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BOKO HARAM
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Inside Nigeria’s Unholy War MIKE SMITH An on-the-ground account of the brutal struggle against Africa’s most feared terrorist group An insurgency in Nigeria by the Islamist extremist group Boko Haram has left thousands dead, shaken Africa’s biggest country and worried the world. Yet they remain a mysterious – almost unknowable – organisation. Through on-the-ground reporting, Smith provides the first in-depth account of the conflict. He traces Boko Haram from its beginnings in Nigeria’s remote northeast, to its transformation into a hydra-headed monster, deploying suicide bombers and abducting schoolgirls. Told through the eyes of those who have been caught between the violence of insurgents, brutal security forces and an inept government led by an accidental president, it includes the voices of a police officer left paralysed by an attack, women whose husbands have been murdered and a sword-wielding vigilante using charms to fend off bullets. It journeys through the corruption that has robbed Africa’s biggest oil producer of its potential, making it fertile ground for extremism. It questions whether there can be any end to the violence and the ways in which this might be achieved. Interspersed with history, this book delves into the roots of this unholy war being waged against the backdrop of an evolving extremist threat.
January 2015 320 pages 216 x 135mm Hardback £18.99 9781784530747 3 maps I.B.Tauris
Mike Smith is a foreign correspondent for AFP news agency and was bureau chief in Western Africa from 2010 to 2013, based in Nigeria. He has extensively covered the Boko Haram insurgency.
A Swamp Full of Dollars Pipelines and Paramilitaries at Nigeria’s Oil Frontier Michael Peel £18.99 Hardback 9781845119201
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MISSION ACCOMPLISHED?
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The Crisis of International Intervention SIMON JENKINS Simon Jenkins asks whether Western intervention is imperialism under another name From Vietnam to Syria, politicians, commentators and journalists have argued both for and against intervention, whether military or humanitarian. Simon Jenkins here presents a provocative and wide-ranging survey of the history of – and the arguments surrounding – intervention in Kosovo, Afghanistan, Iraq, Libya and Syria. Do nations intervene because of right and wrong? Is Western intervention simply a form of ‘imperialism-lite’? When is intervention justified? Jenkins traces the evolution of ‘liberal interventionism’ and shows that scepticism towards it came and comes not just from a growing perception of its failure. Instead, he argues that the past few decades can be characterised as an age of intervention, displaying worrying signs of merely laundering old-fashioned western imperialism and bordering at times on a crusader complex. In the face of recent conflicts – particularly in the Ukraine and with the rise of Islamic State – what can we learn from the miscalculations, mistakes and mendacity of ‘the age of intervention’?
July 2015 256 pages 198 x 126mm Paperback £9.99 9781784531324 I.B.Tauris
Sir Simon Jenkins is a journalist and author. He is a columnist and commentator for the Guardian and broadcasts for the BBC. He has edited the Times and the London Evening Standard and is chairman of the National Trust. His latest book is England’s Hundred Best Views.
Writing Revolution The Voices from Tunis to Damascus Edited by Matthew Cassel, Layla Al-Zubaidi and Nemonie Craven Roderick £12.99 Paperback 9781780765402
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UNDER THE BLACK FLAG
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At the Frontier of the New Jihad SAMI MOUBAYED With exclusive interviews and unparalleled access, a leading Arab journalist reveals the inner workings of Islamic State The Islamic State movement (ISIS/IS) burst onto the world stage in 2014. From its heartland in Syria, where it arose from the chaos of the Syrian Revolt, the organisation has expanded in ideology and membership and now poses a significant threat to the region, if not to the wider world. Moubayed, a Beirut-based journalist who has been analysing Syria and the region for 20 years, has unrivalled access to the movement and its participants. His book is the first inside account of an organisation which has dominated the headlines with a dangerous mix of barbarity and military prowess. In looking at the historical background of ISIS: where it came from, how it evolved, where it stands today and what its aims are for the future to reveal, it will provide, for the first time, a fullyfledged picture of what lies at the heart of the Islamic State.
April 2015 256 pages 198 x 126mm Paperback ÂŁ10.99 9781784533083 2 maps I.B.Tauris
Sami Moubayed is a Syrian historian and journalist. From 2012 to 2013, he was a visiting scholar at the Carnegie Middle East Center in Beirut, Lebanon. His articles on Middle East affairs have appeared in a variety of newspapers, including al-Ahram Weekly, al-Hayat, Gulf News, The Daily Star, Washington Report on Middle East Affairs, and Asia Times. He is a blogger with The Huffington Post and an online panelist with The Washington Post.
Zone of Crisis Afghanistan, Pakistan, Iran and Iraq Amin Saikal ÂŁ25.00 Hardback 9781780763194
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BLUE LABOUR
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Forging a New Politics EDITED BY IAN GEARY AND ADRIAN PABST FOREWORD BY ROWAN WILLIAMS What does Labour really stand for? This vital book outlines a bold new answer In the aftermath of the global economic crisis, and the worst recession for over seventy years, Britain has witnessed one of the most turbulent eras in politics since the Second World War. The dominant political and capitalistic system has come under close scrutiny; and the 2008 financial crash has cast serious doubt on the economic and social liberalism of both Thatcherism and Blairism. The Blue Labour movement addresses the fact that neither nationalisation nor privatisation has delivered lasting prosperity or stability. Critiquing the dominance in Britain of a social-cultural liberalism associated with the left and a free-market liberalism linked to the right, Blue Labour blends a ‘progressive’ commitment to greater economic equality with a more ‘conservative’ disposition emphasising personal loyalty, family, community and locality. Seeking to move beyond the centrist pragmatism of Blair and Cameron, this essential work speaks to the needs of diverse people and communities across the country. It is the manifesto of a vital new force in politics: one that could define the thinking of the next generation and beyond.
February 2015 228 pages 216 x 134mm Paperback £14.99 9781784532024 I.B.Tauris
Ian Geary is a Senior Parliamentary Assistant to the Rt. Hon Stephen Timms MP at the Houses of Parliament and an Executive Member of Christians on the Left (formerly the Christian Socialist Movement); Adrian Pabst is Senior Lecturer in Politics at the University of Kent and the author of Metaphysics: The Creation of Hierarchy (2012).
Attlee A Life in Politics Nicklaus Thomas-Symonds £12.99 Paperback 9781780762159
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BREXIT
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How Britain will Leave Europe DENIS MACSHANE Former Minister for Europe, Denis MacShane, explains why Britain will leave the EU Will Britain leave the EU? In recent months, commentators have begun to talk seriously about the possibility of ‘Brexit’ – British Exit from the EU. In this book, former Europe minister Denis MacShane looks at the history of Britain’s fraught relationship with Europe and shows how the possibility of Brexit has become increasingly more likely. He looks at the key personalities who shaped our European policy – from Churchill to Heath and Wilson to Thatcher, Blair and Cameron – and the key issues of immigration, the economy and media influence which have heightened Eurosceptic feeling in the UK. Touching on one of the biggest political issues of our times, this book will be essential reading as Britain makes its choice on Europe.
January 2015 240 pages 216 x 134mm Paperback £12.99 9781784533137 I.B.Tauris
Denis MacShane was a Labour MP serving in Tony Blair’s government as Minister for Europe. He was first elected as MP for Rotherham in 1994 and served until his resignation in 2012. MacShane studied at Oxford and London Universities. He is a prominent commentator on European issues.
The European Union An Introduction Mark Corner £15.99 Paperback 9781780766850
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CHINA’S FORGOTTEN PEOPLE
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Xinjiang, Repression and the Chinese State NICK HOLDSTOCK Lifting the lid on repression, terrorism and hardship in China’s secret state In October 2013 a jeep ploughed through a busy crowd before exploding in Tiananmen Square. The Chinese authorities identified the driver as Uyghur – one of an Islamic ethnic minority, 10 million strong, who live in China’s North West province of Xinjiang. Six months later, eight knife-wielding Uyghurs went on a rampage at a train station in Kunming, killing 29 people and wounding more than 140 others. These attacks, described as ‘China’s 9/11’, have shaken the Chinese leadership which has cracked down hard on Xinjiang and its Uyghurs. One of the few Western commentators to have lived in the region, journalist Nick Holdstock travels into the heart of the province and reveals the Uyghur story as one of repression and hardship. As a result, China’s Islamic population is reacting, with Islamic terrorism in China looking likely to increase over the next decade. How the Party responds will have global repercussions. This book explains why terrorism is on the rise in the world’s most powerful one-party state, and what this means for the way we think about China.
May 2015 288 pages 216 x 135mm Paperback £14.99 9781784531409 I.B.Tauris
Nick Holdstock is a journalist and writer. He writes regularly on China for for the London Review of Books and his writing can be found in Vice, The LA Review of Books, n+1, The Independent, The Dublin Review, Times Literary Supplement, Edinburgh Review, Dissent and Salon.com amongst others.
China A Modern History Michael Dillon £14.99 Paperback 9781780763811
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LITTLE EMPERORS AND MATERIAL GIRLS
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Sex and Youth in Modern China JEMIMAH STEINFELD The first book on dating, sex and being young, told through the voices of the new China China is the world’s fastest-growing economic powerhouse. But behind the headlines a once-in-a-generation sexual and cultural revolution is taking place in the bars, cafes and streets of China’s mega-cities. Welcome to this new China. Writer and journalist Jemimah Steinfeld meets the young people behind the world’s fastest-moving nation, to unveil their attitudes towards love, life and sexuality. Young Chinese have new words to describe the world they live in: ‘little emperors’ – bossy and selfish single men who have grown up under the one child policy; ‘leftovers’ – women over twentysix who aren’t married; ‘love markets’ – weekend gatherings where parents attempt to find husbands and wives for their children, match-make young singles and offer boyfriends for hire. Steinfeld introduces the people at the heart of this world, from the man starting China’s first online dating agency to the women who work the red-light districts; from the company trying to sell sex toys to China’s middle-classes to the sinopunks of Beijing’s bar scene. Little Emperors and Material Girls is the book which will change the way you see China.
February 2015 256 pages 198 x 126mm Paperback £14.99 9781780769844 I.B.Tauris
Jemimah Steinfeld is a journalist who has worked and lived in China. She has worked for the Global Times in Beijing, alongside writing freelance articles for CNN, Time Out and the Huffington Post on issues relating to China, feminism and dating. She currently works at London’s Asia House in charge of their literature programme and is contributing editor (China) for Index on Censorship magazine.
The New Emperors Power and the Princelings in China Kerry Brown £20.00 Hardback 9781780769103
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CHINA AND THE WEST
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Hope and Fear in the Age of Asia FOKKE OBBEMA Why the West should stop worrying and learn to trust China China sees its relations with the West as absolutely crucial to its future. This relationship, between the new world and the old, is changing the global political and economic landscape. But can Europe and China overcome their cultural and political differences to develop a relationship of trust? Here, experienced journalist Fokke Obbema travels through Europe and China and speaks with dozens of entrepreneurs, students, experts and politicians. He shows how mutual relations are affected by a feeling of superiority on both sides, and sheds light on the thousands of interactions between people in finance, politics, economics and education. Above all he shows how a fear of China has permeated the discourse, and argues that we should instead take a balanced view of the future of China relations, even be excited by the change which is coming. Apart from anything else, the west is on the brink of another financial disaster – what if the Chinese don’t come?
August 2015 288 pages 198 x 126mm Paperback £12.99 9781784533847 I.B.Tauris
Fokke Obemma is a journalist and writer. He is the former Economic Editor and current Foreign Affairs editor for the major Dutch newspaper de Volksrant. A China expert, he has travelled extensively throughout the country.
Bayonets to Lhasa The British Invasion of Tibet Peter Fleming £11.99 Paperback 9781848856981
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LET ONE HUNDRED VOICES SPEAK
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How the Internet is Transforming China and Changing Everything LIZ CARTER How the new media is changing the world’s fastest growing superpower, on a scale unknown in modern history From the Occupy movement in the Western world to the Arab Spring in the Middle East, the internet and social media is changing the global landscape. China is next. Despite being a heavily-censored society, China has over 560 million active internet users, more than double that of the USA. Chinawatcher Liz Carter shows how the internet in China is leading to a coming together of activists, ordinary people and cultural trendsetters on an unprecedented scale. News about protests and natural disasters, or gossip and satirical jokes, are virtually uncensorable and spread quickly through Weibo – the Chinese Twitter – and the Chinese internet underground. A foundational shift of assumptions and expectations is taking place, as many Chinese cast off the communist-era ‘stability at all costs’ mantra and find new forms of self-expression, creativity and communication with the world. Lively, groundbreaking and brilliantly researched, this book reveals a new side to the world’s largest country, and is the must-read guide to its future and the future of the state, protest and censorship in the internet age.
