • c. 2224 pages HB Pack • 9781784535339 • £330 / $445 Bloomsbury Academic
Now available in paperback Nobles and Nobilities of Europe
A History of Structures, Law and Institutions
Edited by Michael Sayer Michael Sayer provides a comprehensive survey of all the most signifi cant primary sources relating to the status of nobility in Europe from Roman times through the Medieval period and beyond, setting them within the broader historical context of the time. He also examines separately the many juridical aspects of nobility – titles, arms, heraldry, chivalric orders and knighthoods, and offi ces – providing a thorough methodological basis for the study of nobility. As a comprehensive survey of nobles and nobility in European society over 2000 years, this book is an invaluable reference tool for scholars and students.
UK February 2022 • US April 2022 • 4 vols • c. 1928 pages • 85 images in colour plates PB Pack • 9781350284234 • £200 / $270 HB Pack • 9781780764559 • £375 / $510 (2019) Bloomsbury Academic
Volume I
Michael Sayer
UK February 2022 • US April 2022 456 pages • 16 bw illus PB • 9781350284180 • £54.99 / $74.95
Volume II
Michael Sayer
UK February 2022 • US April 2022 400 pages PB • 9781350284210 • £54.99 / $74.95
Volume III
Michael Sayer
UK February 2022 • US April 2022 496 pages PB • 9781350284227 • £54.99 / $74.95
Volume IV
Michael Sayer
UK February 2022 • US April 2022 576 pages PB • 9781350284203 • £54.99 / $74.95
Volumes 1-3
Edited by Étienne Franҫois, Free University of Berlin, Germany and Thomas Serrier, European University Viadrina Frankfurt (Oder), Germany Bringing together leading scholars from across Europe, as well as the United States, Africa and Asia, The European Way since Homer is a three-volume journey through the political, cultural, religious, intellectual, social and geographical history of Europe. It synthesises over 150 chapters on topics from across the spectrum of people, places, ideas, art, objects and events that have influenced the shaping of the continent. The set enriches our understanding of collective memory in Europe, looks at what unites and divides the continent and investigates the different links between Europe and the rest of the world.
UK August 2021 • US August 2021 • 3 vols • c. 1296 pages HB Pack • 9781350058668 • £440 / $610 Bloomsbury Academic
The Foreign Office Handbooks - The Middle East
Edited by Sir George Prothero, President of the Royal Historical Society (1901-5) The aim of these handbooks was to provide British delegates to the 1919 Paris Peace Conference with detailed information on the geographical, economic, historical and political aspects of the countries concerned. Offering a wealth of information from the Intelligence Divisions of the Admiralty, the Military and the Foreign Office, this three-volume set covers the countries and issues relating to the Middle East and North Africa including Turkey, Syria, Persia and the Persian Gulf, Palestine, Mesopotamia and Armenia. This edition is introduced by William Roger Louis (University of Texas, Austin, USA) and has been thematically arranged for the first time.
Special introductory offer (valid up to 3 months after publication): £295 / $400
UK February 2022 • US April 2022 • 3 vols • c. 1664 pages HB Pack • 9781788310581 • £330 / $445 3 bw illus Bloomsbury Academic
The International Relations of the Chinese Empire
Edited by Hosea Ballou Mourse (1855-1934) Introduced by Michael Dillon, University of Durham, UK Originally published between 1908 and 1918, this five-volume set offers an unparalleled account of trade and economic life in China in the 19th century. The author, regarded as the major historian of modern China, spent 35 years in China working for the Chinese Maritime Customs Service. The first three volumes analyse the history of China’s relations with the West in the 19th century. The final two volumes - Trade and Administration of China and The Gilds of China - provide a first-hand analysis of the workings of the Chinese economy.
UK February 2021 • US February 2021 • 5 vols • c. 2362 pages HB Pack • 9781784531331 • £611 / $830 148 bw illus Bloomsbury Academic
The Making of Modern Atlantic Monarchies
1770 to the Present Day
Edited by Carolina Armenteros, Pontificia Universidad Católica Madre y Maestra, Dominican Republic, Matthijs Lok, University of Amsterdam, Netherlands and Iason Zarikos, EKKE Centre for Social Research, Greece This two-volume study sees contributors from the UK, the USA, Canada, Mexico, Singapore and ten countries from across mainland Europe analyse how monarchy has been theorized and implemented in the Atlantic world from the birth of conservatism during the French Revolution to the present day. Using monarchy as a lens, it also provides an original exploration of how conservatism, often branded as reactive, can be viewed as a continual response to, and reinterpretation of, pivotal social and political events over the longue durée. 33 chapters are included covering over 20 nations across the Atlantic world as well as parts of Asia.
UK March 2023 • US March 2023 • 2 vols • c. 640 pages HB Pack • 9781350237278 • £180 / $245 Bloomsbury Academic