June 2015 256 pages 198 x 126mm Paperback £12.99 9781780769851 I.B.Tauris
Liz Carter is the former Managing Editor of Tea Leaf Nation, one of the most popular blogs covering China in the West, and writes regularly for The Atlantic Monthly and Foreign Policy. She has appeared on Al Jazeera and HuffPost Live as an expert on Chinese media.
Deng Xiaoping The Man Who Made Modern China Michael Dillon £25.00 Hardback 9781780768953
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ISLAM IN AMERICA
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JONATHAN CURIEL Islam is a hidden ingredient in the melting pot of America. Though there are between 2 and 8 million Muslims in the USA, Islam has traditionally had little political clout compared to other minority faiths. Nonetheless it is believed to be the country’s fastest-growing religion, with a vibrant culture of theological debate, particularly regarding the role of women preachers. In Islam in America, Curiel traces the story of America’s Muslims from the seventeenth century slave trade to the eighteenth century immigration wave to the Nation of Islam. Drawing on interviews in communities from industrial Michigan to rural California, Curiel portrays the diversity of practices, cultures and observances that make up Muslim America. He profiles the leading personalities and institutions representing the community, and explores their relationship to the wider politics of America, particularly after 9/11. This book offers an indispensable guide to the social life of modern Islam and the diversity of contemporary America. Jonathan Curiel is a former staff writer for the San Francisco Chronicle, whose work has also appeared in the Columbia Journalism Review, Salon.com and the LA Times. February 2015 192 pages 216 x 134mm 9781848855991 Paperback £12.99
ISLAM IN SAUDI ARABIA
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DAVID COMMINS The common image of Saudi Arabia portrays a country where religious rules dictate every detail of daily life: where women may not drive and must veil their faces; where unrelated men and women may not interact; and where banks, restaurants and cafes have dual facilities: one for families, another for men. Yet life in the kingdom, contrary to perception, is not so clear cut as simply obeying dogma. Commins challenges the stereotype of a country immune to change by highlighting the ways that urbanization, education, consumerism, global communications and technological innovation have exerted pressure against rules issued by the religious establishment. He places the Wahhabi movement in the wider context of Islamic history, showing how state-appointed clerics built on dynastic backing to fashion a model society of Sharia observance and moral virtue. David Commins is Professor of History at Dickinson College, Carlisle, PA. February 2015 224 pages 216 x 134mm 9781848858015 Paperback £12.99
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THE KURDS OF SYRIA
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HARRIET ALLSOPP
The troubled story of Syria’s Kurdish population In September 2014, the Kurdish Syrian city of Kobane was subjected to a massive attack by fighters of the movement Islamic State (IS). As a result, the plight of the Kurds of Syria became known around the world. Less well-known, however, is their struggle before these dramatic and violent events. This struggle was mostly aimed at having their voices heard on the political stage and having equitable access to both economic and political resources. This examination of Kurdish politics in Syria therefore concentrates on the Syrian-Kurdish political parties, which despite state sanctions, have attempted to promote their political agendas and to bring about change for the approximately 3 million Kurds that reside in the country. The Kurds of Syria explores the fundamental issues of minority identity and the concept of being ‘stateless’ in a turbulent region, making it vital for all those researching the politics of the modern Middle East.
March 2015 320 pages 216 x 134mm Paperback £14.99 9781784533939 2 b&w integrated illustrations I.B.Tauris
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‘... lucid, engaging and detailed...’ – Gareth Stansfield, Professor of Middle East Politics and Director of the Institute of Arab and Islamic Studies, University of Exeter Harriet Allsopp is an expert on the Kurds in Syria and contributes analysis to private consultancies and governmental departments.
The Kurds of Iraq Nationalism and Identity in Iraqi Kurdistan Mahir A. Aziz £14.99 Paperback 9781784532734
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THE WARTIME JOURNALS
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HUGH TREVOR-ROPER EDITED BY RICHARD DAVENPORT-HINES Hugh Trevor-Roper’s bestselling wartime memoir The posthumous discovery of Hugh Trevor-Roper’s wartime journals provides an unusual and privileged view of the Allied war effort against Nazi Germany. Gathered together for the first time, they offer an engaging – sometimes mischievous – and reflective study of both the human comedy and personal tragedy of wartime. March 2015
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‘...superlatively entertaining.’ – John Banville ‘...vastly more entertaining and instructive than anything the Führer could have written.’ – Nigel Jones, The Daily Telegraph Hugh Trevor-Roper was an expert in the history of both early modern Britain and Nazi Germany, he was Regius Professor of Modern History at Oxford University and latterly Master of Peterhouse, Cambridge. He received a life peerage in 1979. Richard Davenport-Hines is a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society and the Royal Society of Literature. He is a regular reviewer for the Sunday Telegraph, Sunday Times, and History Today.
The Secret World Behind the Curtain of British Intelligence in World War II and the Cold War Hugh Trevor-Roper Edited by Edward Harrison £25.00 Hardback 9781780762081
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CHURCHILL AND THE ISLAMIC WORLD
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Orientalism, Empire and Diplomacy in the Middle East WARREN DOCKTER The first book to reveal what Winston Churchill really thought of the Middle East, and how he shaped it Winston Churchill was the greatest statesman of the twentieth century, yet he began his career as a colonial policeman in the North-West borderlands of India, and this experience was the beginning of his long relationship with the Islamic world. Overturning the widely-accepted consensus that Churchill was indifferent to, and even contemptuous of, matters concerning the Middle East, this book unravels Churchill’s nuanced understanding of the edges of the British Empire. Dockter analyses the future Prime Minister’s experiences of the East, including his work as Colonial Under-Secretary in the early 1900s, his relations with the Ottomans and conduct during the Dardanelles Campaign of 1915-16, his arguments with David Lloyd-George over Turkey, and his pragmatic support of Syria and Saudi Arabia during World War II. Challenging the popular depiction of Churchill as an ignorant imperialist when it came to the Middle East, Dockter suggests that his policy making was often progressive when compared to the orientalist prejudices of many of his contemporaries. Above all, the book shows how Churchill left a lasting legacy in the region, which continues to be felt in Middle Eastern politics and British policy today.
March 2015 356 pages 216 x 134mm Hardback £25.00 9781780768182 18 b&w integrated illustrations I.B.Tauris
Warren Dockter is Research Fellow at Churchill College, University of Cambridge. He has written widely on Winston Churchill.
Winston Churchill – The Wilderness Years Speaking out Against Hitler in the Prelude to War Martin Gilbert £11.99 Paperback 9781848859333
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STALIN’S COMMANDOS
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Ukrainian Partisan Forces on the Eastern Front ALEXANDER GOGUN Based on new and previously unpublished sources, the true story of Russia’s Ukrainian guerrilla forces in World War II At the height of World War II, a number of Soviet partisan organisations fought a guerrilla war against the Axis occupation of the Soviet Union. Coordinated and controlled by the Soviet government and modelled on the Red Army, the primary objective of these ‘Red Partisans’ was the disruption of the Eastern Front’s German rear, especially road and railroad communications. Using original Ukrainian, Russian and German sources, Gogun looks at the partisan forces operating in Ukraine. Along with Belarus, Ukraine was the first and most devastated Soviet republic, following the German invasion of 1941. The consequences of the occupation for the Ukrainian population were dire. As a result, the partisan movement spread rapidly over the occupied territory. The fighter groups, supported by the Ukrainian Partisan Movement Headquarters in Moscow, operated throughout occupied Ukraine and numbered over 150,000 combatants.
May 2015 336 pages 216 x 135mm Hardback £25.00 9781784531683 32 b&w illustrations in 16pp plates, 7 maps I.B.Tauris
Alexander Gogun holds a PhD from the North-Western Academy of Public Administration, St. Petersburg, Russia, and is currently pursuing research at the Free University of Berlin. He previously taught at Potsdam University (20102012) and held the Diane and Howard Wohl Fellowship at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum (2012-2013).
Enemy in the East Hitler’s Secret Plans to Invade the Soviet Union Rolf-Dieter Müller £20.00 Hardback 9781780768298
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The Makers of the Post-War World RICHARD CROWDER An original account of the personalities who tried to rebuild the world after World War II In a decade, between 1940 and 1950, the old world order collapsed, and a new one was created. Old European empires – France, Germany and the United Kingdom – receded, replaced by two new superpowers – the Soviet Union and the United States. Beyond Europe, a swath of new countries was created. This era also produced some of the most remarkable statesmen of modern times, including Roosevelt, Churchill, Stalin, Truman, de Gaulle, Nehru and Mao Tsetung; diplomats like George Marshall, Dean Acheson, Anthony Eden, Ernest Bevin and Robert Schuman; and international fixers, such as Averell Harriman, John Maynard Keynes, or Jean Monnet Their stories and experiences form the core fabric of this book. Crowder examines their shared ambition to rebuild the world in the aftermath of World War II and launch a second age of globalization.
April 2015 320 pages 228 x 155mm Hardback £25.00 9781784531027 12 b&w integrated illustrations, 2 maps I.B.Tauris
Richard Crowder is an independent writer and historian. He studied at Oxford, and at the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard.
Stalin The Man and his Era Adam B. Ulam £17.99 Paperback 9781850431473
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ODD COUPLES
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The Great Political Pairings of Modern Britain GILES RADICE From Churchill and Attlee to Cameron and Clegg, the great double acts of post-war British politics History is determined by a combination of social, technological and economic forces, by ideas and cultures, and by the relative power of institutions and interests. And yet the course of history is frequently shaped by events and individual action. As this book shows, circumstance and person, character and chemistry are vitally important factors in politics. Radice brings together pairs of political leaders from World War II until the present day – from Churchill and Attlee, through Blair and Brown, right up to Cameron and Clegg. Radice shows how chance often throws sharply contrasting political figures together. Sometimes this has indeed led to rows and divisions, but more often politicians are forced by circumstance to work together. Radice, an acclaimed political writer, narrates the stories of some of the greatest political players of post-war British politics, showing how their relationships determined the great successes – and often the greatest downfalls – of their careers.
March 2015 304 pages 216 x 135mm Hardback £25.00 9781780762807 25 b&w illustrations in 16pp plates I.B.Tauris
Lord Radice was Labour MP for Durham North and Chairman of the powerful Treasury Committee until he was appointed a Life Peer in 2001. His previous books include Friends and Rivals: Crosland, Jenkins and Healey (described as ‘the best political book of the year’ by the Independent on Sunday), Diaries: 1980-2001 (shortlisted for Channel 4 Political Book of the Year in 2004) and The Tortoise and the Hares: Attlee, Bevin, Cripps, Dalton, Morrison.
The Great Rivalry Gladstone and Disraeli Dick Leonard £22.50 Hardback 9781848859258
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THE FALL OF THE HOUSE OF SPEYER
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The Story of a Banking Dynasty GEORGE W. LIEBMANN The downfall of an international banking family The dramatic story of the last fifty years of the Speyer banking dynasty, a Jewish family of German descent, is surprisingly little known today, yet at the turn of the twentieth century, Speyer was the third largest investment banking firm in the United States, behind only Morgan and Kuhn, Loeb. It had branches in London, Frankfurt and New York, and the projects it financed included the Southern Pacific Railroad, the London Underground and the infrastructure of the new Cuban republic. It was the first major banking firm to finance Germany’s Weimar Republic, and provided League of Nations loans to Hungary, Greece and Bulgaria. Yet, the firm was doomed by the nationalist passions aroused by World War I. Its English partner was denaturalised and exiled; its American partner experienced reduced standing because of his connection to Germany; and the Frankfurt branch closed with the coming of the Third Reich, its German partner fleeing into exile. The firm was dissolved in 1939, an anticlimactic end to one of the great international banking companies. Liebmann tells the story of the firm and the family – shedding new light on the protagonists of a remarkable dynasty, who came undone in the dramatic years of the early twentieth century.
July 2015 256 pages 226 x 155mm Hardback £25.00 9781784531768 45 b&w integrated illustrations I.B.Tauris
George W. Liebmann is a lawyer and historian specialising in American and international history.
The Last American Diplomat John D. Negroponte and the Changing Face of US Diplomacy George W. Liebmann £14.99 Paperback 9781780766942
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PALMERSTON
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DENIS JUDD
Womanising aristocrat? Rabble rousing jingoist? Who was the real Lord Palmerston? Denis Judd’s acclaimed biography offers a new portrait of one of Britain’s greatest Prime Ministers British Prime Minister Lord Palmerston has enjoyed a rakish reputation as womaniser, careless aristocrat and the apostle of gun-boat diplomacy. He lived through the American War of Independence, both Regency and Victorian England, the age of Pitt and the days of Gladstone and Disraeli. His political career brought him three times to the Foreign Office and twice to the Premiership. He set out as a dutiful Tory, became the darling of Radicals throughout Europe, and ended his career as ‘Old Pam’, the personification of British courage and lionheartedness. But there was more to Palmerston than bluster and patriotism, as Judd so clearly shows in this sympathetic but never uncritical biography. Palmerston was a meticulous and hard-working minister, with hardly enough time for the scandalous personal life with which he is popularly credited. In this book, Judd provides a multifaceted and nuanced life of this Victorian titan.
August 2015 192 pages 198 x 126mm Paperback £11.99 9781784531584 B&W illustrations in 8pp plates I.B.Tauris
‘... a masterpiece of lively compression…[he] evaluates lucidly and fairly Palmerston’s achievements.’ – Birmingham Post Denis Judd is Professor Emeritus of Imperial and Commonwealth History, London Metropolitan University, and Professor at New York University in London. He is a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society.
John Bright Statesman, Orator, Agitator Bill Cash £25.00 Hardback 9781848859968
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THE EAGLE IN SPLENDOUR
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Inside the Court of Napoleon PHILIP MANSEL Magnificence, power and ambition: inside the court of the man who conquered half the world The grandeur and extravagance of the court of Napoleon I once surpassed even that of that the Sun King. His palaces at Saint-Cloud and the Tuileries shimmered with walls of Lyons silk and exotic treasures gleaned from distant campaigns; it echoed with the rustle of jewel-encrusted gowns, the drums of military marches and the whispers of his courtiers’ intrigues. This was the centre of Napoleon’s magnetic power, a dazzling reflection of the greatest empire in European history. Napoleon’s military conquests changed the world, but it was through the splendour of his court that he strengthened his ambitions for empire and retained his control over it. Mansel brings to life in exquisite detail the heady world of this court: the power and ambition, visual magnificence and rigid hierarchy; stories of mistresses, fortune-seekers, servants and courtiers. Ultimately, the life of the court illuminates the life of Napoleon and the great force of a man that conquered half the world yet, in the end, was “devoured by ambition”.
June 2015 256 pages 216 x 135mm Hardback £17.99 9781784531751 60 b&w integrated illustrations I.B.Tauris
‘An eloquent and original study... delightfully acute in its depiction of the varieties, rivlaries and pretensions of Napoleon.’ – David Gilmour, author of The Pursuit of Italy Philip Mansel is a leading historian of France and the Ottoman Empire. His writings have established him as an authority on the later French monarchy. He is editor of The Court Historian, journal of the Society for Court.
Europe under Napoleon Michael Broers £14.99 Paperback 9781784530617
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BEATSON’S MUTINY
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The Turbulent Career of a Victorian Soldier RICHARD STEVENSON A unique look at the Victorian military, through the story of one remarkable soldier Over a long and varied career, Major-General William Beatson earned a fine reputation as a leader of irregular cavalry in the nineteenth century. He trained many future commanders of the Victorian army, saw action in Spain and British India, and rode with the Heavy Brigade at the Battle of Balaklava. But tasked with disciplining the Turkish Bashi-Bazouks during the Crimean War, his character flaws led him into conflict with politicians and diplomats running the war, who accused him of inciting mutiny. Parliament, newspapers and the law courts then became his chosen battlefields as he fought to clear his name and return to duty. By bringing Beatson’s life and career into sharper focus, Stevenson connects wide-ranging themes in Victorian military and imperial history in a fresh and accessible way.
March 2015 432 pages 234 x 156mm Hardback £25.00 9781784531102 24 b&w illustrations in 16pp plates I.B.Tauris
Richard Stevenson is a freelance writer, specialising in military history. He was awarded the 2012 Howard Browne medal by the Victorian Military Society.
John Bright Statesman, Orator, Agitator Bill Cash £25.00 Hardback 9781848859968
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THE GEORGIAN MENAGERIE
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Exotic Animals in Eighteenth-Century London CHRISTOPHER PLUMB Lions, tigers, hyenas, elephants: how the Georgian menagerists encouraged a taste for the exotic In the eighteenth century, it would not have been impossible to encounter an elephant or a kangaroo making its way down the Strand, heading towards the menagerie of Mr Pidcock at the Exeter Change. Pidcock’s was just one of a number of commercial menagerists who plied their trade in London in this period – the predecessors to the zoological societies of the Victorian era. As the British Empire expanded and seaborne trade flooded into London’s ports, the menagerists gained access to animals from the most far-flung corners of the globe and these strange creatures became the objects of fascination and wonder. Many aristocratic families sought to create their own private menageries with which to entertain their guests, whilst for the less well-heeled, touring exhibitions of exotic creatures – both alive and dead – satisfied their curiosity for the animal world. Whilst many exotic creatures were treasured as a form of spectacle, others fared less well – turtles went in to soups and civet cats were sought after for ingredients for perfume. In this entertaining and enlightening book, Plumb introduces the many tales of exotic animals in London.
June 2015 304 pages 216 x 135mm Hardback £20.00 9781784530846 20 b&w integrated illustrations I.B.Tauris
Christopher Plumb was a consultant for the recent TV series Attenborough’s Natural Curiosities (2013) which aired on the Eden Channel.
A Tale in Two Cities Fanny Burney and Adèle, Comtesse de Boigne Brian Unwin £20.00 Hardback 9781780767840
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LIGHT FROM THE EAST How the Science of Medieval Islam Helped to Shape the Western World
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JOHN FREELY Long before the European Renaissance, the Arab world was ablaze with the knowledge, invention and creativity of its Golden Age. This is the story of how Islamic science preserved and enhanced the knowledge acquired from Greece, Mesopotamia, India and China. Through the greatest minds of the Muslim world, this knowledge was carried from Samarkand and Baghdad to Cordoba and beyond, influencing Western thinkers from Thomas Aquinas to Copernicus and helping to inspire the cultural phenomenon of the Renaissance. Freely tells this spellbinding story of the melting pot of cultures involved and concludes with the decline of Islam’s Golden Age.
‘A thorough and wide-ranging account’ – Robert Irwin, Middle East Editor, Times Literary Supplement John Freely is a widely respected writer of travel books, histories and guides about Greece and Turkey. March 2015 264 pages 216 x 134mm 9781784531386 Paperback £12.99
RENAISSANCE WOMAN GAIA SERVADIO
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The Renaissance created a new vision of womanhood and indeed a ‘New Woman’, proposes Gaia Servadio in this rich feast of a book. She dates the birth of this revolutionary movement to the invention of the printing press in 1456, which made books – and hence education – available to women. Central to her story are the lives of such as Vittoria Colonna, whose extraordinary mutual love with Michelangelo is told here, Tullia d’Aragona, poet and the best known courtesan of her age, and French poet Louise Labé, who fought in battle in male clothes. They are placed centre stage to the Renaissance’s power plays, paintings and architecture, courtesans and popes, music and manners, fashion, food, cosmetics, changing societies and the language of poetry and symbols. Gaia Servadio is a broadcaster, journalist, editor and writer, whose books include The Real Traviata (1994) and Rossini (2003). March 2015 288 pages 216 x 134mm 9781784532963 Paperback £11.99
HOLLAND HOUSE A History of London’s Most Celebrated Salon
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LINDA KELLY In the heart of London lies the remains of Holland House, once England’s most celebrated political salon. In the early nineteenth century the home of the third Lord Holland became the unofficial centre of the Opposition. Devoted to the ideals of Charles James Fox and enriched by the progressive views of a new generation of writers, critics and politicians, the influence of Holland House permeated the political climate. Combining politics and the arts, the salon attracted the greatest names of the age – from Byron to Madame de Staël. Occupying a key position in political and cultural life, Holland House was a unique and important force at a time of great political change. Kelly brings to life this colourful world, providing a vivid portrait of London’s greatest political salon. Linda Kelly has written for The Washington Post, New York Times and Times Literary Supplement, and is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature and the Wordsworth Trust. March 2015 272 pages 216 x 134mm 9781784530822 Paperback £12.99
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IN SEARCH OF KINGS AND CONQUERORS
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Gertrude Bell and the Archaeology of the Middle East LISA COOPER A revealing new look at this intrepid and inspirational female traveller and writer Although best known for her intrepid desert travels and her part in the creation of the modern state of Iraq, Gertrude Bell also made a significant contribution to the field of archaeology. At the height of her career, Bell journeyed into the heart of the Middle East, retracing the steps of ancient kings, princes and conquerors who left markers of their presence in the form of castles, palaces, mosques, tombs and temples. Among the many sites she visited were Ephesus, Binbirkilise and Carchemish in modern-day Turkey and Babylon and Najaf within the borders of Iraq. Many of these sites and monuments were carefully recorded by Bell in diaries, letters and notebooks. Her detailed photographs of the ancient sites, buildings and landscapes through which she passed provide an indispensible record of Mesopotamia’s rich past, particularly in light of the fact that much has deteriorated or no longer exists due to modern development, vandalism and neglect. Lavishly illustrated with many of Bell’s own photographs, this book explores her archaeological achievements, emphasizing the tenacious, inquisitive side of her extraordinary personality, the breadth of her scholarly knowledge and her overall contribution to the archaeology of the Middle East.
August 2015 192 pages 234 x 156mm Hardback £25.00 9781848854987 80 b&w integrated line drawings I.B.Tauris
Lisa Cooper is Associate Professor of Near Eastern Art & Archaeology at the University of British Columbia. She is the author of Early Urbanism on the Syrian Euphrates.
A Quest in the Middle East Gertrude Bell and the Making of Modern Iraq Liora Lukitz £12.99 Paperback 9781780766812
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ORIGINAL SPIN
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Downing Street and the Press in Victorian Britain PAUL BRIGHTON The best-kept secrets between Westminster and Fleet Street during the Victorian era Secret lunches, off-the-record briefings, information leaks – the well-known world of political spin. But is spin really a new phenomenon or has it been happening all along? Brighton shows that spin is not something dreamed up by modern, media-savvy politicians. In fact, it has been happening for over 300 years. Brighton uncovers the covert contacts between Westminster and Fleet Street and reveals how the Victorian politicians secretly conveyed their viewpoints via the newspapers. Most Prime Ministers of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries expressed contempt for the press, pretending that they were ambivalent about what was written about them. Yet behind the scenes, many were having secret meetings with editors, or trying to hire famous authors to write in their support – and even writing anonymous articles in support of themselves and their policies. For the first time, Original Spin tells the whole story: from Robert Harley’s dealings with Jonathan Swift and Daniel Defoe through to the Victorian heyday and beyond. Using a wide range of sources, Brighton lays bare some of the best-kept secrets of British political history and gives us an essential insight into why the relationship between politics and the media remains so controversial today.
February 2015 288 pages 234 x 156mm Hardback £25.00 9781780760599 14 b&w integrated illustrations I.B.Tauris
Paul Brighton is Executive Principal Lecturer and Head of the Department of Media and Film at the University of Wolverhampton. He was previously a journalist and worked for BBC Radio 4 and BBC News 24.
Queen Victoria A Life Lytton Strachey £11.99 Paperback 9781780760483
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A SPY IN THE ARCHIVES
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A Memoir of Cold War Russia SHEILA FITZPATRICK In 1968, Sheila Fitzpatrick was ‘outed’ as a spy for the British government. Fitzpatrick had spent time in Moscow to access several of its archives for her doctoral research on A.V. Lunacharsky, the first Soviet Commissar of Enlightenment. Moscow was renowned for its drabness, overcrowded buses, endemic shortages and endless queues. This was the era of Brezhnev, and a possible ‘thaw’ in the Cold War. Yet, despite KGB attention, and the impossibility of finding a suitable winter coat, Sheila felt at home in Moscow. Punctuated by diary entries and letters to her mother in Australia, and borne along by Fitzpatrick’s wry, insightful narrative, this book captures the life and times of Cold War Russia, providing a unique insight into everyday life in the Soviet Union. Sheila Fitzpatrick is Emerita Professor of History at the University of Chicago and Honorary Professor of History at the University of Sydney. March 2015 352 pages 198 x 126mm 9781784532956 Paperback £11.99
THE SUBMARINE A Cultural History from the Great War to Nuclear Combat
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DUNCAN REDFORD Although much maligned in the early twentieth century, by the 1960s and the advent of nuclear power, the submarine was seen as the ‘hallmark of a first class navy’. Redford, a retired Royal Navy submarine officer, explores how and why attitudes changed. Using previously unpublished sources, he sheds light on naval and civilian conceptions of what submarine warfare was imagined to be like, the idea of unrestricted submarine warfare, and the influence of the world wars and the development of nuclear weaponry. Covering the coronation and jubilee reviews, and the submarine’s place in novels and films, this is a comprehensive view of the British regard – or lack of it – for the submarine. Duncan Redford is the Leverhulme Early Career Research Fellow at the Centre for Maritime Historical Studies, Department of History, University of Exeter. He was an officer and submariner in the Royal Navy for ten years. January 2015 352 pages 216 x 134mm 9781784530891 Paperback £14.99
QATAR A Modern History
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ALLEN J. FROMHERZ With the second greatest natural gas resources in the region, Qatar’s economic clout is considerable, and yet at the same time the country is replete with contradictions. Fromherz presents a full portrait of this paradoxical country, from the rise and fall of the influence of the British, Saudi, Omani and Ottoman Empires, the challenges of independence and the impact of the bloodless coups of 1972 and 1995. He explores the nation’s economic history, analysing the state response to the economic distresses of the 1940s and 1980s, and the sudden and boom of 1995. He also examines the issue that faces all Qataris: how to respond to rapid social, political and economic change, whilst maintaining tribal heritage and rule. Allen J. Fromherz is Associate Professor of History at Georgia State University. In 2010 he was awarded the Gerda Henkel Stiftung fellowship. July 2015 224 pages 234 x 156mm 9781780767819 Paperback £14.99
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FRAGMENTS OF A LOST HOMELAND
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Remembering Armenia ARMEN T. MARSOOBIAN The events of the 1915 genocide told through the eyewitness acounts of the author’s ancestors The Armenian world was shattered by the 1915 genocide. Thousands of lives lost and families were displaced, leaving many with only fragments of their family histories. But the Dildilian family, Armen T. Marsoobian’s ancestors, chose to speak. Two generations tell of their experiences in audio and video recordings, in lengthy written memoirs, diaries and letters, and in photographs and drawings. Their story covers a fifty-year time span that encompasses pivotal and often violent moments in Armenian and Ottoman history, beginning with the Hamidian Massacres of 1894-96. They also tell of the 1915-16 deportation and killings of the Ottoman Armenians, captured in multiple eyewitness accounts. Unlike most Armenians, the Dildilians were allowed to convert to Islam and stayed behind while their friends, colleagues and other family members perished in the death marches. And lastly, they tell of the Turkish War for Independence between 191923, and the massacres and final expulsion of the surviving Armenian population. Marsoobian uses a unique array of sources to tell the story of his ancestors, bringing to life the tumultuous events of the early twentieth century.
February 2015 368 pages 234 x 156mm Hardback £22.50 9781784532116 70 b&w integrated illustrations I.B.Tauris
Armen T. Marsoobian is Professor of Philosophy at Southern Connecticut State University. He is a descendent of the Dildilian family.
The Last Man A British Genocide in Tasmania Tom Lawson £25.00 Hardback 9781780766263
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HISTORY OF THE ROYAL NAVY The History of the Royal Navy series provides a complete history of the Royal Navy from its creation to the present day. Published by I.B.Tauris, in association with the National Museum for the Royal Navy, these volumes are written by experienced naval historians and feature the latest cutting-edge research, as well as many illustrations from the museum’s collections. Written for a general readership, they are the first portof-call for anyone interested in naval history, or anyone new to the subject who wishes to understand the pivotal role that the Navy has played in Britain’s history.
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AMERICA, HITLER AND THE UN How the Allies Won World War II and Forged a Peace
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DAN PLESCH In January 1942, the ‘Declaration by United Nations’ forged a military alliance based on human rights principles that included over 24 countries, marking the beginning of the UN. But how did the armies of the United Nations co-operate during World War II to halt Nazi expansionism? When did the UN start to tackle the international economic and social challenges of the post-war world? This is the first book to explore how the profound restructuring of the international world order was organised. Drawing on previously unknown archival material, Plesch analyses the engagement with the UN by all levels of society, from political elites to grass roots. Plesch has pieced together the full story of how the UN intervened in surprising ways at a pivotal time in world history, and argues that the UN’s success is as vital today as it was then. Dan Plesch is the Director of the Centre for International Studies and Diplomacy at SOAS, University of London. July 2015 272 pages 234 x 156mm 9781784533076 Paperback £14.99
THE NAZI HOLOCAUST Its History and Meaning
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RONNIE S. LANDAU The Nazi Holocaust is one of the most momentous events in human history. Yet, it remains on many levels a baffling and unfathomable mystery. By shunning simplistic ‘explanations’ Landau has set out, in a clear, thought-provoking and enlightened fashion, to mediate betweeen this vast subject and the reader who wrestles with its meaning. Locating the Holocaust within a number of different contexts – Jewish and German histories, genocide in the modern age, ideology over conscience – Landau penetrates to the very heart of its moral and historical significance. Ronnie Landau is the former Educational Director of the Spiro Institute for the Study of Jewish History and Culture and Visiting Lecturer in Modern Jewish History at both Leo Baeck College and the International Study Centre of Queen’s University (Ontario). He is founding Director of the British Holocaust Education Project. January 2015 384 pages 216 x 134mm 9781780769714 Paperback £14.99
SLOVENIA 1945 Memories of Death and Survival After World War II
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JOHN CORSELLIS AND MARCUS FERRAR One of the most moving and tragic diaspora stories of World War II, Slovenia 1945 follows the fate of a strongly Catholic and non-Communist community in Slovenia caught up in the maelstrom of war and politics in the Balkans and the problems of post-war settlement. Thousands of soldiers returned to face death and exile at the hands of their war-time enemies. Thousands more civilians narrowly escaped the same fate. Yet the story of exile is also one of triumph as the refugees built new lives around the world. In this book, the authors call on more than 50 years of research and, for the first time, the survivors tell their story of wartime cruelty, refugee camps, and emigration, building new lives through courage, self-help and strong cultural identity. John Corsellis has published a series of articles on the Slovene refugees based on his post-war involvement with them as an aid worker. Marcus Ferrar is a writer who was a Reuters correspondent in Eastern Europe during the Cold War. February 2015 296 pages 234 x 156mm 9781784533595 Paperback £14.99
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THE LAND OF THE GREEN MAN
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A Journey through the Supernatural Landscapes of the British Isles CAROLYNE LARRINGTON A captivating modern bestiary by a mistress of modern folklore Beyond its housing estates and high streets there is another Britain. A Britain of mist-drenched forests and unpredictable sea-frets: of wraith-like fog banks, druidic mistletoe and peculiar creatures that lurk, half-unseen, in the undergrowth. How have the remarkably persistent folkloric traditions of the British Isles formed and been formed by the identities and psyches of those who inhabit them? In her sparkling new book, Larrington explores the diverse ways in which fantastical beings have moulded the cultural history of the nation. Fairies, elves and goblins dance over an eerie, preternatural landscape with brownies, selkies, trows, knockers, boggarts, land-wights, Jack o’Lanterns, the sinister Nuckleavee, and even Black Shuck: hell-hound of the Norfolk coast. Larrington shows how mythologies of Mermen, Green men and Wild-men have helped us deal with love and lust, loss and death and continuity and change. Evoking the Wild Hunt, the ghostly bells of Lyonesse, and ranging from Shetland to Jersey, Ireland to East Anglia, this book will captivate those who long for the wild places: the mountains and chasms where Gog, Magog and their fellow giants lie in wait.
August 2015 256 pages 216 x 134mm Hardback £25.00 9781780769912 40 b&w integrated illustrations I.B.Tauris
Carolyne Larrington is Fellow and Tutor in Medieval English Literature at St John’s College, Oxford. Her previous books include The Women’s Companion to Mythology (1997), The Poetic Edda (2008) and Magical Tales: Myth, Legend and Enchantment in Children’s Books (2013).
King Arthur’s Enchantresses Morgan and her Sisters in Arthurian Tradition Carolyne Larrington £14.99 Paperback 9781784530419
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STROLLING THROUGH ROME
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The Definitive Walking Guide to the Eternal City MARIO ERASMO Guiding the walker through the history, culture and hidden past of this perennially enchanting city “Rome is the city of echoes, the city of illusions, and the city of yearning.” – Giotto Rome, the Eternal City – birthplace of Western civilisation and soul of the ancient world – has a history that stretches back two thousand five hundred years. It is also one of the mostvisited places in the world, but where does one begin to delve into two millennia of history, culture, art and architecture, whilst also navigating the vibrant modern city? Mario Erasmo guides the traveller through Rome’s many layers of history, exploring the streets, museums, piazze, ruins and parks of this ‘city of the soul’. Punctuated with anecdote, myth and legend, these unique walks often retrace the very steps taken by ancient Romans, early Christians, medieval pilgrims, Renaissance artists and aristocrats on the Grand Tour. Here is a rich cultural history of Rome that brings its epic past alive, illuminating the extraordinary sights and fascinating secrets of one of Europe’s most beguiling cities.
May 2015 200 pages 198 x 126mm Paperback £12.99 9781780763514 10 b&w integrated illustrations, 8 maps I.B.Tauris
Mario Erasmo is Professor of Classics at the University of Georgia. He specialises in the Legacy of Classical Antiquity and leads art and garden tours in Europe retracing the travels of the Grand Tour.
Strolling through Istanbul The Classic Guide to the City Hilary Sumner-Boyd and John Freely £12.99 Paperback 9781848851542
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PALERMO, CITY OF KINGS
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The Heart of Sicily JEREMY DUMMETT The essential guide to Palermo’s history, monuments and architecture Palermo is a destination with a difference. The city is a treasure trove of ancient monuments and works of art, combined with architecture of grand proportions. Jeremy Dummett provides the first concise history of Palermo, together with a survey of its most important monuments and sites. The city first blossomed under the Arabs and then the Normans, and became the preferred city of Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor and King of Sicily. Later it became the scene of the Sicilian Vespers when the island rose against the French, and in the late nineteenth century, Sicily finally gained independence. Over the centuries, prominent writers have fallen for Palermo, including Goethe, Henry Swinburne and Maupassant. Its monuments are striking and unusual, from the Byzantine mosaic of Christ Pantocrator in the Palatine chapel, to the sculptures by Giacomo Serpotta, the decorative piazzas Pretoria and Quattro Canti, the Sicilian-Norman style Cathedral and the Norman complex of buildings at Monreale. In addition to being as an essential companion for visitors to Palermo, this book can be equally enjoyed as a standalone history of the city and its place at the heart of Sicily.
March 2015 272 pages 228 x 155mm Hardback £17.99 9781784530839 8 integrated b&w illustrations and 17 colour illustrations in 8pp plates, 12 maps I.B.Tauris
Jeremy Dummett is an expert on the history of Sicily and author of Syracuse, City of Legends: A Glory of Sicily. He read history at Trinity College, Cambridge, where he became interested in the history and culture of Italy.
Sicily A Literary Guide for Travellers Andrew and Suzanna Edwards £16.99 Hardback 9781780767949
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THE SILK ROAD - CHINA AND THE KARAKORUM HIGHWAY
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A Travel Companion JONATHAN TUCKER
INTRODUCTION BY PAUL THEROUX The classic travel guide guide to the wonders of the Silk Road, from Xian to India Stretching from the ancient Chinese capital of Xian across the expanses of Central Asia to Rome, the Silk Road was, for 2000 years, a vibrant network of arteries that carried the lifeblood of nations across the world. From the East came silk, tea, jade, paper, porcelain, spices and Buddhism; from the West, horses, weapons, lions, precious stones and cotton. From its earliest beginnings in the days of Alexander the Great and the Han Dynasty, the Silk Road expanded and evolved, reaching its peak under the Tang and Byzantine empires and gradually crumbling with the decline of the Mongol empire. In this beautifully-illustrated book, which covers the China section of the Silk Road – from Xian through Loulan, Korla, Turfan and Khotan, to Kashgar and onwards to India – Tucker uses traveller’s anecdotes and a wealth of literary and historical sources to celebrate the cultural heritage of the countries that lie along the Silk Road and illuminate the lives of those who once travelled through the very heart of the world.
February 2015 288 pages 216 x 134mm Paperback £14.99 9781780763569 51 b&w integrated illustrations I.B.Tauris
‘..a wonderful reference book and an enlightening journey in itself’ – Paul Theroux Jonathan Tucker is a consultant on South East Asian art for Bonhams and the author of The Silk Road: Art and History (Philip Wilson Publishers), China and Europe and The Troublesome Priest.
Mongolia Travels in the Untamed Land Jasper Becker £12.99 Paperback 9781845116491
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THE SILK ROAD - CENTRAL ASIA, AFGHANISTAN AND IRAN
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A Travel Companion JONATHAN TUCKER
INTRODUCTION BY PAUL THEROUX The classic travel guide guide to the wonders of the Silk Road, from Tashkent to Iran Stretching from the ancient Chinese capital of Xian across the expanses of Central Asia to Rome, the Silk Road was, for 2000 years, a vibrant network of arteries that carried the lifeblood of nations across the world. Along a multitude of routes everything was exchanged: exotic goods, art, knowledge, religion, philosophy, disease and war. From its earliest beginnings in the days of Alexander the Great and the Han Dynasty, the Silk Road expanded and evolved, reaching its peak under the Tang and Byzantine empires and gradually crumbling with the decline of the Mongol empire. In this beautifully-illustrated book, which covers the Central Asian section of the Silk Road – from Lake Issy Kul through Tashkent, Samarkand, Bukhara, the Kyzyl Kum Desert, Khiva and Merv, to Herat, Kabul and Iran – Tucker uses traveller’s anecdotes and a wealth of literary and historical sources to celebrate the cultural heritage of the countries that lie along the Silk Road and illuminate the lives of those who once travelled through the very heart of the world.
February 2015 240 pages 216 x 134mm Paperback £14.99 9781780769257 53 b&w integrated illustrations I.B.Tauris
‘A most handsome volume, admirable in scope and reliable in detail… ’ – John Keay, THES Jonathan Tucker is a consultant on South East Asian art for Bonhams and the author of The Silk Road: Art and History (Philip Wilson Publishers), China and Europe and The Troublesome Priest.
The Silk Road Ten Thousand Miles through Central Asia Sven Hedin New Foreword by John Hare £12.99 Paperback 9781845118983
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I.B.TAURIS LITERARY GUIDES FOR TRAVELLERS “Our battered suitcases were piled on the sidewalk again; we had longer ways to go. But no matter, the road is life.” – Kerouac Sometimes, reading about a place can be as good as being there yourself. I.B. Tauris Literary Guides for Travellers celebrate the spirit of place through the experiences of some of history’s greatest writers, artists and travellers. Travel the world through their eyes: from Hemingway’s Paris and Cervantes’ Andalucia to Patrick Leigh Fermor’s Greece, Christopher Isherwood’s Berlin and Ezra Pound’s Sicily.
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‘The kind of book that educates, amuses, and charms with every page, it’s one that reveals the magical underbelly of Tangier like nothing else.’ – Tahir Shah, author of The Caliph’s House
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‘This book enriches my own journeys in this fabled land.’ – Frances Mayes, author of Every Day in Tuscany: Seasons of an Italian Life
‘Perhaps because there is no word to define Sicily, and because morbid passion and gay brutality mix too often and too freely, a book like ‘Sicily: A Literary Guide for Travellers’ is a necessity.’ – Gaia Servadio
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A BEIRUT ANTHOLOGY
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Travel Writing through the Centuries T.J. GORTON A rich anthology of travel writing, from Alphonse de Lamartine to Mark Twain Beirut has seen many armies and empires come and go, but the legacy of this long history is not so much in surviving monuments as in the quintessential Levantine spirit of the people. A commercial hub since the days of the Phoenicians, it was a centre of learning under the Romans, its law school preeminent in the Empire. Beirut was the point of entry to the Levant for many Europeans and Americans undertaking a Grand Tour or a pilgrimage to the Holy Land, and visitors (whether their focus was piously Biblical or more prosaic) recorded their impressions of this effervescent port city where East rubs against West. A Beirut Anthology gathers the choicest of these, from writers as diverse as Alphonse de Lamartine and Mark Twain, providing a surprising and vivid glimpse behind the veil of this elusive and alluring city.
May 2015 160 pages 160 x 120mm Hardback £11.99 9789774166983 The American University in Cairo Press
T.J. Gorton has published two books of Arabic poetry in translation and coedited Lebanon: Through Writers’ Eyes. His most recent book is Renaissance Emir: A Druze Warlord at the Court of the Medici, a biography of seventeenth century Lebanese prince Fakhr al-Din Ma’n.
A Cairo Anthology Two Hundreds Years of Travel Writing Edited by Deborah Manley £11.99 Hardback 9789774166129
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IBN TULUN
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His Lost City and Great Mosque TAREK SWELIM An illustrated history of the oldest surviving mosque in Egypt and Africa Ahmad ibn Tulun (835–84), the son of a Turkic slave in the Abbasid court of Baghdad, became the founder of the first independent state in Egypt since antiquity, and builder of Egypt’s short-lived third capital of the Islamic era, al-Qata’i‘ and its great congregational mosque. In telling the story of Ibn Tulun and his successors, architectural historian Tarek Swelim presents a topographic survey of al-Qata’i‘, a city lost since its destruction in 905. He provides a detailed architectural analysis of the Mosque of Ibn Tulun, which was spared the destruction and is now the oldest surviving mosque in Egypt and Africa. Rare archival illustrations and early photographs document the changing appearance and uses of the mosque, while extraordinary 3D computer renderings take us back in time to recreate its architectural development through its early centuries. Plans, drawings, maps and striking modern colour photographs showcase the elegant simplicity of the building’s architecture and decoration. This definitive book will appeal to those interested in or inspired by the beauty of early mosque architecture.
July 2015 240 pages 240 x190mm Hardback £29.95 9789774166914 120 integrated colour illustrations The American University in Cairo Press
Tarek Swelim leads and lectures to American tour groups from prestigious institutions throughout Egypt, the Middle East, and North Africa. He is currently associate professor of Islamic art and architecture at the Qatar Faculty of Islamic Studies of the Hamad Bin Khalifa University in Doha, Qatar.
Silver Treasures from the Land of Sheba Regional Yemeni Jewelry Marjorie Ransom £35.00 Hardback 9789774166006
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JULES STEWART At the heart of the Castilian plateau, far from the coastal towns and ports of Spain, sits the great city of Madrid. 2,200 feet above the sea, it is at once the loftiest and also the most enigmatic of Europe’s capitals: hard to decipher for the Spanish and for foreigners alike. Yet Madrid has a rich historical and cultural life that attracts almost 8 million visitors per year, drawn to its beautiful palaces and churches, the magnificent collections of the Prado, and everywhere the echoes of a faded empire. Today, Madrid stands as the third largest city in Western Europe. Stewart provides an insider’s account of Madrid and unveils the history and culture of one of Europe’s most fascinating but least understood cities. Jules Stewart is a journalist, historian and author. He spent 20 years in Madrid working as a journalist. February 2015 288 pages 198 x 126mm 9781780769974 Paperback £10.99
SWEET AND BITTER ISLAND A History of the British in Cyprus
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TABITHA MORGAN From Britain’s acquisition of the island in 1878 up to independence in 1960, a true understanding of the complexity of its society and its aspirations eluded most British administrators. Drawing on largely unpublished material, Morgan reflects on why successive administrations failed to engage with their Cypriot subjects, and how social segregation and confusion about Cypriot identity contributed to the bloody guerilla conflict that led to independence. This book explores the unique bond between Britain and Cyprus and the complex, sometimes tense, relationship which endures to the present day. Tabitha Morgan has spent the last decade reporting on Cyprus and the Eastern Mediterranean for the BBC. She has also worked as a BBC radio producer, making features and historical documentaries for BBC Radio 4 and the World Service. February 2015 320 pages 234 x 156mm 9781784533052 Paperback £12.99
SYRACUSE, CITY OF LEGENDS A Glory of Sicily
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JEREMY DUMMETT Dubbed ‘the greatest Greek city and the most beautiful of them all’ by Cicero, Syracuse also boasts the richest history of anywhere in Sicily. This book – the first modern historical guide to the city – explores Syracuse’s place within the island and the wider Mediterranean and reveals why it continues to captivate visitors today, more than two and a half millennia after its foundation. For more than 1600 years, Syracuse was the leading city in Sicily and at times one of the most powerful in the world. Over its long and colourful life, it has been home to many creative figures who have all contributed to its rich history and atmosphere. Generously illustrated, this vivid and engaging book weaves together the history, architecture and archaeology of Syracuse and is a compelling introduction to its ancient and modern history. Jeremy Dummett read history at Trinity College, Cambridge, where he became interested in the history and culture of Italy. Now retired, he visits Sicily frequently. March 2015 272 pages 234 x 156mm 9781784533069 Paperback £12.99
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The Mysterious Legacy of Egypt and the Ancient Near East ROBIN DERRICOURT From UFO landing sites to the ‘pharaoh’s curse’, how ancient Egypt has inspired the Western imagination Outsiders have long attributed to the Middle East, and especially to ancient Egypt, meanings that go way beyond the rational and observable. The region has been seen as the source of civilization, religion, the sciences and the arts; but also of mystical knowledge and outlandish theories, whether about the Lost City of Atlantis or visits by alien beings. In his exploration of how its past has been creatively interpreted by later ages, Derricourt surveys the various claims that have been made for Egypt – particularly the idea that it harbours an esoteric wisdom vital to the world’s survival. He looks at ‘alternative’ interpretations of the pyramids, from theories that they are maps of space and time to landing markers for UFOs; at images of the Egyptian mummy and at the popular mythology of the ‘pharaoh’s curse’; and at imperialist ideas of racial superiority that credited Egypt with spreading innovations and inventions as far as the Americas, Australia and China. His book is the first to show in depth how ancient Egypt and the surrounding lands have so continuously and seductively tantalised the Western imagination.
April 2015 320 pages 228 x 155mm Hardback £25.00 9781784532758 40 integrated b&w illustrations I.B.Tauris
Robin Derricourt is Honorary Associate Professor of Archaeology at the University of New South Wales. He is the author of Inventing Africa: History, Archaeology and Ideas (2011) and of People of the Lakes: Archaeological Studies in Northern Zambia (1980).
Egyptian Magic The Quest for Thoth’s Book of Secrets Maarten Raven £24.95 Hardback 9789774165320
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A History of Egyptology JASON THOMPSON Full of intrigue, mystery and discoveries, a comprehensive history of the study and understanding of ancient Egypt The discovery of ancient Egypt and the development of Egyptology are momentous events in intellectual and cultural history. The history of Egyptology is the story of the people, famous and obscure, who constructed the picture of ancient Egypt that we have today, recovered the Egyptian past while inventing it anew, and made a lost civilization comprehensible to generations of enchanted readers and viewers thousands of years later. This, the first of a three-volume survey of the history of Egyptology, follows the fascination with ancient Egypt from antiquity until 1881, tracing the recovery of ancient Egypt and its impact on the human imagination in a saga filled with intriguing mysteries, great discoveries, and scholarly creativity. Wonderful Things affirms that the history of ancient Egypt has proved continually fascinating, but it also demonstrates that the history of Egyptology is no less so.
January 2015 416 pages 228 x 152mm Hardback ÂŁ30.00 9789774165993 25 b&w illustrations The American University in Cairo Press
Jason Thompson is currently a visiting associate professor at Bates College.
Howard Carter The Path to Tutankhamun T.G.H. James ÂŁ12.99 Paperback 9781860646157
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Oriental Myth, Colonial Legacy CLAUDIO MINCA AND LAUREN WAGNER A kaleidoscopic journey through Morocco, both real and imagined Morocco has long been a mythic land, firmly rooted in the European imagination. For more than a century it has been appropriated by writers, artists and explorers such as Edith Wharton, Eugene Delacroix, and Elias Canetti. And it is just these imaginations that are now being recreated by those seeking the authentic experience of the orient. In this book, the authors explore the ways in which this colonial legacy is being actively reconstructed. Taking the reader on a tour, both real and imaginary, to sites that form the quintessential Moroccan experience – including Rabat, the medina at Fez, Marakkech, the route of the Kasbahs, the desert, Tangier, and Essaouira – they unravel the elements that are so appealing about this imagined experience. Richly illustrated, this book offers a fascinating journey that will engage and delight all those captivated by the culture and spatialities of Morocco and its extraordinary geographies.
July 2015 384 pages 234 x 156mm Hardback £25.00 9781848850156 129 b&w integrated illustrations I.B.Tauris
‘...eloquent, evocative and richly illustrated...’ – Professor Tim Edensor Claudio Minca is Head and Professor of Cultural Geography, Wageningen University, the Netherlands. Lauren Wagner is a cultural geographer and linguistic anthropologist at Wageningen University.
The Last Storytellers Tales from the Heart of Morocco Richard Hamilton Foreword by Barnaby Rogerson £19.99 Hardback 9781848854918
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UNDERSTANDING CLASSICS Edited by Richard Stoneman, University of Exeter Understanding Classics is a specially commissioned series which aims to introduce the outstanding authors and thinkers of antiquity to a wide audience of appreciative modern readers, whether undergraduate students of classics, literature, philosophy and ancient history or generalists interested in the classical world. Each volume – written by leading figures internationally – examines the historical significance of the writer or writers in question; their social, political and cultural contexts; their use of language, literature and mythology; extracts from their major works; and their reception in later European literature, art, music and culture. NEW
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ANCIENTS AND MODERNS Edited by Phiroze Vasunia, Professor of Greek, University College London How can antiquity illuminate critical issues in the modern world? How does the ancient world help us to address contemporary problems and topics? In what ways do modern insights and theories shed new light on the interpretation of ancient texts, monuments and artefacts? The central aim of this exciting new series is to show how antiquity is relevant to life and times today. The series also points to the ways in which the modern and ancient worlds are mutually connected and interrelated. Lively, engaging and historically informed, Ancients and Moderns examines key ideas and practices in context. It shows how societies and cultures have been shaped by ideas and debates that recur. Each book is written for students and non-specialists in a clear and accessible manner.
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DEATH AND BURIAL IN ANCIENT EGYPT
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SALIMA IKRAM Tombs, mummification and the afterlife: how the ancient Egyptians dealt with death Death, burial, and the afterlife were as important to the ancient Egyptians as how they lived. This well-illustrated book explores all aspects of death in ancient Egypt, including beliefs of the afterlife, mummification, the protection of the body, tombs and their construction and decoration, funerary goods, and the funeral itself. It also addresses the relationship between the living and the dead, and the magicoreligious interaction of these two in ancient Egyptian culture. Ikram’s own experience with experimental mummification and funerary archaeology lends the book many completely original and provocative insights.
April 2015 252 pages 230 x 150mm Paperback £14.99 9789774166877 91 b&w illustrations, 2 line drawings, 1 map The American University in Cairo Press
Salima Ikram is professor of Egyptology at the American University in Cairo. She has worked on several excavations throughout Egypt as well as in Turkey, Sudan and Greece, and she is currently very involved with the preservation and presentation of cultural heritage.
The Monuments of Egypt An A-Z Companion to Ancient Egyptian Architecture Dieter Arnold £15.99 Paperback 9781848850422
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DIVINE CREATURES
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Animal Mummies in Ancient Egypt SALIMA IKRAM A new look at animals and the afterlife in ancient Egypt The invention of mummification enabled the ancient Egyptians to preserve the bodies not only of humans but also of animals, so that they could live forever. Mummified animals are of four different types: food offerings, pets, sacred animals, and votive offerings. For the first time, this book studies the different types of animal mummies, the methods of mummification, and the animal cemeteries located at sites throughout Egypt are drawn together in a definitive volume on ancient Egyptian animal mummies. Studies of these animals provide information not only about the fauna of the country, and indirectly, its climate, but also about animal domestication, veterinary practices, human nutrition, mummification technology, and the religious practices of the ancient Egyptians.
May 2015 264 pages 240 x 170mm Paperback ÂŁ19.99 9789774166969 The American University in Cairo Press
Salima Ikram is professor of Egyptology at the American University in Cairo. She has worked on several excavations throughout Egypt as well as in Turkey, Sudan, and Greece, and she is currently very involved with the preservation and presentation of cultural heritage.
Discovering Tutankhamun From Howard Carter to DNA Zahi Hawass Foreword by Jaromir Malek ÂŁ29.95 Hardback 9789774166372
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HIDDEN TREASURES OF ETHIOPIA
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A Guide to the Remote Churches of an Ancient Land MARIE-JOSE FRIEDLANDER AND BOB FRIEDLANDER Discover Ethiopia’s ancient and hidden places of worship Ethiopia is a land of hidden treasures, and among the greatest are its remote churches, whose richly decorated interiors amaze and astound with their vibrant colours and extraordinary illustration. Yet steeped in ancient legend, and often situated in remote locations, a true appreciation and understanding of these unique churches and their spectacular murals has been restricted to a select few. Now, in Hidden Treasures of Ethiopia, Maria-Jose Friedlander provides a unique guide to the churches, their architecture and decoration. Ranging from the rock-hewn churches of the Tigray region to the spectacular timber-built cave church of Yemrehane Krestos, she provides detailed descriptions of the wonderful murals and of the stories behind them. Many of the wall paintings contain inscriptions in Ge’ez – the ancient language of Ethiopia – and full translations of these scripts are given. Detailed plans show the exact location of the paintings within the churches and the superb colour photographs by Bob Friedlander show the many aspects of the churches and their decoration in rich detail.
March 2015 352 pages 246 x 189mm Hardback £25.00 9781780768168 179 colour integrated illustrations I.B.Tauris
Maria-Jose Friedlander has a degree in art history from London University. She has travelled extensively and has been a specialist tour guide in many countries around the world. Bob Friedlander studied engineering at Trinity College, Cambridge and was a managing director with the Ford.
Ethiopia, the Unknown Land A Cultural and Historical Guide Stuart Munro-Hay £29.00 Hardback 9781860647444
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Jewelry, Costume, and Life in an Egyptian Oasis MARGARET M. VALE A colourful account of the unique crafts and history of Siwa Siwa is a remote oasis deep in the heart of the Egyptian desert near the border with Libya. Until an asphalt road was built to the Mediterranean coast in the 1980s, its only links to the outside world were by arduous camel tracks. Based on conversations with women and men in the oasis and with reference to old texts, this book describes the jewelery and costume at this highpoint of Siwan culture against the backdrop of its date gardens and springs, social life, and dramatic history. It places the women’s jewelery, costume, and embroidery into social perspective, and describes how they were used in ceremonies and everyday life and how they were related to their beliefs and attitudes to the world.
January 2015 272 pages 170 x 150mm Paperback £22.50 9789774166815 The American University in Cairo Press
Margaret M. Vale has an MA in social anthropology from the University of London. She has travelled extensively and lived for long periods in the Middle East, where she studied and collected desert jewelry and textiles. In Egypt she developed an interest in Siwan life and culture and has lived in the oasis and visited it regularly.
Mrs Tsenhor A Female Entrepreneur in Ancient Egypt Koenraad Donker van Heel £25.00 Hardback 9789774166341
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ON THE NILE IN THE GOLDEN AGE OF TRAVEL
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ANDREW HUMPHREYS A beautifully illustrated survey of the history of river-borne travel in Egypt Since Antony and Cleopatra honeymooned on the Nile on a gilded barge, visitors to Egypt have taken to the river as the best way to experience the country’s wonders. Early travelers took a dahabiya, an elegant triangular-sailed houseboat, and leisurely meandered from riverside site to site, for three months or more. Then from the late nineteenth century, Thomas Cook of Leicester, England, revolutionized the journey with a fleet of specially built paddle steamers. For the next sixty years these ‘floating palaces’, with their private cabins, and dining, smoking, and viewing salons, red-uniformed dragoman guides, and organized donkey excursions, carried the aristocratic, moneyed, and adventurous of international society of the time. Using period photography, and colourful vintage posters and advertising material, this book tells the story of the people, the places, and the boats, from pioneering Nile travelers like Amelia Edwards and Lucie Duff Gordon, through to famed later passengers, such as Rudyard Kipling, Arthur Conan Doyle, and, of course, Agatha Christie, whose staging of a death on the Nile only added to the allure.
May 2015 216 pages 240 x 190mm Hardback £30.00 9789774166938 The American University in Cairo Press
Andrew Humphreys is the author of National Geographic Traveler Egypt (AUC Press, 2009) and Grand Hotels of Egypt in the Golden Age of Travel (AUC Press, 2012).
American Travelers on the Nile Early US Visitors to Egypt Andrew Oliver £29.95 Hardback 9789774166679
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THE LANTERNS OF THE KING OF GALILEE A Novel of 18th Century Palestine IBRAHIM NASRALLAH TRANSLATED BY NANCY ROBERTS An epic novel of historic Palestine from the author of Time of White Horses In eighteenth century Palestine, on the shores of Galilee’s Lake Tiberias, visionary political and military leader Daher al-Umar al-Zaydani undertakes a journey toward the greatest aim anyone could hope to achieve in his day: the establishment of an autonomous Arab state. To do so he must challenge the rule of the greatest power in the world – the Ottoman Empire – while translating the ideals of human dignity, justice, and religious tolerance into concrete daily realities. In this compelling story of love and loss, victory and defeat, loyalty and betrayal, award-winning poet and novelist Ibrahim Nasrallah, author of the Arabic Booker shortlisted Time of White Horses, once again brings Palestinian history alive with a set of characters and events both real and imagined, to capture the essence of a rich and dramatic epoch in the turbulent annals of a land that has been fought over for millennia. January 2015 560 pages 228 x 152mm 9789774166662 Paperback £14.99
WOMEN OF KARANTINA A Novel
NAEL ELTOUKHY TRANSLATED BY ROBIN MOGER A baroque novel of crime and excess in a future Alexandria, from a promsing young Egyptian writer. Back in the dog days of the early twenty-first century a pair of young lovers fleeing a murder charge in Cairo pull in to Alexandria’s main train station. Fugitives, friendless, their lives blighted at the root, Ali and Injy set about rebuilding; and from the coastal city’s arid soil forge a legend, a kingdom of crime, a revolution: Karantina. Through three generations of Grand Guignol insanity, Nael Eltoukhy’s sly psychopomp of a narrator is our guide not only to the teeming cast of pimps, dealers, psychotics, and half-wits and the increasingly baroque chronicles of their exploits, but also to the moral of his tale. Defiant, revolutionary, and patriotic, are the rapists and thieves of Alexandria’s crime families deluded maniacs or is their myth of Karantina – their Alexandria reimagined – what they believe it to be: the revolutionary dream made brick and mortar, flesh and bone? Subversive and hilarious, deft and scalpel-sharp, Eltoukhy’s sprawling epic is a masterpiece of modern Egyptian literature. Mahfouz shaken by the tail, a lunatic dream, a future history that is the sanest thing yet written on Egypt’s current woes. November 2014 352 pages 228 x 152mm 9789774166624 Paperback £14.99
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HEARTS AND BONES
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Ethical Dilemmas and Decision-Making on the Frontline of Factual Television, by the People who Make It EDITED BY JAMES QUINN When should the camera stop rolling? Unique insiders’ accounts of their ethical struggles in making factual film and tv Putting readers into the shoes of the TV professionals, Hearts and Bones brings together an extraordinary range of intimate, candid accounts of the ethical struggles and decisions involved in making documentary film and television. Contributors include legends of the documentary world, eminent filmmakers at the top of their game, emerging directors and producers, and some of the world’s most powerful and respected executives. In specially-commissioned pieces, they explore the ethical dilemmas involved in uncovering secrets and breaking taboos, accessing closed and dangerous worlds, fighting injustice, filming raw sex and violence, and documenting acts of evil, and the many challenges of turning real life into compelling entertainment.
June 2015 256 pages 216 x 134mm Paperback £14.99 9781784533946 30 b&w illustrations I.B.Tauris
James Quinn is an award-winning documentary filmmaker and executive producer. He is Head of Special Projects at Oxford Film & Television, a multi award-winning independent production company based in London, and was previously Head of Factual Television at October Films. He is also Honorary Research Fellow at Royal Holloway, University of London, and is the author of This Much is True, a landmark book on the art of directing documentaries.
The Violence of the Image Photography and International Conflict Edited by Liam Kennedy and Caitlin Patrick £15.99 Paperback 9781780767895
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TWENTY YEARS OF MAKE MAGAZINE
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Back to the Future of Women’s Art EDITED BY MARIA WALSH AND MO THROP An anthology of the best of the groundbreaking MAKE magazine During the 1970s, adding ‘women’s’ to ‘art’ was a powerfully political act. Artists, art historians, critics and curators began to explore the women’s art practice, and to challenge its invisibility. In the 1980s, they creatively critiqued representations of female sexuality, and in the 1990s, began to embrace the ‘post-feminist’ idea of difference and the performance of gender. Throughout, the MAKE magazine offered a unique platform to critically engage with women’s art. Beginning in 1983 as the Women Artists Slide Library Newsletter and culminating in a 100 page final issue in 2002, this pioneering publication is a vibrant document of some of the most significant moments in feminist art history and practice. In keeping with the spirit of the magazine, this unparalleled anthology delves into the MAKE archive and presents us with a diverse range of exhibition and book reviews, interviews and features that cover sexuality and the body, race and ethnicity, the technical image and feminist art histories.
March 2015 256 pages 244 x 172mm Paperback £16.99 9781780767581 40-50 b&w integrated illustrations I.B.Tauris
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Mo Throp is Associate Researcher at Chelsea College of Art & Design. Maria Walsh is Senior Lecturer at Chelsea College of Art & Design. Both editors co-convene the Subjectivity & Feminisms Research Group at Chelsea College of Art & Design.
Old Mistresses Women, Art and Ideology Rozsika Parker and Griselda Pollock £14.99 Paperback 9781780764047
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Darkness and Light in Contemporary Art CRAIG STAFF How ‘pictures of nothing’ are challenging the art world The monochrome – a single colour of paint applied over the entirety of a canvas – remains one of the more contentious modernist artistic inventions. But whilst the manufacture of these ‘pictures of nothing’ was ostensibly straightforward, their subsequent theorisation has been anything but. The monochrome is commonly associated with early twentieth century avant-garde painters such as Kazimir Malevich – who pioneered the form with his ‘Black Square’ in 1915 – and, later, Abstract Expressionists such as Mark Rothko. But the monochrome holds equal attraction for artists today. More than a history, this book is the first account of this art form’s lively role in contemporary art. Provocative, innovative and timely, it argues that the latest artistic engagements with the monochrome go beyond stylistic concerns and tap into discourses of radicalism. Discussing works by artists such as Kim Beom, Martin Creed, Tom Friedman, Bruno Jakob, Sherrie Levine, Karin Sander and Sara Sizer, this book shows that debate and conflict around the monochrome is very much alive in contemporary visual culture.
July 2015 224 pages 234 x 156mm Paperback £17.99 9781784530495 50 colour illustrations in 32pp plates I.B.Tauris
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Craig Staff is Senior Lecturer in Painting at the University of Northampton. He is author of After Modernist Painting: The History of A Contemporary Practice (I.B.Tauris, 2013) and Modernist Painting and Materiality (2011). A member of the editorial board for the Journal of Contemporary Painting, his research focuses on art historiography, contemporary painting and modernism.
This is Not Art Activism and Other ‘Not-art’ Alana Jelinek £16.99 Paperback 9781848858572
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ART AND THE HOME
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Comfort, Alienation and the Everyday IMOGEN RACZ The first book to look at the subject of the home in contemporary art Our homes contain us, but they are also within us. They can represent places to be ourselves, to recollect childhood memories, or to withdraw into adult spaces of intimacy; they can be sites for developing rituals, family relationships, and acting out cultural expectations. Like the personal, social, and cultural elements out of which they are constructed, homes can be not only comforting, but threatening too. The home is a rich theme running through post-war Western art, and it continues to engage contemporary artists today – yet it has been the subject of relatively little critical writing. Art and the Home: Comfort, Alienation and the Everyday is the first singleauthored, up-to-date book on the subject. Racz provides a theme-led discussion about how the physical experience of the dwelling space and the psychological complexities of the domestic are manifested in art, focusing mainly on sculpture, installation and object-based practice; discussing the work and ideas of artists as diverse as Louise Bourgeois, Gordon Matta-Clark, George Segal and Cornelia Parker within their artistic and cultural contexts
January 2015 224 pages 234 x 156mm Paperback £16.99 9781780762012 18 b&w integrated illustrations I.B.Tauris
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Imogen Racz is Senior Lecturer at Coventry University. Her publications include Contemporary Crafts, (2009), as well as many articles related to sculpture and object-based art.
Gordon Matta-Clark Art, Architecture and the Attack on Modernism Stephen Walker £17.99 Paperback 9781845119669
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The Legacy of Feminist Artists in Emerging Practices KATHY BATTISTA How have New York’s new wave of women artists been influenced by the previous generation of feminist artists? New York is a centre of creative production for an exciting, emerging generation of women artists. Their work investigates themes such as the body as medium and subject matter; the deconstruction of the existing patriarchal order of the art world; the appropriation of earlier art historical references; and the use of so-called abject and everyday materials. New York, New Wave investigates the relevance of earlier feminist practice for this ‘new’ generation, asking: Does gender difference still play a role in today’s practice? How can younger women artists embrace a radical political ideology and yet remain market friendly? How far have these artists diverged from the established feminist ‘tradition’? Artists discussed include: Firelei Baez, EV Day, Ruby LaToya Fraser, Diana Al-Hadid, K8 Hardy, Valerie Hegarty, Cindy Hinant, Dawn Kasper, Anya Kielar, Liz Magic Laser, Narcissister, Alix Pearlstein, Aurel Schmidt, AL Steiner and W.A.G.E.
August 2015 192 pages 234 x 156mm Paperback £16.99 9781848858954 50 b&w integrated illustrations I.B.Tauris
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Kathy Battista is the Director of the Contemporary Art Program, Sotheby’s Institute of Art, New York.
Renegotiating the Body Feminist Art in 1970s London Kathy Battista £17.99 Paperback 9781848859616
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QUEERING POST-BLACK ART
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Artists Transforming African-American Identity after Civil Rights DEREK CONRAD MURRAY How the rise of female, gay and lesbian AfricanAmerican artists are crucial to the development of black art What impact do sexual politics and queer identities have on the understanding of ‘blackness’ as a set of visual, cultural and intellectual concerns? In Queering Post-Black Art, Derek Conrad Murray argues that the rise of female, gay and lesbian artists as legitimate African-American creative voices is essential to the development of black art. He considers iconic works by artists including Glenn Ligon, Kehinde Wiley, Mickalene Thomas and Kalup Linzy, which question whether it is possible for blackness to evade its ideologically overdetermined cultural legibility. In their own unique, often satirical way, a new generation of contemporary African American artists represent the ever-evolving sexual and gender politics that have come to define the highly controversial notion of ‘post-black’ art. First coined in 2001, the term ‘post-black’ resonated because it articulated the frustrations of young African-American artists around notions of identity and belonging that they perceived to be stifling, reductive and exclusionary. Since then, these artists have begun to conceive an idea of blackness that is beyond marginalization and sexual discrimination.
August 2015 256 pages 216 x 134mm Paperback £16.99 9781784532871 50 b&w integrated illustrations I.B.Tauris
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Derek Conrad Murray is Assistant Professor of History of Art and Visual Culture at the University of California, Santa Cruz and is one of the foremost experts on the subject of post-black art.
Black Artists in British Art A History Since the 1950s Eddie Chambers £16.99 Paperback 9781780762722
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INSIDE THE FREUD MUSEUMS
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History, Memory and Site-Responsive Art JOANNE MORRA A guide to the Freud Museums: how have their history and spaces inspired artists and curators? Sigmund Freud spent the final year of his life at 20 Maresfield Gardens, London, surrounded by all his possessions, in exile from the Nazis. The long-term home and workspace he left behind in Vienna is a seemingly empty space, devoid of the great psychoanalyst’s objects and artefacts. Now museums, both of these spaces resonate powerfully. Since 1989, the Freud Museum London has held over 70 exhibitions by a distinctive range of artists including Louise Bourgeois, Sophie Calle, Mat Collishaw, Susan Hiller, Sarah Lucas and Tim Noble and Sue Webster. The Sigmund Freud Museum Vienna houses a small but impressive contemporary art collection, with work by John Baldessari, Joseph Kosuth, Jenny Holzer, Franz West and Ilya Kabakov. In this remarkable book, Joanne Morra offers a nuanced analysis of these historical museums and their unique relationships to contemporary art. Taking us on a journey through the ‘site-responsive’ artworks, exhibitions and curatorial practices that intervene in the objects, spaces and memories of these Museums, Joanne Morra offers a fresh experience of the history and practice of psychoanalysis, of museums and contemporary art.
July 2015 288 pages 216 x 134mm Paperback £17.99 9781780762074 80 b&w integrated illustrations I.B.Tauris
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Joanna Morra is Reader in Art History and Theory at Central St. Martin’s College of Art and Design, University of the Arts, London. She is the Founder and Principal Editor of the Journal of Visual Culture.
Touching and Imagining An Introduction to Tactile Art Jan Svankmajer Translation by Stanley Dalby Introduction by Cathryn Vasseleu £16.99 Paperback 9781780761473
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DRAWING DIFFERENCE
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Connections between Gender and Drawing MARSHA MESKIMMON AND PHIL SAWDON The vital role that drawing has played in the feminism movement Drawing has been growing in recognition and stature within contemporary fine art since the mid-1970s. Simultaneously, feminist activism has been widespread, leading to the increased prominence of women in the art world and the acknowledgement of the crucial role played by gender and sexual difference in constituting the subject. This book argues that these developments did not occur in parallel by coincidence. It uses three works from the ‘70s, by Annette Messager, Dorothea Rockburne and Carolee Schneeman, to exemplify critical developments in feminist art history and key moments for drawing as a means of expression. These works are further explored in relation to the contemporary drawing practices of Marco Maggi, Sian Bowen, Susan Hauptmann, Cornelia Parker, Christoph Fink and Toba Kheedori. Dividing its analysis into the themes Approaching, Tropes and Coinciding, the book analyses how both drawing and feminist discourse emphasise dialogue, matter and openness. It demonstrates how sexual difference, subjectivity and drawing are connected at an elemental level – and how drawing has played a vital role in the articulation of the material and conceptual dynamics of feminism.
August 2015 224 pages 216 x 134mm Paperback £16.99 9781784530273 50 b&w integrated illustrations I.B.Tauris
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Marsha Meskimmon is Professor of Modern and Contemporary Art History and Theory at the University of Loughborough.Phil Sawdon is Honorary Fellow of the School of the Arts at the University of Loughborough, where previously he was a Senior Lecturer for 20 years.
Drawing Now Between the Lines of Contemporary Art TRACEY £18.99 Paperback 9781845115333
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Feminism, Sexuality and the Pleasures of the Visible JACKI WILLSON How flamboyance, dress and performance presents a feminist politics for the twenty-first century Being Gorgeous explores the ways in which extravagance, flamboyance and dressing up can open up possibilities for women to play around anarchically with familiar stereotypical tropes of femininity. This is protest through play – a pleasurable misbehaviour that reflects a feminism for the twenty-first century. Willson discusses how, whether through pastiche, parody, or pure pleasure, artists, artistes and indeed the spectators themselves can operate in excess of the restrictive images which saturate our visual culture. By referring to a wide spectrum of examples, including Sofia Coppola’s Marie Antoinette, as well as Matthew Barney, Dr Sketchy’s, Audacity Chutzpah, Burly Q and Carnesky’s Ghost Train, Being Gorgeous demonstrates how contemporary female performers embody, critique and thoroughly relish their own representation by inappropriately re-appropriating femininity.
June 2015 256 pages 216 x 134mm Paperback £14.99 9781780762845 26 b&w integrated illustrations I.B.Tauris
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‘...important, timely and provocative...’ – Debra Ferreday, author of Online Beginnings Jacki Willson is a Lecturer in Cultural Studies at Central Saint Martins University of the Arts, London. She is the author of The Happy Stripper: Pleasures and Politics of the New Burlesque (I.B.Tauris, 2008).
The Happy Stripper Pleasures and Politics of the New Burlesque Jacki Willson £12.99 Paperback 9781845113186
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Beside the Lines of Contemporary Art TRACEY EDITED BY RUSSELL MARSHALL AND PHIL SAWDON The third book from the innovative TRACEY series on contemporary drawing This book builds upon its predecessors, Drawing Now: Between the Lines of Contemporary Art, and Hyperdrawing: Beyond the Lines of Contemporary Art, by proposing that a position of ambiguity, a lack of definition, is not only desirable within fine art drawing but also necessary – having the capacity to enable and sustain drawing practices. What happens if we are ambivalent to what is a drawing, or what drawing is? Russell Marshall and Phil Sawdon bring together seven contributions to offer multiple perspectives from within and without the fine art drawing field to respond to these questions. Each contributor studies ambiguity within drawing through three overarching themes: William Empson’s Seven Types of Ambiguity in literary prose; the logical fallacies of ambiguity; and grammatical prepositions. There are contributions from the artist Ilana Halperin, the artist-researcher Deborah Harty, the artist and founder member of the group Underworld Karl Hyde, the creative collaboration of Kristen Kreider and James O’Leary, the artist, writer Michael Phillipson, the artist, academic Rob Ward, the series editors Russell Marshall and Phil Sawdon together with a contextual introduction by the artist, writer, curator Derek Horton.
January 2015 128 pages 252 x 252mm Paperback £19.99 9781784530693 150 integrated illustrations I.B.Tauris
TRACEY is the site for drawing and visualisation research hosted by Loughborough University (school of the Arts), that publishes and disseminates material concerned with drawing. The directors are Alastair Adams, Simon Downs, Deborah Harty, Russell Marshall, Phil Sawdon and Andrew Selby.
Hyperdrawing Through the Lines of Contemporary Art TRACEY Edited byRussell Marshall and Phil Sawdon £19.99 Paperback 9781780762548
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EDITED BY NAOMI SAKR, JAKOB SKOVGAARDPETERSEN AND DONATELLA DELLA RATTA
The essential guide to the media entrepreneurs of the Middle East Transformations in the Arab media landscape are a key element in the regional dynamics of political change. Where do the private owners of Arab media outlets stand on the scene? What part, if any, have they played in weakening dictatorships, countering sectarianism and political polarisation, and reforming business practices in the Arab world? Arab Media Moguls charts the rise of some leading investors and entrepreneurs in Arab media, examining their motives, management styles, financial performance and links to political power. Responding critically to scholarship on Western moguls, this book uncovers the realities of risk and success for Arab media potentates and billionaires.
March 2015 288 pages 216 x 135mm Paperback £15.99 9781780767321 I.B.Tauris
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Naomi Sakr is Professor of Media Policy at the Communication and Media Research Institute (CAMRI), University of Westminster, and Director of the CAMRI Arab Media Centre. Jakob Skovgaard-Petersen is Professor of Arabic and Islamic Studies at the University of Copenhagen. Donatella Della Ratta is Postdoctoral Fellow at the Annenberg School for Communication, University of Pennsylvania.
Blogistan The Internet and Politics in Iran Annabelle Sreberny and Gholam Khiabany £14.99 Paperback 9781845116071
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MUSIC IN CULT TV
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An Introduction JANET K. HALFYARD A new look at the power of music in cult television, from Star Trek to Hannibal How does music enrich and define cult television series? The book analyses theme tunes and scoring on television to reveal how composers construct a series’ identity using musical idioms and instruments. Characters and plot developments, similarly, are enhanced by their musical accompaniment. The different scoring strategies employed in science fiction and horror-based genres, comprising for example Star Trek or Dr. Who, are considered alongside cult shows set in our reality, such as Dexter, The Sopranos and Queer as Folk. These discussions are complimented by in-depth case studies of musical approaches in three high-profile series: Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Battlestar Galactica and Lost. Written from a musicological standpoint but fully accessible to nonmusicologists, the book significantly advances television and music studies.
July 2015 224 pages 216 x 134mm Paperback £16.99 9781784530297 10 b&w integrated illustrations I.B.Tauris
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Janet K. Halfyard is Senior Lecturer at Birmingham Conservatoire, where she teaches film music, twentieth century music and contemporary music. She is author of Danny Elfman’s Batman: A Film Score Guide (2004), and has contributed chapters to The Dark Avenger: Angel, Music and Cinematic Superheroes (IB Tauris, 2005) and The Cult TV Book (IB Tauris, 2010).
The Cult TV Book Edited by Stacey Abbott £15.99 Paperback 9781848850262
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Explicit Sex, Performance and Cinematic Technique EDITED BY LINDSAY COLEMAN From Shame to Antichrist, how explicit sex is used in film With full-frontal genitalia, erections, even actual sex featuring increasingly in films, this explicitness in presentation has caused critical consternation and accusations that such film narratives are pornographic. This book explores how, rather than being pornographic, explicit sex can be an essential element of cinematic storytelling today. Offering detailed analysis of how choices are made in the presentation of explicit sex in often very controversial films, such as Shame, Baise-Moi, Antichrist, Dogtooth and Lust, Caution, the expert contributors – including Barbara Creed, Jacob Held and Linda Ruth Williams – show how sexual content can aid characterisation, highlight themes, and provide events that serve to develop plot. The impact of explicit sex as an element of a film’s narrative is also revealed to be assisted by effective, nuanced performances and the incisive deployment of directorial technique. Together they detail through the fundamentals of cinema the shot by shot, moment by moment manner in which explicit sex can be an essential component of a dramatically powerful narrative.
August 2015 320 pages 234 x 156mm Paperback £16.99 9781780766409 30 b&w integrated illustrations I.B.Tauris
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Lindsay Coleman is a film and television academic at the University of Melbourne. The books he has contributed to include The War Body on Screen, Taking South Park Seriously and Gilmore Girls and the Politics of Identity.
Mainstreaming Sex The Sexualization of Western Culture Edited by Feona Attwood £16.99 Paperback 9781845118273
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BEHIND THE SILVER SCREEN The Behind the Silver Screen series of ten books will together cover for the first time the collaborative art, craft, business and history of filmmaking from inception to reality. Fully illustrated, these volumes also comprise the first full history of filmmaking. Publishing in the Spring and Summer of 2015 are Art Direction and Production Design, Acting and Sound: Dialogue, Music and Effects. To come later in 2015 and during 2016 are the books devoted to Producing, Directing, Animation, Costume, Makeup and Hair, and Editing and Special Visual Effects.
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AUTHOR/TITLE INDEX Abbott, 60 Acting, 62 Aftermath, 15 Alexandria, TPP 10 Allsopp, 11 Al-Zubaidi, 2 America, Hitler and the UN, 28 American Travelers on the Nile, 47 Ancients and Moderns series, 42 Antiquity Imagined, 38 Arab Media Moguls, 59 Army of the Night, TPP 4 Arnold, 43 Art and the Home, 52 Art Direction and Production Design, 62 Attlee, 4 Attwood, 61 Aziz, 11 Bailey, TPP 8 Battista, 53 Bayonets to Lhasa, 8, TPP 11 Beatson’s Mutiny, 20 Becker, 32 Behind the Silver Screen series, 62 Being Gorgeous, 57 Beirut Anthology, A, 35 Bell, Amy Helen, TPP 2 Bell, Gertrude, TPP 6, TPP 10 Black Artists in British Art, 54 Blogistan, 59 Blue Labour, 4 Boko Haram, 1 Brazilian Adventure, TPP 11 Brexit, 5 Brighton, 24 Broers, 19 Brown, 7 Burgess, TPP 3 Cairo Anthology, A, 35 Carter, 9 Cash, 18, 20 Cassel, 2 Chambers, 54 China, 6 China and the West, 8 China’s Forgotten People, 6 Churchill and the Islamic World, 13 Cicero, 41 Cinematography, 62 Coleman, 61 Commins, 10 Conrad Murray, 54 Cooper, 23 Corner, 5 Corsellis, 28 Craven Roderick, 2 Crowder, 15 Cult TV Book, The, 60
Curiel, 10 Death, 42 Death and Burial in Ancient Egypt, 43 Della Ratta, 59 Deng Xiaoping, 9 Derricourt, 38 Dillon, 6, 9 Discovering Tutankhamun, 44 Divine Creatures, 44 Divine Supermarket, The, TPP 10 Dockter, 13 Donker van Heel, 46 Drawing Ambiguity, 58 Drawing Difference, 56 Drawing Now, 56 Dummett, 31, 37 Dutta, TPP 3 Eagle in Splendour, The, 19 Edward Lear, TPP 10 Edwards, 31 Egyptian Magic, 38 Elizabeth and Essex, TPP 10 Eltoukhy, 48 Enemy in the East, 14 Erasmo, 30 Ethiopia, the Unknown Land, 45 Ernest Hemingway, TPP 3 Etruscan Places, TPP 5, TPP 10 European Union, The, 5 Europe under Napoleon, 19 Fall of the House of Speyer, The, 17 Ferrar, 28 Finlayson, TPP 8 Fitzpatrick, 25 Fleming, 8, TPP 10, TPP 11 Florence and Tuscany, 34 Forster, TPP 10 Fragments of a Lost Homeland, 26 Freely, 22, 30 French Riviera, The, 34 Friedlander, 45 Fromherz, 25 Geary, 4 Gender, 42 Georgian Menagerie, The, 21 Gilbert, 13 Glorious Adventure, The, TPP 8 Gogun, 14 Gordon Matta-Clark, 52 Gorton, 35 Great Rivalry, The, 16 Halfyard, 60 Halliburton, TPP 8 Hamilton, 40 Happy Stripper, The, 57 Harris, TPP 9 Hawass, 44 Hearts and Bones, 49 Hedin, 33
Hidden Treasures of Ethiopia, 45 History of the Royal Navy series, 27 History of the Royal Navy - A History Since 1900, A, 27 History of the Royal Navy - Empire and Imperialism, A, 27 History of the Royal Navy - The Napoleonic Wars, A, 27 History of the Royal Navy - The Seven Years War, A, 27 History of the Royal Navy - The Victorian Age, A, 27 History of the Royal Navy - World War I, A, 27 History of the Royal Navy - World War II, A, 27 Holdstock, 6 Holland House, 22 Homer, 41 Hopkins, TPP 1 Horace, TPP 11 Howard Carter, 39 Howells, TPP 9, TPP 10 Humphreys, 47 Hyperdrawing, 58 Ibn Tulun, 36 I.B.Tauris Literary Guides for Travellers, 34 Ikram, 43, 44 In Search of Kings and Conquerors, 23 Inside the Freud Museums, 55 Islam in America, 10 Islam in Saudi Arabia, 10 Italian Journeys, TPP 10 James, 39 Jelinek, 51 Jenkins, 2 John Bright, 18, 20 Journey into Barbary, TPP 9 Judd, 18 Kelly, 22 Kennedy, 49 Khiabany, 59 King Arthur’s Enchantresses, 29 King Condemned, A, TPP 9 Kurds of Iraq, The, 11 Kurds of Syria, The, 11 Landau, 28 Land of an African Sultan, The, TPP 9 Land of the Green Man, The, 29 Lanterns of the King of Galilee, The, 48 Larrington, 29 Last American Diplomat, The, 17 Last Man, The, 26 Last Storytellers, The, 40 Lawrence, TPP 5, TPP 9
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AUTHOR/TITLE INDEX Lawson, 26 Leonard, 16 Let One Hundred Voices Speak, 9 Levi, TPP 9, TPP 10, TPP 11 Lewis, TPP 9 Liebmann, 17 Lifting the Veil, TPP 9 Light from the East, 22 Little Emperors and Material Girls, 7 London Was Ours, TPP 2 Longest Day, The, TPP 2 Love in Bloomsbury, TPP 7 Lukitz, 23 Lycian Shore, The, TPP 8 MacShane, 5 Madrid, 37 Mainstreaming Sex, 61 Manley, 35 Mansel, 19 Marnham, TPP 4 Marsoobian, 26 Martial, 41 Meskimmon, 56 Minca, 40 Mission Accomplished?, 2 Mongolia, 32 Monochrome, 51 Monuments of Egypt, The, 43 Morgan, 37 Moroccan Dreams, 40 Morra, 55 Moubayed, 3 Mrs Tsenhor, 46 Müller, 14 Munro-Hay, 45 Music in Cult TV, 60 Nasrallah, 48 Nazi Holocaust, The, 28 New Emperors, The, 7 News from Tartary, TPP 10 New York, New Wave, 53 Obbema, 8 Odd Couples, 16 Old Mistresses, 50 Oliver, 47 On the Nile in the Golden Age of Travel, 47 Original Spin, 24 Ovid, 41 Pabst, 4 Palermo, City of Kings, 31 Palmerston, 18 Parker, 50 Partridge, TPP Patrick, 49 Peel, 1 Persian Pictures, TPP 6, TPP 11 Pindar, 41
Plesch, 28 Plumb, 21 Pollock, 50 Qatar, 25 Queen Victoria, 24, TPP 10 Queering Post-Black Art, 54 Quest in the Middle East, A, 23 Quinn, 49 Rabindranath Tagore, TPP 3 Racz, 52 Radice, 16 Ransom, 36 Raven, 38 Redford, 25 Religion, 42 Rembrandt’s House, TPP 8 Renaissance Woman, 22 Renegotiating the Body, 53 Road to Katmandu, TPP 4 Robinson, TPP Rome on the Euphrates, TPP 8 Ruthven, TPP 10 Ryan, TPP 2 Sackville-West, TPP 11 Saikal, 3 Sakr, 59 Sappho, 41 Sattin, TPP 9 Sawdon, 56 Screenwriting, 62 Secret World, 12 Servadio, 22 Seven League Boots, TPP 8 Sewell, TPP 9 Sex, 42 Sex and Storytelling in Modern Cinema, 61 Sicily, 31, 34 Silk Road - Central Asia, Afghanistan and Iran, The, 33 Silk Road - China and the karakorum Highway, The, 32 Silk Road, The, 33 Silver Treasures from the Land of Sheba, 36 Siwa, 46 Skovgaard-Petersen, 59 Slovenia 1945, 28 Smith, 1 Sound: Dialogue, Music and Effects, 62 South from Ephesus, TPP 9 Spalding, TPP 7 Spy in the Archives, A, 25 Sreberny, 59 Staff, 51 Stalin, 15 Stalin’s Commandos, 14 Stark, TPP 8
Steinfeld, 7 Stevenson, 20 Stewart, 37 Strachey, 24, TPP 10 Strolling through Istanbul, 30 Strolling through London, TPP 8 Strolling through Rome, 30 Submarine, The, 25 Sumner-Boyd, 30 Svankmajer, 55 Swamp Full of Dollars, A, 1 Sweet and Bitter Island, 37 Swelim, 36 Syracuse, City of Legends, 37 Syria, TPP 6 Tale in Two Cities, A, 21 Tangier, 34, TPP 8 Tangier Diaries, The, TPP 1 This is Not Art, 51 Thomas-Symonds, 4 Thompson, 39 Throp, 50 Touching and Imagining, 55 TRACEY, 56, 58 Trevor-Roper, 12 Tucker, 32, 33 Tuscan Cities, TPP 9 Twelve Days in Persia, TPP 11 Twenty Years of MAKE Magazine, 50 Twilight in Italy, TPP 5 Ulam, 15 Under the Black Flag, 3 Understanding Classics, 41 Unwin, 21 Vale, 46 Vanessa Bell, TPP 7 Violence of the Image, The, 49 Virgil, TPP 9 Wagner, 40 Walker, 52 Walsh, 50 War, 42 Wartime Journals, The, 12 Wasley, TPP 8 Wedgwood, TPP 9 White Nile Diaries, The, TPP 1 Willson, 57 Winston Churchill – The Wilderness Years, 13 Women of Karantina, 48 Wonderful Things, 39 Writing Revolution, 2 Zodiach Arch, The, TPP 8 Zone of Crisis, 3
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